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Saturday Evening Movie Post [moviegique]: Young Washington

"Washington! Washington!"

To Internet users of a particular vintage, those two words spoken together immediately trigger a semi-musical rapid hyper-ventilation and a litany of unlikely attributes and accomplishments ascribed to our first President. But The Boy and I kept that to a minimum as we partook of Young Washington on this 250th anniversary of our independence.

This is the latest big effort from Angel Studios, who did The Sound of Freedom, among others, complete with a pitch for you to buy tickets for people to come see the movie.

This is much like Sound of Freedom now that I think about it, with many of the same strengths and flaws. I think it's better overall, and highly enjoyable, yet not quite to the level of the Korean historical dramas we used to be able to see in Koreatown.

Significantly, however, it serves the same purpose. And it earned its $20M budget back at the box office on the first weekend, so it won't be a money loser. For The Boy and I, it increased our hunger for more such material, basically unplumbed since I was a child.

"Oh, there he goes again, revoluting."

We begin with Washington desperate to find his own men at The Battle of the Monongahela, which they manage to pronounce less silly than I always do ("mun-ON-gah-HEE-la") and which they are losing, until a dysenteric young Washington charges into (against Thomas Gage's advice) to find the Virginia militia.

12 years earlier...

I was on the fence about the flashback. At first I thought, well, this is a start-the-movie-off-with-a-bang thing when I would've appreciated a slow build-up to get to this point. By the end of the movie, I thought they had done a good job with getting back to that point, and the movie was almost a superhero origin story as the socially adventurous Washington tries to climb through the British ranks only to get ahead of his own abilities and to lose the very wealthy girl to the more socially appropriate British noble, culminating in losing valuable men to his stubbornness in a humiliating defeat against the French.

The arc is very good, and very "Korean", if you will. The capable but proud leader finds humility in failure and learns the important thing is serving others. Sorry if that's trite: That's the way it plays out in the history books and it's a good lesson for everyone.

Young George in his uniform, looking restrainedly unhappy.

To be great, you have to faceplant.

William Farnklin-Meyer does a good job in the lead. He's handsome and believable, both in proud and petulant moments. Mia Rogers as love-interest Sally is beautiful and...uh...heaving...and is very convincing as the woman who loved Washington but gave him up for the more socially correct choice. They're both actually English, too, which is sort of amusing.

The big names in the cast are Kelsey Grammar, Andy Serkis and Ben Kingsley, all with small but meaty roles. Oh, and Mary Louise-Parker does an excellent job as Ma Washington. Great casting choice.

Good acting all around, in other words, which helps tremendously. It's also well edited. The sound—I thought some of the dialogue wasn't as crisp as it should've been, but otherwise it was quite good. Good use of score.

The action is pretty good. It's Hollywood-ified, but if I'm not going to ding a Korean movie for that (and I never have), I'm certainly not going to ding an American one for it. The pacing is occasionally odd, reminding me a bit of Sound of Freedom.

Storytelling like this is a muscle, and in America it's a muscle that's been underused since the Bicentennial.

Mia Rodgers looking worshipfully upward.

Having Sally Fairfax be a knockout makes George seem less like a social adventurer. (Jaclyn Smith played her in the 1984 "Washington" miniseries.)

On a technical level The Boy felt the portrayal of the battle scenes wasn't spot on. He didn't hold it against the movie much but he's jonesing for a movie that understands Linear warfare. Me hearing Bach and Petzold* at a 1755 English ball rankled me.

The Rotten Tomatoes split on this is predictable: 92% for audiences, 60% for America-hating critics, and for all the expected nonsense reasons. It's no Braveheart and not even The Patriot, but those movies were even more brutal to history than this was. This one very nicely blends true elements with a little modern education and some myth-building. I particularly enjoyed Washington's penchant for hacking away at trees when he was mad, and then having him chip in during the Ohio campaign to hack apart a tree that had stopped Braddock's army.

There is a wide range of juicy historical "Easter eggs" for the America Cinematic Universe, from the easiest ("Oh, you say there's an identity separate from the British here?") to more subtle ones ("Oh, you say Thomas Gage doesn't care about the colonials.") Lots of good classist snobbery (which is probably authentic, and even played down, honestly). Lots of, "Huh, slaves...are going to be a problem eventually, ain't they?" that recall the Nate Bargatze "Washington" sketch.

Good stuff. Recommended if you don't hate America. Even if you're so-so on America, you can have a good time.

Ben Kingsley in a white wig looking perturbed.

I stole this from a story with the caption "Ben Kinglsey says he won't stop acting." Why would he? He's great!

*I just this second learned that Bach's Minuet in G was actually written by Christian Petzold, and this was discovered in the late '70s. News just reached me, some 50 years later.

OTHER MOVIES & THINGS:
I was busy finalizing my cover and glossary for my next book, "Lair of the White Worm" and pickin's were slim, but here's what we saw this past fortnight-and-a-half:

The Fisher King: From Terry Gilliam's golden period ("Time Bandits" to "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"), Jeff Bridges is a shock-jock (remember how much they hated Rush and blamed him for everything?) whose antics result in Robin Williams' wife being murdered. Williams ventures into hell to get her back. (Wait, no...)

12 Monkeys: Arguably Gilliam's best film (though I still favor "Munchausen"), Bruce Willis is a time-traveler trying to mitigate the apocalypse. Brad Pitt is a crazy man running a pro-animal death cult that may have caused it. Brad Pitt is better at being authentically crazy than Robin Williams was. Plot twist: Pitt achieves this by literally imitating Terry Gilliam.

Network: Massive 1976 Oscar Juggernaut featuring Faye Dunaway as a rapacious network entertainment executive with a vision of corrupting the news to make it profitable. I was struck by how relevant it all felt today. Highlight: Communist revolutionaries arguing over ancillary residuals they'll receive from the TV show based on their terrorist antics.

The Samurai and the Prisoner: Terrific new Japanese historical drama based on a leader whose main problem seems to be an unwillingness to brutally murder the people he's supposed to, which includes children and harmless people. (Or are they?)

Sheep in the Box: Kore-eda's new drama about a couple that replaces their dead son with a robot, and realizes they can't replace their dead son with a robot, and a whole bunch of other things. Interesting but unfocused.

White Nights: Luchino Vischonti's 1957 classic based on a story by Dostoevsky. Filmed at Cinecitta, elements of this Russian drama don't literally work, but it's a gorgeous film with gorgeous Italians in it.

The Rivals of Amziah King: A unique musical/comedy/crime/thriller/drama which is marvellous for the first 45 minutes. Brilliantly edited, heartfelt and good-looking with some fabulous music, it suffers from one unrecoverable issue at the end of the first act which, while absolutely necessary to the plot, dooms the rest of the movie.

Score an ebook ($4!) or a signed copy of Lair of the White Worm from my Kickstarter today!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Movie Sign!!!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 15, 2026 07:31 PM (l26NL)

3 I liked it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:33 PM (2MN4W)

4 My only regret is, that I have just one nic to give to my comments.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:34 PM (/wPHZ)

5 Sir Ben was great in Sexy Beast. A very memorable role. Also, I think I can rent Young Washington on Prime. I'll check later.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 15, 2026 07:35 PM (l26NL)

6 Saw a comment someone saw Washington movie
I would like to see it

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Solar Movies. F Movies.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:37 PM (2MN4W)

8 Six foot twenty made of radiation..

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 07:38 PM (4NO2D)

9 I saw it. I felt it was my patriotic duty and I wanted to support the studio. I enjoyed it but not as much as I WANTED to. I can't really explain why. In any event, I definitely think it's worth seeing.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 15, 2026 07:42 PM (Lzhdy)

10
The present beware, the future beware
He's coming, he's coming, he's coming

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 07:42 PM (4NO2D)

Hobby Thread - August 15, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling lucky and decided on a fire truck theme for this Hobby Thread.

A what? A fire truck theme?

[Top photo: 1922 Howe fire truck on a Ford Model T chassis at the former Kokomo, IN Automotive Museum, photo credit David D Jackson]

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Fire trucks are fun. How many kids looked up to firefighters and visited the local firehouse? How many kids had firetrucks as toys?

How many firetrucks have made their way down parade routes with lights and horns?

Firetrucks and fire fighting apparatus and memorabilia are popular with many people, including many that were never firefighters.

Firetrucks can qualify as a hobby. Anything firefighting qualifies. Any among the horde own a firetruck or have a friend that does? Anyone have an antique fire truck? Has any among the horde served as a firefighter? Does anyone collect firefighting equipment or memorabilia? Anyone visited a museum with a firefighting theme?

If you're an amateur pyromaniac or arson is your hobby, better to keep that to yourself.

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What are you hobbying?

Fire trucks may not be everyone's favorite but give the content a chance before you judge. Any adjacent hobbying is in scope (such as small scale collecting or model building), so jump in with your interests, stories and questions.

In any event, the thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something or be entertained. If not, offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? Nope. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Are you wise in the ways of SPAAMFAA? The Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America

SPAAMFAA was established in Syracuse New York in 1958. Over 1800 members are part of fifty local chapters, primarily in the US and Canada. You don't need to own a fire truck or other antique fire apparatus, but it doesn't hurt. Some members focus on photography or collecting books, patches, toys and models and other fire fighting memorabilia.

Are you aware of other similar groups?

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Want to buy a firetruck of your own? Fire departments periodically sell their old trucks. This guy bought an operating fire truck in Kansas for $3,000 from a facebook post. What a deal! (Really - three grand seems like a steal, even with pricey replacement parts.)

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How to make a fire truck

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People in Poland party with their fire trucks!

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This looks like fun

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Wow. Restoring or keeping old fire engines running is a labor of love.

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I love this. Restoring an old metal toy firetruck:

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Mythbusters tackle firehose power:

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Apparently some people collect fire extinguishers. Sure, why not?

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Horde Hobbying - Moron Beckoning Chasm has been busy with animation:

Maybe BC will add context or background on his project in the comments. I think he'll appear if you say his name three times.

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I do not have the patience, skill or talent to do this:

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"Why would I watch a 30 plus minute video on cymbal making? Because it is incredibly cool."

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a random car theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.

Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:30 PM (WDaeq)

2 Why are fire trucks always red?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 05:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Cackle ............. Cackle ................ Cackle .............

[Please cackle on topic please. -TRex]

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 15, 2026 05:33 PM (JDSUL)

4 SPAAMFAA was established in Syracuse New York in 1958.

That's funny. I figured SPAAMFAA would have been established in Hawaii.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 05:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Rode on firetrucks often as a kid, my dad was a fireman. He is still around, just at 89yp not chasing fires anymore

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:33 PM (WDaeq)

6 Not all firetrucks are red, a number of fire companies in se Pa have different colors. Green, yellow, white

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:35 PM (WDaeq)

7 Apparently some people collect fire extinguishers. Sure, why not?

Frank Fritz collected fire memorabilia. Not ashes, but he was an inspector of some type.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 05:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 Not all firetrucks are red, a number of fire companies in se Pa have different colors. Green, yellow, white
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:35 PM (WDaeq)

Because Reds are always Russian.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 05:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

9 People in Poland party with their fire trucks!

If you have more than one fire truck, you never have to take them to the car wash. 🤔

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 05:38 PM (VHUov)

10 I've got no paintings with today's hobby theme. But since it seems most morons would prefer to throw an abstract painting in a fire I've got one of those to post. See nic. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 05:38 PM (KC5Lt)

11 In non-fire truck hobby news, as mentioned on last night's ONT, I've finally finished the latest animation thing. It's a bit over ten minutes long.

https://tinyurl.com/4kmztraf

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 05:38 PM (CHHv1)

12 I thought Herbie was a VW?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

13 Fire trucks ain't cheap.

Around $2.5 million per truck. Custom made for each department.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 05:40 PM (FZ29D)

14 * mixes in some Pet Thread *

Dalmatians are the typical "firehouse dog" because there weren't always fire trucks. In the days of horse-drawn fire equipment, Dalmatians were chosen because they got along with the horses.

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 05:42 PM (VHUov)

15 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 05:38 PM (CHHv1)

Really cool. Do you have a program or something that helps you with the shadow work?

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 05:44 PM (KC5Lt)

16 Not all firetrucks are red, a number of fire companies in se Pa have different colors. Green, yellow, white
Posted by: Skip

And my FF capt son thinks those colors should be banned.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 05:45 PM (NnhvP)

17 16 Not all firetrucks are red, a number of fire companies in se Pa have different colors. Green, yellow, white
Posted by: Skip

And my FF capt son thinks those colors should be banned.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 05:45 PM (NnhvP)

My town's Fire trucks are Sky Blue.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 05:46 PM (KC5Lt)

18 19 ... " I've got no paintings with today's hobby theme. But since it seems most morons would prefer to throw an abstract painting in a fire I've got one of those to post."

polynikes,
That is a brilliant echo (or spoof) of Picasso. Thanks. It made me smile.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 05:47 PM (yTvNw)

19 Thank you for another excellent hobby thread. Even though my first thought is I'll never use anything mentioned, I will spend hours watching all the videos and reading all the comments. I'm just now starting today, but I foresee several hours enjoyment until the next thread. Thank you!!!

Posted by: Jayhawkone at August 15, 2026 05:48 PM (QSaoA)

20 Dalmatians are the typical "firehouse dog" because there weren't always fire trucks. In the days of horse-drawn fire equipment, Dalmatians were chosen because they got along with the horses.
Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 05:42 PM (VHUov)

Lot of people believe urban myth that they were chosen because they are often deaf or near deaf and aren't bothered by the noise.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 05:49 PM (KC5Lt)

21 Cackle ............. Cackle ................ Cackle .............

[Strike two. Hobbying, not politics in this thread. - TRex]

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 15, 2026 05:49 PM (JDSUL)

22 In NY, we lived in a tiny village, Plandome, part of Manhasset. It was once featured in Forbes because over half the members of our volunteer department were CEOs, who picked Plandome because they could be firemen. July 4th parade ended up with the kids having water fights with the fire hoses.

Since CEOs are not so young, the other half of the fire department was high school kids. The stuff that memories are made of.

Posted by: Wenda at August 15, 2026 05:49 PM (NSpAF)

23 Have they not experimented with different colors for emgency vehicles to determine which have the highest visibility? Seems like sky blue would be bad for that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)

24 I bought a quarter scale radio controlled digger. My wife booted me out and now I'm homeless.

Who will take me in?

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 15, 2026 05:53 PM (jrgJz)

25 Apologies for not noting I was already in the post. I'm exhausted and have barely been on the computer.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 05:53 PM (CHHv1)

26 Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 05:42 PM

Thanks. I didn't know that .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:53 PM (y8wRt)

27 I gotta do a brake job on my truck tomorrow. Oh joy. Still $272 in parts and some sweat vs $900 the brake shop quoted me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 05:55 PM (4NO2D)

28 And that is an awesome fire truck in the first picture. I should probably go to a car museum that has cars and trucks from the 20's and 30's because that period for automobiles is just really interesting to me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:57 PM (y8wRt)

29 Anybody here do large format photography? For probably 25+ years now, I've been torn between wanting the latest, techie-est, umpty-megapixel digital SLR because I'm a geek and wanting a view camera made of wood, brass, and leather because some deep part of me has always felt like that's what photography should be. I've always thought and said that the secret to "good" photography is to take a lot of pictures and throw away 90% of them before anyone else sees them and digital makes that a lot more feasible. But still, to quote someone without naming him, "the heart wants what it wants."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 05:57 PM (vTZFs)

30 Fire extinguishers at one time used Carbon Tetrachloride as the active suppressant.

Contemporary fire extinguishers, filled with a powder, tend to become heavily compacted inside after sitting for long time periods, vibration, etc. In the event of a fire, they will often not dispense all of the contents, if they even work at all. What is suggested is to periodically invert the extinguishers and rap on the sides with a rubber mallet, to loosen the contents again.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 05:59 PM (vbftO)

31 We have a volunteer fire department here. Only a couple of people are fulltime employees but, the force is about 90% city employees. It works because they are always in town.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 05:59 PM (4NO2D)

32 Okay I do have one painting on an Asian landscape theme though not as skilled as the crystal ball painter. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:00 PM (KC5Lt)

33 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 05:38 PM
Watching on phone, willwatch again on big screen after supper

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:00 PM (WDaeq)

34 My town's Fire trucks are Sky Blue.

Sure. Why not make them that plumber's putty gray that's so popular now. I mean, why would you want a FIRE TRUCK to stand out or anything?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 06:00 PM (vTZFs)

35 And that is an awesome fire truck in the first picture. I should probably go to a car museum that has cars and trucks from the 20's and 30's because that period for automobiles is just really interesting to me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026

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I grew up with the cars of the '60s and '70s. But many of the plastic model assembly kits I built and customized were of 1930s-1950s cars, like the '35 Ford and '40 Ford coupes, the '48 Ford, the Tri-Five Chevys (1955 through '57), the '58 Impala like my father's, etc. So I always love seeing the older ones.

Watching 1930s-1940s movies, you'll see a lot of then-current sedans and convertibles like Packards and Buicks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)

36 I still have a ladder truck toy.

One of my elementary school teachers took us on a tour of a local fire station. My memory is of the brass pole they slid down.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:04 PM (XeU6L)

37 Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 06:00 PM (vTZFs)

You wouldn't think but you would be surprised how much they stand out.

Look up Willis ,TX fire trucks .

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:04 PM (KC5Lt)

38 My dad was a fireman from a few years before I was born until they moved out of town about 3 years ago. He still would go to the firehouse and help clean up. Assistant Chief, drove ladder thruck, ambulance crew, rescue squad

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:06 PM (WDaeq)

39 I've always thought and said that the secret to "good" photography is to take a lot of pictures and throw away 90% of them before anyone else sees them and digital makes that a lot more feasible.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 05:57 PM (vTZFs)

That is the "correct" way. Of course, you make a proof sheet of all your pix first, then develop the ones you think are best.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

40 polynikes that is just awesome

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:07 PM (WDaeq)

41 I just picked up an ice cream maker, and I need to be very careful that making and consuming ice cream and sorbet doesn't become a significant hobby!

One of each so far, and I am very happy with the results!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 15, 2026 06:07 PM (l4RKn)

42 I thought Herbie was a VW?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

That Herbie is a firebug....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

43 One of our older fire stations has been abandoned, and the Progressive city is allowing it to decay. Pic:
https://shorturl.at/2HK07

Insulting, I think, to thosewho served there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:08 PM (XeU6L)

44 My uncles on both my mom and dad's family were NYFD. Only one of their son's , my cousin followed suit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:09 PM (KC5Lt)

45 At first glance I thought the car up top might be a Stanley Steamer. When I visited the Stanley Hotel in CO, the hotel that was the model for King's Overlook in The Stand, there was a 3/4 scale model of the classic Stanley Steamer in the lobby. No surprise; the hotel was built by and named after the same guy who developed the car. Sort of an Elon Musk of his day, I gather.

None of the plastic assembly model companies had model fire trucks that I ever saw. Aurora did have a line of "Old-Timers," kits like the Mercer Raceabout, the Stutz Bearcat, the Stanley Steamer, and the "curved-dash" Oldsmobile -- from the days when the "dash" was intended to protect the occupants from flying mud as they drove.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

46 I just picked up an ice cream maker, and I need to be very careful that making and consuming ice cream and sorbet doesn't become a significant hobby!
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Hand-cranking reduces craving...wait...this isn't one of them new-fangled 'lectric things, is it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:11 PM (XeU6L)

47 I gotta do a brake job on my truck tomorrow. Oh joy. Still $272 in parts and some sweat vs $900 the brake shop quoted me.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026

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I hope to get back to changing my own oil next year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:11 PM (wzUl9)

48 Carbon Tetrachloride.. had 4 deaths on the air craft carrier due to carbon tet., don't use if you don't have excellent ventilation.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 06:11 PM (NnhvP)

49 Want to buy a firetruck of your own? Fire departments periodically sell their old trucks. This guy bought an operating fire truck in Kansas for $3,000 from a facebook post. What a deal! (Really - three grand seems like a steal, even with pricey replacement parts.)
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Yet another shameless ploy for an antique firetruck. TRex has plans to get one and drive it in local parades and throw candies to the kids on the street. This is one plan I get get behind!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:11 PM (XfIK1)

50 And that is an awesome fire truck in the first picture. I should probably go to a car museum that has cars and trucks from the 20's and 30's because that period for automobiles is just really interesting to me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

When I was a kid, we'd go to the MSRA "Back To The Fifties" car show at the MN state fairgrounds every few years. It was usually Father's Day weekend, and that was Dad's choice for what to do.

When you've got enough classic cars to fill a fairground, you get a bit of everything. Including classic/restored police and fire vehicles, like that one.

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 06:12 PM (VHUov)

51 I've been part of building 2 firetrucks. Smaller 4x4, go anywhere types. For the BLM. One F550 cab and chassis and one F650 that we also had to install the 4 wheel drive on. The 4 wheel install I pretty much did myself. Both are still in service here 25 years later. Best part of these builds is I didn't have to match paint. I got to do the whole trucks green.

Posted by: Reforger at August 15, 2026 06:12 PM (9EeNo)

52 Insulting, I think, to thosewho served there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:08 PM (XeU6L)

I'm surprised someone hasn't bought it to turn it into a residence. Is it in bad part of town?

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:12 PM (KC5Lt)

53 One of my elementary school teachers took us on a tour of a local fire station. My memory is of the brass pole they slid down.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026

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"We should stay here tonight -- sleep here! Try it out!"

Posted by: Dr. Ray Stantz, ca. 1984 at August 15, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)

54 I just watched a bit from the video of the guy who collected the old fire trucks. That is very interesting . I'll have to watch more later,

Thanks for your time and effort with this post, TRex

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 06:13 PM (JrHfD)

55 Hey, just gonna dump this here because I'm catching up on the day's Moronity, but... that picture on the coffee thread this morning? That dude?

If anyone was ever curious....

That's not too far from what I look like. Not dead on, but.... close. That guy with grey hair, basically.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:13 PM (Ot/FD)

56
I'm surprised someone hasn't bought it to turn it into a residence. Is it in bad part of town?
Posted by: polynikes
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No, but is on a busy, now 4 lane, street.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:14 PM (XeU6L)

57 I'm surprised someone hasn't bought it to turn it into a residence. Is it in bad part of town?
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026

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"The wiring is substandard, the power supply is completely inadequate for our needs, and the neighborhood is a demilitarized zone."

Posted by: Dr. Egon Spengler, ca. 1984 at August 15, 2026 06:14 PM (wzUl9)

58 29 ... "Anybody here do large format photography?"

I have although it's been a while. I have a Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 press camera. The resolution in those huge negatives is great, even if not enlarged. Part of their appeal for me is similar to the appeal with shooting traditional muzzleloaders and even pipe smoking. They are more hands on than sticking a cartridge in a chamber or lighting up a cigarette. No auto features on the camera, loading film holders in a light proof bag by feel, getting used to the upside down image makes it a more intimate activity. And it makes taking each shot more deliberate.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 06:15 PM (yTvNw)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, I've enjoyed seeing that in the older films.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 06:15 PM (JrHfD)

60 I vote that firetrucks should be red. You really do need to be able to locate them quickly. My family was NYPD. One rebellious female cousin married a member of the FDNY. What a great group of men to enjoy life with!

Wolfus, is the rumor true that you found your new house? If so, congrats. Where will you be settling in/near?

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:16 PM (XfIK1)

61 I am an arsonist, and will admit it on the interwebz.

A significant portion of our farm is tallgrass prairie ... which is composed of fire-adapted species.

I burn a patch of ground in the spring or fall of most years. My burns are mostly for wildlife habitat improvement, so I employ what is called a patch quilt burn strategy.

Basically, you strive to burn about 15% of the subject acreage such that each portion is burned roughly every seven years. This sets back the ecological progression so you can control the distribution and types of cover on the property. It also helps the grass by removing the previous years dead stems which block sunlight and precipitation from reaching the roots of the current year grass growth.

That being said, no matter how many helpers you have, no matter how well established your fire breaks, EVERY burn gives me a very high APF.***

***A$$hole pucker factor

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:16 PM (HlyYF)

62 54 Thanks for your time and effort with this post, TRex

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 06:13 PM
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You are very welcome. Thank you for your patronage.

Posted by: TRex - ladder truck driver dino at August 15, 2026 06:16 PM (XfIK1)

63 Hand-cranking reduces craving...wait...this isn't one of them new-fangled 'lectric things, is it?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:11 PM (XeU6L)

Just don't let Prudy Perkins get her hair caught in it.

Posted by: Mrs. Danvers at August 15, 2026 06:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

64 No, but is on a busy, now 4 lane, street.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 06:14 PM (XeU6L)

I've seen a lot of old fire stations turned into homes. Mostly on a TV show called You Live in What ?

What's funny if Fetterman was profiled on that show when he was a Mayor. I forgot exactly what type of building he and his wife renovated into a residence.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:17 PM (KC5Lt)

65 Only thing i ever used CCl4 for was etching things in an RIE.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:17 PM (Ot/FD)

66 My town's Fire trucks are Sky Blue.
Posted by: polynikes

Sure. Why not make them that plumber's putty gray that's so popular now. I mean, why would you want a FIRE TRUCK to stand out or anything?
Posted by: Oddbob

You wouldn't think but you would be surprised how much they stand out.
Look up Willis ,TX fire trucks .
Posted by: polynikes

Quantity has a color all its own, or something.

Posted by: probably not Josef Stalin at August 15, 2026 06:18 PM (VHUov)

67 Somehow got off my Wi-Fi all day it seems.

Anyway, BeckoningChasm your video is quite a view on the big screen. Re-watching Pt 1 now

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

68 58 29 ... "Anybody here do large format photography?"

I have although it's been a while. I have a Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 press camera.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 06:15 PM
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Of course you do. I'm convinced there is little you don't know about or have done. Glad you're here.

Posted by: TRex - poland fire truck rave DJ dino at August 15, 2026 06:19 PM (XfIK1)

69 Wolfus, can we see the video tour, or pix of the place you made an offer on?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

70 I am going to be disappointed if AOP doesn't have a fire truck....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:22 PM (XfIK1)

71 Wolfus, can we see the video tour, or pix of the place you made an offer on?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

A virtual MoMe!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:22 PM (Ot/FD)

72 That being said, no matter how many helpers you have, no matter how well established your fire breaks, EVERY burn gives me a very high APF.***

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:16 PM
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Do you have voles?

Posted by: TRex - animal control dino at August 15, 2026 06:22 PM (XfIK1)

73 Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 06:12 PM (VHUov

That's neat!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 06:23 PM (JrHfD)

74 Wolfus, can we see the video tour, or pix of the place you made an offer on?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026

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I'll send you a link!

Posted by: Dr. Egon Spengler, ca. 1984 at August 15, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

75 Fetterman turned a former Chevrolet car dealership into a loft style home. I think this is still his main residence.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:23 PM (KC5Lt)

76 I just picked up an ice cream maker, and I need to be very careful that making and consuming ice cream and sorbet doesn't become a significant hobby!

One of each so far, and I am very happy with the results!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 15, 2026 06:07 PM (l4RKn)

Was this a sanctioned purchase, or are I just picked up an ice cream maker, and I need to be very careful that making and consuming ice cream and sorbet doesn't become a significant hobby!

One of each so far, and I am very happy with the results!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 15, 2026 06:07 PM (l4RKn)

Was this a sanctioned purchase? Or are you preferring to live in the Wild Side?

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:23 PM (LMRVO)

77 I am going to be disappointed if AOP doesn't have a fire truck....
Posted by: The Grateful
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No one ever asks about me anymore...

Posted by: The Wretched Panhard at August 15, 2026 06:25 PM (XeU6L)

78 My great grandpa worked for Mack doing drafting for their fire trucks. Had i gone to work for them, I'd be fourth generation Mack. Legacy. But i didn't.

Because i didn't want to work for the French. (Swedes now, but, you know, at the time....)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:25 PM (Ot/FD)

79 I'm still messing around with amateur radio-related kits. My most recent build was a random wire tuner. I used some scrap wire to build a quick antenna that had waaaay too high SWR on any band to get a usable match, but I could tell that the tuner was trying to do its job. I'll call it a success for now and do a more thorough test later.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 06:26 PM (zDDmD)

80 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:13 PM (Ot/FD

I thought you were Asian😃

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:26 PM (KC5Lt)

81 "The wiring is substandard, the power supply is completely inadequate for our needs, and the neighborhood is a demilitarized zone."
Posted by: Dr. Egon Spengler, ca. 1984 at August 15, 2026 06:14 PM (wzUl9)

Have you guys tried this poll?!

Posted by: Dr Ray Stanz at August 15, 2026 06:27 PM (zZu0s)

82 I thought you were Asian😃
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 06:26 PM (KC5Lt)

Ha, nah, just ripped a name off an anime is all.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:28 PM (Ot/FD)

83 My MiL bought me an ice cream maker and after she decided I didn't make enough ice cream with it, she took it back.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 06:28 PM (JvZF+)

84 I'm still messing around with amateur radio-related kits. My most recent build was a random wire tuner. I used some scrap wire to build a quick antenna that had waaaay too high SWR on any band to get a usable match, but I could tell that the tuner was trying to do its job. I'll call it a success for now and do a more thorough test later.
Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 06:26 PM (zDDmD)

This is ham radio, right? Is it trackable by governments? Saw a YT vid about if foreigners invaded the US, we could use CB radios and they couldn't track the signals.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

85 Copy pasta fail.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:28 PM (LMRVO)

86 Oddbob mentioned large format photography. My favorite experience was at a Civil war battlefield. I was there to shoot a statue of Stonewall Jackson: Crown Graphic camera on a tripod, black cloth over my head to better see the view screen, loaded film holders in a pouch. The place was busy with visitors. Before I could get a shot I was surrounded by kids wondering what I was doing. They had never seen a camera besides their dad's little compact point and shoot and didn't even know about film. That press camera with all the glass and steel drew them to me. They assumed it was the latest (and best) photo gear. I spent time answering their questions. Then I lowered the tripod and let them look through the viewfinder with its inverted image. Their whispered 'wows' and giggles made the trip worthwhile. I never did get the shot that day.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 06:29 PM (yTvNw)

87 Wolfus, can we see the video tour, or pix of the place you made an offer on?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026

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Email sent with link.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)

88 85 Copy pasta fail.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:28 PM
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Fundamentals.

Posted by: TRex - zero checking dino at August 15, 2026 06:30 PM (XfIK1)

89 Wolfus, can you share where it is?

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:30 PM (XfIK1)

90 85 Copy pasta fail.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:28 PM
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Fundamentals.
Posted by: TRex - zero checking dino
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Truth!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:31 PM (XfIK1)

91 Fetterman turned a former Chevrolet car dealership into a loft style home. I think this is still his main residence.
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026

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My favorite bar and grill near here was once the Leson Chevrolet dealership, ca. 1947. The little covered patio out front, and the boomerang-shaped dining room, give you an idea of how they displayed the cars back then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:31 PM (wzUl9)

92 I could eat Ice Cream every day. I could, but I don't.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 06:32 PM (vbftO)

93 Wolfus, can you share where it is?
Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026

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Well, I don't want to self-doxx. It's in Terre Haute, IN, I can tell you that much.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)

94
Got The Big Dummy's show record for 2025 completed and, to my amazement, my books balanced and agreed with Canine Chronicle's numbers for breed and all-breed points. Now, on to 2026.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 06:33 PM (O0L8i)

95 Fundamentals.
Posted by: TRex - zero checking dino at August 15, 2026 06:30 PM (XfIK1)

Of course. I’d show the culprit - lamb chops, mushrooms, spinach, vine-ripened small tomatoes. But this is not tomorrow’s Food Thread.
Oh, I forgot. A fine box of Pinot Grigio. Circa, July, 2026.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:33 PM (LMRVO)

96 My favorite experience was at a Civil war battlefield. I was there to shoot a statue of Stonewall Jackson:

Can we help?

(makes wiggly hand phone gesture)

Posted by: Antifags at August 15, 2026 06:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

97 72 That being said, no matter how many helpers you have, no matter how well established your fire breaks, EVERY burn gives me a very high APF.***

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:16 PM

Do you have voles?

Posted by: TRex - animal control dino at August 15, 2026 06:22 PM

Yes.

We also have pocket gophers, which are an even greater pain in the a$$.

I am sure the fire gets some of both species, but that merely sets them back for a little while.

I am now convinced that coyotes are also "fire adapted". On burn days, I usually stay out a few hours after dark to put out any fallen timber that is still producing embers. It is spooky, because all of the time I am walking around, I can hear coyotes rustling around in the unburned grass, just beyond the edge of the light.

I assume they are feasting on all of the critters wounded or barbecued by the fire. There are LOTS of coyotes then, I expect they are now smart enough to come to the smell of smoke. At some point, I should borrow an expensive thermal scope and find out exactly how thick they are.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:33 PM (HlyYF)

98 I use to eat ice cream about every day from.May through October.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:33 PM (Ia/+0)

99 Wolfus, can you share where it is?
Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026

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Well, I don't want to self-doxx. It's in Terre Haute, IN, I can tell you that much.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Totally understand. Indiana is nice. Congrats

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:34 PM (XfIK1)

100 Wolfus, link only goes to a bunch of listings.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

101 OrangeEnt - yep, amateur radio = ham radio. And anyone who says that CB radio signals can't be tracked is a small "m" moron. If it emits a radio wave, it can be detected and triangulated. Even a modern (superheterodyne) radio receiver that doesn't transmit can be detected.

If SHTF, I do not plan on sitting on a hilltop tapping out Morse code and coordinating the resistance.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 06:35 PM (zDDmD)

102
Saw a YT vid about if foreigners invaded the US, we could use CB radios and they couldn't track the signals.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

All radio signals can be tracked.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 06:38 PM (Cqx++)

103 And anyone who says that CB radio signals can't be tracked is a small "m" moron. If it emits a radio wave, it can be detected and triangulated. Even a modern (superheterodyne) radio receiver that doesn't transmit can be detected.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 06:35 PM (zDDmD)

I figured that the vid was wrong.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026 06:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

104 Wolfus, link only goes to a bunch of listings.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 15, 2026

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Oops. It worked earlier for someone else. I'll redo it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:38 PM (wzUl9)

105 Watching the entire videos of BeckoningChasm, my YouTube is playing them on its own.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

106 Oklahoma City has a Firefighters Museum. Took the nephew once. Kinda neat.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 15, 2026 06:39 PM (aJQbY)

107
Never been on a fire truck, but I've been to fire school at A&M. First thing is to have you crawl through a totally-darkened maze in full turnout gear and SCBA. Go in the entrance and come out the exit purely by feel. Some people go nuts in there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 06:42 PM (O0L8i)

108 Thank you RandomDave, we plan to be in Oklahoma City this fall. Will add it to the itinerary...

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:43 PM (XfIK1)

109 106 Oklahoma City has a Firefighters Museum. Took the nephew once. Kinda neat.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 15, 2026 06:39 PM

Oooh, that is a good addition to this Hobby Thread.

I go through OKC a lot, probably need to visit that one the next time I am hauling kiddoes!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:44 PM (HlyYF)

110 My uncle had a fire truck. He sold it to his buddy at the VFW. It probably sits in a field now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 06:45 PM (9NN0K)

111 This may be common but I will tell you something that our FD does that I really like. They go to the preschools and talk about fire safety. Then one of the fellows dress up in his full battle rattle, one piece at a time, explaining to the 2-4 year olds what they do, coveralls, tools, boots, gloves, air tank and breathing apparatus, and finally his helmet where he looks like an alien. He tells the children, in his now Darth Vader voice, that if they every see someone dressed like this in their home, he is there to save them and not to be frightened of them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 06:46 PM (4NO2D)

112 The kids love it, btw.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 06:46 PM (4NO2D)

113 At some point, I should borrow an expensive thermal scope and find out exactly how thick they are.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:33 PM
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That could be either very interesting or very troubling.

Posted by: TRex - farm implement inspector dino at August 15, 2026 06:47 PM (XfIK1)

114 toby928(c) - I remember being in first grade and having the fire department give a presentation like that at our school. We got little stickers to put on our bedroom windows to let the firefighters know it was a child's room.

I don't think I'd put that on my kid's bedroom window these days....

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 06:49 PM (zDDmD)

115 107 Never been on a fire truck, but I've been to fire school at A&M. First thing is to have you crawl through a totally-darkened maze in full turnout gear and SCBA. Go in the entrance and come out the exit purely by feel. Some people go nuts in there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 06:42 PM

That sounds like good training.

If you CAN'T do that when there is NO fire, then you can't be a fireman. They have to wash you out of the program.

How many programs in the U.S. today (that impact peoples' survival) are now managed with suicidal empathy, such that someone that cannot do the job is not eliminated?

I weep (a little) for our future.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 06:49 PM (HlyYF)

116 That could be either very interesting or very troubling.
Posted by: TRex - farm implement inspector dino at August 15, 2026 06:47 PM (XfIK1)

Only if the scope is not attached to something in .223.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:49 PM (30Gj0)

117 Toby928(c). that is an awesome story. Inspire young firefighters early!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:50 PM (XfIK1)

118 I remember one cold night, well evening in winter after a blizzard, the fire company supply lighting to guys using heavy equipment to clear tje road not far from.my house now. I was with my dad sitting in the fire trick. May not have been more than 5 or 6yo I think.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

119 Here's a tinyurl for those interested.

https://tinyurl.com/osfa-link

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 15, 2026 06:51 PM (aJQbY)

120 That could be either very interesting or very troubling.
Posted by: TRex - farm implement inspector dino at August 15, 2026 06:47 PM (XfIK1)

Only if the scope is not attached to something in .223.
Posted by: RI Red
*****
I NOW KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!!!!!!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:51 PM (XfIK1)

121 I remember being in first grade and having the fire department give a presentation like that at our school. We got little stickers to put on our bedroom windows to let the firefighters know it was a child's room.

I don't think I'd put that on my kid's bedroom window these days....
Posted by: PabloD

Totfinder. My brother and I had one in the window. And no, I wouldn't do that nowadays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 06:52 PM (9NN0K)

122 reposted from coffee&prayer thread, because hobby:

"263 yesterday (14th) was the day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, unofficial patron of ham radio operators.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (VyBeY)"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 06:53 PM (VyBeY)

123
It is disagreeable to pull on wet turnout gear.

It is extremely disagreeable to pull on cold, wet turnout gear.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 06:53 PM (O0L8i)

124 Some people go nuts in there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Whe the son went through, he got stuck, spread his shoulders and broke the skinny spot. Graders were impressed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 06:54 PM (NnhvP)

125 Sort of related to the CB discussion:

I got Red Storm Rising (1986) on audible a couple months back and have been finally listening to it in the car. Completely different world. Smoking. Open commies.

One odd thing about Clancey that I never thought about until now (I primarily read him in my 20s) all of the people on both sides are competent. He has a few outliers but predominantly the guys are steely eyed and firm of purpose. Its different than so much media you get now.

Posted by: Dr Ray Stanz at August 15, 2026 06:55 PM (zZu0s)

126 predominantly the guys are steely eyed and firm of purpose.

and patriots.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 06:56 PM (4NO2D)

127 I don't think I'd put that on my kid's bedroom window these days....
Posted by: PabloD

Totfinder. My brother and I had one in the window. And no, I wouldn't do that nowadays.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 06:52 PM (9NN0K)

Cultural enrichment, comrades.

Posted by: Dr Ray Stanz at August 15, 2026 06:56 PM (zZu0s)

128 "Totfinder. My brother and I had one in the window. And no, I wouldn't do that nowadays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 06:52 PM (9NN0K) "

shades of the Lindberg baby kidnapping ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 06:57 PM (VyBeY)

129 Phone books up until the 1980s had "Teen lines" number listed with names and address.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 06:57 PM (vbftO)

130 and patriots.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 06:56 PM (4NO2D)

Yeah. I like it. Its like being a kid again.

Posted by: Dr Ray Stanz at August 15, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

131 /off Ghostbusters sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 15, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

132 "Totfinder. My brother and I had one in the window. And no, I wouldn't do that nowadays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Put them on the kids room's door.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 06:58 PM (NnhvP)

133 I remember being in first grade and having the fire department give a presentation like that at our school. We got little stickers to put on our bedroom windows to let the firefighters know it was a child's room.

I don't think I'd put that on my kid's bedroom window these days....
Posted by: PabloD

Totfinder. My brother and I had one in the window. And no, I wouldn't do that nowadays.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Sad that we've become that sort of low-trust society. I've seen those sort of window stickers for pets, too. Those are probably still safe.

Apologies if any Morons have them on their car, but I got a big "that is so wrong" belly laugh the first time I heard someone call those rows of stick figures on a minivan's rear window a "kidnapper's menu."

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 06:59 PM (VHUov)

134 That could be either very interesting or very troubling.

Posted by: TRex - farm implement inspector dino at August 15, 2026 06:47 PM

I think it WILL be troubling ... but better the devil you know.

I usually have a steel fire rake in my hands, which I figure should be good for a single coyote.

I have gotten actual adrenaline dumps from coyotes doing other work in the spring. On two occasions I have been walking through thick cover and had a coyote spring up off the ground only 5' in front of me.

After determining that my briefs are not soiled, I do notice a coyote burrow for their litter dug out into a nearby embankment. I don't know if it is the male or the female trying to divert me? They do NOT spring up directly from the mouth of the burrow.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 07:00 PM (HlyYF)

135 Apologies if any Morons have them on their car, but I got a big "that is so wrong" belly laugh the first time I heard someone call those rows of stick figures on a minivan's rear window a "kidnapper's menu."
Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 06:59 PM (VHUov)

I wonder if you put an shotgun and two German Shepards in the row if it would help?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 15, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

136

I have this decal on my window. Was there when I bought the place. Never could get it off.

https://t.ly/-qOIa

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 07:00 PM (Cqx++)

137 Here they dress in full gear and let the little kids know not to hide from the big scary ff who sounds like Darth Vader.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 07:01 PM (NnhvP)

138 Was this a sanctioned purchase? Or are you preferring to live in the Wild Side?

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:23 PM (LMRVO)

Nope! I had written permission from my boss!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 15, 2026 07:02 PM (l4RKn)

139 Rampart, this is Station 51.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:04 PM (2MN4W)

140 When I was a kid, brother and I shared a basement bedroom. One night, Dad propped a bunkbed ladder below the window. He said, "In case there is a fire, you need to climb the ladder, go out the window and run to the neighbors' house."

Me: there's gonna be a fire tonight?
Dad: No, this is just in case.
Me: But what if it happens tonight?
Dad: then do what I told you.

I did not sleep a wink that night. Just eyed the ladder and waited for the inevitable. I was a weird kid. Now I am weird old man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 15, 2026 07:04 PM (0aYVJ)

141 I wonder if you put an shotgun and two German Shepards in the row if it would help?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 15, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

An "I ♡ my pitbull" right next to "Baby on board".

Posted by: Reforger at August 15, 2026 07:05 PM (9EeNo)

142 116 That could be either very interesting or very troubling.

Posted by: TRex - farm implement inspector dino at August 15, 2026 06:47 PM

Only if the scope is not attached to something in .223.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 06:49 PM

True.

However, I have now developed a fool-proof plan to get rid of all of the damaging varmints on my farm!

I am just going to invite RI Red over with his long-range .22 rifle and have him come do an aspirin shoot.

Unfortunately, my last problem is how to tape all those little aspirins to the heads of all of my coyotes, armadillos, and pocket gophers?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 07:06 PM (HlyYF)

143 Put them on the kids room's door.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

A very good idea.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 07:06 PM (9NN0K)

144 I have this decal on my window. Was there when I bought the place. Never could get it off.
https://t.ly/-qOIa
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I never thought about that problem..... when the kids outgrow the stickers (or a house gets sold), now you're putting firefighters in danger looking for kids who aren't there anymore.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 07:06 PM (VHUov)

145 Remember G.I. Joe's Alligator? I was deathly afraid of it and named it Lucy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:07 PM (2MN4W)

146 Station 51 was a single story building. No pole.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 07:09 PM (Cqx++)

147 To all you hobbyists who hobby ashore, I fart in your general direction.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:14 PM (/wPHZ)

148 There are 2 fire companies in town, 1 had a pole from.2ndxfloor to first, I think I went down it as a kid

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

149 Even Batman had a pole.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:17 PM (2MN4W)

150 147 To all you hobbyists who hobby ashore, I fart in your general direction.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:14 PM
***
Given that the world is round, may your own fart sneak up behind you.

Posted by: TRex - earth science dino at August 15, 2026 07:19 PM (XfIK1)

151 One aspect of doing hobby stuff in public is the reactions, especially if it involves outdated stuff. The press camera was an an example. One time I knew would be waiting for a couple of hours to get my car repaired. The dealership had a room set aside for folks to work. I had a draft of an article to write and brought a small portable manual typewriter to do it. It wasn't too loud but could be heard. (It's called a Quiet De Luxe for a reason.) That sound brought people over, older ones remembering when these machines were common and a youngster who had never imagined such a thing. Another time I used a slide rule to take a ham radio exam. Calculators with the formulas weren't allowed. The examiners were mostly older engineers. They smiled when I brought it out and we talked afterwards on how they had built their careers using slide rules. Even using a fountain pen in public gets noticed and can lkead to some enjoyable conversations.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 07:20 PM (yTvNw)

152 The earth is flat.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2MN4W)

153 Hoist upon yesterday's petard...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:20 PM (Ot/FD)

154 One odd thing about Clancey that I never thought about until now (I primarily read him in my 20s) all of the people on both sides are competent

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BINGO.

The salient point that emerges from my recent readings in the history of the Pacific War is that, everyone in responsible positions was RESPONSIBLE. Although political persuasions differed, all shared in the belief that American culture was to be protected and preserved, and barbarians had no value except as opponents to be destroyed.

Man, I miss the days when there were adults in charge.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:21 PM (/wPHZ)

155 Those are some of the lowest view counts I have ever seen.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:22 PM (2MN4W)

156 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for your patronage. Different theme next week.

You're welcome to hang here for a while for the post-hobby thread afterparty but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later.

Posted by: TRex - totfinder dino at August 15, 2026 07:22 PM (XfIK1)

157 Sad that we've become that sort of low-trust society. I've seen those sort of window stickers for pets, too. Those are probably still safe.

Depends: a mutt is safe, but pedigreed dogs get stolen, or so I hear.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 07:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

158 I hope the sidewalk doesn't melt. My type thingee is predicting my words.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:25 PM (2MN4W)

159 Depends: a mutt is safe, but pedigreed dogs get stolen, or so I hear.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 07:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

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I would think that it's hard to establish a pedigree on a stolen dog.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:25 PM (/wPHZ)

160 Man, I miss the days when there were adults in charge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:21 PM (/wPHZ)

It's a legitimate problem that most of the people who create things that are intended to be entertaining have no idea how competent people do anything. They just shoehorn themselves in, or some internal image of other people, and make them do things and stuff, and yadda yadda yadda plot happens. They don't know how to write people because they've never really met people.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:25 PM (Ot/FD)

161 Afternoon. TRex, and Hobby Horde! I am aggressively hobbying, repairing the lower corners in a fiberglass dune buggy body tub. It is a knockoff of a Meyers Manx. Kind of poorly made, and I had to "stretch" the mounting flange area to make if fit my floorpan, which was correctly shortened. Just put some fiber-reinforced filler in some holes and gaps in the mounting flange; will sand that smooth, and lay on some cloth and resin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 07:25 PM (1z8ji)

162 TRex,
Thanks for the thread. Couldn't add anything to the topic but it got me thinking about hobbies in general. That beats drowning in all the f'ing political news out there.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 07:26 PM (yTvNw)

163 152 The earth is flat.

Posted by: Boss Moss
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and fluffy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 07:26 PM (Cq/ve)

164 163 152 The earth is flat.

Posted by: Boss Moss
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and fluffy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 07:26 PM (Cq/ve)

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And BIG

Posted by: Eratosthenes at August 15, 2026 07:27 PM (/wPHZ)

165 My FiL had a dog that mysterious disappeared one night from a kennel, they wete convinced it was stolen

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)

166 The earth is a cube. Wake up, sheeple.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:28 PM (Ot/FD)

167 That's all well and good, AOP. But the pressing issue here today is:

Do you now own, or have you ever owned, a Fire Truck?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 07:28 PM (vbftO)

168 161 Afternoon. TRex, and Hobby Horde! I am aggressively hobbying, repairing the lower corners in a fiberglass dune buggy body tub.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 07:25 PM
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Of course you are.

Any comment on your ownership of a fire truck (presently or in the past)?

Posted by: TRex - antique dino at August 15, 2026 07:28 PM (XfIK1)

169 tcn in AK, introduce your Falcon to Dennis Carpenter Ford parts.

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2026 07:28 PM (LHPAg)

170 Fire trucks ain't cheap.

Around $2.5 million per truck. Custom made for each department.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 05:40 PM (FZ29D)

Fire trucks were often handed down from town to town several times, and often had ridiculously low miles on them. When finally surplused off, they could be bought cheaply. Now, it seems that they miles the damned things out, at least in urban areas. They send them out on nearly every 911 call, it seems.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 07:29 PM (1z8ji)

171 Some of those old toy fire trucks were really long.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:29 PM (2MN4W)

172 The salient point that emerges from my recent readings in the history of the Pacific War is that, everyone in responsible positions was RESPONSIBLE. Although political persuasions differed, all shared in the belief that American culture was to be protected and preserved, and barbarians had no value except as opponents to be destroyed.

Man, I miss the days when there were adults in charge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 07:21 PM

When death is on the line (military, doctor, etc.) I want the strictest meritocracy possible.

If I was sitting in a foxhole with enemy artillery raining down on my position, I don't give a flying f*ck about the skin color of the officer in charge of the counter-battery artillery.

I want the person that is going to drop rounds the quickest and most accurately on their position!

Any other system for advancement through the ranks could only possibly be supported by a REMF.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 07:29 PM (HlyYF)

173 you go, AOP!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 07:29 PM (VyBeY)

174 I have to imagine that a large proportion of the miles on a fire truck are from training.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:30 PM (Ot/FD)

175 > I would think that it's hard to establish a pedigree on a stolen dog.
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As opposed to a car, jewelry, etc?

Hardly.

Animals are mostly currency these days. Or, more common, disposable. Sadly.

Jewelry, not so much.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 07:30 PM (2Cry5)

176 If you take a look at the NASA imagery of the Earth with the ocean removed, it looks as if a theory that our Moon is the result of a collision of some object and Earth long, long ago is probably true.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 07:31 PM (vbftO)

177 WE HAZ A MOVIE MARQUE NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

178 True.

However, I have now developed a fool-proof plan to get rid of all of the damaging varmints on my farm!

I am just going to invite RI Red over with his long-range .22 rifle and have him come do an aspirin shoot.

Unfortunately, my last problem is how to tape all those little aspirins to the heads of all of my coyotes, armadillos, and pocket gophers?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 07:06 PM (HlyYF)

Have Aspirin. Will Travel.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 15, 2026 07:32 PM (872PJ)

179 The object should be covered with cheese now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:32 PM (2MN4W)

180 152 The earth is flat.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2MN4W)

Not around here it isn't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026 07:33 PM (mm8qa)

181 163 152 The earth is flat.

Posted by: Boss Moss
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and fluffy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026

So like a pancake?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 07:33 PM (ZVgZ4)

182 What I read somewhere, suburban house fires are much reduced. Fires in general. There simply isn't as much for them to do.

Of course tax revenues are down greatly too. Less need for all those suburban fire stations coupled with less money means those go bye-bye.

But they send out 3 ladder trucks, an Ambulance and 6 cop cars when somebody falls off their footstool now.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 07:34 PM (vbftO)

183
Any other system for advancement through the ranks could only possibly be supported by a REMF.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 15, 2026 07:29 PM (HlyYF)

"This golden retriever seems to have a knack for tapping out grid coordinates over the radio..."

"Well fuckin' oo-rah then, give that doggo some milkbones and let's party!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:34 PM (Ot/FD)

184 I am just hoping I don't wind up disappointed. Lie if you must....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 07:34 PM (XfIK1)

185 Hey Ronster, you have an old fire truck?

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 07:35 PM (XfIK1)

186 Every year the week before Christmas, the local bar here brings in a fire truck (along with the fire fighters) and puts Santa Claus up top, so the kids climb up the ladder truck to see Santa. The place is absolutely mobbed. They do bonfires, and cocoa, and the usual adult fare, of course. It is the sort of bar where bikers, fire fighters, the occasional Trooper, and the local bar flies hang out, with lots of outdoor space including a sort of stage for a band. It's the only Saturday when there are far and away more kids than adults, and utter mayhem of the really good kind.

The fire fighters do this gratis.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026 07:36 PM (mm8qa)

187 The earth is a cube. Wake up, sheeple.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:28 PM (Ot/FD)

Nope, it's shaped like a burrito.

-H/T Bloom County

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 15, 2026 07:36 PM (0aYVJ)

188 I find your idea of a donut shaped Earth intriguing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 07:37 PM (4NO2D)

189 I am going to be disappointed if AOP doesn't have a fire truck....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:22 PM (XfIK1)

Well, technically, I guess I do. I have a 1945 Studebaker US6 military truck that was surplused off, new, and used for a number of years by the Yakima County Rural Fired Department. Ulitmately sold off to a local orchardist, who put a flatdeck on it, and used it to haul fruit. Bought it that way at an estate auction. No fire equipment remains on it at all, except for fading red paint, and some lettering.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 07:39 PM (1z8ji)

190 186 Every year the week before Christmas, the local bar here brings in a fire truck (along with the fire fighters) and puts Santa Claus up top, so the kids climb up the ladder truck to see Santa. The place is absolutely mobbed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026 07:36 PM
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Love it. Not the same but we used to live in a neighborhood where the fire dept put Santa on top of the fire engine and drove around with lights blazing.

Posted by: TRex - fire dept santa advisor dino at August 15, 2026 07:39 PM (XfIK1)

191 I am going to be disappointed if AOP doesn't have a fire truck....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 06:22 PM (XfIK1)

Well, technically, I guess I do. I have a 1945 Studebaker US6 military truck that was surplused off, new, and used for a number of years by the Yakima County Rural Fired Department. Ulitmately sold off to a local orchardist, who put a flatdeck on it, and used it to haul fruit. Bought it that way at an estate auction. No fire equipment remains on it at all, except for fading red paint, and some lettering.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
******
You are my hero!!!!!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 15, 2026 07:40 PM (XfIK1)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 15

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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I totally missed International Cat Day last Saturday!

Happy International Cat Day! pic.twitter.com/nZsoq05Zvs
— cineblog (@cineblogx) August 8, 2026

But I think someone left another cat in our yard last night.

HISTORY

For International Cat Day I have cleaned-up for you this wonderful Autochrome plate by Arnold Genthe. It is entitled "Miss Anna Holch with the cat Buzzer" which was taken in colour 116 years ago using an early colour glass-plate process. It isn't colourised. pic.twitter.com/paJ52sFAlv
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) August 8, 2026

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Worldwide Otter Day is in May.

At the San Diego Zoo, an otter family stole the spotlight in the most adorable way, turning a simple visit into a viral sensation.

While visitors watched in delight, a proud mother otter carried her tiny newborn pup right up to the glass for everyone to see. Moments later, the� pic.twitter.com/otBzXAAmkT
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 13, 2026

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Meet The PetMorons

Our home-bred and born George (Soyara's Dragon King), with his New Jersey dad, Ron. Clearly he's enjoying the good life, even if he is in the Garden State. I sent a message to Ron saying he should be called King George because he's living like one.
Hadrian the Seventh

George is a handsome boy. I think Ron will be a great Dad for him.

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here is my friend's newest addition to the family - Friskers! He's. . . um, excitable.

Boswell

Best wishes to your friend and Friskers! Looks like an interesting new friend!

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 8

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:28 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:29 PM (wzUl9)

2 Afternoon, pet folken! Yes, George, aka King George, is a royal-looking fellow. And Friskers is probably really complaining he hasn't had enough (a) food, (b) attention, or (c) both.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:32 PM (wzUl9)

3 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 03:33 PM (2eMPB)

4 Good looking fellas. Very majestic dog and I must say I agree with your cat about this site.

Weird time of summer -- the pool's open, the female lifeguards have gorgeous asses, but no one's feeling the vibes right now. Stupid teachers unions.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 15, 2026 03:33 PM (qwx/I)

5 Woof!
Pop ups are dog shit.
Mr Parrot sez high.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 15, 2026 03:34 PM (xGaKZ)

6 Miss Linda told me about a video she'd seen online where a seal or sea lion swam up to a fishing boat, got aboard, and settled down to *take a nap.* Trusting creature. He's lucky it wasn't an Eskimo boat; he'd have awakened in filets.

(When I was small, I thought "Easter Seals" had something to do with the pinnipeds, and was always disappointed that the stamps or seals had bunnies and chicks on them and no actual seals.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:35 PM (wzUl9)

7 Hey guys,

Small update on our cats.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

It's so hot here, I haven't slept well. I'll have to properly read the thread later. I hope you all are well.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 15, 2026 03:36 PM (2F0/Y)

8 My new cat Chloe has been with me just over a month now. In that time she's:

--Claimed the top shelf of the bookshelves in my office, kicking Penny out of her spot
--Stolen food from every other kitties bowl and plate when she gets a chance
--Engaged in "slap fights" with Allie (they are both declawed so there is little risk of serious harm)
--Knocked numerous items off my desk
--Plopped herself in the most inconvenient spot on my desk, randomly hitting keys on my keyboard
--Chewed on the cords to my keyboard and mouse.

In other words, she's been the perfect Moron kitty since she got here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

9 The furry thuglets, aka The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space, are doing well. Still need to take them in for their annual rabies shots. Despite the summer heat, I have not noticed fleas on them or on me. It's be hard to see fleas on black Stirling, of course, and Dagny's long fur would provide further hiding places, but I don't see them traversing her face, and neither is scratching.

I guess I have to have them flea-treated anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:41 PM (wzUl9)

10 *Every* day is International Cat Day. Just ask any cat, he'll tell you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:43 PM (wzUl9)

11 *Every* day is International Cat Day. Just ask any cat, he'll tell you.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:43 PM (wzUl9)
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All my cats are domestic. Don't they get a day?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 03:45 PM (FZ29D)

12 Meow....

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at August 15, 2026 03:45 PM (sAmhv)

13 Push the cat buzzer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 03:46 PM (Cqx++)

14 Nyah!!!

Next year do not forget such an important date, yuman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 15, 2026 03:48 PM (aMl27)

15 4. "I must say I agree with your cat about this site."

I find the pop-up ads to be especially troublesome if I click "continue" rather than "comments" when a new thread comes up.

Posted by: KT at August 15, 2026 03:48 PM (1RGZ5)

16 How does one train a kitten to use a scratching post/box? We never did manage to train Ever and lost a leather couch to his attentions. Yuu has always been very good about scratching her cardboard scratchie box. Hemi is just starting to scratch and I want to do everything possible to train him to use the items provided.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026 03:50 PM (lFFaq)

17 All my cats have been domestic by birth, but the Siberians like Dagny have had Russian ancestors. Does that count as "international"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:51 PM (wzUl9)

18 How does one train a kitten to use a scratching post/box? We never did manage to train Ever and lost a leather couch to his attentions. Yuu has always been very good about scratching her cardboard scratchie box. Hemi is just starting to scratch and I want to do everything possible to train him to use the items provided.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026 03:50 PM (lFFaq)
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I think the secret is to put the scratching post next to the object you don't want them to scratch. Reward them for using the preferred scratching post.

For instance, Penny used to have a problem scratching the doorframes. I put a scratching post right next to the doorframe and now she's much more like to scratch that. Doesn't work 100% of the time, but she's much, much better than she used to be. I have another scratching post at the end of my couch for that same reason.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 03:55 PM (FZ29D)

19 Otters!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 03:55 PM (/wPHZ)

20 We no longer have a doggie.

Does it count on the pet thread that our 11mo old grandgirl pants like a dog vs barking? She also crawls fast to the person she chooses to pick her up. And fetches her ball when we tell her to go get it after she throws it. I think that qualifies?

She's a delight altho her Nana was worn out yesterday from having them all week. She wanted to be held a lot and I was fine with that but she's usually easier to please.

It was a rainy day on Th and the older two are usually outside. School starts Monday. This was a week their parents needed us and we always say yes for visits. They are 10min away.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 15, 2026 03:55 PM (hzuYO)

21 How does one train a kitten to use a scratching post/box? We never did manage to train Ever and lost a leather couch to his attentions. Yuu has always been very good about scratching her cardboard scratchie box. Hemi is just starting to scratch and I want to do everything possible to train him to use the items provided.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026

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Sprinkle some catnip on the post or box. Or rub your hands over it, so that it smells like you to him, then do the catnip. It might work and it might not, but if you make it more attractive to him . . .

Dagny uses the roped post I bought at Petco long ago and have re-wound several times with sisal from the hardware store. She also will scratch on the rough doormat I bought for outside, but brought in long ago for the cats to sharpen claws on.

Stirling, exasperatingly, will use the post if he happens to be near it, but prefers to use the carpet. I don't care too much; I consider the damage deposit on this place to be long gone. But I chase him away from the fabric of the couch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:56 PM (wzUl9)

22 Polliwog, there's also Perfessor Squirrel's excellent suggestion of putting the scratching item next to something you *don't* want them working their claws on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:58 PM (wzUl9)

23 Polliwog, there's also Perfessor Squirrel's excellent suggestion of putting the scratching item next to something you *don't* want them working their claws on.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:58 PM (wzUl9)
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Combine my strategy with yours and there's a very good chance the cat will learn what's "acceptable" very quickly, with the occasional relapse. Keep a squirt bottle handy!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 04:01 PM (FZ29D)

24 It's easy to overlook "International Cat Day." I always get it confused with April 23, which is "International Vagina Day."

(ok, that might be too raunchy for the Weekly Pet Thread. If so, I apoligize, but that doesn't stop me from mixing them up. I end up celebrating both year round. )

Posted by: Orson at August 15, 2026 04:02 PM (dIske)

25 Lovely photos.

Our kitten, Millard, makes me laugh when he's not exhausting me. Thanks to the cat owners who have assured me that, yes, indeed, he will calm down. I haven't had a kitten for about 14 years so I didn't recall the " Krazy Kat" part. Anyway, he sleeps in the weirdest positions with his head hanging off the pillow on top
Of the couch , but he doesn't seem to be bothered by any neck cricks when he gets up and he "zooms" off to catch his toy mouse or the spring like toots which he loves.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:04 PM (W90Ou)

26 George is quite regal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 04:05 PM (JvZF+)

27 I don’t think I have ever trained my cats. Sabi is awesome about using his scratchy posts. Kovu not so much. We have a few and they have to be extra large so my cats can stand up and actually use them. Normal sized cats ones do not work.

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2026 04:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

28 25- "toys" not "toots"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:06 PM (W90Ou)

29 The top two cats on the "international Cat Day" are from "The Fifth Element" and Jones from "Alien."

Next is Puss n Boots, and I don't know the others.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 04:07 PM (CHHv1)

30 Combine my strategy with yours and there's a very good chance the cat will learn what's "acceptable" very quickly, with the occasional relapse. Keep a squirt bottle handy!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 04:01 PM (FZ29D)
Cat Scratch Syndrome!

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2026 04:08 PM (LHPAg)

31 I think Chloe really is part leopard.

She tends to sleep with one or both forelegs dangling all the way off her perch, like she's resting in a tree.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 04:09 PM (FZ29D)

32
Sorry, George's registered name is Soyara's Dragon Slayer. His California brother Zeus is Soyara's Dragon King.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 04:09 PM (O0L8i)

33 Our kitten, Millard, makes me laugh when he's not exhausting me. Thanks to the cat owners who have assured me that, yes, indeed, he will calm down. I haven't had a kitten for about 14 years so I didn't recall the " Krazy Kat" part. Anyway, he sleeps in the weirdest positions with his head hanging off the pillow on top
Of the couch , but he doesn't seem to be bothered by any neck cricks when he gets up and he "zooms" off to catch his toy mouse or the spring like toots which he loves.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026

***
Like very tiny children, kittens are made of rubber. Fortunately for them, the elasticity extends quite a ways into adulthood.

I well recalled what an exhausting little bundle of energy Tatiana the Wonder Sibierian was, and I kept saying I didn't want a kitten after Wolf and Chekov passed away. What happened? I adopted two. Yes, they play with each other, but they are not pack animals like dogs and often get up to solo mischief. So two kittens are not always half the work, but four times!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9)

34
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Cen-Tex KC show im Belton.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 04:13 PM (O0L8i)

35 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9

Son keeps saying "Why don't we get another kitten?" Uhhhh...nope

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:13 PM (xSAlF)

36 One wonders how crazy Miss Anna Holch was back in the day. Great pic

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 04:14 PM (f+DSe)

37 Chloe:
--Plopped herself in the most inconvenient spot on my desk, randomly hitting keys on my keyboard
-----
Like now, for instance...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 04:15 PM (FZ29D)

38 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 04:13 PM (O0L8i)

By now you used the name "the big dummy" so often ( although I know you love him) that I can't remember his real name, although I do sort of get a sort of chuckle from thinking of how the high brow dog people would react if "the big dummy" was used as his actual
name😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:17 PM (xSAlF)

39 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Cen-Tex KC show im Belton.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Congrats! What's The Big Dummy's show name?

Posted by: Tuna at August 15, 2026 04:18 PM (lJ0H4)

40
What's The Big Dummy's show name?
Posted by: Tuna at August 15, 2026 04:18 PM (lJ0H4)

___________

GCHG* Envious As They Fall. Varus is his call name, but The Big Dummy is more accurate. He may be thicker than two short planks but he's a perfect gentleman.

*Grand Champion, Gold Level. He's about 150 points short of Platinum Level

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 04:23 PM (O0L8i)

41 6 Miss Linda told me about a video she'd seen online where a seal or sea lion swam up to a fishing boat, got aboard, and settled down to *take a nap.* Trusting creature. He's lucky it wasn't an Eskimo boat; he'd have awakened in filets.

(When I was small, I thought "Easter Seals" had something to do with the pinnipeds, and was always disappointed that the stamps or seals had bunnies and chicks on them and no actual seals.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 03:35 PM (wzUl9)

Some of the sea otter moms in Resurrection Bay (Seward, AK) put their babies on the back decks of fishing vessels in the harbor while they go get food. They apparently have done this for generations now, and I have to admit, it's a pretty smart adaptation. I don't know a single captain who would kick a baby otter off the boat, but there are plenty of orcas in that bay who would eat a baby otter like an appetizer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026 04:25 PM (mm8qa)

42 Sorry, George's registered name is Soyara's Dragon Slayer. His California brother Zeus is Soyara's Dragon King.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026

***
Dagny's registered name is Sibirskiy Dagny Sophia. Not sure if her title has an apostrophe-s after the cattery name.

Stirling's is "Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence," or "Stirling No Dammit."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)

43 Stirling's is "Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence," or "Stirling No Dammit."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)

I have two dogs. One is "Ruby the Magnificent." The other one is "Dammit, Piper, knock that off."

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026 04:32 PM (mm8qa)

44 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026 04:32 PM (mm8qa

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:34 PM (y8wRt)

45 I have two dogs. One is "Ruby the Magnificent." The other one is "Dammit, Piper, knock that off."
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2026

***
Actually I try never to use their names when I'm exasperated with them, only in affection. So Stirling is that when he's sitting with me or napping, and is "Dammit Black Cat!" when he misbehaves.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

46 I personally think the pic of Anna and the cat Buzzer is AI. In 1910 young women didn't wear a bracelet as a headband, did they? I thought that came into fashion among the flappers of the 1920s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:58 PM (wzUl9)

47 The picture of the parents and their otter pup
Is adorable.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:58 PM (W90Ou)

48 And Anna looks a *lot* like the young Drew Barrymore.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)

49 Great Dane sitting on the couch watching a football ( soccer ) game. Scroll down for video:

https://tinyurl.com/ye86u6t7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:07 PM (y8wRt)

50
Our Danes did that too. It was so funny.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)

51 Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)

It is funny. Good to laugh at things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:11 PM (y8wRt)

52 My last Dane would put his front paws on the console and head out the sunroof. Looked like he was driving a clown car.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 15, 2026 05:24 PM (XvL8K)

53
Lol Biff

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 05:25 PM (/QHx4)

54 Re scratching: My problems ended when I got a sisal scratching post. I assumed sisal was just another word for twine, but it's not. My original post is 2 years old and it still looks new. I bought another last summer for my bedroom. Also looks new. It just seems to be very satisfying to both cats. One likes low, one likes high, so the posts get a real workout.

Amazon, and not cheap. I think $70. But worth it to me.

Posted by: Wenda at August 15, 2026 05:27 PM (NSpAF)

55 Nood. Hobby thread.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 15, 2026 05:30 PM (zZu0s)

56 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:31 PM (WDaeq)

57 thats no Drew Barrymore?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 15, 2026 05:32 PM (wxsGM)

58 You know I keep hearing all this stuffs about problems in some Persian Gulf place.

I tried to find the Gulf Course on the internet and did not find anything.

Just something about a waterway or shipping route near some Oman place??

I thought the Oman was a horror movie with some guy named Damien Thorn ??

Cackle ............. Cackle ................ Cackle .............

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 15, 2026 05:33 PM (JDSUL)

59 Posted by: Wenda at August 15, 2026 05:27 PM

Thanks for the suggestion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:34 PM (rHgXV)

60 Modern fire trucks ain't cheap.

They are pretty much custom made for each department.

Costs can be around $2.5 million per truck.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 05:39 PM (FZ29D)

61 SMOD just missed us. https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo/status/2088456728530895356

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at August 15, 2026 06:24 PM (EjK1h)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 15

Hi KT, I took this at the farm stand in Sonoma this morning - the photo is not retouched or edited.
San Franpsycho

It's the season - even in Sonoma. What a great photo!

Mr Jimm has put in a daylily bed with a nice assortment of daylilies. Maybe we will se some more in the future, with some cultural information!

Some lovely specimens there. Including some fancies. But I like the plain yellow, too.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Eris Enthroned:

Here is a picture of some of my crop this year: Lemon Boy, Costoluto Genovese, Indigo Rose, and Rebel Starfighter Prime.

What a fantastic assortment! What's your favorite?

And:

Torture Garden
Here's a photo of my first T-Rex Yellow hot pepper, 1,500,000 Scoville Units.
Dear God.
Just the tip: no worse than a habanero. Go in deeper: dragon napalm.
I need to sneak this into somebody's Bloody Mary.

Too hot for me.

Nature

My condo is a second floor unit opening out to my personal terrace and then a larger common terrace. There are water gardens which mean mostly low growing succulents and some pretty container arrangements and some small trees in large containers. Yesterday I found this guy on one of plants. Where could he have come from? He is a handsome specimen so I took his picture.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

I'm glad you didn't have a horde of them. One was enough. Though he is handsome.

The other day we were talking about giant spiders. I spotted this one down by the creek.
- fd

"Spotted". Glad you didn't run into it.

If he:
- brings you flowers
- listens attentively to everything you say and every sounds your body makes
- keeps a warm home fully of plants
- watches you carefully when you're nearby
- lives in a cave
- squeaks are you

That's not a man, that's an alpine pika pic.twitter.com/nX4uKBDWNs
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 (@senatorshoshana) August 9, 2026

The monarch migration is about to begin.

Along the way, they depend on native flowering plants to rest and refuel. Planting native wildflowers and milkweed in your yard or in your community is one simple way to help these remarkable travelers complete their journey. pic.twitter.com/yyEFnmPgCJ
— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) August 11, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

The hibiscus next to the monarda started blooming the 2nd weekend of July, and so did the orange Helenium (sneezeweed) in front of it. There is also an Arctic Blaze purple salvia (front center) that I planted this year. I hope it will have enough flowers next summer to interest the hummingbird.
badgerwx

Nice planting for attracting pollinators and hummingbirds!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 8

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:31 PM

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1 yay! Tomatoes!

It is not time for tomatoes yet. I have picked some but I don't expect the full rush to start until just before we have our first furious downpour and they all split

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)

2 I could have been a contender!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:36 PM (NnhvP)

3 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 01:36 PM (2eMPB)

4 Great content KT, congrats to the gardeners!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:36 PM (NnhvP)

5 Those tomatoes shook me up! Hope I have the formatting fixed now.

Posted by: KT at August 15, 2026 01:41 PM (1RGZ5)

6 Really should get tractor out and chop.op pile of leaves from last year in a pile under a tree

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 01:43 PM (2eMPB)

7 Those tomatoes shook me up! Hope I have the formatting fixed now.
Posted by: KT

It looks great to me, were you drooling?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:46 PM (NnhvP)

8 I've been growing some super-hot peppers this year. Carolna Reapers, Dragon's Breath, Scorpions and Ghost. Also some regular Habaneros and Jalapeno's for a lighter touch, lol. I planted them in May, and they're just now ripening up. Can't wait to burn my face off!

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 15, 2026 01:49 PM (ZlKnD)

9 Haven't seen a Monarch in months but all the milkweed is ready & I have a 100 tags waiting for them.

Posted by: Bob at August 15, 2026 02:00 PM (hWhmF)

10 About to harvest my first tomato. Probably tomorrow.
One.
that's it.
One damn tomato.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 15, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB)

11 The grocery store ones don't look like that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 02:08 PM (+iWzK)

12 FenSpouse is more of a gardener than I am, but I enjoy looking at the flowers. Right now we have rubekia in our front yard and evening primrose which is more of a weed ( we didn't plant it but looks lovely in the early morning)

We go by a local senior center on our morning walk and and they have lovely flowers and beautiful tomatoes right now. This was one of the flowers - dahlia maya (sp?)

https://tinyurl.com/mtzfdh3r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 02:09 PM (rHgXV)

13 I didn't for first time in a long time put hot peppers in. They really wouldn't start coming in until later Summrr throughearly fall

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 02:13 PM (2eMPB)

14 Those tomatoes look luscious!

Nice also, that they're not all dented by some %$(*#@'s fingernail like at the local grocery. If I ever catch that idiot...... grrrrr.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:14 PM (rdVOm)

15 POP UPS SUCK DICK

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 15, 2026 02:14 PM (zg+Cs)

16 My gardens are all done save a little basil. That has gone to seed so I guess it is done as well. Trying to decide what to plant for late summer/fall.

It is brutally hot down here. I've been mowing the lawn all day and I'm about pooped out.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

17 Partly cloudy here, teasing with possibility of rain. Hope it's more than *windshield spatter* quantity! And hope that lightning doesn't just cause more local fires, we gots enough of those already.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:22 PM (rdVOm)

18 My monarda clump still has some blooms, even though it's mid-August. The hummingbirds are visiting my monardas and salvias every day to fuel up for their migration.

I have a milkweed patch for the monarch butterflies and have seen a few on the flowers. But now that my milkweed is done blooming, I'm hoping to see a few monarch caterpillars - but none so far. Maybe my milkweed patch isn't big enough yet to trigger egg-laying.
badgerwx

Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at August 15, 2026 02:24 PM (VnNy+)

19 Not mention I am three months into rehab for my knee replacement. My mobility is excellent, I am walking 2 miles a day, up and down small hills so GAINZ, but it still hurts 24/7. I hope they didn't eff up a nerve cluster or something.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 02:24 PM (4NO2D)

20 Daughter's pumpkin plants got killed by one of 3 oak trees that were blown down in my backyard Wednesday night. Also took out part of my deck and some patio furniture. Yard's gonna have to be reseeded or sodded after the clean up.

One of two 60 yr old pin oak trees in front yard lost 2 large limbs and blocked the street. Arborist says rest of tree will have to be taken out. Front of house will look weird with only one now.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 15, 2026 02:27 PM (Hbeqj)

21 toby928(c)--

My next door neighbor had knee replacement last summer. Said it didn't feel "normal" and pain-free again until this Spring, even though his mobility was good.

Keep up the good work!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:28 PM (rdVOm)

22 A big mantis decided to fall into one of my rain buckets the other day.

Happily for it, there was only a bit of dead leaves from my houseplants in there, which is how I figured out that it was int he bucket, because there was a lot of rustling as the mantis moved around!

I put it out on my seedling trees. It spent tens of minutes wandering around the entry and watching me as I sat there and had a cigar.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 15, 2026 02:34 PM (C0Nlv)

23 Wow, olddog, I'm sorry that happened to you! What a mess.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:35 PM (rdVOm)

24 My favorite tomatoes this year have been Lemon Boy, for their pretty color and citrusy taste, and Rebel Starfighter Prime for their deep red flesh and smoky flavor.

Just picked a handful of those deadly T-Rex Yellows. 🦖 Into the freezer they go. What was I thinking?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 15, 2026 02:35 PM (CE2fs)

25 Grew jalapenos for the first time this year. Great crop, but yikes these are a little more spicier than the kind you get from a store. But they still get consumed. 😁

Shockingly the cucumbers which we usually get a ton of hardly grew for some reason.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 15, 2026 02:39 PM (n5tGW)

26 Those tomatoes are what's for lunch.

The generic, mealy, tasteless, mass-marketed ones are a sad simulation of the real thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 02:45 PM (JvZF+)

27 Just got back in from mowing. Thankfully the butterfly bushes picked up from the July drought, and seem to be doing their job. Several butterflies and other insects stopping in for some nectar. Sadly we aren't in one of the big Monarch migration paths out here.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 15, 2026 02:50 PM (7kJyR)

28 olddog that sounds crazy bad

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 02:51 PM (JvZF+)

29 Gilroy is the "Garlic Capital", or was anyway. I never see it in the grocery stores any longer. Just the Chinesium scheisse. Where is it going? Better price overseas maybe?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 02:53 PM (LXQ3Y)

30 I got a hat with two rechargeable fans on it and I can testify that it really works well for riding around on the mower or tractor. Most of the pictures for them show the fans in front but I found it works better for me with the fans on the back blowing forward past my neck. Worth every penny of the $18 I paid for it. Keeps the gnats off too.

They have little solar panels on the fans but they don't do much. It would be better to get rid of the fans and have a bigger battery.

Yes, it looks goofy. No, I don't care.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 02:53 PM (MWfyi)

31 I have walked into those giant spider webs. I learned to keep a short sword on me.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 02:54 PM (MWfyi)

32 20 Daughter's pumpkin plants got killed by one of 3 oak trees that were blown down in my backyard Wednesday night. Also took out part of my deck and some patio furniture.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 15, 2026 02:27 PM

And I thought kite eating trees were bad.

Posted by: Charlie Brown at August 15, 2026 02:55 PM (2Ez/1)

33 Gilroy is the "Garlic Capital", or was anyway. I never see it in the grocery stores any longer. Just the Chinesium scheisse. Where is it going? Better price overseas maybe?
Posted by: Common Tater

I buy "Christopher Ranch" garlic products, in jars. Sez on the label it's from Gilroy, CA.

Fresh at the grocery is no longer an option. Plus, jarred garlic lasts longer.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:56 PM (rdVOm)

34 25 Grew jalapenos for the first time this year. Great crop, but yikes these are a little more spicier than the kind you get from a store. But they still get consumed. 😁
----

I've been growing Jalepenos for a few years now. It takes a little while to get started, but now they're in full bloom. The plants are very productive. and you're right, they're a bit spicier than the store version.

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 15, 2026 02:57 PM (ZlKnD)

35 bbl

Have a great day, horde!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:58 PM (rdVOm)

36 Garlic is pretty easy to grow, actually. Not an option for me right now. Plant in the fall.

"Fresh at the grocery is no longer an option"

What does that mean, exactly? They can somehow ship the crap grown stuff from the other side of the planet, but somehow California is too far away? Doesn't make any sense.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 03:02 PM (LXQ3Y)

37 Yes, it's a mess but at least none the trees hit the house. Neighbor had one go through upstairs master bedroom. Extensive roof and brick damage. All in all I feel blessed it wasn't worse.

I'm looking real hard at 2 good trees that are within striking distance of the house. They may not be there next year.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 15, 2026 03:02 PM (Hbeqj)

38 Our tomatoes are really coming on. Even with 90+ degree days. We have to pick at first blush, and make "sill" tomatoes because of birds, terrapins, and bugs, but who cares? Wife can't stand for long, so I've been doing most the prep work for canning. She still doesn't trust me to do the actual canning... smart woman.
We put up around 9 pints of spaghetti sauce, and 10 of salsa last few days.
Many more to come.
What to do with all the darned cucumbers? Already got two years worth of pickles.(?)
Peppers- all but one of our 5 Magyar peppers wilted. Gonna have to try a new variety next year (sweet paprika). Jalapenos are doing great. Bells are okay. Poblanos are always slow to ripen, but we'll have plenty for ancho.
Yellow squash are a magnet for cuke beetles.

Posted by: MkY at August 15, 2026 03:03 PM (q6tQZ)

39 Our kitchen counter looks like that picture of the tomatoes. I've made sauce. I've given them to my neighbor, who has made sauce. I've frozen them. I've given them away. My wife has given them away. We are not planting tomatoes next year.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 15, 2026 03:05 PM (QaH55)

40 I forgot. Harvested 3 supers of honey last weekend. Tastes exactly like last year's. I hope those lazy-ass bees get some buckwheat honey in.

Posted by: MkY at August 15, 2026 03:05 PM (q6tQZ)

41 Ex Rex Reeder

Have you tried fresh salsa? Little peppers, little onions, and loads of maters!

Posted by: MkY at August 15, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)

42 Debating whether I want to clean out the tree debris in the pool or wait pool guy shows up Monday.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 15, 2026 03:06 PM (Hbeqj)

43 Debating whether I want to clean out the tree debris in the pool or wait pool guy shows up Monday.
Posted by: olddog in mo

Is your Indian name Swims With Sticks?

Posted by: MkY at August 15, 2026 03:08 PM (q6tQZ)

44 Have you tried fresh salsa? Little peppers, little onions, and loads of maters!
Posted by: MkY at August 15, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)

Yes. Yes I have. My late mother was a great canner. Sadly, her son di not acquire the skill.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 15, 2026 03:10 PM (QaH55)

45 The Boy Scouts had this fundraiser thing waaaay back in the day, they would go around door to door selling Apples from Washington state. Not just any old Apples, these HUGE things, the tastiest crispiest things you ever ate. They were expensive, but really good. Never saw them before or since really.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 03:11 PM (LXQ3Y)

46 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 15, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

47 Had some time, so I dropped in. Checked the prayer list.

F*ck cancer........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 15, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

48 Are all those monarchs in some sort of cedar?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 03:14 PM (sl73Y)

49 The Harvest Moon is on September 26. Time to queue the Neil Young song. We have had a very nice harvest of Roma tomatoes from our patio plants. The blueberry plants are brand new, so not much fruit to speak of, but their growth seems to have really taken off in the past few weeks. They are in containers as well, so we will lug those into the garage probably around Thanksgiving. I still need to finish surface cleaning the brick and blue stone patio. I am going to try the stone dust on the bricks this year, I think. The "super" sand has been a big disappointment.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 15, 2026 03:24 PM (2ap+5)

50 That's a great tune! Not technically difficult, but as anyone who has tried to nail somebody else's tune down knows, it's kinda tricky to make it sound right. "Simple" does not mean "Easy". Drop D tuning.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 03:31 PM (f+DSe)

51 A lot of Monarch flutter bys migrate to a specific place in Mexico iirc. In the pic, might be a Juniper?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 03:33 PM (f+DSe)

52 MkY at August 15, 2026 03:03 PM

You've been busy! Do you have a variety of cucumbers that you don't have to peel? Try them with onions in a little cider vinegar diluted with water. On bread and butter, with tomato.

You can leave either the bread or the tomato off, depending if you want a sandwich or salad.

Posted by: KT at August 15, 2026 03:37 PM (1RGZ5)

53 MkY at August 15, 2026 03:03 PM

Also, I find Anchos easier to grow than bell peppers.

Posted by: KT at August 15, 2026 03:38 PM (1RGZ5)

54 Good afternoon all
Love the magenta daylily.
I've been growing Jalapenos for a number of years but only to make them pickled. The spicy sweet taste is fantastic. Super easy. Four ingredients and about 20 minutes to make. Put in a mason jar in the fridge. No additional processing required.
I am finally seeing some tiny tomatoes turning red on that freak plant.
Poblanos lagging a bit but that's okay. Gives me time to figure out what to,put them in.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 04:12 PM (kJmSS)

55 Toby, if you're still around, I had hip replacement which is a little less intense than knee what the surgeon said it would be 6 months for it to be good, 12 months for perfect. I am right at 12 months and except for an occasional muscle ache when I over do things, he was right.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 04:20 PM (kJmSS)

56 You've been busy! Do you have a variety of cucumbers that you don't have to peel?

Oh, we keep the veggie concoction going all summer... change the marinate about once a month.
Still, a person can only eat so many.
We "semi-peel" ours, if that makes sense.

Posted by: MkY at August 15, 2026 04:45 PM (q6tQZ)

57 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 04:20 PM

So I am halfway to good. Thanks for the Hope!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 05:19 PM (4NO2D)

58 That spider, I once walked into the web of one of those as a youngun. I spazzed out and jumped around like a maniac trying to get it off me. Don't know if they bite, but I would guess they'll bite if you inconvenienced them.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 15, 2026 05:24 PM (cWLG3)

59 So I am halfway to good. Thanks for the Hope!!
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 05:19

Yep. Exactly. ❤️

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 05:37 PM (kJmSS)

60 t.rex chile: i grow 7pot brainstrain, very similar in shape but brown until sliced, (then yellow green). you can mince them after removing seeds and seine and sautee them in oily stuff. add to pico de gallo or some chimmichurri.
this morning i rode to the house of an old friend that i'd heard passed away to inquire of services (nothing on the 'puterbox). while chatting with his nephew a humbird began sipping sap from the enormous alder in front. there's no scarcity of nectar nearby; perhaps a change of menu was in order.

Posted by: cmeat at August 15, 2026 05:57 PM (Bep7s)

Mascots of the Anointed

After the unfortunate death of Jason Arday, Ed Driscoll wrote: IT RARELY ENDS WELL FOR A MASCOT OF THE ANOINTED: "The real [Arday] story is of an elite academic world that was so excited by a compelling narrative that they rushed a clearly mentally unbalanced man with no real qualifications to the heights of academia because he ticked so many useful boxes."

The sentence just above quotes Enguerrand VII de Coucy but the Mascot of the Anointed phrase is linked to a short archived piece from 1995 by Thomas Sowell in which "the anointed" worked at the New York Times and their "mascots" were old prison inmates.

Thomas Sowell:

The "New York Times" recently ran a front-page story dripping with sympathy for a multiple murderer who is now very old and who, on some days, "cannot remember" why he is in prison. His victims, however, cannot remember anything on any days.
There are also photographs of him and other prisoners. One prisoner is described as having a disease that "brings mental deterioration." Another, with his legs amputated, is shown trying to catch a baseball on his knees. Yet another prisoner is shown in a wheelchair.

All sorts of heart-tugging stories are told about elderly inmates who are succumbing to various diseases and infirmities of age. There are, however, no stories at all about their victims, or their victims' widows or orphans, or how tough their lives have been. . .

Ways that statistics are disconnected from the images are described.

Criminals are just one of the groups adopted as mascots of the media. All sorts of parasites and predators have been displayed as if they were ocelots or other exotic creatures that adorn the world of the anointed. The deeper question is: Why is it necessary for the anointed to have human mascots? And why do they choose the kind of people that they do?
Whoever is condemned by society at large - - criminals, bums, illegal aliens, AIDS-carriers, etc. -- are eligible to become mascots of the anointed, symbols of their superior wisdom and virtue. By lavishing concern on those we condemn, the anointed become morally one-up on the rest of us.

Is that important? To some it is paramount. A quarter of a century before the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said in a speech in Springfield, Ill., that the greatest danger to the future of the United States would come, not from foreign enemies, but from that class of people that "thirsts and burns for distinction."
These people could not find that distinction "in supporting and maintaining an edifice that has been erected by others," according to Lincoln. In other words, there is not nearly as much ego satisfaction in building up this country as in tearing it down.
Our schools and colleges are today turning out more and more people who have been taught to want to "make a difference," "save the planet" or "reinvent government" -- in short, to treat policy-making as an ego trip. . .

A lot of potential quotes are packed into this little piece, which has aged well.

On August 6, Richard Fernandez wrote something that seems too prescient a week and a day before Jason died:

The way I understand it is the bureaucracy uses people like Jason to walk point. Behind him comes the whole pageant of Cambridge DEI administrators, lavishly funded programs with strange names and a highly paid sinecures. If trouble comes he'll be the first to get it.

What they� https://t.co/pxPh4dKgz6
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 6, 2026

And in the USA: Plagiarist Claudine Gay getting paid $3.1 million/year after "resigning" from Harvard.

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What is the purpose of Cambridge?

One thing that I found interesting is that there were stories about Jason Arday learning to read at the age of 18 and video clips of him hugging the man who taught him, but no one seemed interested in putting his teacher into the lecture circuit in higher education. The teacher seemed to accomplish something amazing, according to "the anointed." Was it the absence of dredlocks which kept him out of the limelight?

Jason Arday was diagnosed as autistic, but he seemed to be articulate with people in the administration of Cambridge. His communication with students seemed to be less successful. What was his role in the institution?

On the other hand, Isaac Newton had a reputation for being unsociable, though he was famously part of Cambridge. Was Isaac Newton, a genius, the more usual autistic type?

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Founding Father of the Week

Daily Dose of History

When the British invaded Virginia in 1781, General Lafayette was in command of the American forces opposing them and he was desperate for reliable information about the British forces. William Armistead, who was serving as Virginia’s commissary for military supplies offered a suggestion: why not use my slave James as a spy? After interviewing James, Lafayette approved the plan.
James passed through British lines and got a job waiting tables at British headquarters. Not only was he able to carry back to Lafayette the conversations he overheard while serving Lord Cornwallis, he smuggled out documents showing the British intent to remain in Yorktown—extremely valuable information that contributed to the decision to try to trap Cornwallis there. James was also able to carry messages from Lafayette to other Patriot agents behind British lines. According to tradition, a few days after the British surrender, Cornwallis was meeting with Lafayette when he noticed James. “Ah, you rogue,” he said to James. “You have been playing a trick on me all this time.”

After the war James returned to his old life as a slave of William Armistead, who was then serving as a delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. But in 1784, after a chance encounter in Richmond, Lafayette gave James a written statement which read: “This is to certify that the bearer by the name of James has done essential services to me while I had the honour to command in this State. His intelligence from the enemy’s camp were industriously collected and most faithfully delivered. He perfectly acquitted himself with some important commissions I gave him and appears to me entitled to every reward his situation can admit of.”
Two weeks later James submitted a petition to the Virginia General Assembly, requesting that he be emancipated in recognition of his services during the Revolution. James was formally freed by an act of the General Assembly, effective January 1, 1787. Upon being granted his freedom, James took the surname Lafayette.
In his old age James Lafayette was granted a pension by the General Assembly and he became something of a celebrity in Richmond, to which he would travel twice a year to collect the pension. James was in Richmond in October 1824, when Lafayette visited during his grand tour of America. As his procession was making its way to Capitol Square, Lafayette spotted James. Before a cheering crowd, he stopped the procession, called his old spy over and embraced him.
James Lafayette died in Baltimore at age 82, on August 9, 1830, one hundred ninety-six years ago today.

Engraved Portrait, James Armistead Lafayette

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Weekend

The Week in Pictures: Sophie's Choice Edition

Apologies for a slightly light TWiP this week; John and I are both overseas gadding about. I think John is in London, and I’m today in Barcelona, where I am continuing research on my forthcoming guidebook to European hotels that have decent air conditioning and more than three ice cubes in inventory at any one time. Anyway, the most important issue of the week is who will replace the splendiferous Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary. It’s a tough call, but we have some suggestions.

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, August 8, The times that try men's souls

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:22 AM

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1 Mmm, new thread smell.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 11:27 AM (zDDmD)

2 Too slow! Ah well.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 15, 2026 11:28 AM (mQbp+)

3 Corgis called.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 11:29 AM (zDDmD)

4 And now, we are going to hear endlessly that criticizing DEI academic fraud is murder, because the fraudster might kill himself.

Trannies have used this for years - "acknowledge that I am a woman, or I'll kill myself", and a judge in Idaho just ruled that any woman who threatens to kill herself acquires an unlimited right to abortion.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 15, 2026 11:30 AM (aD4fx)

5 Was he hangin out?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:30 AM (fgbQO)

6 Arday had some crazy eyes. The eyes always show up.

Posted by: Advo at August 15, 2026 11:33 AM (jO4mz)

7 At The Independent: "Eat faecal capsules to reduce peanut allergies, study suggests."

I'll take a guess: study was funded by Coprotech Pharmaceuticals.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:33 AM (Jr5Lq)

8 Fecal?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:35 AM (fgbQO)

9 recently ran a front-page story dripping with sympathy for a multiple murderer who is now very old and who, on some days, "cannot remember" why he is in prison

—

Will this be the new scam?

Criminal:Oh I have no idea why I’m in prison. My memory is so bad. All I know is I love humanity and puppies and kittens.

MSM: come on how can you lock this guy up?

Judge: Oh you poor thing. You’re released from prison.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 11:35 AM (7xx4i)

10 I am concluding Thomas Sowell's Wealth, Poverty, and Politics which is very quotable for the current crisis even though it is 10 years old. I keep wanting to cut and paste it here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 11:36 AM (JvZF+)

11 "Abraham Lincoln said in a speech in Springfield, Ill., that the greatest danger to the future of the United States would come, not from foreign enemies, but from that class of people that "thirsts and burns for distinction.""

The Lyceum Address:
https://tinyurl.com/4x2wk72w

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:36 AM (Jr5Lq)

12 Thomas Sowell is 96.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:38 AM (fgbQO)

13 Is Hasan Piker a mascot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 15, 2026 11:38 AM (2Ez/1)

14
All sorts of heart-tugging stories are told about elderly inmates who are succumbing to various diseases and infirmities of age.

I call this sort of story a "weepie".

I remember an article from not so long ago about Judith Clark, who was convicted in the Brinks Robbery. On and on it went about her and her plight. The names of the dead policemen - Waverly Brown and Edward O'Grady - weren't mentioned until (I counted) the 34th paragraph.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 11:38 AM (O0L8i)

15 From Christopher Rufo:

he DEI regime killed Jason Arday. Cambridge liberals were so desperate for a racial fairy tale, they elevated a man who could only meet the standards through fraud, then abandoned him when they started feeling embarrassed. Sad, predictable end to a story with only villains. RIP.

https://tinyurl.com/3jytk4wv

The left is now predictably trying to blame anyone but themselves for this fiasco. As was said elsewhere:

“Mistakes”

Bitch, this is exactly why this happened.

They weren’t mistakes. They were lies. Lies that would have stopped ANYONE who wasn’t a DEI poster boy from advancing this high in academia.

YOU did this. YOU.

https://tinyurl.com/4mkh38h7

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

16 Thanks K.T. My mid-day open thread needs have been served. Appreciate it!

Posted by: Weasel at August 15, 2026 11:39 AM (TMF5Z)

17 Well I forgot. Steve Martin defense.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:40 AM (fgbQO)

18 That James Lafayette fella was a handsome fella.

Posted by: Dy-No-Mite! at August 15, 2026 11:40 AM (cFP1B)

19 He doesn't look French.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:41 AM (fgbQO)

20 Ah, Cambridge! A venerable institution where knowledge is freely dispensed with!

Posted by: A Chump At Oxford at August 15, 2026 11:41 AM (JM9I6)

21 You know who else was a mascot of the anointed?

I nominate Doogie Howser MD as Hollywood's portrayal of one.

I never understood the appeal of a 14 year old savant functioning as a medical doctor. I don't care how supposedly high your IQ is, being a physician requires maturity, judgment, compassion, and seasoning. What a puerile (immature, silly, childish) show that was.

The episode where Doogie arranged a heart transplant within 10 minutes for a newly diagnosed heart patient, in the ER, as an intern, did not help.

Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026 11:42 AM (I0N4X)

22 I really appreciated the story about James Amistead Lafayette. I hadn't heard of him before Thanks so much, K.T!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 11:42 AM (lt7On)

23 "Our schools and colleges are today turning out more and more people who have been taught to want to "make a difference," "save the planet" or "reinvent government""

From the earliest grades, they try to turn kids into activists before they have any knowledge or experiential basis to reason from.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

24 Venerable Veneral.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:43 AM (fgbQO)

25 So Arday hopped the last train to Clarksville. He was a thief and a liar and a fraud, and was abruptly exposed after years and years of the educational "elite" propping up the con. Betrayed, alone, with no future and every illusion shattered, no wonder he checked out. He never existed in the first place.

Posted by: Elite institutions are no such thing at August 15, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

26 Anointed. Credentialism.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:46 AM (fgbQO)

27
They weren’t mistakes. They were lies. Lies that would have stopped ANYONE who wasn’t a DEI poster boy from advancing this high in academia.

Uh oh! You said BOY!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 11:46 AM (Cqx++)

28 Did he fall out of a window?

Posted by: Boris at August 15, 2026 11:47 AM (fgbQO)

29
So Arday hopped the last train to Clarksville.

"A push push push business, Arday. It's push push push, all the way, all the time! It's push push push, all the way, all the time, right on down the line!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 11:48 AM (O0L8i)

30 "Our schools and colleges are today turning out more and more people who have been taught to want to "make a difference," "save the planet" or "reinvent government""

Precisely none of whom take courses in useful subjects that would actually enable them to better men's lives. They just want power.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

31 Bitch, this is exactly why this happened.

They weren’t mistakes. They were lies. Lies that would have stopped ANYONE who wasn’t a DEI poster boy from advancing this high in academia.

YOU did this. YOU.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 11:38 AM

+++++

Tee hee.

Posted by: B.O.'s college transcripts at August 15, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Imagine a straight white male candidate for a professorship claiming that they had run 600 miles in six days, and had run 30 marathons in 35 days.

You think the review committee would have found that credible?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 15, 2026 11:48 AM (aD4fx)

33 Arday was a fraud. Empowered by the woke.

This same woke mob has run many a tenured professor out of a job because they refused to bend a knee to them. It's hard to have sympathy for the university/college professor demographic, but the ones who've been cast out of employment because people like Arday are preferred is just wrong.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 11:49 AM (2Cry5)

34
They weren’t mistakes. They were lies. Lies that would have stopped ANYONE who wasn’t a DEI poster boy from advancing this high in academia.

*muses*

What would it take to look at all our academics for the same thing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 11:49 AM (O0L8i)

35 Was he magical?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:49 AM (fgbQO)

36 I think there are some interesting parallels between Jason Arday and the cry-bully so-called transgender youth who use the threat of suicide as a cudgel against anyone who dares to question the reality of their fallacies. Deflect the responsibility for your own actions onto your critics.

Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026 11:51 AM (I0N4X)

37 Plagiarist Claudine Gay getting paid $3.1 million/year after "resigning" from Harvard.

Apparently there was a lot of grumbling among the faculty at Stanford when Gay was tenured there, due to her complete lack of academic output, but no one was going to destroy their career by publicly complaining.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 15, 2026 11:52 AM (aD4fx)

38 gp at August 15, 2026 11:42 AM

One disturbing aspect of trying to turn little kids into activists is that deep down they know that they are not in a position to "save the whales" by marching around in their school yard.

Meanwhile, they don't learn how to get along with each other.

Posted by: KT at August 15, 2026 11:52 AM (1RGZ5)

39 If you ever wonder why Michelle Obama is so bitter and angry, despite having a lifestyle very few enjoy, look no further than Jason Arday. It's very hard to live with the realization that you are a complete and utter fraud, so you lash out and try to blame others to excuse your own faults.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

40 During the Claudine Gay fooferaw, there was some effort devoted to seeking out plagiarized academic writing, but it seems to have ebbed after a couple of big scalps were gathered.

If universities wanted to demonstrate integrity, they'd undertake a large scale AI search to quickly find ALL the plagiarized crap over decades, and expose ALL the plagiarists and cheaters in academia. They now have the tools to do it, but neither the interest or desire to do so.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

41 "Our schools and colleges are today turning out more and more people who have been taught to want to "make a difference," "save the planet" or "reinvent government""

This too is the story of Barack Obongo.

Posted by: Zombie Robert Mugabe at August 15, 2026 11:53 AM (cFP1B)

42 Abraham Lincoln said in a speech in Springfield, Ill., that the greatest danger to the future of the United States would come, not from foreign enemies, but from that class of people that "thirsts and burns for distinction."
_______

Overproduction of "elites" has only been a thing since around that time or a little earlier. How it plays out will likely not be determined till long after we've all shuffled off these mortal coils.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 15, 2026 11:53 AM (XvL8K)

43 36 I think there are some interesting parallels between Jason Arday and the cry-bully so-called transgender youth who use the threat of suicide as a cudgel against anyone who dares to question the reality of their fallacies. Deflect the responsibility for your own actions onto your critics.e

39 If you ever wonder why Michelle Obama is so bitter and angry, despite having a lifestyle very few enjoy, look no further than Jason Arday. It's very hard to live with the realization that you are a complete and utter fraud, so you lash out and try to blame others to excuse your own fault

Same, same.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

44 If universities wanted to demonstrate integrity, they'd undertake a large scale AI search to quickly find ALL the plagiarized crap over decades, and expose ALL the plagiarists and cheaters in academia. They now have the tools to do it, but neither the interest or desire to do so.

I've wondered why some billionaire hasn't financed that. It would absolutely rock academia.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 15, 2026 11:54 AM (aD4fx)

45 Is On the Waterfront good?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:55 AM (fgbQO)

46 "I've wondered why some billionaire hasn't financed that. It would absolutely rock academia."

IIRC, Bill Ackman led the charge, up until the search burned his own wife for misattributed quotes in her writing.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

47
"A push push push business, Arday. It's push push push, all the way, all the time! It's push push push, all the way, all the time, right on down the line!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

He got off at Willoughby.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 11:57 AM (Cqx++)

48 James Amistead Lafayette may have been born a literal slave, and Jason Arday born a free man, but ultimately, Lafayette experienced more freedom than Arday ever did.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 15, 2026 11:58 AM (pW5pH)

49 "This too is the story of Barack Obongo."

Lefty capture of USA schools predated Obama by decades.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

50 Gayee.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:00 PM (fgbQO)

51 Off-topic cuz not an EV weekend, but-

I just learned that PHEVs (plugiin hybrids) have a much, much higher fire rate than plain EVs:

PHEVs = 3500 fires per 100,000 cars

EVs = 25 fires per 100,000 cars

Kinda shocking since PHEVs are generally touted as safer, but-

yeah, makes since if you think about it you have both a sparky battery and flammable gas in the same car.

Choose wisely people!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 12:00 PM (iJfKG)

52 David Hogg was another "Mascot of the Anointed".

So unaccomplished, but admitted to Harvard and after failing at starting a My Little Pillow company anointed as co-chair of the DNC.

Imagine listening to "how to change the world" from someone who can't change his Spiderman Underoos™ without a reminder from his mother!

Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026 12:01 PM (I0N4X)

53 Thirty pounds of three dollar beef.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:02 PM (fgbQO)

54 "Is On the Waterfront good?" Recommended, yes.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

55 Thx K.T.
A man as brave and stalwart as James Lafayette. A lying , damaging sack of crap like Arday.
Interesting juxtaposition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2026 12:02 PM (xCuiu)

56 And the queen of all Mascots--Greta Thunberg

Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026 12:02 PM (I0N4X)

57 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, known as the “The Alcatraz of the Rockies."
What kind of day is he having today?

Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is serving her federal prison sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, where she is raising two young children from behind bars.
What kind of day is she having today?

Tyler Robinson is being held in the Utah County Jail in a special housing unit under the most restrictive custody level pending trial for the aggravated murder of Charlie Kirk.
What kind of day is he having today?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 15, 2026 12:03 PM (2Ez/1)

58 Thanks, K.T. You do yeomans work to keep the weekends going.

I hate this man felt he had no recourse but to kill himself. Because he did have many, many other choices. Every last person who held him up has a role in this ending, but he had the ultimate role in it. And his children not only get to live in the shame of how he rose to fame, but how he abandoned them through it. I pray for them, because in my heart, I know if you truly have faith, you can walk through very, very dark times.

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2026 12:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

59
On the Waterfront is a good movie.

I wouldn't call it great, but it's a solid 50s style "message" melodrama.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 12:05 PM (iJfKG)

60
Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is serving her federal prison sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, where she is raising two young children from behind bars.
What kind of day is she having today?

At Club Fed? Better than Tsarnaev.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 12:06 PM (O0L8i)

61 Gratitude for the internet. I never heard of James Lafayette until now, and what a revelation.

Posted by: RebeccaH at August 15, 2026 12:06 PM (VFung)

62
Maybe "message melodrama' is exactly right "social problem melodrama" I suppose is closer to the mark.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 12:07 PM (iJfKG)

63
is = is not

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 12:08 PM (iJfKG)

64 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, known as the “The Alcatraz of the Rockies."
What kind of day is he having today?

He knowingly planted a bomb next to a young child.

He should have been executed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 15, 2026 12:08 PM (aD4fx)

65 The Armistead Cemetery and Armistead Circle on the busy thoroughfare of Mercury Boulevard in Hampton, Virginia both get their name from the individual in today's feature story.

Posted by: The More You Know at August 15, 2026 12:12 PM (2Ez/1)

66 but the Mascot of the Anointed phrase is linked to a short archived piece from 1995 by Thomas Sowell
--------

Is there a link to that piece?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:12 PM (XeU6L)

67 Google AI sez: "The phrase "Mascots of the Anointed" originates from economist Thomas Sowell in his 1995 book The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy."

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

68 I've heard of Mercury Boulevard.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:14 PM (fgbQO)

69 The left believes in the existence of misinformation: true information that is dangerous for the general public to know, so it should be restricted.
In the future, regardless of whether the academic misconduct charges against members of sensitive minorities are true or false, nobody outside a small circle will know. The punishment will be psychological counseling, never firing.
This is similar to how photos of some criminal suspects are no longer published, because the true scandal is not that a crime has been committed, but that the public could stereotype the suspects.
Cambridge will probably erect a statue to Arday, just like there are Floyd memorials everywhere.

Posted by: PG at August 15, 2026 12:15 PM (qln0f)

70 52
Imagine listening to "how to change the world" from someone who can't change his Spiderman Underoos™ without a reminder from his mother!
Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026

I am watching this happen with J’s daughter from the sidelines, where she has recently decided I belong. These kids are told they could be the one who changes everything in the trajectory of the human race, and when they find out they are very cool people, but maybe not so exceedingly exceptional it’s earth shattering, it’s tough on them. I love that kid, even while she is being difficult (I mean let’s be honest, she is one of 4 girls I have raised am raising, or had a significant part in raising, I am pretty means tested at this point!). But I worry about where she lands. She tends to quit when things get tricky because she feels she is only due success and praise.

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2026 12:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

71 is = is not

Posted by: naturalfake

*********

There is no is not, only is...

/Yoda

Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026 12:17 PM (I0N4X)

72 Mascot of the Anointed

Mascots. The anointed have several of them, depending on the topic or cause they're aligned with.

Hogg, Greta, Floyd, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 12:18 PM (2Cry5)

73 But I worry about where she lands. She tends to quit when things get tricky because she feels she is only due success and praise.

I was talking about this with my wife the other night. I think the Participation Trophy mentality that was big in my kid's generation is starting to wane, since it's at such odds with anything constructive. I hope that's true and not just wishful thinking.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

74 Friday Night Tights is good this week.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:22 PM (fgbQO)

75 Arday...

One man's death is a trag...errr...a million deaths is a trage....
Oh wait...it's a tragedy if one man....
Oh to hell with it.
I'm going to the driving range.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 15, 2026 12:22 PM (2WIwB)

76 A little lunch help requested. How the heck do you stovetop cook canned corned beef hash to crispiness without it sticking to the pan?

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

77 Statistic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:23 PM (fgbQO)

78 No luck here with nonstick pans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:24 PM (fgbQO)

79

Psychopath Who Filmed Herself Vandalizing WWII Memorial Turns Herself In . . . and Films It

https://t.ly/sSod4

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2026 12:25 PM (Cqx++)

80 Someone on zerohedge...I know....yesterday had a great line.

How could Jason Arday possibly run 30 marathons in 35 days?

Bank guards were chasing him.

I laughed and denounce myself.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 15, 2026 12:25 PM (Sco7b)

81 76 A little lunch help requested. How the heck do you stovetop cook canned corned beef hash to crispiness without it sticking to the pan?
Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12

Butter oil blend. Medium heat. Leave it alone. Check just a tiny corner for browning, then flip it. I say this as someone who has never cooked hash, but I am going on the assumption the same principles of browning any meat will apply here.

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2026 12:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

82 Even driving that far would be exhausting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:27 PM (fgbQO)

83 KT,
Thanks for the Founding Fathers segment. The story was new to me. Also, I just got Sowell's "Vision of the Anointed" the other day. Haven't had a chance to read it yet but I like his economics books so will probably enjoy this one.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 12:28 PM (yTvNw)

84 A little lunch help requested. How the heck do you stovetop cook canned corned beef hash to crispiness without it sticking to the pan?
Posted by: gp

In the oven on parchment.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 12:31 PM (NnhvP)

85 "'This too is the story of Barack Obongo.'
Lefty capture of USA schools predated Obama by decades."

I'd pick this 1969 incident as a very important milestone in the lefty destruction of USA academia. Photo says it all:

https://tinyurl.com/2h4z2mau

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

86 > The "New York Times" recently ran a front-page story dripping with sympathy for a multiple murderer who is now very old and who, on some days, "cannot remember" why he is in prison.

Personally, I'd be happy in a world where Charles Manson hadn't died in prison as a crippled old man -- because he'd been rightfully executed when he was a young man.

The best part of waking up
Is Folger's in your cup
-- base version of Folger's jingle

The worst part of waking up
Is the Manson Family saying 'sup
-- Abigail Folger remix

I will admit finding some dark humor in Manson calling off his prison engagement after he found out that the woman was only marrying him because she wanted to get custody of his corpse after he died.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 12:34 PM (IG3/x)

87 > 76 A little lunch help requested. How the heck do you stovetop cook canned corned beef hash to crispiness without it sticking to the pan?
Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

Deep fryer.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 12:34 PM (IG3/x)

88 "Butter oil blend. Medium heat. Leave it alone. Check just a tiny corner for browning, then flip it."

That's the most popular suggestion but it does not work for me.

"In the oven on parchment."

That might work! But my oven is busted.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

89 I highly recommend the recent Darkhorse podcast with Bret Weinstein and Peter Boghossian on the Arday fiasco. One of the things posited was that if Arday had flipped the tables and said, "yeah, I knew what I was doing all along. I just wanted to see how much I could get these rubes to swallow," he would have been a hero for exposing the sham that DEI is. Instead...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 15, 2026 12:35 PM (QaH55)

90 after failing at starting a My Little Pillow company
Posted by: muldoon at August 15, 2026 12:01 PM (I0N4X)

Turns out there wasn't really all that much of a market for pre-bitten pillows.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 12:36 PM (IG3/x)

91
Painfully (no other word suffices) reconstructing The Big Dummy's show record while he's been with us. I lost his previous spreadsheet in a hard-disk failure.

His Ohio mom sent me the list of shows he's been in, which is an enormous help, but each one has to be looked at for date, location, judges, results and points.

It's something I really need to be in a mood to do. I am not in the mood.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 12:36 PM (O0L8i)

92
The NY Times ran a SHOCKINGLY thorough and objective story about Arday's downfall. One wonders what Times readers think, because it didn't allow comments.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:38 PM (XJ22o)

93 I too, must confess have never been able to fry a can of corned beef hash to crispiness without thoroughly making a mess. How tough can it be?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 12:38 PM (uKe7i)

94 I was curious if William Armistead was relayed to Lewis Armistead of Pickett's Charge fame. It appears that he was not, at least very closely.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 12:38 PM (amcLV)

95 Mascots of the Anointed was the Jimmy Paige's "new direction" album proposal to "bring Led Zeppelin back to its original path" in 1972

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:39 PM (rbvCR)

96 Absolutely true schools are encouraging activism. It was like that when I was a yuuute. Always pushed to change this or that. Uhm I’m cool with how shit is thanks.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 12:39 PM (7xx4i)

97 no one seemed interested in putting his teacher into the lecture circuit in higher education

Because either it didn't happen or they didn't want to point out that, as in Nashville, being black means you get all As and graduate high school unable to read or write.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2026 12:39 PM (QZThv)

98 The "New York Times" recently ran a front-page story dripping with sympathy for a multiple murderer who is now very old and who, on some days, "cannot remember" why he is in prison.

Norman Mailer vouched for, and promised a job to, a murderer (Jack Henry Abbott) who apparently could write a sentence, who then got out of jail and murdered again. Mailer's response was "culture is worth a little risk". He, of course, meant YOU have to take a risk. He was in no danger whatsoever. Typical.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

99
>>they rushed a clearly mentally unbalanced man with no real qualifications to the heights of academia because he ticked so many useful boxes.

================

And a carpenter or plumber hiring an assistant would have seen through this level of incompetence and fakery before the interview was done.

stupid smart people

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:40 PM (XJ22o)

100 The NY Times ran a SHOCKINGLY thorough and objective story about Arday's downfall. One wonders what Times readers think, because it didn't allow comments

Did it perhaps mention that this is what you get when you suspend all reason and judgement about someone simply so you can preen to the world about what a wonderful person you are?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)

101 The "New York Times" recently ran a front-page story dripping with sympathy for a multiple murderer who is now very old and who, on some days, "cannot remember" why he is in prison. His victims, however, cannot remember anything on any days.

Who the shit gives two craps about what he 'remembers'? His VICTIMS can't remember a damned thing anymore … screw the NYT.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 15, 2026 12:42 PM (ayRl+)

102
35 Was he magical?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 11:49 AM

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To the extent that actual magic is show business that depends on misdirection, slight of hand, and willing suspension of disbelief, yes.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 15, 2026 12:42 PM (HLgI3)

103
Norman Mailer vouched for, and promised a job to, a murderer (Jack Henry Abbott) who apparently could write a sentence, who then got out of jail and murdered again.

_________

And William F. Buckley worked to free Edgar Smith after his conviction for murder. Smith tried to kill another woman, who survived. At his trial, he admitted to the murder.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 12:42 PM (O0L8i)

104
if Arday had flipped the tables and said, "yeah, I knew what I was doing all along.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

===============

Quite a few people have made this observation on social media! In fact, he had all kinds of avenues for superstardom in a second life.

Just scraping the defenses of him on X and YouTube alone, he could have gotten half a book -- and AI could have done the first draft.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:44 PM (XJ22o)

105 Cats are galloping up.and down the hall. Batten down the hatches.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 12:44 PM (amcLV)

106 Norman Mailer vouched for, and promised a job to, a murderer (Jack Henry Abbott) who apparently could write a sentence, who then got out of jail and murdered again.

_________

And William F. Buckley worked to free Edgar Smith after his conviction for murder. Smith tried to kill another woman, who survived. At his trial, he admitted to the murder.

I think we need a new rule. If you appear in front of a parole board and vouch for someone's early release, and they reoffend, you finish their sentence alongside them.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

107
And William F. Buckley worked to free Edgar Smith after his conviction for murder. Smith tried to kill another woman, who survived. At his trial, he admitted to the murder.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

=================

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:47 PM (XJ22o)

108 If universities wanted to demonstrate integrity, they'd undertake a large scale AI search to quickly find ALL the plagiarized crap over decades, and expose ALL the plagiarists and cheaters in academia. They now have the tools to do it, but neither the interest or desire to do so.
Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 11:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

Brett Weinstein has been saying that academia is broken, evidenced by the replication failure in papers, and he is at a loss to how to fix it.
My proposal, at least for sciences, is to make it a requirement for Masters candidates to perform a replication of a Doctoral thesis. And of course, a PhD would only be provisional until such replication can be performed.
Building on that, of course, a replication or at least verification of elements of a published paper or papers should be a requirement for Bachelor's degrees, at least for candidates to higher degrees.

One of the important elements of a university degree is the ability to research, absorb and reason from other work, and this needs critical thinking applied to prior work as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)

109 Corned beef hash is seriously already loaded with fat or grease, it shouldn’t need more? But it will thoroughly trash a pan.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 12:47 PM (uKe7i)

110 I'm going to the driving range.
Posted by: Diogenes

Try and avoid driving over the curbs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 12:47 PM (NnhvP)

111 >>Cats are galloping up.and down the hall. Batten down the hatches.

Choo'em Liz'bet!

Posted by: Troy Landry at August 15, 2026 12:48 PM (J4Dwc)

112 68 I've heard of Mercury Boulevard.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 12:14 PM

Named for a particular space program at nearby NASA Langley.

Posted by: OBTW at August 15, 2026 12:48 PM (2Ez/1)

113 94 I was curious if William Armistead was relayed to Lewis Armistead of Pickett's Charge fame. It appears that he was not, at least very closely.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 12:38 PM (amcLV)
Grand son.

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2026 12:48 PM (0ViWo)

114 > Psychopath Who Filmed Herself Vandalizing WWII Memorial Turns Herself In . . . and Films It
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She's from Kentucky. She's getting flamed on local, social media pages here. It'll be interesting to see what the local judicial system there in D.C. will do with her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 12:48 PM (2Cry5)

115 Cornbeef just microwave taste great had it with eggs and bacon this morn

Posted by: doug at August 15, 2026 12:49 PM (B1+sW)

116 Thirteen minutes of psychotic direct testimony by a rapist mascot with a nine felony record, but was still free to attack again. Convicted again yesterday:
youtube.com/watch?v=c1eyLNrRqJs

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 12:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

117 stupid smart people
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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A local psychologist has addressed this. A short column:

https://shorturl.at/zAHl7

Excerpt:
"He calls these misbegotten intellectual dedications FIBs, or Fashionably Irrational Beliefs.

Welcome to today's fibbing America, where a ton of people believe things that defy reason.

We are thus facing an unacknowledged tragedy requiring those who have a more grounded moral code and humbled intelligence to get their act together and fight back.

History tells us that bright-but-broken people throughout history have been willing to drive themselves and their train of followers right off a cliff."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

118 If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 15, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)

119 Uh, hey. Edification on internet. Nice!
Thanks, K. T.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 15, 2026 12:50 PM (6tOGy)

120 I too, must confess have never been able to fry a can of corned beef hash to crispiness without thoroughly making a mess. How tough can it be?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 12:38 PM (uKe7i)

Here is the extreme guide to making French fries. It may be of help, then again you might need to instead just let the hash sit out and dry a bit before frying, and dust it with flour or starch

www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/french-fries/

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

121 It's something I really need to be in a mood to do. I am not in the mood.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Try more scotch.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 12:50 PM (NnhvP)

122 Give it a little more time, and they likely will.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 12:51 PM (uKe7i)

123 118 If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?
_-_
Still heavily government subsidized and deep pockets.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 15, 2026 12:51 PM (6tOGy)

124
My proposal, at least for sciences, is to make it a requirement for Masters candidates to perform a replication of a Doctoral thesis.

___________

Nobody, but nobody, wants to replicate someone else's work. It gains you absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 12:51 PM (O0L8i)

125 If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?

It's broken in the exact way that AWFLs love. That's why it's 65/35 female now in some universities.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2026 12:52 PM (QZThv)

126
Did it perhaps mention that this is what you get when you suspend all reason and judgement about someone simply so you can preen to the world about what a wonderful person you are?
Posted by: Archimedes

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When I say objective, I mean objective. It didn't say "this is what you get." It described every point at which every university he ever passed through failed. Not just Cambridge, but also the one that awarded his Ph.D., which should have been revoked. Not surprisingly, none of them responded to requests for comment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:53 PM (XJ22o)

127 Norman Mailer vouched for, and promised a job to, a murderer (Jack Henry Abbott) who apparently could write a sentence, who then got out of jail and murdered again. Mailer's response was "culture is worth a little risk". He, of course, meant YOU have to take a risk. He was in no danger whatsoever. Typical.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
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imho Mailer was humiliated and disgraced about his role in this incident, although not nearly enough.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 12:54 PM (JvZF+)

128 If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 15, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)

Universities are corporations for gathering grants, handling royalties, managing portfolios, accepting subsidized tuition, and maintaining real estate. They are not academia, which is a social and educational process that traditionally were the reason for universities, before financialization got in the way.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

129 I have a different take on this.

The left ignores and in fact silences any criticism of those it elevates. Everyone knew this man was a hack that worked with him and yet he had the left's protection.

Meanwhile any right leaning public figure it constantly slammed and damned with everything true or false the media can come up with.

LIVs then constantly hear right leaning figures are corrupt while left leaning ones are squeaky clean.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

130 Wake me when any of the responsible parties linked to Arday's academic career resigns.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 12:55 PM (JvZF+)

131
If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?
Posted by: I gotta ask

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They're very much working as designed in lefties' perspective! Not broken at all. In fact, graduating illiterates and know-nothings is part of the agenda.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:55 PM (XJ22o)

132 I’ve heard them termed “Luxury Beliefs” too.

The principle is the same, as is the result. They cannot admit they were wrong, ever. Holding on to “fashionably irrational beliefs” despite any and all evidence to the contrary, often means people die.

Other people, so that’s a risk they are willing to take. Have to maintain those fairy tales in their head at all costs. The alternative is just too much to ask.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 12:57 PM (uKe7i)

133 Universities are corporations for gathering grants, handling royalties, managing portfolios, accepting subsidized tuition, and maintaining real estate. They are not academia, which is a social and educational process that traditionally were the reason for universities, before financialization got in the way.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)
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Perfectly stated.

Might add "propagandizing the youth."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 12:57 PM (JvZF+)

134 Meanwhile, on X I see that a village of 644 people in England is getting 1200 single male Muslims, courtesy of the government. We're far beyond "the great replacement is a conspiracy theory".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2026 12:57 PM (QZThv)

135 If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Because college is funded by our tax dollars (hence other peoples money)..

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 12:57 PM (NnhvP)

136 Wake me when any of the responsible parties linked to Arday's academic career resigns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I might accept a truly sincere mea culpa, expressing sincere recognition and regret for their self-absorbed 'vision'. Might.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:58 PM (XeU6L)

137 92 One wonders what Times readers think, because it didn't allow comments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

You will be told what to think, prole.

Posted by: Auspex at August 15, 2026 12:59 PM (Y8DZL)

138
Wake me when any of the responsible parties linked to Arday's academic career resigns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

=================

I'm not looking for that. I'm completely resigned to the fact that #NothingWillHappen to the careers of the stupid smart people. This is academia, which has its own rules.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 12:59 PM (XJ22o)

139 Nobody, but nobody, wants to replicate someone else's work. It gains you absolutely nothing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 12:51 PM (O0L8i)

It will get done if it is a requirement to earn an MA. It would be a mandatory project, and simpler than the original work required for the PhD.

There has to be a way to self check. MA candidates must have the ability to research and understand other work, and replicate it. That is what mastery in a subject means

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:59 PM (rbvCR)

140 > If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?
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I think some of it's because of habit. It's what people "are supposed to do." Some parents push it, not realizing their kids are going to be indoctrinated, not educated. Others probably know this, and look forward to being part a movement to fundamentally change the country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 01:00 PM (2Cry5)

141
I might accept a truly sincere mea culpa, expressing sincere recognition and regret for their self-absorbed 'vision'. Might.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

================

As long as it accompanied a resignation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:00 PM (XJ22o)

142 Perfectly stated.

Might add "propagandizing the youth."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 12:57 PM (JvZF+)

That is the basic purpose for public education, no more and no less.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)

143 I’ve heard them termed “Luxury Beliefs” too.
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We came to this same conclusion walking home from dinner one night at our rich lib cousins Presidio Heights mansion.

It was an epiphany. We wondered why such smart people espoused such crazy leftist economics? It was because they could financially afford what they proposed and we couldn't.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 01:01 PM (JvZF+)

144
The Universities exist around Men's sportsball competitions that rake in huge amounts of dollars, and parents willing to pay to see their little failures fail at a higher level.

Posted by: Auspex at August 15, 2026 01:01 PM (Y8DZL)

145 "If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls?"

Long ago the idea emerged that college was for everybody, not just for those with the skills to do true rigorous academic work.

This led to credentialing becoming a common requirement for job seekers.

The university ceased being a place where knowledge is sought through reason. It became a required job-training program for white collar workers.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 01:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

146 I ran across a video of Nick Frietas restating Bastiat's story of the Glass Maker and he does a good job describing it and why it matters

But I think we need to engage with people at a more fundamental level...What IS the economy?

Well it is the good and services we all make and then buy from each other. The government is funded by reducing the goods and services we all want and using that money in some other way. Do you want a new car or a government NGO funding tranny operas in Peru? Do you want new cancer drugs or new COVID shots? Because the whole reason the government gets involved here is to reduce goods and services you want and, at BEST, give you back goods and services you do not want.

This of course ignores the direct graft that we all know makes up the majority of government spending.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)

147
imho Mailer was humiliated and disgraced about his role in this incident, although not nearly enough.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

==============

I think he did admit there was blood on his hands.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:02 PM (XJ22o)

148
To me, "luxury beliefs" are things that are flat-out wrong but the holder has enough cushion not to be affected. Those same beliefs - no-fault divorce, single-mother families, casual sex, loosened educational standards, social eccentricity - are catastrophic to the poor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 01:02 PM (O0L8i)

149 Colleges exist because aptitude tests for hiring were outlawed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:02 PM (NnhvP)

150 Deranged troll Paul snuck back into prayer thread at 374.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 01:03 PM (1z8ji)

151 If academia is so broken why aren't four year universities going the way of suburban shopping malls? /i]

Some colleges are closing and overall admissions are down.

But we have credential gates on various jobs.

People don't go to college to learn anything, they go to get credentials for a job...or to network at places like Harvard.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)

152 Meanwhile, on X I see that a village of 644 people in England is getting 1200 single male Muslims, courtesy of the government. We're far beyond "the great replacement is a conspiracy theory".
Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2026 12:57 PM (QZThv)
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And a brothel of British "comfort women."

Or girls. Whatever.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 01:03 PM (JvZF+)

153 People don't go to college to learn anything, they go to get credentials for a job...or to network at places like Harvard.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)

Professions are taught in universities. Architecture, medicine, chemistry, physics to name a few.
Language arts as well, you are not going to get OTJ training in Spanish and Latin American literature, at least not at a level to get a job in it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)

154 I see that a village of 644 people in England is getting 1200 single male Muslims, courtesy of the government. We're far beyond "the great replacement is a conspiracy theory".
Posted by: Ian S.

The next time we hear of these little towns will be news of their rape gang issues.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:06 PM (NnhvP)

155 Wake me when any of the responsible parties linked to Arday's academic career resigns.

It's a neck and neck race between this and the heat death of the universe.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

156 She's from Kentucky. She's getting flamed on local, social media pages here. It'll be interesting to see what the local judicial system there in D.C. will do with her.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

At most a fine. Most likely let off with nothing.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 01:08 PM (7xx4i)

157 At my first job as a college graduate the guy who hired me told me "You know nothing. I will teach you how to do your job. Your degree(s) just tell me you're trainable."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 01:08 PM (JvZF+)

158 If I want a crispy crust: preheat cast iron pan, add a little fat (butter and olive oil) as needed. Assume the pan will be a mess. I put water in the pan while still hot and let it sit. Makes clean up a lot easier.

Posted by: JTB at August 15, 2026 01:10 PM (yTvNw)

159 I see that a village of 644 people in England is getting 1200 single male Muslims, courtesy of the government. We're far beyond "the great replacement is a conspiracy theory".

In theory we could attack this crap on the argument it is sexist - Western governments are overwhelmingly taking in men as "refugees".

But feminists and AWFLs like it this way. The straight ones like the idea of politically correct, economically subservient men to toy with.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm)

160 Has a violent democrat homosexual troon struck Virginia State University?

Posted by: Not Again at August 15, 2026 01:12 PM (cFP1B)

161 I note that Mr Armistead did not free he slave despite his heroic actions. It took an act of the state. I realize it was a different time but have some gratitude

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2026 01:13 PM (xCuiu)

162
Mascots of the Anointed

Escalators of Our Betters

Zeppelins of the Know It Alls

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 15, 2026 01:13 PM (biznJ)

163 Correct on the credentialing aspect. To get an engineering job title position at my employer the criteria are crisp and non-negotiable: four year engineering degree from an ABET certified institution.
No Associates Degree plus experience.
And no University of Phoenix.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 01:14 PM (2Ez/1)

164 153 People don't go to college to learn anything, they go to get credentials for a job...or to network at places like Harvard.
Posted by: 18-1

Yeah that’s how it works. Not just Harvard though.

My first job out of college, I got due to my alma mater. I did t go to an Ivy but close enough I guess. Everyone my boss hired was from a well known school. And all these years later I could call up guys I was friends with in college and they’d get me a job the next day if I needed one. Or vice versa.

I’ve told my kids the most important asset you will have professionally is your network. Never burn bridges with people. Be nice to everyone even the people you hate because you never know when they’ll be opening doors for you.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 01:14 PM (7xx4i)

165
Al-Sayed's sister is popping up on media today.

He's normal compared to her degree of crazy.

Posted by: Auspex at August 15, 2026 01:15 PM (Y8DZL)

166 At my first job as a college graduate the guy who hired me told me "You know nothing. I will teach you how to do your job. Your degree(s) just tell me you're trainable."
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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When one of my acquaintance mentioned that his son had just graduated, another acquaintance commented, 'Now the real education begins.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 01:17 PM (XeU6L)

167 So Arday hopped the last train to Clarksville. He was a thief and a liar and a fraud, and was abruptly exposed after years and years of the educational "elite" propping up the con. Betrayed, alone, with no future and every illusion shattered, no wonder he checked out. He never existed in the first place.
Posted by: Elite institutions are no such thing at August 15, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

I would not call his death "unfortunate". "Tidy" fits better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 01:17 PM (1z8ji)

168 "I’ve told my kids the most important asset you will have professionally is your network. Never burn bridges with people. Be nice to everyone even the people you hate because you never know when they’ll be opening doors for you."

This.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

169 I know of a Jesuit university where the grievance studies department and the communications department are fighting over a dwindling number of students. Meanwhile, at my SEC university we are running out of classrooms and student housing and parking facilities because enrollment keeps increasing.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 15, 2026 01:22 PM (OlzlW)

170
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

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I wish there was more of a fix to this than "conservatives need to get their act together and start fighting this," but that's probably all there is. Trump's anti-DEI campaign seems to be making a dent. Every day I read sob stories about the cancelation of STEM programs that uplifted minorities. JayQuonsha isn't certain how she'll be able to continue her studies. (One thinks of underqualified STEM grads at large in hospitals, weapons manufacturers, civil engineering firms...)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:23 PM (XJ22o)

171 Jason Arday was offed to prevent him from exposing all of his DEI facilitators.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:23 PM (NnhvP)

172 'morning, good people.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 01:23 PM (Cq/ve)

173 As the the enrollment cliff kicks into full gear next year it’ll be interesting to see how this all sorts itself out. A lot of colleges will close, and departments within colleges as well. Hopefully a lot of “studies” majors are gotten rid of.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 01:24 PM (7xx4i)

174 I have a PhD. It's in the study of the displacement of earth caused by my PhD.

I used it a lot when I was building our orchard fence.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 15, 2026 01:24 PM (Ro12D)

175 I too, must confess have never been able to fry a can of corned beef hash to crispiness without thoroughly making a mess. How tough can it be?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 12:38 PM (uKe7i)

Crispness? I just stir-fry it until it is thoroughly heated, crack an egg into it, and stir-fry until the egg is cooked. Non-stick pan, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 01:25 PM (1z8ji)

176
Al-Sayed's sister is popping up on media today.

He's normal compared to her degree of crazy.
Posted by: Auspex

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I saw her on X and I didn't know she was his sister. I was stunned at how stupid, obnoxious, and hate-filled this bitch was. Of course, she's in elite academia. If el-Sayed is elected, I fully expect her star to rise.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:26 PM (XJ22o)

177 The number of universities we have in the US is ridiculous compared to the rest of the world. There are around 3000 here. The UK has 200 by comparison with 1/5 the population.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 01:27 PM (7xx4i)

178 It is the eternal shame of our nation that Sowell was not the first African-American President rather than Barry Soetoro.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 01:27 PM (4NO2D)

179 I see that a village of 644 people in England is getting 1200 single male Muslims, courtesy of the government"

1200? Pshaw.

/Springfield Ohio

Posted by: man at August 15, 2026 01:29 PM (XuXeR)

180 There are around 3000 here. The UK has 200 by comparison with 1/5 the population.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

See post #135.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:29 PM (NnhvP)

181
As the the enrollment cliff kicks into full gear next year it’ll be interesting to see how this all sorts itself out. A lot of colleges will close, and departments within colleges as well. Hopefully a lot of “studies” majors are gotten rid of.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

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That's exactly what I'm waiting on. What gets defunded first? If universities do the sober thing, we will undoubtedly be seeing terabytes of defenses from woke scholars on the vital necessity and essential nature of the joke programs they lead.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:29 PM (XJ22o)

182 As the the enrollment cliff kicks into full gear next year"

Uh uh. No no no!

/kolledge administrators everywhere

Posted by: man at August 15, 2026 01:30 PM (XuXeR)

183 The number of universities we have in the US is ridiculous compared to the rest of the world. There are around 3000 here.
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All of them busily deconstructing traditional American society. The university towns (pick one) are microcosms of what is happening. Petri dishes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 01:31 PM (XeU6L)

184
See post #135.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

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Education is taxpayer-funded in the UK as well. Perhaps as usual the US leads the way in creating lefty institutions.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:31 PM (XJ22o)

185 178 It is the eternal shame of our nation that Sowell was not the first African-American President rather than Barry Soetoro.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 01:27 PM (4NO2D)

Did he want to be?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 01:32 PM (odBC9)

186
Uh uh. No no no!

/kolledge administrators everywhere
Posted by: man

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What makes me clench is that kolledges will doubtless lower their standards even further in order to pull students at the same rate.

I wish they'd acknowledge demographic facts and downsize. Be small and nifty instead of big and grifty.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:34 PM (XJ22o)

187 Did he want to be?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 01:32 PM

I don't think so but I would have drafted him.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 01:34 PM (4NO2D)

188 Any course of study that has the word 'Studies' in it is by definition a scam and a fraud.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 15, 2026 01:34 PM (Ro12D)

189 Is the number of foreign students rising or falling at American colleges?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

190
Oh dear. They're puttering. (nood)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:35 PM (XJ22o)

191 It’s crazy how seemingly every town has a college in it. Like did we really need that many?

I’ve had situations where I’m in a random town or small city and see it has a West Central NW State University that I’d never heard of before. It’s a make work program for leftists paid by conservative tax dollars.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 01:36 PM (7xx4i)

192
Is the number of foreign students rising or falling at American colleges?
Posted by: toby928(c)

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At the moment, falling — especially for new international students. (AI)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 15, 2026 01:36 PM (XJ22o)

193 It is the eternal shame of our nation that Sowell was not the first African-American President rather than Barry Soetoro.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 01:27 PM (4NO2D)
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Yes it is.

Sowell is the wise grandfather I never had.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 15, 2026 01:37 PM (pW5pH)

194 66 but the Mascot of the Anointed phrase is linked to a short archived piece from 1995 by Thomas Sowell
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Is there a link to that piece?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:12 PM (XeU6L)

Click on the red text inside KT's statement at the top of this post (marked here by asterisks):

The sentence just above quotes Enguerrand VII de Coucy but the *Mascot of the Anointed phrase* is linked to a short archived piece from 1995 by Thomas Sowell

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 01:37 PM (odBC9)

195 189 Is the number of foreign students rising or falling at American colleges?
_-_
I am completely ignorant on the numbers, but I suspect they are keeping many institutions open.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 15, 2026 01:40 PM (6tOGy)

196 31 Bitch, this is exactly why this happened.

They weren’t mistakes. They were lies. Lies that would have stopped ANYONE who wasn’t a DEI poster boy from advancing this high in academia.

YOU did this. YOU.

Posted by: Archimedes
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They have been raising, praising and teaching liars for so long (years before the turn of the century) that they cannot distinguish truth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 01:40 PM (Cq/ve)

197 If one were interested in being a subversive, working to overthrow governments and be a public agitator, an American college or university would be perfect.

It's all they "teach" these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 01:41 PM (2Cry5)

198 194 66 but the Mascot of the Anointed phrase is linked to a short archived piece from 1995 by Thomas Sowell
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Is there a link to that piece?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:12 PM (XeU6L)

Click on the red text inside KT's statement at the top of this post (marked here by asterisks):

The sentence just above quotes Enguerrand VII de Coucy but the *Mascot of the Anointed phrase* is linked to a short archived piece from 1995 by Thomas Sowell
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 01:37 PM (odBC9)

It's so great.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 01:42 PM (odBC9)

199 Half of some UC campuses, like Davis, is Chinese students. Actual from China students I mean not students of Chinese descent.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 15, 2026 01:42 PM (7xx4i)

200 200

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 01:42 PM (odBC9)

201 If one were interested in being a subversive, working to overthrow governments and be a public agitator, an American college or university would be perfect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

Describe a Dem Pol without saying Dem POL.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:42 PM (NnhvP)

202 What makes me clench is that kolledges will doubtless lower their standards even further in order to pull students at the same rate"

"Standards" ???

What's that, precious?

Posted by: man at August 15, 2026 01:44 PM (XuXeR)

203 See the new College/university student visa rules for some entertainment at foreign student expense.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 15, 2026 01:45 PM (NnhvP)

204 College kids complain about not understanding their "professors" because they're all foreigners.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 15, 2026 01:49 PM (HFoEA)

205 Hi lin-duh : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 15, 2026 01:55 PM (pW5pH)

206 Hey SMH!😁

Posted by: lin-duh at August 15, 2026 02:07 PM (HFoEA)

207 On the Waterfront coulda been a contenda, instead of a bum, which face it, is what it is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 02:35 PM (ZVgZ4)

208 Most of what has passed for "debate" my entire life has been "who is annointed".

Back the Blue.

Posted by: Howdy at August 15, 2026 02:36 PM (JqPcO)

209 College kids complain about not understanding their "professors" because they're all foreigners.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 15, 2026 01:49 PM (HFoEA)

This in spades at my old place of employment, delivered in the thickest south Georgian accent.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 02:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

210 So I've seen this for, well, my entire working life. 30+ years now.

We don't work, or live, in a Capitalist Society. Never have in my lifetime. Its always been Capitalize the Profits, but Socialize the Losses.

So I get, I really do, why these young minds of mush have a flirtation with Socialism. Because what they're seeing now is taught as Capitalism.

Yeah - they'll suffer. Some of us will suffer right along with them. But they are not wrong on one point - the current system is not free and open. The current system is rigged. And the current system sucks.

Posted by: Howdy at August 15, 2026 02:56 PM (JqPcO)

211 I remember in an introductory physics class, the type meant for engineers (we had other, more demanding classes for the physics majors) one young man objected that we were covering too much material and using too many big words: couldn’t we make it simpler? No, this is as simple as it gets: if you are going to use this stuff in engineering, this is what you must learn, was my reply.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 02:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

212 I remember in an introductory physics class, the type meant for engineers

My school - of all weed-outs - used Statics and Dynamics. Would not accept transfer credits for those two classes.

Funny you say Physics I & II. The same shit where we're doing Newtonian Physics ? Because in the Everyday Engineering World - that stuff still works.

Posted by: Howdy at August 15, 2026 03:00 PM (JqPcO)

213 There will never be a President with an intellect like Sowell's. Ever.

Any person like him who attempted a career in politics would quit early on, or eat a bullet... having to watch these mediocre, dishwater dull, subhuman psychopaths lord it over the rest of the world would drive you to suicide.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 15, 2026 03:49 PM (BI5O2)

214 There will never be a President with an intellect like Sowell's. Ever.

Nope. True enough. We always see these "Mt. Rushmore" type of things. Who was deserving of a spot ?

To me ? Thomas Sowell. Milton Friedman. Everybody else shut the fuck up and take tickets.

Posted by: Howdy at August 15, 2026 04:06 PM (JqPcO)

The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[H/T: Meme - Hrothgar. Research indicates Misanthropes do as well]

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival there are just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Black Earth)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Enjoy our sanctuary.
3) No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a great weekend!

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
7/31 Update – He has reached the halfway point in treatment. He’s had some side effects, that are “just annoying”.
6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/27 Update – grammie winger requested bluebell to let the Horde know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She is being fed by tube. They don’t know how long she will be hospitalized or where she will go after (rehab, hospice, etc.). Bluebell has a mailing address for grammie, so please contact bluebell to send a card or note to grammie winger. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family, who are suffering along with her.
7/25 – grammie winger popped in to say thank you for all the cards, letters, and encouraging words. You are a treasure.
6/27 – “A” sent thanks for the prayers for a family friend, who is at home recovering with the family and doing much better. “A” has an additional request for long-time friends (J and S) who are in the midst of intense family problems and requesting healing, peace, repentance, and restoration in the family.
7/18 Update – “A” sends his thanks to all the prayer warriors for all the personal concerns listed here. The requests above are all doing better. Prayer really works. Sometimes the results are not what we expected but end up being what we really needed for other reasons. Thank you all!
7/15 – Captain JS’ daughter needs prayers for his/her daughter. Early on 7/15, she experienced complete heart failure. She is in the ICU on a heart/lung machine. They will operate to see what is happening. Captain JS sends thanks in advance for the prayers and has faith in their power.
7/15 Update – Thanks to all who responded to Captain JS’ request for prayers. The daughter is still unconscious but is still alive. The doctors suspect a blockage to the left side of her heart. They are planning to take pictures and then insert a stent.
7/18 Update – Captain JS’ daughter passed away. Her heart, brain, and other organs were too damaged to regain function. Captain JS sends his thanks to the Horde for all the prayers.
7/25 – Matthew Kant Cipher humbly asks for prayers for Marshall, a long-time friend and HS classmate of Mrs. MKC, who is currently hospitalized with heart failure.
8/7 Update – Marshall passed away after multiple organs failed. Matthew Kant Cipher humbly asks the Horde to pray for the repose of his soul and that God’s perpetual light would shine upon him.
7/25 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. She is still doing fine. Her chemo pump seems to be working and everything appears stable for now. She says she is incredibly blessed! She is working on a stocking for an as-yet-not-born grandchild. She would appreciate prayers for a successful IVF procedure and pregnancy for her daughter and hubby. Next week, Teresa and her husband will be going to California to visit their daughter who lives there and her family.
8/4 Update – Teresa was admitted to the hospital while on vacation in California. She has a bad infection – cellulitis - not due to the cancer. She is being treated with antibiotics and hopefully it will be cleared up in a couple of days.
7/29 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for Billy Ray’s mother, who was just admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. She is a cancer survivor and chemo destroyed her immune system, so this is a big worry.
8/2 Update – Billy Ray’s mother is feeling better, on oxygen and medication. She is not out of the woods, but has stabilized. She appreciates the prayers from around the globe and says thank you very much.
7/29 – TecumsehTea wrote that MrTea’s diagnosis is colon cancer stage 4. They are praying for guidance for how to proceed.
8/12 Update – MrTea will start radiation treatments for the tumor in the sigmoid colon on Monday – 10 treatments. They are not sure what will follow; they are still looking at options. Surgery is not an option. The cancer has metastasized to the lymph node nearest the tumor and there are 3-5 small spots in the liver. There are also spots in his lung which are indeterminate. He continues on fenben and ivermectin. Prayers are appreciated.
7/30 – David sent an update on his wife, Susan, who we have been praying for as she is treated for cancer. Susan is still doing well and her numbers are headed in the right direction, but they are still having issues with the side effects of the chemotherapy. It is manageable, but they have to increase the number of office visits for additional treatments. Some days are really good right now, but others are only bearable with the Lord’s grace. They are so grateful for the prayers on their behalf.
8/1 – Isophorone Blog requested prayers for his mother. His father passed this past Sunday. His mother had been in the hospital for an entire month previous to that, so they never got to see each other at the end. His mother is out of the hospital, but in declining health.
8/1 – Tonypete asked for prayers for his BIL, who is a developmentally disabled adult and has been living independently (sort of) for decades but the time has come for them to make some changes in his living arrangements and personal finances. This will not go well as he has VERY poor impulse control and anger issues. His dear wife has POA but that is limited in its reach and it is probably time for her to be granted guardianship.
8/7 – neverenoughcaffiene asks for prayers for Lynell, who was recently diagnosed with a rapidly growing brain tumor. Surgery was performed and they were not able to remove all of the cancer. Her prognosis for survival is one year. She is being treated with chemo and radiation. On top of her diagnosis and treatment, she recently broke her ankle. Please pray for Lynell and her husband as they navigate this new reality.
8/8 – Ace-Endorsed Author A. H. Lloyd posted that Mrs. Lloyd will undergo a double mastectomy to remove the breast cancer. She has advanced to Stage 1. Much hinges on the biopsy to determine the specific sub-category of cancer and whether chemo is necessary. Please pray for her in this time of need.
8/8 – Retired Buckeye Cop requested prayers for his nephew, Josh, who is losing his business due to overwhelming debt. Old addictions have returned; he is drinking heavily. He is currently estranged from his family. His mother is Mrs. Cop’s kid sister.
8/12 – Joe Kidd asked for prayers for a friend’s cousin, who is beginning chemo treatments for stage 3 cancer.
8/11: Donna V with &&&&&& contacted Mis. Hum. to let the Horde know the following: "Please let the horde know I am doing fine in hospice". She would appreciate your prayers.
You can drop her a line or a card at donnav489 at g mail dot com.

For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:00 AM

Comments

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1 Today will be warm with a chance of dopey.

Posted by: The Old Fart's Almanac at August 15, 2026 07:57 AM (MWfyi)

2 Recent requests: DonBlack asked for prayers for his nephew, Stephen, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Also RandomDave needs prayers as he searches for a new job. The last option just went to someone else. Annie’s Stew has his info for his GiveSendGo, so please contact her for more info. He’s reaching the end of his savings.

Posted by: Annies Stew at August 15, 2026 07:58 AM (pRY2k)

3 Good weekend start, horde

Praying for all your intentions

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 07:59 AM (Ydd86)

4 Oh, dear . Paul had his knickers in a twist. He takes Trump literally, not seriously.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 08:00 AM (xSAlF)

5 The cockroaches of India are revolting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:02 AM (vrgy6)

6 I would ask for prayers for me & hubby.
Hubby has decided to retire and told his boss he'll be out by Sept.
He says we have enough saved and he is just done with the stress.
I am very anxious about all this.
Please pray that the Lord will guide and provide.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:02 AM (Ydd86)

7 Paul with the FIRST! this morning.

That's new.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 08:03 AM (FZ29D)

8 First cup of Coffee wasn’t too bad. More testing is required, I think a 2nd cup is indicated.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:04 AM (uKe7i)

9 I've often wondered who the actor who portrayed Dan Idiot was. Never realized it was The Don himself. Brilliant!

Posted by: Roger Ebert at August 15, 2026 08:04 AM (4zqrS)

10 I am praying for Random Dave, and will send a little something within the next week or so. Hopefully he saw it, but "Clio Weeps" ( Post 78 on the ONT) mentioned something called "HiringCafe" in job searches.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 08:04 AM (xSAlF)

11 Acts of noodosity have been performed.

Posted by: Nooder at August 15, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)

12 Yonder Horde

Gonna' be a hot one today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 08:05 AM (2Cry5)

13 [H/T: Meme - Hrothgar. Research indicates Misanthropes do as well]
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So we're expected to trust THE SCIENCE!(TM) now?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 08:05 AM (FZ29D)

14 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:02 AM (Ydd86

I will pray for both of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 08:05 AM (xSAlF)

15 I couldn’t sleep at 4AM wondering about Baby Gabriel’s BIRTH mother. Is she going to be bankrupted by medical bills for the baby that the courts won’t let her even touch?
In my book, McKenna West is a saint. Maybe the local Catholics ought to investigate Baby Gabriel’s live birth as a possible accredited miracle.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 15, 2026 08:05 AM (1FEc1)

16 brcc ak for the win

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:06 AM (/+uur)

17 I am asking for prayers for my wife. She is diabetic, and had a bad day yesterday with weakness, nausea and vomiting. No fever, but rapid, irregular pulse, high blood pressure, and low oxygen saturation. She has had three episodes of sepsis in the past. We took her to the ER at the same hospital that recently saved my life, and they completely dropped the ball, other than giving her IV meds for nausea. We are at home, waiting for delivery of the new oral version of the nausea medicine. Pray that it works and she recovers quickly. Thanks to all and my prayers to all on the list

Posted by: Buck at August 15, 2026 08:07 AM (z6ONu)

18 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Drinking my psychopath coffee. It shall be no other way.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:07 AM (h7ZuX)

19 Willowed: My grandfather was born in New Orleans. He said he was born on Good Man (Bonhomme?) St., halfway between Piety and Desire.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026

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Piety and Desire run one block apart. Do you mean one of the cross streets like Royal or Dauphine (as they are called now)? Or farther from the river?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:08 AM (wzUl9)

20 Early comment nuked, I think.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:08 AM (vrgy6)

21
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2026 08:09 AM (AMvSw)

22 Saw an article in New Scientist mag (I dont read mags normally, saw it pop up) that says basically:

we are all red light deprived because of LEDs and efficient windows blocking most of the sunlight's spectrum

It says we need whole light at a cellular level and there are studies that show red light can improve of lots of stuff - blood sugar, diabetes etc

They speculate that much of the explosion of illnesses including cancer may be due to whole light deprivation, or what they call "red-light scurvy"

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:09 AM (Ydd86)

23 I'm back from cleaning up the car. Time for a shower for me now.

Somebody said in the last thread that he didn't get a free bookcase with his set of the Britannica. Neither did I; I bought it at one of the huge furniture stores in Denver. Bookcases are hard to find now and I'd like to hang on to this one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:10 AM (wzUl9)

24 Posted by: Buck at August 15, 2026 08:07 AM

Sorry, Buck. What a difficult time for your wife- and you. I will pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 08:10 AM (xSAlF)

25 The guy up top looks more like a Chad than he does a Psychopath. Though I suppose there's some overlap between the two groups. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:11 AM (wzUl9)

26 "Iraq has given a 30 day eviction notice for all US military "

We didn't kill enough of them the second time around.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 08:11 AM (0Fxkt)

27 Field Report - Mr. Bookman’s sage advice regarding the wisdom of storing a jar of freeze-dried Coffee notwithstanding, an additional layer of sageyness can be had with Folger’s “singles”.

Coffee in a tea-bag format. Not great coffee, but far better than any freeze-dried. Might want to use 2 if you take it strong. Individually wrapped foil packets, long shelf life.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:11 AM (uKe7i)

28 huh, who knew? so do sock_rats!

*fistbump*

G'mornin' everyone!

didn't rain last night, gotta water the garden ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 08:11 AM (VyBeY)

29 The cockroaches of India are revolting.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026

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The cobras and mongooses are planning their insurrection now!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

30 22 also incandescent bulbs were better since they closely mimicked the spectrum of the sun

Article suggested either get out in the sun more (even fully covered up for uv ptotection) so you get the longer wavelengths

Or get an incandescent bulb and put it on a dimmer

This absolutely makes sense to me

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:12 AM (Ydd86)

31 Thank you Fen! I know how powerful the prayers of good people are, and you are among the very best.

Posted by: Buck at August 15, 2026 08:13 AM (z6ONu)

32 Thank you, FenelonSpoke

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:13 AM (Ydd86)

33 I still had some hot coffee left when I got back from the car wash, but "hot" is not something I want now. Some ice in a cup makes for a refreshing drink.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

34 The red light purple light thing is said to come down to the time of day you are in the sun.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:15 AM (vrgy6)

35 Coffee in a tea-bag format. Not great coffee, but far better than any freeze-dried. Might want to use 2 if you take it strong. Individually wrapped foil packets, long shelf life.
Posted by: Common Tater

Do they still make those? I used to use them - very handy when no real coffee was available

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:15 AM (Ydd86)

36 Yow. Paul got memory-holed.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 08:15 AM (0Fxkt)

37 34 The red light purple light thing is said to come down to the time of day you are in the sun.
Posted by: Boss Moss

When is the best time of day?
Old lore is morning, is that true?

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:16 AM (Ydd86)

38 37 That's what I heard.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:17 AM (vrgy6)

39 It says we need whole light at a cellular level and there are studies that show red light can improve of lots of stuff - blood sugar, diabetes etc

They speculate that much of the explosion of illnesses including cancer may be due to whole light deprivation, or what they call "red-light scurvy"
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:09 AM (Ydd86)

Interesting. I've been trying to decide whether the red light devices are quackery, or if they really do something. They are approved for purchase with an HSA, so apparently, the medical establishment*** thinks they have some value.

***as if I trust the Medical Establishment

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:17 AM (h7ZuX)

40
It's hard to read the prayer list a lot of the time. Prayers to all those in need of G*d's comfort and mercy.

I must be out of touch. Mis Hum is in hospice??

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

41 Good morning dear morons and thanks to annie, mh, and you morons for praying

{grammie}{Some Rat}{Lizzy}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (JvZF+)

42 I like a little Fireball whiskey in my coffee. And ghee.
I guess that makes me a Fireball gheezer.

I think I saw them once at a bluegrass festival in Kentucky.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

43 Good morning! Coffee is perked, sprinklers are set and water is running. Dog is in lap until the timer goes off and I have to move the sprinklers.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (3Ope8)

44 Fen, you mentioned at the end of the Tech Thread how the new kitten still greets you at the door. Perfessor Squirrel said they grow out of that phase. Well, some of mine have, but most still were right there at the door when I came home; Stirling certainly still does it at age four, and both Chekov and Wolf were doing it at more than twice that age.

Big red Arizona would sniff me when I came home. He'd duck his head away from my hand until he finished checking out where I'd been, whatever signals he was reading, and then he was fine with petting. I guess he wanted to make sure I was me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (wzUl9)

45 There are so many narcissists running around these days. Especially in politics. Crossing over into "narcissistic personality disorder"

I wonder if this is connected to the decline in religious belief. Christianity puts a lid on it, and the lid is now mostly off.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 08:19 AM (dtajH)

46 I have to turn on my red light.

Posted by: Roxanne at August 15, 2026 08:19 AM (Q+gd/)

47 The Drinking Lamp is red

Posted by: Miklos hopes that helps at August 15, 2026 08:19 AM (XOG/m)

48 25 The guy up top looks more like a Chad than he does a Psychopath. Though I suppose there's some overlap between the two groups. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:11 AM (wzUl9)

He's hot, in a 1978 kind of way. I'd have probably gotten into his car.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:19 AM (h7ZuX)

49 I pray for love, good health and happiness for all in the Horde, and wisdom, strength and courage for the best President in my lifetime. May The Lord bless and keep us all. Amen.

Posted by: Buck at August 15, 2026 08:20 AM (z6ONu)

50 {Donna Ampersand} a prayer for complete and immediate healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:21 AM (JvZF+)

51 My new (maybe!) house has a deck out back which faces east. I figure I'll have breakfast, or coffee and a pipe, or all three, out there during the warmer months, and get some sunlight that way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:21 AM (wzUl9)

52 Trump is moving his search for a new press secretary into high gear.

‘How Do You Spell Gazongas?’ Asks Trump While Drafting Up Job Posting For New Press Secretary

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 08:22 AM (ndZc7)

53 Dash my lace wigs, that article suggested that red light therapy might be very effective if the person is red light deprived

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:22 AM (Ydd86)

54 The guy up top looks more like a Chad than he does a Psychopath. Though I suppose there's some overlap between the two groups. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026
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He's hot, in a 1978 kind of way. I'd have probably gotten into his car.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026

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Looks like the young version of Stephen Hunter's Bob Lee Swagger, when he was a sniper in Vietnam.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:22 AM (wzUl9)

55 >>Christianity puts a lid on it

Not always. Wait until the grandiose narcissist enters the chat.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 15, 2026 08:23 AM (J4Dwc)

56 51>>> Any chance you can share some pics of the new place, Wolfus? The backyard deck sounds like a winner!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:23 AM (3Ope8)

57 Do they still make those? I used to use them - very handy when no real coffee was available
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Yes. Yes they do, although sometimes they are hard to find. Online ordering seems to think Keurig is the only option. I keep a box in reserve. Strategic reserve Coffee.

I used to buy Madaglia D’oro freeze-dried for long hikes, said to be a good brand. The grocer was out of stock for their store brand cheap stuff. I subbed this as an alternative. It is now supplied in an Aspirin bottle sized container. I must be growing in size, everything I buy is shrinking dramatically.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:24 AM (uKe7i)

58 They were saying red light therapy could fix some eye problems. Who knows?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:24 AM (vrgy6)

59 I have to turn on my red light.
Posted by: Roxanne at August 15, 2026

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Weren't you listening? We said you didn't have to!

Posted by: The Police, ca. 1978 at August 15, 2026 08:24 AM (wzUl9)

60 I must be out of touch. Mis Hum is in hospice??
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

LiB, Donna&&&&&& is in hospice, and sent a note to Mis Hum to let us know. She was diagnosed very recently with an aggressive cancer.

Prayers continue, Donna of the Ampersands.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:25 AM (h7ZuX)

61 PDTS should have Steve Miller sub for Leavitt until a replacement is found. Tell him he's free to treat the press corps with all the dismissiveness and snark they have earned.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:25 AM (3Ope8)

62 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at August 15, 2026 08:26 AM (JM9I6)

63 Steve Miller is 82.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:26 AM (vrgy6)

64 I spend enough time outside to not worry about the color of light I'm getting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 08:26 AM (2Cry5)

65 Tell him he's free to treat the press corps with all the dismissiveness and snark they have earned.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:25 AM (3Ope

And he should be a trained spitting llama to truely show disdain for bad questions.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

66 Any chance you can share some pics of the new place, Wolfus? The backyard deck sounds like a winner!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026

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Sure, COJ, if you can code-post your email.

The seller is also going to re-stain the deck before closing, so it should be ready to use. There's a small stretch of yard between it and the garage, which to me is good; I don't want to mow a big yard. Plus, when it's raining or snowing, I won't have to lug a bunch of grocery bags a great distance from the garage to my back door.

No front porch, but there is a little foyer right inside the front door; I could sit there in colder weather if I want to.

Posted by: The Police, ca. 1978 at August 15, 2026 08:28 AM (wzUl9)

67 Sunlight is a great antibiotic. I had a lesion on my lower leg recently that while not seeming serious, would not heal and lingered far more than it should have. I realized it was infected and starting to spread, and looking quite ugly.

Thanks to my wife’s urging, the key to healing was making myself sit outside and make sure that the area got at least 30 minutes of full, hot sunlight for 6 days. Amazingly it began to dry up and recede quite quickly with that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 08:28 AM (Ol0VD)

68 ‘Iran’s black widow’ faces multiple death sentences after gruesomely killing at least 10 of her ex husbands

at least 10???

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)

69 Oops. Not Sting & Co., but me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:29 AM (wzUl9)

70 I am asking for prayers for my wife.
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Prayer for her speedy and complete recovery.

The zofran works great.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:29 AM (JvZF+)

71 Somebody said in the last thread that he didn't get a free bookcase with his set of the Britannica. Neither did I; I bought it at one of the huge furniture stores in Denver. Bookcases are hard to find now and I'd like to hang on to this one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:10 AM (wzUl9)

Good morning everyone.

As if on cue, I'm by the computer getting to work. I have a kids show "The Thundermans Undercover" on in the background.

Exactly one minute after closing the tab, Max is setting up a a nice bookcase with encyclopedias for some reason.

Everyone have a great weekend.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 15, 2026 08:31 AM (Sco7b)

72 PDTS should have Steve Miller sub for Leavitt until a replacement is found. Tell him he's free to treat the press corps with all the dismissiveness and snark they have earned.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026

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I'd take the job temporarily. Imagine me using a lot of AoSHQ catch phrases to the "press" corps.

"You presstitutes . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:31 AM (wzUl9)

73 63 Steve Miller is 82.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:26 AM

Time keeps on slipping into the future.

Stephen Miller is 40.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

74 Wolfus.... anjin consulting at the sbc global dot net. All lowercase and the first two are one word.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:32 AM (3Ope8)

75 Haven't been around much, what's up with Donna ampersands?
Prayers sent for Donna.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 15, 2026 08:32 AM (2NHgQ)

76 Some people call him Maurice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:32 AM (vrgy6)

77 Steve Miller is 82.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026

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"Abracadabra! I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:32 AM (wzUl9)

78 Stephen Miller (born circa 1985) >>>Steve Miller and his band

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:34 AM (3Ope8)

79 Lot of mass shootings past week and today. The crazies are letting their freak flag fly.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 08:35 AM (KC5Lt)

80 Good morning, all.

0434 here.

Got blasted out of bed about a half hour ago by Raptors hauling ass out of JBER.

Pooty-poot getting gay again, most likely.

Decided I might as well make coffee.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 08:35 AM (IG3/x)

81 The blue light was my baby,
The red light was my mind.

Posted by: Mick Jagger at August 15, 2026 08:36 AM (JM9I6)

82 vmom congratulations to you both. Will make a prayer for peace in your house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:36 AM (JvZF+)

83 When the train left the station.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:36 AM (vrgy6)

84 The guy up top looks more like a Chad than he does a Psychopath. Though I suppose there's some overlap between the two groups. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:11 AM (wzUl9)

He's hot, in a 1978 kind of way. I'd have probably gotten into his car.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:19 AM (h7ZuX)
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That's Jeffrey Dahmer the serial murdering cannibal

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:38 AM (JvZF+)

85 4 Wolfus.... anjin consulting at the sbc global dot net. All lowercase and the first two are one word.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026

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COJ, is there a "the" in it? My email client says the address as I typed it in doesn't exist.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

86 This is not intended to provoke religious arguments ( I don't like those anyway and I have to leave shortly anyway ) but I sometimes read "National Catholic Register" which has interesting stories about various Catholics, They mentioned Blessed Zedenka Schlelingova who was from some Eastern European Country taken over by communists . She was imprisoned and killed after protesting them and was a devout RC And nun She is often called invoked for healing and is in the process of canonization. Also, Rhoda Wise was an American, a spiritual advisor to Mother Angelica. She had a gift of healing. I don't think it's wrong to ask people who were holy and have passed on to the Lord to pray for things
Yes, I can go to God directly and do, but I don't see what is wrong in asking intercessions of people in heaven. We have a hymn which says "Friends on earth and friends in heaven" so I ask friends I believe are in heaven to pray as well

So, if the Protestants want to debate their fellow Protestant ( me😉

you'll have to catch me on my next visit here . I'm going to local Amish market now

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM (7aGSF)

87 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I've started reading the Dune series by Frank Herbert. So far I'm on Dune: Messiah. Very short book. Only 155 pages in the omnibus edition I'm reading.

To get into the spirit, I had a couple of cinnamon rolls for breakfast and now I'm drinking cocoa with a dash of cinnamon in it.

I'm tempted to season ALL my food with cinnamon if only to simulate what it would be like to have food that tastes of "spice."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM (FZ29D)

88 I didn't recognize him.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM (vrgy6)

89 82 vmom congratulations to you both. Will make a prayer for peace in your house.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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Thank you. I am being supportive but it's tough internally. Just a part of anxiety issues.
I am still working, it's a low paying job but I enjoy it and it pays for my medical insurance.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:40 AM (Ydd86)

90 If we're reasonable, they'll be reasonable.

Iran Demands Compensation for Hormuz Oil Spill Apparently Caused by Its Own Attack

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 08:40 AM (ndZc7)

91 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

Omit the offensive definite article

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:40 AM (3Ope8)

92
Omit the offensive definite article
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026

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Got it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)

93 Prayers sent for Donna.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 15, 2026 08:32 AM (2NHgQ)

She has an advanced stage of cancer, caught late.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:43 AM (Ydd86)

94 That's Jeffrey Dahmer the serial murdering cannibal

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Dark horse 2028 Democrat presidential candidate?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

95 Oh, yes, we just passed a sign outside a church, "When your knees are knocking, kneel on them",

I liked it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 08:43 AM (+hwtP)

96 Good morning everyone. Thx MisHum.
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
vmom, good luck and God bless to you and your husband

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2026 08:43 AM (xCuiu)

97 That's Jeffrey Dahmer the serial murdering cannibal
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:38 AM (JvZF+)

That's very filtered, then. Dahmer was not that handsome.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:43 AM (h7ZuX)

98 LiB, Donna&&&&&& is in hospice, and sent a note to Mis Hum to let us know. She was diagnosed very recently with an aggressive cancer.

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Oh no! That slipped by me somehow! I'm very sad to hear that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 15, 2026 08:44 AM (qBdHI)

99 Dahmer was beaten to death in prison. So not a viable candidate for the DNC

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:46 AM (uKe7i)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

101 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:46 AM (ZOv7s)

102 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:40 AM (Ydd86)
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At some point, a few years ago, time became more important than money.

I am living on borrowed time. Every day is an extra cherry on the chocolate sundae of my life.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:47 AM (JvZF+)

103 Praise the Lord!

Chick-Fil-A Introduces Chicken & Waffles Sandwiches to Its All-Day Menu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 08:47 AM (ndZc7)

104 Dahmer was beaten to death in prison.

These things happen. Oh well!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:47 AM (3Ope8)

105 @99 I wouldn't be surprised if Dahmer voted in the Wisconsin primary.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2026 08:48 AM (xCuiu)

106 99 Dahmer was beaten to death in prison. So not a viable candidate for the DNC
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:46 AM (uKe7i)

He can still vote, though!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 08:49 AM (h7ZuX)

107 They already had waffle fries.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:49 AM (vrgy6)

108 Because today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, I posted a photo of the painting -Assumption of the Virgin Between St Minias and St Julian by Andrea del Castagno -

I like how different it is - kind of in between medieval style and renaissance. And the angel wing colors are so original.

(There's a link in my nic to my post if you want to see)

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:49 AM (Ydd86)

109 Lot of mass shootings past week and today. The crazies are letting their freak flag fly.
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2026 08:35 AM (KC5Lt)
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If (as I expect) the midterms go poorly for them, there will be armed uprisings.

The DoJ is moving quietly but deliberately,, and I would not be surprised to see California turn red once the scam is exposed, and Newsome will probably attempt secession.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:49 AM (ZOv7s)

110 I am living on borrowed time. Every day is an extra cherry on the chocolate sundae of my life.
Posted by: San Franpsycho a

Yes. He has certainly earned the rest.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:50 AM (Ydd86)

111 Because today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, I posted a photo of the painting -Assumption of the Virgin Between St Minias and St Julian by Andrea del Castagno -

I like how different it is - kind of in between medieval style and renaissance. And the angel wing colors are so original.

(There's a link in my nic to my post if you want to see)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:49 AM (Ydd86)
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Mrs. Lloyd was very insistent that I go to Mass today and bring her a Host. I was skeptical on the time frame, and have (sadly) been vindicated.

Her morning routine takes an hour, so even setting an alarm at 6:30 left me unable to make the 9 a.m. Mass (the only one scheduled today). At least I'm here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)

112 Mike Conaway: U.S. Fertilizer Should Be for Americans First

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I was not aware we had a bullshit shortage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 08:52 AM (ndZc7)

113 I'm tempted to season ALL my food with cinnamon if only to simulate what it would be like to have food that tastes of "spice."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM

Careful. You can get addicted.

https://youtube.com/shorts/7Y4UD1tK0qc

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at August 15, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

114 The DoJ is moving quietly but deliberately,, and I would not be surprised to see California turn red once the scam is exposed, and Newsome will probably attempt secession.

Seriously. What makes you think Newsome has the fortitude to challenge the US like that? My gut impression of the guy is he's all hat and no cattle.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:54 AM (3Ope8)

115 If (as I expect) the midterms go poorly for them, there will be armed uprisings.
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Conversely, If the midterms go well for them, there will also be armed uprisings.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:54 AM (uKe7i)

116 ‘Iran’s black widow’ faces multiple death sentences after gruesomely killing at least 10 of her ex husbands

at least 10???
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)
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Iran practices Islamic prostitution: temporary marriages. You marry the whore, bang her, and then divorce, so it's possible to rack up a pretty high amount of "exes".

So what the story means is a hooker killed at least 10 of her "Johns."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:55 AM (ZOv7s)

117 98 LiB, Donna&&&&&& is in hospice, and sent a note to Mis Hum to let us know. She was diagnosed very recently with an aggressive cancer.

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Oh no! That slipped by me somehow! I'm very sad to hear that.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 15, 2026 08:44 AM (qBdHI)

No, really?
Ughhhh.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 15, 2026 08:55 AM (Sco7b)

118 We get ours from oil and nat gas. No bull$h!t.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:56 AM (vrgy6)

119 CEO of Flock Surveillance says he's sorry about local cops stalking hot blondes in the red sports cars, but says nothing about the much broader concerns of government officials stalking and gathering information on everyday Americans.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 15, 2026 08:56 AM (J4Dwc)

120 @116 hopefully all of the Johns were from the IRGC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2026 08:56 AM (xCuiu)

121 Seriously. What makes you think Newsome has the fortitude to challenge the US like that? My gut impression of the guy is he's all hat and no cattle.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:54 AM (3Ope

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Desperation. If a Republican gets into state government, all of his crimes will be exposed, so may as well roll the iron dice. Besides, he's not going to be on the firing line, just urging other people to get shot for him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:56 AM (ZOv7s)

122 My gut impression of the guy is he's all hat and no cattle.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:54 AM (3Ope

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He's all hair and no brain.
He's all talk and no action.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:57 AM (JvZF+)

123 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 08:57 AM (WDaeq)

124 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Please pray that the Lord will guide and provide.
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport

It will be okay vmom. My wife and I went through the same worries during our time with that.

BIL released from the hospital so all is well. Dear Wife will be driving home today after caring for him. Prayers for a safe journey are requested.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM (hrOJm)

125 If California secedes who pays their debt?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM (vrgy6)

126 122 My gut impression of the guy is he's all hat and no cattle.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 08:54 AM (3Ope
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He's all hair and no brain.
He's all talk and no action.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:57 AM (JvZF+)

He had a meeting in Ann Arbor and about 18 80 YO geezers showed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)

127 > You marry the whore, bang her, and then divorce,

It's like quickie Vegas marriages and divorces turned up to 11.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM (IG3/x)

128 Don’t bother with the ground stuff, get a jar of whole Nutmegs. That stuff is like Crack in Cocoa or on Ice Cream.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:59 AM (uKe7i)

129 > He's all hair and no brain.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:57 AM (JvZF+)

All underwear and no hammer.

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at August 15, 2026 08:59 AM (IG3/x)

130 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

The feast of the Assumption of Mary is today.

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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 08:59 AM (ksbjf)

131 You don't buy a woman you hate a house?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:59 AM (vrgy6)

132 He had a meeting in Ann Arbor and about 18 80 YO geezers showed.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)
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I saw and commented on that video yesterday. He is so dreamy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 08:59 AM (JvZF+)

133 125 If California secedes who pays their debt?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM
++++++

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 15, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

134 Conversely, If the midterms go well for them, there will also be armed uprisings.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 08:54 AM (uKe7i)
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Perhaps. Anything in possible, but between the Dems nominating crackpots for otherwise competitive seats and the Trump DoJ breathing down the necks of election officials, I think we're going to see the GOP exceed expectations.

The entire premise of elections is fake. The modeling, demographic assumptions, all of it. Mail-in voting was created to cheat, and the USPS forcing tracking will stomp on that, as will audits after the fact. The Overton Window has shifted and the fact that the Dems rigged their own primaries is making even them skeptical of the system.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

135 Shabbat assault Lunatic punches congregant at NYC synagogue, headbutts and spits at security guard in antisemitic attack: NYPD

In Texas his next article of clothing would be a body bag

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 09:00 AM (/+uur)

136 "Fen, you mentioned at the end of the Tech Thread how the new kitten still greets you at the door."

A Siamese cat will do that until they physically can't (if you're the person to which they've decided to bond).

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 09:00 AM (0Fxkt)

137 > 131 You don't buy a woman you hate a house?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:59 AM (vrgy6)

"Next time I'm going to cut out the middle man. I'll just find a bitch I can't stand and buy her a house."

-- Clint Eastwood, on being asked if he'd ever consider another serious relationship.

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at August 15, 2026 09:02 AM (IG3/x)

138 It's like quickie Vegas marriages and divorces turned up to 11.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM (IG3/x)
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No, it's prostitution with some extra words before and after.

In Islam men can divorce women just by saying "I divorce you" three times. And women are property, so nothing like Vegas.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:02 AM (ZOv7s)

139 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)

The obligation was moved to Sunday this year, so there is time.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 09:02 AM (Ydd86)

140 Dahmer was beaten to death in prison.

But all the inmates really liked him!

Posted by: Never Trust Another Prisoner at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM (cFP1B)

141 133 125 If California secedes who pays their debt?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 08:58 AM
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at August 15, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

The train will go from Bakersfield to Gilroy
230 miles and take about 3 hours.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

142 Speaking of prayer, DFW airport is scrapping plans to add MORE foot washing stations after Abbott got wind and said they were illegal. The question is why are there any at all because apparently there are already some in one of the "interfaith chapels".
WFH???

Posted by: lin-duh at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM (VCgbV)

143 Britain gets serious about the refugee problem.

Former British MP gets brutally honest about refugee policy: "The obvious thing that 1,200 young men are going to need in the middle of a village ... is a brothel"

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Taxpayer funded, I assume.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

144 The obligation was moved to Sunday this year, so there is time.
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 09:02 AM (Ydd86)
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Tell that to Mrs. Lloyd.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:04 AM (ZOv7s)

145 > The train will go from Bakersfield to Gilroy
230 miles and take about 3 hours.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

No one outside of a Merle Haggard song has ever wanted to travel between those two destinations, and all those guys already have pickups.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 09:04 AM (IG3/x)

146 Fen, you mentioned at the end of the Tech Thread how the new kitten still greets you at the door. Perfessor Squirrel said they grow out of that phase. Well, some of mine have, but most still were right there at the door when I came home; Stirling certainly still does it at age four, and both Chekov and Wolf were doing it at more than twice that age.

Big red Arizona would sniff me when I came home. He'd duck his head away from my hand until he finished checking out where I'd been, whatever signals he was reading, and then he was fine with petting. I guess he wanted to make sure I was me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 08:18 AM (wzUl9)

Our cat (she's 7 years old) does the same thing. She'll sometimes greet us at the door, but wants us to follow her. Then she'll process the smells and decide that we're us.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:05 AM (ksbjf)

147 "Dahmer was beaten to death in prison. So not a viable candidate for the DNC"

Says who? Biden ran without seeing the light of day.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 09:06 AM (0Fxkt)

148 I got thrown out of a restaurant in Bakersfield once because I was wearing a tank.

My explanation, "But it's Bakersfield!" was ineffective.

They accepted me at Bennigan's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 09:07 AM (JvZF+)

149 Mornin' Horde. Cancer seems to stalk our number; meanwhile, between the Lord and some damn fine medical personnel mine remains in remission (and the least of my current worries). A matter to be thankful for, to be sure!

Now to get that housing issue squared away and find a job that pays better than a joke wage...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 15, 2026 09:08 AM (mQbp+)

150 I am getting a red exclamation point for this site.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:08 AM (vrgy6)

151 Speaking of Gilroy, whatever happened to their Garlic in the grocery? All anybody carries now is Chinesium. Where is it going?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2026 09:09 AM (uKe7i)

152 I may be anticipating the Gun Thread (which my current schedule precludes me from joining) but the National Firearms Act is officially on life support and the DoJ may have pulled the plug last week.

A district judge ruled it unconstitutional on tax grounds (not 2A) but stayed the opinion for seven days for the DoJ to make an appeal. DoJ declined. The ruling only applies to the plaintiffs, but Brandon Herrera and a bunch of dudes filmed themselves violating it, and the DoJ will probably voluntarily drop enforcement and rewrite regs to comply with the ruling.

Trump gets beaten up a lot for not being God and fixing every American problem, but that's a huge win, an epic win, and I suspect that will boost GOP turnout because the Dems will immediately threaten to reimpose it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

153 Never patronized a Brothel. And it's kind of hot to have soup for dinner right now.

Posted by: Sweatin' to the Oldies! at August 15, 2026 09:09 AM (JM9I6)

154 "Speaking of prayer, DFW airport is scrapping plans to add MORE foot washing stations after Abbott got wind and said they were illegal."

I guess Abbott is better than a flatworm. He's been absent about other Islam takeover shit in the state, so I'm not sure why this issue caused him some pain.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 09:11 AM (0Fxkt)

155 Magnitude 7.7 quake in Indonesia.

38 dead so far, likely many more.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 15, 2026 09:11 AM (IG3/x)

156 A good fraction of men probably drink their coffee black. Not the majority probably, a decent %. And most psychopaths are men so, that's probably a lot of the statistic right there.

Posted by: banana Dream - Like I like my women, black, very hot, and picked up from a gas station at August 15, 2026 09:12 AM (3uBP9)

157 Dahmer was beaten to death in prison.

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Cannibalophobia!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 09:12 AM (ndZc7)

158 Will this affect the Java shipments?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:12 AM (vrgy6)

159 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 09:07 AM (JvZF+)

Was it painful on your back while wearing a tank?

Posted by: dantesed at August 15, 2026 09:12 AM (Oy/m2)

160 > CEO of Flock Surveillance says he's sorry about local cops stalking hot blondes in the red sports cars, but says nothing about the much broader concerns of government officials stalking and gathering information on everyday Americans.
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I read about a couple court cases that have some connection to Flock surveillance devices (and other devices like them.)

It's based on 4th amendment "search" definitions. Computer based searches are included. Most, if not all of the searching done on surveillance data is done without a warrant. Whether that's illegal or not is the question being debated.

I'm sure the issue is more complicated, but this is my amateur take on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 09:13 AM (2Cry5)

161 Probably a tank top.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:13 AM (vrgy6)

162 142 Speaking of prayer, DFW airport is scrapping plans to add MORE foot washing stations after Abbott got wind and said they were illegal. The question is why are there any at all because apparently there are already some in one of the "interfaith chapels".
WFH???
Posted by: lin-duh at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM

We're still looking for a space to keep our snakes.

Posted by: The Pentecostal Holiness Alliance at August 15, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

163 Wow, a you g family found a megalodon tooth on the Jersey Shore.
Best "my summer vacation" school report ever

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 09:14 AM (Ydd86)

164 If you could say a prayer for my health please, I’d appreciate it. I have some worrying symptoms that are probably nothing but for some reason it’s bothering me. Filled with foreboding; hate when I do that…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 09:14 AM (M+uMR)

165 Landlord is adding fees not in the lease. Liability coverage for their building.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (vrgy6)

166 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I've started reading the Dune series by Frank Herbert. So far I'm on Dune: Messiah. Very short book. Only 155 pages in the omnibus edition I'm reading.

To get into the spirit, I had a couple of cinnamon rolls for breakfast and now I'm drinking cocoa with a dash of cinnamon in it.

I'm tempted to season ALL my food with cinnamon if only to simulate what it would be like to have food that tastes of "spice."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 08:39 AM (FZ29D)

The Spice of "Dune" is worm poop is it not?

You'll have to go to a bait store to get the full, rich flavor of Duneish spice.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (iJfKG)

167 Newt Gingrich is saying what many of us have been saying. The craziness of the Left is going to lead to big wins for us in November.

So, be of good cheer but be sure to vote early and often.

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (dtajH)

168 Greetings from the Healing Hotel, where first they fix you in surgery and then they poison you with "food."

Posted by: mindful webworker on the road at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (S3rL0)

169 @155 after the 7.7 there was a 6.9 aftershock about 2hrs ago . Ring of Fire is bouncing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2026 09:16 AM (xCuiu)

170 Thanks vmom

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 15, 2026 09:16 AM (2NHgQ)

171 A good fraction of men probably drink their coffee black. Not the majority probably, a decent %. And most psychopaths are men so, that's probably a lot of the statistic right there.
Posted by: banana Dream - Like I like my women, black, very hot, and picked up from a gas station at August 15, 2026 09:12 AM (3uBP9)
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My father, for one. I think it may also be a generational thing. I think one of my grandfathers added sugar but the other did not.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

172 "Magnitude 7.7 quake in Indonesia."

Crap. That might impact slackbuilds.org. (A thing to which I would be amazed if it were to impact anyone else here. If you are wondering WTF is he talking about, the juice won't be worth the squeeze.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 09:16 AM (0Fxkt)

173 103 Praise the Lord!

Chick-Fil-A Introduces Chicken & Waffles Sandwiches to Its All-Day Menu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 08:47 AM (ndZc7)

All is proceeding as we have forseen.

Posted by: Big Waffle at August 15, 2026 09:17 AM (VRoVL)

174 Civit coffee. The spice must flow.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:18 AM (vrgy6)

175 "167 Newt Gingrich is saying..."

We remember you with San Fran Nan on Cap And Trade.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms at August 15, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

176 If you could say a prayer for my health please, I’d appreciate it. I have some worrying symptoms that are probably nothing but for some reason it’s bothering me. Filled with foreboding; hate when I do that…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 09:14 AM (M+uMR)
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God bless you. The annoying thing about anxiety is that it disguises itself as foreboding, but it isn't. It takes a while to work through it and discern actual foreboding from irrational fear. I believe prayer is essential in making this determination.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)

177 Mornin', everybody! I'm close to the bottom of my first cup of psychopath juice. I am waiting until I finish my second cup before opening the blood and UA lab reports I received yesterday. I think I'm having several things go wrong at once - hopefully it's all minor, but we're still in the data-gathering phase.

Otherwise, I'm hoping to have a relaxing weekend. Maybe I'll go get a big plate of chicken fried steak before some doctor orders me to stop eating such things.

See you on the hobby thread.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 09:20 AM (zDDmD)

178 Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM

That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems, Mail -In Ballots Division at August 15, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

179 It's not about surveillance, it's about keeping us safe. I mean, it's right there in their name, Flock Safety, for gosh shakes.

You people... lol

Posted by: Karen at August 15, 2026 09:22 AM (J4Dwc)

180 LinusVanPelt, I will pray for you

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 09:22 AM (Ydd86)

181 It's not who votes it's who counts the votes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:22 AM (vrgy6)

182 "Piety and Desire run one block apart. Do you mean one of the cross streets like Royal or Dauphine (as they are called now)? Or farther from the river?"

I looked at a map once and could not find it. I think he was making a joke about it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026 09:23 AM (qFwJc)

183 Lafitte Street.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:23 AM (vrgy6)

184 ... the National Firearms Act is officially on life support and the DoJ may have pulled the plug last week. ...

Trump gets beaten up a lot for not being God and fixing every American problem, but that's a huge win, an epic win, and I suspect that will boost GOP turnout because the Dems will immediately threaten to reimpose it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

Something I've noticed about many of the "All is lost!!!" commentors is that most of them never appear during the Prayer Thread (or very late, after it's lost focus). They seem to have a blind-spot when it comes to accepting that "man proposes, but God disposes" ... so they don't have the peace-of-mind of taking events as part of God's ultimate plan.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:24 AM (ksbjf)

185 The Spice of "Dune" is worm poop is it not?

You'll have to go to a bait store to get the full, rich flavor of Duneish spice.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (iJfKG)
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Herbert's books are something of a paradox. The first book is by far the best because it is very dense - lots of things happening, lots of action, incredible background (especially for the time).

But his actual writing style is terrible. National Lampoon did a parody of it ("Doon") and he gave them a lot of material to work with, especially his oddball repetitiveness and pointless internal monologues.

The successive books were better in terms of writing, and maybe his got better, or maybe he got a better editor. But the plots got thinner and thinner, building up to something profound that turned out to be lame.

Fun fact: the first three books were (at the time) billed as a trilogy, and then he decided to write more books, which is how you got Children of a Lesser Dune, Oh God More Dune and Enough With The Dune Thing.

And then his son strip-mined the setting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

186 156 A good fraction of men probably drink their coffee black. Not the majority probably, a decent %. And most psychopaths are men so, that's probably a lot of the statistic right there.
Posted by: banana Dream - Like I like my women, black, very hot, and picked

Oh really?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 15, 2026 09:24 AM (CkDaS)

187 we are all red light deprived because of LEDs and efficient windows blocking most of the sunlight's spectrum

It says we need whole light at a cellular level and there are studies that show red light can improve of lots of stuff - blood sugar, diabetes etc

They speculate that much of the explosion of illnesses including cancer may be due to whole light deprivation, or what they call "red-light scurvy"

Posted by: vmom

I believe it. I use incandescents all over the house, and an attic full of replacement bulbs I bought when they started to disappear. Another example of the government trying to hurt us.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 15, 2026 09:24 AM (0U5gm)

188 Something I've noticed about many of the "All is lost!!!" commentors is that most of them never appear during the Prayer Thread (or very late, after it's lost focus).

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Huh. You're right

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 09:25 AM (Ydd86)

189 So, about the flock systems, how do I put this, ... you all realize that for well more than a decade almost every wireless mobile network has been processing radio signals well outside any mobile frequency band, right?

They have to do this to adjust, noise handling, signal conditioning, it even ties into how they direct packets around. And all that information is location and time based and is sent for active processing. Now they could at that point throw all that away. Does that sound like something any tech company of this millennia would do?

Now I'm certainly not saying that I'm aware of specific companies that have marketed surveillance tools using that network data to track things, things that aren't even cell phones. For a long long time. No, not all.

But I'm inviting you to understand that they could.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 09:25 AM (3uBP9)

190 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:24 AM (ksbjf)

A most excellent point!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 15, 2026 09:25 AM (CkDaS)

191 A night of intestinal distress, Lil Pooky getting more teeth, and Pookette's continued descent into immaturity have made me a bit cranky.

Hello, friends in gray boxes.

Posted by: pookysgirl is also groggy at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (Wt5PA)

192 These LED bulbs seem to last for years. Sometimes bright, sometimes not.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (vrgy6)

193 @178

I expect Maduro will soon be a material witness over Dominion voting machines and the 2020 steal.

He's currently on ice in the Brooklyn MDC.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (dtajH)

194 Can't wait for the gun thread - I just found out the CMP will be offering de-miled M14s starting in Jan 2027. Estimated price should be less than $2000 per copy.

Yes, I want one.

No, I don't need one.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (hrOJm)

195 I have taken my coffee black since I started drinking it around age 5. Growing up, my entire family drank it black, though my kids drink much less.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (0U5gm)

196 The Dune novels are like an infinite series with each half as good as the one before.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:28 AM (dtajH)

197 Do any of you other morons put a pinch of salt in your coffee?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 15, 2026 09:28 AM (XvL8K)

198 Wolfus...very nice!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 09:28 AM (3Ope8)

199 "Piety and Desire run one block apart. Do you mean one of the cross streets like Royal or Dauphine (as they are called now)? Or farther from the river?"
*
I looked at a map once and could not find it. I think he was making a joke about it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026

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There was once a Good Children Street between Esplanade and Elysian Fields, but it got renamed, I forget to what. And that's a ways upriver from Piety and Desire Streets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 09:29 AM (wzUl9)

200 140 Dahmer was beaten to death in prison.

But all the inmates really liked him!
Posted by: Never Trust Another Prisoner at August 15, 2026 09:03 AM (cFP1B)

We tend to sanitize stories because the truth is sometimes too grisly to face; but in Dahmer’s case, it’s worth remembering that he met an end fitting for his crimes. Another inmate shoved a broken broomstick up his ass and punctured several of his internal organs. That, at long last, was Justice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 09:29 AM (Ol0VD)

201 Banana dream - someone here posted about an Italian company that makes an electronic surveillance system that can be co-located with Flock or operate independently. It sucks up all the BLE, IMEI, and other data, including the tire pressure monitors in your car, and creates a giant index. Thus, someone can say "this phone was in this car at this time, and later was in this car, along with this other phone," etc. A Stasi director's wet dream.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 09:29 AM (zDDmD)

202 That's cute.
Posted by: Dominion Systems, Mail -In Ballots Division at August 15, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)
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A lot of people thing breaking news is actually breaking, like it was just discovered. It is not. Stories are "broken" when it is convenient to the people breaking them, and this is doubly true when it is older stuff just coming to light.

Abdul El-Sayed DeathtoAmerica Jihadi's behavior was known, but the GOP held it close until after the nomination was secure. None of the Dems had the stomach to use it, likely because they thought they could just fudge the ballots but the DoJ's monitors checkmated that maneuver.

There is much, much more coming. You can't waste an October Surprise in August. Those will hit in about three weeks and it's going to be a dense pack strategy, where every news cycle there will be new revelations about different stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

203 >>> Oh really?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 15, 2026 09:24 AM (CkDaS)

I don't know if I've ever witnessed a lady drinking black coffee. I'm sure there are plenty. But most I've seen, are dudes. For me, I just didn't like the hassle of doing anything extra, I try powdered creamer from time to time, and get sick of it. I like real cream in coffee but I'll never have that at work where I drink coffee the most. So, I've just gotten used to the taste over the past 35 ish years of drinking coffee. And I've cut out most all sweets so bitter isn't as harsh to me.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 09:30 AM (3uBP9)

204 "Piety and Desire run one block apart. Do you mean one of the cross streets like Royal or Dauphine (as they are called now)? Or farther from the river?"
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I think you can get there via streetcar.

Posted by: Tennessee Williams at August 15, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

205 So we're expected to trust THE SCIENCE!(TM) now?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 08:05 AM (FZ29D)

THE SCIENCE!(TM) took the fifth.

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Prayers for all who need them 🙏🙏🙏

We are back home; out of the hospital, obvi - got to go back a second time to the ER in Cali. We took a boat ride of SF harbor at the grandsons' request - the boat hit a swell as I was walking around, and there wasn't anything to grab onto, so I took a nasty tumble and hit my head. Got a nice-sized goose egg for my troubles (hence the ER visit), but CT scan showed no damage, so I didn't have to stay.

I think that San Francisco just doesn't like me!

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Vmom - for your peace of mind, consult a reputable financial advisor. It has made all of the difference in our retirement picture, and is what has allowed me to do my bucket list with not a lot of worry! A good one will have access to computer models which will run simulations to show you what you can reasonably spend without worrying about running out of money.

I highly recommend finding a financial advisor for EVERYONE, no matter where you may be in your work journey.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 15, 2026 09:31 AM (SRRAx)

206
The Dune novels are like an infinite series with each half as good as the one before.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:28 AM (dtajH)

So, the last Dune novel will be a Dan Brown novel?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 09:31 AM (iJfKG)

207 Lafitte Street.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026

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There is a Lafitte Street in Mid-City that runs parallel to Canal. Now it's a long greenway that runs down to the back of the old Auditorium and Armstrong Park. I call it the Muggers' Shopping Lane; walkers and joggers in the upper part of that would make good victims.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

208 The later Reacher novels are not good.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:33 AM (vrgy6)

209 116 ‘Iran’s black widow’ faces multiple death sentences after gruesomely killing at least 10 of her ex husbands

at least 10???
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)
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Iran practices Islamic prostitution: temporary marriages. You marry the whore, bang her, and then divorce, so it's possible to rack up a pretty high amount of "exes".

So what the story means is a hooker killed at least 10 of her "Johns."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 08:55 AM (ZOv7s)

True. In shia ishlam one can get "married", mullah and all, for an hour.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 09:33 AM (g47mK)

210 "Piety and Desire run one block apart. Do you mean one of the cross streets like Royal or Dauphine (as they are called now)? Or farther from the river?"
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I think you can get there via streetcar.
Posted by: Tennessee Williams at August 15, 2026

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Not no mo', TW. And as for getting on a public bus now, you'd be taking your life in your hands.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

211 Thus, someone can say "this phone was in this car at this time, and later was in this car, along with this other phone," etc. A Stasi director's wet dream.
Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 09:29 AM

By the way, you're going to need an oil change and tire rotation soon.

Posted by: Flock Safety Customer Support at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

212 To expand on my theme that Faith in God provides peace-of-mind, our parish had a visiting priest from the Vincentian order. He's on a long-term missionary assignment in Africa and he's been badly beaten, and nearly killed 16 times (the last time by a Mohammadan with an axe that missed him and struck the altar -- which cause the Mohammadan to drop the axe and flee the Sanctuary).

My 16 year old grandson later mentioned to us, "That priest is so happy."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (ksbjf)

213 Good morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you. Take care of everything.

Prayers offered for all the intentions above and in the comments. May His grace wash away all the worries, pain, and suffering that keep us from experiencing His peace.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (kOluj)

214 Can't wait for the gun thread - I just found out the CMP will be offering de-miled M14s starting in Jan 2027. Estimated price should be less than $2000 per copy.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (hrOJm)
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I have a theory. I think US surplus is going to crater in the coming years. In collecting, demand is everything. US surplus gets premium prices despite being the most common and available stuff out there because of the high demand. Supply is irrelevant. One of a million good condition 1911A1s will get a better price than a Japanese matchlock that's 300 years old.

But a sea change is coming: the Boomers are dying off, and their collections are going to hit the market and overwhelm it. It's pure demographics - not enough Gen Xers to buy it all, and the younger folks can't afford $3,000 handguns that only hold 7 rounds. This has already happened with more dated stuff like model RR and slot cars, but it's coming.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

215 Coffee with anything in it feels like a dessert. Which is nice from time to time, a treat. But doesn't feel like coffee. My coffee for decades has come from old industrial Bunn drips they put in work places with the spherical glass carafes. And Folgers, because that's what they always buy.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (3uBP9)

216 When the Jews return to Zion and a comet fills the sky, and the Holy Roman Empire rises; then you and I must die. From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, 'til man exists no more.

Posted by: Father Brennan at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (cFP1B)

217 ue. In shia ishlam one can get "married", mullah and all, for an hour.

I'm beginning to think Islam is a corrupt system meant only to cater to the whims and desires of perverted men.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

218 The MARTA in Atlanta smells like amusement park dumpster trash juice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 09:35 AM (vrgy6)

219 194 Can't wait for the gun thread - I just found out the CMP will be offering de-miled M14s starting in Jan 2027. Estimated price should be less than $2000 per copy.

Yes, I want one.

No, I don't need one.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2026 09:26 AM (hrOJm)

also trench shotguns

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)

220 vmom, yes, Folgers still makes those, I always have a few around, particularly when I travel.
lifesaving, when all other coffee fails!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 09:36 AM (VyBeY)

221 When the Jews return to Zion and a comet fills the sky, and the Holy Roman Empire rises; then you and I must die. From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, 'til man exists no more.
Posted by: Father Brennan at August 15, 2026 09:34 AM (cFP1B)

That's very Omen-ous!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

222 I don't know if I've ever witnessed a lady drinking black coffee. I'm sure there are plenty. But most I've seen, are dudes. For me, I just didn't like the hassle of doing anything extra, I try powdered creamer from time to time, and get sick of it. I like real cream in coffee but I'll never have that at work where I drink coffee the most. So, I've just gotten used to the taste over the past 35 ish years of drinking coffee. And I've cut out most all sweets so bitter isn't as harsh to me.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026

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Miss Linda takes hers black. I like a little sweetener in mine, and once in a while real Half & Half. Of course we drink strong stuff, coffee with chicory or an espresso blend brewed via drip machine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

223 Thank you. Appreciate the prayers more than you can know. I love AoS but this might be the best thread of the week for all the encouragement.

I heard a pastor say this week (in response to why all the suffering question): Suffering absolutely has it’s purposes… one important purpose is to nudge us towards a reliance on Almighty God and maybe even yearn for his presence.

That made sense to me: If everything is wonderful in this life it might be easy to forget the next life is infinitely better

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 09:39 AM (M+uMR)

224 Nrg. G'morning Horde.

Slept in. All day (early morning all the way into the dark of night) Charter ain't so easy as I get more experience at being 29.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 15, 2026 09:39 AM (O7YUW)

225 BTW…. My mom has always taken her coffee straight black

In fact she put me off coffee at a young age by giving me a sip; so bitter!! I don’t drink coffee up this day haha

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 09:41 AM (M+uMR)

226 I looked up men to women psychopath statistics. Conventional wisdom was the ratio men:women is 6:1. But newer research is claiming it might be closer to 1.2:1.

Posted by: banana Dream - Youve Come a Long Way, Baby! at August 15, 2026 09:41 AM (3uBP9)

227 Oh, and quality "Mystery Click" music on that header picture, MisHum. I'm enjoying my coffee while listening to that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 15, 2026 09:41 AM (O7YUW)

228 I'v started watching the new season of Reacher, after being disappointed with last season.

So far, not bad. Athough the plot is ridiculous at times, it's not PC. Yet.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:41 AM (dtajH)

229 I don't know if I've ever witnessed a lady drinking black coffee. I'm sure there are plenty.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 09:30 AM (3uBP9)

*Raises hand

I've never liked it any other way.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 09:42 AM (h7ZuX)

230 ‘Iran’s black widow’ faces multiple death sentences after gruesomely killing at least 10 of her ex husbands

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Divorce with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 09:43 AM (ndZc7)

231 I'm beginning to think Islam is a corrupt system meant only to cater to the whims and desires of perverted men.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)
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The Koran is a pastiche that even its followers don't fully understand. There are "problem" words which should be impossible if it was dictated in Arabic.

Unlike Jesus, there is zero contemporaneous evidence that Mohammed actually existed, which is remarkable if you think about it. The Greeks were insatiably curious, and eagerly sent people to the courts of foreign kings to write about what they saw. The Huns are shrouded in mystery, but we know what Attila was like because someone had dinner with him and wrote about it.

Mohammed? Nothing. All of the "hadiths" are 200 years after his life.

Just as tellingly, when "Muslims" overran Syria and Persia, they did not update the coinage, which is normally the first thing one does. So these fierce iconoclasts were still minting Christian coins within a generation of their great Prophet's death?!

They were minting them because they were also Christians. Islam came later to legitimize and cement the dynasty, complete with invented succession.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

232 By the way, Edward Gibbon pointed out all of this 250 years ago. It's not in any way edgy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

233 Thank you. Appreciate the prayers more than you can know. I love AoS but this might be the best thread of the week for all the encouragement.

I heard a pastor say this week (in response to why all the suffering question): Suffering absolutely has it’s purposes… one important purpose is to nudge us towards a reliance on Almighty God and maybe even yearn for his presence.

That made sense to me: If everything is wonderful in this life it might be easy to forget the next life is infinitely better
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 09:39 AM (M+uMR)

That's very similar to what I read in a book for Father Robert Spitzer (unfortunately, I don't remember the title). Fr. Spitzer says that suffering offers us the opportunity to give and receive unconditional love.

If you're a ultitarian or a Commie, people are to be discarded once they are not useful.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)

234 I think that San Francisco just doesn't like me!
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{{{TiFW}}}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 09:44 AM (JvZF+)

235 Good morning Horde, prayers offered for all of you and your loved ones.

mindful, it is good to see you posting here this morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 09:44 AM (ibDUx)

236 "newer research is claiming it might be closer to 1.2:1."

Women hide it better. Many of the worst serial killers have been nurses. Never caught because they were never discovered.

Think Livia, Augustus' wife.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:45 AM (dtajH)

237 "If a Klingon were to kill me I would expect nothing less than an entire opera on the subject"

~Odo

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 15, 2026 09:46 AM (jrgJz)

238 I looked up men to women psychopath statistics. Conventional wisdom was the ratio men:women is 6:1. But newer research is claiming it might be closer to 1.2:1.
Posted by: banana Dream - Youve Come a Long Way, Baby! at August 15, 2026 09:41 AM (3uBP9)
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The collapse of societal norms and public religion is causing women to be more violent. If you talk to old pro-choice women, they are horrified by killing a baby just about to be born. What they wanted was a discrete way to dispose of an "accident" so that they could still find a decent husband.

Modern women are becoming overtly pagan, even if they identify as progressive Christians. This is one reason why I think it appropriate for us to reintroduce gendered nouns, because when you call a woman a priestess, you're not only being grammatically correct, you're also highlighting a fact that should not be ignored.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)

239 When is the best time of day?
Old lore is morning, is that true?
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:16 AM (Ydd86)

38 37 That's what I heard.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August

This is all early riser propaganda, best time is two to five pm.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 09:47 AM (sl73Y)

240 I looked up men to women psychopath statistics. Conventional wisdom was the ratio men:women is 6:1. But newer research is claiming it might be closer to 1.2:1.

Because it's harder to tell?

* runs away laughing *

Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 09:47 AM (vTZFs)

241 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May blessings rain down on all of God's children today.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 15, 2026 09:47 AM (D/6p1)

242 >>> Miss Linda takes hers black. I like a little sweetener in mine, and once in a while real Half & Half. Of course we drink strong stuff, coffee with chicory or an espresso blend brewed via drip machine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)
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>>>*Raises hand
I've never liked it any other way.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 15, 2026 09:42 AM (h7ZuX)

I think the horde might be a statistical anomaly though with all the 'ettes and 'ron SOs being sophisticated exemplary models of womanhood and quite a few standard deviations above the norm.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 09:49 AM (3uBP9)

243 Women hide it better. Many of the worst serial killers have been nurses. Never caught because they were never discovered.

Think Livia, Augustus' wife.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:45 AM (dtajH)
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But the same can be said for men in health care as well. I mean, abortionists are the ultimate serial killers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

244
Back from Mass, as August 15th is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. Because it falls this year on a Saturday, the Obligation is transferred to Sunday, but I didn't think it would hurt to go.

As it turns out, I wasn't the only one. I expected under the circumstances for a 6:30 AM Mass to be attended only by us old crocks with nothing better to do. But it was as full as the first Mass on any other Sunday. Nice to see.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 09:49 AM (O0L8i)

245 The Koran is a pastiche that even its followers don't fully understand. There are "problem" words which should be impossible if it was dictated in Arabic.

Unlike Jesus, there is zero contemporaneous evidence that Mohammed actually existed, which is remarkable if you think about it. The Greeks were insatiably curious, and eagerly sent people to the courts of foreign kings to write about what they saw. The Huns are shrouded in mystery, but we know what Attila was like because someone had dinner with him and wrote about it.

...So these fierce iconoclasts were still minting Christian coins within a generation of their great Prophet's death?!

They were minting them because they were also Christians. Islam came later to legitimize and cement the dynasty, complete with invented succession.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

Islam is a syncretic religion mixing elements of Judaism, Nestorianism (a Christian heresy), and Arabic paganism.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:50 AM (ksbjf)

246 Greetings from the Healing Hotel, where first they fix you in surgery and then they poison you with "food."

Posted by: mindful webworker on the road at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (S3rL0)

We were very blessed in having chosen Houston Methodist for Inspector's hospitalizations. Both sites had very good food and even the coffee was good, which is something of a miracle.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026 09:50 AM (lFFaq)

247 I thought this was interesting. During WWII, one of the bloodier on the Western Front was the three month Battle of Hürtgen Forest. Now it looks like the blood letting is not over.

"A German village was evacuated in the dead of night on Friday due to a surging wildfire in a forest littered with unexploded ordnance from World War II."

https://tinyurl.com/39tdtyxe

The Bible says the sins of the fathers will be visited on the sons.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 09:51 AM (ndZc7)

248 Greetings from the Healing Hotel, where first they fix you in surgery and then they poison you with "food."

Posted by: mindful webworker on the road at August 15, 2026 09:15 AM (S3rL0)
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Love hospital food. Jello in a souffle cup.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 09:51 AM (JvZF+)

249 Cafe Bustelo of if in a rush, Community. Add KerryGold unsalted butter, one teaspoon.

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2026 09:51 AM (LHPAg)

250
The Amish celebrate Assumption Day, too.

I once made the mistake of calling on one of their stores and asking what she was assuming.

Posted by: Auspex at August 15, 2026 09:52 AM (Y8DZL)

251 >>> Because it's harder to tell?

* runs away laughing *
Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 09:47 AM (vTZFs)

That's actually what the first paper I scan said, a Brave AI summary: "whereas female psychopathy often manifests through subtler, manipulative, or seductive behaviors that go undetected".

Psexy Psychopathy would be a great name for an all girl Japanese punk band.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 09:52 AM (3uBP9)

252 Grandma Aspirin Factory drank black coffee.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 09:53 AM (6XDXn)

253 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at August 15, 2026 09:53 AM (HFx9z)

254
Poison has been the woman's weapon of choice throughout history, so psycho-nurses would track.

Sick or old person dies suddenly...no one's surprised or suspicious.

Some heavy duty data crunching by AI(maybe) aimed at hospitals with a worse survival rate might yield some interesting results.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

255 I saw Brink of War about Reagan and Gorbachev.

Quite good, although a little "Movie of the Week"

It's from Angel Studios who are turning out great small movies, like Young Washington

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 09:53 AM (dtajH)

256 @228/Ignoramus: Apparently Alan Richardson ranted about how bad Trump is on some TV interview. In doing so, he tanked his numbers on his movie "Motor City" when it released.

How much of his audience is conservative based on the type of entertainment he tends to be used for? Seems like a stupid move on his part.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 15, 2026 09:54 AM (O7YUW)

257 > So, about the flock systems, how do I put this, ... you all realize that for well more than a decade almost every wireless mobile network has been processing radio signals well outside any mobile frequency band, right?
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This is true.

However, a surveillance camera pointed at a particular place, like, say a firearms dealer, will provide a clearer picture of what any individual was doing at said place.

Sure, grab the store's data and see what Joe Public bought, or just hit up ATF's database.

But the 4th amendment gets in the way for some of that. Because they're not always in the public domain, but doesn't necessarily include surveillance devices in the public domain that are recording "everything."

Flock and their competitors are filling a gap. Perhaps illegally. Perhaps not.

I'd rather the data they collect be protected from unauthorized examination for no apparent reasons other than "I want to know what this guy's doing."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 09:54 AM (2Cry5)

258 I'm beginning to think Islam is a corrupt system meant only to cater to the whims and desires of perverted men.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

Brother, what rock have you been living under? And is there room for another person?

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes she could shut off her brain sometimes at August 15, 2026 09:55 AM (Wt5PA)

259 Islam is a syncretic religion mixing elements of Judaism, Nestorianism (a Christian heresy), and Arabic paganism.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 09:50 AM (ksbjf)
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The Chaldean Catholics hid behind the term "Nestorian" to get the Muslims to leave them alone. "Oh, no, don't worry about us, we're safe. The Romans want us all dead."

I hate it when the media uses the term "Arab Christian," which is supposed to make people think that Arabs would even be allowed to be Christian. They are actually the descendants of the first Christians, and the Arabs are the invaders. Same with the term "Palestinian Christians," which is supposed to make you think they are Arabs, and therefore have no historic claim to Holy Land.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

260 179 It's not about surveillance, it's about keeping us safe. I mean, it's right there in their name, Flock Safety, for gosh shakes.

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What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: The Committee of Public Safety at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (6/7Fs)

261 >>Many of the worst serial killers have been nurses.

Including male nurses.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (J4Dwc)

262 Unlike Jesus, there is zero contemporaneous evidence that Mohammed actually existed, which is remarkable if you think about it. The Greeks were insatiably curious, and eagerly sent people to the courts of foreign kings to write about what they saw. The Huns are shrouded in mystery, but we know what Attila was like because someone had dinner with him and wrote about it.

==

That is incorrect. All you have to do is just search on the subject. Accounts of the arab conquest of Syria is one source.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (g47mK)

263 yesterday was the day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, unofficial patron of ham radio operators.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (VyBeY)

264 >>> "A German village was evacuated in the dead of night on Friday due to a surging wildfire in a forest littered with unexploded ordnance from World War II."

https://tinyurl.com/39tdtyxe

The Bible says the sins of the fathers will be visited on the sons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 09:51 AM (ndZc7)

Practice the three Rs. In December of last year the Army and USG sent me a letter informing me that my house the property it was on has been designated a world Superfund. Which sounds Super! but is not not Super! Unexploded ordinance fired from an old post-WWII artillery training camp in Kennesaw GA. They were blasting Marietta, and specifically, it would turn out, my little mountain. So about a dozen neighbors and me.

Posted by: banana Dream - Recognize, Retreat, Report. at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (3uBP9)

265 I drink my coffee black. For decades it was sugar and heavy cream (35%). At some point I looked at that and thought, "I'm betting all that sugar ain't doing me any good, I wonder if I can cut that out?"

And so I switched. The first 2 weeks were kinda brutal, then I got used to it, and now I'm perfectly fine with it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 15, 2026 09:57 AM (O7YUW)

266 Muhammad did not perform any supernatural, miraculous things, he was just a warlord.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 09:59 AM (g47mK)

267 Love hospital food. Jello in a souffle cup.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2026 09:51 AM (JvZF+)
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When my mother got her pacemaker installed (which required open heart surgery) she asked for wine with dinner, which was of course refused. So she refused to eat at all. The doctor came in, and she said she always had wine with dinner and she wanted some. It comforted her.

The doc eventually relented, and wrote a prescription for a decent white wine to go with her dinner, and it arrived in a medicine cup. She was very proud of the fact that he specified a good white wine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

268 From my observed life experiences, I'd say that the inclination to act evil is a basic human trait, equal in both sexes. There's a difference in how it manifests; men are willing to rely on their own strength and act out openly and violently; women, because they generally do not have physical strength to rely on, tend to act quietly, secretly, and with cunning. But for both, that's simply a matter of tactics, not a difference in intent.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 09:59 AM (edUvp)

269 Think Livia, Augustus' wife.
Posted by: Ignoramus

I saw a book one time that listed the ten worst women in history. Of the ten, the Emperor Claudius had married two of them, Messalina and Agrippina. Couldn't pick them at all. Of course, that was in the days before Francesca Hong.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

270 I've heard Liszt Preludes a zillion times and it still gives me goosebumps.
youtube.com/watch?v=87wb97-XS_k

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:01 AM (Jr5Lq)

271 That is incorrect. All you have to do is just search on the subject. Accounts of the arab conquest of Syria is one source.
Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (g47mK)
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We know that it was conquered, but not by whom. The internet (and most histories) credit Mohammed, but there is no contemporaneous source to back it up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)

272 True. In shia ishlam one can get "married", mullah and all, for an hour.
Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 09:33 AM (g47mK)

Why do I suspect it's the mullahs acting as pimps? "Everything in one place" so to speak.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026 10:01 AM (lFFaq)

273 Yeah, the big muscle head that plays Reacher went on an insulting rant about Trump out of the blue. I admit I’m less likely to watch the new season out now… he should’ve consulted with MJ who famously noted that republicans buy sneakers too…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 10:01 AM (M+uMR)

274 Modern women are becoming overtly pagan, even if they identify as progressive Christians. This is one reason why I think it appropriate for us to reintroduce gendered nouns, because when you call a woman a priestess, you're not only being grammatically correct, you're also highlighting a fact that should not be ignored.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)

Whenever someone says to me that the Catholic Church should ordain women to be priests or deacons. I now ask, "Why?" After they stammer out some "equality bull$h!t", I respond:

1) Look at the Anglican and Lutheran churches: those churches have ordained women and it's brought nothing but strife and schism. I ask, "Is it a good idea to allow a church to be defaced with graffiti (like what happened in the Anglican church), or discard the Nicene Creed for the Sparkle Creed (like what happened in the Lutheran church?" Women "priests" did those things.

2) Women have a different charism than men. Women are to provide spiritual teaching to children. The orders of the Dominican sisters doing that are growing.

3) St. Catherine of Sienna acted as an ambassador.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:04 AM (ksbjf)

275 I, Claudius is a fantastic book.

The BBC made it into an excellent series with a who's who of Shakespearean actors.

Siân Phillips, Peter O'Toole's long-suffering wife, played Livia.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 10:05 AM (dtajH)

276 Practice the three Rs. In December of last year the Army and USG sent me a letter informing me that my house the property it was on has been designated a world Superfund. Which sounds Super! but is not not Super! Unexploded ordinance fired from an old post-WWII artillery training camp in Kennesaw GA. They were blasting Marietta, and specifically, it would turn out, my little mountain. So about a dozen neighbors and me.
Posted by: banana Dream - Recognize, Retreat, Report. at August 15, 2026 09:56 AM (3uBP9)

There's a couple thousand acres of deep woods near Karnak, Texas (near Marshall) which is still surrounded by heavy barbed wire and rusting "DANGER - KEEP AWAY!" signs. The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was a major supplier of ordnance for the US Army from 1942 - 1997. Early on, large minefields were planted in the woods around the base to protect it from Nazi Saboteurs. At some point over the years, someone realized that all the maps to the original minefields had been lost, except for knowing the borders. It's been no-go territory ever since.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:06 AM (edUvp)

277 >>> From my observed life experiences, I'd say that the inclination to act evil is a basic human trait, equal in both sexes. There's a difference in how it manifests; men are willing to rely on their own strength and act out openly and violently; women, because they generally do not have physical strength to rely on, tend to act quietly, secretly, and with cunning. But for both, that's simply a matter of tactics, not a difference in intent.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 09:59 AM (edUvp)

Women sometimes act incredibly violent in a way that men would not. Because men are more used to violence and immediate consequences. So a women, who has not ever experienced consequences will go absolutely crazy violent. I saw this mostly in college with some younger women and what they would do to their boyfriends, or even strangers. Probably not a long enduring behavioral trait.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 10:07 AM (3uBP9)

278 We know that it was conquered, but not by whom. The internet (and most histories) credit Mohammed, but there is no contemporaneous source to back it up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)

I am sorry I was not clear, there are contemporaneous sources from the 7th century of the conquest of Syria that talk about Muhammad. There are Jewish sources from the 7th century.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:07 AM (g47mK)

279 I'm a fan of the Reacher books. Tom Cruise did a decent job playing Reacher even though he lacks the physical characteristics. Richson has the physique, but is dead flat as an actor and a political idiot.

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 15, 2026 10:08 AM (z6ONu)

280
I've heard Liszt Preludes a zillion times and it still gives me goosebumps.
youtube.com/watch?v=87wb97-XS_k
Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:01 AM (Jr5Lq)

__________

If you like that, you'll like The Battle of the Huns.

https://youtu.be/iGTxijUZ4to

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 10:08 AM (O0L8i)

281 Whenever someone says to me that the Catholic Church should ordain women to be priests or deacons. I now ask, "Why?" After they stammer out some "equality bull$h!t", I respond:

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:04 AM (ksbjf)
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The male tranny thing can be explained by simply noting that for the last 50 years women have invaded and then colonized every male-exclusive space. When women reporters demanded access to male locker rooms it was clear where things were going.

So with the entire world effectively female, it was not at all surprising that men would return the favor - and that feminists would have no argument to oppose it.

For all of human history men and women had specific roles in society, and while there were notable exceptions, they were exceptions. It's better that way. Creating Year Zero is civillizational suicide.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

282 Muhammad did not perform any supernatural, miraculous things, he was just a warlord.
Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 09:59 AM (g47mK)

He also got "mounted" by the men of Al-Zutt.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ksbjf)

283 Tom Cruise is too short to be Reacher, no?

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:10 AM (g47mK)

284 I am sorry I was not clear, there are contemporaneous sources from the 7th century of the conquest of Syria that talk about Muhammad. There are Jewish sources from the 7th century.
Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:07 AM (g47mK)
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None written during his purported lifetime. He was created after the fact and credited with stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)

285 >>Women sometimes act incredibly violent in a way that men would not.

Heh, you got me.

Posted by: Tacklebox faced Canadian Ginger whose being deported at August 15, 2026 10:11 AM (J4Dwc)

286
Whenever someone says to me that the Catholic Church should ordain women to be priests or deacons. I now ask, "Why?" After they stammer out some "equality bull$h!t"

_________

The Church has made it clear that there's not only no way they will, there's no way they can.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 10:11 AM (O0L8i)

287 About a foot too short

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 15, 2026 10:12 AM (z6ONu)

288 "Women sometimes act incredibly violent in a way that men would not."

'Always kill the female terrorists first.' - At least one 1980's Golan-Globus film.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

289 None written during his purported lifetime. He was created after the fact and credited with stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)

You are hillariously fanatical. Doctrina Jacobi was written in the 7th century. Ishlam has many problems , but denying historical existance of muhammand is not the way to go.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:13 AM (g47mK)

290 He also got "mounted" by the men of Al-Zutt.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ksbjf)
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His biography was shaped by the rulers that inherited his empire, so child marriage was legitimized, as was stealing whatever woman you wanted. Getting buggered was also put in for a reason.

There are Christian and Jewish elements, which likely came from the original heresy, but the reason why there are also contradictions about whether killing unbelievers is okay is because they were added in.

And of course the originals (and subsequent revisions) were all destroyed in favor of the new version.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

291 Muhammad did not perform any supernatural, miraculous things, he was just a warlord.
Posted by: runner

He couldn't even bring the mountain to him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

292 275 I, Claudius is a fantastic book.

The BBC made it into an excellent series with a who's who of Shakespearean actors.

Siân Phillips, Peter O'Toole's long-suffering wife, played Livia.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 10:05 AM (dtajH)

I'd make the case that "I, Claudius" is the best television miniseries ever produced, in almost every measure.

For me, perhaps the most notable character was John Hurt's Caligula. The character has been portrayed several times by different actors, but John Hurt's version was so perfect that I can never again think of that character in any other way. It let me know early on that John Hurt was a powerhouse actor who was going to do great things with his career.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (edUvp)

293 "If you like that, you'll like The Battle of the Huns.
https://youtu.be/iGTxijUZ4to"

Spinning it now, thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

294 He couldn't even bring the mountain to him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

good point!

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:15 AM (g47mK)

295 >>> At some point over the years, someone realized that all the maps to the original minefields had been lost, except for knowing the borders. It's been no-go territory ever since.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:06 AM (edUvp)

The pamphlet they sent me actually goes into how they kept Great Records Thank You Very Much! on the training and targeting. And then they very methodically destroyed the records to comply with a later record retention and disposal order. Yeah, that checks.

But they sent out some sort of science teams, the Corps of Engineers were involved I think, and that's how they identified my area.

My dad was in USACE during the Korean war (if that's what they were called then). I know almost nothing about him, he died right after I was born. So I think that part, a little connection, is pretty cool.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)

296 Cruise is a much better Reacher than the muscle head…. But my opinion may not be worth much as I’ve never read the books. I’ve only seen the Cruise movies and the Amazon streaming show

But Richson as someone noted above is an extremely wooden actor. Makes Keanu Reaves look like Tom Hanks

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 10:16 AM (M+uMR)

297 I didn't know that ham radio ops had a patron saint.

I looked him up; he was also the patron saint of several other groups, including drug addicts and journalists. Not sure I like being lumped in with journalists....

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 10:17 AM (zDDmD)

298 Good morning Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 15, 2026 10:17 AM (2WIwB)

299 Next, AHL destroys Siddhartha Gautama !

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:17 AM (g47mK)

300 You are hillariously fanatical. Doctrina Jacobi was written in the 7th century. Ishlam has many problems , but denying historical existance of muhammand is not the way to go.
Posted by: runner at August 15, 2026 10:13 AM (g47mK)
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I'm not fanatical, it's a known problem. Why were the early caliphs minting coins with crosses on them? The official version has been sanitized because if you question it, you get a fatwa. But if you do the research (which isn't difficult, Gibbon is out there) you can see that it's all been fixed.

I'm reading St. Augustine's City of God, and the translator repeatedly "corrects" him based on the fact that surviving sources disagree with what he writes. Really?! The guy with dozens of lost books doesn't know what he is talking about? You think that the same thing doesn't happen in regards to Islam?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

301 72° now, topping out about 82°. Got the windows open, whole house fan on. Getting rid of all the stale AC air.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 10:18 AM (sl73Y)

302 "I didn't know that ham radio ops had a patron saint."

Hiram Percy Maxim, AFAIK.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:19 AM (Jr5Lq)

303 At some point over the years, someone realized that all the maps to the original minefields had been lost, except for knowing the borders. It's been no-go territory ever since.

It seems like ground-penetrating radar combined with drones could solve that but I guess after this long everyone is OK with the existing solution.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 15, 2026 10:20 AM (vTZFs)

304 'd make the case that "I, Claudius" is the best television miniseries ever produced, in almost every measure.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (edUvp)
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It is excellent, and sort of a who's who of rising British talent. Patrick Stewart with hair!

The production values are very low, and after a while you can get past that.

I will say that Brideshead Revisited is the greatest television adaptation. Superlative cast, great filmography, and incredibly faithful to the book. You don't really need to read it if you watch the miniseries, it's that close.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

305 Whenever someone says to me that the Catholic Church should ordain women to be priests or deacons. I now ask, "Why?" After they stammer out some "equality bull$h!t"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:04 AM (ksbjf)
_________

The Church has made it clear that there's not only no way they will, there's no way they can.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 10:11 AM (O0L8i)

Yes, men and women have different charisms. The Catholic Church does not regard women as inherently inferior -- we're constantly criticized for "worshiping Mary" by Protestants -- but things work better with different roles assigned to men and women.

I think one of the things occurring during the current resurgence of the Catholic Church is the re-recognition of the importance of the role of women in the spiritual education of young children. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia are both religious orders that wear the habit, and teach children. They are both growing in numbers, and there are just not enough of those sisters to meet demand from the bishops.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:21 AM (ksbjf)

306 There was a film production of I, Claudius that was never finished.

Charles Laughton played Claudius. Here's a clip that survived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dvbX8imXnI&t=66s

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 10:21 AM (dtajH)

307 I live a mile north of the USA's biggest SuperFund site, but it's just boring old solvents in the water table, not UXOs.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

308 When the Army decided to close Ft. Ord in California years ago the state, city (Seaside) and Army formulated a plan to deal with all the unexploded ordinance on the various ranges.

Burn the vegetation to expose the ammo.

It did not go as planned. Mostly. The "prescribed burns" got out of hand more than once.

My house and yard was covered in ash from one such event. Nasty, oily ash from the scrub growing there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 10:22 AM (2Cry5)

309 I'm reading St. Augustine's City of God, and the translator repeatedly "corrects" him based on the fact that surviving sources disagree with what he writes. Really?! The guy with dozens of lost books doesn't know what he is talking about? You think that the same thing doesn't happen in regards to Islam?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
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Clarification: I should have written "surviving sources do not confirm what he says, and modern academics disagree." Basically, he is filling in holes and academics don't want him to be correct.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)

310 Good morning all
Happy to see so many familiar nics. Hugs to those of you hurting. Wish I could do them in person. My sons and grandkids have been gallivanting the last couple,of weeks and I've been feeling a little lonesome. I've been working at staying busy and it helps but looking forward to seeing my granddaughters today. My other son not back for another week.
One day at a time.....

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 10:22 AM (kJmSS)

311 I live a mile north of the USA's biggest SuperFund site, but it's just boring old solvents in the water table, not UXOs.
Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)
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"Danger UXO" is another great miniseries. Zero plot armor. No script immunity. Great watch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

312 Muslims are merely the means to an end in the UK. The real problem is that the British ruling class hates their own nation.

https://tinyurl.com/4z3z3h87

Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 10:24 AM (Riz8t)

313 I don't doubt that there was some version of Muhammed as an early mystic/part time military adventurer. But I have no doubt that the actual Koran was a creation of early 9th century scholars seeking to legitimize a new Arab Dynasty which was expanding. Some of the more confusing and contradictory parts are most easily explained by noting that they were trying to incorporate the fractured pieces of original writing they were working with.

This also easily explains why Islam is so heavily focused on fusing Religion and Government. That was what it was created to do, more than anything else.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:24 AM (edUvp)

314 Losing a map to a minefield isn't a problem. Just get a bunch of kids in a line and send 'em marching.

Posted by: Iran and Iraq. at August 15, 2026 10:24 AM (zDDmD)

315 >>> I'm reading St. Augustine's City of God, and the translator repeatedly "corrects" him based on the fact that surviving sources disagree with what he writes. Really?! The guy with dozens of lost books doesn't know what he is talking about? You think that the same thing doesn't happen in regards to Islam?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

I got one of the cheap-ish kindle editions from Amazon 99 cents. It does not do that. Paul A Boer Sr is shown as the author. Now it has a section in the beginning where he discusses "controversies" that have arisen in various accounts and translations. But I think I may have just scanned that to get to Augustine.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 10:25 AM (3uBP9)

316 We have a park near old Camp Grant that supposedly has UXOs. I don't think they prohibit walking in the woods there, but they don't want people digging around.

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:25 AM (Jr5Lq)

317 British ruling class hates their own nation
_-_
...and, unfortunately, it ain't limited to the Brits...same trouble here...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 15, 2026 10:25 AM (6tOGy)

318 Editor I meant, I'm not sure who did the translation. I see Paul on a large number of these 99cent Amazon editions of old classics.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 10:27 AM (3uBP9)

319 And of course the originals (and subsequent revisions) were all destroyed in favor of the new version.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

I saw a video in which some Mohammadan was nattering about the "errors" in the Bible. The Christian replied that was because there something like 20,000 codices, books and fragments that had some minor differences in word-choices, but not meaning --- AND all earlier versions of the Koran had been purposefully destroyed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ksbjf)

320 "The real problem is that the British ruling class hates their own nation."

I'd substitue "non-elite" for "nation"

We have the same issue in the US but it's not as advanced.

It's heavily infercted the D party, and explains the split between Trumpsters and the GOPe

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 10:28 AM (dtajH)

321 Hadrian. Our parish had a vigil Mass last evening for the Assumption. Tomorrow our pastor and many others will hike up to St. Mary's Peak to celebrate Mass. Those of us who cannot make the climb, I have altitude issues, will celebrate Mass with a mystery visiting priest. I'm hoping for the newly ordained priest from our Diocese.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 15, 2026 10:28 AM (2NHgQ)

322 Mohammadan with an axe that missed him and struck the altar -- which cause the Mohammadan to drop the axe and flee the Sanctuary).

My 16 year old grandson later mentioned to us, "That priest is so happy."
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

You'd be happy to if your head didn't get axed for no good reason.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 10:29 AM (sl73Y)

323 >>> Muslims are merely the means to an end in the UK. The real problem is that the British ruling class hates their own nation.

https://tinyurl.com/4z3z3h87
Posted by: Archimedes at August 15, 2026 10:24 AM (Riz8t)

The Flying Inn - G. K. Chesterton

All laid out there in print over a century ago.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 10:29 AM (3uBP9)

324 I don't doubt that there was some version of Muhammed as an early mystic/part time military adventurer. But I have no doubt that the actual Koran was a creation of early 9th century scholars seeking to legitimize a new Arab Dynasty which was expanding. Some of the more confusing and contradictory parts are most easily explained by noting that they were trying to incorporate the fractured pieces of original writing they were working with.

This also easily explains why Islam is so heavily focused on fusing Religion and Government. That was what it was created to do, more than anything else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:24 AM (edUvp)
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There absolutely was a conqueror, but he was no the Mohammed of history. That was added later on. We have detailed records from the Eastern Romans and if a new religion had popped up, it would have been noticed. That only happened after the fact. He was retconned in as part of the new imperial ideology, sort of like deifying Julius Caesar to make Augustus more legitimate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

325 Unfortunately, “deconstruction” is a fad amongst some Christians now… it means some halfway prominent “Christians” are publicly proclaiming they no longer believe. I think the word heretic is more appropriate

If someone wants to renounce their faith, do it in private please. I saw a YouTube video yesterday some former pastor who preached for 20 years now he’s trying to convince his audience how ridiculous Christianity is… he will face a greater judgement

And he’s not even a clear thinker. All his “arguments” are emotionalism “why isn’t God more like I want him to be?”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 15, 2026 10:33 AM (M+uMR)

326 St Mary's Peak trail details: Length: About 7.3 to 9 miles round trip. Elevation Gain: Roughly 2,400 to 2,500 feet. Thirty years ago, I could have done it easy-peasy. Not any more

Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Jr5Lq)

327 Clarification: I should have written "surviving sources do not confirm what he says, and modern academics disagree." Basically, he is filling in holes and academics don't want him to be correct.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)

I no longer have any patience for Modernist revisionist bull$h!t. For example, there is Eusebius informing us in his history of the early Church who wrote the various Gospels. Then we have modern critics contradicting Eusebius based on nothing more than nitpicking word-choices and textual cadence within the Gospels.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:34 AM (ksbjf)

328 With the exception of one, every naval air station that had tenant commands I was assigned to, or was temporarily detached to, have been designated Superfund sites.

Whiting Field
Pensacola
Moffett Field
Adak

And that's just CONUS. No idea about the overseas deployment sites.

Posted by: Tacklebox faced Canadian Ginger whose being deported at August 15, 2026 10:35 AM (J4Dwc)

329 Mohammadan with an axe that missed him and struck the altar -- which cause the Mohammadan to drop the axe and flee the Sanctuary).

My 16 year old grandson later mentioned to us, "That priest is so happy."
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

You'd be happy to if your head didn't get axed for no good reason.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 10:29 AM (sl73Y)

I think you're intentionally missing the point of the anecdote. The priest is happy because he is being persecuted for preaching the Good News, and if he is killed he will be a martyr and go straight to Heaven.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 15, 2026 10:37 AM (ksbjf)

330 There is much, much more coming. You can't waste an October Surprise in August. Those will hit in about three weeks and it's going to be a dense pack strategy, where every news cycle there will be new revelations about different stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
100 %.

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2026 10:38 AM (LHPAg)

331
I will say that Brideshead Revisited is the greatest television adaptation. Superlative cast, great filmography, and incredibly faithful to the book. You don't really need to read it if you watch the miniseries, it's that close.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

Unfortunately, I hated every single character in it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 10:38 AM (O0L8i)

332 It's heavily infercted the D party, and explains the split between Trumpsters and the GOPe
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 10:28 AM (dtajH)

Totally agree. Especially with the second part. Bush and his ilk seemed to like America as a concept, but be embarrassed (at best) by actual Americans. Trump *loves* Americans and understands that it is the people who make the nation, not certain lines on a map or even aspirational writings. I guess that truly does make him a populist.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026 10:43 AM (lFFaq)

333 gp. I'm good to around 5000ft. Jungfrau in Switzerland was tough and that was after riding up in a train. I was in a fog the entire time we were there.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 15, 2026 10:43 AM (2NHgQ)

334 stupid sock

Posted by: one hour sober at August 15, 2026 10:44 AM (J4Dwc)

335 PDTS should remove all nuclear weapons from the UK. In fact, he should remove them from the EU.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2026 10:44 AM (3Ope8)

336 Posted by: gp at August 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Jr5Lq)

You're in Colorado?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 15, 2026 10:45 AM (lFFaq)

337
I once tried to show "I, Claudius" to the lovely and discerning Mrs naturalfake.

She lasted 20-30 minutes, sighed and said (something along the lines of)-

"I'm going to go read. It looks so cheap. Like a high school play production. I can't take it seriously."

Yeah, the production values of IC aren't great. Very much a BBC low budget production like a Roman Doctor Who.

But, still one of my faves.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)

338 URGENT REQUEST FOR PRAYER!!!

My daughter has been struggling with depression and has even had thoughts of suicide. She just revealed this yesterday after we got her moved back into her college apartment. Said she was fine when she came home for the summer but the last month has been bad. Pray for J if you can and will.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 15, 2026 10:47 AM (CdaaV)

339 PDTS should remove all nuclear weapons from the UK. In fact, he should remove them from the EU.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Absolutely.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 15, 2026 10:51 AM (6XDXn)

340 I mentioned above that I liked Brink of War about Reagan and Gorbachev.

Reagan had us win the Cold War and then Cheney f*cked it up.

Among other sins, Cheney used the Anthrax Scare to put Fauci in charge of bio-weapons development.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 15, 2026 10:56 AM (dtajH)

341 Pray for J if you can and will.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at Augus

You got them. Lots of them.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 10:59 AM (sl73Y)

342 Prayers up, Madamemayhem!

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 11:00 AM (zDDmD)

343 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 15, 2026 10:47 AM (CdaaV

Of course, I will. So hard for young people and their parents . Is there a trustworthy counselor she could speak to at the college?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 11:00 AM (xSAlF)

344 Is it just me, or does that guy in the senility pop ups look a lot like Bill Belichek??

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 11:00 AM (sl73Y)

345 Prayers for peace for your daughter, Madame.

That’s very scary. I pray Mary, our Holy Mother, wraps her arms around your daughter and gives her strength and love. And fills her with kindness and grace.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2026 11:01 AM (yEz+x)

346 In other news, Mrs. Lloyd is healing ahead of schedule, God be praised! Keep those prayers coming!

She was told that if the drains were producing less than 20ml per switch for three days, they need to come out. They already are! Usually this takes weeks, and they are a real hassle. Can't wait for them to go away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 11:01 AM (ZOv7s)

347 > DTS should remove all nuclear weapons from the UK. In fact, he should remove them from the EU.
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Doesn't France have their own nukes? Not American made ones. I think they might be the only NATO/EU with them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 11:02 AM (2Cry5)

348 Is there a trustworthy counselor she could speak to at the college?

Keep her far away from college councillors. Look into other sources in the area, or better yet, bring her home at any sign of trouble.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2026 11:03 AM (sl73Y)

349 Unfortunately, I hated every single character in it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 10:38 AM (O0L8i)
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If you have the nerve, watch it again and realize how different their interactions are when you realize what's really going on. On the surface, it's just a soap opera period drama, but the conversion story is quite beautiful.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)

350 Doesn't France have their own nukes? Not American made ones. I think they might be the only NATO/EU with them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 11:02 AM (2Cry5)l
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Yes, France built their own. Delusions of still being a global power. Their navy has surpassed that of Britain, so they have that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 11:04 AM (ZOv7s)

351 Of course Madamemayhem!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2026 11:05 AM (hrOJm)

352 22...They speculate that much of the explosion of illnesses including cancer may be due to whole light deprivation, or what they call "red-light scurvy"
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:09 AM (Ydd86)

Yes. Here's a rather long video featuring Dr Roger Seheult, who has done deep research into the topic.
https://tinyurl.com/56b8f3ay

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 15, 2026 11:07 AM (S9bhW)

353 I definitely think there are more psychos on the road now. I used to drive, not aggressively, but if some chucklehead wants to run me off the road, well chances are his car is worth more than my 15 year old car and I have the $$ to buy another old car, so I guess we wreckin.

But the people out there now are just crazy, who knows what they would do. And I can't be in the position of getting into sketchy altercations with bozos anymore. Reports would be written up, I would speak to investigators, my butt kind of belongs to the government now and I can't just be the stubborn hardhead I used to be.

You'd think being a squish would be easier when you get old and wrinkly but it's not. So now, for the first time in my life I drive defensively and it's worse because the crazies see you as a mark to push around. And people are freaking nuts.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 11:10 AM (3uBP9)

354 Your average Bass Pro superstore has a larger Navy than Once-Great Britain.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 11:12 AM (zDDmD)

355 >> Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 15, 2026 10:47 AM (CdaaV)

Yes, lots prayers for your precious daughter J, certainly.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 11:13 AM (3uBP9)

356 Going to a men's get together tonight. Around a fire pit. Organized loosely through John Eldredge's Wild At Heart ministry. Never know who will turn up, what their story will be or what the prayer needs will be. I just go with an attitude of expectation. And cigars.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 11:14 AM (2Ez/1)

357 And people are freaking nuts.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 11:10 AM (3uBP9)
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It has gotten much worse. I think there are several factors:

Illegal aliens
Distracted drivers staring at screens
Pot addicts

What is new is the number of people who drive really slow and hesitate at green lights. I've seen people brake at green lights and wait for them to turn red. They have to be high.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 15, 2026 11:15 AM (ZOv7s)

358 Article suggested either get out in the sun more (even fully covered up for uv ptotection) so you get the longer wavelengths

Or get an incandescent bulb and put it on a dimmer

This absolutely makes sense to me
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 08:12 AM (Ydd86)

Some of the best things to do are get up at dawn and be outside for the sunrise, even on cloudy days, and be outside at sunset for the same reason.
The morning sun gets you awake and going for the day, and the sunset gets you set for going to sleep.

I have a back yard for a reason. I like to spend all the time that I can when it is not oppressively hot out there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 11:15 AM (rbvCR)

359 338 URGENT REQUEST FOR PRAYER!!!

My daughter has been struggling with depression and has even had thoughts of suicide. Pray for J if you can and will.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 15, 2026 10:47 AM (CdaaV)

As a suicide loss survivor (my brother) you have my sincerest prayers. He was in his 60s and it was a complete shock. Looking back though, there were signs. I’m the last person to offer advice but maybe it’s best to bring her back home. Also, allianceofhope dot org is a wonderful resource with a great forum for support.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 15, 2026 11:16 AM (SjAWL)

360 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 15, 2026 10:47 AM (CdaaV)

All my prayers, dear lady.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 15, 2026 11:17 AM (qRla/)

361 Anyone catch the debate between Andrew Wilson and Candace Owens? I did not but according to witnesses I trust, Andrew coolly dissected her specious arguments one by one. It was all very civil, I hear.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 15, 2026 11:17 AM (7s9Qe)

362 I hate driving. I never actually liked it but living in a suburb with a garage, little traffic and knowing where I was going most times, it was okay. Now my car is parked in multi story public garage built when cars were a lot smaller.The anxiety starts just getting out of the garage. I live in a city where there is always traffic, road construction, bicycles, pedestrians and foreign drivers who apparently can't read road signs. I hate driving.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 11:18 AM (kJmSS)

363 If I had to commit to only a few times for sunlight exposure, I would prioritize early morning on my face and some midday on skin. This would be for the purposes of setting my internal clock, preserving my eyesight, and fortifying my vitamin D stores for the sake of immune regulation/cancer prevention.

But I'd avoid sunburns.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 15, 2026 11:23 AM (OlzlW)

364 I hate driving.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 15, 2026 11:18 AM
+++

We're right here on your phone.

Posted by: Uber and Lyft at August 15, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)

365 >>I definitely think there are more psychos on the road now.

Yesterday afternoon, the driver of a school bus filled with kids was tailgating me going down the road at 50 mph in a posted 45 zone. She was literally just a few feet off my back bumper. Approaching a turn to the right, I slowed early and came to a dead stop for a few seconds before proceeding. She was pounding on the horn.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 15, 2026 11:25 AM (J4Dwc)

366 Teresa iFW, thank you
I continue to pray for you

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 11:27 AM (Ydd86)

367 >>> preserving my eyesight, and fortifying my vitamin D stores for the sake of immune regulation/cancer prevention.

But I'd avoid sunburns.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 15, 2026 11:23 AM (OlzlW)

Oh wow, I never even thought about sunlight exposure helping eyesight but I look now and it's pretty much an accepted medical fact. Really important for kids growing up too. 25% less likely to develop nearsightedness. ... The things you learn here.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 15, 2026 11:28 AM (3uBP9)

368 Nood

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 11:28 AM (zDDmD)

369 Nood.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026 11:32 AM (qFwJc)

370 I am supposed to avoid UV on my eyes

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 11:34 AM (Ydd86)

371 I got the gasket for my latest flea-market stainless Moka pot coffee maker. I needed one for my car kit, and I think this one is about right. It is the (laughably termed) 4 cup Bialetti that makes just about one decent sized mug of coffee plus a dribble more so I can feel I got all I need. (I need that little extra so I can drink the first cup in confidence that it is not all I have)

It is too small for everyday use, but it will work for when I want just a single cup, and not the four cups that my saucepan will make.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 11:35 AM (rbvCR)

372 Madamemayhem, does she have a trusted therapist or counselor?
She needs mental health treatment, and possibly physical health treatment, because mind & body are a unity.
Most of all she needs prayer, from others, but also she needs to pray.
Is the college close enough for you guys to cgeck on her frequently?

Out of the depths we cry to you, hear us O Lord.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 11:41 AM (Ydd86)

373 Kindltot, I recently got a new gasket. Is it silicone?
I had to boil it in 50% vinegar solution first to get the factory taste out of it.
And I used vinegar water on the whole moka toi, then plain water.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 11:44 AM (Ydd86)

374 Trump is d an idiot. Friday in a NY speech: �After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I�ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,� Trump said, with a chuckle".

Meanwhile, July 14: WASHINGTON (AP) � The U.S. military will leave Iraq by the end of September, American and Iraqi officials said Tuesday.

Speaking through an interpreter, al-Zaidi said "U.S. forces will be out of Iraq" by Sept. 30, "while U.S. companies will be inside Iraq."

The Pentagon said in a subsequent statement that it was reaffirming a 2024 agreement with Iraq to end its mission against IS fighters. Many of the U.S. troops still serving in Iraq at the time of the deal, which was made during the Biden administration, already have departed.

The United States has been shifting the burden for combating IS in Iraq from American and coalition forces to Iraqi troops who have been trained by the U.S. military.

Posted by: Paul at August 15, 2026 11:53 AM (uU7NT)

375 When is the best time of day?
Old lore is morning, is that true?
Posted by: vmom deport
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I recall the Folgers jingle:

'The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup...'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 11:59 AM (XeU6L)

376 ‘Iran’s black widow’ faces multiple death sentences after gruesomely killing at least 10 of her ex husbands

at least 10???
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)

Shouldn't they be making her Supreme Leader?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 12:26 PM (1z8ji)

377 There's a couple thousand acres of deep woods near Karnak, Texas (near Marshall) which is still surrounded by heavy barbed wire and rusting "DANGER - KEEP AWAY!" signs. The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was a major supplier of ordnance for the US Army from 1942 - 1997. Early on, large minefields were planted in the woods around the base to protect it from Nazi Saboteurs. At some point over the years, someone realized that all the maps to the original minefields had been lost, except for knowing the borders. It's been no-go territory ever since.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 10:06 AM (edUvp)

Sounds like a great place to dump feral hogs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 12:48 PM (1z8ji)

378 Doesn't France have their own nukes? Not American made ones. I think they might be the only NATO/EU with them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2026 11:02 AM (2Cry5)

The British built their own. Tested in the Australian desert, IIRC. I don't know if they retain the capability of making them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 12:56 PM (1z8ji)

379 Looks like Paul's on repeat.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 15, 2026 01:14 PM (0Fxkt)

380 Sorry to inform you all that my mother passed away.

Posted by: Isophorone at August 15, 2026 04:07 PM (bpEno)

381
Isophorone,

So sorry to hear that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 04:13 PM (/QHx4)

382 Prayers up for you and yours, Isophorone.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 05:53 PM (4NO2D)

Daily Tech News 15 August 2026

Top Story

Who are you and what have you done with France? France's Constitutional Council has found the French government's plan to block social media access to children under 15 unconstitutional for the burden it would place on everyone over the age of 15. (Reuters)

Kind of obvious but something that entirely escaped both major political parties here in Australia.

Tech News

Intel says that its Raptor Lake CPUs - 13th and 14th generation - aren't going anywhere. (Tom's Hardware)

Because they still support cheaper DDR4 memory. The company hasn't hinted at any new architectures featuring DDR4 support, but it has introduced new configurations in Bartlett Lake chips, which use the same core design but offer up to 12 performance cores on a chip instead of 8.

You can't officially buy them at retail and they require different BIOS code, but they are floating around and so are alternate BIOS files.
If you have kernel level-access to your PlayStation 4, you can now have... Kernel Level Access Plus. (Tom's Hardware)

This also applies to the Xbox One and perhaps more importantly to server ships like the Opteron 6300, which I hope nobody is still running for anything critical.
Why does Claude Fable feel worse than older Claude Opus models? (GitHub)
Selecting for models that do well on benchmarks (and indeed training for them or on RLVR tasks in general) inherently selects for models that make bold, usually-correct assumptions in the face of ambiguity. It penalizes models with a tendency to stop and ask for clarification or direction.
In short, because the incentive was to forge ahead and get things wrong rather than to stop and ask questions.
The weather was cold and cold. (The Register)

Did Claude Fable write that article?
The Ploopy A Plus is here. (Ploopy)

Plooping up your database connection, it would seem.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 cores 20% higher on AnTuTu than Gen 5. (WCCFTech)

That makes it twice as fast on that benchmark as the Gen 3 I have in the tablet I just bought, although given price increases it will likely cost four times as much. The Gen 5 model of that tablet already costs three times what I paid.
Judge James Lemongrab has ordered Google to stop fucking around and make it easier to install alternate app stores on Android. (The Verge) (archive site)

Unacceptable!
Apple also seems fully committed to fucking around. (MacRumors)

The company wants a 15% cut of purchases not made through Apple's servers.
He who represents himself has a fraud as a client. (404 Media)

Ah, the old hide your fraud attempts in white text on a white background trick. And I would have got away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling Select All.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Da da da.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 5 Mgid visits

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2026 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

5 >>>the tablet I just bought ... The Gen 5 model of that tablet already costs three times what I paid.

Yikes.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 04:41 AM (odBC9)

6 >>>He he represents himself

He who

Gesundheit.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 15, 2026 04:42 AM (wBh67)

8 No, who's on first.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2026 04:45 AM (BLOW1)

9 No, who's on first.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Hu is First Secretary

Posted by: Miklos, hey who Xi at August 15, 2026 04:47 AM (XOG/m)

10 " both major political parties"

Only because they keep doing everything in their power to make being "Pauline Hanson" Illegal. Her existence as being a target hatred, I THINK, predates TDS, and she held her positions a fair bit before trump.

Meanwhile read a policy paper by Every political party, and the only one that actually talks about real policies is ONP.

Posted by: wickedpinto at August 15, 2026 04:50 AM (r/8/x)

11 Kind of obvious but something that entirely escaped both major political parties here in Australia.

And the US too...It's always "do it for the children", but it's really "fk you serfs and your rights. We want to monitor you wherever and whenever we want, while you're not allowed to see what we do with your tax monies"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 04:54 AM (l3cgK)

12 Hu was been replaced as First Secretary.

Hu is now Second Secretary of the Peoples' Plenary Consultative Committee, under the Glorious Banner of Eternal Comrade Mao.

We shall calmly deliberate who should be First.

Hu Mi is favoured for loyal adherence and emulation of Lei Feng.

Posted by: Miklos, HU (Third Secretary) at August 15, 2026 04:55 AM (XOG/m)

13 Ah, the old hide your fraud attempts in white text on a white background trick. And I would have got away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling Select All.

Had that happen in a lawsuit. The other side sent a PDF with a list of expenses, but "blacked out" what each expense was specifically for. I was trying to copy it into another document and noticed the "blacked out" text wasn't actually blacked out...he had, for the third time, using yet another lawyer, to have the lawyer investigate his claims, something that had already been proven exactly wrong in court multiple times...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 05:02 AM (l3cgK)

14 from the 404 media (fraud as a client) article:

In October, the person, named Matthew Elliott, sued the New York Bariatric Group, alleging a series of privacy violations, discrimination, and several other claims.

His privacy is kinda moot at this point.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

15 12 Hu Mi is favoured for loyal adherence and emulation of Lei Feng.
Posted by: Miklos, HU (Third Secretary) at August 15, 2026 04:55 AM (XOG/m)

Who, me?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:08 AM (odBC9)

16 proven exactly wrong in court multiple times...
Posted by: jim

Hey, everybody's got bills to pay

Posted by: yet another lawyer at August 15, 2026 05:09 AM (XOG/m)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

18 Have to work today, hopefully morning only, book store om way home, and OT.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

19 G'morning all, time to do back to sleep after reading the tech news.

Hu are you?

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 15, 2026 05:16 AM (Q/FnY)

20 from the Reuters France article:

France's Constitutional Council found that the ⁠bill, while requiring everyone to give proof of age, failed "to specify the conditions and limits" under which it should be provided, as well as infringing on freedoms and privacy.

YAY, FRANCE!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

21 19 G'morning all, time to do back to sleep after reading the tech news.

Hu are you?

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 15, 2026 05:16 AM (Q/FnY)

... "and what have you done with France?"

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)

22 A great psalm of praise -Psalm
47. One of our posters here appreciates the KJV, so here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9kwkxk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:27 AM (xPsv8)

23 Better get making breakfast
Maybe ham and cheese omelet

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 05:31 AM (Ia/+0)

24
University of Cambridge faculty and staff:

"Say, fellow deans and dons, let's send this Arday chap out onto that thin ice and see how long it takes for him to plunge through it!"

"Oh, I say, that's a capital idea! How about we retire to the faculty lounge for tea now?"

"Uh, he's out there on thin ice, chaps -- shouldn't we get him off it first?"

"Nah, he'll be fine -- how about a round or two of bridge while we're there?

"Jolly good!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2026 05:31 AM (ixS3i)

25 LOL the first sentence of the Register article on AI-written text:

In an effort to "watermark" text that Claude has generated and comply with the EU AI Act, Anthropic ib Friday unveiled a plan on Friday to modify its bots' choice of words in a way that would be detectable as the product of an AI.

Wait, what day? And ... ib?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:31 AM (odBC9)

26 Judge...Lemongrab?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 15, 2026 05:32 AM (zdLoL)

27 >>>In short, because the incentive was to forge ahead and get things wrong rather than to stop and ask questions.

Sort of faking it until you make it.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

28 Evening and morning for this Saturn's Day at the midpoint of August! Howz ever'body doin'? (I watched part of A Face in the Crowd w/ Andy Griffith last night, and it rubbed off on me. I also watched The Awful Truth from 1937, though, and I'm not talking like Cary Grant.)

Anyway! I'm up and sipping coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 05:33 AM (wzUl9)

29
No, who's on first.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Hu is First Secretary

Posted by: Miklos, hey who Xi

No, Secretariat was first. Who is Hu?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2026 05:33 AM (ixS3i)

30 "Lost and Found" -Man from
India writes on Luke 15:1-32 as well as his baby chicks:

https://tinyurl.com/3yhyxyyc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:35 AM (xPsv8)

31
Any blog with "mu.nu" as part of its moniker ought to made a wide detour around bringing up "hu".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2026 05:35 AM (ixS3i)

32
"Oh, I say, that's a capital idea! How about we retire to the faculty lounge for tea now?".

__________

For "faculty lounge," read "high table".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2026 05:36 AM (O0L8i)

33 There's also the reverse side of the argument... my boss's boss has a motto: "Fail Fast". It's better to just get something done, see what you did wrong, and then fix it immediately, than to dither around and hee-haw doubting yourself and striving for perfection when you don't even know what perfection looks like, and then getting absolutely nothing accomplished in the process.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:37 AM (Ot/FD)

34 Any blog with "mu.nu" as part of its moniker ought to made a wide detour around bringing up "hu".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Well, Hu Nu?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 15, 2026 05:39 AM (YcOeP)

35 Didn't Nauru decide they don't want to be Nauru anymore, but something achingly close to Nauru that sounds closer to the Nauruninite word for Nauru?

I just hope they don't change their domain name.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:39 AM (Ot/FD)

36 >>>Judge James Lemongrab has ordered Google to stop fucking around and make it easier to install alternate app stores on Android. (The Verge) (archive site)
Unacceptable!

I can't tell, from the article, if the judge is friend or foe. I can tell that the author needs to check his spellcheck:

Donato ordered Google to carry rival Android app stores inside its own Google Play Store, and to provide rivals with complecte access to Google’s full catalog of apps, for several years.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

37 26 Judge...Lemongrab?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 15, 2026 05:32 AM (zdLoL)

Maybe it's Yiddish for "lime pit"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:41 AM (Ot/FD)

38
Here they come now sayin', "mu nu, mu nu"
Shoot 'em down, turn around, come on, mu nu
Hey, we love the snark and we feel alright now
Yeah, we gotta toss and turn and feel alright, eh, we feel alright

We say, "Yeah" (yeah), "Yeah" (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

'Cause you make us feel (like a Moron), so good (like a Moron)
So good (like a Moron), so good (mu nu, mu nu)
So fine (mu nu, mu nu), so fine (mu nu, mu nu)
All the time (mu nu, mu nu), well, we feel alright (mu nu, mu nu)
We say, "Yeah" (yeah), "Yeah" (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2026 05:41 AM (ixS3i)

39 Unacceptable!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

That was a Finn and Jake reference, wasn't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:42 AM (Ot/FD)

40 Well, Hu Nu?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 15, 2026

***
Hu nu, brun cuw.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

41
Remember, we can't spell "gnu" without "nu".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2026 05:43 AM (ixS3i)

42 33 There's also the reverse side of the argument... my boss's boss has a motto: "Fail Fast". It's better to just get something done, see what you did wrong, and then fix it immediately, than to dither around and hee-haw doubting yourself and striving for perfection when you don't even know what perfection looks like, and then getting absolutely nothing accomplished in the process.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:37 AM (Ot/FD)

"Fail Fast." Nice. I'm getting better at this with age.

Mentors had advised me not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good, but frankly I took that the wrong way, like I had a shot at reaching perfection and should stay with it.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

43 This morning after breakfast, time to wash the car, then stagger back inside and detail *me.* Then Miss Linda and I will hie ourselves to Walmart. The furry thugs need food, as do I.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

44 39 Unacceptable!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

That was a Finn and Jake reference, wasn't it?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:42 AM (Ot/FD)

Oh! I don't know. That's Pixy's comment.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

45 "33 There's also the reverse side of the argument... my boss's boss has a motto: "Fail Fast". It's better to just get something done, see what you did wrong, and then fix it immediately, than to dither around and hee-haw doubting yourself and striving for perfection when you don't even know what perfection looks like, and then getting absolutely nothing accomplished in the process.

Posted by: Warai-otoko"

I was in The Marine Corps at one time, I don't know if I ever mentioned that.

I got a bad reputation early on, unearned, and a cuck bitch of a staff NCO, held a grudge against me and was head hunting me from the time I was a PFC, and he caught me by chance of my duty station that made him my SNCOIC, and he poisoned the fuck out of that well. I had eyes on me constantly. I was good, but I always had eyes and I was defiant, "FUCK YOU!" in their face, no subtlety, it eventually lead to the opportunity that he wanted. I got a summary Court-martial, basically lost a year of service in terms of advancement and pay, about 6 months of freedom through brigg, restriction and supervised billets.

BUT! I learned how to say fuck you more articulately and since I'm a true believer. . . .

Posted by: wickedpinto at August 15, 2026 05:46 AM (r/8/x)

46 34 Any blog with "mu.nu" as part of its moniker ought to made a wide detour around bringing up "hu".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Well, Hu Nu?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 15, 2026 05:39 AM (YcOeP)

Ha ha!
Pixy nu.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:47 AM (odBC9)

47 Cat "Toast" survives four alarm fire by hiding in closet:

https://tinyurl.com/4nhaywxv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 05:48 AM (rHgXV)

48
Mu and Nu walk into a bar.

Barkeep asks them "Who's buying this round?"

Mu and Nu respond, "Hu's not here."
"He is!" ** point at each other **

This reminds me of the Mark Twain short story about the Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng. One twin was a heavy drinker, to the great shame and chagrin of the other, who was a temperance advocate, so he was continually falling short of that group's goals.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2026 05:49 AM (ixS3i)

49 26 Judge...Lemongrab?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 15, 2026 05:32 AM (zdLoL)

The judge is in San Francisco:

... they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today — where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android

... and is that where Don Lemon got into a spot of trouble for where he put his hand?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:51 AM (odBC9)

50 ODDLY I would say that it helped me become better. I refused to take an Admin, I fought my ass off every month when boat spaces were adjusted and all the administrative bullshit goes on, and I held on, And while going through all that shit, my 2 commands started out trying to hide me. "Put him in S/R" I hated it, but I learned about logistics, and how to read the paper, "Make him pubs so he spends all day taping shit in books" but I read those books, "Mods and Calibration." And because I read the books, knew the logistics, I understood it, and the dipshits, while trying to . . . not punish me, but HIDE me, ended up giving me all of the information I needed to be the fucking best.

And I was.

Posted by: wickedpinto at August 15, 2026 05:54 AM (r/8/x)

51 Until this very day I did not know that France had a "Constitutional Council."

Seems like in a nod to tradition they could have called it the Committee of Public Safety.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 05:55 AM (o5Cl5)

52 39 Unacceptable!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

That was a Finn and Jake reference, wasn't it?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Mayyyyyybe.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2026 05:55 AM (BLOW1)

53 not punish me, but HIDE me, ended up giving me all of the information I needed to be the fucking best.

And I was.
Posted by: wickedpinto at August 15, 2026 05:54 AM (r/8/x)

It's like the man in the iron mask but for leathernecks....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 05:55 AM (Ot/FD)

54 Hawthorne and Collingwood are playing a ripper of a game

Posted by: Accomack at August 15, 2026 05:58 AM (/Chlc)

55 Almost a year to the day of my SMC, I recieved a NMCAM and a month later Marine of month (I was still an LCpl) put of for a second month, but I was on another (total 4) Merit board, so I had my meritorious promotion sent to group, only to be pulled back because that one fucking CUCK actively lobbied my command. and then 3 months later I was meritoriously promoted again.

I had a bad rep, which was NOT mine, I know who's it was, but it wasn't me and it ain't my job to take care of a cucks wife, so I didn't say shit, and I caught all the heat, because I fucked up once. I did it gloriously don't get me wrong, I fucked up, but the attempt to destroy me?

My name's all over The Corps, I can promise you. It will be a while before everything I wrote and codified is replaced.

He won though, because he was in charge of boat spaces at the time of my re-enlistment, which meant I couldn't re-enlist. My MOS was dead, I could only extend until a lat was approved.

Posted by: wickedpinto at August 15, 2026 05:58 AM (r/8/x)

56 FUN FACT: Steve Miller once wrote a song about Judge Peachsqueeze.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 05:58 AM (o5Cl5)

57 49 26 Judge...Lemongrab?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 15, 2026 05:32 AM (zdLoL)

The judge is in San Francisco:

... they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today — where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android

... and is that where Don Lemon got into a spot of trouble for where he put his hand?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 05:51 AM (odBC9)

Perhaps not!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9)

58 That fucking CUCK refused EVERY Lat enlistment option I put in because I was mission critical for a fucking dead MOS. My only option was riding out 6 month extensions fucking over everyone else in my MOS because as a Merit Corporal I close even more boat spaces for other people, and as long as he had influence, I would have been riding 6 months right up to if not pass the 2 year option, which would have forced me out anyway.

He got me to leave The Corps, because I had respect for my fellow Marine by having no respect for his fellow Marine.

Fucking Cuck.

Sgt. Major Glenn Barnum. FUCK HIM, he died young, and it's a shame. . . .A shame.

Posted by: wickedpinto at August 15, 2026 06:01 AM (r/8/x)

59 Ah.

AI says:

Earl of Lemongrab is a fictional, erratic, and tyrannical character from Cartoon Network's animated series Adventure Time, famous for his shrill voice and screaming "One million years dungeon!" or "Unacceptable!"

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:02 AM (odBC9)

60 Until this very day I did not know that France had a "Constitutional Council." Seems like in a nod to tradition they could have called it the Committee of Public Safety.
--Posted by: Cicero

Do you suppose this is what the DSA, who totally do not plan to replace every damn thing in our Constitution, would invoke instead of the creaky old Supreme Court? It has a sleek modern sound to it. Bet they could dance.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 15, 2026 06:05 AM (zdLoL)

61 Earl of Lemongrab is a fictional, erratic, and tyrannical character from Cartoon Network's animated series Adventure Time, famous for his shrill voice and screaming "One million years dungeon!" or "Unacceptable!"
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:02 AM (odBC9)

Yeah, that show got super pervy, super quick. Between that and other shows, it was almost like you could mark the exact date when a cabal of kiddie diddlers took over CN.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:05 AM (Ot/FD)

62 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 15, 2026 06:06 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: To do is to be. -Socrates
To be is to do. -Aristotle
Do be do be do. -Sinatra

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:10 AM (amcLV)

64 Don't think Kids shows are immune to gender bending and gheyness

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:11 AM (Ia/+0)

65 Yeah, that show got super pervy, super quick. Between that and other shows, it was almost like you could mark the exact date when a cabal of kiddie diddlers took over CN.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:05 AM (Ot/FD)

Roblox. My older child (adult) likes to get on there, but when he pointed out to the Devs that kiddie diddlers were using it, he was booted. Seems Roblox Devs like/are kiddie diddlers themselves. And the owner allows it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 06:12 AM (l3cgK)

66 63 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: To do is to be. -Socrates
To be is to do. -Aristotle
Do be do be do. -Sinatra

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:10 AM (amcLV)

Want some Earl Lemongrab in your Earl Grey?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 06:13 AM (l3cgK)

67 64 Don't think Kids shows are immune to gender bending and gheyness
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:11 AM (Ia/+0)

Seriously, for a while there it was like everything for children was being broadcast from a great big antenna jutting out of a busted Ford Econoliner with "Free Candy" painted on the side. Might still be, but I'm past the age where I can ironically watch kids' shows just to escape the dour, irritating, bigoted hellscape that is "Shows made for Grownups".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:13 AM (Ot/FD)

68 Seems Roblox Devs like/are kiddie diddlers themselves. And the owner allows it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 06:12 AM (l3cgK)

There will definitely be more news in the future about that nasty debacle, there just has to be.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:14 AM (Ot/FD)

69 Is there anyone at all making filmed media outside of niche yootoob channels who isn't a stupid creepy asshole?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:16 AM (Ot/FD)

70 I see now that the lawsuit against Don Lemon for assault was filed in Suffolk County, New York, and that the charges were dropped.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

71 70 I see now that the lawsuit against Don Lemon for assault was filed in Suffolk County, New York, and that the charges were dropped.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

so a lemon drop...?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 06:17 AM (l3cgK)

72 Rejoinder: To do is to be. -Socrates
To be is to do. -Aristotle
Do be do be do. -Sinatra
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026

***
"Strangers in the night,
Exchanging rubbers --
This one is too tight, let's try another --
This one feels just right,
For strangers in the night. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

73 Want some Earl Lemongrab in your Earl Grey?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 06:13 AM (l3cgK)
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Er...decline.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)

74 Last day at school, does have WiFi but won't let me go here unless already been on page. Not banned, just get messages site is unsafe and people are stealing my information.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)

75 71 70 I see now that the lawsuit against Don Lemon for assault was filed in Suffolk County, New York, and that the charges were dropped.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

so a lemon drop...?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 06:17 AM (l3cgK)

Lemongrab-->lemon drop

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:19 AM (odBC9)

76 Lemongrab-->lemon drop
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:19 AM (odBC9)

Sounds like a party!

Posted by: Don Lemon at August 15, 2026 06:20 AM (Ot/FD)

77 No matter how much I grow to dislike Tucker Carlson, I'll always remember fondly that he made saying "Don Le MON" a thing.

That's my little olive branch of the day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:21 AM (Ot/FD)

78 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:16 AM

No, it seems to be the career choice of perverted humans

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:22 AM (Ia/+0)

79 Some of you may have read this, but I submitted an offer for a house in Terre Haute yesterday. The seller has until 8 pm their time today to accept.

If and when it is accepted, then begins the long slog toward Moscow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9)

80 61 Earl of Lemongrab is a fictional, erratic, and tyrannical character from Cartoon Network's animated series Adventure Time, famous for his shrill voice and screaming "One million years dungeon!" or "Unacceptable!"
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:02 AM (odBC9)

Yeah, that show got super pervy, super quick. Between that and other shows, it was almost like you could mark the exact date when a cabal of kiddie diddlers took over CN.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

The first season was just another mediocre kids show. The second and third seasons had some of the most thoughtful stories and deepest characterisation I've ever seen in a cartoon. Then it disappeared up its own tail and I stopped watching.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2026 06:25 AM (BLOW1)

81 Fingers crossed for you, Wolfus!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2026 06:25 AM (BLOW1)

82 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9

I hadn't read that. I hope they accept your offer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 06:26 AM (m6Eem)

83 Wolfus the summers will be nice at least, winters get to -10 average in Moscow

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:26 AM (Ia/+0)

84 Really Wolfus hope it goes through for you

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:27 AM (Ia/+0)

85 How do they pronounce Terre Haut out that way?

"Tare Oat"?

"Terruh Hoat"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:27 AM (Ot/FD)

86 If and when it is accepted, then begins the long slog toward Moscow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9)
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Not all it's cracked up to be, mon ami.

Posted by: Napoleon I at August 15, 2026 06:28 AM (amcLV)

87 If it were Texas, it'd probably be "Terry Howtey" or something, y'all take some kind of strange joy in reading toponyms in the weirdest way conceivable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:29 AM (Ot/FD)

88 Wolfus the summers will be nice at least, winters get to -10 average in Moscow
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026

***
Napoleon's soldiers, and those of Hitler, didn't have Walmart to restock their rations.

Yes, I looked at the weather history there on Wunderground. Last December had lows around -4. On the other hand, it was 73 yesterday with rain, there'll be some more rain today, and a high on Sunday of 90. Such a nice change from the endless March to November here of "low 80, high 95, maybe some rain if you're lucky, but then the air turns into a steambath."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

89 If it were Texas, it'd probably be "Terry Howtey" or something, y'all take some kind of strange joy in reading toponyms in the weirdest way conceivable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:29 AM (Ot/FD)
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If it were in England, it probably would be pronounced "Basingstoke."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:30 AM (amcLV)

90 77 No matter how much I grow to dislike Tucker Carlson, I'll always remember fondly that he made saying "Don Le MON" a thing.

That's my little olive branch of the day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:21 AM (Ot/FD)

That's nice of you; I mean that sincerely.
Now do Jake Tapper?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

91 How do they pronounce Terre Haut out that way?

"Tare Oat"?

"Terruh Hoat"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026

***
I think the latter. Somebody here suggested "Terra Ho," and I like that, but I expect I'd better not use it around locals right away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

92 Now do Jake Tapper?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

Might as well, it ain't like his wife is using him.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:32 AM (Ot/FD)

93 89 If it were Texas, it'd probably be "Terry Howtey" or something, y'all take some kind of strange joy in reading toponyms in the weirdest way conceivable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:29 AM (Ot/FD)
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If it were in England, it probably would be pronounced "Basingstoke."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:30 AM (amcLV)

hahahahaha!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

94 I think the latter. Somebody here suggested "Terra Ho," and I like that, but I expect I'd better not use it around locals right away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
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Perhaps if you watched clips from a local newscast, they would give the pronunciation.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:33 AM (amcLV)

95 94 I think the latter. Somebody here suggested "Terra Ho," and I like that, but I expect I'd better not use it around locals right away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
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Perhaps if you watched clips from a local newscast, they would give the pronunciation.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:33 AM (amcLV)

Good idea for many reasons.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:34 AM (odBC9)

96 hahahahaha!
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)
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I've traveled around England. I think they make up pronunciations on the spot just to mess with foreigners/Americans.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:34 AM (amcLV)

97 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOd3lwluQIw

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:36 AM (amcLV)

98 If it were Texas, it'd probably be "Terry Howtey" or something, y'all take some kind of strange joy in reading toponyms in the weirdest way conceivable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026

***
The Pesthole is the same. "Mel-POM-eh-knee" Street is pronounced "MEL-poh-meen," "Burgundy Street" as "Bur-GUN-dee," and "Mi-LAN" as "Mile-un."

How many other towns not focused on distillery or winery have no less than two streets in the same area named after liquor or wine? There's "Bourbon" and "Burgundy" in the French Quarter, where I grew up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)

99 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 15, 2026 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:38 AM (odBC9)

101 Missed it by this | | much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 15, 2026 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

102 There's "Bourbon" and "Burgundy" in the French Quarter, where I grew up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)

It's kind of fun that they're probably named after the things that the beverages are named for. The actual Bourbon dynasty. The actual region of Burgundy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:39 AM (Ot/FD)

103 m

The Force is strong with this one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 15, 2026 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

104 Perhaps if you watched clips from a local newscast, they would give the pronunciation.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026
*
Good idea for many reasons.
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026

***
The last time I moved, in '97, the Internet was still at Romper Room level, and we didn't have such resources.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

105 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 15, 2026 06:40 AM (amcLV)

106 If it wasn't a short commute might not have volunteered
Back in a bit

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 06:40 AM (Ia/+0)

107 The last time I moved, in '97, the Internet was still at Romper Room level, and we didn't have such resources.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

"Hook up the satellite, I want to watch the news in Indiana!"

"Yeah, sure thing, Bruce, then how bout I go fire up the Batmobile for you, too? Jerk."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:41 AM (Ot/FD)

108 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Chloe the Bengal Klutz was so eager for her food this morning she nearly knocked her food bowl out of my hand as I was setting it down.

Glad she didn't, as that would have made quite a mess...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 06:44 AM (FZ29D)

109 It's kind of fun that they're probably named after the things that the beverages are named for. The actual Bourbon dynasty. The actual region of Burgundy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026

***
Right, all the French names that were current in 1718. Dauphine, Royal, St. Louis, Orleans. Which, by the way, in the city name it's "OR-linns," but in the parish (aka county) and the street name, is pronounced "Or-LEENS."

There's a church uptown with its cornerstone in Latin, and it translates "New Orleans" as "Novum Aurelianum."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

110 One day i'm going to start a fitness club in Skaneateles, NY and call it "Skinny Atlas" and the logo will be a skinny dude holding up the Earth.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:48 AM (Ot/FD)

111 So "Novum Aurelianum" literally means "new gold?"

That's what the streets are paved with I guess.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Aurelian, the emperor. Or maybe Marcus Aurelius. But that dude was too busy doodling in his diary to found any cities, so probably not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:51 AM (Ot/FD)

113 110 One day i'm going to start a fitness club in Skaneateles, NY and call it "Skinny Atlas" and the logo will be a skinny dude holding up the Earth.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 06:48 AM (Ot/FD)

Ha! A relative lived near there, so I got that one.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 06:51 AM (odBC9)

114 Wolfus Aurelius

Good luck getting that house.

May doors open for you as you leave NO in the rear view mirror. You are starting on a slog and a saga.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 15, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

115 Da da da

Ich lieb' Dich nicht, Du liebst mich nicht.

Uh huh.

Posted by: Another earworm at August 15, 2026 06:52 AM (XE5AP)

116 W. A.: get rid of at least one thing every day.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 06:55 AM (2Ez/1)

117 WNBA denounced 'bad-faith' actors amid fight over trans participation.

WNBA now has a system to determine who is really trans and who is a bad faith trans.

Is there a list I can subscribe to?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 06:55 AM (/+uur)

118 Hes Dead Gym for Star Trek workouts

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 06:56 AM (/+uur)

119 Aurelian, the emperor. Or maybe Marcus Aurelius. But that dude was too busy doodling in his diary to found any cities, so probably not.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026

***
Not sure which of the two the Roman town was named for. But Marcus had barbarians to repel from the frontiers, so he was busy with that too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

120 We're here to help.

Posted by: Sisterhood of Good Faith Transexuals Local #408 at August 15, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

121 W. A.: get rid of at least one thing every day.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026

***
I've got a box of books that needs to go to the thrift store, and I'm going to start throwing out a lot of junk. Maybe I'll leave or donate my love seat and end tables, though those are not cheap new. Certainly my aged box spring will stay behind. I might donate my set of the Britannica from '84, but keep the bookcase; those are hard to find now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

122 Not sure which of the two the Roman town was named for. But Marcus had barbarians to repel from the frontiers, so he was busy with that too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 15, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

Excuses, excuses.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:00 AM (Ot/FD)

123 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 15, 2026 07:01 AM (Hbeqj)

124 I saw Good Faith Transexuals open for Sex Pistols at the Dallas Hot Klub on 1983.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:03 AM (/+uur)

125 I was considered a "good faith" faith actor back in my day.
I often received compliments on my pearls and high heels.

What? Oh, no...transvestite, not transexual.
That's gross.

Posted by: Jamie Farr at August 15, 2026 07:03 AM (2Ez/1)

126 One demands that the world treat them as if they were something they're not and have no right to be, and will literally burn everything down and murder people over it.

The other wants to expose and ridicule an absurdist ontoclastic system that is catering to these monsters and trampling on people's rights and plain common decency.

Who's acting in "Good Faith" here?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:03 AM (Ot/FD)

127 116 W. A.: get rid of at least one thing every day.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 06:55 AM (2Ez/1)

Maybe: spend a (timed) hour every day getting rid of things.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:04 AM (odBC9)

128 Don't judge a book by its cover
I'm not much of a man by the light of day
But by night I'm one hell of a lover

I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Transexual,

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:04 AM (/+uur)

129 Back, doors and hardware to do

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 07:05 AM (L8DX7)

130 120 We're here to help.
Posted by: Sisterhood of Good Faith Transexuals Local #408 at August 15, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Help with what?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

131 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

My favorite about Nawlins street names was after working a late show at the Saenger, I offered a ride to anybody heading uptown.

One girl said "I live up on Genitalia"

Perhaps, but your place of residence...

Then I realized

She means Gen. Taylor Street

Posted by: I got dat Miklos at August 15, 2026 07:06 AM (XOG/m)

132 Ask your geriatric periodontist if Ontoclastic is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at August 15, 2026 07:07 AM (2Ez/1)

133 130 120 We're here to help.
Posted by: Sisterhood of Good Faith Transexuals Local #408 at August 15, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Help with what?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

Themselves?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:07 AM (Ot/FD)

134 133 130 120 We're here to help.
Posted by: Sisterhood of Good Faith Transexuals Local #408 at August 15, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Help with what?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

Themselves?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:07 AM (Ot/FD)

Wolfus's stuff-culling?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:07 AM (odBC9)

135 My grandfather was born in New Orleans. He said he was born on Good Man (Bonhomme?) St., halfway between Piety and Desire.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026 07:08 AM (qFwJc)

136

Posted by: Mitch McConnell, getting warmed up for his morning IronMan workout at August 15, 2026 07:09 AM (XE5AP)

137 I might donate my set of the Britannica from '84, but keep the bookcase; those are hard to find now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I didn't get the free bookcase with my Britannicas

Posted by: Miklos sold encyclopedias dooor to dorr to pay the Britannica people at August 15, 2026 07:09 AM (XOG/m)

138 I didn't get the free bookcase with my Britannicas
Posted by: Miklos sold encyclopedias dooor to dorr to pay the Britannica people at August 15, 2026 07:09 AM (XOG/m)

Sounds like some kind of ziggurat scheme....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:09 AM (Ot/FD)

139 3 injured after gunman opens fire on vehicles, exchanges gunfire with HPD near Chicken Plus

I love how headline writer write as if every swing dick in the H town Metro is at the Chicken Plus daily.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:10 AM (/+uur)

140 Back, doors and hardware to do
Posted by: Skip

So

You have also met Darleen

Posted by: Miklos, unsurprised at August 15, 2026 07:11 AM (XOG/m)

141 139 3 injured after gunman opens fire on vehicles, exchanges gunfire with HPD near Chicken Plus

I love how headline writer write as if every swing dick in the H town Metro is at the Chicken Plus daily.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:10 AM (/+uur)

Houston?

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:12 AM (odBC9)

142 Chicken plus what? Waffles? Biscuits?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 15, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

143 Jason Arday committed suicide.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026 07:13 AM (qFwJc)

144 Wolfus's stuff-culling?
Posted by: m

We call it Maize

or Potlatch, sorry

Posted by: Chief Iron Eyes Miklos at August 15, 2026 07:13 AM (XOG/m)

145 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Dennis Miller monotone voice at August 15, 2026 07:14 AM (2Ez/1)

146 Which Texas charter school was the worst?
Celebrate Dyslexia School in San Antonio received the worst grade of any charter school listed in the report – F/41.

tff

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:14 AM (/+uur)

147 "Chicken Plus? For real? Maybe we just don't write that one up, huh?"

Posted by: The Editor at August 15, 2026 07:15 AM (Ot/FD)

148 Houston?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:12 AM (odBC9)

si

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:15 AM (/+uur)

149 Celebrate Dyslexia School in San Antonio received the worst grade of any charter school listed in the report – F/41.

tff
Posted by: r hennigantx

This a cruel joke on those of us so afflicted

Posted by: Lysdexic Imklos at August 15, 2026 07:16 AM (XOG/m)

150 148 Houston?
Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:12 AM (odBC9)

si
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:15 AM (/+uur)

Danke.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:16 AM (odBC9)

151 Chicken Plus Sized is most likely better name for joint.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 15, 2026 07:17 AM (/+uur)

152 149 Celebrate Dyslexia School in San Antonio received the worst grade of any charter school listed in the report – F/41.

tff
Posted by: r hennigantx

This a cruel joke on those of us so afflicted
Posted by: Lysdexic Imklos at August 15, 2026 07:16 AM (XOG/m)

Recalling now the best evah nic (some other site; maybe LGF!):

TypoKnig

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:17 AM (odBC9)

153 "Guys! Guys! It's says 'Celebrate'! We were wrong this whole time!"

Posted by: School Superintendent with his pants around his ankles at August 15, 2026 07:18 AM (Ot/FD)

154 They give you a punch-card for Lipitor refills?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:19 AM (Ot/FD)

155 Back in aught-diggity, we used to program in Chiken Plus Plus. Which was the style at the time.

Posted by: Why I do have a pocket protector, why do you ask? at August 15, 2026 07:19 AM (XE5AP)

156 Gotta hit the pool for some water polo this morning. Then a half marathon this afternoon. Later!

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at August 15, 2026 07:20 AM (2Ez/1)

157 School Superintendent with his pants around his ankles

I larfed

Still larfing

Posted by: Miklos is amused at August 15, 2026 07:20 AM (XOG/m)

158 Posted by: Why I do have a pocket protector, why do you ask?

; )

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:20 AM (odBC9)

159 143 Jason Arday committed suicide.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 15, 2026 07:13 AM (qFwJc)

If I didn't know that was your usual nic....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:22 AM (Ot/FD)

160 Why I do have a pocket protector, why do you ask?

I got rid of mine when I realized the pens were actually my friends

Posted by: Miklos never wears protection at August 15, 2026 07:22 AM (XOG/m)

161 mornin yall ."Fail Fast" doesn't really work for engine building. I'd rather take three times as long.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

162 161 mornin yall ."Fail Fast" doesn't really work for engine building. I'd rather take three times as long.
Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

See, that's how I instinctively feel. There has to be a happy medium.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:23 AM (odBC9)

163 So if a school that celebrates dyslexia gets a terrible grade, does that mean they failed at celebrating dyslexia?

Did all the kids go out and get counselling and learn to read in secret in spite of all the school's best efforts?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:23 AM (Ot/FD)

164 Measure once, cut twice.

Posted by: That's how you learn at August 15, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

165 164 Measure once, cut twice.
Posted by: That's how you learn at August 15, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:25 AM (odBC9)

166 Fail Fast" doesn't really work for engine building. I'd rather take three times as long.
Posted by: fd

I'm more of a "git 'er done" guy.

That's what Darleen says anyway

Posted by: Miklos accepts neither criticism nor complaint for speedy delivery at August 15, 2026 07:25 AM (XOG/m)

167
Dyslectics of the World Untie!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2026 07:26 AM (AMvSw)

168 Measure once, cut twice.
Posted by: That's how you learn

Oy vey

Posted by: Miklos the Mohel at August 15, 2026 07:26 AM (XOG/m)

169 Miklos, you're on a roll. Much appreciated.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:27 AM (odBC9)

170 Good judgement comes from experience.
And experience comes from poor judgement.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)

171 Yeah, the whole Fail Fast idea is better suited for the situations where you're thrown in to the unknown and just need to get some traction on whatever it is you're trying to do. It's for when you don't even know what "correct" looks like yet, it's not an excuse for willfully turning in shitty work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:28 AM (Ot/FD)

172 Metzitzah B'peh.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:28 AM (vrgy6)

173 Oops.

A deputy was disciplined after officials say he accidentally left Lake County Sheriff’s K9 Axel in a field while on duty until he was found by a bystander.

Also, another Georgia cop got caught Flocking.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)

174 170 Good judgement comes from experience.
And experience comes from poor judgement.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 15, 2026 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)

bzzzt Brit-spelling

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:29 AM (odBC9)

175 Miklos, you're on a roll. Much appreciated.
Posted by: m

I haven't been on a roll like this since the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor

Posted by: Miklos Blutarsky at August 15, 2026 07:30 AM (XOG/m)

176 168 Measure once, cut twice.
Posted by: That's how you learn

Oy vey
Posted by: Miklos the Mohel at August 15, 2026 07:26 AM

https://youtu.be/Zy-URspwUGA

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 15, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

177 Somebody left the door open to the bedroom and who should be sitting at the door at 4:15 a.m but the furball ( kitten) . I must say it is nice to be greeted by a purring kitten. He greets me when we come back from the store as well. He probably wants to be fed, but it's still affectionate, so I have to forgive him for the wild eyed craziness at other times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 07:32 AM (wmzkx)

178 "...it is nice to be greeted by a purring kitten... probably wants to be fed, but ... still affectionate, so I have to forgive ... for the wild eyed craziness at other times."
=====

Used to date her.

Posted by: Most guys at August 15, 2026 07:36 AM (2Ez/1)

179 And nice things this morning : Man held the door at convenience store and said "You have a nice day." There was also a dog ( looked like Golden Retriever mix) resting his head on the window frame of the car. He was so cute ! Another car had a saying on its window "You 'll never walk alone." That was a song which "Jerry and the Pacemakers"performed. I don't know if as written ,or on the car it was intended to have a religious significance but I took it as such.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 07:38 AM (wmzkx)

180 Posted by: Most guys at August 15, 2026 07:36 AM (2Ez

You used to date cats? Ooooookay then. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 07:39 AM (wmzkx)

181 That was a song which "Jerry and the Pacemakers"performed. I don't know if as written ,or on the car it was intended to have a religious significance but I took it as such.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 07:38 AM (wmzkx)

Liverpool's fight song. Or Man U. One of them, I forget.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:40 AM (Ot/FD)

182 Badminton?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:40 AM (vrgy6)

183 Liverpool's fight song. Or Man U. One of them, I forget.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:40 AM (Ot/FD)

So yeah. Religious.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2026 07:40 AM (Ot/FD)

184 Egg recall. Even some from Krogers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:43 AM (vrgy6)

185 184 Egg recall. Even some from Krogers.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:43 AM (vrgy6)

AOC hardest hit.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:43 AM (odBC9)

186 184 Egg recall. Even some from Krogers.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:43 AM

Or you can freeze them.

Posted by: Agent Of Chaos at August 15, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)

187 AOC still has student loan debt she has not paid on since 2018.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 07:44 AM (MWfyi)

188 187 AOC still has student loan debt she has not paid on since 2018.
Posted by: fd at August 15, 2026 07:44 AM
***
It's a write off, Jerry.

Posted by: Kramer at August 15, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)

189 Freezing killls the bad stuff?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:46 AM (vrgy6)

190 Posted by: Agent Of Chaos

LOL
Missed that, first time around.

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:46 AM (odBC9)

191 164 Measure once, cut twice.
Posted by: That's how you learn at August 15, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

Old carpenters lament: “I’ve cut this board three times, and it’s still too short!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 07:49 AM (Ol0VD)

192 The weather was cold and cold. (The Register)
Did Claude Fable write that article?

Magic 8-ball says

YES

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:49 AM (odBC9)

193 How soon before the next violent democrat homosexual troon attack at a school or WNBA game?

Posted by: Fear Is A Weapon at August 15, 2026 07:50 AM (cFP1B)

194 FenSpouse is listening to the first episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies." It is pretty funny:

https://tinyurl.com/ym6675tz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 07:50 AM (wmzkx)

195 115 Da da da

Ich lieb' Dich nicht, Du liebst mich nicht.

Uh huh.
Posted by: Another earworm

Bingo.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2026 07:51 AM (BLOW1)

196 AOC hardest hit.
Posted by: m

That is Cold

Posted by: Miklos acknowledges Truth at August 15, 2026 07:52 AM (XOG/m)

197 196 AOC hardest hit.
Posted by: m

That is Cold
Posted by: Miklos acknowledges Truth at August 15, 2026 07:52 AM (XOG/m)

You might say, "Freezing cold."

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:53 AM (odBC9)

198 Da da da

Ich lieb' Dich nicht, Du liebst mich nicht.

Uh huh.
Posted by: Another earworm

Bingo.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

NO YELLO

Posted by: Hunter B. at August 15, 2026 07:53 AM (XOG/m)

199 159 143 Jason Arday committed suicide.

But the usual suspects claim otherwise.

Posted by: Auspex at August 15, 2026 07:53 AM (Y8DZL)

200 200

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 07:53 AM (odBC9)

201 He greets me when we come back from the store as well. He probably wants to be fed, but it's still affectionate, so I have to forgive him for the wild eyed craziness at other times.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 07:32 AM (wmzkx)
----
They do grow out of that phase eventually. Though they sometimes break out in spontaneous zoomies even at the ripe old age of 14.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2026 07:53 AM (FZ29D)

202 Amazon founded the "Climate Pledge" to great publicity, signed by all the largest tech companies and pledging to "decarbonize" their businesses.

Then, along came AI and attendant data center requirements for power generation. Now Amazon is building the largest carbon emitting NatGas turbine facility in North America, in Texas.

As The Police sang and climate warriors are learning, "logic ties you up and rapes you!".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 15, 2026 08:00 AM (BZ3bm)

203 Noodity.

Posted by: Noodist at August 15, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

204 Roman Trivia - Orleans in France was founded by Aurelian. Fascinating how the old names live on - Zaragoza in Spain began as a garrison town named Caesar Augusta.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 15, 2026 08:15 AM (Ol0VD)

205 "Zaragoza in Spain began as a garrison town named Caesar Augusta."

Do they host a golf tournament there?

Posted by: The Masters at August 15, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

206 ~~strike through~~

Posted by: test at August 15, 2026 09:07 AM (J4Dwc)

207 172 Metzitzah B'peh.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2026 07:28 AM (vrgy6)

The OT talks about NOT consuming blood...where the f'n hell did this practice come from?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 09:10 AM (l3cgK)

208 206 ~~strike through~~

Posted by: test at August 15, 2026 09:07 AM (J4Dwc)

~~Strike~~
Italic
Bold
Underline

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 15, 2026 09:12 AM (l3cgK)

209 THIRD BASE!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 15, 2026 11:04 AM (4NO2D)

210 Bold

Posted by: test at August 15, 2026 12:04 PM (YcOeP)

A Midsummer Night's ONT

Welcome to the ONT! Anyone hungry?

Fido Friday: Fails

pic.twitter.com/NovIuPDzhn
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

Stay healthy

Taxes

Ooof!

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

Only in Romania

I have a friend who is from Romania. He makes me look left wing. I tease him by sending him stuff like this, but he never actually disagrees.

Rest rooms

That giggle

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

My time now!

Being a dad is the best

D'oh!

pic.twitter.com/X1gPAtkfku
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

That's a big neck

I remember this...

Bored

pic.twitter.com/tzhxiN8SJB
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

Friends

I want one

Music

pic.twitter.com/RSBjUNFM9e
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

Get it right, ma'am

Laundry

I forgot how to shit!

pic.twitter.com/E0BJtPK300
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 13, 2026

The circle of life

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Florida:

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1 A

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at August 14, 2026 10:01 PM (X5FXP)

2 silly

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 10:01 PM (xHEjv)

3 content

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 10:02 PM (zMzlR)

4 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2026 10:03 PM (wBh67)

5 That squirrel looks hot. I'd share some nuts with her.

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at August 14, 2026 10:03 PM (88C+u)

6 Top five?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 10:03 PM (2Ez/1)

7 Missed it by THAT much!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 10:03 PM (2Ez/1)

8 Good tax map. United States of Earth.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:05 PM (S41Gd)

9 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 10:05 PM (hrOJm)

10 Evening, Weird Dave, and ONT Horde. Lots of content tonight!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 10:05 PM (1z8ji)

11
*looks at ONT décor*

*shudders*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 10:06 PM (O0L8i)

12 RE: the first meme at the top

I don't know if I should run and hide or if I should contact an attorney to see if I have grounds for a lawsuit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 10:06 PM (FZ29D)

13 A jogging path is like one of those floating sushi boat diners to an alligator.

Wait a bit and something good will go by!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 14, 2026 10:07 PM (kpS4V)

14 Them squirrels 🐿️ is good eating!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

15 If you are trying to say this world is crazy you are right.

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 10:07 PM (UKrJG)

16 I'm dumb enough that I haven't figured out the restroom signs yet.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 10:08 PM (zMzlR)

17 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Wow - what a girthy ONT! Thanks 😊

Oh, and just found out oldest grandson got kicked out of after school care FOR THE YEAR for kicking, biting, and telling those in authority, "You're not the boss of me!" 😲😲😲

Guess we start Moron training early....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:09 PM (SRRAx)

18 Evening, all.

For those who missed it.... sadly, I was not selected for the job. The recruiter is supposed to ask 'why not' and get back to me. I am so frustrated today I just can't even. The only other 'lead' I had that was recent, had gone silent - I had assumed it was 'nevermind'-ed. I reached out to that recruiter anyway, and he said the client has gone silent on them. Who the heck knows anymore anything.

Continued prayers, please.

I have faith that God has a plan for me but dangit I'm getting real tired of this. I'd like to see some signs on which path I'm supposed to take, please.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)

19 That's a great Sir Charles story ...

Not turrible at all !

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (3sXRv)

20 Sorry I'm late, the Portal Gun was on the fritz. GLADOS was absolutely no help.

There wasn't even any cake.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (+1BUN)

21 Do you need a 40mm Miklos?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 10:11 PM (Cqx++)

22 16 It's a bad parking joke.

Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026 10:11 PM (dgvvF)

23 Map showing the only place my taxes should go to

tcn in AK hardest hit.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

24 22 16 It's a bad parking joke.
Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026

Got it. Thanks!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 10:13 PM (zMzlR)

25 Shreveport tire repair shop under fire for using a dented rim and an undented rim to identify
the men's and the women's restrooms.

I don't get it. Which is which?

Oh wait-- is this a veiled commentary on my rim's affection for curbs?!?

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 10:14 PM (MqSCt)

26 Are there any morons in Hawaii?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

27 @17.

If that was me when I got home I wouldn't be able to sit down for a year. My parents didn't play.

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 10:15 PM (UKrJG)

28 I'm liking that M32A1. The ultimate road rage weapon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:15 PM (S41Gd)

29 There wasn't even any cake.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (+1BUN)

The cake is a LIE!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 10:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

30 Gotta wonder if Wide-Neck McDowell is related to Walt "No-Neck" Williams who played in MLB from 64-77. Batted .270 lifetime.

Posted by: Full-Throated Supporter at August 14, 2026 10:16 PM (JM9I6)

31 17 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Wow - what a girthy ONT! Thanks 😊

Oh, and just found out oldest grandson got kicked out of after school care FOR THE YEAR for kicking, biting, and telling those in authority, "You're not the boss of me!" 😲😲😲

Guess we start Moron training early....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Wait. School doesn’t start until after Labor Day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 10:16 PM (xkbLL)

32 I'm dumb enough that I haven't figured out the restroom signs yet.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 10:08 PM (zMzlR)

When you grow up and get a wife it all becomes clear. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (S41Gd)

33 Do you need a 40mm Miklos?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 10:11 PM (Cqx++)

Does he want the 40mm, or do we need a 40mm Miklos round? That bored guy would probably pop off a Miklos round every so often, just to see what happens.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (qx7Zg)

34 Another day, another episode of "Chainsmoker Cat" on Netflix.

Which once again answers the question with, "Not nearly enough."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (yCucm)

35 22 16 It's a bad parking joke.
Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026 10:11 PM

Ooooohhhh...

Thanks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (2Ez/1)

36 Wait. School doesn’t start until after Labor Day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 10:16 PM (xkbLL)

Not here. Started the other day. I hate them damn skrewl buses.

Posted by: Ving Raymes Gotsta Get Paid at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

37 I had a very cool college roommate who ate squirrel regularly. And, not that canned crap. He'd stoop to recent roadkill. The dude was a biology major and always had cool little tricks to keep us entertained. One of our neighbors liked to play music outside so loud that they could hear it in the next county. No problem. He kept a supply of Bee pheromones, went over and chatted with the guy will covertly sprinkling it on his patio. Less than an hour later there was a carpet of bees right before his patio door. The topper was that (we'll call my friend Craig) convinced the guy that his music drew the bees out. Craig was just a fun guy to have around inclusive of the sun lamp garden of questionable plants in his closet that might have been illegal at the time.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (dIske)

38 School started here in the last week of July.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

39 I got to the end and thought that turning javascript off on my phone was the reason why there's no top comments of the week. Then i realized it's because i entered a time warp. But having turned javascript off, at least i won't get the same popups twice.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (DZ9Lv)

40 Watching Alexander Nevsky; he's naming the cities, Kiev is one of them, - this is a real Russian pronunciation - Ke (long e) if (soft if).
No fucking Keeev to be heard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 10:18 PM (xHEjv)

41 Sheds sock.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 14, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

42 That 911 call..rotflmao!!!🤣😂

Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2026 10:19 PM (VCgbV)

43 27 @17.

If that was me when I got home I wouldn't be able to sit down for a year. My parents didn't play.
Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 10:15 PM (UKrJG)

He's only 4.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

44 Bit of shaking in Indonesia today. 7.7. They get 'em a lot + volcanoes. Exciting part of the world.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 14, 2026 10:20 PM (DZ9Lv)

45 12 RE: the first meme at the top

I don't know if I should run and hide or if I should contact an attorney to see if I have grounds for a lawsuit.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Hide in the closet first, then call your attorney.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 14, 2026 10:20 PM (Q/FnY)

46 Are there any morons in Hawaii?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

Yes. I think AOS Intrepid Reddit Translator lives there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 10:20 PM (1z8ji)

47 So

Looks like Dinner at Midnite again

No Squirrel in a Can though, loved that as a kid

Grammaw bought the Underwood Deviled Squirrel brand.

Posted by: Miklos will justm put lots of cheese on something at August 14, 2026 10:21 PM (XOG/m)

48 There's a lower sodium version of the squirrel-in-a-can. Food Lion carries it. It's pretty good, I must say.

Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at August 14, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

49
Bit of shaking in Indonesia today. 7.7. They get 'em a lot + volcanoes. Exciting part of the world.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 14, 2026 10:20 PM (DZ9Lv)

________

Krakatoa, East of Java!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 10:22 PM (O0L8i)

50 I can tell a True Story about disappeared houses in the Central European countryside.

Profitable

Posted by: Miklos hints-it was Gypsies at August 14, 2026 10:22 PM (XOG/m)

51 Great content tonight. Much needed, it was a golf day.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2026 10:23 PM (sl73Y)

52 Hey, do you have squirrel in the can?

Posted by: Some jerk on the phone at August 14, 2026 10:23 PM (MWfyi)

53
RandomDave, I am so sorry. So frustrating.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 10:24 PM (XJ22o)

54 Yes. I think AOS Intrepid Reddit Translator lives there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Haole Howdy

Posted by: Miklos liked Hawaiii 5-0 at August 14, 2026 10:24 PM (XOG/m)

55 Ooof!

Guy who made that video needs a mo-cap robot.

How do landscape and portrait work, durrr? Video's freakin' twelve pixels high.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

56 This seems related to the rim post:

https://tinyurl.com/5bx5sytz

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 10:25 PM (MqSCt)

57 Miklos,
I’d make you dinner at 3am if thats what you wanted.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 10:25 PM (yEz+x)

58 School started here in the last week of July.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Not for me, you dweeb underclasspeople

Posted by: Miklos sings and plays air guitar to "School's Out" at August 14, 2026 10:27 PM (XOG/m)

59 He's only 4.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

I'd hang with him. Spirited children are a gift!

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 10:29 PM (MqSCt)

60 Non-Nooding Morons!!

Posted by: clarence at August 14, 2026 10:29 PM (W+slU)

61 Bitey children are not a gift, they are violent children.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 10:29 PM (88C+u)

62 I’d make you dinner at 3am if thats what you wanted.
Posted by: nurse ratched

This is the first reason to visit Seattle since my one and only visit in 1989.

They were throwing fish at each other

Posted by: Miklos remembers vaguely with gaps and apparent misperceptions at August 14, 2026 10:30 PM (XOG/m)

63 Deviled squirrel is good enough, for what it is, but nothing beats frying up some fresh squirrel in the frying pan. Mmm-mmm! Squirrel!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 10:31 PM (ZVgZ4)

64 Guess we start Moron training early....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:09

I'm guessing he has some of Grandma's personality and gumption. Glad you are enjoying your visit. How old are the grandkids? Bet they will remember this visit.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 14, 2026 10:31 PM (4Qj8V)

65 Continued prayers, please.

I have faith that God has a plan for me but dangit I'm getting real tired of this. I'd like to see some signs on which path I'm supposed to take, please.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)

I'm sorry.

I don't know if you looked into it, but after Mom passed I did look into online AI jobs. Apparently, there are things that you can do such as data labelling and stuff and actually get paid.

You'd have to check everything out in terms of legitimacy but that was something I was considering.

I'm still working on my own projects. And hoping to get stuff out the door soon. I'm excited about that.

All the best.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 10:31 PM (Sco7b)

66 Aw, RandomDave, I'm so sorry to hear your news. I hope you get answers or info from your recruiter soon. I'd bet there was a small difference between you and another candidate. I did some hiring at my last job and can tell you that it usually comes down to weighing tiny factors. After all, by the time interviewees are chosen, the pool has been narrowed to the closest matches for the job. It can be a tough decision for the employer.

Hang in there...

Posted by: Clio Weeps at August 14, 2026 10:32 PM (FvFu9)

67 Just a little over 3 weeks left to wear your white shoes. Please adhere to the rules and norms.

Posted by: Trendy Ted at August 14, 2026 10:32 PM (JM9I6)

68 Hang in there, Dave. Most of success is just shoswing up-- which you do!

Posted by: mnw at August 14, 2026 10:33 PM (RCjYY)

69 I love monkey bread.
But it can be hard to get fresh monkey.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 10:33 PM (2Ez/1)

70
Deviled squirrel is good enough, for what it is, but nothing beats frying up some fresh squirrel in the frying pan. Mmm-mmm! Squirrel!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Be sure to spoon in a tablespoon of genuine Indian cow urine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 10:34 PM (Cqx++)

71 Is it OK to taze 4 year olds?

Posted by: Officer Friendly at August 14, 2026 10:34 PM (JM9I6)

72 Walt "No-Neck" Williams

This brought back odd memories of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and a usual and mandatory question from the Audience participationers

Posted by: Miklos is amazed at all these memory thingys hanging around at August 14, 2026 10:34 PM (XOG/m)

73
That 911 call..rotflmao!!!🤣😂
Posted by: lin-duh

==============

Hilarious!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 10:35 PM (XJ22o)

74 Thanks for the ONT. Almost too much to process!
Sort of like four days this week alternating the baby grandgirl with her older siblings. The 8yr old grandson & 5yr old girlie spent the night.

Reading one of her favorite books that I bought 7yrs ago called Going to School by Suzanne Green. Kitties that are dressed & photos taken. Even with the first page saying to PETA that the photos are taken with high shutter speeds & no drugs or cruelty the book was discontinued. Amazon: $30. On ebay it is worth over $100. I'd promised I'd buy one for her best friend but I don't like her this much. I paid $7 for it. She fell out laughing at one kitty's face and I joined her. When we get like this we can't stop for awhile. My dude and her bro heard us from downstairs. We have the same laugh and look alike and I never dreamed I'd have her one day. I guess I will send the kitty photo via text to her Mom.

I think Charles Wideneck McDowell has a goiter.

The laundry dial looks like how our sons did laundry in college. Eldest son, his freshman year in an apt with washer/dryer, solved the underwear problem by buying new ones and throwing used ones away every month. We raised morons.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 10:35 PM (hzuYO)

75 I wonder how many of Mangione's young women fan club will still be thinking of him in 10 years? 20 years? 30 years?

Posted by: mnw at August 14, 2026 10:37 PM (RCjYY)

76 Deviled squirrel is good enough, for what it is, but nothing beats frying up some fresh squirrel in the frying pan. Mmm-mmm! Squirrel!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I have been served and have eaten squirrel head stew.

Most rednecks are fine people

Not all

Or maybe they was just funnin'

Posted by: Miklos was unwilling to be impolite, and has eaten worse at August 14, 2026 10:37 PM (XOG/m)

77 Thank you for the ONT WeirdDave.

It made me laugh. Always a nice gift.

58 School started here in the last week of July.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

My part of Canada - September - after Labor Day.

Since Ralphy turned 15, 105 in dog years I guess, I've been congratulating him on making it through each day and making it through the night. It started as a joke but has increased my gratitude levels.

Last night at 2am, I got up, Snowflake got up, Ralphy got up. Ralphy got a burst of energy, chased Snowflake and actually trapped her between the door and wall.

Quick tag with the nose. She was it. Game over.

Snowflake looked stunned the old guy was that quick so early in the morning.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 10:37 PM (Sco7b)

78 Also re job hunting - I've recently started using HiringCafe and it's a goodie. Narrow your searches with keywords and date range and it will cough up some good, legit jobs that usually include a link to the company site where you can apply directly.

Posted by: Clio Weeps at August 14, 2026 10:38 PM (FvFu9)

79 I love monkey bread.
But it can be hard to get fresh monkey.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

There's no wrong way to eat a rhesus.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

80 Is it OK to taze 4 year olds?
Posted by: Officer Friendly

At 9, all is allowed

Posted by: Mullah Miklos at August 14, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

81 More Rubio humor. Dogs and Cats.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ddNVvHnHC5E

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 14, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

82 75 I wonder how many of Mangione's young women fan club will still be thinking of him in 10 years? 20 years? 30 years?
Posted by: mnw at August 14, 2026 10:37 PM (RCjYY)

I'm thinking their prospects won't be flooding in suddenly as the years take their toll.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)

83 There's no wrong way to eat a rhesus.
Posted by: mikeski

I love me some Rhesus Cups

Posted by: you got your monkey parts in my chocolate! at August 14, 2026 10:40 PM (XOG/m)

84
Continued prayers, please.

I have faith that God has a plan for me but dangit I'm getting real tired of this. I'd like to see some signs on which path I'm supposed to take, please.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)
*********
Will keep praying, Dave. I'm sorry.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

85 There's no wrong way to eat a rhesus.
Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

Cut 'em up small. Rhesus Pieces.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 10:41 PM (1z8ji)

86 I love monkey bread.
But it can be hard to get fresh monkey.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

There's no wrong way to eat a rhesus.
Posted by: mikeski
+++
Senior golf clap.

That's a little louder than the regular golf clap.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 14, 2026 10:42 PM (Lo97M)

87 Oldest left this morning to move back to college. We're taking the second spawn tomorrow to move him into his dorm. And the shooting spawn starts her senior year Tuesday. Time, it's flying...

Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2026 10:42 PM (VCgbV)

88 Bitey children are not a gift, they are violent children.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 10:29 PM (88C+u)

My mother would have slapped my teeth into the future. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

89 The Manson Family girls lost interest in Charley PDQ.

Posted by: mnw at August 14, 2026 10:42 PM (RCjYY)

90 61 Bitey children are not a gift, they are violent children.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 10:29 PM (88C+u)

In fairness to him, his 2-year-old brother (who is normally a sweetheart) can be quite the beast when they are playing together...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:43 PM (SRRAx)

91 Oh, and just found out oldest grandson got kicked out of after school care FOR THE YEAR for kicking, biting, and telling those in authority, "You're not the boss of me!" 😲😲😲

Guess we start Moron training early....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:09 PM (SRRAx)

OK, fess up. Did you teach him that line?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:44 PM (Ez0ut)

92 My theory on laundry is one & done, all the clothes go at the same time. It'll take my wife 2 days for hers . I ain't got time for that.

Posted by: Bob at August 14, 2026 10:45 PM (hWhmF)

93 I like 'at potted squirrel, mmm-hmm

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 10:45 PM (ZxPkt)

94

Our three used to beat the crap out of each other.

It's a rite of childhood, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 10:45 PM (/QHx4)

95 Senior golf clap.

That's a little louder than the regular golf clap.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

CLAP UP

Posted by: Elder Miklos cain't hardly hear at August 14, 2026 10:46 PM (XOG/m)

96 Me?

I'm over here on the couch, laughing at daughter's kiddo problems.

Karma is a bitch.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:47 PM (SRRAx)

97 Dave
Hold Fast

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 10:47 PM (ZxPkt)

98 My mother would have slapped my teeth into the future. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

My mother used a wooden spoon. And she was dead-eye with it behind her back at the kitchen counter. I think I still have a dent in the side of my head from that event.

And it didn't matter which kid did what. She hit whomever was closer. I guess she figured it would even out over time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Ez0ut)

99 Teresa, kids can be little nuts, or mine are. Not biters except once to her big brother here over a child's mop.

I was very opposed to their private school daycare but it's worked out well to meet at 2yrs and some go through 12th grade together. Three classes per grade and very good academics.

Last year the PreK 4yr old girl introduced me to Libby at their Christmas play. Informed me in front of her mother that she bites. I quietly told her not to say this in the future.

When she was 2yrs old I figured she'd survive daycare when she started stealing snacks from slow or picky eaters. Then demanding "pouches" from the teacher. I had pride she was a survivor then and no more worries. Her parents were the only ones who were requested to buy more food for our little piggie thief.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)

100 18 Evening, all.

For those who missed it.... sadly, I was not selected for the job. The recruiter is supposed to ask 'why not' and get back to me. I am so frustrated today I just can't even. The only other 'lead' I had that was recent, had gone silent - I had assumed it was 'nevermind'-ed. I reached out to that recruiter anyway, and he said the client has gone silent on them. Who the heck knows anymore anything.

Continued prayers, please.

I have faith that God has a plan for me but dangit I'm getting real tired of this. I'd like to see some signs on which path I'm supposed to take, please.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)

I know nothing of either your location or your job skills, but try USAJOBS. Never hurts to see what Uncle Sam needs from time to time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:50 PM (Ez0ut)

101 I hate to think what DD#3 is gonna have to put up with when/if she has kids - she was hard-headed as they come....😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:50 PM (SRRAx)

102 Squirrel head stew? Were they starving? That’s not the prime part of the squirrel!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 10:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

103 My theory on laundry is one & done, all the clothes go at the same time. It'll take my wife 2 days for hers . I ain't got time for that.

Posted by: Bob at August 14, 2026 10:45 PM (hWhmF)

Don't even get me started. Mrs B is a power user. The washer and dryer seems to run almost every day. As we speak the dryer is running, I hear it. I have to make an appointment with the laundry room to get any of my wash done. I have to catch her in the act and say put the clothes down and step away from the washer. I do my own laundry. No way I'm doing hers because her procedures for her clothes rivals docking at the space station.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:54 PM (S41Gd)

104 101 I hate to think what DD#3 is gonna have to put up with when/if she has kids - she was hard-headed as they come....😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 14, 2026 10:50 PM (SRRAx)

There were five of us. I was number four. I was pretty tough, having been through the ringer with my less-than-gentle-and-kind sisters. I also spent a fair bit of time in the principal's office during grade school. DH thinks I turned out okay.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:54 PM (Ez0ut)

105
And it didn't matter which kid did what. She hit whomever was closer. I guess she figured it would even out over time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Ez0ut)
********
My rule was to punish the one boy not crying. I only popped the youngest on his diapered behind once. He'd left a full teeth imprint in his older brother's bare shoulder. The screams alerted me to the playroom. He was 2yrs and bro 4yrs aka the Chimp Era.

I asked why he bit his brother. Because he was stepping on his quilt's arm. He slept with the quilt and did not drag it around like Linus. Until then I did not know Quiltie was an entity or had arms.

I feel sure his bitten brother was messing with him over and over and he simply snapped.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)

106 I know nothing of either your location or your job skills, but try USAJOBS. Never hurts to see what Uncle Sam needs from time to time.
Posted by: tcn in AK

In SC, the state gov is hiring. A lot. Universities for tech. A lot.

Whatever the job, Dave is probably overqualified.

Unless Dave is a Damn CaliYankee commie.

Posted by: Miklos suspects not at August 14, 2026 10:54 PM (XOG/m)

107

Calling 911 in these AI Days....

Please hold, we are going to check your credit score.
Also checking if you paid your taxes.
Have you donated to your local mosque?
Are you Republican??
Are you against abortion?

So sorry it's taking so long. We hope you don't die or your house doesn't burn down while you hold.

Hope you have insurance. When you call them they will ask the same questions.

Good Luck!

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 10:55 PM (/QHx4)

108 No way I'm doing hers because her procedures for her clothes rivals docking at the space station.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:54 PM (S41Gd)

I do laundry. When DH does laundry, he gets pink underwear and all my sweaters are the size of postage stamps. It just isn't worth the hassle.

Right now, we are remodeling so we don't have a washer or dryer. I go to the local laundromat, which is old, small, hot, and half the machines don't work. A single wash load is $5. It ain't cheap. But I'm done in two hours, which is okay with me.

And I end up with the same size clothes I went in with.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:57 PM (Ez0ut)

109 My mother would have slapped my teeth into the future. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

My mother used a wooden spoon. And she was dead-eye with it behind her back at the kitchen counter. I think I still have a dent in the side of my head from that event.

And it didn't matter which kid did what. She hit whomever was closer. I guess she figured it would even out over time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Ez0ut)

My mother was the only italian woman in the family who didn't use a wooden spoon. My aunts on the other hand were wooden spoon trained assassins. Mom used stainless, wood was for pikers. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:58 PM (S41Gd)

110 Good evening morons en bedankt wd

The fog is creeping over the Sonoma mountains it will crest over into Moon Valley overnight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 10:58 PM (JvZF+)

111 The rims.
🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:58 PM (7xx4i)

112 Gators be smarter than liberals.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)

113 It got up to 78 degrees here today. We were dying in the heat. The laundromat was stifling. Luckily, the camper has AC. The house does not.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:00 PM (Ez0ut)

114 94 Our three used to beat the crap out of each other.

It's a rite of childhood, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 10:45 PM (/QHx4)
*******
Yep. My brother and I were the same til he got stronger than me when he was in junior high. Bummer. We fought like savages over the remote control starting in 5th grade (me) and 3rd for him. Sent to our rooms. We then called each other names over the intercom with our parents listening downstairs. I once catapulted him up five stairs and he hit the door with a loud thud. I got in more trouble but it was totally worth it.

The main thing our grands fought over here physically (to our muffled laughter) was a child's mop. I said I will buy two rakes and snow shovels but I will not buy another mop.

I am going to mount that mop whenever all the grands are grown. Like a trophy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 11:01 PM (hzuYO)

115 I throw all my shit together, whites, colors, jeans, shirts, you name it.
Then a “quick wash” which is 22 minutes. Not sure anyone needs a 1:45 of washing which is what the normal cycle is. What the fuck yall doing to make your clothes so dirty?

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:01 PM (7xx4i)

116 I have been on a Charter since 07:30 this morning. I just got home. I'm exhausted.

So of course I check out the ONT before going to bed. (Priorities.)

Absolutely solid gold stuff tonight. Thank you WeirdDave!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 14, 2026 11:03 PM (O7YUW)

117 I do laundry. When DH does laundry, he gets pink underwear and all my sweaters are the size of postage stamps. It just isn't worth the hassle.

Right now, we are remodeling so we don't have a washer or dryer. I go to the local laundromat, which is old, small, hot, and half the machines don't work. A single wash load is $5. It ain't cheap. But I'm done in two hours, which is okay with me.

And I end up with the same size clothes I went in with.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 10:57 PM (Ez0ut)

Thats why I don't touch mrs B's clothes. because these get washed with "this" cycle, and with "that" soap, and those get washed with "that" cycle, and "that" soap. The "these" get dried for "this" many minutes and then get hung, and "those" can stay in the dryer to the end at "this" drying temperature. No going there, nope. I look at the wash machine as a big parts washer. All my shit goes in at once, except whites.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 11:03 PM (S41Gd)

118 What the fuck yall doing to make your clothes so dirty?
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:01 PM (7xx4i)

Um, working outdoors in the sun, sweating like pigs. And golfing in the sun, sweating like pigs. And stinky towels....

I guess you are much too demure to sweat, eh?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:03 PM (Ez0ut)

119 Made solid progress on two fronts today. Got the first run of conduit with three octagon boxes and lampholders securely attached to the ceiling, with screws going into the ceiling joists. It's not going to fall down. Got LED "high bay" lights in the lampholders, and hooked up a temporary power cord so I could plug it into an outlet. I haz lights! Now that it is dark out, I will go out and see how they perform, absent daylight.

And I got several layers of new fiberglass slapped on the three corners of the dune buggy body that are under repair, and with new hardener, the resin set up just fine. Those corners are now effectively done on the outside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)

120 I sweat but not 1:45 worth, haha.
I dunno the clothes comes out nice and clean and smell good.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:05 PM (7xx4i)

121 What the fuck yall doing to make your clothes so dirty?
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:01 PM (7xx4i)

Come on. You have your assistant's assistant do your laundry.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 14, 2026 11:05 PM (qx7Zg)

122

Husband does his laundry and I do mine.

He must do something right, he doesn't smell, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 11:05 PM (/QHx4)

123 I knew I was in trouble when the then 3 yo used the newborns diaper boxes to make a box fort. Then drew ghostbusters crossouts on all the baby faces and asked me how to write No Babies Allowed. Poor little brother has never had a chance.

Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026 11:06 PM (dgvvF)

124 I throw all my shit together, whites, colors, jeans, shirts, you name it.
Then a “quick wash” which is 22 minutes. Not sure anyone needs a 1:45 of washing which is what the normal cycle is. What the fuck yall doing to make your clothes so dirty?
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:01 PM (7xx4i)

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Ahhhh. College. I miss those days.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 11:06 PM (2WIwB)

125 tcn - my clearance is suspended pending completion of adjudication, so sadly about 99% of IT jobs for Uncle Sam and his merry band of contractors are blocked from me. If they decide Monday that I'm good to go, I'll be back at work the next day. But they seem to have no urgency....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:06 PM (aJQbY)

126 got up to 78 degrees here today
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It got down to 78 degrees here last night.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2026 11:07 PM (VCgbV)

127 My mother was the only italian woman in the family who didn't use a wooden spoon. My aunts on the other hand were wooden spoon trained assassins. Mom used stainless, wood was for pikers. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Down South, the kids are sent out to cut their own switch

Posted by: Multidisciplinary Miklos at August 14, 2026 11:11 PM (XOG/m)

128 I guess you are much too demure to sweat, eh?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:03 PM (Ez0ut)
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She doesn't sweat she gets dewy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:11 PM (JvZF+)

129
I have been served and have eaten squirrel head stew.

Most rednecks are fine people

Not all

Or maybe they was just funnin'
Posted by: Miklos was unwilling to be impolite, and has eaten worse at August 14, 2026 10:37 PM

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Prions? There was talk.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 11:12 PM (VWtfl)

130 I still do the wash just the way my wife used to do it. I miss her, but look forward to seeing her in Heaven.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 11:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

131 Miklos, ah, but there's a difference between 'can do the work and will do so happily' vs 'has paid experience doing this overly precise combination of things using this overly precise set of software that we don't actually use half of it anymore but we're using to weed out applicants'

I get the impression a lot of companies would rather hire someone less qualified but already local than even interview someone they'd have to wait through relocation even if I'm a perfect match for what they think they want.

I'm going to take something to help me sleep and try to let myself sleep in/go back to bed tomorrow morning. A full eight or even ten will help my mood.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:13 PM (aJQbY)

132 When I worked in child welfare the rule on physical discipline was no objects, one swat only, on the bottom only.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:14 PM (JvZF+)

133 Down South, the kids are sent out to cut their own switch
Posted by: Multidisciplinary Miklos at August 14, 2026 11:11 PM (XOG/m)

That'ns to small. Go cut me anothern.

Posted by: Southern mother at August 14, 2026 11:14 PM (dgvvF)

134 61 Bitey children are not a gift, they are violent children.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 10:29 PM (88C+u)

I was a biter and I think I turned out ok. My mom said she once bit me back- softly... and I never bit again. I don't think a 3-4 year old who bites is a "violent" child.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 11:15 PM (MqSCt)

135 FUN FACT

At most 25 % of European homes have clothes dryers

So THERE, Gaia h8r Americans

Posted by: Miklos lived it, did not love it at August 14, 2026 11:16 PM (XOG/m)

136 132 When I worked in child welfare the rule on physical discipline was no objects, one swat only, on the bottom only.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:14 PM (JvZF+)

Utterly ridiculous. If hitting equates with child abuse, then one swat is still hitting. Some children do not respond to other forms of punishment.

My parents' generation did not consider discipline to be abuse.

That said, my mom held me down while my dad beat me black and blue once. I think he was angry enough to cause permanent damage and I'm not at all certain why he stopped. I guess since I refused to yell or cry, he finally gave up.

I doubt either one of them ever regretted doing that. I guess that certainly counts as abuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:20 PM (Ez0ut)

137 Well, I went out to the shop, which was pretty dark inside, despite it being bright twilight outside. Flipped on the lights. Wow! The contrast between the hoist bay, which has the new lights, and the rest of the building, now lit by 3 8-foot "high-output" fluorescent fixtures, is stunning. The new white roofing tin on the top 6 feet of the walls certainly helps, too, reflecting light down and around.

Made all the trouble worthwhile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:21 PM (1z8ji)

138 119 Made solid progress on two fronts today. Got the first run of conduit with three octagon boxes and lampholders securely attached to the ceiling, with screws going into the ceiling joists
TLDR bben there done that

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 11:21 PM (wxsGM)

139 That'ns to small. Go cut me anothern.
Posted by: Southern mother

Somebody was raised right

Posted by: Miklos knows it was from love (though not at the time) at August 14, 2026 11:22 PM (XOG/m)

140 Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care.

- Shakespeare

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

141 133 Down South, the kids are sent out to cut their own switch
Posted by: Multidisciplinary Miklos at August 14, 2026 11:11 PM (XOG/m)

That'ns to small. Go cut me anothern.
Posted by: Southern mother at August 14, 2026 11:14 PM (dgvvF
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Yes. I did this one time when our father caught us up in a neighbor's tree. He'd told us she complained and to stop. I remember him in his car below us telling us to go home. Went home that summer day and got a switch.

He left a welt on my calf and his own mother told him she wanted to switch him when she saw it. He never did that again.

The problem with me and spankings was that I'd laugh when I saw him sitting on the closed toilet as the bathroom was the spanking room. I had to fake cry while my brother wailed enough for both of us. Daddy knew and would ask me if I'd had enough (he'd crack his belt near but not hit us). Yais.

Spankings were thankfully rare as I remember them. Once because (age 5) I lied that I'd eaten all my fried oysters that I hated. They watched me stuff my mouth and go spit in the toilet. Then asked if I was ready for dessert and I was. I got spanked due to lying and never had to eat oysters again. Worth it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 11:24 PM (hzuYO)

142 I second the USAJOBs suggestion. Believe it or not, the Census is hiring. I've worked two of them and the jobs are awesome, ahem, 'gov't work' in terms of pay and flexibility

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 14, 2026 11:25 PM (GWpKn)

143 Made all the trouble worthwhile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Come to me, fiery little mouse.

No one will bother you here

We shall be alone, together

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at August 14, 2026 11:25 PM (XOG/m)

144 Made all the trouble worthwhile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:21 PM (1z8ji)
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Meant to tell you I loved how you tried to kill the mouse the other day and set things on fire. Sounded fun!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 11:25 PM (hzuYO)

145 Whew, that's a lot of scrolling... I think I deserve a medal or a meal... whew~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2026 11:28 PM (diia5)

146 I got my blood tests back today, It was absolutely boring except my HDL is too low.
I am certain the MD will never prescribe me extra bacon to bring it up to normal. Even if I tell him I have access to Bacon, USP.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 11:29 PM (rbvCR)

147
The Dog Days (damned Sirius) were really showing out here today. Dew Point hit 81F again. But we got a nice rain. I'm not just 0.23" behind normal for the calendar year.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

148 For sale: cat. Cost: free. Has amazingly obsessive internet fans, the kind you would not trust with matches. Will ruin life but that's thinking small. Comes with TWO cat trees.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)

149 Prions? There was talk.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Still is

Posted by: Yet Undiagnosed Miklos at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (XOG/m)

150 FUN FACT
At most 25 % of European homes have clothes dryers
So THERE, Gaia h8r Americans
Posted by: Miklos

Wait, so they line-dried their clothes? Water vapor is a far stronger greenhouse gas than CO2; it absorbs far more infrared frequencies, and does so better because it's a polar molecule. Line-drying clothes is horrible for the environment!

Posted by: mikeski can't find his sarcasm tags at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)

151 Meant to tell you I loved how you tried to kill the mouse the other day and set things on fire. Sounded fun!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 11:25 PM (hzuYO)

No sign of the mouse today. The bait bars have not been touched. Mouse is probably slowly mummifying is some dark recess of the toolbox behind the drawers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:31 PM (1z8ji)

152

Only two cat trees??? Maybe buying a third one will be the charm.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 11:32 PM (/QHx4)

153 For sale: cat. Cost: free. Has amazingly obsessive internet fans, the kind you would not trust with matches. Will ruin life but that's thinking small. Comes with TWO cat trees.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)

You could try Pete Hegseth. I hear his family has cats.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 14, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)

154 The cake is a LIE!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 10:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

I made plum kuchen today. My wife says it is "like what you get from the store's bakery" which I will take as a win, in spite of the store being an IGA.

It needs some work. It is tasty though.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 11:33 PM (rbvCR)

155 Rest rooms

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
I love it!

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 11:33 PM (kU0PQ)

156 That giggle

Stand UPwind, dude!

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 11:34 PM (kU0PQ)

157 My father spanked me a few times around age 5-7 or so. It wasn't that bad. What really sucked was dad feeling like one of his kids, whom he worked so hard to provide for, and who were so bright and capable, could let him down. And it wasn't an act.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 14, 2026 11:34 PM (DZ9Lv)

158 Okay, my project is going along nicely. Soon. I'm very satisfied with this.

My friends' cat Snowflake is already in my bedroom on her chair. I'm going to carry Ralphy up, get a good night's sleep and get back to this tomorrow.

Yay! Ralphy lived another week!!

He can still jump in and out of the house. It's just internal flights of stairs. And he wants to be with me ALL the time.

Good night everyone. Have a happy weekend.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 11:35 PM (Sco7b)

159 It may be spelled Türkiye now, but we still pronounce it like the bird.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

160 Utterly ridiculous. If hitting equates with child abuse, then one swat is still hitting. Some children do not respond to other forms of punishment.

My parents' generation did not consider discipline to be abuse.

That said, my mom held me down while my dad beat me black and blue once. I think he was angry enough to cause permanent damage and I'm not at all certain why he stopped. I guess since I refused to yell or cry, he finally gave up.

I doubt either one of them ever regretted doing that. I guess that certainly counts as abuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:20 PM (Ez0ut)

My parents had no fucks to give when it came to whacking us, BUT, because of that they didn't need to do it often because we knew they meant business. My mother's approach was pretty direct. I can still hear her "we're going into that woman's house, and if you touch anything I'll break your fucking fingers". Her other biggie was threatening to drop us off in the ghetto, and with my grandparents all being from east orange, which was pretty close to Newark, we knew exactly what that meant. The upside was any time we were out people would compliment my mother on her "well behaved children".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

161 Line-drying clothes is horrible for the environment!
Posted by: mikeski can't find his sarcasm tags

In apartments, it means an indoor drying rack, and socks on the back of the sofa.

Minimal "oh, sorry" because everybody has the same.

Posted by: Miklos, mere MURICAN Magyar at August 14, 2026 11:37 PM (XOG/m)

162 Wait, so they line-dried their clothes? Water vapor is a far stronger greenhouse gas than CO2; it absorbs far more infrared frequencies, and does so better because it's a polar molecule. Line-drying clothes is horrible for the environment!
Posted by: mikeski can't find his sarcasm tags at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)

Yes, the dreaded dihydrogen monoxide is the greenhouse gas. Do you know that people allow dihydrogen monoxide to lie about the countryside in great pools that people die in every year? Please sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide now!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 11:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

163 157 My father spanked me a few times around age 5-7 or so. It wasn't that bad. What really sucked was dad feeling like one of his kids, whom he worked so hard to provide for, and who were so bright and capable, could let him down. And it wasn't an act.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 14, 2026 11:34 PM (DZ9Lv)

That sounds like the correct type of discipline.

I, unfortunately, inconvenienced my parents after they ignored me all morning. I asked permission, but they never acknowledged me. So I did it anyway, and they ended up beating hell out of me.

Not the same thing, at all.

I learned to never be noticed for anything after that. I became the invisible kid. It wasn't particularly healthy, but it kept them from beating me, so I guess it worked. I also assumed that what they did was a perfectly normal response to my bad behavior. It wasn't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:39 PM (Ez0ut)

164 Today was the first mostly smokeless day I've seen in several weeks. It was nice to see Bogus and the hills.

It's oppressive. Reminds me of Fort Collins in 2020ish, and 2012.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 14, 2026 11:39 PM (0aYVJ)

165 The M32A1 actually is likely a "destructive device" and covered by the NFA. I know you can get some grenade launchers, but you can't get any useful rounds for them unless you're military (sometimes law enforcement - like smoke and tear gas). Having one with a 6-round cylinder is likely not within bounds.

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 11:39 PM (kU0PQ)

166
People were literally drowning in the DHMO in France during this big heat wave! Dying from inhalation of it, due to the heat it causes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)

167 The upside was any time we were out people would compliment my mother on her "well behaved children".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

Oh, yeah, we knew how to toe the line in public. Would never risk getting noticed for anything other than being quiet and minding our manners.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:40 PM (Ez0ut)

168 166
People were literally drowning in the DHMO in France during this big heat wave! Dying from inhalation of it, due to the heat it causes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)

I guess we should switch to using dehydrated water. For the planet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 11:41 PM (Ez0ut)

169 I got my blood tests back today, It was absolutely boring except my HDL is too low.
I am certain the MD will never prescribe me extra bacon to bring it up to normal. Even if I tell him I have access to Bacon, USP.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 11:29 PM (rbvCR)

I lowered my sugar by eating bacon and eggs almost every morning. My sugar is in the low 90's most of the day. My HDL is low too, low 30's. I'm curious where it will be by the next blood test. My LDL was 71, but I'm on a low dose statin, so if I'm going to have to take that shit it isn't getting a free ride, I'll make it work for it's money. I'll do my few slices of bacon and the cardiologist can kiss my ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 11:42 PM (S41Gd)

170 >>>but you can't get any useful rounds for them unless you're military (sometimes law enforcement - like smoke and tear gas). Having one with a 6-round cylinder is likely not within bounds.

Posted by: GWB
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Always wanted one of those old timey one's that looked like a sawed off shotgun.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 11:42 PM (xHEjv)

171 It may be spelled Türkiye now, but we still pronounce it like the bird.
Posted by: Kindltot

Fair is fair

Posted by: M íősiye at August 14, 2026 11:43 PM (XOG/m)

172 My theory on laundry is one & done, all the clothes go at the same time. It'll take my wife 2 days for hers . I ain't got time for that.
Posted by: Bob at August 14, 2026 10:45 PM (hWhmF)

Sort it by weight and color. Put the lightest fabric in first, so it goes in the dryer first, and dries by the time the next load is ready to go to the dryer. Heavy fabric goes last because it takes the longest to dry.
Never dry the red or indigo clothes with the whites unless you intend everthing to eventually turn pinkish grey.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 11:43 PM (rbvCR)

173 >>>but I'm on a low dose statin, so if I'm going to have to take that shit it isn't getting a free ride, I'll make it work for it's money. I'll do my few slices of bacon and the cardiologist can kiss my ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Amen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 11:44 PM (xHEjv)

174 Please sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide now!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Whoa. That shit sounds almost as bad as oxidane.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)

175 Record El Ninyo growing in the Pacific. If it turns into El Hombre, the California central valley could flood like it did in 1862 when Sacramento was underwater. When S.F. gets heavy rains, various areas become ponds.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 14, 2026 11:45 PM (DZ9Lv)

176 It may be spelled Türkiye now, but we still pronounce it like the bird.
Posted by: Kindltot

I thought it was supposed to be Tour-Key-Yay now. In Sveedish Chef accent, bork bork bork.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 11:45 PM (VHUov)

177
There will be a close conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury early this morning right before sunrise. It will be hard to see, but if you've got a flat horizon to the east and the weather cooperates you might catch it. They sky will be pretty bright, but Jupiter will probably be visible. Mercury will be close by, about 1 Moon's width apart.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

178 HDL should be high. LDL and trigs low. My HDL and LDL are high, trigs very low.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 14, 2026 11:46 PM (DZ9Lv)

179 The Great Dihydrogen Monoxide Shortage of 2026-

I used to live at lake Velence in Hungary, a large but shallow lake. Now largely dried out (as has happened in the past few hundred years).

Gotta figure the fishing is pretty good

Posted by: Hungary and Romania also shut their Nuke plants because Experts at August 14, 2026 11:48 PM (XOG/m)

180 I can sell you dehydrated water in gallon jugs. To reconstitute just add one gallon of water. That’ll be $12.99 per jug, not including sales tax.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

181 TCN, put your washing machine out back and run it off the hose bib, or with the garden hose if you want it further back from the house. IIRC you are outside of town so no one really cares if you put biosafe soap into the lawn or the driveway.
You can line dry the clothes if the weather is dry enough, and save more money.

Five bucks a load is too much, wash them and drag them down to tumble dry.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 11:48 PM (rbvCR)

182 162 Wait, so they line-dried their clothes? Water vapor is a far stronger greenhouse gas than CO2; it absorbs far more infrared frequencies, and does so better because it's a polar molecule. Line-drying clothes is horrible for the environment!
Posted by: mikeski can't find his sarcasm tags at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)

Yes, the dreaded dihydrogen monoxide is the greenhouse gas. Do you know that people allow dihydrogen monoxide to lie about the countryside in great pools that people die in every year? Please sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide now!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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It's the sub-surface volcanic activity in the Pacific (ring of fire) that's heating the ocean and causing the atmospheric water vapor which in turn is raising the overall temperature.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WaV2x8GXj0

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 11:49 PM (xHEjv)

183
Seriously, there was a big surge in drowning deaths in France because of the heat wave. Lots of people jumping in various rivers, lakes, etc, and some of them weren't the best swimmers in the world.

Lack of A/C is the actual root cause.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)

184

After weeks of voting and regional food rivalries, Hellmann’s has crowned America’s favorite sandwich.

Ten thousand sandwich fans were polled: In the end, Pennsylvania’s Philly cheesesteak emerged on top.

Kansas’s Burnt End sandwich was a close second.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

185 When S.F. gets heavy rains, various areas become ponds.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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Another reason it's good to live at the hilltop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 11:52 PM (xHEjv)

186 The Oxidane Foundation is trying to normalize the use of dihydrogen monoxide by giving it a people friendly name. Don’t forget, dihydrogen monoxide has killed, and continues to kill people in all three of its phases: solid, liquid, and gas! Ban dihydrogen monoxide today!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 11:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

187 Ten thousand sandwich fans were polled: In the end, Pennsylvania’s Philly cheesesteak emerged on top.

Kansas’s Burnt End sandwich was a close second.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

A sample size of ten thousand? I'm sure it was within the margin of error.

Posted by: mikeski spends too much time here at August 14, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)

188 181 TCN, put your washing machine out back and run it off the hose bib, or with the garden hose if you want it further back from the house
...

In the country, washing machine and kitchen sink exit water watered the trees out back of the house. Ran 2" pvc, just fine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 11:54 PM (xHEjv)

189
176 It may be spelled Türkiye now, but we still pronounce it like the bird.
Posted by: Kindltot

I thought it was supposed to be Tour-Key-Yay now. In Sveedish Chef accent, bork bork bork.
Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 11:45 PM

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I agree, Cenk Uygur is a fat loudmouth retard.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 11:55 PM (VWtfl)

190 I only remember one spanking from Old Papa.

He said something along the lines of "This will hurt me more than it will hurt you".

And I said fine, give me the belt then

Posted by: Miklos probably deserved it at August 14, 2026 11:55 PM (XOG/m)

191 Hi, All!

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

192 A sample size of ten thousand? I'm sure it was within the margin of error.
Posted by: mikeski spends too much time

It was 10,000 sandwiches but only one guy

Posted by: Chris Christie at August 14, 2026 11:57 PM (XOG/m)

193 Hi, Bulg!

Posted by: All at August 14, 2026 11:57 PM (XOG/m)

194 Five bucks a load is too much, wash them and drag them down to tumble dry.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Washeterias used to charge for time, now they charge by the pound, pftt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 11:58 PM (xHEjv)

195 Who puts Hellman’s on a Philly cheese steak?

https://tableandspoon.com/
does-mayo-belong-on-a-cheesesteak/

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 11:59 PM (ZVgZ4)

196 189
176 It may be spelled Türkiye now, but we still pronounce it like the bird.
Posted by: Kindltot

I thought it was supposed to be Tour-Key-Yay now. In Sveedish Chef accent, bork bork bork.
Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 11:45 PM
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I agree, Cenk Uygur is a fat loudmouth retard.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Any way you pronounce it just say KMA afterwards.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:00 AM (xHEjv)

197 Lack of A/C is the actual root cause.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

*checks notes from Lavoisier that may have helped*

Posted by: LeMikleuse at August 15, 2026 12:00 AM (XOG/m)

198 195 Who puts Hellman’s on a Philly cheese steak?
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Ranch dressing is mandatory, isn't it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 12:00 AM (o5Cl5)

199 Eff that Türkiye nonsense. Erdogan can piss off.

Oh, and Turks, it’s “Constantinople.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2026 12:00 AM (77rzZ)

200
No mayo on a cheesesteak.

There should be a law.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 12:01 AM (/QHx4)

201 Berserker, the thing is that LDL and HDL are indirect evidence of cardiac risk, the direct evidence is a cardiac artery calcium scan, which is a CAT scan of the heart.
For some reason my cardiologist is not interested in ordering one in spite of him having fitted me with a stent already. I may order one myself.

There are some interesting new studies on what causes and may help artery plaque. One thing to look up is Nattokinase supplements.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:01 AM (rbvCR)

202 Washeterias used to charge for time, now they charge by the pound, pftt.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent

Big Washeteria had Uncle Palp "sanitized"

Posted by: Miklos with Washing Soda and Borax, according to the Master at August 15, 2026 12:02 AM (XOG/m)

203 After weeks of voting and regional food rivalries, Hellmann’s has crowned America’s favorite sandwich.
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Were it made with Duke's, it might be worthwhile.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)

204
Some people like burnt ends.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 12:03 AM (/QHx4)

205 One thing to look up is Nattokinase supplements.
Posted by: Kindltot

From native warriors

Posted by: Natty Bumppo at August 15, 2026 12:04 AM (XOG/m)

206 Can't imagine ordering a stent without a CT.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:05 AM (xHEjv)

207 Record El Ninyo growing in the Pacific. If it turns into El Hombre, the California central valley could flood like it did in 1862 when Sacramento was underwater. When S.F. gets heavy rains, various areas become ponds.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 14, 2026 11:45 PM (DZ9Lv)

Oregon flooded the same year, and it wiped out a number of major cities on the Willamette, like Old Town Independence and Champoeg. Part of that was because of the extremely deep snows in the Cascades, followed by a heavy Chinook that dropped heavy rains and melted the snowpack. One more disaster we don't need here.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:05 AM (rbvCR)

208 Some people like burnt ends.

Posted by: four seasons

Some people just want to see the ends burn

Posted by: But like batman would ever listen to loyal retainer Miklos at August 15, 2026 12:06 AM (XOG/m)

209 Can't imagine ordering a stent without a CT.

Posted by: Braenyard

Amazon does telemedicine AND next day delivery

Posted by: Miklos may be compensated for this comment at August 15, 2026 12:07 AM (XOG/m)

210 206 Can't imagine ordering a stent without a CT.

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Like ordering a burger without fries

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 15, 2026 12:07 AM (o5Cl5)

211 I thought it was supposed to be Tour-Key-Yay now. In Sveedish Chef accent, bork bork bork.
Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 11:45 PM (VHUov)

This is an American accent I have, not a Turkish one. I don't speak a language with infixes either.

Also, I think we should just declare it "Byzantium" again, and screw that whole Turkiyiyiyi nonsense.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:08 AM (rbvCR)

212 Were it made with Duke's, it might be worthwhile.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Or Blue Plate

Posted by: Miklos remembers the rotating sign in New Orleans at August 15, 2026 12:09 AM (XOG/m)

213 203 Duke’s = mayonnaise

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2026 12:09 AM (77rzZ)

214 Are there any morons in Hawaii?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
......

They are probably out shooting looters.

Posted by: wth at August 15, 2026 12:10 AM (oq9dX)

215 >> that's heating the ocean

See abyssal heating. The ECDO guys (which I do not subscribe to, but they're on to something) say this is way to much heat build up down there to possibly come from the surface heating processes, and it has to be coming from inside the Erf.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)

216 From native warriors
Posted by: Natty Bumppo at August 15, 2026 12:04 AM (XOG/m)

Nope. Fermented soybeans

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:11 AM (rbvCR)

217 Constantinople, not Istanbul, ain't nobody's business but the...hey, wait a minute, there...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 15, 2026 12:13 AM (067On)

218 One of the suggestions I heard about improving the morale in the Navy is to bring back prize money awards for all those tankers we're capturing.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)

219 When S.F. gets heavy rains, various areas become ponds.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
.......

Polio Ponds

Posted by: wth at August 15, 2026 12:14 AM (oq9dX)

220 Nope. Fermented soybeans
Posted by: Kindltot

Maybe

I just don't get to use weird names from James Fenimore Cooper much

Posted by: Miklos has the eccentric hobby of introducing Mohicans at random and inappropriate moments at August 15, 2026 12:16 AM (XOG/m)

221 Nattokinase cures *everything* (depending on the website you read).

"it has to be coming from inside the Erf."

Blue Oyster Cult has a song about that.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 15, 2026 12:18 AM (DZ9Lv)

222 I just don't get to use weird names from James Fenimore Cooper much
Posted by: Miklos has the eccentric hobby of introducing Mohicans at random and inappropriate moments at August 15, 2026 12:16 AM (XOG/m)

If you think that is hard, try finding a use for names from Karl May!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:20 AM (rbvCR)

223 Publius -The other night we stumbled into a discussion re Topography. This evening, I had reason to look into some poetry. I've known about this guy's poetry for years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Hein_(scientist)
, but only tonight discovered the Superegg:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superegg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:20 AM (XeU6L)

224 Also, I think we should just declare it "Byzantium" again, and screw that whole Turkiyiyiyi nonsense.
Posted by: Kindltot

But KEEEV!

Posted by: CNN, reporting from Kudder at August 15, 2026 12:20 AM (XOG/m)

225 @TonyClimate
12h
In 1912 the @nytimes correctly blamed the sinking of the Titanic on the heatwaves of 1910 and 1911, which caused a large amount of icebergs to drift into the North Atlantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:21 AM (xHEjv)

226 Best to not read websites, it is probably better to read papers from PubMed, and multi-trial studies from PubMed and Nature.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:22 AM (rbvCR)

227 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 14, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)

Hey, I see your new video is up.

I'm reminded of the end of the Evil Dead TV series for some reason.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 15, 2026 12:22 AM (vSvIl)

228 If you think that is hard, try finding a use for names from Karl May!
Posted by: Kindltot

I liked the stories here about He-Who-Has-Sun-In-His-Hair

Would like more

Posted by: Miklos, reporting from right damn here, not Bu-da-Peshhht at August 15, 2026 12:23 AM (XOG/m)

229 So…Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2026 12:24 AM (77rzZ)

230 224 Also, I think we should just declare it "Byzantium" again, and screw that whole Turkiyiyiyi nonsense.
Posted by: Kindltot

But KEEEV!
_-_
When your endonyms become exonyms the synonyms become antonyms...wait, what?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 15, 2026 12:24 AM (4RTqI)

231 >> but only tonight discovered the Superegg:

Fascinating. Squircles. Squigonometry. That is something I was not all familiar with.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 12:25 AM (w6EFb)

232 I liked the stories here about He-Who-Has-Sun-In-His-Hair

Would like more
Posted by: Miklos, reporting from right damn here, not Bu-da-Peshhht at August 15, 2026 12:23 AM (XOG/m)

The one puzzler was the one book Karl May wrote that had neither Arabs, Kurds or Indians in it. Das Kapital was a completely off-brand book

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2026 12:25 AM (rbvCR)

233
Amazon does telemedicine AND next day delivery

Posted by: Miklos may be compensated for this comment
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Do they send a mirror along with the scalpel and sutures?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:26 AM (xHEjv)

234 >> So…Boobs!

Did you see that Boob Eclipse pic I posted the other day? I thought you'd get a kick out of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

235 201 Berserker, the thing is that LDL and HDL are indirect evidence of cardiac risk, the direct evidence is a cardiac artery calcium scan, which is a CAT scan of the heart.

-
I got a CAC scan a couple years ago, because I have hbp and a weird stress test. But I got a perfect score, no plaque, that plus a "boring" echocardiogram, so the cardiologist told me to begone, and never darken his door again.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 15, 2026 12:28 AM (Ydd86)

236 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 12:29 AM (ibDUx)

237
Dammit, Mike. I was compelled to start looking up geodesics on supereggs. Very, very complex stuff. Regions of the superegg go to zero Gaussian curvature.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 12:29 AM (w6EFb)

238 But KEEEV!
_-_
When your endonyms become exonyms the synonyms become antonyms...wait, what?

Posted by: Don in SoCo
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https://tinyurl.com/4zhsypjz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:30 AM (xHEjv)

239 Fascinating. Squircles. Squigonometry. That is something I was not all familiar with.
Posted by: publius
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Yeah. I read about half way into the Wikie about Squigonometry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squigonometry

and threw in the towel.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2026 12:30 AM (XeU6L)

240
Hiya Debby!

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)

241 Evenin', Hordelings. It's been a busy day - I ran errands, did yard work, exercised, assembled a little electronics project, and cooked dinner. I wasn't supposed to have the day off, but everything got canceled or rescheduled at the last minute so yay for Pablo.

As for the canned squirrel, I've had plenty of freshly harvested and cooked limb rat but I think I'll pass on the Chicken of the Tree.

Posted by: PabloD at August 15, 2026 12:31 AM (Hn9/J)

242
The geodesics on plain ol' ellipsoids (exponent = 2 in that superellipse formalism) are complicated enough.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

243 Hi folks, new video is indeed live as of midnight.

If you're interested, it's here. Warning: 10 minutes long.

https://tinyurl.com/4kmztraf

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 12:32 AM (CHHv1)

244 Probably post the same on the Hobby Thread tomorrow.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 12:33 AM (CHHv1)

245 Well, sleep is overtaking me. Going to call it a night. Be well, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2026 12:37 AM (1z8ji)

246 Happy Friday Horde!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Been drinkin' all by myself here.

Slow crowd for a Friday

Put something on the jukebox and this round is on the House.

I can also reheat this Deluxe Pizza Extra that has been here for about three hours untouched

Posted by: Miklos, guessing peopla forgot about what was agreed last Friday re:pizza at August 15, 2026 12:37 AM (XOG/m)

247 234 No, Publius, I don’t believe I did:

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2026 12:39 AM (77rzZ)

248 CAC-a scans look for crap in your blood vessels.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 15, 2026 12:40 AM (DZ9Lv)

249 If John Kerry had one of those grenade launchers in Vietnam, he would have won two or three dozen Purple Hearts.

Wouldn't recommend it for home defense unless you are really, really good with Spackle.

Posted by: JB1000 at August 15, 2026 12:40 AM (VSPNB)

250 Are there any morons in Hawaii?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Yes.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at August 15, 2026 12:41 AM (zdQuL)

251

Band names-

It would be cool to see the Geodesics open for the Ellipsoids

Posted by: Miklos think, especially if the Younger Dryas shows up as a surprise at August 15, 2026 12:42 AM (XOG/m)

252 Yeah. I read about half way into the Wikie about Squigonometry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squigonometry

and threw in the towel.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I read that as Lenny and Squiggy and gave up too

Posted by: Miklos had a TV once, well, my parents did at August 15, 2026 12:44 AM (XOG/m)

253 band names?

Superelipse would be better as an album name

Posted by: Miklos is thinking at August 15, 2026 12:47 AM (XOG/m)

254 Bulg,

Warning, slightly NSFW silhouette.

https://t.ly/Lvc1k

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)

255 If you're interested, it's here. Warning: 10 minutes long.

https://tinyurl.com/4kmztraf

Posted by: BeckoningChasm
----

To be concluded. ....... - > Whaaat?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:50 AM (xHEjv)

256 Calcium in the carotids but not high enough % for insurance to cover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 12:54 AM (xHEjv)

257 I can't find the Geodesics on the jukebox, Miklos, I would eat some of that pizza right now, I need a cold beer with it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 12:58 AM (ibDUx)

258 Oh

On a not so positive note-

I bet that when Jason Arday's method of self-offing is disclosed it will be a drug overdose.

The many other ways would require too much work, dedication, and decisiveness.

Posted by: Miklos would place a cash money bet at August 15, 2026 12:59 AM (XOG/m)

259 >> It would be cool to see the Geodesics open for the Ellipsoids

Now, do something with "time-like Killing field foliation with hypersurface orthogonality".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)

260 I can't find the Geodesics on the jukebox, Miklos, I would eat some of that pizza right now, I need a cold beer with it.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

One Natty Daddy, ice cold

The old 800 watt microwave takes a couple minutes

Posted by: Miklos tends to duties at August 15, 2026 01:03 AM (XOG/m)

261 Killing fields has always sounded so Pol Pot, although it’s not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 01:04 AM (ZVgZ4)

262 Now, do something with "time-like Killing field foliation with hypersurface orthogonality".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Cover art

Posted by: Miklos needs a Cretive Vacation in a Legal Pot State at August 15, 2026 01:04 AM (XOG/m)

263 Killing fields has always sounded so Pol Pot, although it’s not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

But it has a beat, and you can dance to it

https://tinyurl.com/4mv369km

Posted by: Miklos Biafra at August 15, 2026 01:08 AM (XOG/m)

264 Howdy, late-nighters!

Jalapeno poppers were great & lil bro cooked steaks for us. Mmmm. So full.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

265 "Night AOP.

Hi four seasons. I've been thinking about your neighbor, what a jerk. I get torn between wanting to prank or becoming afraid of doing anything should all of my suspicions about a certain neighbor being psychotic turn out to be true. I won't poke the bear.

BC, I bookmarked your video, but if I commit to those ten minutes right now I may never return tonight.

Mike Hammer and publius, I followed the link on the Superegg, I thought it was the latest women's weapon against toxic men. If you fertilize the superegg you will unleash hell upon earth. Anyway, I started reading at the link and quickly realized that the subject matter was way above my pay grade. I'm retired.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 01:11 AM (ibDUx)

266 Band names-
It would be cool to see the Geodesics open for the Ellipsoids
Posted by: Miklos

Saw them both at the Roundhouse in 2000. Big festival. A Perfect Circle, Marble, Bubblemath..... it was a really well-rounded lineup.

https://youtu.be/kBUd9xs8JaM
https://youtu.be/HpwtLb2d8Kc
https://youtu.be/cDSsfK2Is7w

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 01:16 AM (VHUov)

267 Beckoning Chasm -

Reminds me of the Brautigan poem:

“All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2026 01:16 AM (ZVgZ4)

268 @255 - it was posted with the idea that it could end here. It's all concluded and everyone's "Happy" to use the word. No one has to watch any more of it, there's a conclusion that works.

However. There is more to come. At some point....

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 01:19 AM (CHHv1)

269 Thought it was around 1am

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2026 01:21 AM (Ia/+0)

270

The neighbor is a PITA. We don't answer the doorbell now, lol.

Some people are assholes.

I hope you had a great day.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:21 AM (/QHx4)

271
See Wilhelm Killing. One of the greats.

A Killing horizon is also named after him. A black hole's event horizon is a Killing horizon, but not all Killing horizons are global event horizons.

So, you can have a Killing field all the way to the Killing horizon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 01:21 AM (w6EFb)

272 Heh. DK... I bought Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables because the title was *interesting* LOL.

Listened to the whole album once, then put it away. Still have it. Somewhere.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

273
JQ,

Yum, your dinner sounds great.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:22 AM (/QHx4)

274 It may be concluded but it's not resolved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2026 01:22 AM (xHEjv)

275 I followed the link on the Superegg, I thought it was the latest women's weapon against toxic men.

-------

I remember a girlfriend complaining about how much she spent on panty hose, guys don't understand because they get runs and don't last, money....

So I bought an armload of those packaged in big plastic eggs and presented them.

It had not occurred that she might consider this as a kind of Fertility Rite

Posted by: Misspent Miklosian Youth at August 15, 2026 01:25 AM (XOG/m)

276
I read a murder mystery this week.

Husband killed wife, he and the dogs ate her.

My question, mayo or ranch dressing, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:28 AM (/QHx4)

277 Hi four seasons!

Yeah, it was good. Lil bro did well with "petit sirloin" as neither of us could afford ribeye.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

278 LOL Miklos, you must have bought the right size!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 01:29 AM (ibDUx)

279 I read a murder mystery this week.

Husband killed wife, he and the dogs ate her.

My question, mayo or ranch dressing, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

Hope you are not "researching" a book like that of your own

Posted by: Miklos thinks that could spice up the Book Thread at August 15, 2026 01:31 AM (XOG/m)

280 Hahaha, Miklos! L'Eggs were good product! Kinda pricey, but always quality.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

281
Lol Miklos

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:31 AM (/QHx4)

282 LOL Miklos, you must have bought the right size!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Apparently so

Just never understood why pantyhose were sold in plastic eggs

Posted by: Miklos guesses it was Girl Thing at August 15, 2026 01:33 AM (XOG/m)

283
The daughter hated her mother. She was a doctor and she got the skeleton which she displayed in her office, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:33 AM (/QHx4)

284
A perfect sphere has three Killing vectors (directions). An oblate spheroid has only one. To a first approximation, the Erf is a sphere, to a second, better, on it's an oblate spheroid.

At any rate, East-West is the Killing direction on the globe.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 01:34 AM (w6EFb)

285 @267 I'll have to read that. I have no idea where my influences come from. Thank you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 01:36 AM (CHHv1)

286 Cheers JQ! I am glad that you had fun, steak is probably my favorite dinner. The first date where hubs met my family and stuff, he and I alone went to a nice old restaurant and he ordered a filet mignon butterflied and well done, in our over forty year history he never ordered another steak, ever. When I got home my Mom was asking me all about this very fine gentleman and what I had to eat, I told her that I had a 22 ounce sirloin cooked medium rare with a baked potato and I ate the whole thing. She was horrified and said that it was extremely unbecoming for a woman to ingest such a large amount of food, almost lesbianish.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 01:36 AM (ibDUx)

287 extremely unbecoming for a woman to ingest such a large amount of food, almost lesbianish.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

I myself have been suspicious of girls who eat like rabbits.

For myself-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SHabltUXkU

Posted by: Miklos thiks having certain things in common helps at August 15, 2026 01:41 AM (XOG/m)

288
Back in the day women were supposed to be dainty. You might be hungry but you were dainty, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:42 AM (/QHx4)

289 Hi, Debby!

Whaaa? Filet mignon...well done?!? No wonder he never ordered steak again!

But you have that sweet, funny memory!

I could probably finish a 20oz ribeye plus baked tater... but that's just about my limit, if I'm *really* hungry. LOL

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

290
Geodesics on a sphere are just great circles. If you "walk straight" on a sphere, you come back to where you started, circumnavigating the globe.

However, on a oblate spheroid, that is not the case except for some special cases, such as meridians and east-west exactly on the equator.

For any other direction, if you "go straight", that curve doesn't close. If you were compelled to walk a straight line on the earth in general, you would never get back to where you started. You'd get infinitely close eventually, but never there exactly. And you'd cover just about every point on the surface between two lines of north and south latitude depending on the initial direction.

You'd roam the earth forever, just walking a straight line.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 01:49 AM (w6EFb)

291
Jim Clyburn named his daughter after Filet Mignon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 01:49 AM (w6EFb)

292

Many many years ago hubby and I were at an upscale steak restaurant.

The couple at the next table were obviously on a first date. The guy ordered chateaubriand. The waiter brought it out and dropped it on the floor. We felt so bad for the couple.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:49 AM (/QHx4)

293 Back in the day women were supposed to be dainty. You might be hungry but you were dainty, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

It is known that some of the skinniest guys who say "not hungry, but yeah, I could eat" will out-chow Big Bubba

Posted by: Miklos has seen this at August 15, 2026 01:50 AM (XOG/m)

294 That's the thing, I have never been dainty I think. My Mom always wanted a daughter, I had two older brothers, but somehow I turned out differently than the what she expected. I wore dresses and stuff, but most of my best friends were guys, no romance and complications, but sounding boards for each other, Female drama still drives me absolutely crazy, I just don't want to be a part of that.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 01:53 AM (ibDUx)

295
One of my favorite eating joints around here is named Bubba Annie's.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 01:53 AM (w6EFb)

296
I agree Debby

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 01:53 AM (/QHx4)

297 It's kinda funny reading about how some parents spanked their kids back in the day. Those were different times when it was the thing to do. I got my share. So did my older brothers. But my parents stopped the hitting when we got old enough to reason with. The hitting stopped but my Dad would have this way of talking to us that made us feel about two feet tall. That he expected us to know better and be responsible for what we do. How he and Mom felt we let them down. Really I had rather to be hit than hear how much I disappointed them.But one thing always stayed with me, I knew I was raised right.

Posted by: Case at August 15, 2026 01:54 AM (UKrJG)

298 Mmmm! Chateaubriand... back when hubby & I were dating, and his son was in HS, I prepared a 2.5lb one for the 3 of us for Christmas dinner. So good! No leftovers, because teen boy. LOL.

Pretty sure that's how they both were "won over".

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

299 Jim Clyburn named his daughter after Filet Mignon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Sakkaliner Political Trivia Award AWARDED

More importantly, even with a name like Mignon she got high paying gummint funded jobs (FCC Commissioner and resulting sweet lobby money).

Only a few million dollars worth though

Posted by: Miklos notes that Mignon is also a kind of pastry at August 15, 2026 01:55 AM (XOG/m)

300 One of my favorite eating joints around here is named Bubba Annie's.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I thank you for introducing me to the Eggs Up.

I though it was one local place, but turns out there's more, and they opened one only about 25 minutes away.

I sometimes go and consider it as a "self-care personal time Me Day"

Posted by: Miklos, in touch with his ravenous side at August 15, 2026 02:00 AM (XOG/m)

301 Mom wanted me to be dainty... and it just wasn't going to happen.

Sure, I wore dresses when occasions demanded, but never felt comfortable in them. Skirt/blouse combos were slightly better, but I've always preferred jeans & tees.

I wobble in high heels. 2 inch heel is my max! Wedges are clunky but doable.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

302 I agree Debby

Posted by: four seasons

Of course ya agrees

Miz Debby is Friend, Ok?

Like Moose and Vito gotta explain out back?

Posted by: Miklos Soprano at August 15, 2026 02:05 AM (XOG/m)

303 Out of alcohol so I will say goodnight. Thank you folks for being the best on the planet. See you tomorrow, which is already in progress!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 15, 2026 02:08 AM (CHHv1)

304 I wobble in high heels. 2 inch heel is my max! Wedges are clunky but doable.
Posted by: JQ

I have Questions-

How do girls walk in high heels?

Don't those pointy shoes pinch your toes?

The truth is, cute girls look good in whatever, and sometimes any girl looks nicer just wearing what she likes.

Cowboy boots or 3 inch heels, what works works

Posted by: Miklos used to pay attention more at August 15, 2026 02:10 AM (XOG/m)

305 My concern.........there is a science of cat litter. omgwtf

take a tire, fill it with fresh sand, cat's will come from miles around to take a shit in it

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 15, 2026 02:10 AM (jrgJz)

306 *gets call from the Boss*

Prosecco on the House for the four seasons table

Posted by: Miklos blames it on ennui and anomie at August 15, 2026 02:13 AM (XOG/m)

307

Debby and JQ rock!!!

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:14 AM (/QHx4)

308
Sleep well Beckoning and RTC.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:15 AM (/QHx4)

309 Debby and JQ rock!!!

Posted by: four seasons

Here comes the Line dancing

Posted by: Miklos is no terpsichorean at August 15, 2026 02:17 AM (XOG/m)

310
Never could do the heels and fancy clothes. Mom said I was like a bull in a china store, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:17 AM (/QHx4)

311 >>I have Questions-

How do girls walk in high heels?
----I don't know. If there's a proper way, I was never taught it.

Don't those pointy shoes pinch your toes?
----Yes! But I have wide feet. Maybe others don't have that problem. (Also, the higher heels force toes tightly into the shoe, which can cause painful ingrown toenails. Sheer joy, lemme tell ya!

)

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

312

Cripple yourself to look good. F that

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:20 AM (/QHx4)

313 Four seasons, you rock right along with us!!!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

314
JQ and Debby,

I love our late night chats. Ya'll are real women!

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:22 AM (/QHx4)

315 How do girls walk in high heels?
----I don't know. If there's a proper way, I was never taught it.

One girl told me the trick is not to bend your knees while wearing heels. Like goose-stepping East Germans?

Now that I remember that, I have a reason to observe Melania walking more carefully.

Posted by: Miklos does things for Research Purposes only at August 15, 2026 02:23 AM (XOG/m)

316 I love our late night chats. Ya'll are real women!

Posted by: four seasons

Assertion of facts unproven and unknowable

Posted by: Associate Justice Ketanji Jackson-Browne at August 15, 2026 02:24 AM (XOG/m)

317 Now that I remember that, I have a reason to observe Melania walking more carefully.
Posted by: Miklos does things for Research Purposes only
--------

It's baffling to me, how she can even *stand* on those stilts! I will join you in research, because I'd really like to know how she does it.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

318
Melania is amazing. I always hope she does not trip or fall wearing the heels. The ahole media would never stop critizing her.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:26 AM (/QHx4)

319 If dump and hegseth jumped off the empire state building who would win? The American people. Most of sailors on uss lincoln voted rethugliKKKan. The more they get their rations cut to pay for tax cuts for the rich the more the military worship trump!

Posted by: raimondo at August 15, 2026 02:29 AM (gOdL0)

320 I took one of my daughters to the shoe store and she was an EEE width, the salesman appeared to be aroused and I whisked her right out of there. Discount shoe places offered all of those freak sizes at reduced prices. She sometimes still signs a card with love from my baby elephant.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 02:30 AM (ibDUx)

321 These late woman-chats are very therapeutic for me-- my BFF is an early riser and seems we're on 'opposite sides of the clock' lately. (She doesn't wear foo-foo femmie dresses or high heels either!)

At least we're not discussing how to keep men out of politics or from voting...

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

322 Suspects in theft of house in Romania:

https://tinyurl.com/443yyvap

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2026 02:31 AM (D+CDV)

323
Yep JQ

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:31 AM (/QHx4)

324 I think that "911 call" is somebody's comedy routine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 15, 2026 02:32 AM (C0Nlv)

325
JM,

Is that the one where they even stole the fence?

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:33 AM (/QHx4)

326 Snowflake looked stunned the old guy was that quick so early in the morning.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 10:37

We have the opposite here, 19 yo cat Butterscotch and a 3 yo Gordon Setter, Flash.

I posted here on the ONT just over a week ago the county called and said we had to get the 19 yo, indoor cat for yrs, vaxxed for rabies. We did last Fri. and she has been in a state of decline ever since. Dammit, tried to get out of it, but no exceptions.

Today I had to carry her to the food and water and she barely sipped the water. Flash is not happy with things, he knows something is wrong. I doubt Butterscotch makes it through the night.

Bye good old friend.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 15, 2026 02:33 AM (4Qj8V)

327
Rainman needs to fall in an event horizon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 02:34 AM (w6EFb)

328 Discount shoe places offered all of those freak sizes at reduced prices. She sometimes still signs a card with love from my baby elephant.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Oh, baby elephant is hilarious! And she has my sympathy...

I miss PayLess ShoeSource! Could get decent low-heel (but still very attractive) pumps in any color, in my size, any time, for about $10. Affordable!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

329
Farmer,

So sorry to hear that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:35 AM (/QHx4)

330 Suspects in theft of house in Romania:

https://tinyurl.com/443yyvap
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Romanians?

Gypsies

FUN FACT

There has been a National Center in the US for dealing with Gypsy (Roma) crime in the US since the mid-90s

Posted by: Miklos has Stories at August 15, 2026 02:37 AM (XOG/m)

331

Trolling for rainman is probably how he, um, gets off.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:37 AM (/QHx4)

332 Bye good old friend.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take

So very sorry, Farmer. Butterscotch, what a nice name. Poor baby...

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

333 As earlier mentioned, I know how gypsies steal houses and make money-clever, requires work, but pays well

Posted by: Miklos has more Stories at August 15, 2026 02:38 AM (XOG/m)

334 @327 Why would I want to join you trumpsters already in it?

Posted by: raimondo at August 15, 2026 02:39 AM (gOdL0)

335 Rainmandodo, displaying its ignorance nightly. Meh.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

336 At least we're not discussing how to keep men out of politics or from voting...
Posted by: JQ

Women get girl on girl mean, politics too

Do you think Darleen was gonna vote for that other "Darline"?

Posted by: Miklos wishe Miss Lndsey well in his future endeavors at August 15, 2026 02:43 AM (XOG/m)

337
He thinks he is God. His hash says so.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:43 AM (/QHx4)

338 {{{Farmer}}}. to Butterscotch!

I wish you all sweet dreams Horde, I am destined for slumberland.

four seasons, I think that all of the men and women on this blog rock! Some people are going through crap that we know nothing about, yet they laugh and they listen and they truly do care.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2026 02:44 AM (ibDUx)

339 trump lost the election officialist medicare? the hope you do if the day is presidence to back him up. phony voters sinks dumpster suppression do your less welfare them on. Warren can state cause. They the way found the country. Trump lost crushing else too! H e who were prosecuted for watched of the morons.

Posted by: raimondo on tap at August 15, 2026 02:45 AM (XOG/m)

340
Sleep well Debby

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:46 AM (/QHx4)

341 >>Women get girl on girl mean, politics too
------

True, Miklos. We get mean enough toward each other. No need for men to pile on!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

342 He thinks he is God. His hash says so.

Posted by: four seasons

gOdL0L

Posted by: Miklos has an almighty chuckle at August 15, 2026 02:46 AM (XOG/m)

343 Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

344 Demoncrat soviet socialists will take over the country and shove all rethuglikkans into train cars going to amerikkan auschwitz asap!

All hail izlamotard yooto-pee-a! and burkas for all the fugly AWFLs too. can hardly wait and then all the rich will give their moneys to all the pores, and so nobody then can climb out of their debt. ever. everybody pore, nobody rich.

Perfect!

right, rainman? just what you want.

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

345 Oh, WeirdDave, it's almosr 2am and you made me wildly laugh out loud three times tonight! This is a new record!!

Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2026 02:55 AM (ci5JR)

346 Night, horde. Sleepy here!

Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

347
Sleep well JQ!

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 03:06 AM (/QHx4)

348 People have become more insane everyday. Thank you, social media. Your narcissistic behavior is what we all live for.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 15, 2026 03:07 AM (RhK86)

349 It's baffling to me, how she can even *stand* on those stilts! I will join you in research, because I'd really like to know how she does it.
Posted by: JQ

Gyroscope in her purse. Balances her like a hoverboard.

Posted by: mikeski at August 15, 2026 03:20 AM (VHUov)

350 324 I think that "911 call" is somebody's comedy routine.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 15, 2026 02:32 AM (C0Nlv

----

I agree. But I can believe the guy who got bored.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2026 03:25 AM (AuJxW)

351
There is a video of Melania using a shovel in soft ground at some tree planting ceremony thing wearing those 5" heels.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 03:28 AM (w6EFb)

352
Correction. Her heels are apparently always 120mm.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)

353 325
JM,

Is that the one where they even stole the fence?

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2026 02:33 AM

-----

I don't think so. This is three Romanian teenage girls who are about to be deported for repeated incidents of shoplifting. Who knows what they'll go after when they get back to the old country?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2026 03:31 AM (sKA/4)

354 Bye good old friend.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 15, 2026 02:33 AM

----

Farmer, nineteen years. I am so sorry.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2026 03:35 AM (sKA/4)

355 Correction. Her heels are apparently always 120mm.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

In WWII, 90mm was considered a decent anti-tank weapon

Posted by: Miklos merely observes at August 15, 2026 03:40 AM (XOG/m)

356 The Germans did damage with 88s

Posted by: Miklos merely observes at August 15, 2026 03:44 AM (XOG/m)

357
Assertion of facts unproven and unknowable
Posted by: Associate Justice Ketanji Jackson-Browne at August 15, 2026 02:24 AM

------

Yes, your honor, and your name has come up in the WNBA's effort to determine what is a woman

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2026 03:48 AM (D+CDV)

358 Gyroscope in her purse. Balances her like a hoverboard.
Posted by: mikeski a\\

I need one for Pub Night

Posted by: Miklos the Weeble at August 15, 2026 03:48 AM (XOG/m)

359 And maybe one for the dance floor

Posted by: Miklos hasn't danced since Nixon was president at August 15, 2026 03:53 AM (XOG/m)

360 >> I need one for Pub Night

When you're BAC gets above a certain value, the gyro will gimbal lock and you're fucked.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2026 03:54 AM (w6EFb)

361 Like I was just tellin' Sonny, these here ONT threads were quite the thing, back in the day. Popular, had to bring in a Tech something to restrain the comments.

Sonny just looked at me and said "Three Hunnert an fifty nine"

What am I supposed to tell him?

Posted by: Miklos tries to tell the kids at August 15, 2026 04:00 AM (XOG/m)

362 When you're BAC gets above a certain value, the gyro will gimbal lock and you're fucked.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I got one of those already

*cancels Amazon impulse purchase*

Posted by: Miklos just saved money at August 15, 2026 04:02 AM (XOG/m)

363 Man attends graduation of his daughter from medical school where his he had graduated from 60 years before. "Good News Network":

https://tinyurl.com/yhkdrucw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 15, 2026 04:19 AM (rHgXV)

364 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 15, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

365 298 Mmmm! Chateaubriand... back when hubby & I were dating, and his son was in HS, I prepared a 2.5lb one for the 3 of us for Christmas dinner. So good! No leftovers, because teen boy. LOL.

Pretty sure that's how they both were "won over".
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Cat has a drinking problem.

Dog goes hard off leash.

Neglected sheep had never been sheared. Now she's got a nice haircut.

This horse is pure chaos.

Interesting: wolves and wolf-dogs don't bark. They just puff, like they're annoyed.

This fish.

"Crown shyness" is a term used to describe the aversion trees have for touching other tree-tops. You can observe the same phenomenon in public urinals.

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1 ChristyBlinky has pizza to eat and watch Reacher.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:41 PM (hzuYO)

2 Punk Penguin Cafe

==

VICTORY!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 07:43 PM (g47mK)

3 Yes the earth is round, but it's round inside. RINGWORLD!
[opening theme from Halo here]

Posted by: banana Dream - GO TATERMODE! at August 14, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)

4 Dolphins are good animals. Smart.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 07:44 PM (g47mK)

5 Reacher Season 4 is based on Gone Tomorrow. Suicide in a subway train.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 07:44 PM (vrgy6)

6 The Christian Vieler photos are brilliant. The guy has a cartoonist's eye.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 07:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

7
That top photo is the current eruption on Mauna Loa, correct?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 07:45 PM (GkBlw)

8 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Punk Penguin Cafe
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Uh, oh...Certain Morons around here are going to be very unhappy with this...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:47 PM (FZ29D)

10 OK, who gave that penguin a Red Bull?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 14, 2026 07:49 PM (nHXB4)

11
In before the riff-raff!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 07:50 PM (O0L8i)

12 Shy crowns vid looks like green brain cells gently colliding in a slow-mo mosh pit. Dendritic.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 07:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

13 riff-raff reporting in.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:52 PM (skcH5)

14 Sadly thought it was Friday but have to work tomorrow, hopefully not all day

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

15 I keep getting dehydrated.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (vrgy6)

16 Dendritic.
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 07:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

Literally!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (Ot/FD)

17 Pride celebrations shutting down Charlotte this weekend since apparently pride is proud every month in this town fyi

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (enNUy)

18 10 OK, who gave that penguin a Red Bull?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 14, 2026 07:49 PM (nHXB4)

Jews?

Posted by: 88C+u is just askin queschinz at August 14, 2026 07:54 PM (88C+u)

19 Pride celebrations shutting down Charlotte this weekend since apparently pride is proud every month in this town fyi
Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (enNUy)

At least it's not the Sloth Parade.

Those take forever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:55 PM (Ot/FD)

20 Local McD's is offering a dragonfruit Red Bull.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:55 PM (skcH5)

21 "Crown shyness" is a term used to describe the aversion trees have for touching other tree-tops.

"I'm not touching you!"

"I'm not touching you!"

"I'm not touching you, either!"

Posted by: crown-shy trees at August 14, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

22 Leaf me alone!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:57 PM (Ot/FD)

23 19 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 07:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

24
Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Assumption, a Holy Day of Obligation. But because it's on a Saturday, the obligation is transferred to Sunday. But I figured I may as well just go anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 07:57 PM (O0L8i)

25 But I figured I may as well just go anyway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 07:57 PM (O0L8i)

Probably a safe assumption.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:58 PM (Ot/FD)

26
"I'm not touching you!"

"I'm not touching you!"

"I'm not touching you, either!"
Posted by: crown-shy trees at August 14, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

__________

"Don't make me stop this migration!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 07:58 PM (O0L8i)

27 Well Charlotte has so little to be proud of I guess they will take anything

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 07:59 PM (UKrJG)

28 It makes sense that wolves would not bark, but dogs do. Completely different jobs.

Wolves pack hunters. It makes sense that stealth and not barking like an idiot would be a good idea.

Dog, protector. I always said, when Ajax heard something outside he'd bark and I'd hear 'Boss, Boss, BOSS- THERES SOMEONE OUT THERE!' Then he'd look at me and I'd shake my head and he'd dismiss it.

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29 14 Sadly thought it was Friday but have to work tomorrow, hopefully not all day
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 07:52

I have to work in the morning, too. Front desk, though, I am not teaching.

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31 OK, who gave that penguin a Red Bull?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 14, 2026 07:49 PM (nHXB4)

Jews?
Posted by: 88C+u is just askin queschinz at August 14, 2026 07:54 PM (88C+u)

Please tell me it was Ben Shapiro.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 08:00 PM (zZu0s)

32 27 Well Charlotte has so little to be proud of I guess they will take anything
Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 07:59 PM (UKrJG)

It's named after a cool spider

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 08:00 PM (88C+u)

33
A lot of the eclipse pictures are being published now, and "eclipse at sunset" search will show some of these, such as this, from Prague:

https://t.ly/d0NQw

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:01 PM (w6EFb)

34 I remember big breated woman and the seal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 08:01 PM (Cqx++)

35 Lol. That actual reminds me. I watched the Ben Shapiro stream on election night 2016. He had on Andrew Klavan, Bill Whittle, etc.

Shapiro stopped to do an ad read on some cookies or something. One of them asked Ben 'Are they kosher?' And Ben said 'They are NOT kosher.' Klavan (who converted), who was downing one said 'Mmmm, I'm so glad I love Jesus.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

36 Like penguins don't have enough problems being mainstreamed.

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 08:03 PM (LHPAg)

37 Try a living with livestock. No days off and no regular hours.

Wouldn't trade it for the world.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:03 PM (skcH5)

38 Pride celebrations shutting down Charlotte this weekend since apparently pride is proud every month in this town fyi
Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (enNUy)

At least it's not the Sloth Parade.

Those take forever.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:55 PM (Ot/FD)

Charlotte needs to start a Running of the Bulls, right behind that Pride parade. Could they get enough Buffalo bulls by tomorrow? Feral boars?

It would certainly keep the parade moving.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 14, 2026 08:04 PM (qx7Zg)

39 34 And I’ll bet that the seal remembers the big-breasted woman.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:04 PM (77rzZ)

40
Here's another beautiful eclipse shot from photographer Liron Gertsman. This is over a church somewhere in Spain:

https://t.ly/GkYE4

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)

41 Watched Waking Ned Devine for a widow friend. It is a very pleasing movie.

After that we had some of her coleslaw and backed beans to go with my garlic pork loin.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)

42 After that we had some of her coleslaw and backed beans to go with my garlic pork loin.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)

*watches pitch sail lazily toward the plate*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)

43 Punk Penguin Cafe
----
Uh, oh...Certain Morons around here are going to be very unhappy with this...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:47 PM

Oh, you have no idea, Señor! We were hoping for penguin-free week to catch up on our work. Not to mention we are significantly over-budget on Febreeze and antiseptics!

Penguin mierda es muy malo!

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at August 14, 2026 08:06 PM (BO2Dq)

44 WooHoo! Punk Penguin is a hit with all well-adjusted Morons. Ace even threw a bone to the deranged Bat-fanciers early in the week, building tension until Punk Penguin Friday! Love it!

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board. at August 14, 2026 08:07 PM (JM9I6)

45 NaCly, dinner date !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:08 PM (skcH5)

46 Sigh. Baked beans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:08 PM (u82oZ)

47 Adam's Rib.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vrgy6)

48 White clam chowder and boudin for supper.

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 08:09 PM (LHPAg)

49 Do not excite or encourage the penguin. Just back away from the penguin.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 14, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

50 Eromero, please send me an update about Mrs. E.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:10 PM (skcH5)

51 I didn't know Rhinos could do that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 08:11 PM (vrgy6)

52 riff-raff reporting in.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:52 PM

I wouldn't call the head of the AoSHQ Yak Appreciation Society riff-raff.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

53 48 White clam chowder and boudin for supper.
Posted by: Eromero

Sophisticated Chowderheads prefer Manhattan-style 2-1!

Posted by: Better Red Than Dead at August 14, 2026 08:12 PM (JM9I6)

54 11
In before the riff-raff!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
======
What about the peasants? How do they fit into this scheme of yours?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)

55 Nap time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vrgy6)

56 Sigh. Baked beans.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Gas on the date?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 08:14 PM (wOO3z)

57 The peasants are revolting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vrgy6)

58 I didn't know Rhinos could do that.
Posted by: Boss Moss

They cut off the last 5 seconds of the video where the rhino flipped the camera truck.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 08:15 PM (VHUov)

59 And I certainly won't severely insult riff-raff by comparing them to promiscuous and polymorphically-perverse penguins!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

60 {{{Ben Had}}}

Less social isolation is good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:15 PM (u82oZ)

61 I'd rather hang with the low-brows than the high-brows anytime.

Posted by: Unibrow Johnson at August 14, 2026 08:15 PM (JM9I6)

62 I don't think I've ever had Manhattan or New Orleans style (are they the same thing?) Need ti try them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

63
I just heard this afternoon on the Rich Zeoli podcast that AOC is back on the daring market, boy-os!

Riley Roberts riley did not measure up!

P.S., her face looks heavier than/ puffier in recent photos. Her date with the abuela look is fast approaching!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:17 PM (ixS3i)

64
Jeez. Dating market

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:17 PM (ixS3i)

65 P.S., her face looks heavier than/ puffier in recent photos. Her date with the abuela look is fast approaching!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:17 PM

That could be a result of ovulation-inducing drugs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

66 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

You were right the first time.

"I dare you to date her."
" No way, man. I have standards. "

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:19 PM (u82oZ)

67 Evenin’, All. Feh. In a bad mood tonight.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:20 PM (77rzZ)

68 I'd rather hang with the low-brows than the high-brows anytime.
Posted by: Unibrow Johnson

Anyone ever offer you a Hïghenbräu?

Didn't think so.

Q.E.D.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 08:20 PM (VHUov)

69
Punk penguin
That funky penguin
Punk penquin metkin
That jerkin' merkin

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ixS3i)

70 68 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 08:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

71 LOL, that Jack Russell!

terriers rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 14, 2026 08:21 PM (VyBeY)

72 Had to go out and do things. From Luigi Admits:

12 I would think that the dead CEO's family has money. Money that can pay people in the joint to do things.
Things that will make that Mangina fella leave the prison in a body bag.
Posted by: What Ya Gonna Do? at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (/2Ls3)

Brian Thompson was an Iowa native and humble University of Iowa grad, living in Minnesota near UnitedHealth's Minnetonka HQ. As far as I can tell, he was just a regular, stand-up, salt-of-the-Earth guy -- the kind who was already busy enough with work and family, and helped charities anyway.

When he was killed, I wanted to find out more about him, trying to make sense of it. (There was none.) I remember reading how he had been involved in Second Harvest, or whatever their local gleaning thing was called. Solid choice, when I volunteer it's with either a local hospital or a food bank, and he was already working with the former professionally. Everyone needs to eat. What a guy!

All that to say, a guy like that is going to build the kind of peaceful, sheltered family that would never in a million years take the kind of vengeance he deserves. More's the pity.

Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 08:22 PM (L3Npt)

73 At least it's not the Sloth Parade.

Those take forever.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:55 PM

Just wait til Snail Pride! Bonus: we leave biological slime everywhere along the aprade route, but then again, so do teh gheys.

Posted by: Rainbow Snails at August 14, 2026 08:22 PM (YSQQv)

74
"I dare you to date her."
" No way, man. I have standards. "
Posted by: NaCly Dog

"They may be low, but I do have them."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:22 PM (ixS3i)

75 There is a small town around here that celebrates the Potato every year. It's a big thing, marching bands, picnic, banners. Draws quite a few people.

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 08:23 PM (UKrJG)

76
There is a small town around here that celebrates the Potato every year. It's a big thing, marching bands, picnic, banners. Draws quite a few people.
Posted by: Case

It is said that it is an event suited for all eyes.

Fo they crown a Potato Queen and King Spud?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:26 PM (ixS3i)

77 Speaking of snails, I read a story about an Australian teen who ate a slug on a dare from his mates. He got rat lungworm disease from the slug, as one does, and ended up in a wheelchair with a Swiss cheese brain. Died eight years later.

Posted by: JuJuBee at August 14, 2026 08:26 PM (YSQQv)

78
Well, time to unpack and put away things. Later...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ixS3i)

79 More's the pity.
Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 08:22 PM (L3Npt)

The thing is, commies are retarded, vicious and stupid. Luigi probably just saw 'Healthcare ceo' who did not travel with security and thought he'd be an easy mark. This was not Terminal List. He did not have a personal beef with the guy- just his class. He'll, the fact that he was a decent, family man may have been why he marked him out.

And the commies rolled out to support him because they think the same way.

As with Islam, this is fairly simple arithmetic. You know what they want to do.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

80 77 Yuck.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:28 PM (77rzZ)

81 From previous thread:

Seriously any of you know Latin, what would be a word for "soy boy", or "effeminate beta"?

In koine Greek, the Apostle Paul used the Greek slang term for "effeminate" (catcher) 'malakos' which, like many words depends on the context, and when used outside of faggotry means 'soft". As arsenekoites is reserved for homosexual male and immediately follows 'malakos' in 1 Corinthians 6:9 as catcher/pitcher.

Saint Jerome translated it as "neque molles neque mascolorum concubitores"

So he kept "soft".

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 08:30 PM (a4flb)

82 He got rat lungworm disease from the slug, as one does, and ended up in a wheelchair with a Swiss cheese brain. Died eight years later.
Posted by: JuJuBee

Moral: Don't do that.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 08:30 PM (88C+u)

83

Okra Texas. Population 20 last time I checked.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 08:30 PM (/QHx4)

84 Speaking of snails, I read a story about an Australian teen who ate a slug on a dare from his mates. He got rat lungworm disease from the slug, as one does, and ended up in a wheelchair with a Swiss cheese brain. Died eight years later.
Posted by: JuJuBee

Everything is Australia wants to kill you.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 08:30 PM (wOO3z)

85 Aetius451AD

Where is that masked superhero Vengeance?

A zeroed sniper rifle would be right handy to introduce some people to civilized standards enforcement.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:30 PM (u82oZ)

86 celebrations shutting down Charlotte this weekend since apparently pride is proud every month in this town"

What, exactly, are they proud of again?

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 08:31 PM (XuXeR)

87 Oh dear, DEI Professor Arday found dead. Rather foreseeable, sadly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 14, 2026 08:31 PM (kpS4V)

88 In a bad mood tonight.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:20 PM

Let my cannons lift your spirits!

( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
(.) (.)

Posted by: Nancy "Perky Emeritus" Pelosi (D-CA) at August 14, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)

89 We actually paid him to do that.

Posted by: Southern Penguin Law Center at August 14, 2026 08:33 PM (YcOeP)

90 What, exactly, are they proud of again?
Posted by: man

Mostly Envy and Lust.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 08:34 PM (VHUov)

91 "Crown shyness" is a term used to describe the aversion trees have for touching other tree-tops. You can observe the same phenomenon in public urinals.

This is not a problem in Man Country.

- Barrack Obama

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 14, 2026 08:34 PM (akXzg)

92 Arday offs himself. Shame makes a comeback.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:35 PM (skcH5)

93 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Drugs to forget how stupid he was?

Rubbed out by University of Cambridge Security Section for embarrassing the University?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:35 PM (u82oZ)

94 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

* snaps fingers *

Death by Bunga Bunga.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:37 PM (u82oZ)

95
And the diamond ring effect with a low eclipsed sun somewhere in Spain:

https://t.ly/3ke0a

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:37 PM (w6EFb)

96
Arday offs himself. Shame makes a comeback.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:35 PM (skcH5)

__________

Still, it's sad. He could have just spent the rest of his life as a layabout. It's England, after all. No shame to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 08:38 PM (O0L8i)

97 Speaking of snails, I read a story about an Australian teen who ate a slug on a dare from his mates. He got rat lungworm disease from the slug, as one does, and ended up in a wheelchair with a Swiss cheese brain. Died eight years later.
Posted by: JuJuBee at August 14, 2026 08:26 PM (YSQQv)
----
It's Australia.

EVERYTHING is trying to kill you.

Including the slugs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 08:39 PM (FZ29D)

98 Uh, oh...Certain Morons around here are going to be very unhappy with this...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:47 PM

Any Moron with a functioning olfactory sensor system will be very unhappy.

Speaking of which, they're finding that a decrease or cessation of the sense of smell can be a significant indicator of dementia onset, possibly leading it by as much as 5 to 10 years.

Posted by: Nancy at August 14, 2026 08:39 PM (0sNs1)

99 Array’s faking his death, I betcha. It’ll be in his next autobiography.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

100 Arday may be lying about being dead. Somebody double-check.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 14, 2026 08:40 PM (kpS4V)

101 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I know about the solar cycles, and monitor the NOAA data monthly. It appears that total energy over several cycles has been lower. The peaks are not as high.

Is there a long-term slow decline in total output of the sun?

And please giver Her Grace a kiss on the hand from me. The rest is up to you two lovebirds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:40 PM (u82oZ)

102 Hadrian , your Faith is beautiful. I will never be in a state of Grace.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:40 PM (skcH5)

103
It was... (*looks about furtively*)... MI5.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 08:41 PM (O0L8i)

104 *Arday’s*

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

105 Chance Arday cheched himself out

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 08:41 PM (Ia/+0)

106 Arday may be lying about being dead. Somebody double-check.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

copycat suicide > copycat murder

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 08:42 PM (VHUov)

107 Walnut trees have a chemical - Juglans I think it’s called, that inhibits other plants from sprouting or growing nearby. If you’ve handled green walnuts in their covering, you know the distinctive odor. This is one reason you don’t want to plant a garden directly near Walnut trees or vice versa.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 08:42 PM (uKe7i)

108
I will never be in a state of Grace.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:40 PM (skcH5)

__________

There's a zillion roads.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 08:42 PM (O0L8i)

109 911.

"Make sure the victim is dead."

*Bang, bang, bang. *
* Wheel gun opened, new rounds put in. *

Friend : "OK, he is most sincerely dead. Now what?"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:43 PM (u82oZ)

110 To read Arday, he'll be back after three days

Posted by: check the english channel if it parts when he does it at August 14, 2026 08:43 PM (88C+u)

111 *Arday’s*
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

We have the meats!

Posted by: Ving Raymes Gotsta Get Paid at August 14, 2026 08:45 PM (0aYVJ)

112
I wonder if there was more dirt about Arday that was going to come out.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 08:45 PM (/QHx4)

113 Dolphin to Dog:
Why don't you come into the water? It'll be fun! I 'll just rape you a little bit, I promise.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 14, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S)

114 Crazy Code Pink "woman" who vandalized WWII Memorial busts a move.

https://tinyurl.com/5a2nvf9f

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 08:46 PM (ndZc7)

115 That stargazer fish has Marty Feldman eyes.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 14, 2026 08:47 PM (SjAWL)

116 I’d bet any amount of money at least one town in Idaho has (or had) a Spud parade. I like those large mutant looking solid Bakers the grocer sometimes has. They don’t sell those babies by the sack, no sir.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 08:47 PM (uKe7i)

117 I dunno, four seasons, they didn't need to hold it over his head after he resigned.
But a lot of his students were understandably miffed that they worked so hard to get into Cambridge and they ended up being tutored by a 'tard. You want to get to Cambridge so you can work with people like Isaac Newton.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 08:48 PM (88C+u)

118 >> s there a long-term slow decline in total output of the sun?

It's pretty much unpredictable long term, although there are some interesting short and long term periodic terms there.

Now, over the very long term, the sun's luminosity increases at at 10% per billion years. That will boil the Erf well before it reaches the red giant phase.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

119 Common Tater

Juglone.
A two ring compound. One ring is aromatic and a phenol, the other is also six-membered, with two ketones in the para position and a double bond between them. It is sometimes also used as a brown dye.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:49 PM (u82oZ)

120 ZOD IIMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 08:49 PM (UfDpa)

121 Islamophobia!

WOW! CNN is stunned that Michigan voters HATE Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed, Trump-endorsed Mike Rogers is LEADING

"He's the first [Michigan] Democrat down this much this CENTURY."

"He is a weak candidate...look how far underwater he is! -13 points!"

"This is EXTREMELY unusual! I couldn't find an example where the Republican leads among Independents!"

"This is all about Abdul El Sayed being a weak candidate."

It's not over until it's over! Surge to the polls and ELECT MIKE ROGERS.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 08:50 PM (ndZc7)

122 Any student that chose to take what Arday was teaching had no clue who Newton was.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:51 PM (skcH5)

123 Now, over the very long term, the sun's luminosity increases at at 10% per billion years. That will boil the Erf well before it reaches the red giant phase.
Posted by: publius

So we've got a billion years or so to put up some really big Venetian blinds?

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 08:51 PM (VHUov)

124
Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 08:51 PM (/QHx4)

125 Restocking my prophet tokens here. El-Jihadi is going to get beaten like a rented mule.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:53 PM (skcH5)

126 Michigan's kuffar and mushrikoon don't like what they're seeing in Hamtranck backyards.
More of a worry is NC. Cooper (D) is running on LAWN ORDER. This is allowing him to disassociate himself from the DSA #wokeys.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 08:53 PM (88C+u)

127 Any student that chose to take what Arday was teaching had no clue who Newton was.
Posted by: Ben Had

He made a fig bars.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 08:54 PM (vnlVL)

128
*Arday’s*

He had the meats.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 08:54 PM (Cqx++)

129 Now, over the very long term, the sun's luminosity increases at at 10% per billion years. That will boil the Erf well before it reaches the red giant phase.
Posted by: publius

It's an inconvenient truth.

Posted by: Al Gore at August 14, 2026 08:54 PM (YcOeP)

130 Have a great night, everyone.

May you and yours thrive under good air conditioning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (u82oZ)

131 ZOD, How are ya!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (skcH5)

132 Walnut trees have a chemical - Juglans I think it’s called, that inhibits other plants from sprouting or growing nearby. If you’ve handled green walnuts in their covering, you know the distinctive odor. This is one reason you don’t want to plant a garden directly near Walnut trees or vice versa.
Posted by: Common Tater

Always thought that smell was similar to "Juicy Fruit" gum.

And yes, there are few plants that thrive beneath the walnut tree. Unfortunately, most are considered weeds. LOL.

Brown dye... no kidding! Messy, stains just about anything.

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

133

It is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (/QHx4)

134
Here's a graph of solar luminosity since about 1600 (where they get that from way back, I don't know):

https://t.ly/OCyoN

Note that little flat-line from about 1650 to 1700+. That's the famous Maunder Minimum.

Incidentally, there was a little rotation speed up of the Erf that preceded that. It's considered "fringe" to consider any link between the two, but some "wackos" think there is some link, some magnetic coupling between the earth's geodynamo and the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (w6EFb)

135 >> So we've got a billion years or so to put up some really big Venetian blinds?

Another billion is about the limit for complex life. Mammals may have shorter than that. After a billion, some simple life may persist for a while, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:57 PM (w6EFb)

136 Brown dye... no kidding! Messy, stains just about anything.
Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

I picked up walnuts for Mom at 10 cents a can, and I went to school in the Fall with brown fingers.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

137 It is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.

Posted by: four seasons

You're seeing the beginnings now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 08:59 PM (vnlVL)

138 >>"Crown shyness" is a term used to describe the aversion trees have for touching other tree-tops. You can observe the same phenomenon in public urinals.

No means no.

Posted by: Treebeard at August 14, 2026 08:59 PM (Q+gd/)

139 Juglone, that’s it. Juglans is the Latin name for the Genus.

I’ve a question for your chemistry knowledge. A woodcrafter was demonstrating that a flint & steel can get even a wet char cloth to take a spark, and get a fire going. Before matches, this was a common way to get a fire going for a long, long time. But I would have thought char cloth (burnt cotton material, charred in a tin in the absence of air) would need to be bone dry. Apparently, this is due to the fact that Carbon cannot absorb water.

Does this sound right? Pretty cool in any case.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 08:59 PM (uKe7i)

140 It is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.
Posted by: four seasons

youtu.be/YC8vxXC0UMc

Tryin' to make this my personal anthem for *the current timeline*

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 09:00 PM (rdVOm)

141 Incidentally, there was a little rotation speed up of the Erf that preceded that. It's considered "fringe" to consider any link between the two, but some "wackos" think there is some link, some magnetic coupling between the earth's geodynamo and the sun.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (w6EFb)

There almost would have to be, since the sun is the largest magnetic source, and the Earth would be deeply affected by it. Is this from the Electric Universe theory? The one that discusses links between the Solar magnetic field and claimed hysteresis of the Earth's leading to changes in global temperature?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 09:01 PM (rbvCR)

142 magnetic, magentic, whatever.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)

143 It is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.
——-

“Other things” - such as Military readiness. SAC (or whatever they call it these days) How about NORAD? Nuclear power plant maintenance & safety. Aircraft & Aviation. Etc

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:02 PM (uKe7i)

144 138 >>"Crown shyness" is a term used to describe the aversion trees have for touching other tree-tops. You can observe the same phenomenon in public urinals.

No means no.
Posted by: Treebeard at August 14, 2026 08:59 PM (Q+gd/)

Packwood would be a plausible ent name.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 14, 2026 09:02 PM (kpS4V)

145 Wonder if Tom Tiffany is being paid by TX datacenter interests
tinyurl.com/3rdaxkdp
... because he stands a good chance of losing that business for WI. (And of losing WI which is a winnable race for the GOP)

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 09:03 PM (88C+u)

146
It's also a open question whether the Erf will get swallowed up by the Sun when it does get to the red giant phase in another 5 billion years or so.

Mercury and Venus are goners, but Erf might or might not make it. Solar mass loss will let the earth slowly spiral outward. Solar system is so chaotic on these long term time scales that anything could happen, really.

Mars will be quite nice once the Sun's luminosity gets too much for us here. For a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 09:03 PM (w6EFb)

147 Venusian blinds>>Venetian blinds

Posted by: Window Dressing at August 14, 2026 09:03 PM (JM9I6)

148 Packwood would be a plausible ent name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 14, 2026 09:02 PM (kpS4V)

If a tree were bobbed, wouldn't "Pollard" be a more appropriate name?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)

149
Diana is being a wild child. Silly girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:04 PM (O0L8i)

150 It is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.
Posted by: four seasons

https://xkcd.com/451

Posted by: mikeski fakes it 'til he makes it at August 14, 2026 09:06 PM (VHUov)

151 >> There almost would have to be, since the sun is the largest magnetic source, and the Earth would be deeply affected by it. Is this from the Electric Universe theory?

The Electric Universe stuff is mostly just woo, as far as it "dominating gravity" and that sort of stuff.

Now, any torques on the Efr due to magnetic coupling with the Sun's field are vanishingly small, but something else could be going on, don't know what.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 09:06 PM (w6EFb)

152 I have long suspected the elites who send their kids to private elite schools are set up for success, public education is just brainwashing

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 09:07 PM (Ia/+0)

153 132 Walnut trees have a chemical - Juglans I think it’s called, that inhibits other plants from sprouting or growing nearby. If you’ve handled green walnuts in their covering, you know the distinctive odor. This is one reason you don’t want to plant a garden directly near Walnut trees or vice versa.
Posted by: Common Tater

Always thought that smell was similar to "Juicy Fruit" gum.

And yes, there are few plants that thrive beneath the walnut tree. Unfortunately, most are considered weeds. LOL.

Brown dye... no kidding! Messy, stains just about anything.
Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

Heh. They're talking about "nuts". Handling, smells, and stains. Are you guys even listening to yourselves?

And, wow, Ol' Robbo dials in at random on a Friday evening and gets a ZOD sighting!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2026 09:07 PM (SgdqL)

154
It is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.
——-

“Other things” - such as Military readiness. SAC (or whatever they call it these days) How about NORAD? Nuclear power plant maintenance & safety. Aircraft & Aviation. Etc
Posted by: Common Tater

Is that what happened to all the Kangz of ancient Africa?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 09:08 PM (Cqx++)

155 Common Tater

It's the spark that is unaffected by water.

I think there is a special technique needed to get wet char cloth to ignite. The spark is 800℉ hot, but little total energy, so water can douse the spark if you do not get close to the cloth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 09:08 PM (u82oZ)

156
is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.
Posted by: four seasons

__________

It's because Republicans hate education and starve schools from funding.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:08 PM (O0L8i)

157
The not-so-woo ideas about a coupling between the Sun's magnetic field and the earth's own geodynamo would be some small effect, not any direct torque, but something that causes a perturbation to the geodynamo mechanism, which changes the core-mantle coupling and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 09:10 PM (w6EFb)

158
I have long suspected the elites who send their kids to private elite schools are set up for success, public education is just brainwashing
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 09:07 PM (Ia/+0)

__________

"It has been discovered that with a dull urban population, all formed under a mechanical system of State education, a suggestion or command, however senseless and unreasoned, will be obeyed if it be sufficiently repeated." - Hilaire Belloc

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:11 PM (O0L8i)

159 >>Heh. They're talking about "nuts". Handling, smells, and stains. Are you guys even listening to yourselves?
-------

Heh. I'm not a guy, so....

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 09:11 PM (rdVOm)

160 Better get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)

161 Now, time to go.

Have a great night.

In the peacetime military, training and education, with OJT and tech schools, is a very large part of your time spent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (u82oZ)

162 Packwood would be a plausible ent name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 14, 2026 09:02 PM (kpS4V)

"Hrmm, hom! Well, when the Entwives have been gone this long, some things seem, er, less hasty than others."

- Treebeard

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (SgdqL)

163 Right, OK. Yeah, I know how to make a bow drill, have made fire this way, but I’d rather not. I keep about 4 different ways to get a fire going available, plus a handful of Bic lighters. I rarely need a fire but..

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (uKe7i)

164 Nuts!

Posted by: General Anthony Clement McAuliffe at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (Q+gd/)

165 156
is scary to think how the lowered education standards are going to have an affect in medicine, engineering and other things.
Posted by: four seasons
---------

Already started. Saw the effect on new doctors about 4-5 years ago. From what I have seen regarding legal opinions, the rot has been going on in law schools for over twenty. Others will have to opine on engineering and science. Computer software though has become awful since about 2000 when big tech started hiring foreigners via H1Bs and that the ones with the most H1Bs and clearing out of Heritage Americans have the crappiest software stuffed with crap no one wants and barely functional.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:14 PM (E4rtv)

166 Unless you're an expert, the military armies of 400BC don't look much different than the military armies of 400AD.

Posted by: polynikes at August 14, 2026 09:15 PM (KC5Lt)

167 164 Nuts!
Posted by: General Anthony Clement McAuliffe at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (Q+gd/)

That's what SHE said!

(Super-serially yous guyz, what's the transition vibe here on the changeover crew between the Evening Cafe and the ONT? I still work, so usually am too tired to see it through.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2026 09:16 PM (SgdqL)

168
We don't do trans here, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:18 PM (/QHx4)

169 158
I have long suspected the elites who send their kids to private elite schools are set up for success, public education is just brainwashing
Posted by: Skip
=======
Jokes on them, their standards are falling too, where do you think the teachers, a job the elite think are below them, come from. They are the lower ranked proles at the Ivys in some cases, public school teachers that got tired of the crap in others.

Ivy league grads are about in the same position that the Ivys were back in the 40's, some brilliant profs and students, but mostly nepots and now foreigners there for networking. The professors there no longer can openly say what a woman is and the ones that know what a woman is are forced to dissemble and pretend they don't. Our top academic institutions are declining just like the regular population's and so to are their kids.

This idea that elites have that they can run away from the mess they have made to boltholes and keep their wealth is truly so egotistically stupid because if Darkness Falls, they get it in the neck too. If nothing else by their own bodyguards because why die for a schmuck when you can take what they have.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

170 Re: declining educational standards--

Younger trainees had more trouble than older ones, when filling out production paperwork. We had to note "efficiency" every hour, on the hour. (beancounters,

wanted this, but we had to calculate it manually back then)

Most of the "kids" couldn't even set up the equation, given:
--the hourly goal (often more than was likely to happen)
--actual production

So I broke it down for them:

Reality/Fantasy = Efficiency

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 09:23 PM (rdVOm)

171 170 Re: declining educational standards--

Younger trainees had more trouble than older ones, when filling out production paperwork. We had to note "efficiency" every hour, on the hour. (beancounters, wanted this, but we had to calculate it manually back then)

Most of the "kids" couldn't even set up the equation, given:
--the hourly goal (often more than was likely to happen)
--actual production

So I broke it down for them:

Reality/Fantasy = Efficiency
Posted by: JQ
=========
They will have AI calculate it, badly because they don't understand the questions you have to ask AI to get decent answers. That is the problem with AI and even calculators, you have to have some background knowledge to even know if the computer/calculator is spitting out junk.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)

172 That is the problem with AI and even calculators, you have to have some background knowledge to even know if the computer/calculator is spitting out junk.
Posted by: whig
--------

Ah, yes...

"the ability to recognize improbable results"

Gone 404!

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 09:29 PM (rdVOm)

173 Arday killed himself
Why
The 11th grade teacher
The Sophomore prof
Fuck you all for killing a confused serial liar
The punishment for murder in most of the world is NOT death.
Hope your life sucks forever

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:31 PM (/+uur)

174 Hey Abduh. What's happening. Yeaaaahhh... *sip* I'm gonna have to ask you to leave tomorrrooow.

@LeadingReport
TPS for Somali migrants is formally terminated by the Trump admin, per DHS.
Aug 15, 2026 · 12:15 AM UTC

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 09:31 PM (88C+u)

175
Math teachers were faking it 50 years ago in my high school, and the college had asians who tried but couldn't speak english

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 09:32 PM (Y8DZL)

176 News I hope you can't use:

India has a real problem with people selling counterfeit cow urine (for drinking...not making this up).

Unscrupulous vendors are collecting real cow urine and adulterating it with urine from other animals.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:33 PM (IG3/x)

177 All the colleges in Cali have 10th grade.
Dedicated classes to get their well chosen group of DEIers into college.
The silly joke is that they are IN college.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:33 PM (/+uur)

178 > "Hrmm, hom! Well, when the Entwives have been gone this long, some things seem, er, less hasty than others."

- Treebeard
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2026 09:12 PM (SgdqL)

Just don't go so fast you kindle a fire there, Fangorn. That would be bad.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:35 PM (IG3/x)

179 Mom taught Jr and high school math, she had a pop quiz she liked to do once a term. It was a multiple choice test with all the answers wrong, and the best answer was the closest to the correct answer. It was timed. She liked it because it judged how the students were understanding math to self monitor what a probably answer was. The students hated it because they always did tests with specific answers, not approximations.

an example is

5x8=

25
48
13
60

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 09:37 PM (rbvCR)

180 I saw all this in about 89 90 with Lotus 123
You cannot uses 123 if you cannot do maths
You have to know the function to then write a formula

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:38 PM (/+uur)

181 >>Unscrupulous vendors are collecting real cow urine and adulterating it with urine from other animals.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:33 PM (IG3/x)

This is not a crime.

Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 09:38 PM (UfDpa)

182 I will never be in a state of Grace.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 08:40 PM (skcH5)

Oh, fer the lova.....

Of course you will be. You can now. Just walk into a church, park your butt in the confessional, and get to it. Easy peasy.

He's aching for you to do so. Just come home.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 09:39 PM (Ez0ut)

183 @LeadingReport
TPS for Somali migrants is formally terminated by the Trump admin, per DHS.
Aug 15, 2026 · 12:15 AM UTC
Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 09:31 PM (88C+u)

Look at me. Look at me! I am the illegal alien now!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 09:39 PM (rbvCR)

184 Unscrupulous vendors are collecting real cow urine and adulterating it with urine from other animals.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:33 PM (IG3/x)

Bastard heretical scum!

Posted by: Patches O'Houlihan at August 14, 2026 09:39 PM (SgdqL)

185 Unscrupulous vendors are collecting real cow urine and adulterating it with urine from other animals.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:33 PM (IG3/x)

Luckily there is exactly no market for this here.

WT actual F?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 09:40 PM (Ez0ut)

186 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 09:39 PM (Ez0ut)

Good hash for that post, I must say.

Posted by: 88C+u actually means it at August 14, 2026 09:41 PM (88C+u)

187
Wondering how much it pays to be a urine catcher, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:41 PM (/QHx4)

188 Seems like a great way to start another Indo/Pak war is to sell mixed camel/cow pp to both sides.

Posted by: nukes away! at August 14, 2026 09:42 PM (88C+u)

189 180 I saw all this in about 89 90 with Lotus 123

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:38 PM (/+uur)

Good ole slash file retrieve. And of course the precursor Wysiwig.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 14, 2026 09:42 PM (SjAWL)

190 HAHAHAHAH!!
Today is a good day!

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
1h
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just intervened to BLOCK Dallas Fort Worth International Airport from placing Islamic foot washing stations in the bathrooms — declaring it "ILLEGAL," considering grant revocation, and referring it to the Trump admin

"DFW plans to install Islamic wudu washing facilities are illegal. I've directed a review of all state grants to both airports for possible revocation, and referred DFW & IAH to USDOT for investigation."
"Texas will not allow illegal religious discrimination at taxpayer-funded facilities."

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 09:42 PM (g47mK)

191 I suppose the Aryan Brothers will insist only on the finest horse piss.
Which you can buy from the nearest Coors brewery

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 09:43 PM (88C+u)

192 Dear Abby: My phone vibrated enough to dance off my meds calendar container into the forest of orange pill containers on the night-stand. Is a girlfriend calling? Should I tell Mrs. Zod? More melatonin? A cosmic sign? Love, Confused in Rural MD.

Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 09:43 PM (UfDpa)

193 I know what y'all were thinking, I know y'all were gonna do to the Derka Derka tubs...oh well...

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 09:44 PM (g47mK)

194 The sea was angry that day, like a guru sending back adulterated cow urine.

Posted by: George at August 14, 2026 09:44 PM (Q+gd/)

195 ZOD, can you believe this BS with the "Islamic wudu washing facilities" ??

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 09:45 PM (g47mK)

196
Are they assigned a certain cow to trail to catch the piss, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)

197
That wudu that you do so well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:45 PM (O0L8i)

198 187
Wondering how much it pays to be a urine catcher, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:41 PM (/QHx4)

Twenty bucks?......

Posted by: Patches O'Houlihan at August 14, 2026 09:46 PM (SgdqL)

199 196 Are they assigned a certain cow to trail to catch the piss, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)

Maybe they tie a very inflatable condom onto a bull?
Not sure who volunteers for that job though. Maybe Kamala

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 09:47 PM (88C+u)

200 >>195 ZOD, can you believe this BS with the "Islamic wudu washing facilities" ?? Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 09:45 PM (g47mK)

At least they clean. I'd see scrupulous cleaning in Iraq.

Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 09:47 PM (UfDpa)

201 195 ZOD, can you believe this BS with the "Islamic wudu washing facilities" ??
Posted by: runner
======
It's done, Abbott pulled the plug on it for DFW as a violation of giving preference to Islam over other religions.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:47 PM (E4rtv)

202 CC

Posted by: clarence at August 14, 2026 09:48 PM (W+slU)

203 Major airport scraps Islamic footwashing station plan as governor takes aim

Cow urine stations still coming online in Oct.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:48 PM (/+uur)

204 whig, @190

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK)

205 Dang, OFF, Patches sock!

This is why I don't try to compete in the later evening threads....

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2026 09:49 PM (SgdqL)

206
Yup, they're blaming us for Arday. Don Lemon just reported about "unrelenting pressure of a right-wing smear campaign" against the man who made history as Cambridge's youngest black professor.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (XJ22o)

207 Imagine hearing, "This cow urine doesn't taste quite right."

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (Q+gd/)

208
Why do they clean their feet so often? I bet they don't clean the hand they use to wipe their asses.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (/QHx4)

209 Been in and out of thread. Did not read up far enough to reach that.

So my apologies.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (E4rtv)

210 Don Lemon just reported about "unrelenting pressure of a right-wing smear campaign" against the man who made history as Cambridge's youngest black professor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (XJ22o)

So did Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 09:51 PM (88C+u)

211 Imagine hearing, "This cow urine doesn't taste quite right."
Posted by: davidt

Nominated for COTW!

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 09:51 PM (rdVOm)

212 Unless you're an expert, the military armies of 400BC don't look much different than the military armies of 400AD.
Posted by: polynikes at August 14, 2026 09:15 PM (KC5Lt)

Well, in this particular case, it would have looked quite different depending on where you are. In the Mediterranean, depending, you have the Phalanx in 400bc. By 400AD, you have the advent of mobile cavalry, as well as proto heavy cavalry further east. If not outright Cataphracts is the far mid east.

And that time period would have jumped right over the Legion (whether in 'Punic' or Marian configuration and usage.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 09:51 PM (zZu0s)

213 The three month Battle of the Hürtgen Forest was one of the bloodier battles in the European theater during WWII. And maybe that ordnance isn't through killing.

"A German village was evacuated in the dead of night on Friday due to a surging wildfire in a forest littered with unexploded ordnance from World War II."

https://tinyurl.com/39tdtyxe

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:51 PM (ndZc7)

214
Blonde,

Of course

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:52 PM (/QHx4)

215 Yup, they're blaming us for Arday. Don Lemon just reported about "unrelenting pressure of a right-wing smear campaign" against the man who made history as Cambridge's youngest black professor.

==

he could have been a hero, decided to a victim, his choice

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 09:52 PM (g47mK)

216 Reality/Fantasy = Efficiency
Posted by: JQ

Reality/Fantasy = Incel

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 09:52 PM (0sNs1)

217 210 Don Lemon just reported about "unrelenting pressure of a right-wing smear campaign" against the man who made history as Cambridge's youngest black professor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (XJ22o)

So did Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Posted by: 88C+u
========
Both lie when their lips move. I think their moral authority is about as same as as a convicted perjurer.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:52 PM (E4rtv)

218 *sip* salty... tangy... woo, slight bouquet of asparagus. farmer Rajiv needs to fence his crop better

Posted by: cow urine sommelier at August 14, 2026 09:53 PM (88C+u)

219 >>208 Why do they clean their feet so often? I bet they don't clean the hand they use to wipe their asses.Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (/QHx4)

Which hand do you wipe with? Which hand do you eat with?

Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 09:53 PM (UfDpa)

220 >>Why do they clean their feet so often?
--------

Right? It's not as if they're back home, barefoot & walking through the dust and dung.

Posted by: JQ at August 14, 2026 09:54 PM (rdVOm)

221 213 The three month Battle of the Hürtgen Forest was one of the bloodier battles in the European theater during WWII. And maybe that ordnance isn't through killing.

"A German village was evacuated in the dead of night on Friday due to a surging wildfire in a forest littered with unexploded ordnance from World War II."

https://tinyurl.com/39tdtyxe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
========
And a black mark against Omar Bradley who ordered Simpson to do it. It was a pointless loss of lives and in part set the stage for Battle of Bulge.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 09:55 PM (E4rtv)

222
Imagine hearing, "This cow urine doesn't taste quite right."
Posted by: davidt

Too much dolphin in it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 09:56 PM (Cqx++)

223
Lol Bertram

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 09:58 PM (/QHx4)

224 “Other things” - such as Military readiness. SAC (or whatever they call it these days) How about NORAD? Nuclear power plant maintenance & safety. Aircraft & Aviation. Etc
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:02 PM (uKe7i)

Military can still give IQ tests (or the equivalent). They don’t let morons run nukes for example (no offense to the Morons).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 09:59 PM (ZVgZ4)

225 Why do they clean their feet so often?

-
Well, they wade through a lot of blood.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:00 PM (ndZc7)

226 Wudu is cleaning ears, eyes, nose, hands and feet prior to prayer. I'm an atheist, so the religious component is irrelevant to me, but the sanitary/customary piece makes sense. The Middle East gets very little rain, so water is a sacrament and a valuable part of their daily ritual.

Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 10:00 PM (UfDpa)

227 210 Don Lemon just reported about "unrelenting pressure of a right-wing smear campaign" against the man who made history as Cambridge's youngest black professor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (XJ22o)

So did Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Posted by: 88C+u

I do appreciate Don Lemon's commitment to achieve the title of 'Dumbest Man on the Internet'. Lots of competition for that title.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2026 10:01 PM (wBh67)

228 SAC (or whatever they call it these days)

STRATCOM.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2026 10:02 PM (wBh67)

229 The number of men that want Trans in basketball now exceeds the number of men that want to coach their daughters soccer team.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:02 PM (/+uur)

230
93 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Drugs to forget how stupid he was?

Rubbed out by University of Cambridge Security Section for embarrassing the University?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:35 PM

-----------

The University embarrassed themselves.

If they made a potted plant a professor, would you blame the plant or the hiring committee?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 10:02 PM (biznJ)

231 Which hand do you wipe with? Which hand do you eat with?
Posted by: ZOD at August 14, 2026 09:53 PM (UfDpa)

There are these Western inventions: toilet paper, sinks with hot and cold running water and soap, and the training to use all this properly.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

232 Just do the Wudu
That You Do
So well

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

233
So did Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Posted by: 88C+u

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A lot of hate-watching coming up, I imagine.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 10:07 PM (XJ22o)

234 227 210 Don Lemon just reported about "unrelenting pressure of a right-wing smear campaign" against the man who made history as Cambridge's youngest black professor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 09:50 PM (XJ22o)

So did Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Posted by: 88C+u

I do appreciate Don Lemon's commitment to achieve the title of 'Dumbest Man on the Internet'. Lots of competition for that title.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2026 10:01 PM (wBh67)

Summers was almost killed for saying there are subjects women do not do well

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

235 Military can still give IQ tests (or the equivalent). They don’t let morons run nukes for example (no offense to the Morons).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 09:59 PM (ZVgZ4)

Jordon Peterson pointed out that the problem was NOT that 10% of the people could not be part of a government service (Army).
The problem was what does society do with those people.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:09 PM (/+uur)

236 ONT live.

Posted by: clarence at August 14, 2026 10:17 PM (W+slU)

237 > You can observe the same phenomenon in public urinals.
pics or it's not real

Posted by: Peet Bootygig at August 14, 2026 10:27 PM (Bw2C8)

238 Quick hash test...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 15, 2026 12:43 AM (iIyc0)

The Week In Woke

Babylon Bee:

Moronic DEI degenerate Don Lemon demands a court dismiss the charges against him for invading a church to scream at the attendees, gaysplaining that Drumpf is just obsessed with him.

Don Lemon wants a federal judge to throw out the criminal charges against him stemming from an anti-ICE demonstration that disrupted a church service in Minnesota, with the former CNN anchor arguing that the prosecution is politically motivated because of President Donald Trump's longstanding dislike of him.
Lemon's attorneys filed a motion seeking dismissal of the federal civil-rights charges, claiming his prosecution violates the First Amendment and is the product of President Trump's alleged "animus" toward the journalist.
"The record could not be more clear that Mr. Lemon has been a persistent target of President Trump's ire before the events in Minnesota," Lemon's attorneys wrote, according to Variety.
The filing further alleges that the Justice Department "acted on the President's animus by filing unprecedented charges against a journalist for doing his job."
That's Lemon's argument. Federal prosecutors have alleged something considerably different: that Lemon's conduct went beyond simply observing and reporting on a demonstration that entered a church while congregants were attempting to worship.
What Happened Inside Cities Church
...
According to the Justice Department, Lemon was charged with conspiracy against the right of religious freedom at a place of worship under 18 U.S.C. � 241 and injuring, intimidating, or interfering with the exercise of religious freedom at a place of worship under 18 U.S.C. � 248.
The latter statute is part of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, which also contains protections for people exercising their religious rights at places of worship.
The DOJ eventually charged dozens of people in connection with the incident.
Lemon has pleaded not guilty.
His defense now hinges heavily on the contention that, regardless of what the demonstrators themselves were doing, he was present solely as an independent journalist covering their actions.

The left has ginned up another George Floyd hoax, this time claiming that violent, knife-armed man attacking cops shouldn't have been shot because he's black.

Yes, that's pretty much their argument. No one would make this preposterous case if cops shot a knife-wielding, out-of-control, violent white man.

The woke DA of Madison, WI is determined to put cops in jail for defending the public and their own lives, and went so far as to make the cop's name public to put his life in danger and subject him to Antifa Justice, the only true justice to the left.

Madison police officer Kiel Baitinger-Peterson survived an encounter with a man armed with a knife. Now his name is public, his family's safety is a concern, and precautions are being taken to protect them.
Welcome to the second ordeal faced by an officer who already survived the first one.
PBS Wisconsin (emphasis mine):

Investigators on Aug. 10 released the name of the Madison police officer who shot and killed a 38-year-old Black man in July -- a shooting that was captured on video and sparked protests that put Wisconsin's capital city on edge over how authorities treat people of color.
Kiel Baitinger-Peterson, a white officer with nearly 11 years' experience in law enforcement, fired the shots that killed Corey Ruiz on July 22, the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation said in a statement. Baitinger-Peterson was one of four officers who surrounded Ruiz, who was on a bike, in response to calls about someone who was checking out parked cars and an alleged burglary attempt, police said.
The shooting sparked days of protests and calls from the Black community for Madison to address racial justice issues.
Baitinger-Peterson did not reply to an email seeking comment.
...
The Wisconsin Department of Justice identified Baitinger-Peterson Monday as the officer who fatally shot 38-year-old Corey Ruiz on July 22. The facts released so far are remarkably clear. Police responded after reports of someone checking parked vehicles and an alleged burglary attempt.
Ruiz fled on a bicycle; four officers later encountered him near South Baldwin and Williamson streets, and a struggle followed.
Ruiz brandished a knife and injured Baitinger-Peterson. Two other officers tried Tasers, which failed.
Baitinger-Peterson fired his weapon; another officer was also injured. Investigators recovered a fixed-blade knife at the scene.
...
Yet long before investigators finished their work, Madison Alder Noah Lieberman publicly called Ruiz's death "absolutely unacceptable" and wrote that he found it difficult to imagine any justification for the officers' actions.
He encouraged people sharing his outrage to join peaceful protests. Police Chief John Patterson hadn't yet been able to answer Lieberman's questions about precisely how quickly events unfolded.
Now the public has Baitinger-Peterson's name.
Wisconsin Professional Police Association Executive Director Jim Palmer says he's deeply concerned about the safety and privacy of Baitinger-Peterson, his family, and the other officers.
Palmer says officials are taking those concerns seriously and have put appropriate precautions in place.
Think about what those words mean.
A cop with nearly 11 years of law enforcement experience leaves home one morning, gets injured by a man wielding a knife, survives, and later learns his wife, children, parents, or whoever else shares his life may need protection because strangers now know exactly whom to hate.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who's been crawling from racial scene to racial scene and represents Ruiz's family, has already called for Baitinger-Peterson to be charged.

There's another attempt to hang a cop for defending himself in Colorado. A black man -- of course; this would not be "murder" if it were a white man -- kept advancing on a cop who repeatedly told him to stop advancing on him. The man also kept shouting to his son to pick up the gun he had tossed on the ground, to shoot the cop, of course.

Ultimately, the cop shot the man who would not stop advancing on him and would not stop urging his son to pick a gun off the ground.

So it's another George Floyd hoax.

Officer Charles Neely repeatedly backs away as Stubblefield advances on him, while Stubblefield can be heard telling his son to retrieve a gun from the ground. Neely keeps retreating until he's being forced toward the street--and only then does he fire.
I've watched the footage. I don't see murder. I see an officer using deadly force in defense of his life.
So how did prosecutors get a murder indictment?

The left is pushing the idea -- they don't dare say this aloud, but this is what they're fighting for -- that black men may veto a cop's arrest. They can simply decide they don't want to be arrested, and violently resist arrest, and the cop is then obligated to Respect the Arrest-Veto of a Black Man and let him go.

Obviously, we cannot allow members of a specific race to decide that they are immune to the law.

But that's what the left is insisting on.

And they also insist we infinitely indulge teen takeovers.

Meanwhile, in between insisting that black people are immune to the law, CNN spends its time pushing hoax stories about black people being lynched by whites.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Polling had El-Sayed up by 12%
He only won the election by 1%
Polling had Hong up by 22%
She lost the election by 1%
Polls are vastly overestimating the left

Legendary unfunnywoman Margaret Cho: "We're in the middle of a trans genocide." Yes and we're sick of children being killed.

In the real world, obviously dangerous head-case perverts like this are infinitely indulged.

Teacher: We are graduating seniors who cannot read or write.

Woke One was craaaazy, man. By the way, did you know that all countries, pastimes, sports, hobbies, cities, states, and people generally are "too white"

West Hardford, CT School board member LaToya Yagaloff says black teachers should get paid more because it�s hard to be black pic.twitter.com/jUibmkoPyd
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 13, 2026

Cambridge isn't sending its best:

The Spectator
@spectator
We can reveal that a former supporter of Hizb ut-Tahrir, now banned as a terror group, has been appointed assistant research professor of education at Cambridge, in the same faculty as Arday.
Farah Ahmed has explicitly attacked 'western education' as a 'threat' to Muslims, condemned democracy and integration, and criticised British schools for teaching pupils that child marriage is wrong.
During her time at Cambridge, she has written that the Islamic concept of education is sharply opposed to 'gaining literacy and numeracy and other disciplinary skills demonstrated through qualifications'.
These statements are part of her long record of bigoted, extremist and separatist views on education.

We can reveal that a former supporter of Hizb ut-Tahrir, now banned as a terror group, has been appointed assistant research professor of education at Cambridge, in the same faculty as Arday.

Farah Ahmed has explicitly attacked 'western education' as a 'threat' to Muslims,� pic.twitter.com/XkZ7vgVyj5
— The Spectator (@spectator) August 11, 2026

🚨Stop what you�re doing and watch this

Teacher at @MetroSchools says the school forced her to FABRICATE GRADES for a student and are SKEWING STATISTICS

Teachers are also BANNED from reporting behavioral issues to protect the district

She says students can�t even read and� pic.twitter.com/Hgz91JtHHY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 13, 2026

tremendous crowd shots from Francesca Hong's election night event - where there was a lot of proximity to whiteness - by @MJSphotog and @journalsentinel https://t.co/6zh9CCfsF5 pic.twitter.com/jpi9CdvIuD
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) August 12, 2026

Woke 1 was craaazy, man.

Democrats when you ask them about any statement they made between 2018 and 2023 pic.twitter.com/CrVsRWFUB2
— Seamus (FreedomToons) (@seamus_coughlin) August 12, 2026

https://t.co/3g1CnevAiS pic.twitter.com/zKK86yyXG2
— Benjamin🍎Boyce (@BenjaminABoyce) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 1

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zMzlR)

2 I nooded

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zMzlR)

3 Honestly, there is no good reason why a mule or donkey couldn't compete in the Kentucky Derby.

Fair is Fair.

Zebras, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 06:43 PM (6ydKt)

4 Cool You have the Margaret Cho story!

Despite this week, Korean women are very hot!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 06:43 PM (Sco7b)

5 The ultimate in racism is this concept on the left that black people are incapable of behaving so we can’t hold them to normal social standards. Its crazy.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 06:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

6 So the Madison PD cop is the capital of Schleswig-Holstein? He’s a canal in northern Germany?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2026 06:46 PM (ue8gJ)

7 Jesus wept, the very subatomic particles that comprise your gross ass fatbody can't even get their shit together enough to form proper atoms and molecules.

No wonder you stuck so bad at being.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Ot/FD)

8 >>>Kentucky Derby Convenes Committee To Determine What Is A Horse

That's really very funny.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 06:46 PM (odBC9)

9 That last video is fuckin funny

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (vE0+H)

10 Fair is Fair.

Zebras, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 06:43 PM (6ydKt)

Like you wouldn't lay a buck or two on a salvadorean midget riding a cheetah....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (Ot/FD)

11 "The record could not be more clear that Mr. Lemon has been a persistent target of President Trump's ire before the events in Minnesota," Lemon's attorneys wrote, according to Variety.

******

Change that from Mr. Lemon to Miss Lemon and suddenly it seems a lot funnier.

Posted by: EFG at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (dMamf)

12 Farah is in desperate need of a good eyebrow wax.

Posted by: Tuna at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

13
The wokescolding is collapsing in real time, even the AWFLS are getting embarrassed by it.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 06:48 PM (Y8DZL)

14 What's a polycule? It can't be good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 06:48 PM (l26NL)

15 "My entire Polycule voted for Fran Hong."

Oh, thank the Good Lord you didn't do a group pic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (6ydKt)

16 What's a polycule? It can't be good.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 06:48 PM (l26NL)

It's like the birds and the bees but there's more of them and they all hate themselves and have acne.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (Ot/FD)

17 I will admit I had to look up what a polycule was..........
What a f'd up world

Posted by: Molly k. at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (j/yko)

18 So Nashville schools are graduating seniors that can’t red and write? Teachers cannot report behavioral issues?

Edutopia will make a video on how great this is, and how wonderful Social Emotional Learning is as a consequence. And prospective teachers will have to watch and learn from it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2026 06:50 PM (ue8gJ)

19 "My entire Polycule voted for Fran Hong."

Oh, thank the Good Lord you didn't do a group pic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (6ydKt)

Oh shit i thought that was a group pic.

That panorama dealy can be deceiving.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:50 PM (Ot/FD)

20 Posted by: Molly k. at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (j/yko

I was just going to ask what it was, but I probably don't want to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 06:51 PM (JrHfD)

21 I was first, then it went away, but when it came back I was still first. Weird.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:51 PM (zMzlR)

22
1 1
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zMzlR)

2 I nooded
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zMzlR)

You done it all.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 06:51 PM (odBC9)

23 What's a polycule? It can't be good.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 06:48 PM (l26NL)
=====

When a fattie loves an uggo loves a weirdo loves a tranny....

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 06:52 PM (JvZF+)

24 Jason Arday dead? Truly sad news.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 14, 2026 06:52 PM (gN+5I)

25 "They're weirdos. They all have sex with each other. "

"Well, that's perverse!"

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at August 14, 2026 06:53 PM (Ot/FD)

26 So Nashville schools are graduating seniors that can’t red and write?

...............

Nothing a learing center can't fix

Posted by: Molly k. at August 14, 2026 06:53 PM (j/yko)

27 Was Woke 1 called The Great Woke before there was Woke 2?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)

28 9 That last video is fuckin funny
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (vE0+H)

I've watched it six times and keep cracking up like a hyena.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 06:54 PM (odBC9)

29 The vid of the generational guy walking into walls is spot on. The last one I lol'ed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 06:55 PM (xCuiu)

30 That doll also says, "Math is hard!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 06:55 PM (JvZF+)

31 I'd be more than happy to join the 'defund the police' thugs if they allowed the rest of us to take care of things ourselves. Including them.

You want anarchy? Let's dance.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 14, 2026 06:55 PM (pE12i)

32
I've given up trying to figure out what all the new words mean.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 06:56 PM (/QHx4)

33 27 Was Woke 1 called The Great Woke before there was Woke 2?
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)

The Woke to End All Wokes.

Which, of course, didn't.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:56 PM (Ot/FD)

34 What's a polycule?
------

80 bucks.....

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:57 PM (vE0+H)

35 >> What's a polycule?

A closed plane figure comprised of straight line segments. They can be regular or irregular.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

36 16 What's a polycule? It can't be good.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 06:48 PM (l26NL)

Polycule
In polyamory, a polycule is a group of individuals involved in romantic relationships that connect all the members in the group. It is neither necessary nor common for every individual of the polycule to be in a relationship with every other individual. The most simple and arguably most common polycule structure is a V-shaped structure: a three-person polycule where one person is dating the two others, but the two others are not dating one another.

Like on Jerry Springer.

You know, it is possible she's the ugly one in the group and the rest are 9's and 10's.

Snowflake's in early. Ralphy fed. I'm going to work on the computer fir several hours.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 06:57 PM (Sco7b)

37 Then have all cops leave these shithole cities and migrate over to red states and cities and let the morons fend for themselves. I don't know why any cop would work in these cities, see MPLS as Exhibit A (Chavin and company).

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:57 PM (Pq68N)

38
>>thoroughbred cheetahs, which drew complaints from jockeys

==============

ROFLMAO

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:57 PM (XJ22o)

39 I think (obviously) it's a wedge issue, or strategy. Focus on the blacks, and it will go mainstream or into the wider population later. The issue is never the issue, the issue is the Revolution. We've seen this same sort of approach on several other societal dysfunction or destabilization, why would this be any different.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:58 PM (AlNse)

40 What's a polycule?
------

80 bucks.....
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:57 PM (vE0+H)

Iianm, it is like a group open marriage. Might be a single fat woman and three or more simps.

Posted by: Hillary! at August 14, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

41 What's a polycule?

==

Type of VD.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 07:00 PM (g47mK)

42 Hopefully we will not have another version of Floyd-a -palooza this summer at there''s been a lot of defunding of NGOs, because it was beyond eye rolling worthy for doctors to say it was ok to riot, but you still had to keep a distance of six feet between people at the supermarket.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 07:00 PM (JrHfD)

43 We've seen this same sort of approach on several other societal dysfunction or destabilization, why would this be any different.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:58 PM (AlNse)

"Woke 1" came straight out of BLM and the newly resurgent CRT nonsense. It was all black, all the time.

Then white people stole it like they steal everything and started adding "-izzle" to everything.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:00 PM (Ot/FD)

44 Polycules always look exactly like how you'd expect.

Posted by: It ain't pretty at August 14, 2026 07:01 PM (TbWk/)

45 the selfie at the end was the chef's kiss.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)

46 West Hardford, CT School board member LaToya Yagaloff says black teachers should get paid more because it's hard to be black

You will be shocked to learn that Mx Yagaloff is black.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:01 PM (ExV1e)

47 Madison Alder Noah Lieberman

Y'know, if the PC bastids hadn't removed "man" from the title "alderman" I wouldn't have had to spend precious brain cells trying to determine where in that collection of words the guy's name began.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

48 As an eyebrow tweezer since I was 15yrs, blessed with eyebrows for a blonde, I have been traumatized twice today by now Farah's eyebrows and Luigi's. I still have eyebrows I brush when I get out of bed. Blessed. hic (on second glass of wine and final one for my Friday).

Glad the Nashville teacher spoke. Good for her and the Houston supervisor. For once!!! MS got it right years ago and kept kids back who could not read or do math. I am sure they went through pure hell.

I failed 9th grade algebra. The only class I failed. My parents would never threaten or make a scene. I failed because I hated x and my teacher, a woman who drank and smoked, only liked the gifted students. My mother called her mid-term with me present. She asked this old bag if a tutor would help. Teacher cackled like a wicked witch and said probably nothing would help me. My Southern mother politely thanked her. Hung up and told me it's ok, don't worry about it, you can take it again. I did and made a B under a different teacher. I was an A&B student in HS and college. I made a B in college algebra (I still hate x). An A in college trig.

I wonder of La Toya's cat ears light up is all I got from her black speech.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:03 PM (hzuYO)

49 Farah is in desperate need of a good eyebrow wax.
Posted by: Tuna at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

Moslems are a dirty, nasty and sexually disordered people.

Personal hygiene and body aesthetics are things that they eschew.

Posted by: Prove me wrong at August 14, 2026 07:03 PM (cFP1B)

50 Get it in your head, they don't want to "defund the police" the way you might think what that means. Not even close. It doesn't mean the police go away.

They do want to hijack law enforcement so they can arrest people like you.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 07:03 PM (AlNse)

51 >What's a polycule? It can't be good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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imagine a pile of disgusting fatbodies, all trying to penetrate each other's various orifices

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 07:04 PM (ZxPkt)

52 Woke One was craaaazy, man.

They say "woke 1" like there was any cessation of or break from woke in the last 20 years.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 07:04 PM (vJrRc)

53
Guessing the polycule is a fallback from the reality that ya don't have game.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 07:04 PM (Y8DZL)

54 It's a bunch of gross people humping each other who are too damn gross and lazy to care about who else is humping. But they can't just be that, no, they need a fucking pat on the back and a cookie for it because millennials invented everything. All those other degenerates humping everything in sight for the last twenty thousand years weren't clever enough to give it a name. So now we're special.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:04 PM (Ot/FD)

55 What's a polycule? It can't be good.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 06:48 PM (l26NL)

It's like the birds and the bees but there's more of them and they all hate themselves and have acne.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (Ot/FD)

What's worse is that she's probably the only 'female' so there are multiple guys who thought "sharing her is the best I can hope for" and didn't immediately change something... anything... about their lives.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:04 PM (ExV1e)

56 Is a polycule binary?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 14, 2026 07:05 PM (ceJ0R)

57 I actually don't think that another season of rioting helps turn out the D ( demented ) base in November. It just makes them look even further nutcases, and I don't really think that even most blacks want police defunded.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 07:05 PM (JrHfD)

58 42 Hopefully we will not have another version of Floyd-a -palooza this summer at there''s been a lot of defunding of NGOs, because it was beyond eye rolling worthy for doctors to say it was ok to riot, but you still had to keep a distance of six feet between people at the supermarket.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 07:00 PM (JrHfD) I will gladly keep six feet from a polcule, maybe even twelve.

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 07:05 PM (LHPAg)

59 Say you get two thoroughbreds, real specimens, a few top shape donkeys who can run if you convince them enough, and two zebras.

I'd watch that and I don't watch horse races.

Two jockeys willing to risk their lives riding the zebras would be the best part.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 07:06 PM (6ydKt)

60 Welp, it looks like X finally decided to quash Xcancel. That sucks.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 07:06 PM (vTZFs)

61 I am not looking up polycule. Not going to happen.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:06 PM (hzuYO)

62 A horse is a horse, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LRPk8x14s

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 07:06 PM (2Xqig)

63 and didn't immediately change something... anything... about their lives.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:04 PM (ExV1e)

At that point the only cure is Russian roulette with a Glock

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:07 PM (Ot/FD)

64 A polycule is a transitioned molecule. Very granular deviance.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar8)

65 49 Farah is in desperate need of a good eyebrow wax.
Posted by: Tuna at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

Moslems are a dirty, nasty and sexually disordered people.

Personal hygiene and body aesthetics are things that they eschew.
Posted by: Prove me wrong at August 14, 2026 07:03 PM (cFP1B)
***********

Oddly they shave (even the men) their privates. The hijackers did this on 9/11 and I hope the goats in hell were fabulous.

I don't know how I know this and am not looking it up or polycube/poly something.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:08 PM (hzuYO)

66 64 A polycule is a transitioned molecule. Very granular deviance.
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar

ALL THEIR ORBITALS ARE DEGENERATE

Posted by: DR BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 14, 2026 07:09 PM (Ot/FD)

67 Get an X account. Hide the app away from your desktop.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:10 PM (Gqar8)

68 Teacher: "We are graduating seniors who cannot read or write."

________________________________

Observer: "We are hiring teachers who cannot teach or behave rationally."

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 07:10 PM (dIske)

69 Welp, it looks like X finally decided to quash Xcancel. That sucks.
Posted by: Oddbob

Still works for me. Checked a link I'd sent someone this morning.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 07:11 PM (i+Wsn)

70 OT:

Chelsea Handler really is fucking stupid.

Posted by: Hillary! at August 14, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)

71
Seriously, I had to look up the etymology of polycule, because it didn't makes sense to me. "Poly-" means many, and "-cule" means small.

The internet says its a combination of "polyamory" + "molecule". That is just stupid.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 07:12 PM (w6EFb)

72 50 Get it in your head, they don't want to "defund the police" the way you might think what that means. Not even close. It doesn't mean the police go away.

They do want to hijack law enforcement so they can arrest people like you.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 07:03 PM (AlNse)
There is iron in the words of Common Tater for all men to see.
-Ten Bears

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 07:12 PM (LHPAg)

73 Chelsea Handler really is fucking stupid.
Posted by: Hillary! at August 14, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)

Sounds right, she'll fuck anything.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:12 PM (Ot/FD)

74 And before I bow out for the evening, here's my feel good story of the day, a simple one about a guy cutting high grass without being asked to so that kids and adults can a safer environment while waiting for the bus.

https://tinyurl.com/z59jtv4r

From "Sunny Skyz" site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 07:12 PM (JrHfD)

75 It’s always eye opening to see the girl in the polycule and think not only did she get 1 guy interested in her, she got multiple and…wow.

Okay. Meaness off.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 07:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

76
The chair is black and Demuth is 1/2 black and hopefully goodbye Somalis:
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Elliott Engen
@elliottengenMN
·
1h
Pretty sure she just did a racism…

@AlphaNews
·
2h
The chair of the Minneapolis Democratic Party says she "refuses" to let Republican Lisa Demuth "be the first Black female governor this country has ever had."
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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
HUGE WIN

Federal Judge Allison Burroughs, who BLOCKED Trump from removing TPS for Somalis, was just forced to REVERSE her stay after a Supreme Court ruling.

Trump can now remove TPS from thousands of Somalis!

Say goodbye to the Quality Learing Centers!

GET THEM ALL OUT.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 07:13 PM (Pq68N)

77 Still works for me. Checked a link I'd sent someone this morning.

Interesting. I get "Tweet not found." No wait, some work, some don't. No idea what's going on.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 07:13 PM (vTZFs)

78 I had some bad news this week that reddit now wants you to register. Over my dead body will I do this!

I am bummed as a lurker. I can no longer get my laughs from the site that mocked Markle.

Or read of the terror of parents of trans.

I am sure the time spent doing this, now ripped from me, won't lead to a more productive life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

79 Oh. Off Hillz sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 07:14 PM (zZu0s)

80
That doll is so close to AOC walking back Woke 1, the next time someone interviews her they ought to bring a customized talking Barbie.

Interviewer: "What would you say about Wokeness?"
AOC: "Hee-hee, yyyyeeeahhh, Woke 1 was cray-zee."
Doll: "I'm just a girl!"
Interviewer: "You mean like that?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 07:14 PM (XJ22o)

81
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who's been crawling from racial scene to racial scene and represents Ruiz's family, has already called for Baitinger-Peterson to be charged.

---------

Crump is there for money. The chances of a large civil judgement go up considerably if the cop is convicted.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 07:14 PM (GkBlw)

82 78 I had some bad news this week that reddit now wants you to register. Over my dead body will I do this!

I am bummed as a lurker. I can no longer get my laughs from the site that mocked Markle.

Or read of the terror of parents of trans.

I am sure the time spent doing this, now ripped from me, won't lead to a more productive life.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

Don’t want to let your reddit flag fly???

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:15 PM (Gqar8)

83 My cuticle voted for somebody else.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 07:15 PM (n5tGW)

84 Interesting. I get "Tweet not found." No wait, some work, some don't. No idea what's going on.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 07:13 PM (vTZFs)

Check for spaces in the url

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 07:15 PM (vE0+H)

85 It’s always eye opening to see the girl in the polycule and think not only did she get 1 guy interested in her, she got multiple and…wow.

Okay. Meaness off.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 07:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

Some guys just get broken by women (or what they perceive as women.) They wash up in places like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)

86 67 Get an X account. Hide the app away from your desktop.
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:10 PM (Gqar

How does one do that?

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 07:16 PM (LHPAg)

87 I'm baffled by the idea that a prosecution can be thrown out because it was filed as a result of "political animus."

If it was a bogus prosecution, then that could be the reason, and evidence of it admissible in the follow-on suit. But I have a LOT of "political animus" toward all sorts of law-breakers. I hate people who groom or prey on kids. I hate terrorists. I hate people who pull the "Don't you know who I am?" gambit (and think they should absolutely be prosecuted).

If you're innocent, fine. But if you're guilty, and the evidence against you isn't poisoned by a direct violation of your civil rights, then I want YOUR A** IN PRISON.

I care that someone might come after you with a bogus prosecution, and I want that person drummed out (and maybe going to prison their own selves). But YOUR guilt is independent of that.

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 07:16 PM (kU0PQ)

88 OK, xcancel links that fail in Brave work in Safari. It's a a conspiracy!

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 07:17 PM (vTZFs)

89 The chair of the Minneapolis Democratic Party says she "refuses" to let Republican Lisa Demuth "be the first Black female governor this country has ever had."
-----

I can see why, she'd make all you Club 85 bitches look really, really bad. Democrats have done so much to fuck this country up it's very difficult to fathom.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 07:17 PM (AlNse)

90 I wish someone had told our president that you can just throw out a bullshit case based on political animus.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:18 PM (Ot/FD)

91 86 67 Get an X account. Hide the app away from your desktop.
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:10 PM (Gqar
How does one do that?
Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 07:16 PM (LHPAg)

Ah. I use apple stuff. I can hide any app in their “ hidden apps” file. Does not show up on desktop but I can access it whenever I want, entering my desktop password.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:18 PM (Gqar8)

92 I think a polycule consists of people who group together because they are not welcome in any other friendships or groups. Because normal people don't want to deal with their constant insanity and stupidity.

Posted by: Gref at August 14, 2026 07:19 PM (5rh/l)

93 Madison Cop Shooting. Execution or mistake?

Execution. Sorry but if you get a dude on the ground your gun ain't supposed to be out period

I am fine if they shot him as he was reaching for a weapon maybe. That is self defense. But to shoot an unarmed man is a crime.

3 shots? That's murder.

That was one of the cruelest executions I've ever witnessed, and all because you hired a FAT ASS who couldn't pass a 10 yr olds boot camp. He was almost at cardiac arrest, so he decided a quick shot to the man's head who was being held down by two or three Cops. Bring that shit to my neighborhood , and you should bring as many body bags as men you send.

What if people started standing up against this kind of government action? The American people are so weak and this is only happening because of how weak they are.

he had a knife. they disarmed him before he was shot. its a homicide.

Three to the head for a fucking knife? I can think of 10 other actions off the top of my head before firing 3 shots to the skull of a man on the ground and I’ve got people helping me and help on the way. ACAB

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 07:19 PM (odVWi)

94 My entire Polycule voted for Fran Hong."

My entire Ridicule is focused on your picture.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 07:19 PM (i+Wsn)

95
12 Farah is in desperate need of a good eyebrow wax.
Posted by: Tuna at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM

------

She has big dark circles around her eyes. Is that makeup? It looks like a pair of black eyes, like she defied her husband twice.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 07:19 PM (GkBlw)

96 Food for thought:

Woke 1 and Woke 2 leverages the same psychological mechanism as "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Enjoy

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 07:20 PM (vE0+H)

97 Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who's been crawling from racial scene to racial scene and represents Ruiz's family, has already called for Baitinger-Peterson to be charged.
-----

It would be terrible if someone were to post where Ben Crump resides.

Posted by: Crusader at August 14, 2026 07:20 PM (TN0g+)

98 It's just garden variety promiscuity with the people involved too damn stupid and lazy to adhere to the normal social graces that attend to being a slut.

It doesn't need its own word.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:21 PM (Ot/FD)

99 Don’t want to let your reddit flag fly???
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:15 PM (Gqar

*********

No, darlin' because I ain't stoopit.

This reminds me that my husband calls our youngest grandbaby, "darlin.'" And she is. She tried her best to cluck like a hen this week at 11mo.

He's never called me darlin!!! But it's ok as he's one sexy grandfather and I ain't lying. He calls me weird stuff, which I deserve and answer to as it's funny from our history.

When he showed attention to a 9mo old baby girl before we were engaged I was hooked. Until then I had not thought of him as husband material.

Pay attention to this, boys!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:21 PM (hzuYO)

100 95
12 Farah is in desperate need of a good eyebrow wax.
Posted by: Tuna at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM

------

She has big dark circles around her eyes. Is that makeup? It looks like a pair of black eyes, like she defied her husband twice.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 07:19 PM (GkBlw)

Side effects of a clitorectomy? Okay, that was a bit mean.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:22 PM (Gqar8)

101 Their brains seem minuscule.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 07:23 PM (n5tGW)

102 Yeah, yeah. Her entire polycule voted. But in a DEM PRIMARY.

So, I do have to speculate.
Human polycule?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 07:23 PM (Sco7b)

103 Farah is in desperate need of a good eyebrow wax.
Posted by: Tuna at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

It and it's merry band of islamist filth are in desperate need of a one way trip over the Atlantic on Pinochet airlines.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2026 07:23 PM (wBh67)

104 99 Don’t want to let your reddit flag fly???
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:15 PM (Gqar
*********

No, darlin' because I ain't stoopit.

This reminds me that my husband calls our youngest grandbaby, "darlin.'" And she is. She tried her best to cluck like a hen this week at 11mo.

He's never called me darlin!!! But it's ok as he's one sexy grandfather and I ain't lying. He calls me weird stuff, which I deserve and answer to as it's funny from our history.

When he showed attention to a 9mo old baby girl before we were engaged I was hooked. Until then I had not thought of him as husband material.

Pay attention to this, boys!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:21 PM (hzuYO)

My uncle used to call my aunt “Peaches” and pretend to grab her boobies. I like my uncle.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:23 PM (Gqar8)

105 Cheetahs with monkey jockeys in the Kentucky Derby !

Posted by: a.moron at August 14, 2026 07:24 PM (X5Jzz)

106 So, I do have to speculate.
Human polycule?
Posted by: Stateless

It better be, otherwise they're speciesist!!!

Posted by: Leftists at August 14, 2026 07:24 PM (odVWi)

107 "What if we all just rutted like farm animals and didn't bother with the whole caring about anything thing?"

"Duuuuude, you're a genius!"

I mean these are the same people who tried to make Raw Water "a thing". They can't even handle the basic bitch human shit that pre-dates religions, or knowing how to write shit down. Don't be a slut. Don't drink poop water. How you gonna even approach life's actual mysteries if you can't even figure that stuff out?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:25 PM (Ot/FD)

108 Don Lemon never disappoints. He likely perceives bigotry as the reason he can't get his "black guy victimization" train up and running. If only everyone didn't hate gays, he could achieve the same disingenuous charlatan moves straight black guys enjoy every day of the week.

Instead, he's not going to get to play the "get out of jail free" card.

BIGOTS!!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 07:26 PM (dIske)

109 Say, wanna know how to find out who rules over you?

/

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:27 PM (cGjQu)

110 106 So, I do have to speculate.
Human polycule?
Posted by: Stateless

It better be, otherwise they're speciesist!!!
Posted by: Leftists at August 14, 2026 07:24 PM (odVWi)

2.5 kids, a dog, and a minivan.

Posted by: Watch that tailpipe, it gets hot at August 14, 2026 07:28 PM (Ot/FD)

111 Gee, Wally maybe the guy shouldn't commit crimes and resist police with a knife.

Shut up Beaver, that's racist.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 07:28 PM (n5tGW)

112 "What if we all just rutted like farm animals and didn't bother with the whole caring about anything thing?"

If we can specify ducks, and allow rape and shitting anywhere on the ground, I think we can agree.

Posted by: 3rd World Migrants at August 14, 2026 07:29 PM (odVWi)

113 Her polycule is xhirself and xhiselfs 4 cats.

Those poor kittehs...

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 14, 2026 07:29 PM (zBgIx)

114 but if you get a dude on the ground your gun ain't supposed to be out period"

Cringe, that is.

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:29 PM (cGjQu)

115 The internet says its a combination of "polyamory" + "molecule". That is just stupid.
Posted by: publius

Not if they were thinking of the radioactive ones.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 07:30 PM (VHUov)

116 Don't be a slut.

Fuck you and your rules! It's empowering! I hate you dad!!!!!

Posted by: Fat, face pierced they/them with rainbow hair at August 14, 2026 07:30 PM (odVWi)

117 Those poor kittehs..."

They might eat well in the future.... just sayn

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:30 PM (cGjQu)

118 Thanks, tubal.

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 07:30 PM (LHPAg)

119 The internet says its a combination of "polyamory" + "molecule". That is just stupid.
Posted by: publius

They should have gone with moleamory

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 07:32 PM (vE0+H)

120 They should have gone with moleamory
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 07:32 PM (vE0+H)

When two fools with no game
Both hook up with a dame
That's A Moleamoré.....

Posted by: Watch that tailpipe, it gets hot at August 14, 2026 07:33 PM (Ot/FD)

121 They should have gone with moleamory
Posted by: ...

Solaramory, because it seems like it's a bunch of beta soys orbiting one central solar mass.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 14, 2026 07:33 PM (odVWi)

122 Not even stressed about the sock fail

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:33 PM (Ot/FD)

123 When two fools with no game
Both hook up with a dame
That's A Moleamoré.....
Posted by: Watch that tailpipe

We're gonna need a bigger plate of spaghetti...

Posted by: Lady and the Tramp spaghetti kissing scene at August 14, 2026 07:35 PM (odVWi)

124 122 Not even stressed about the sock fail
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:33 PM (Ot/FD)

Growth!!

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:35 PM (Gqar8)

125 108 Don Lemon never disappoints. He likely perceives bigotry as the reason he can't get his "black guy victimization" train up and running. If only everyone didn't hate gays, he could achieve the same disingenuous charlatan moves straight black guys enjoy every day of the week.

Instead, he's not going to get to play the "get out of jail free" card.

BIGOTS!!!!
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 07:26 PM (dIske)
**********
Lemon should simply stay home and sniff his hand.

He's done. I would say stick a fork in him but he'd like that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:36 PM (hzuYO)

126 We're gonna need a bigger plate of spaghetti...
Posted by: Lady and the Tramp spaghetti kissing scene at August 14, 2026 07:35 PM (odVWi)

One of them gets the noodle, and the other is on meatball duty.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:36 PM (Ot/FD)

127 The internet says its a combination of "polyamory" + "molecule". That is just stupid.
Posted by: publius

They should have gone with moleamory
Posted by: ...

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE USING THE PART THAT MEANS "SMALL" MAKES WAY LESS SENSE THAN USING PART THAT MEANS "MASSIVE" IF YOU LOOK AT THEM.

Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at August 14, 2026 07:36 PM (VHUov)

128 >> Solaramory, because it seems like it's a bunch of beta soys orbiting one central solar mass.

De moto soy-corporum in gyrum, with apologies to Sir Isaac Newton.

Seriously any of you know Latin, what would be a word for "soy boy", or "effeminate beta"?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

129 And before I bow out for the evening, here's my feel good story of the day, a simple one about a guy cutting high grass without being asked to so that kids and adults can a safer environment while waiting for the bus.

https://tinyurl.com/z59jtv4r

From "Sunny Skyz" site
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

There are multiple guy who make a living doing this by posting YouTube videos of them cutting overgrown properties and sidewalks.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 07:37 PM (vJrRc)

130 The polycule is always the lowest value prospects. Like at a mom&pop grocery store when they start packaging different items together for 75% - 80% off and its clam juice, a package of nu-meat hotdogs, and potato flavored sport drinks.

Posted by: banana Dream - GO TATERMODE! at August 14, 2026 07:37 PM (3uBP9)

131 Seriously any of you know Latin, what would be a word for "soy boy", or "effeminate beta"?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

Leibniz.

Posted by: Sir Isaac MF Newton at August 14, 2026 07:37 PM (Ot/FD)

132 Based on comments and not looking it up, instead of polymory it should be "All the orifices" or ATO.

Pronouns are they/he/me/she/ATO

Perfume: Eau de CatPiss and Rancid BO

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:38 PM (hzuYO)

133 >> Leibniz.

That right there is funny, I don't care who you are.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 07:38 PM (w6EFb)

134
Don Lemon.

Low IQ + entitlement + giant ego + only job skill is playacting in front of a camera = endless public humiliation

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 07:39 PM (GkBlw)

135 42 Hopefully we will not have another version of Floyd-a -palooza this summer at there''s been a lot of defunding of NGOs, because it was beyond eye rolling worthy for doctors to say it was ok to riot, but you still had to keep a distance of six feet between people at the supermarket.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
=========
Too late in the summer, besides those community organizers Dems pay organizing riots are busy submitting fraudulent voter registrations and preparing to fill out absentee ballots.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 07:40 PM (E4rtv)

136 Seriously any of you know Latin, what would be a word for "soy boy", or "effeminate beta"?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Google Ai says "mollis" i.e. "soft"

I would have thought "effeminatus", which is one of the risks with having so much of our language derived from Latin - sometimes the Latin word is the English word

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 07:40 PM (vJrRc)

137 'polycule'

I could swear that is some monstrosity in an anime I can't remember the name of. Not an avid watcher but I have watched, usually on the Cartoon Network after midnight, when I worked mids at my last job.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2026 07:40 PM (wBh67)

138 132 Based on comments and not looking it up, instead of polymory it should be "All the orifices" or ATO.

Pronouns are they/he/me/she/ATO

Perfume: Eau de CatPiss and Rancid BO
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
========
Eeeewww. It is too close to supper for that mental image.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 07:40 PM (E4rtv)

139 Too late in the summer, besides those community organizers Dems pay organizing riots are busy submitting fraudulent voter registrations and preparing to fill out absentee ballots.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 07:40 PM (E4rtv)

A lot of the funding is drying up, too, from multiple angles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:41 PM (Ot/FD)

140 Nood sunset cafe

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 07:41 PM (vJrRc)

141 132 Based on comments and not looking it up, instead of polymory it should be "All the orifices" or ATO.

Pronouns are they/he/me/she/ATO

Perfume: Eau de CatPiss and Rancid BO
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 07:38 PM (hzuYO)

Some orifices should not be explored. “ Abandon all hope ye who enter here” seems pertinent.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 07:41 PM (Gqar8)

142 130 The polycule is always the lowest value prospects. Like at a mom&pop grocery store when they start packaging different items together for 75% - 80% off and its clam juice, a package of nu-meat hotdogs, and potato flavored sport drinks.
Posted by: banana Dream
=======
But but but, Love is love.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 07:41 PM (E4rtv)

143 A lot of the funding is drying up, too, from multiple angles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
=========
I think some of their personnel got deported as well.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 07:42 PM (E4rtv)

144 Reacher Season 4 is based on Gone Tomorrow. Suicide in a subway train.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 07:43 PM (vrgy6)

145 Some orifices should not be explored. “ Abandon all hope ye who enter here” seems pertinent.
Posted by: tubal
======
Like those orifices opened by an application of lead and copper, 230 g, at about 890 fps velocity. Those kind?

I call that taking the copper jacketed pill.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 07:43 PM (E4rtv)

146
Leibniz was a polymath. So was Newton. So, there's a poly- tie-in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 07:44 PM (w6EFb)

147 Seriously any of you know Latin, what would be a word for "soy boy", or "effeminate beta"?
Posted by: publius

Maybe something like "nova mulier" (new woman) would be more accurate, or "mulier falsa" (fake woman)

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 14, 2026 07:44 PM (odVWi)

148 Polycule, is something excised by the dermatologist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 07:44 PM (xHEjv)

149 A lot of the funding is drying up, too, from multiple angles.

We still talking about degenerate polycule sex?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 14, 2026 07:45 PM (odVWi)

150 145 Some orifices should not be explored. “ Abandon all hope ye who enter here” seems pertinent.
Posted by: tubal

Yeah, but it makes for a lousy tramp stamp. I'll just stick with my tattoo of Bigfoot peeking out from that patch of hair at the base of the spine.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (r7+Q7)

151 A lot of the funding is drying up, too, from multiple angles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
=========
I think some of their personnel got deported as well.
Posted by: whig

If we had known, we wouldn't have stolen and spent it all

Posted by: USAID Alumni Association at August 14, 2026 07:53 PM (XOG/m)

152 Seriously any of you know Latin, what would be a word for "soy boy", or "effeminate beta"?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

Pathicus.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 14, 2026 07:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

153 "Ben Crump, who cannot read..."

Posted by: BenMSYS at August 14, 2026 08:28 PM (vR93T)

154 Ben Crump sounds like a evil cartoon lawyer. Definitely not related to Helen Crump.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 10:07 PM (MqSCt)

155 I am tired of the barbarians. They should go back to their homelands and cults and sacrifice some virgins if they can find any.

Posted by: TJ jackson at August 15, 2026 12:44 AM (bXvrr)

Will Fauci Ever Be Charged?
Plus: Terry Moran Says He Did a Piece for ABC Asking if Covid Was Created in the Wuhan Lab. ABC Killed the Piece -- On Fauci's Orders.

Texts show that Fauci was a willing conspirator to mass murder.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said he'd been warned about "significant cytokines storm and fever" after 2nd dose, with pregnancy implications. Louisiana AG says people who raised same concerns were told "we were anti-vaxxers and we were liars."
From the first week of the Biden administration, public health officials including Dr. Anthony Fauci privately expressed concern that pregnant women who take both doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines early in pregnancy could miscarry, according to a text chain recovered from Fauci's government-issued cellphone, released Monday by GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and Rand Paul.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy asked Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky whether they had "any data or theoretical reason why vaccinating early vs late in pregnancy would be preferred."
Murthy said he was telling pregnant women there was no "evidence of concerning adverse outcomes in the trials" while acknowledging the number of pregnant women in the COVID vaccine trials were "likely [...] limited." Fauci reminded him that "pregnant women were not allowed" in the trials.
Within two hours of telling Murthy there was a "misperception" even from "female health care professionals" that vaccination "very early in pregnancy" could be harmful, Fauci told the chain he "asked around a bit more." He was warned that the "significant cytokines storm and fever" that commonly follow the second dose "theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester."
Walensky and Murthy both agreed the second-dose concern was a "good point," and Walensky added that she had heard concerns about "mRNA causing mutations in the developing fetus as well."
The next day, Murthy was panicking about the World Health Organization recommending pregnant women not take the Moderna mRNA vaccine "unless they are at risk of high exposure." He called it "potentially quite damaging to public confidence among pregnant women," and Walensky agreed.
Fauci reassured them that "more than 10,000" pregnant women had been vaccinated by that point after emergency use authorization: "No issues have arisen."

Miranda Devine claims that Fauci might wind up facing criminal charges for obstruction of Congress and destruction of federal records.

Sen. Rand Paul is examining Dr. Anthony Fauci's government-issued phone and says he is taking a special interest in whether it contains evidence of "deletions."
That's significant because Fauci's former factotum, David Morens, is awaiting trial on charges of concealing and destroying government records, allegedly on behalf of his boss, and is facing up to 51 years in prison. Not that many people know that, since only one reporter covered his arraignment in May: The Post's own Josh Christenson.
Paul may have bigger ambitions for Fauci than the criminal referral for contempt of Congress he sent off to the DOJ last week, after the former COVID czar pleaded the Fifth an excruciating 111 times in his Senate committee testimony rather than come clean with the American people about why he funded dangerous gain-of-function research in China's Wuhan lab.
If Fauci can be shown to have concealed or destroyed government records, then he could find himself sitting alongside Morens in the dock, depending on how robust his last-minute pre-emptive autopen pardon from Joe Biden proves to be.
In previous data dumps from Paul's Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Fauci is already on record telling two associates to delete emails.

On February 2, 2020, in the early stages of the pandemic, Fauci wrote to his boss Dr. Francis Collins, then director of the NIH, about the WHO's handling of questions about the origins of COVID: "Please delete this email after you read it."
On July 20, 2020, Fauci emailed his chief of staff, Greg Folkers, about Paul's accurate claim that Florida's handling of COVID was more successful than New York's, writing that the senator, a licensed doctor who volunteered at a Kentucky hospital during the pandemic, was "full of s--t", before instructing Folkers to "please delete this e-mail after you read it."
Fauci declared in sworn congressional testimony in 2024 that he never deleted official records and has repeatedly distanced himself from Morens and denied knowledge of the "secret back channel" Morens claimed in emails that he had to his boss.
Like the pardon of his son, Hunter, Joe Biden's retrospective pardon covered Fauci for any offenses he may have committed in the seven years between Jan. 1, 2014, and the end of Biden's term in January 2025, related to his work as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a member of the White House's COVID-19 task force and chief medical adviser to the president.
The unusual start date of the pardon, six years before the pandemic began, suggests some of Fauci's legal problems are connected to the period when he was funding dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology from which a lab leak is believed to have sparked the global health crisis that led to millions of deaths.
...
Fauci and his boss Francis Collins have categorically denied that they funded the research at Wuhan, but the funding path via cutout EcoHealth is documented and undeniable, as is Fauci and Morens' pally relationship with EcoHealth head Peter Daszak. Included in the case against Morens are allegations he accepted bottles of wine from an unnamed co-conspirator reported to be Daszak.
...
Fauci's government-issued phone was uncovered last June by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to FBI Director Kash Patel, who told podcaster Joe Rogan at the time about the "great breakthrough."
"We think that there was definite foul play . . . That's what we're working on," Patel told Rogan last June.
..
Paul told Mark Halperin's podcast last week that his investigators were searching for evidence of deleted material on the phone and any "indication someone has cleaned up or wiped the phone."
If such evidence is found, it would place Fauci in the same boat as Morens.
...
Nobody would be surprised if Morens repaid the disloyalty by offering to testify against Fauci if he were offered a plea deal.

🚨NEW: Fox News' John Roberts says he developed pericarditis after his third COVID shot and that it worsened after his fourth shot.pic.twitter.com/fT3AsjCJuG
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) August 12, 2026

THEN: �America Is Thirsty for Anthony Fauci�😍

NOW: "MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci"😠 pic.twitter.com/mLxM42iv82
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) August 12, 2026

Bonus: Archlefty Terry Moran, formerly of the Disney Groomer Network, says that he did a piece about the mere possibility that covid leaked from the Wuhan Laboratory for Leaking Covid.

The piece was effectively killed -- by Fauci.

🚨 Fmr. ABC News� Terry Moran Says Fauci Shut Down Their COVID Lab Leak Story

�The day that it's supposed to air, it gets reviewed and it comes back to me � it is incomprehensible � I was told �Fauci� � There was an organized campaign � to say there's no way there's a lab� pic.twitter.com/FM2Q6oe3m8
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) August 14, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:00 PM

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1 maybe the wrong guy offed himself

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 14, 2026 06:03 PM (CWTWj)

2 and i read some of the contents, too

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (CWTWj)

3 Just look at Our Favorite Big-Lipped Reporter doing damage control! Go Terry Go! Dig that hole deeper!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (vJrRc)

4 He will be protected as much as the Deep State cab do. And getting past the Leftists Judges won't be easy.

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

5 So now Terry is copping to this?

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (kX27y)

6 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (CWTWj)

7 Fucking monsters.

Posted by: Biergood at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (PwgSL)

8 Another mass shooting - OT -

Six people are dead, including the suspected gunman, while another was left critically injured in what appears to be a massive shooting spree in Michigan.

State troopers said they were called to a home on LaChance Road in Missaukee County at around 11.40am on Friday about someone being shot.

When troopers then arrived at the scene, they found three people dead and another critically injured.

Investigators later found another deceased person near a wooded area around Whitlock Lake and a fifth inside a separate home.

The shooting sparked a manhunt for the suspected gunman Chad Hickman, 39, who was considered armed and dangerous. But he, too, was also reportedly found dead.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (kX27y)

9 It almost doesn't count as murder. Murder, you pick a guy, you whack him, he's dead. Maybe it's a couple, or a dozen. Whatever.

But this? This is a civilian war crime. This is attempted genocide. It's comic book villain shit in real life.

"Murder" doesn't even cover it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (Ot/FD)

10 Is it too much to ask that Faust-ci be the Jason Arday of Pharmacopia?

Posted by: goatexchange at August 14, 2026 06:08 PM (hyS0X)

11 10 Is it too much to ask that Faust-ci be the Jason Arday of Pharmacopia?
Posted by: goatexchange at August 14, 2026 06:08 PM (hyS0X)

Yes.

This fucker's death should be televised.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:08 PM (Ot/FD)

12 All of that information about the Vax dangers, suppressed. Lots of blood to go around.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:09 PM (Gqar8)

13 And yet there are still sheep defending him.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:09 PM (zMzlR)

14 Arent there all sorts of state laws he could be charged for? I mean, isn't fraud illegal in all 50 states?

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 06:09 PM (eIzlH)

15 I will send him a bill. But he would just toss it.

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 06:10 PM (UKrJG)

16 Won’t be able to prove wilfull genocide, but - genocide.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:10 PM (Gqar8)

17 Will Fauci Ever Be Charged?
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No.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (2Cry5)

18 ‘Thirsty’ is a word used by tweens and gay teenagers about 20 years ago. The fact that a writer for the Atlantic used it in the title of her dicksmoking asslicking only underscores what a worthless rag that rag is.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (XCctI)

19 I feel like they are pinning it all on safe happy free as a bird Fauci so we can all "move on".

He should burn - but this was not just Fauci. So many were part of it. So many were willing victims - and perpetrators.

Personalizing it to Fauci can be both good and bad. I feel now like it's just a defense, and the safest of all since "nothing will happen" to him. "Well it was Fauci you see. That incorrigible Fauci! Good thing he's gone! Problem solved! What're you gonna do!!"

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (vE0+H)

20 And has Fauci thrown himself on the sword to protect his underling who may go to jail? Said anything? What a maniacal liar this tiny man is.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

21 Will Fauci Ever Be Charged?
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No.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (2Cry5)

Not with that attitude.

Posted by: Warai-otoko with a wet sponge and a car battery at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (Ot/FD)

22 Will Fauci Ever Be Charged?

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No.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (BI5O2)

23 What about Fauci's wife, she had a big role in this as his Ethics overseer.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (kX27y)

24 Serious question here - what would the charges be?

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)

25 They have enough to charge this demonic imp for post-pardon federal crimes.

And certainly plenty under state law for all his crimes.

It’s only a matter of will. Will anyone have the fucking big brass ones to indict this mini-mengele?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (XCctI)

26 I venture to say that John Roberts would *never* have expressed any concerns or reservations about the Clot Shot in 2020-2022. Now he thinks it's safe to do that, however timorously, because Fauci is finally being examined.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (wzUl9)

27 Maybe we can put Mangione on work release for 24-36 hours?

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (vE0+H)

28 Ever is a long time, and ever isn't a word I would use for Fauci being on this mortal earth.

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

29 Fox News' John Roberts says he developed pericarditis after his third COVID shot and that it worsened after his fourth shot.
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Why did he get the 4th shot if the 3rd one messed him up?

People are really dumb.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (FdpeO)

30 OK, we have 2 "No."

Let's see how many "Yes" we get, and start making book at the end of thread?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (BI5O2)

31 23 What about Fauci's wife, she had a big role in this as his Ethics overseer.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (kX27y)

"Oh shit, there's ethics right behind me!"

"I see it..."

*tak tak tak tak tak*

"Clear!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko with a wet sponge and a car battery at August 14, 2026 06:14 PM (Ot/FD)

32
Why did he get the 4th shot if the 3rd one messed him up?

People are really dumb.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (FdpeO)
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Maybe it was Fox's policy?

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:14 PM (kX27y)

33 29 Fox News' John Roberts says he developed pericarditis after his third COVID shot and that it worsened after his fourth shot.
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Why did he get the 4th shot if the 3rd one messed him up?

People are really dumb.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (FdpeO)

MY problem is this - NOW he’s talking about it?

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:14 PM (Gqar8)

34 Serious question here - what would the charges be?
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar

Electrons, mostly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko with a wet sponge and a car battery at August 14, 2026 06:14 PM (Ot/FD)

35 Fox News' John Roberts says he developed pericarditis after his third COVID shot and that it worsened after his fourth shot.
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Why did he get the 4th shot if the 3rd one messed him up?

People are really dumb.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026

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Because he was cheerleading for the admin and the entire hoax. Stupid, yes, but "At the time it seemed the right thing to do."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

36 Why did he get the 4th shot if the 3rd one messed him up?

People are really dumb.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:13 PM (FdpeO)

Same reason he got the third one I imagine.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 06:15 PM (vE0+H)

37 Not Gonna Happen

Posted by: Astro is Asshoe at August 14, 2026 06:15 PM (/V68c)

38 Maybe it was Fox's policy?
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:14 PM (kX27y)
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Still dumb.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:15 PM (FdpeO)

39 Someone can have my shots.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:15 PM (vrgy6)

40
3-0

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:15 PM (BI5O2)

41 The Caste protects its own. I see no official sanction ever touching this scum.

And I'm not optimistic about unofficial measures, either.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (mQbp+)

42
Terry Moran's story gets spiked, "I'd never been angrier, I'm cursing and screaming in the booth, I'm absolutely livid, beside myself" so he continues to work at ABC and doesn't reveal it until now. Why do people do this?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (XJ22o)

43 Taking experimental vaxx, repeatedly. The best and the brightest.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (Gqar8)

44 Why did he get the 4th shot if the 3rd one messed him up?

People are really dumb.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026
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Maybe it was Fox's policy?
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026

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Leave us not forget that Fox is, and was, only slightly less lefty-looney than the other networks. It is not right-wing or truly conservative, despite what the leftoids say about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (wzUl9)

45 I think even 1919 was man made..

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (vrgy6)

46
4-0

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:17 PM (BI5O2)

47
MY problem is this - NOW he’s talking about it?
Posted by: tubal

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Him and Terry Moran both.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:17 PM (XJ22o)

48 Even on the Left, the joke wasn't fully known. They bought right in on the plot to destroy the country

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

49 Why do people do this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (XJ22o)

Money. Inertia. Arrogance. Stupidity. Who knows.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:17 PM (Ot/FD)

50 I watched the Naomi Wolfe vids about Vaxx effects on reproductive organs. Really disturbing stuff.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 06:18 PM (Gqar8)

51 DC will make a 2 foot statue of him wearing a little red hat and holding a garden spade.

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 06:18 PM (UjdFS)

52 Roberts and the other talking heads are pretending they were always against the hoax and clot shot craziness, and the face diapers, all along. They forget that we have long memories.

Their foolishness is on video. The Internet is forever.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:18 PM (wzUl9)

53 Wait for the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Variant.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:18 PM (vrgy6)

54 23 What about Fauci's wife, she had a big role in this as his Ethics overseer.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:12 PM

Ethics 301 test, first question:

Q: Is it proper for the ethics supervisor to be in a relationship with the person they are in charge of managing?

A: No ... dumbass!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)

55
Texts show that Fauci was a willing conspirator to mass murder.

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Not to mention Crimes Against Humans.

Make Nuremberg Trials Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (+Of5k)

56 I played Russian roulette 3 times and I am OK.

Perfectly safe!

Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (heW36)

57 Orson's simple truth:

No indictments will come to fruition based on one simple philosophical point. To indict and serve justice to these people, it requires to admit THEY WERE WRONG. That, in itself, is a near impossibility. BUT, what truly is unfathomable is that they would, also, have to admit YOU WERE RIGHT, in the same breath.

That's not going to happen....EVER.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

58
I am really surprised a grieving family member has not taken him out. He must have great security.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 06:20 PM (/QHx4)

59 People who could think and read the pertinent journals could figure out what a scam the whole COVID op was. But you also had to have a certain stubborn, go-it-alone streak to discount all the people who should have known better who were lying to you, wittingly or not, at the time. They lied to the president (Trump), so why wouldn’t they lie to us?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 06:20 PM (uhqfn)

60 How did this goblin play basketball in college?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:20 PM (vrgy6)

61 That malignant dwarf was intoxicated with the power he was given.

Posted by: steevy at August 14, 2026 06:20 PM (YwEeS)

62 It would be funny if Roberts had a MAGA doctor who kept recommending the boosters, as per the CDC and AMA.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 06:21 PM (heW36)

63 People who could think and read the pertinent journals could figure out what a scam the whole COVID op was. But you also had to have a certain stubborn, go-it-alone streak to discount all the people who should have known better who were lying to you, wittingly or not, at the time. They lied to the president (Trump), so why wouldn’t they lie to us?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026

***
I had two things going for me. One, I'd never been a devotee of TV "news," ever, so I had no long-time habit of listening to them. And the second was AoSHQ and its stubborn, go-it-alone thinkers and readers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:22 PM (wzUl9)

64 56 I played Russian roulette 3 times and I am OK.

Perfectly safe!
Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (heW36)

Maybe work on your aim then, asshole.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:22 PM (Ot/FD)

65 First, what a jackass John Roberts was to get 3 covid vax's after pericarditis! Whoa!

In January of 2019 I was reading & finding all I could about cytokine storms. Figuring if we got it to keep our temps down as much as possible; altho knowing sometimes a fever is needed.

It was compared to the 1918 Influenza. The research of the new drug, aspirin, being given at toxic levels by MD's who tried. One doc gave baking soda alkaline water instead & his patients lived. Busy as well as shocked at how weirdly the news was developing. I knew that a N95 mask would not work & paper masks would not do anything for a virus.

I still stupidly wiped down groceries! Which was possibly the only stupid thing we did. At least I did not drive my car wearing a mask, so I get a gold star!

I think we got covid the first time in February 2020. Did fine. A cold & I am typically a mess with lung stuff.

Fauci is sad he got caught with his diaries. He's also rather stupid to think deleted emails are not in the Cloud.

What's even better is that his ego hung him with his own written petard!

Maybe he will go the way of Arday. His ugly bioethics wife can throw the middle finger for the rest of her days.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 06:23 PM (hzuYO)

66 Maybe it was high school.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:23 PM (vrgy6)

67 Q: Is it proper for the ethics supervisor to be in a relationship with the person they are in charge of managing?

A: No ... dumbass!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)
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And she gave us all the finger!

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)

68 How did this goblin play basketball in college?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026

***
He perched atop the goalpost, caught the ball, and dropped it into the basket.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

69 Charge Faici
Charge his wife
Charge Birx
Charge them all

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:23 PM (Ydd86)

70 >>> Terry Moran's story gets spiked, "I'd never been angrier, I'm cursing and screaming in the booth, I'm absolutely livid, beside myself" so he continues to work at ABC and doesn't reveal it until now. Why do people do this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (XJ22o)

Because they are news lispers. Paper hangers. Court jesters.

People like Nick Shirley are journalists.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)

71 There is no limit to human stupidity.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 06:24 PM (RiE77)

72 Semi automatic Russian Roulette.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:24 PM (vrgy6)

73 Wuhan wasn't Tonmy's mass murder rodeo.

The HIV/AIDS heterosexual scare was the first one.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 06:24 PM (2GVsD)

74 Plenty of blame to go around. Don't lay it completely on the malignant dwarf, you guys

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:25 PM (AlNse)

75 Was Candy Ovens anywhere near Arday when he met his demise?

Tucker Carlson?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 06:25 PM (2GVsD)

76 ChristyBlinky, I didn't wipe down my groceries. But I did wash my hands even more carefully before handling food -- and do so now, whereas I used to be laissez-faire about it. So something good came out of that insanity.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)

77 The culpability of Humans goes deeper than Challenger Deep.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)

78 I would like to see him charged. I bet 15 dollars that 100k volts will pop his head off

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 14, 2026 06:26 PM (jrgJz)

79 64 56 I played Russian roulette 3 times and I am OK.

Perfectly safe!
Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at August 14, 2026 06:19 PM (heW36)

Maybe work on your aim then, asshole.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:22 PM (Ot/FD)

Better, invite Jumanji Jones to play with you!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 06:26 PM (uhqfn)

80 20 lbs of $3/lbs beef in the freezer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:27 PM (vrgy6)

81 “The day that it's supposed to air, it gets reviewed and it comes back to me — it is incomprehensible … I was told ‘Fauci’ … There was an organized campaign … to say there's no way there's a lab leak.”

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More Consciousness Of Guilt.

Usually the cover-ups are worse than the original crimes ... but when you've prematurely murdered & injured tens of millions worldwide with your frankenvirus bioweapon and "vaccine" supplemental bioweapons ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:27 PM (+Of5k)

82 The culpability of Humans goes deeper than Challenger Deep.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026

***
Like the poor, the stupid we will always have with us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:27 PM (wzUl9)

83 Buckwheats for the both of them

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 14, 2026 06:27 PM (bX16E)

84 Fauci was the Joesph Goebbels of this farrago of lies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 06:27 PM (2GVsD)

85 I didn't wipe down my groceries. But I did wash my hands even more carefully before handling food -- and do so now, whereas I used to be laissez-faire about it. So something good came out of that insanity.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)
_______________________________

Ummmm....how do you stand on the tried and true "5 second rule?" I don't want have revoke your credentials.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 06:28 PM (dIske)

86 Fine print is mostly guesswork now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:28 PM (vrgy6)

87 I had two things going for me. One, I'd never been a devotee of TV "news," ever, so I had no long-time habit of listening to them. And the second was AoSHQ and its stubborn, go-it-alone thinkers and readers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:22 PM (wzUl9)
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I got covid March 2020. Decided right away no way am I getting the shot, banked on my acquired immunity. Reading blogs and staying away from mainstream news helped, as it just made me even more mad and stubborn. I never got tested but knew it was it when I lost all smell for a week. Husband got it from me and got tested and the hired county nurse calls me and demands I stay home for 2 weeks. No way.....and that was it in terms of listening to anybody in public health again.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)

88 Buckwheats for the both of them
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 14, 2026

***
Execute ten percent of the miscreants, and feed the rest on barley.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:28 PM (wzUl9)

89 Moran is still a huge douchebag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 06:28 PM (xCuiu)

90 The vax has soured me on almost all shots now
My coworker just got her second shingles shot
Inwardly I just quailed

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:29 PM (Ydd86)

91 They had a Measles Party on the Brady Bunch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:30 PM (vrgy6)

92 I would like to see him charged. I bet 15 dollars that 100k volts will pop his head off

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 14, 2026 06:26 PM (jrgJz)

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This must be performed if only to confirm whether or not a Reptilian-Like ET is living within him.

/Do it for The ~~Children~~ SCIENCE!!!

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:30 PM (+Of5k)

93 I mean, isn't fraud illegal in all 50 states?

Not when the government does it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:30 PM (ExV1e)

94 Fauci declared in sworn congressional testimony in 2024 that he never deleted official records and has repeatedly distanced himself from Morens and denied knowledge of the "secret back channel" Morens claimed in emails that he had to his boss.

Pro Tip:
It's not going to be a secret for long if you keep talking about the secret back channel.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)

95 I got covid March 2020. Decided right away no way am I getting the shot, banked on my acquired immunity. Reading blogs and staying away from mainstream news helped, as it just made me even more mad and stubborn. I never got tested but knew it was it when I lost all smell for a week. Husband got it from me and got tested and the hired county nurse calls me and demands I stay home for 2 weeks. No way.....and that was it in terms of listening to anybody in public health again.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 202

***
I got something quite strong, very flu-like, in early December of 2019. Rest, food, medicines for symptoms, more rest, and I was okay within the usual time frame. Never caught anything again until the summer of 2022, not long after I brought Stirling home from the shelter. Maybe I'd picked up something from them. That time it was not as bad, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM (wzUl9)

96 Sorry

I almost forgot to mention this

The Drinking Lamp is BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED

Posted by: Miklos may have been imbibing at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM (XOG/m)

97 Fraud in government?

Liberals, "mistakes were made."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM (2GVsD)

98 Kids. You must be kids. It was the "Two Second Rule" back in the day

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM (AlNse)

99 Wow, four shots, why would you get four shots of the same vaccine? Booster my ass, you don't need a vax booster after one year or it's not a vax. I'm just amazed how people "follow the fake science" I guess.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 06:32 PM (n5tGW)

100 Proposed Brothels For Rapefugees.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:32 PM (vrgy6)

101
8

Investigators later found another deceased person near a wooded area around Whitlock Lake and a fifth inside a separate home.

The shooting sparked a manhunt for the suspected gunman Chad Hickman, 39, who was considered armed and dangerous. But he, too, was also reportedly found dead.

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He sure showed them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 06:32 PM (4Aqsh)

102 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM (wzUl9)

Many many people have said they were sick in December 2019.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 06:33 PM (kX27y)

103 Was Candy Ovens anywhere near Arday when he met his demise?

Tucker Carlson?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 06:25 PM (2GVsD)

Her husband is British...Arday was found dead in London... Need I say more ??

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 06:33 PM (g47mK)

104 Almost time to put the pizza in the oven, and to feed the furry thugs.

We have a DVD of The Awful Truth w/ Cary Grant and Irene Dunne to watch tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)

105 Honestly, anyone as dumb as Roberts should be impeached.

Just getting that forth shot should be enough just cause.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 06:34 PM (heW36)

106 2 El-Sayed commercials on Detroit tv.

1. "Great Candidate - not so great name- racists.
2. "I am dangerous.'

Nightly News

Dreamboat murdered a guy.
Trump abandons sailors
Other crap...

Snowflake is outside but resting on the windowsill over my kitchen sink. Too cute. 2am this morning, I got up, she got up, Ralphy got up and with a burst of energy trapped her behind the door. Tagged her with his nose and outside...

She was shocked.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

107 Young Washington was decent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:34 PM (vrgy6)

108 The vax has soured me on almost all shots now
My coworker just got her second shingles shot
Inwardly I just quailed

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:29 PM (Ydd86)

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Just started visiting a new chiropractor in the area known to be very politically conservative, patriotic, and #Based.

His wife, while training a new employee, was performing an interview and some tests on me -- and asked if I had had any Covid Vaccines.

I recoiled in surprised horror and yelled "GOD, NO!"

She laughed, turned to the trainee, and said "Now, THAT'S what we like to hear from new patients ..."

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:35 PM (+Of5k)

109
Nobody's ever gonna' go to jail, go to jail, go to jail.
Nobody's ever gonna' go to jail, what difference does it make?
After all this time what difference does it make?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 06:36 PM (VQ0bX)

110 The Covid - February of 2020, felt like I was ran over by a truck. I knew what influenza was, and realized I had a fever. It was about 104.5F, I thought my thermometer was defective. Scared up another thermometer and it read the same, if not a little higher. Uh-oh. It wasn't the worst flu I'd ever had, but it was not good at all. Thing of it was, the fever seemed to last a long time. Ordinarily I would have the fever break and feel much better the next morning. That never seemed to happen. My memory for facts and figures seems to have suffered, and my stamina, particularly in the heat is gone.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:36 PM (AlNse)

111 I think the 3 Reacher episodes that dropped Wednesday are among the best.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:36 PM (vrgy6)

112
We don't watch news. We were aware from reading online there was some flu thing going on.

Next door neighbor and her kids were playing outside and all were wearing masks. We were WTH?

Then the lockdowns and mask thing kicked off.

It still seems bizarre all that happened.

Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2026 06:36 PM (/QHx4)

113 If not charged and inprisoned...he may go bankrupt from losing all the millions he earned with his lying and being a ghoul.

Little man syndrome. As I've said, other boys (maybe girls like me) picked on him in school. He worked to be "the smartest man in the world" and adored by Julia Roberts (gag). His ego was far larger than his stature. And that's why he's doomed.

As a malignant pathological narcissist he's miserable being criticized.The worst thing possible other than prison for a narcissist who reached the peak. Trust me on this observation.

Three states are now suing him and more will follow. The pardon will not protect his money in states. His ego is forever damaged and his trashy bioethics wife can't change that for him.

Caught like a fly in the spider's web and he deserves every second awake and knowing he's a lying failure who used his position to murder. Getting caught due to his own inflated ego.

It's perfection if he is not drawn and quartered after facing a guilty sentence. To know he's angry, defeated, and this is the remainder of his life. Pleading the 5th did not save him from this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 06:37 PM (hzuYO)

114 "How did this goblin play basketball in college?"

I heard it was Dwarf Tossing, not basketball.

Posted by: Bosk at August 14, 2026 06:37 PM (VMFAF)

115 The biggest lie those douche-nozzles told was that there was NO BENEFIT TO ACQUIRED IMMUNITY.

They kept talking about the projected outcomes for the two groups of people - the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.

I was unvaxxed and got Covid once. My wife had to get vaxxed twice for her job (public school teacher) and got sick with positive Covid tests multiple times.

I would care for her at home and stay in close proximity, but never caught a second case.

I know that is anecdotal evidence, but people that have survived small pox don't need the small pox vaccine. That should have been the default position for the "scientists", but they lied (by omission) to push the vax.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:37 PM (HlyYF)

116 Is it possible that Araday, in order to resurrect his reputation and good standing, was about to expose Candace Owens and her husband's ties to MI4, MI5, and MI6? I am just axing questions. And now he is dead. Everybody knows , and it's just a fact that the Farmer family are in the employ of the British Secret Service!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 06:37 PM (g47mK)

117 89 Moran is still a huge douchebag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 06:28 PM

Moron >>>>>>> Moran.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:38 PM (HlyYF)

118 Wait... there's a new Reacher?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 06:38 PM (n5tGW)

119 El-Sayed commercial on Detroit tv...

I am ready to pilot this country to explosive growth. Ulululululululu!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:38 PM (ExV1e)

120 Extended family wound up at a wedding during Covid. Not a mask around except the D.C. contingent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:38 PM (vrgy6)

121 🚨NEW: Fox News' John Roberts says he developed pericarditis after his third COVID shot and that it worsened after his fourth shot.

That means it worked.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 06:39 PM (i+Wsn)

122 It's perfection if he is not drawn and quartered after facing a guilty sentence. To know he's angry, defeated, and this is the remainder of his life. Pleading the 5th did not save him from this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

He might conveniently off himself by having another booster.

Posted by: Miklos has the prescription at August 14, 2026 06:39 PM (XOG/m)

123 I am ready to pilot this country to explosive growth. Ulululululululu!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:38 PM (ExV1e)

Campaign song:

Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Ot/FD)

124 "How do you spell Gazongas?" asks Trump
lol
The Bee

https://tinyurl.com/fuf4krhv

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 06:40 PM (UjdFS)

125 105 Honestly, anyone as dumb as Roberts should be impeached.

Just getting that forth shot should be enough just cause.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 06:34 PM (heW36)

Wrong John Roberts.

This is the pretty boy John Roberts that worked at CNN forver and then jumped ship to Fox after one of his colleagues annoyed him by looking at her phone while he was reading teleprompter and told her off live on air.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)

126 Anna Puma -

Mengele, my dear, is always the most apt comparison.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 06:41 PM (uhqfn)

127
So Terry thinks there's a road back to credibility.

Dude.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Y8DZL)

128 The Drinking Lamp is BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED

Posted by: Miklos may have been imbibing at August 14, 2026 06:31 PM

Congrats, Miklos!

I believe it would be appropriate Moron protocol to use those actual alcohol lamps with the rope wick that we used in 6th grade science as your Drinking Lamp.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:41 PM (HlyYF)

129 Nood

Woke.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Sco7b)

130 CJ O'Scotus catching strays is still delightful.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Ot/FD)

131 110 The Covid - February of 2020, felt like I was ran over by a truck. I knew what influenza was, and realized I had a fever. It was about 104.5F, I thought my thermometer was defective. Scared up another thermometer and it read the same, if not a little higher. Uh-oh. It wasn't the worst flu I'd ever had, but it was not good at all. Thing of it was, the fever seemed to last a long time. Ordinarily I would have the fever break and feel much better the next morning. That never seemed to happen. My memory for facts and figures seems to have suffered, and my stamina, particularly in the heat is gone.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:36 PM (AlNse)
*******
Wow. We had a low grade fever with it the same month. You are very lucky, dude.

We all had 104 fevers with the last influenza we had when the boys were small. It took that to break the virus. We were alternating Tylenol & Advil and had a chart on the fridge not to overdose anyone as we parents were also out of it.

Oddly, last June I got covid on a flight from Honolulu. Had a headache. I HATE headaches with the passion of 1000 suns. I admit to drug seeking in the ED before I started harfing with pain. I had covid. (cont)

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

132 New thread is up!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zMzlR)

133 So Terry thinks there's a road back to credibility.

Dude.
Posted by: Auspex

Credibility?

I'm talking paycheck

Posted by: Terry Moran, priorities at August 14, 2026 06:43 PM (XOG/m)

134 New thread is up!
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zMzlR)

De-nooded!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:43 PM (Ot/FD)

135 Well, there WAS a new thread!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 06:44 PM (zMzlR)

136 That Fauci is One Bad Hombre.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2026 06:44 PM (vbXSk)

137 111 I think the 3 Reacher episodes that dropped Wednesday are among the best.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 06:36 PM

Which book is this season based on?

I predict Reacher will begin sucking hard when they eventually switch from stories written by Lee Child, to those written by idiot Amazon show runners.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:44 PM (HlyYF)

138 (cont).

In June of 2025 the doc was cool with the fact I had covid and no other symptoms but a screaming headache. Told to alternate Tylenol and Advil for 3 days and isolate for those days. All was well.

I found it odd that it was the same treatment as we did for the flu in the mid-80s. I would not have taken an antiviral anyway. No one else got it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)

139 The "herd" effect was very interesting. I didn't follow Tweeter or anything like that, but it bled over even to ordinary hobby discussion forums. Most of them have a section for off topic or "bull" discussions.

I pointed out the vaccine was experimental, after a couple posters were figuratively doing cartwheels on their lawn because they were able to finagle an early inoculation. I was immediately attacked as some sort of nut. "It's not experimental!! It's just like the Flu shot we get every year!! REEEE" another guy said "We will not be silenced!" LOL! what?? I can tell who wants people to be silenced.

It was bizarre. Thankfully the moderator of the board allowed that, yes indeed, this was a brand new experimental vaccine of an untried technology. Notable too, I just wished them "good luck" in all sincerity. For their part, they wished DEATH on people who declined to participate. We are not dealing with rational people. I can't figure it out. It's almost a type of hypnosis or cult like conditioning.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:45 PM (AlNse)

140 Well, there WAS a new thread!
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

Was/Not was

Posted by: Miklos remembers the 80s, somewhat at August 14, 2026 06:45 PM (XOG/m)

141 Don't get me wrong, I still think the classic childhood vaccines are needed: polio, measles, diphtheria, tetanus

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:47 PM (Ydd86)

142 Reacher s4 is based on Gone Tomorrow, book 13

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (Ydd86)

143 Nope! If you are even slightly skeptical of an experimental, untested emergency use only vaccine, that makes you a ANTIVAXX ANTISCIENCE WINGNUT who wants to inject Bleach, etc etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM (AlNse)

144 I finally got covid in early 2024, on the way home from a family reunion in NZ. Started feeling ill on the flight back. Awful.
Luckily when we got hone I remembered I had horsepaste. 24 hours after some apple flavored gunk, I was completely better.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:53 PM (Ydd86)

145 142 Reacher s4 is based on Gone Tomorrow, book 13

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 06:49 PM

Thanks vmom!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:55 PM (HlyYF)

146
Don't get me wrong, I still think the classic childhood vaccines are needed: polio, measles, diphtheria, tetanus
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport

================

Whooping Cough, too (aka pertussis if I'm not mistaken)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:55 PM (XJ22o)

147 Not sure I trust any vaccinations

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

148 Re-Nood.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 07:02 PM (HlyYF)

149 Not sure I trust any vaccinations
Posted by: Skip

I have to thank the medical-media complex, though. Their nonsensical and rabid insistence on these things made me see what was going on.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 07:05 PM (i+Wsn)

150 "Please delete this email after you read it."

I would have gone to the media (like LibsofTikTok), my top boss, the IG (as a whistleblower), both houses of Congress, and any state prosecutor I could think might have jurisdiction. Because even saying that on an official email is against the law.

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 07:52 PM (kU0PQ)

151 I am exhausted by X and all the barbarians who think they are exempt from the consequences of their actions and the rules they seek to impose on others. Arm up. The next time I see chimp like behavior I aim to put chimp skins on the walls on the Waffle House.

Posted by: TJ jackson at August 15, 2026 12:47 AM (bXvrr)

The Left's New Charlie Manson, Dreamboat Killer Luigi Mangione, Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Resulting in a Death, Admits He Murdered Brian Thompson

If he's killed in prison, it's your fault.

Do better.

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges and admitted in federal court on Friday that he shot and killed a health care executive in Manhattan in 2024.
"I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," Mangione told the judge, the New York Times reported.
Judge Margaret M. Garnett accepted the plea and said she will sentence Mangione on Dec. 18. He faces a maximum of life in prison.
Mangione, 28, was not charged with murder in the federal case, which accused him only of stalking Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. He still faces a murder charge in state court, which is scheduled to go to trial next month.
In federal court, Mangione faced one count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death. Both charges carry a maximum potential sentence of life in prison.

And he'd better get life in prison. I'm seeing on twitter that New York state has a more expansive definition of double jeopardy than most states, or the feds, do. Double jeopardy usually applies for the exact same charges. So in most jurisdictions, a conviction for stalking with intent to kill would not result in a bar for prosecuting this scumbag for murder under New York state law.

But apparently in New York, a judge might rule that the charges are close enough so that double jeopardy does apply.

So if we don't get life in prison... well, this plea might wind up wiping out the New York state prosecution.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

Comments

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1 I HATE HIS EYEBROWS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

2 This dude really thought he was gonna walk after they dropped the murder charges.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (cpFbA)

3 I hope he gets the longest sentence possible.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (Lzhdy)

4 But apparently in New York, a judge might rule that the charges are close enough so that double jeopardy does apply.
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If you're not Trump, that is!

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (Fi81e)

5 I bet he gets 10 marriage proposals a week.

Mostly from women.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (Sco7b)

6 The screaming of the blue haired Karens matched their actions on election night 2016

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (xCuiu)

7 Still a chance he can come out as tran and get sent to a women's prison.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (NVp2u)

8 I hope he gets the longest sentence possible.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (Lzhdy)
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Like William Faulkner wrote it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)

9 Everyone would be better off if this creep got 86’d in prison. Maybe he'll 86 himself

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 05:26 PM (M+uMR)

10 He will be a poster boy for the left for years, just like all of the other terrorists in prison.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2026 05:26 PM (0U5gm)

11 If he's killed in prison, it's your fault.

I think Luigi's fellow inmates are going to be having way too much fun to kill him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

12 I would think that the dead CEO's family has money. Money that can pay people in the joint to do things.
Things that will make that Mangina fella leave the prison in a body bag.

Posted by: What Ya Gonna Do? at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (/2Ls3)

13

The longest sentence in the world is 13,955 words long, found in Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotter's Club. Other notable long sentences include James Joyce's Ulysses with 4,391 words and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! with 1,288 words.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (Cqx++)

14 He killed the ceo because of back pain which had nothing to do with United healthcare because he did not have United healthcare.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:28 PM (enNUy)

15 I guess his fling in Thailand with boy/girls doesn't matter to the ghouls who write letters to him.

And how ANYONE would write a letter to the ugly and creepy Idaho College killer is beyond all comprehension.

I hope a big black man is his new love.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (hzuYO)

16 A 13,955 word in a sentence must've contained about 5,000 uses of 'and'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

17 5 I bet he gets 10 marriage proposals a week.

Mostly from women.
Posted by: Stateless

Potential threadwinner in the top 10. No mercy for the slow typists.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (VHUov)

18 Bubba's got somethin' for that pain in his rear.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (88C+u)

19 i wush i could rite that gewd.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

20 Today's Legal term of the day is "Premeditation"

______________________________

When you build your own gun to be used one time in a stalking murder cumulatively over a thousand miles from your residence and the victim's residence. It MIGHT be premeditated.

Alternatively, it may be a standard Marvel Movie depending on seredipidous happenstance.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (dIske)

21 There's clearly some legal strategy here where the fix is in.

I'll be honest, I think it was a coin flip he would even get convicted at all. I can't believe the amount of people that somehow equate hating their health ins company and thinking that justifies murdering a CEO.

So I guess if a Medicare or Medicaid bureaucrat gets gunned down, totally fair game.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (eIzlH)

22 He won’t be killed in prison.

He has a good reputation in jail amongst the prisoners.

Posted by: EFG at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (blyny)

23 A 13,955 word in a sentence must've contained about 5,000 uses of 'and'.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

* feeds it to the grammar checker *

"This sentence is written at a 127th-grade level."

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 05:31 PM (VHUov)

24 What a state of affairs, where we all know that he would never be convicted in NYC.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 05:31 PM (3cUTc)

25 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (xCuiu)

26 Premeditated murder should be death for his sorry eyebrowed self.

If this will have him fade into oblivion it is worth it if there is no appeal.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (hzuYO)

27 Federal prison has to be better than Attica.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (2Xqig)

28 given the polling breakdown and fawning over a killer, it appears there is a strain of wommin in the US that is unlike the others

Posted by: DanMan at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (8uzBS)

29 Let's face it - you always thought BeeKeepers were a little strange. I mean, if you don't know what they are, it looks like some crazy person is storing a whole bunch of dresser drawers in a field somewhere

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:33 PM (AlNse)

30 Obviously not a lawyer, but I always thought you could say be charged both federally and for state charges on all sorts of things. Like tax evasion.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:33 PM (eIzlH)

31 He had back pain. Murder was justified.

Posted by: Mangione's Attorneys at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (2Cry5)

32 24 What a state of affairs, where we all know that he would never be convicted in NYC.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 05:31 PM (3cUTc)

That was part of the civil rights acts. The assumption that a Kluxer couldn't get a real trial in certain states.
We have to assume that this is accurate, unfortunately.

Posted by: humans suck, retvrn to monke at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (88C+u)

33 I have not watched it yet, but here's the full debate between Candace & Andrew Wilson:

https://youtu.be/nPhCKwJ6ye8

You'll not be surprised that Candace did not rise to the occasion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

34 21 There's clearly some legal strategy here where the fix is in.

I'll be honest, I think it was a coin flip he would even get convicted at all. I can't believe the amount of people that somehow equate hating their health ins company and thinking that justifies murdering a CEO.

So I guess if a Medicare or Medicaid bureaucrat gets gunned down, totally fair game.

Posted by: Leupold

To get him to plead, the feds either have other charges that would destroy Mangina's rep like sex tourism in Thailand sort of charges, or they threatened friends or family with accessory charges. Otherwise, why take the rap which precludes appealing anything other than the sentence.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

35 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (xCuiu)

Had to have been a black WNBA player because if she was white there would be no suspension.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:35 PM (CNl8/)

36 Okay, I asked Brave AI what the sentence range was for his charges and I got this,

"The recommended baseline sentence for federal stalking with violence is derived from USSG §2A6.2, which sets a base offense level of 18. This level increases by 2 levels for specific aggravating factors such as bodily injury, violation of a protection order, or use of a dangerous weapon, and by an additional 4 levels if multiple aggravating factors are present.

Key sentencing components include:

Base Offense Level: 18 for stalking or domestic violence under federal guidelines.
Aggravating Enhancements: An increase of 2 levels for a single aggravating factor (e.g., bodily injury or weapon use) and 4 levels for multiple factors.
Statutory Maximums: While the guideline range starts at level 18, statutory penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 2261A can range from 5 years to life imprisonment if the stalking results in death.
Recent Precedent: In recent high-profile cases involving stalking resulting in death, prosecutors have recommended sentences ranging from 24 to 30 years or life imprisonment, depending on the severity and specific circumstances. "

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

37 Why so much hate for Chuck Mangione? I liked his song "Feels So Good" that he played with that funny trumpet.

What? Oh...

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (XE5AP)

38 Praying for the family of the murdered dad

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86)

39 25 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (xCuiu)

Bailiff, whack both their peepees. "Hers" too

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (88C+u)

40 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players

Posted by: Smell the Glove

They should sign him to the WNBA. Domestic violence is all it has going on during a game.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (0U5gm)

41 To get him to plead, the feds either have other charges that would destroy Mangina's rep like sex tourism in Thailand sort of charges, or they threatened friends or family with accessory charges. Otherwise, why take the rap which precludes appealing anything other than the sentence.

Posted by: whig

===

That really was something I was thinking, but obviously "secrets" will eventually come out, so why would anyone fall for a routine like that?

Plead guilty or we'll tell people you looked at child p#rn?

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (eIzlH)

42 >>You'll not be surprised that Candace did not rise to the occasion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM

She is so demonstrably stupid that it makes me wonder about her followers and their ability to continue breathing in and out without instruction.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (2Xqig)

43 Is this guy a homo? He will be.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (4NO2D)

44 I think Luigi's fellow inmates are going to be having way too much fun to kill him."

/Now there's just one more thing I want from you...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:38 PM (XuXeR)

45 Just to put this out there, the guy is not good looking. And short.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:38 PM (eIzlH)

46 “ 30 Obviously not a lawyer, but I always thought you could say be charged both federally and for state charges on all sorts of things. Like tax evasion.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:33 PM (eIzlH)”

In past cases (Rodney King, etc)…cops would get put on trial for assault, etc. This would be a state trial. They would be found Not Guilty. The Fed’s would then take a shot at them. But not for assault. They would charge them with conspiring to violate their civil rights. They got a conviction. Different type of charge = no double jeopardy.

Posted by: EFG at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (blyny)

47 Just to put this out there, the guy is not good looking. And short.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026

***
In pics taken around the time this happened, I thought he looked like Eminem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (wzUl9)

48 "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," Mangione told the judge.

Just daring her to find him innocent.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (i+Wsn)

49 I assume that the plea deal was a life sentence.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (n5tGW)

50 Plead guilty or we'll tell people you looked at child p#rn?"

They'll have a good time with him. OTOH, there'll be lots of crying women at his funeral...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (XuXeR)

51 At least they had him allocute. They’re regretting that with the Idaho 4 killer.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (ccX9M)

52 How many Democrats will raise their hands at the 2028 presidential debate when they are asked if they will pardon Luigi Mangione?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (CNl8/)

53 It would be hysterical to see Robinson, because of Luigi's plea, take a plea himself for killing Charlie Kirk. I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Cansace

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (xCuiu)

54 52 How many Democrats will raise their hands at the 2028 presidential debate when they are asked if they will pardon Luigi Mangione?
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (CNl8/)

If they think it will get them votes...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (npoJh)

55 I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," << "I shot a man in Reno..."

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (XuXeR)

56 Trump just have a speech saying that the USA is going to annex the Strait of Hormuz and make it a Territory of the USA

He also said in his public speech that the White House was filled with beautiful young girls.he repeated that 3 times
Looking forward to Ace posting those clips

Posted by: Paul at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (8QRXr)

57 Watched a vid of dude putting a burqa on in MN to pretend vote and they just totally told him to use someone else's name. He never took the ballot offered.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (n5tGW)

58 If he gets life, at least he’ll get a lifetime of “free” medical treatment for his back pain. If he doesn’t get the treatment it would be cruel and unusual treatment.

So at he figured out a way to get out of paying for costly medical treatment even if he had a wealthy family.

Posted by: Brio at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (s2rPQ)

59 45 Just to put this out there, the guy is not good looking. And short.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:38 PM (eIzlH)

Not all women care about height (and thank G-d for them, as a not tall dude) and as for good looks, I dunno. He looks fine. Lots of women think he looks fine. But they're fairly forgiving on that unless the guy is a near-literal toad like Jerry Nadler.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (88C+u)

60 The longest sentence in the world is 13,955 words long, found in Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotter's Club. Other notable long sentences include James Joyce's Ulysses with 4,391 words and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! with 1,288 words.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026

***
Neither of which I've ever considered reading. Coe's novel is in good company.

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

61 53 It would be hysterical to see Robinson, because of Luigi's plea, take a plea himself for killing Charlie Kirk. I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Cansace
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (xCuiu)

Robinson's Lawyers admitted he shot Kirk and was a great aim so don't try to charge him with endangering others...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:42 PM (npoJh)

62 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 05:42 PM (4NO2D)

63 So at he figured out a way to get out of paying for costly medical treatment even if he had a wealthy family.
Posted by: Brio
==========
Eh, for the most part, you don't want the med services offered in prison by the lowest cost bidder.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM (E4rtv)

64 Luigi did what he had to do.

Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM (7s0pg)

65 She is so demonstrably stupid that it makes me wonder about her followers and their ability to continue breathing in and out without instruction.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (2Xqig)

Glancing at comments sections on YouTube and X seem to confirm that 75% of her followers, and fiercest defenders, are women who have watched way too much true crime documentaries and are convinced they're the best detectives that ever detected.

And they are almost all adept at throwing out insults in ALL CAPs with exclamation points to show they really really mean it!!!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

66 This doesn't mean conjugal visits won't be allowed, does it?

Posted by: Karen, with septum piercing and hair color not found in nature at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (0sNs1)

67 The Feds must have really put the fear of God into him, or he would have opted for NY State charges. I heard the prosecution didn't present a good case there.
Offered him less than life?
My guess.

Posted by: MkY at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (q6tQZ)

68 I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Candace
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (xCuiu)

This is about me isn't it.

Posted by: Alexius IV at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (88C+u)

69
"I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," Mangione told the judge, the New York Times reported.

------

Shot him with a shitty improvised handgun.Which he helpfully kept in his backpack as he fled, instead of throwing it into a river.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (VWtfl)

70 Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM (7s0pg)

Recommend referral of this comment to the FBI

Posted by: eff this troll in particular at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (88C+u)

71 53 It would be hysterical to see Robinson, because of Luigi's plea, take a plea himself for killing Charlie Kirk. I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Cansace
Posted by: Smell the Glove
==========
I think that may happen if the jury selection and pretrial rulings on excluding evidence goes poorly for the defense. Take the plea to save the life and if the state refuses, then try your best to not argue so much on guilt but save it for sentencing as the jury must impose a death sentence, not the judge.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)

72 He should have tried Relief Factor.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

73 Luigi did what he had to do.
Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM

I wonder if it stopped the night from screaming in his ears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (4NO2D)

74 This is about me isn't it.
Posted by: Alexius IV"

Nah. It's a plague.

/Justinian

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (XuXeR)

75 I assume that the plea deal was a life sentence.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM

An article I read said both lawyer sides said there was no plea bargain.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (0sNs1)

76 Is this Everything Is Our Fault Day?

It's also:

Today, August 14, 2026, features several fun and historic daily observances including National Creamsicle Day, National Navajo Code Talkers Day, National Financial Awareness Day, and World Lizard Day.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (kX27y)

77 I NEVER objectified young women in the White House. Now, young guys? Dreamy! And a young, black chef..until he gets a little too talkative.

Posted by: Barack Imgay Obama at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (avzFa)

78 Yup, and now some Very Large Queer is gonna do what he's gotta do right up Luigi's squeekhole.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:47 PM (AlNse)

79 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (wmzkx)

80 To get him to plead, the feds either have other charges that would destroy Mangina's rep like sex tourism in Thailand sort of charges, or they threatened friends or family with accessory charges. Otherwise, why take the rap which precludes appealing anything other than the sentence.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM

I suspect the feds were going to get a grand jury to indict him in Atlanta where he started his journey to kill the ceo. That is where he bought the gun and engraved the bullets he used to kill brian thompson. He would have been convicted there and faced life w/o parole.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (cpFbA)

81 Regardless of his sentence, I don’t think this twink is ever getting out of prison. Bro was born with a toe tag.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (XCctI)

82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)

83 This is all a distraction from the UAP files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)

84 Here's hoping for a perineal rupture of the bowel because he is asking for the anal probe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (skcH5)

85 79 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
--

and Amen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (VQ0bX)

86 Plead guilty or we'll tell people you looked at child p#rn?
Posted by: Leupold
=======
What if he did a kiddie in Thailand. There was a reason that he got into a physical fight with Lady Bois over there.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)

87
78 Yup, and now some Very Large Queer is gonna do what he's gotta do right up Luigi's squeekhole.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:47 PM

-------

Reportedly, Luigi's back injury precludes him from having sex. But not all sex, I guess.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 05:49 PM (VWtfl)

88 Speaking of capital offenses . . .

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Irate Jim Acosta wants people jailed should Trump's name go back up on the Kennedy Center building.

Very Serious journalisming going on here.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

89 Recent Precedent: In recent high-profile cases involving stalking resulting in death, prosecutors have recommended sentences ranging from 24 to 30 years or life imprisonment, depending on the severity and specific circumstances.

Were there recent cases where the victim was only mostly dead?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

90 Reap what you sow.

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (UKrJG)

91 I suspect the feds were going to get a grand jury to indict him in Atlanta where he started his journey to kill the ceo. That is where he bought the gun and engraved the bullets he used to kill brian thompson. He would have been convicted there and faced life w/o parole.
Posted by: Mister Scott
=======
Possible. If he did as you said. Cross a bunch of state lines to do crime, the feds have a lot of law leverage to apply as the poor Jan 6ers found out.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

92
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Irate Jim Acosta wants people jailed should Trump's name go back up on the Kennedy Center building.

Very Serious journalisming going on here.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

Sorry... They voted to put it back and shut down for 2 years for repairs...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:51 PM (npoJh)

93 82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)

I'm old enough to remember that Susan Smith did not get such a reaction in 1994(?).

There were a bunch of women who came wanting Smith to be executed and complained when she got life.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)

94 It's also:

Today, August 14, 2026, features several fun and historic daily observances including National Creamsicle Day, National Navajo Code Talkers Day, National Financial Awareness Day, and World Lizard Day.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM

Why don't we establish some Blog Days?

Lamont Day, Blog Lock-Out Day, Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day, Boob Day, etc., etc.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

95 Were there recent cases where the victim was only mostly dead?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Heh. Ask AI yourself. But the sentencing guidelines you can actually put in the specific guideline at some defense attorney websites and it will spit out the sentencing range. Pretty funny and sobering at the same time.

Useful though for frequent fliers for defense attorneys I suppose as that sort of lawyer specializes in contacts with the prosecution and court to get a plea deal on the best terms you might get.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

96 And Susan smith just came up for parole and SC said no way.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (enNUy)

97 There's clearly some legal strategy here where the fix is in.

Who has the better prisons NYS or FedGov?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (PVBkQ)

98 This is all an attempt to distract from Sydney Sweeny's breasts.

It's not working.

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (Q+gd/)

99 Lamont Day, Blog Lock-Out Day, Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day, Boob Day, etc., etc.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

Centered Day
Gray Day
Same As In Town Day
Just Write It Off Day

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

100 Centered Day
Gray Day
Same As In Town Day
Just Write It Off Day
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

Nothing will happen Day

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (npoJh)

101 93 82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)

I'm old enough to remember that Susan Smith did not get such a reaction in 1994(?).

There were a bunch of women who came wanting Smith to be executed and complained when she got life.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)

********
I no longer read of the abuse and murder of innocent children. I see the headlines and move on. It wounds my soul.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (hzuYO)

102 The Blog Actually Works On iPhone Day. That would be celebrated once every five years.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (enNUy)

103 Why don't we establish some Blog Days?

Lamont Day, Blog Lock-Out Day, Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day, Boob Day, etc., etc.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)
-----------------
Good idea, had to look up the lizard day, who designates these things??

World Lizard Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated every year on August 14th. It is dedicated to appreciating lizards, learning about their diverse species, and raising awareness of their important roles in nature and as proper pets.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (kX27y)

104 82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.
Posted by: nckate
=======
Solipsism where the rest of the family or kids don't matter, only the main character in the drama. A certain type of woman considers kids as expendable if it hinders their pursuit of their dreams. This type certainly thinks that of husbands/boyfriends.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

105 National Financial Awareness Day

I watch a lot of videos of people talking about how fucked they are financially so, apparently, not many people celebrate this day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 05:56 PM (ExV1e)

106 Put a new sign on the DC wastewater treatment facility and call it the Jim Acosta Center.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 05:56 PM (Ot/FD)

107 Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day,

==

um , no, but here is a better idea, start your own Empire of Bats blog and go wild!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

108 FedGov?
Posted by: Community Notes
=========
Supermaxx in Colorado is about the harshest prison perhaps in the federal system. State, it would likely be from disorder rather than order. But, sometimes, as part of the plea deal, you can stay out of being sent to particular ones.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)

109 This type certainly thinks that of husbands/boyfriends.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

It's a Brain in a Vat.

And the vat is full of Franzia.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)

110 Things may have changed since Susan Smith. But it could also just be that the internet now allows the crazy cat ladies to spout their bullshit about faraway events. Before, they would have had to go to the courthouse and hold up their looney signs in public.

But I'm also not totally dis.issing the possibility that man-blaming and hating have been made more fashionable by the always evil Left.

Posted by: Wally at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (avzFa)

111 Hey man this dude man he is not me. Not me. Look at this man. Look at him!!! And see YOURSELF. You're the shooter. Shoot shoot shoot. See yourself. Don't see me.

Posted by: Charlie Manson at August 14, 2026 05:58 PM (wGerL)

112 CBD And The Art Thread Having A Bad Day Day

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:58 PM (6ydKt)

113 Justice? In NY? You mean from the most corrupt courts on the country?

Hahahahahahahaha.

*breaths*

Hahahahahahahaha.

Posted by: That Guy at August 14, 2026 05:58 PM (1YJqW)

114 there is also inside the prison justice...

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

115 Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon

Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

116 And the vat is full of Franzia.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)
---
Looking back, I realize that my mother was an OG boxed wine mom.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

117 Why would anyone want to murder this guy in prison? IIRC, he's a rich kid. He should be able to pay for most things, at least if his parents are amenable. A few gangsters' ransoms can't be more expensive than him jetting around the globe to visit his Thai ladyboys.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (BI5O2)

118
Mangione killed Thompson on December 4 2024, pleads guilty -- good lord, August 14, 2026? And gets sentenced December 18, 2026?

Does our justice system move rather slowly?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (XJ22o)

119 Penguin Day?

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (Q+gd/)

120 The 182nd day of the year can be Centered Day

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)

121 I no longer read of the abuse and murder of innocent children. I see the headlines and move on. It wounds my soul.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM

My wife used to be an attorney for abused children (guardian ad litem). She would come home from work and tell me over dinner about the sh*t conditions some innocent child had to face.

It took a while, but the "husband" portion of my brain eventually processed that was her means of moving on.

I, on the other hand, have an over-developed sense of vengeance. I woke up absolutely enraged at 3AM on multiple occasions.

Fortunately (for me), I was smart enough to stay far away from that courthouse.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (HlyYF)

122 Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Matt Walsh tied it to these same women wanting the ability to "abort" their children at any time after the kid is born for the same reasons that they should be able to abort their child during gestation.

I think it is simpler than that. The problem moral people have is that they project their vocabulary of morality on to people who have none. The idea that "you take from me is wrong. I take from you is right" is how most of humanity sees morality. Even "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" has underlying it the vocabulary of morality, that is why the pseudo-moral injection of "ability" and "need" to justify the theft.

Today's Leftist women do not know God and have reverted to the amoral state where:

I Benefit ≡ Good. You prevent my Benefit ≡ Bad

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (rgGn5)

123 Justice moves slowly if it moves at all

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (enNUy)

124 96 And Susan smith just came up for parole and SC said no way.
Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (enNUy)

I hope SC made her put on clown makeup before presenting her case.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (88C+u)

125 Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon
Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

Or a documentary about the life of John Holmes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

126 World Lizard Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated every year on August 14th. It is dedicated to appreciating lizards, learning about their diverse species, and raising awareness of their important roles in nature and as proper pets.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (kX27y)

Finally! My day has come!

*unzips fake human skin*

Alright, where all the hot Komodo Dragons at?

Posted by: Tucker Carlson - Lizard Person at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)

127 Mangione killed Thompson on December 4 2024, pleads guilty -- good lord, August 14, 2026? And gets sentenced December 18, 2026?

Does our justice system move rather slowly?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (XJ22o)

The judge in the case doesn't want to sentence him until after they see how the midterms go.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)

128 126 World Lizard Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated every year on August 14th. It is dedicated to appreciating lizards, learning about their diverse species, and raising awareness of their important roles in nature and as proper pets.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (kX27y)

Finally! My day has come!

*unzips fake human skin*

Alright, where all the hot Komodo Dragons at?
Posted by: Tucker Carlson - Lizard Person at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)
——-

[Grins]

— Diana

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (XCctI)

129 91 I suspect the feds were going to get a grand jury to indict him in Atlanta where he started his journey to kill the ceo. That is where he bought the gun and engraved the bullets he used to kill brian thompson. He would have been convicted there and faced life w/o parole.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Since you brought up Atlanta, wonder if he was involved in some of the Cop City escapades by Antifa there which spurred the later assassination.

Most of the troublemakers were from out of town, not locals and that might have put him squarely into terrorism charges which do carry the death penalty. Guy could be antifa related.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (E4rtv)

130 Alright, where all the hot Komodo Dragons at?
Posted by: Tucker Carlson - Lizard Person at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)

Lizards piss and shit out the same hole.

But he also talks out that hole.

So he's more like a Spirochete person than a Lizard person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (Ot/FD)

131 I don't think there anything making this guy a dreamboat, but then I'm not a young leftist idiot . I agree with Christy. His eyebrows are too close together for one thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (y8wRt)

132 Today's Leftist women do not know God and have reverted to the amoral state where:

I Benefit ≡ Good. You prevent my Benefit ≡ Bad
Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (rgGn5)
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People do not understand how unique Christianity is in terms of world religion. Exposing unwanted children or selling them into slavery is the human norm. Christians were looked on as weird when they raised foundlings as their own rather than enslave them.

As we re-paganize, we're getting all the same things the pagans did, like normalizing adultery, mainstreaming sodomy, infanticide and now the slave trade (via surrogate mothers).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

133 131 I don't think there anything making this guy a dreamboat, but then I'm not a young leftist idiot . I agree with Christy. His eyebrows are too close together for one thing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (y8wRt)

And that nose

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (npoJh)

134 new thread yo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (CWTWj)

135 125 Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon
Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

Or a documentary about the life of John Holmes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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It is where we froze Judge Dredd and Wesley Snipes to be released later.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)

136 I don't think there anything making this guy a dreamboat,

==

You are not a gay man, that's why!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (g47mK)

137 A jury in Atlanta is never a lock. Because, Atlanta

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (enNUy)

138 RIP, Soldiers

Army identified two soldiers who died when their Apache crashed outside Ft. Hood, TX

https://tinyurl.com/muw2emkp

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (FdpeO)

139 By way of contrast, the longest sentence in À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust is a mere 958 words long, but it is in French.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (uhqfn)

140
What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate

===============

I don't know about this case specifically, but postpartum psychosis just might be a thing. Hippocrates observed it. Earliest potential observations go back 2400 years.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (XJ22o)

141 Leave a zucchini on your neighbor’s front porch day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (yEz+x)

142 Mangione killed Thompson on December 4 2024, pleads guilty -- good lord, August 14, 2026? And gets sentenced December 18, 2026?

Does our justice system move rather slowly?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (XJ22o)

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Better that a guilty man be allowed infinite appeals and the best defense that Communist China, Anarcho-Communist Democrats of America, and Anarcho-Commie Billionaires can buy -- than that an innocent & soon-to-be-broke-ass man with a public defender be allowed a speedy trial ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (+Of5k)

143 By his own account, he fought off 7 angry ladyboys.

I'm betting these failed pugilists weren't of legal age if a 7-1 advantage couldn't take down Luigi.

Jus' sayin'.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (BI5O2)

144 38 Praying for the family of the murdered dad
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86)

**********
Yes. Horrible to contemplate what they went through due to this deranged narcissist preening (ok. I will stop before I cuss and carry on).

It was premeditated. He planned it, crossing state lines. First degree murder of a man he did not know. Back pain as a reason my fat arse.

He was a poor little rich boy who went to a private HS. Valedictorian. At U Penn he graduated cum laude in engineering.

A gamer (! Maybe a furry?!) who developed a gaming development club (gag). Well paid AI guy who quit to spend more time "reading and doing yoga."

I guess he'll have more time for reading and yoga when he's not passed around in prison.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 06:08 PM (hzuYO)

145 Leave a zucchini on your neighbor’s front porch day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (yEz+x)

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Godfather IV: Hole Food

"Leave the gun ... take the zucchini."

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:09 PM (+Of5k)

146 Anything longer than 6 months to get everything wrapped up is probably bullshit

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (AlNse)

147 People don’t grasp how competitive NYC is. One aspect of that is the attitude “if you’re slowing me down, you’re holding me down”.

Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (8jVAy)

148
Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon
Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

Or a documentary about the life of John Holmes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
===
It is where we froze Judge Dredd and Wesley Snipes to be released later.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)

----------------

Thirty-six years later in 2062: the merged cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara have become the pacifist utopia San Angeles -- ruled by the also cryogenically-frozen, malevolent, and controlling narcissist Dr. Tony Fauci.

/Where's the movie "Pitch Guy" when you need him?

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:17 PM (+Of5k)

149 I have not watched it yet, but here's the full debate between Candace & Andrew Wilson:

Four hours? Thanks but no thanks. I can only tolerate crazy in small doses.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 06:29 PM (vTZFs)

150
37
I saw Chuck Mangione open for The New Charlie Manson Band at the Palladium in 1971.

Posted by: Vinnie Bugliosa at August 14, 2026 06:46 PM (70cb5)

151 Walz appointee Vance Boelter was convicted of murdering Speaker Hortman. She cast the deciding vote against Walz’s Health Care for Illegals Scam, from which Walz was billing the Feds $billions of dollars. It was the last vote she would ever cast. Boelter says Walz sent him out to kill Democrats.

Then the Minnesota president of Minnesota’s United Health Care is shot by another Minnesota assassin.

I think we’ll find Gov. Timmy Trillions is at the center of both of these stories.

That, in fact, they are the $ame $tory.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 14, 2026 10:00 PM (KEyNh)

Cambridge's Fabulous Fabulist Jason Arday Found Dead, Assumedly By His Own Hand

This is your fault, Racists. You forced him to lie cheat and steal his way into a position he never had any right to, and you forced the woke communists of Cambridge to promote him to such a high position that his inevitable downfall would be deadly.

Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter
50m
Jason Arday found dead
Academic had resigned from the University of Cambridge last week
Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor, has been found dead.
Mr Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called by the London Ambulance Service at 3.12pm on Friday.
He said: "Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers.
"At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious. The case is being investigated by officers from the Met's Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner."

I can't even stand the sight of you. #DoBetter, Racists. #DoBetter.

I'm not gloating here. Any death is sad. I'm merely reacting, proactively, to the attempt by the left to shame me for their elevation of a basket-case dullard and liar to a perch he would inevitably fall from.

Adrian Hilton
@Adrian_Hilton

Prof Hilary Cremin @CamEdFac is a disgrace to Education. Baroness Morgan @FitzwilliamColl and Sonita Alleyne @JesusCollegeCam need to resign. And so should the Vice Chancellor of @Cambridge_Uni, Deborah Prentice, who has plunged this once great University to the depths. All those who sat on the two panels and judged Jason Arday worthy of two professorial positions need to search their souls. I said a few days ago that this scandal was of Shakespearean proportions: it is now a monumental tragedy. Shame on all those who never assessed his academic inadequacy and the consequences for his emotional vulnerability.

Remember, entitled, privileged narcissists are too sheltered and weak and fragile to handle the consequences of their actions. So it's incumbent on you to protect them from those consequences.

So you have to indulge them as they kill members of your family.

"Why is all of this happening to meeeeeee?"

A South Carolina woman accused of drunkenly crashing into a bride and groom on their wedding day appeared in court for her bond hearing. The suspect, Jamie Komoroski, who has pleaded not guilty, was denied bond. @DeborahNorville and @StevenFabianTV have the story. pic.twitter.com/JYTno5lUXZ
— Inside Edition (@InsideEdition) August 1, 2023

🚨 Newly released bodycam footage from the deadly 2023 crash shows convicted drunk driver Jamie Komoroski screaming for officers to check on newlywed Samantha Hutchinson after slamming into her golf cart on her wedding night.

Komoroski, whose BAC was later measured at 0.261%,� pic.twitter.com/eJxecGPGIG
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) August 7, 2026

�I don�t want to go to prison for 15 years��

More footage of Jamie Komorski who was convicted of DUI manslaughter and killing a new bride on her wedding day. pic.twitter.com/9mymsyxjVR
— Robbie Harvey (@therobbieharvey) August 11, 2026

More of this winner here.

Thankfully, she got 25 years in prison.

But I don't think she would have gone to prison if she were a minority. There's a black schizophrenic who has been arrested dozens of times for violently attacking white and Asian women on the street for no reason at all, and the black woke DA keeps dismissing the cases against him. The maniac's own family is pleading for the state to arrest him (and "give him the help he needs," though I'll personally just settle for sealing him away forever).

They won't lock him up until one of the tiny women he plays the knockout game with actually dies of head trauma. And he's getting very close to that achievement.

Unrelated: Hasan Piker's Islamist terror wingman Abdulrahman El-Sayed is behind the Republican candidate Mike Rogers, and Rogers hasn't even begun pounding him with negative ads yet.

Also from the pollsters' analysis: "El-Sayed is underperforming with Black voters, women and suburban voters compared with former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

Rogers similarly trails Trump�s 2024 support among voters under age 30 and�
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) August 13, 2026

Also: No one cares about fake global warming.

(((Harry Enten)))
@ForecasterEnten

Despite all the talk of climate change, voters, simply put, don't care.
Climate ranks 14th on list of top issue for the midterm vote (at 3%).
Those who say it's a very big problem is the same as in 2016 (~40%).
Not even a majority agree humans cause any climate change.

Despite all the talk of climate change, voters, simply put, don't care.

Climate ranks 14th on list of top issue for the midterm vote (at 3%).

Those who say it's a very big problem is the same as in 2016 (~40%).

Not even a majority agree humans cause any climate change. pic.twitter.com/IQYG9xPYmc
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:40 PM

Comments

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1 Still sad

Posted by: Bete at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (LX4y3)

2 >>> This is your fault, Racists. You forced him to lie cheat and steal his way into a position he never had any right to, and you forced the woke communists of Cambridge to promote him to such a high position that his inevitable downfall would be deadly.

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Shame on you, morons.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (QFchU)

3 "I don't want to go to prison for 15 years"

Ok, make it 50.

Posted by: The Old Fart's Almanac at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (MWfyi)

4 Resurrection next Thursday.

The ability was clearly listed in his resume.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Sco7b)

5 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:41 PM (+iWzK)

6 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

--Proverbs 16:18 (NIV)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:41 PM (FZ29D)

7
Best of Breed and Hound Group 4 for The Big Dummy at today's Cen-Tex KC show. Well done, you big dope!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:41 PM (O0L8i)

8 Jason Arday Found Dead, Assumedly By His Own Hand

Are we sure he authored his death?

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 04:41 PM (i+Wsn)

9 Agin

Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (T8bqm)

10 They won't lock him up until one of the tiny women he plays the knockout game with actually dies of head trauma. And he's getting very close to that achievement.
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I'm skeptical they'd lock him up even then.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (FZ29D)

11 They must produce everything here for the planet. Otherwise the turd world will slay Gaia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (+iWzK)

12 >>>Are we sure he authored his death?

as a commenter said in an older thread, he plagiarized his death.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

13 If this is the result of holding Black men accountable for their fraudulent actions, we need to stop!!!

Posted by: AWFL American Teachers at August 14, 2026 04:43 PM (odVWi)

14 He died by dei.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 04:43 PM (n5tGW)

15 "Komoroski, whose BAC was later measured at 0.261"

I don't ever remember being that drunk. I'm not saying that I haven't, I just don't remember it.

Posted by: The Old Fart's Almanac at August 14, 2026 04:43 PM (MWfyi)

16 Was it "the Warden Norton"?

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 14, 2026 04:43 PM (jrgJz)

17 So...they're hiring?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:44 PM (G4i8c)

18 I don't blame ace for this guy's death.

I blame Climate Change.

Posted by: garrett at August 14, 2026 04:44 PM (pLPqp)

19 If about 40% of voters "say it's a very big problem", then there are quite a lot who care, albeit erroneously, about climate change, though it seems to have fallen behind a few other items, such as Jew killing, as a priority for the most extreme activists.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 14, 2026 04:44 PM (2HopN)

20 Why does that last graph show "Other Countries -50%" when the trend line clearly shows +50%?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:44 PM (FZ29D)

21 It’s Luria v Keegans III on the eastern shore.
All day all night.
Gah, I hate political ads. That’s the one thing about NYC tv, no political ads.

Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 04:45 PM (T8bqm)

22 The anti El-Sayad ads have already started on Detroit television by the way.

Clips of him repeating over and over "I am dangerous" but no context aside from 'I am dangerous.'

To what....cheesecake?
But still, it begins.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)

23 Graphs are white supremaracist. And they are killing scholars.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:45 PM (G4i8c)

24 Damn, that last pic...Greta is aging like fine wine!

Posted by: No One Ever at August 14, 2026 04:45 PM (odVWi)

25
Cambridge's Fabulous Fabulist Jason Arday Found Dead, Assumedly By His Own Hand

________

Let's wait until Sunday morning before drawing any conclusions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (O0L8i)

26 To paraphrase Gert.
Climate change is bullshit.
Demographic change is happening for realsies right in front of our eyes.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (2WIwB)

27 Repeat from below:

So, in the end-

Arday was the Milli Vanilli of Sylvia Plaths.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (iJfKG)

28
They must have just released a bunch of those Jamie Komoroski videos. It all happened in 2023 but they're bubbling into my YouTube feed like mad.

If you're going to do Japanese Walking, plug in your earbuds and listen to her carry on like that for over an hour.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (XJ22o)

29 I'm not gloating here. Any death is sad.

I am indifferent. People around the world that I don't know die every day, mostly pointlessly.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (4NO2D)

30 Why does that last graph show "Other Countries -50%" when the trend line clearly shows +50%?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:44 PM (FZ29D)
*****************

And why doesn't the graph have data more recent than 2018?

Posted by: Math! at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (2HopN)

31 Gen Z women have adapted a weird and unpleasant vocal toc of adding syllables to words for emphasis.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 14, 2026 04:47 PM (f0sNM)

32 >>> I have stopped trying to make sense of social media charts. I point out errors and people start with "you don't understand what it's saying dummy". It is a chart, it presents data, using consistent mathematical rules. "that's what a dummy would say"

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:47 PM (3uBP9)

33 People used to have dignity when they went to jail.

"Bitch set me up" was the longest rant we heard. This is embarrassing.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:47 PM (G4i8c)

34 And why doesn't the graph have data more recent than 2018?
Posted by: Math! at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (2HopN)
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Another excellent point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:48 PM (FZ29D)

35 Graphs are white supremaracist. And they are killing scholars.
Posted by: sifty boones
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Ardaywas probably compelled to use graphs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 04:48 PM (XeU6L)

36 Arday was the Milli Vanilli of Sylvia Plaths.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM

The Alfred Kinsey of Margaret Meads.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:48 PM (4NO2D)

37 >>>>> meant to be to perf squirrel.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:48 PM (3uBP9)

38
To repeat my genius self, I'm going to go a little Norm MacDonald here and worry about the anti-white backlash that Arday's suicide will cause. Guys, it's going to be furious. hashtag #YouKilledJasonArday

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:49 PM (XJ22o)

39 I have stopped trying to make sense of social media charts. I point out errors and people start with "you don't understand what it's saying dummy". It is a chart, it presents data, using consistent mathematical rules[\i]. "that's what a dummy would say"
Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:47 PM (3uBP9)
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I think I found the problem...If that were true, the graph would make sense.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:49 PM (FZ29D)

40 And the girl's dad told her: bad things happen to good people. Meaning his daughter. Enabler.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 04:49 PM (kX27y)

41 banana Dream - expecting software to give precise answers to precise questions is proof that you don't understand AI, or so the AI tells me.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 04:49 PM (aJQbY)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:49 PM (FZ29D)

43 Any death is sad... yes it is for those who loved him.

However, to never address what he did as a lying, plagerist DEI hire (as far as I know and it ain't much, baybee)...well.

He was ruthlessly picked on when the TRUTH came out of his dreamy world of lecturing about racism vs the syllabus. He probably thought the syllabus was a "silly bus" after many years of riding the short bus.

Based on my excellent observations as a world renowned anthropologist (if he can pretend, so can I), he wasn't "all there" in his noggin. Flat affect in photos. Eyes like Little Orphan Annie in the cartoons.

I also base all of my observations due to Saturday morning cartoons or watching the Three Stooges at an early age for many years.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:49 PM (hzuYO)

44 35. To be fair, Elvis told Arday it was the only way he could escape from the nazi moon base.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:50 PM (G4i8c)

45 35 Graphs are white supremaracist. And they are killing scholars.
Posted by: sifty boones
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Ardaywas probably compelled to use graphs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 04:48 PM (XeU6L)

***

But probably not his own.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)

46 Anyone have a spacebar that I can borrow?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (XeU6L)

47 If anyone is to be blamed for his death, it's Cambridge University.

Posted by: dantesed at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (p3pWU)

48 l feel the same about his death as I do about the genocide in Gaza.
And the trans genocide.

So, you know, I'm all broken up over here.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (3cUTc)

49 Mr Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea...

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (i+Wsn)

50 18 I don't blame ace for this guy's death.

I blame Climate Change.
Posted by: garrett

Dude!?!?!?

Posted by: Summer COVID Spike 2026...or the Jooooooos at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (odVWi)

51 The Climate scam was a great way to launder money and steal from the treasury, but it’s amazing how many on the left really believed people would buy into it personally.

I guess it was almost impossible for them to realize that most people aren’t as stupid as they themselves are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (Ol0VD)

52
Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In the voice of Dennis Miller at August 14, 2026 04:52 PM (2Ez/1)

53 Let's wait until Sunday morning before drawing any conclusions.

I can't wait for the TikTok Nancy Drews to start trolling for clicks and attention with their deep forensic knowledge accumulated over the years binge watching CSI and Columbo that ends up blaming everyone except Jason Arday

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 04:52 PM (BvPIe)

54 Greta Dunning-Krugerberg

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:53 PM (G4i8c)

55 India and Chyna will just f it up anyway.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:53 PM (+iWzK)

56 *The Climate scam was a great way to launder money and steal from the treasury, but it’s amazing how many on the left really believed people would buy into it personally.*

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Recycling at August 14, 2026 04:53 PM (2Ez/1)

57 No gloating here. It's a sad situation and nothing to schadenfreude about. IMO, he was a victim of the DEI cabal of race fanatics. Perhaps he started believing in his own greatness as everyone around this emperor kept telling him how wonderful his clothes were. Then he couldn't handle the truth coming out that, in truth, he was standing there naked all along and didn't deserve the accolades. RIP to this casualty of DEI.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 04:53 PM (qBdHI)

58 So are they still going to publish Arday's autobiogra... um...

...his fantasy novel?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

59 There's a large part of me that feels bad for Arday. I've had a brutal 18 months.

That being said, if he wanted to go out and make everyone forget the plagiarism DEI scandal.....

....auto erotic asphyxiation live on Tok Tok.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (Sco7b)

60 I didn't care about Arday before he offed himself. I don't care after he offed himself. Although i'm slightly interested if he took the cowards way by eating a shotgun, or did it the David Carraidine way with ropes and kiddy porn

Posted by: Youre out of milk at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (W+TLY)

61 10 They won't lock him up until one of the tiny women he plays the knockout game with actually dies of head trauma. And he's getting very close to that achievement.
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I'm skeptical they'd lock him up even then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Or he runs into an armed citizen who tells him "Homey don't play that!" before being ventilated.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (E4rtv)

62 Must get F5 into my toolbar.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (+iWzK)

63 All Muslims in the nonprofit:

The feds are probing a shadowy nonprofit’s $100 million anti-Israel “war chest” allegedly amassed by a glamorous ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a racecar-driving billionaire and a Texas private equity mogul, The Post has learned.

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a UK-based outfit known only as PFF, scrutinizing whether it illegally funneled donor funds to Al-Haq, a Palestinian group sanctioned by the US in September, sources said.

https://tinyurl.com/3dv6bzye

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)

64
I'm not too surprised by his suicide.

Arday had "crazy eyes" in every photo I saw him in. IMHO anyway.

We talk a lot here about chicks with crazy eyes but he definitely had them as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (iJfKG)

65 My field of fucks is both barren and yet cheerful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)

66 Arday, Thunberg, al-Sayed and a drunken white woman in the same post. There's a theme, the Decline of the West?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (xCuiu)

67
John Profumo was forced to resign after lying to Parliament about his relationship with Christine Keeler. He went to work as a volunteer for an East End charity and remained for the rest of his life raising funds. He never spoke about the scandal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (O0L8i)

68 This is your fault, Racists.

----------------

I blame Drumpfffff and his Jew Puppet-Masters ... but mostly Ben Shapiro.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (I8urf)

69 Is Battersea a good area of London? How are the rents? I guess there's a new vacancy now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

70 Has Tucker Carlson blamed the Israeli government for Arday's death?!

Posted by: dantesed at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (p3pWU)

71 The guy had mental issues and I'm not surprised that the heat pushed him to suicide. My natural reaction was to feel bad that he offed himself.

Posted by: polynikes at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (KC5Lt)

72 I don't even like excel for seeing xy or time based data. Some company sales figures, sure. But hard data? It pains me to see engineers use excel. But so many do. It makes horrible charts that sacrifice image for accuracy. And truncates numbers in weird arbitrary ways. I can show them python, matplotlib, jupyter notebook, anything really until I'm blue in the face but they still will put stuff in excel. Younger people are a bit better in that regard at least. If I can catch them young enough.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (3uBP9)

73 Komoroski, whose BAC was later measured at 0.261"
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I gotta wonder, how heavy of a drinker do you have to be to still be conscious at that BAC?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (3cUTc)

74 I did it. F5 standing by.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (+iWzK)

75 I got $5 on 'Drug Overdose' as cause of death.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

76 Battersea is where the power station on the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album is located.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (CNl8/)

77 All those who sat on the two panels and judged Jason Arday worthy of two professorial positions need to search their souls. I said a few days ago that this scandal was of Shakespearean proportions: it is now a monumental tragedy.
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Nah, bro.

Degree from Cambridge isn't worth much now, is it?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (JvZF+)

78 I can't wait for the TikTok Nancy Drews to start trolling for clicks and attention with their deep forensic knowledge accumulated over the years binge watching CSI and Columbo that ends up blaming everyone except Jason Arday
Posted by: Community Notes
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I can. I can wait a very long time before Candace Ovens or some of the other twits fascinated with fake and gay crime theories on the net actually expose their ignorance and stupidity for bucks.

I can even wait beyond my human death before dealing with their twaddle.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (E4rtv)

79 Why does that last graph show "Other Countries -50%" when the trend line clearly shows +50%?

We wanted another line across her face, so we just inverted it.

Posted by: Number Don't Lie- Graphs Do! at August 14, 2026 04:57 PM (i+Wsn)

80 A South Carolina woman accused of drunkenly crashing into a bride and groom on their wedding day appeared in court for her bond hearing. The suspect, Jamie Komoroski, who has pleaded not guilty, was denied bond.

Ahhh, no, not exactly.
Komoroski was in South Carolina attending the College of Charleston and working at a bar part-time.

She is actually a New Jersey woman.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)

81 Per Grok, blackouts start around 0.16; passing out starts around 0.20

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc)

82 John Profumo was forced to resign after lying to Parliament about his relationship with Christine Keeler. He went to work as a volunteer for an East End charity and remained for the rest of his life raising funds. He never spoke about the scandal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (O0L8i)

Edith Keeler's grandma?

Posted by: J T Kirk IV at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (2WIwB)

83 The latest crazy ass black puncher in Charlotte has been sent to the looney bin, medicated and today? sent to the county jail. Although no records are online with his newest mugshot and arrest details. The chick he punched has a fractured skull, etc.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (enNUy)

84 What a sad story.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (+iWzK)

85 The Arday thing is sad, thru and thru.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (wVcYX)

86 .26 is legit brain damaging. Trust me.

She'll live longer in prison.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (G4i8c)

87
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (O0L8i)

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Remember Ward Churchill, from decades ago? He died today of natural causes. Arday could have pasted his life together, BUT --

That said, I think he was a different case. Not a cool grifter like some of our DEI proteges, but really mentally ill for some time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (XJ22o)

88 I guess Slimon & Shyster will never get their advance back now.

I pity his parents whom I hope loved him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (JvZF+)

89 76 Battersea is where the power station on the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album is located.
Posted by: Mark1971
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Before that, Quadrophenia featured that area as Jimmy's neighborhood, if you go through the photo booklet explaining the story included with the original pressing.

It was and is still a remarkable symbol and is now preserved as a museum right now. Who's former Ramport Studio is just around the corner from it.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)

90 I gotta wonder, how heavy of a drinker do you have to be to still be conscious at that BAC?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:56 PM (3cUTc)

She was working at a bar, and from the stories being told she had lots of practice drinking every day/night.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

91 Let's wait until Sunday morning before drawing any conclusions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:46 PM (O0L8i)

lol I hadn’t thought about this being Friday afternoon . This could make Ben Hur look like an Epic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (Ol0VD)

92 Per Grok, blackouts start around 0.16; passing out starts around 0.20
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc)

For me, it was a Tuesday.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

93 I haven't said much of Arday himself, here or elsewhere, because I suspected he was (literally) mentally retarded. There's not much point laughing at someone like that. Even if his inane rantings are racist and horrible, which some of them were (admittedly mostly plagiarizing people who knew what they were saying). I doubt he fully knew what he was saying.
I'll just say the Cambridge degree isn't what it was.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (88C+u)

94 I speak with all solemn sincerity:

Fuck. Him.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (hyS0X)

95 Per Grok, blackouts start around 0.16; passing out starts around 0.20
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc)

Where does projectile vomiting fit in?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (2WIwB)

96 I spent 15 years inside a bottle. .26 is a legit accomplishment. Your brain checks out but your mouth and your body continue working long after you and God want them to.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (G4i8c)

97
I feel sorrow for this man.

Seemed like the trick was to never be found out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

98 Speaking of the UK, Farage won his election, with 63+% of the vote, and is going back to the Commons.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:01 PM (g47mK)

99 69 Is Battersea a good area of London? How are the rents? I guess there's a new vacancy now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

London is now a majority of foreigners and their chilluns. And that includes Battersea. The area used to be working white class as the power plant showered the area regularly with coal ash bits.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:01 PM (E4rtv)

100 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (JvZF+)

Nice thoughts, but I would expect that of you. San Franpsycho.

May his friends and family (for those that are believers ) find strength and comfort from God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 05:02 PM (+hwtP)

101 86 .26 is legit brain damaging. Trust me.

She'll live longer in prison.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (G4i8c)
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My sister in law post mortem had a BAC of .40 and died slumped over her toilet at home. Couldn't beat the juice.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:02 PM (kX27y)

102
Seemed like the trick was to never be found out.
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

___________

If you don't want to be found out, you don't highlight a pile of manifestly implausible accomplishments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 05:02 PM (O0L8i)

103 Remember, entitled, privileged narcissists are too sheltered and weak and fragile to handle the consequences of their actions. So it's incumbent on you to protect them from those consequences.
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We are creating a genocide of academic pretenders!!!

If they don't have their pretense, they'll just KILL themselves!

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)

104 88 I guess Slimon & Shyster will never get their advance back now.

I pity his parents whom I hope loved him.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Eh, it will get published one way or another even posthumously and finished by a ghostwriter if necessary and mebbe even make back the advance due to notoriety.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)

105 I just looked it up, .26 is about 6-7 drinks /hour.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (g47mK)

106 I said this the other day but black academics and scientists have to be pissed as hell about frauds like Arday being lauded because of DEI. White leftists with savior complexes couldn't fathom tgat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (xCuiu)

107 Since a spot has opened up at Cambridge....anyone applying.

Myself, I had to pass myself off as white in racist Canada and the story continues....

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)

108 98 Speaking of the UK, Farage won his election, with 63+% of the vote, and is going back to the Commons.

Posted by: runner
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Interesting. Remembering the polls saying he was something of a loser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (VQ0bX)

109 WHY MEEEEEEEEE?!

Posted by: The Nancy Kerrigan of Vehicular Homicide at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (I/0M6)

110 Hopefully Rogers can outperform the cheat in Michigan over the puppy killer.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:04 PM (n5tGW)

111 We are creating a genocide of academic pretenders!!!

If they don't have their pretense, they'll just KILL themselves!
Posted by: Axeman

Most, in fact, won't. They will just double down with their defenders and end up like Claudine Gay, making bank on the down low.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)

112 I would go broke.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 05:04 PM (+iWzK)

113 If there hadn't been such a voracious appetite in academia for Brilliant Young Minority Genius Scholars, Jason Arday would have gotten a good job as a physical-education teacher and sports coach at a fine British secondary school and lived happily ever after. Racial essentialism kills every time it's tried.

Posted by: werewife at August 14, 2026 05:04 PM (5ayY3)

114 Prior to Nigel's election he was leading.

"A survey by Survation for Mandate Research of voters in Clacton suggests Mr Farage would win 73 per cent of the vote, while his main rival Count Binface could sweep up an estimated 20 per cent of the vote."

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:05 PM (g47mK)

115 Damn. Ward Churchill.

That is a name I have not heard since...

Wonder how Octomom is doing...

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 05:05 PM (G4i8c)

116 *Count Binface! Gotta love that British humor!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (g47mK)

117 103 Remember, entitled, privileged narcissists
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It's like Deja vu all over again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (VQ0bX)

118 Think of the Carbon Footprint reductions we can achieve by deporting Millions and Millions of illegal aliens, foreign nationals ramping up resource needs and pollution by exponential levels. They Don't Belong Here

It's For The Children.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (AlNse)

119 Since a spot has opened up at Cambridge....anyone applying.

Myself, I had to pass myself off as white in racist Canada and the story continues....
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)

Sounds like a situation for Soul Man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (wVcYX)

120 A chronic drunk woman in one of the Dakotas was found in her freezing car with a BAC of .56 . Cops think she was still alive because bof her alcoholism and the subzero temp

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (xCuiu)

121 When Kamala runs in 28, we can christen her as Countess Binface! 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (g47mK)

122
We take China's example on whatever they did for that dip ~2016!!

They are the true examples.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

123 98 Speaking of the UK, Farage won his election, with 63+% of the vote, and is going back to the Commons.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:01 PM (g47mK)

Thanks.
I didn't even know his election was yesterday.
Forgot all about it.

So I'm guessing Farage's main opponent, "Count Binface" got around 40% of the vote? Not bad for a joke candidate.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

124 105 I just looked it up, .26 is about 6-7 drinks /hour.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (g47mK)

That's Florida girl level drinking

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 05:07 PM (Sco7b)

125 Fortunately, I finished my book. It starts out "I was born a poor black child."

Posted by: Zombie Jason Arday at August 14, 2026 05:07 PM (avzFa)

126 The 0.26 BAC is also dependent of when they got around to testing. Was it hours and hours later?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (AlNse)

127
People who hit Reply All for their one-word response should be swung.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (O0L8i)

128 *Count Binface! Gotta love that British humor!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:06 PM (g47mK)

Righty-O!

Posted by: Boaty McBoatface at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (wVcYX)

129 102
Seemed like the trick was to never be found out.
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

___________

If you don't want to be found out, you don't highlight a pile of manifestly implausible accomplishments.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Some frauds want it to be exposed because they know that they are pretending to be something they are not. Weird psychological trick to get out of an untenable situation--cheaters get more flagrant with thinner tissue of lies, fraudsters get more grandiose in their claims, druggies keep upping their dose to dance with the devil.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)

130 None of the other parties ran candidates so Count Binface probably got the anti-Farage vote.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (CNl8/)

131 In the future, everyone will be a Professor for fifteen minutes.

Posted by: Pittsburgh's Own Andy Warhol at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (JM9I6)

132 89 76 Battersea is where the power station on the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album is located.
Posted by: Mark1971
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Before that, Quadrophenia featured that area as Jimmy's neighborhood, if you go through the photo booklet explaining the story included with the original pressing.

It was and is still a remarkable symbol and is now preserved as a museum right now. Who's former Ramport Studio is just around the corner from it.
Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:59 PM
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A rather different version of Battersea Power Station plays a major role in Mark Hodder's Adventures of Burton & Swinburne alternate-history novels.

Posted by: werewife at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (5ayY3)

133 Arday's book not getting great reviews on Amazon, a sample:
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why was this book even published? It should be classified as fantasy. he's a fabulist.
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2026
Format: Hardcover
This book is not a memoir, it is fiction. Everyone who thinks this book bears any relationship to reality should read the copious reporting on the author, who is clearly a fabulist. He claims he couldn't speak until he was 11: there are interviews with people who knew him as a child who say he was chatty. He claims he had a variety of different cancers, and appears to change which ones. He claims to have gone on a trip to Brazil with a program that doesn't take volunteers on such trips. His story changes every time someone asks him a question. I mean, read it if you want, but whatever lessons you take from it are based on fiction.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

134 Interesting. Remembering the polls saying he was something of a loser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 05:03 PM (VQ0bX)

Farage’s only opponent in this race was Count Binface, a comic who only appears in public wearing a homemade suit of medieval armor.

I wouldn’t brag about getting 60% if I were him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (Ol0VD)

135 I just looked it up, .26 is about 6-7 drinks /hour.

About the span and pace of a Presidential State of The Union Show Drinking Game.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (9s47C)

136 Jason Arday's suicide note has been located. Full text below:

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. Either this wallpaper goes or I do. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. I die that France may live. Hold my beer and watch this.

Yours truly,

Jason Arday

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (sFNX2)

137
If you want to have some fun, look up the record BACs every recorded. Among people who survived.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (w6EFb)

138 I don't give a shit about the dead professor.

That is what happens when you have non-Judeo-Chritian values.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (Ob0TG)

139 81 Per Grok, blackouts start around 0.16; passing out starts around 0.20
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc)
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I've been meaning to tell you how much I love your nic.

I guess I never reached those levels in college. I did harf under a pick up once (I don't know why) while camping one night. That's where one of my male posse found me. He asked me what I was doing and I told him I did not know. Thankfully not dead or run over. I guess it was because I never harf and took shelter.

Someone, I think, put Everclear in the punch that night as I had famous hollow legs for parties as a supermodel. I could hold my own when others faded away.

I've never had a black out, thankfully, and only harfed twice in college.

I'd get "the spins" and go outside for fresh air. The man who married me said I did this twice and recovered with him. Once after a lesbo asked me out and he had to tell her I was straight. We were not dating at the time and I argued with him that I was not straight as I did not understand lesbians at 22yrs.

I hated that story of the bride getting killed after her wedding. Very sad and I did not read it again and hope she rots in prison

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (hzuYO)

140 How about a bit of humor for a Friday afternoon?

PDT to make the Strait of Hormuz an American Territory.
not the Bee.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (skcH5)

141 I'd just started Japanese walking, just three or four times, when I came down with shingles. It's been nearly three weeks now. I hope this ends soon.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (l26NL)

142 Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2026 04:58 PM (wVcYX)

Indeed it is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (GdrUi)

143 Speaking of Professors, will Prof. Biden at UPenn be teaching graduate level courses this semester?

Posted by: Depends at August 14, 2026 05:10 PM (JM9I6)

144 How do you even stand upright, much less walk out to a car in the snow and open the door, with a BAC of .56?

Way before that point I'd be laying in bed, hugging a trashcan, with one foot on the floor to keep the world from spinning at the speed of light.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:10 PM (6ydKt)

145 140 How about a bit of humor for a Friday afternoon?

PDT to make the Strait of Hormuz an American Territory.
not the Bee.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (skcH5)
*******

Love it!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:10 PM (hzuYO)

146 You know what's weird? This Arday dude does look a bit like that Milli or Vanilli guy. Strange psycho eyes.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (3uBP9)

147 113 If there hadn't been such a voracious appetite in academia for Brilliant Young Minority Genius Scholars, Jason Arday would have gotten a good job as a physical-education teacher and sports coach at a fine British secondary school and lived happily ever after. Racial essentialism kills every time it's tried.
Posted by: werewife

Making people into legends can do that because even if the legend is largely true, then the inevitable pivot by the media is to destroy what it created. Don Henley is a thoroughgoing asshole but Dirty Laundry is a brilliant song that shows the media who they are.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)

148 126 The 0.26 BAC is also dependent of when they got around to testing. Was it hours and hours later?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (AlNse)

She was at the scene getting checked out by EMTs so I guarantee they took a blood sample ASAP because she was obviously blitzed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

149 I'm not gloating here. Any death is sad.

I disagree; there are many death row inmates that deserve death, as well as a number of terrible people like commies.

(I do know what you meant.)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (l3cgK)

150 He ran too many marathons.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)

151 Today is not Arday

Posted by: Camebridge LLC at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (NtVYv)

152 Well, it's like the Beastie Boys said, "You've got to fight. For your right. To Ardaaay." He pretended to run the race, his fight is over now. Rest well, charlatan who was advanced by buffoons on the basis of race alone.

Posted by: I don't care even a little at August 14, 2026 05:12 PM (I/0M6)

153 .56=💀

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:12 PM (g47mK)

154 Weird psychological trick to get out of an untenable situation--cheaters get more flagrant with thinner tissue of lies, fraudsters get more grandiose in their claims, druggies keep upping their dose to dance with the devil.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)
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Or you drop a laptop off for service, and never come back to pick it up...

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

155 151 Today is not Arday

Posted by: Camebridge LLC at August 14, 2026 05:11 PM (NtVYv)

That's September 19th (Talk like a Pirate Day)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (l3cgK)

156 We should probably give it three days, just to be safe.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (0U5gm)

157
The top two record BACs were set by two Polish men. One had 1.48% after a car crash. That didn't kill him, but his injuries did. The second was 1.37%. He was found unconscious by the roadside, and survived.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)

158
Q: How did you find professor Arday?

A: Dead.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

159 Arday and Churchill die at about the same time. Academia turning around? Nah

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (xCuiu)

160 A rather different version of Battersea Power Station plays a major role in Mark Hodder's Adventures of Burton & Swinburne alternate-history novels.
Posted by: werewife
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I think it also plays a part in a British Cold Case episode or mebbe that was New Tricks.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

161 157
The top two record BACs were set by two Polish men. One had 1.48% after a car crash. That didn't kill him, but his injuries did. The second was 1.37%. He was found unconscious by the roadside, and survived.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)

I'm surprised some Ruskie didn't hold the record...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

162 Dirty sock off, I was off doing something else and came back and sure enough it popped right back on.

Need to quit that I think.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)

163 Per Grok, blackouts start around 0.16; passing out starts around 0.20
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Maybe people who aren't professional alcoholics. You would be astonished at the BAC levels measured for drunks. They "should" be passed out, but they aren't.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (AlNse)

164 46 Anyone have a spacebar that I can borrow?

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What an excellent idea. Get on a rocket, go to the moon and get drunk...$$$$$$

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (sV8tK)

165 The top two record BACs were set by two Polish men. One had 1.48% after a car crash. That didn't kill him, but his injuries did. The second was 1.37%. He was found unconscious by the roadside, and survived.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)

A pair of pickled Poles?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (wVcYX)

166 Arday is dead?

Oh.

What's for dinner?

Posted by: Garbage In, Garbage Out at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (/2Ls3)

167 66 Arday, Thunberg, al-Sayed and a drunken white woman in the same post. There's a theme, the Decline of the West?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (xCuiu)
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No, it's an infomercial about the dangers of eating lead paint chips off the window sill.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)

168
I'd just started Japanese walking

Walking Japanese? I really think so.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)

169 I'm surprised some Ruskie didn't hold the record...

They usually became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 05:16 PM (9s47C)

170 Bug out of work early only To find the boat mobbed with tourists and church groups.

Just kill me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 05:16 PM (NH1wh)

171 168
I'd just started Japanese walking

Walking Japanese? I really think so.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)

Wok dis way, talk dis way...

Posted by: Yan Can Wok at August 14, 2026 05:16 PM (l3cgK)

172 Thats kind of like century club. 100 shots in 100 mins. Works out to like 12 beers in just over an hour and a half.

Posted by: Hillary! at August 14, 2026 05:16 PM (zZu0s)

173 I'd just started Japanese walking

Do you have to put them on leashes?

Posted by: most honorable commenter at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (I/0M6)

174 I'd just started Japanese walking

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (l26NL)
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That's racist!

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)

175 Battersea power station is the cover of Animals by Pink Floyd. Great cover

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (xCuiu)

176
According to the Internet, Poland doesn't have much higher overall alcohol consumption compared to the rest of Europe, but it's concentrated over the weekends. They don't so much drink every day, but tend to go on big weekend benders.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (w6EFb)

177 Why does that last graph show "Other Countries -50%" when the trend line clearly shows +50%?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

It was plagiarized from another meme?

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (VHUov)

178 173 I'd just started Japanese walking

Do you have to put them on leashes?

Posted by: most honorable commenter at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (I/0M6)

Ha!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (l3cgK)

179 161 157
The top two record BACs were set by two Polish men. One had 1.48% after a car crash. That didn't kill him, but his injuries did. The second was 1.37%. He was found unconscious by the roadside, and survived.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)

I'm surprised some Ruskie didn't hold the record...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

Not out of the realm of possibility they were part Russian.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

180
Little known fact: Egyptians didn't really walk around like that.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

181 No, it's an infomercial about the dangers of eating lead paint chips off the window sill.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)
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"Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such educational videos as "Lead Paint, Delicious but Deadly," and "Here Comes The Metric System!"

Posted by: Troy McClure at August 14, 2026 05:19 PM (XE5AP)

182 I'm surprised some Ruskie didn't hold the record...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

Not out of the realm of possibility they were part Russian.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

They don't keep records of that kind of shit. That's just life.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 14, 2026 05:19 PM (NtVYv)

183 >>> If you want to have some fun, look up the record BACs every recorded. Among people who survived.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (w6EFb)

Wiki says some guy in South Africa at ~1.6%. Driving a van with 15 stolen sheep. But Poland ranks very high on the list with some over 2% but that was taken postmortem.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 05:19 PM (3uBP9)

184 164 46 Anyone have a spacebar that I can borrow?

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What an excellent idea. Get on a rocket, go to the moon and get drunk...$$$$$$

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (sV8tK)

I'd like to try some Romulan ale.
I hear good things.

I'm probably going to skip the Bloodwine.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

185 100 shots 'of beer' I should say.

Posted by: Hillary! at August 14, 2026 05:19 PM (zZu0s)

186 @180 how dare you insult my girlfriend Susana Hoffs like that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:20 PM (xCuiu)

187 163 Per Grok, blackouts start around 0.16; passing out starts around 0.20
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Maybe people who aren't professional alcoholics. You would be astonished at the BAC levels measured for drunks. They "should" be passed out, but they aren't.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (AlNse)

Death is possible at 0.40%...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:20 PM (l3cgK)

188 Somehow this will be Trump’s fault.

RIP, Jason. You deserved truth. Unfortunately, individuals didn’t respect you enough to tell you the truth so you could reach your goals without their help.
Marxists treat everyone like a prop. Once your usefulness is gone you’re tossed away like trash.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 05:20 PM (ccX9M)

189 To not be like Arday I will tell the truth, y'all:

I was never a supermodel.

But I could have been one! Maybe! My mother said no to any requests of California travel in college, and here I am, a nurse with grandchildren. Livin' the life fandango!

Granted if it took a Weinstein event to get on the cover of a magazine it would not have happened. However I would be famous due to headlings for the injuries inflicted on anyone who tried.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

190 Did anybody else have a momentary thought that the Arday guy, with all of his ridiculous claims, is going to be found alive because along with all his other miracles, he was able to rise from the dead? ok, maybe just me. Was funny in my head.

Posted by: Nelly at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (6+ehB)

191 That drunk driver is a real piece of work. She's on scene having what seems like a pretty typical reaction to what she did. Then later in the interrogation room she's trying to play lawyer, "Can you prove what I did? Nobody can prove anything. You haven't proved I've done anything."

You're three sheets to the wind and they found you behind the wheel of the car you crashed into a couple of newlyweds.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (mkw2N)

192 I wonder what the relationship of proof to BAC is? Like if they were to bottle your drunk blood for rich vampires how would your BAC translate to the proof?

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (3uBP9)

193 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 05:09 PM (l26NL

OK. What is Japanese walking?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (W90Ou)

194 Think HR is going to fire any DEI hires now? They're going to have to keep promoting them.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (i+Wsn)

195 164 46 Anyone have a spacebar that I can borrow?

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What an excellent idea. Get on a rocket, go to the moon and get drunk...$$$$$$

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 14, 2026 05:15 PM (sV8tK)

I'd like to try some Romulan ale.
I hear good things.

I'm probably going to skip the Bloodwine.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

*sees above*

*makes sour face*

Posted by: Lt Commander Montgomery Scott at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (wVcYX)

196 Nood, y'all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (hzuYO)

197 I don't want to go to prison for 15 years for killing someone. I just want out. I'm a good person!

Dad!

Posted by: Drunken Monster Child at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (/2Ls3)

198 24 Damn, that last pic...Greta is aging like fine wine!
Posted by: No One Ever at August 14, 2026 04:45 PM (odVWi)

If you recall the bust of the lame-ass plot to attack the White House lawn UFC etc. shindig, there was this one fat, prematurely balding, neckbearded basement troll who bought some rather expensive guns and accessories. And I said, you know, there's someone for everyone. And if he had spent that money flying out to meet and woo Greta, well, he probably would've failed.

But! It would've gotten him out of the basement, and then back home, there may have been a lonely femcel -- okay maybe a 2, but an actual XX -- ready to take advantage of his defeat. And also, he wouldn't be in prison. Lose/win(?)/win! (Which is the best net some can hope for.)

Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (L3Npt)

199 I won't gloat over Arday's death either . As stated earlier, he was a casualty of DEI. A willing, participatory casualty, but one nonetheless.

If there is a death I would gloat over it would be the death of DEI. It can't come soon enough.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (YxMyw)

200 192 I wonder what the relationship of proof to BAC is? Like if they were to bottle your drunk blood for rich vampires how would your BAC translate to the proof?

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (3uBP9)

Proof is percentage x 200...100 proof is 50% alcohol...yeah, no maths, but you asked.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (l3cgK)

201 Death is possible at 0.40%...
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Right - again, for people who aren't professional alcoholics.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (AlNse)

202
Record highest ever recorded in the US was in LA in 1982, with a *woman* who clocked in at 1.33%. and who was conscious and "oriented". That made the medical journals.

These, including those Poles, are extreme outliers -- high tolerance. Most of the population would be dead at those levels. ) The other US records are at the 0.7 - 0.8% range.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)

203 I was never a supermodel.

But I could have been one! Maybe! My mother said no to any requests of California travel in college, and here I am, a nurse with grandchildren. Livin' the life fandango!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

And here I was picturing you as Christie Brinkley every time I read your paragraphs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)

204 That poor family whose daughter was killed on her wedding day by that POS drunk scrunt. My God. If I was the father of the woman killed, I would be on a revenge mission until I achieved my goal. I can't even imagine. How sad.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (hmYU4)

205
159 Arday and Churchill die at about the same time. Academia turning around? Nah
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:13 PM (xCuiu)

Churchill lived far too long, Arday lived… wait that doesn’t really work like I thought it would.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (Ol0VD)

206 201 Death is possible at 0.40%...
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Right - again, for people who aren't professional alcoholics.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (AlNse)

My 48 year old sis in law as I mentioned above was a pro alcoholic and .40 killed her.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:25 PM (kX27y)

207
And here I was picturing you as Christie Brinkley every time I read your paragraphs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)

We could be sisters or cousins but different smiles. I also lack plastic surgery.

Bless your heart.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:26 PM (hzuYO)

208 OK. What is Japanese walking?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Sorry, Fen. Ace mentioned it on the last post. Also called intermittent walking. Three minutes at a fast pace, three minutes at a normal pace.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 05:26 PM (l26NL)

209 Nood

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (l26NL)

210 The 0.26 BAC is also dependent of when they got around to testing. Was it hours and hours later?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (AlNse)

I think they calculate it now based on what you blow at the scene and at the police station, then grab your bodyweight and work backwards. That's what I surmise given bodycams.

Posted by: pookysgirl is making an educated guess here at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (Wt5PA)

211 206 201 Death is possible at 0.40%...
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Right - again, for people who aren't professional alcoholics.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (AlNse)

My 48 year old sis in law as I mentioned above was a pro alcoholic and .40 killed her.
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You can choke on your own vomit at far lower concentration. Number of ways to die when you are intoxicated so you get Death by Misadventure from the coroner. Same with od'ing. You live until suddenly you don't.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (E4rtv)

212 I may have been wrong about how running is good for you.

Posted by: Zombie Jim Fixx at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (avzFa)

213 210 The 0.26 BAC is also dependent of when they got around to testing. Was it hours and hours later?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:08 PM (AlNse)

I think they calculate it now based on what you blow at the scene and at the police station, then grab your bodyweight and work backwards. That's what I surmise given bodycams.

Posted by: pookysgirl is making an educated guess here at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (Wt5PA)

But not what Kumala blows...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (l3cgK)

214 I'm not gloating here. Any death is sad.

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Aren't we obliged to celebrate it a la The Death Cult Commies celebrating The Burning, Looting, & Murdering of 2020, the assassinations of Charlie Kirk & Brian Thompson, and the near-assassinations of R CongressCritters and President Trump?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (+Of5k)

215 Walking Japanese? I really think so.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Everybody's talking 'bout the new way you're walking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 05:47 PM (VQ0bX)

216 selfish prick.

-anthony bourdain.

Posted by: anthony bourdain at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (FivJq)

217 >>>I'm not gloating here. Any death is sad.

Amen.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 06:27 PM (odBC9)

218 Said to myself this morning that he was probably going to Milli Vanilli himself.

Posted by: Dale at August 14, 2026 06:30 PM (f45WX)

219 Question is: Were the reports of his demise provided by Jason Arday?

Posted by: Another Anon at August 14, 2026 06:33 PM (4h45B)

Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Reforms in Child Vaccination Schedules; Pete Hegseth Wants a High-T Armed Forces

The media is very angry that Trump and RFKJr. want the vaccine schedule to be based on children's health, not Pfizer's fiscal health.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.
The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and administering all childhood immunizations at separate appointments whenever possible. It also directs the nation's health department to improve research on vaccines, which are already extensively studied, and present a plan to offer separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines for children, since that is not currently an option in the United States.
The renewed focus on vaccines marks a departure from the Trump administration's recent efforts to emphasize less controversial health policies related to healthy eating, drug price negotiations and medical fraud crackdowns ahead of November's midterm elections.

"Less controversial"? The left has opposed all of these proposals, including the ones they used to support. I saw media headlines asking if ultraprocessed foods, full of chemical preservatives and additives, were really bad for you like RFKJr. says.

Motherf***ers, you've been decrying ultraprocessed foods for fifty f***ing years. Now of all a sudden you're not so sure?

Public health experts have raised concerns that spacing out shots as Trump suggests can lead to an increased risk that children become infected with a vaccine-preventable disease before returning for another visit.

Oh dear, in the two months between vaccinations a child might encounter some of these largely-controlled diseases.

Childhood vaccines -- and how and when to give them in combination -- go through rigorous studies, and safety tracking continues for years as the shots are used.
Trump called the announcement a "major victory for parents rights, religious and constitutional rights, and for the gold standard science."

Trump's order specified that the schedule take account of the medical practices of other "peer, developed countries." In other words, other rich, advanced countries that aren't shithole countries with their heads up their asses.

In other words: Europe and Japan.

Because Europe and Japan aren't as vaccine-crazy as the American establishment wants this country to be.

But this article doesn't mention that, because they don't want to admit to readers there are disputes about the American vaccination schedule, and those disputes are found in advanced, wealthy countries.

And they do that because the "elites" do not believe in science or even democratic discussion. They believe in authoritarianism, and they like to claim "all of the experts" agree with us on this, so shut up, peon, and do what your superiors have commanded.

It is deadly to this argument to admit that the experts in other advanced countries disagree.

So they just don't even mention that.

But the media is here to inform you, right?

Speaking about the order at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump repeatedly suggested the number or timing of vaccines could play a role in rising rates of autism spectrum disorder, even as scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link. The order also includes several changes to the childhood vaccine schedule that his health department has already attempted, but that have been blocked by a federal judge. A White House official who insisted on anonymity to brief reporters said Trump was within his right to provide his own recommendation through the executive order and said the lawsuit blocking the health department's schedule was a separate issue.
Dr. Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the announcement spreads uncertainty, fear and confusion where "there doesn't need to be any of that." He disputed Trump's recommendations and said previous ones should stand.

Oh well we certainly wouldn't want any "uncertainty" about what our Medical Experts have decided is best for us, would we? They got everything 100% right during covid, right?

The media is also freaking out because Pete Hegseth declared that good testosterone levels are good for military performance, and obviously the women and soyboys of the media react to testosterone like scraggly genderfuck vampires react to garlic.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for "testosterone deficiency" among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their "absolute best."
The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members' required medical screenings for those 30 and older, he said. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested. In a video on social media, Hegseth said receiving testosterone replacement therapy would be voluntary.
In the video, Hegseth simply refers to troops, though it appears he is talking about only testing men in uniform for hormone irregularities.

Good Lord, they can't even let a program to test for testosterone be about men. They want to know why they're not screening women for testosterone, too.

The move comes as other Trump administration officials have begun to advocate for men to have easier access to testosterone replacement therapies, but the messaging from Hegseth and others blends known science on the hormone with broader, and less substantiated, claims.
When asked what conditions Hegseth was looking to address with the new policy, the Pentagon referred to Hegseth's remarks in the video that mentioned keeping troops "strong, resilient and capable" and that the rigors of the modern battlefield demand "maximum psychological and mental readiness."
Over the past several years, special operations troops -- and specifically Navy SEALs -- have come under scrutiny for their use of testosterone and similar substances to enhance performance.
The death of a SEAL recruit during training in 2022 led to a discovery of substances in his possession, including testosterone, and revealed far more rampant drug use among the elite program than was previously acknowledged.
A year after the recruit's death, the Navy said it would begin a drug-testing program to screen for "any hormonal substance, chemically or pharmacologically related to testosterone, that promotes muscle growth."
Hegseth said his new initiative is "not about artificial enhancement."
The Pentagon did not respond to questions about what research or academic studies underpinned the move. It also didn't say if female troops would be able to be evaluated for estrogen-based therapy as they entered perimenopause.

Sign.

What's the number of post-menopausal women in the military? A couple hundred?

You know, the great bulk of the military is 1, Male, and 2, ages 20 to 40?

And does a deficiency in estrogen reduce performance?

I'm not saying that estrogen replacement isn't important for women. As I understand it, it improves women's lives and was wrongly withheld from women for decades due to flawed studies suggesting it was dangerous.

But we cannot talk about men's issues for one single fucking second without the left shrieking But what about the hundred and fifty postmenopausal women in the military?!! WHAT ABOUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO MATTER?!

Testosterone levels in men decline naturally with age and have long been linked to issues like erectile dysfunction, low libido, mood changes and weight gain. But experts have debated for years how to diagnose those problems and whether they should be treated by replacing the hormone.
Hegseth's announcement comes as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump administration officials are moving to make it easier for doctors to prescribe testosterone. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration proposed easing prescribing limits on testosterone gels, pills, patches and injections.
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But many influencers and proponents of Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" movement tout testosterone as a way to look younger, build muscle and stay mentally sharp -- although those uses aren't accepted by most medical experts.

Again, what would we do without experts?

In other health news: There's a trend of AWFULs getting extra covid boosters they don't need just to own the CHUDs.

Oh, and cause a miscarriage, too.

But I don't think these women are likely to be pregnant.

BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) September 4, 2025

Supposedly "Japanese walking" -- walking at a very brisk, athletic pace for three minutes, then strolling for three minutes, and repeating -- is a very efficient exercise.

It's called Japanese walking, and it's popping up everywhere from group chats to doctors' offices this summer. The idea started with exercise scientists in Matsumoto, Japan, who have spent almost two decades studying it, long before anyone filmed themselves doing it for social media. What makes it different from your usual walk is the timing.
You speed up, then slow down, then speed up again, switching every few minutes instead of holding one pace the whole time. No gym membership, no equipment, just a sidewalk, a track or a treadmill and a willingness to change gears.
Why So Many People Are Skipping Exercise
The gap between wanting to exercise and actually doing it is real. Recent data found that 27% of American adults report zero days of exercise in a typical week, and people who work out nearly every day report noticeably lower daily stress. That pattern shows up most clearly among women, though it's not limited to them.

The method comes from exercise scientists at Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan. It's simple. Walk briskly for three minutes, then slow down for three minutes, and repeat for about 30 minutes total.
A five-month study followed 679 middle-aged and older adults and found their peak aerobic capacity climbed by 14%, while a score measuring several disease risk factors improved by 17%. The gains leveled off once fast-walking time passed about 50 minutes a week, so more isn't necessarily better. Steady, one-speed walking over the same stretch of time didn't come close to the same results.
Why Doctors Are on Board
Doctors interviewed in widely read coverage this year say the pace switching pushes your heart harder than an easy stroll, without beating up your joints the way running can. The faster bursts may also keep your body burning a few extra calories after you've stopped walking, an effect linked to interval-style workouts in general.
There's a blood sugar upside, too. Muscles working harder during the fast stretches soak up more glucose, which doctors say could matter most for older adults keeping an eye on their blood sugar.

I'm going to try this. I used to try to walk really fast as exercise. Sometimes I could walk as fast as 13 minutes for a mile.

The problem with that is: It takes a lot of mental effort and concentration. Unless you are literally concentrating in motivating your body to walk much faster than it does naturally all the duration of the walk, you will inevitably just stop walking at that pace. Your body doesn't maintain that pace automatically. You slow down into your normal pace, not because you're tired (though it does take exertion) but just because your brain isn't telling your legs to walk as fast as possible.

You always have to keep mentally focused on keeping the pace as fast as possible, and frankly it's a bitch. If you want to just kind of think and daydream while walking, you're out of luck trying to maintain a fast pace. You will be thinking of walking fast and nothing else.

But... I do think I could keep that kind of mental focus for three minutes, before relaxing into a more normal gait. And then focus again for three minutes. Et cetera.

Keeping focused for 30-40 minutes is hard, but maybe just focusing three minutes at a time is doable.

I have no gains to report. Well, I guess maintenance gains.

Do you have any gains?

Marco Rubio doesn't. And he seems almost proud of that.

Q: �Are you MAHA?�

RUBIO: �I'm in favor of MAHA. I think people should be healthy.�

RUBIO WIFE: �No, he's not.�

Q: �What's he eat?�

RUBIO WIFE: �Pop-Tarts!�

RUBIO: �The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world.� pic.twitter.com/DauPi9klwp
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) August 12, 2026

Marco Rubio is just not a diet guy:

�I tried keto once.

�It was a near-psychotic event for me. If I had been in this job while doing it, I would�ve been like, �Mr. President, we must bomb Paraguay.�

�And it�s like, why? I don�t know. I�m just really mad. I haven�t had any� pic.twitter.com/PXsqLCW1kG
— Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM

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1 y34y345yvhg

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (XJ22o)

2 Everything RFK jr says would have been considered completely normal for a left of center health expert prior to 2020.

Its almost comical how this is not "far reich wing extremism"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)

3 Arday is mort.

Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (GbONR)

4 My body my choice crowd loses mind.

Posted by: Bete at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (LX4y3)

5 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates.

I remember watching the KOVID Karen Krowd go bonkers when RFK made the clot shot optional.

They all would collectively pretend that meant they could no longer get the shot even though I see some sucker getting one every time I go to my local pharmacy.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

6 OT, but that Arday chap has topped himself.

Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (UixuB)

7 Rubio eats pop tarts? And, as you'll recall, he drinks water! The left will stop consuming those things now. Pop Tarts and water: haram!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (0K2fJ)

8 Arday is mort.
Posted by: Accomack
......

Think we'd at least get some flaming dreads.

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

10 I lum'd NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

11 I have to say after doing exercise I feel good. Tired...but good.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)

12 Welfare check- Aisle 1.

Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta?? at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (JM9I6)

13 How incredibly stupid must you be to get extra Covid shots to get back at anyone?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (W90Ou)

14 Leftardism is so potent, they can make people fall sexually in love with needles *and* murdering babies.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (d2MOG)

15 The left in 2012: You know doctors will cut off your foot just to make a little extra $$$

The left in 2026: If you don't believe mega global pharma companies put your health over their profits you are a racist Russian NAZI bot

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

16 I mean, is there a good reason NOT to bomb Paraguay?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)

17 So that Arday dude is dead now?

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (3uBP9)

18 y34y345yvhg

Cthullu say what?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

19
OT, but that Arday chap has topped himself.
Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (UixuB)

_________

Cambridge breaths a sigh of relief.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (O0L8i)

20
I've never heard of testosterone replacement therapy and it sounds weird, especially for men in their 30s.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (XJ22o)

21 Oh, Bobby. That Camelot wasn't a tragedy!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (wxsGM)

22 13 How incredibly stupid must you be to get extra Covid shots to get back at anyone?

The "Nobody move or the n..... gets it" scene in Blazing Saddles comes to mind.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (Riz8t)

23 Are they sure Arday is dead and it's not a scheme to sell more copies of his book?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:48 PM (W90Ou)

24 >> Arday is mort.

Suicide? If so, they'll blame all of us for it. We should've just kept our mouth shut and let this poor oppressed minority have space to breathe.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 03:48 PM (w6EFb)

25 Scott Bessent says election night 2016 was huge for him, back in his hedge fund days. He bet massively on Trump and started raking in money. Somebody out there was betting big against Trump, and losing billions, and it was flowing in part into Scott Bessent's account.

He found out later the big loser that night was his boss, George Soros. All night long on election night, Bessent was taking Soros' money.

https://tinyurl.com/4efpznmv

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (5jF9Z)

26 People who want covid shots should get them, for whatever stupid reason they want them. Don't blame someone else when you die from an autoimmune disease or an embolism, though.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (2Xqig)

27 The left doesn't like estrogen replacement because many believe it reduces the visible signs of aging and Gaia forbid any Perimenopause woman wants to look nicer as she ages...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

28 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates.
.......

That'll teach 'em, eh Karen?

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)

29 23 Are they sure Arday is dead and it's not a scheme to sell more copies of his book?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:48 PM (W90Ou)

lol, good point, Fen, it's not like anyone would be surprised if he faked it.

Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (UixuB)

30
I don't know, bombing Paraguay ever now just seems like the right thing to do.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (w6EFb)

31 Who was it that shot all the experts? Pol Pot? Beuller?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (wxsGM)

32 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge

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dammit! that clip should come with a warning! I did not need that high a dose of super ugly

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (g47mK)

33 It's almost like leftists are full of shit about everything. Almost

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (AlNse)

34 11 I have to say after doing exercise I feel good. Tired...but good.

Posted by: 18-1

That's what I said!

Posted by: Jim Fixx at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (JM9I6)

35 Testosterone Replacement Therapy works. Test is the vaccine against being a pussy.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (Sbumo)

36 We hate big corporations!!!
Down with CEOs!!

Oh but not Pharma. And not Apple either. And certainly not Chinese EV makers.

- The Left

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (7xx4i)

37 I can't wait to hear how Arday's death is our fault.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (Riz8t)

38 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) September 4, 2025

The woman in that video uses peanut butter in her no no square to get the dog to give her attention........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

39 I've never heard of testosterone replacement therapy and it sounds weird, especially for men in their 30s.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (XJ22o

You've heard of HRT for women surely? It's just regularly injecting testosterone, that's all. Not just injecting but that's usually the way.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (d2MOG)

40 John Lennon has not aged well. I got Opera back. No Ads on YouTube and Background play is back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (+iWzK)

41 Marco sounds like he went through keto flu which is typical when switching to a keto lifestyle that isnt run on cheetos and soy

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (fapp/)

42
Pharma just about funds the news media through all the ads. That explains most of the lack of skepticism shall we say.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (w6EFb)

43 How incredibly stupid must you be to get extra Covid shots to get back at anyone?[/;i]

To ask is to answer, innit? Just for the lulz Trump should go on TV and say "Whatever you do, definitely do not drink gasoline."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (vTZFs)

44 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge

Are these the same botches who were taking Tylenol while pregnant to totally pwn RFK Jr?

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (7xx4i)

45 Pol Pot wanted a return to a pastoral, agrarian society. So anyone with an education was suspect. This included mechanics and trades type people, "intellectuals" included people with glasses.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (AlNse)

46 32 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge

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dammit! that clip should come with a warning! I did not need that high a dose of super ugly
Posted by: runner
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Admiral Ackbar cannot be everywhere and post everything.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

47 Willowed ; Angel Reece got knocked flat in a WNBA game. Also 3-13 from the field . Heh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (xCuiu)

48 The vaccine issue for pregnant women is crazy. Back when we were expecting kid number two, the obgyn specifically told my wife not to get the swine flu vaccine. It was running rampant at the time, but the doc said the vaccine was too new and the side effects unpredictable for her or the baby. That was only 8 or 9 years before COVID!

Posted by: mishdog at August 14, 2026 03:52 PM (yVirp)

49
I feel sorry for his family. Doubtful his kids knew he was a fraud. This is a triple dose of eternal heartbreak for them.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:52 PM (d2MOG)

50 I think the "clean-up" crew should be taking a much closer look at Vietnam. When the COVID pandemic hit, Vietnam had virtually no visible escalation. That continued on for five months, and medical facilities operated as usual, and were relatively empty.

THEN, in May 2021, the "Vaccine" was leveraged on the Vietnam population and the number of COVID "related" medial issues skyrocketed. This is odd for a number of reasons. The first being that Vietnam has become a secondary industrial complex of Chinese goods, so there would have been constant contact with incoming Chinese citizens, and yet the pandemic didn't effect them while this was occurring. The fact that the effects only hit them when the "Vaccine" was mandated seems like a pretty big coincidence. I'd be interested in know which "Vaccine"...and I'm going to assume it was Chinese in origin.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 03:52 PM (dIske)

51 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) September 4, 2025

The woman in that video uses peanut butter in her no no square to get the dog to give her attention........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)
______

"Bow wow square"?

Btw I'm absolutely convinced there are some insane women out there doing just this. Not joking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

52 can't wait to hear how Arday's death is our fault.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (Riz8t)

Us too.

Posted by: Joos at August 14, 2026 03:52 PM (7xx4i)

53 White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates.

I find their terms acceptable.

Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (UixuB)

54 The woman in that video uses peanut butter in her no no square to get the dog to give her attention........
Posted by: Sponge
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That is beyond the pale.

And my stomach's ability to fight nausea.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

55 I don't know, bombing Paraguay ever now just seems like the right thing to do.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 03:49 PM (w6EFb)
*****************************

Paraguay has a conservative government.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (2HopN)

56
Problem is they will just tell the kids the white man set him up and they will likely buy it. Less painful for them, I guess. More painful for whitey.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (d2MOG)

57 "Childhood vaccines -- and how and when to give them in combination -- go through rigorous studies"

No, they don't.

Not one of the shots has gone through these studies. Of the shots that did go through a study, not one study was blinded.

Doesn’t sound rigorous at all.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (S9bhW)

58 51. Same. Convinced most of these women regularly have their dogs wear socks.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Sbumo)

59 At Telegraph: Arday death 'unexpected but not suspicious.'

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

60 I mean, is there a good reason NOT to bomb Paraguay?

Other than the fact that nobody knows (or cares) where it is?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (vTZFs)

61 "Smart Glasses" were really a liability in Pol Pot's Cambodia. I guess he didn't favor the naughty Librarian look.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (AlNse)

62 Hideous tatted woman makes video and says that the covid vaccine saves lives.

Um, you can't prove that because they destroyed or tampered with the VAERS data, so there's no f*cking way to tell what the facts are there.

However, all the myocarditis and deaths around the world of young, healthy humans can give you a bit of an idea.

All's I can say is, have fun getting your boosters. I just hope I don't wind up paying your medical expenses when you have your 'side effects' from it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

63 >>Supposedly "Japanese walking" -- walking at a very brisk, athletic pace for three minutes, then strolling for three minutes, and repeating -- is a very efficient exercise.

Oh, walking

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (heW36)

64 I donate all of my shots to the underprivileged. Why is that underlined. Spellcheck is even working.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (+iWzK)

65 I associate Paraguay with parrots. Does anybody know why ??

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (g47mK)

66 They believe in authoritarianism, and they like to claim "all of the experts" agree with us on this

Also, they believe in Safetyism. They believe that we can, some day have perfect safety, without diseases that can inflict any discomfort whatsoever, without death from misadventure, without skinned knees, without any kind of threat at all. And they work towards it, without acknowledging how marginal the later improvements are.

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (kU0PQ)

67 Yes, you pwned RFK Jr and Drumpf alright, you heavily-tattoed chick.

Wont do a thing for all those STDs you're undoubtedly carrying.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (2qSHg)

68
Maybe Arday has been lying about being alive.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (VWtfl)

69 Are they parrot central ?

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (g47mK)

70 >> Paraguay has a conservative government.

I did not know that. I was just, how you say, spitballin'.

There's got to be a few banana republics somewhere that need bombin'.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (w6EFb)

71 If somebody was given a mission to bomb Paraguay they might bomb Uruguay by mistake.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (CNl8/)

72 Willowed ; Angel Reece got knocked flat in a WNBA game. Also 3-13 from the field . Heh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (xCuiu)

She's the first basketball 'player' in the history of ever to NOT SCORE A POINT in an all-star game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

73 My 8 year old son came to me in tears and said "daddy, when I grow up I'm gonna build a plane and go rescue those sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (heW36)

74 Hideous tatted woman makes video and says that the covid vaccine saves lives.

******************

I dont blame women for this, I blame simps and soys and all the gay boys enabling them

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (fapp/)

75 It's never mentioned in these stories, it's just the recommendation. Parents can decide whatever vaccination schedule they want.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (n5tGW)

76 Paraguay once got in a war with South America. It didn't go well.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (+iWzK)

77 "In other words, other rich, advanced countries that aren't shithole countries with their heads up their asses.

In other words: Europe and Japan."

I'll give ya Japan. I ain't giving you Europe. I wouldn't follow Euro guidance on which hand to wipe my ass with.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

78 AWFL: I refuse to eat any food that isn’t organic and gmo free. All those food additives and chemicals are poison.

Also AWFL: oh boy a new vaccine to inject into my body and my children’s bodies

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (7xx4i)

79 >> but the doc said the vaccine was too new and the side effects unpredictable for her or the baby.

Now, that doc would be hauled before the medical board and probably have his license suspended if he said something like.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (w6EFb)

80 20
I've never heard of testosterone replacement therapy and it sounds weird, especially for men in their 30s.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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More common than you might think. Better living through ultraprocessed food and being bathing in little understood chemicals does a number of hormones. Doesn't help a lot of birth control compounds are pissed into the drinking water and lately the same is true for the RU 486 pills compounds being detected. Sperm quality has taken a massive hit since the 70's and no one really knows why.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (E4rtv)

81 Arday is mort.
Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (GbONR)

Interesting. I knew a guy like Arday about 10-12 years back. The pathology was pretty much identical.

Not surprisingly, when the wheels starting to come off, he tried to kill himself. And failed.

These days, he's still doing the Arday thing. Last time I checked about five years back, his LinkedIn page had him listed as having been president of about 27 different companies. I checked again just last week and he has a new set of accomplishments.

It'll be interesting to check again in another five years.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iIyc0)

82 Btw I'm absolutely convinced there are some insane women out there doing just this. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
.......

It was Dana Perino who started this trend.

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

83 >>>BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates.

They seem nice.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (odBC9)

84 There's got to be a few banana republics somewhere that need bombin'.

*************

Hi there!

Posted by: California and New York at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (fapp/)

85 I wouldn't follow Euro guidance on which hand to wipe my ass with.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

Fuckin' idiots would probably tell you to sit on your foot and wriggle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Ot/FD)

86 Katie Miller is kind of a babe, and looks especially good considering she has four kids. I realize she has lots of help, probably, but even so she doesn't look even slightly exhausted.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (PuFvH)

87 Marco Rubio wants to bomb a pair of gays?? What did they do to him?

What? Oh...

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (XE5AP)

88
They seem nice.
Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (odBC9)

Soon, they will sound VERY vaccinated......bigly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

89 "...long-held but discredited theory"
I am fed up with this new editorializing version of journalisming. "News" reporters seem to love throwing the words "debunked", "discredited", or just plain "false" into what's supposed to be plain reportage.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (e37bH)

90 . . . which hand to wipe my ass with.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Islam says we can help with that problem.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

91 I’m grateful our peds office won’t even allow patients who aren’t vaccinated. Makes me feel my child is safer and they will continue to follow aap

Insurance companies have an incentive to cover vaccines: they’re very cheap and very cost effective. They’re very likely to keep covering vaccines and following the AAP instead of CDC recommendations

Petty fucks using parental anxiety to manipulate their electoral base in a midterm election year is a new fucking low. Scumbags.

In the absence of rigorous, solid data/research that says otherwise, I’ll continue to offer vaccines on the scientifically studied schedules to my patients.

Obviously, this is really fucking stupid. But what would I know, I am just a lowly board certified pediatrician

When they split the MMR vaccines but kids still develop autism, what will they blame then?

Great. Getting my ADHD daughter to hold still for one shot wasn’t enough torture now we have to put her through this 3 times????

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (odVWi)

92 If Arday suicided merely over guilt about plagiarisms, I'll give the guy props for eventual but extreme academic integrity.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

93 , even as scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link. "

My question: on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being how certain you were that the Covid vaccine was necessary and safe, how certain are you that there is definitely no link between vaccines and autism?

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (MqSCt)

94 Journalism Majors thank the god they don't believe in everyday for the Education Majors keeping them off the bottom of the Entering Freshman SAT list.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)

95 AWFL: I refuse to eat any food that isn’t organic and gmo free. All those food additives and chemicals are poison.

Also AWFL: oh boy a new vaccine to inject into my body and my children’s bodies

Same AWFL's instagram at 1AM: Taco bell run after hitting the local dispensary. WOO HOO BEEFY BURRITO TIME

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

96 Why would these ... people.. Why would they jettison approximately 100 years of vaccine experience and recommend pregnant women take an experimental, emergency use only vaccine? It makes no sense. They couldn't declare it was "safe" because there was no way to know. I try to see some angle, and can't find anything that makes any sense. These are not uniformly bright individuals by any stretch, but they aren't that stupid. Money?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (AlNse)

97 One of the response to that teet about bombing Paraguay:
Paraguayan ambassador should be sending Pop-Tarts to Foggy Bottom as a gag right about now.

And that would be great statesmanship, IMO.

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (kU0PQ)

98 It's just the opposite of whatever Trump wants, that's most liberal ideology nowadays.

Trump should have exploited this during Covid, push for crazy draconian lockdowns, mask laws, vaccine laws, etc. The entire media would have been "covid is no big deal!" etc.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (eIzlH)

99 "Testosterone levels in men decline naturally with age and have long been linked to issues like erectile dysfunction, low libido, mood changes and weight gain. But experts have debated for years how to diagnose those problems and whether they should be treated by replacing the hormone."
_________

"I got an idea for ya ...."

-- Minotaur Dude

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

100 1 y34y345yvhg
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (XJ22o)

Are you sure?

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (odBC9)

101 Arday is mort.
Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (GbONR)

Going to guess it was suicide. When your entire life is a lie, and now *everyone* knows that, it would be easy to believe that there's no other way out.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (lFFaq)

102 y34y345yvhg
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So, the mission is a go, then?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (4RTqI)

103 Great. Getting my ADHD daughter to hold still for one shot wasn’t enough torture now we have to put her through this 3 times????

The irony is palpable.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)

104 In other health news: There's a trend of AWFULs getting extra covid boosters they don't need just to own the CHUDs.

Oh, and cause a miscarriage, too.

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Next you'll be telling that pregnant women were posting videos of themselves consuming Tylenol (acetaminophen) on social media platforms like TikTok -- deliberately taking the medication as an act of defiance in reaction to President Trump's warnings against its use during pregnancy following research & data linking said use to autism.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (angZ5)

105 Why would these ... people.. Why would they jettison approximately 100 years of vaccine experience and recommend pregnant women take an experimental, emergency use only vaccine?

The government was telling them healthy pregnant women would DIE from COVID if they didn't take the clot shot.

I remember polling showed people thought the average healthy young person has a 10-50% chance of dying if they got Wu Flu

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

106 The worst street gang is the Poor Kings. They're hungry, desperate brigands with agate eyes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (BI5O2)

107 One of the response to that teet about bombing Paraguay:
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (kU0PQ)

Tweet, damnit! I typed "tweet"!

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 04:01 PM (kU0PQ)

108 Who is this Arday of which you speak?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 04:01 PM (4RTqI)

109 Great. Getting my ADHD daughter to hold still for one shot wasn’t enough torture now we have to put her through this 3 times????
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (odVWi)

Oh puhleeze. Is this really supposed to be an argument?

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 04:01 PM (MqSCt)

110 Paraguay is landlocked. No gunboat diplomacy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:01 PM (+iWzK)

111 Petty fucks using parental anxiety to manipulate their electoral base in a midterm election year is a new fucking low. Scumbags.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (odVWi)

iMax levels of projection there. Do they not remember 2020-1?

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (kU0PQ)

112 I can do tabs now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (+iWzK)

113 81 Arday is mort.
Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (GbONR)

Interesting. I knew a guy like Arday about 10-12 years back. The pathology was pretty much identical.

Not surprisingly, when the wheels starting to come off, he tried to kill himself. And failed.

These days, he's still doing the Arday thing. Last time I checked about five years back, his LinkedIn page had him listed as having been president of about 27 different companies. I checked again just last week and he has a new set of accomplishments.

It'll be interesting to check again in another five years.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iIyc0)

The pathological liar whom I know (now; I've known others) would kill people.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (odBC9)

114 Paraguay famously started a war with all 3 of its neighbors losing an absurd percentage of their population in the conflict.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

115 >>> If somebody was given a mission to bomb Paraguay they might bomb Uruguay by mistake.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:55 PM (CNl8/)

Wait, what's all this now?

Posted by: Tour Guy at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (3uBP9)

116 >> These are not uniformly bright individuals by any stretch, but they aren't that stupid. Money?

I think $$$ is one of the main reasons, but also this was them trying to cover their asses. They knew this was a lab leak of something they were funding and otherwise up their eyeballs in. If the public found out, they would be screwed they feared. So they panicked and threw out the playbook.

It's sort of like a kid who tears something up, damages something, and then tries to fix it himself so his parents won't find out and ends up making it far worse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (w6EFb)

117 At Telegraph: Arday death 'unexpected but not suspicious.'
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 03:54 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Telegraph, you say this, but have you actually checked where Rupert Lowe was at the time? Farage? Even Kemi Badenoch is not above suspicion.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (7hx0x)

118 If somebody was given a mission to bomb Paraguay they might bomb Uruguay by mistake.
Posted by: Mark1971
......

and nobody would notice.

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (UjdFS)

119 One of the response to that teet about bombing Paraguay:
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (kU0PQ)

Tweet, damnit! I typed "tweet"!

It's the new AoS AI autocorrect. If it doubt, it goes for the higher percentage guess.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (vTZFs)

120 Any man caught y34y345yvhg'ing spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (XE5AP)

121 Arday is mort.
Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM

ChatGPT wrote his suicide note.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)

122 Ur mom's guay.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (Ot/FD)

123 Paraguay has a navy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguayan_Navy

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (CNl8/)

124 Obviously, this is really fucking stupid. But what would I know, I am just a lowly board certified pediatrician

*********************

Does his wife's boyfriend know?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (fapp/)

125 Why can't the US be more civilized, like Europe? Except for when it comes to bending over for Big Pharma, that's where the US has Europe beat!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 04:03 PM (Dv3i1)

126 This new vaccine schedule is a kind of weak compromise. It doesn't really remove anything, it just puts them into that category of "(SCDM) Shared Clinical Decision Making" meaning the Dr. tells you it is necessary and unless you are a crazy MAGA, you just listen and give the kid the shot.

He said he is breaking up some of the shots so there are fewer per visit, and work TBD on the MMR, so that's something, but not a lot.

The flu vaccine, for example, needs to go completely. It should not be legal, let alone SCDM.

And I could not find out if the vaccines lose their legal protections and funding when in this SCDM category. My guess is that it is unchanged.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (heW36)

127 In other health news: There's a trend of AWFULs getting extra covid boosters they don't need just to own the CHUDs.

Okay.

Sperm quality has taken a massive hit since the 70's and no one really knows why.

They ought to find out if going outside in the sun and doing physical labor improves things.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (vJrRc)

128 Insurance companies have an incentive to cover vaccines
-----

They have ZERO incentive to cover bioweapons released from the other side of the planet numbnuts

They have ZERO incentive to cover experimental, emergency use vaccines. You are a very special kind of stupid.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (AlNse)

129 "It's called Japanese walking"

Are we turning Japanese?

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (MWfyi)

130 Limiting the number of and spacing out the remaining vaccines is a good idea.

Testosterone for our soldiers is a bad idea.
There are other hormones and body functions that contribute to physical strength and endurance. Military should work on training up and culling out. There are plenty of natural men to do the job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (VQ0bX)

131 What's possibly dangerous about vaccines is not the vaccine itself (the "immunogen"), but all the extra stuff (the "adjuvants") which constitute the majority of what is injected into you. This is what is almost never discussed in the media, and it drives me crazy.

"A vaccine dose contains many ingredients (such as stabilizers, adjuvants, residual inactivating ingredients, residual cell culture materials, residual antibiotics and preservatives) very little of which is the active ingredient, the immunogen. A single dose may have merely nanograms of virus particles."

It's all the other stuff -- which make up 99.9% of the injection -- which can cause adverse health effects.

But what IS the other stuff? That's where things get murky and controversial. For example, throughout the Covid era, most vaccines contained Thiomersal -- which is toxic -- on purpose. The reason fpr these intentially toxic imngredient is to cause inflammation and distress at the injection site, so the white blood cells rush there to fix it, encounter the immunogen instead, and create and immune response.

That;s just one example. Each vaccine has all sorts of creepy mystery ingredients.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (Av6i5)

132 Arday is dead
Dennis Miller: the police suspect fair play

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (xCuiu)

133 129 "It's called Japanese walking"

Are we turning Japanese?
Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (MWfyi)

Depends on if you're turning right or turning reft.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (Ot/FD)

134 Some of these libs need to walk around with an intravenous bag to give them non-stop vaccines.

Regarding Arday, we should really give this another week or so.

If his resume with Cambridge is accurate, he may resurrect by then.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)

135 I expect Pop-Tart sales will be astronomical this weekend.

I've tried the Japanese walking method. I forget to either speed up or slow down, and in no time, I'm going the same speed for 15-20 minutes at a time. Apparently I can't focus for three minutes. I blame social media.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (zYpTz)

136 BBC

Ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row found dead
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (odBC9)

137 I'm not ashamed of doing TRT. Damned near died of a fever a back in '17. Was feeling about ready to keel over for months afterward. No energy, no morning boners, emotional AF. Got labs done. Found out I had the testosterone levels of The Golden Girls.
Been on it ever since. 1 shot a week. Lost 20lbs, had energy to hit the weights. Stronger and randier now than I was at 19.

Get checked, guys. If you're over 40, no reason not to.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (G4i8c)

138 They ought to find out if going outside in the sun and doing physical labor improves things.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
========
Seems to be world wide. Not just US.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (E4rtv)

139 I’m grateful our peds office won’t even allow patients who aren’t vaccinated. "

Smells...bovine like.

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (XuXeR)

140 I don't know. Everything else that guy ever did was a lie. I guess he is still lying though, just on a slab this time.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (MWfyi)

141 I've never heard of testosterone replacement therapy and it sounds weird, especially for men in their 30s.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
=========

My 31 year old son, former military, was just diagnosed with it. He's tall, strong and you wouldn't know anything was amiss to look at him, but the blood test is pretty straightforward and determinative. His doctor, also former military, says it's very common because stress lowers testosterone, and who is under more long term stress than the military? The treatment is straightforward too and he says he already feels better and more himself.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (MqSCt)

142 y34y345yvhg
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (XJ22o)
======================
Right now, Bob at NSA is busy explaining this comment to a room full of concerned bosses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:07 PM (7hx0x)

143 >>> I expect Pop-Tart sales will be astronomical this weekend.

I've tried the Japanese walking method. I forget to either speed up or slow down, and in no time, I'm going the same speed for 15-20 minutes at a time. Apparently I can't focus for three minutes. I blame social media.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (zYpTz)

They make apps for your phone to vibrate or make a beep for any type of interval training like that. Free ones.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:07 PM (3uBP9)

144 Are we turning Japanese?
Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:04 PM (MWfyi)

I really think so

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 14, 2026 04:07 PM (DQcsn)

145 Get checked, guys. If you're over 40, no reason not to.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (G4i8c)

What he said.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (MqSCt)

146 DEI Professor Jason Arday found dead. Another victim of leftist twattery.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (c7ZbX)

147 Ar day sure he's daid?

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (odBC9)

148 Are we turning Japanese?"

I really think so...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (XuXeR)

149 Arday's death has been ruled a Copycat Killing

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (d2MOG)

150 Damn I'm glad I don't speak French.

https://tinyurl.com/44ks93yz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (ndZc7)

151 He had two kids. Way to man up, asshole.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (MWfyi)

152 They used to call that "Speedwalking". Haven't seen it for a while. What's old is New Again.

Swing your arms in a greatly exaggerated fashion (and ignore the laughter of fellow passersby). It helps to do this in groups of 3 or more. That way it looks even more ridiculous

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (AlNse)

153 Testosterone for our soldiers is a bad idea.
There are other hormones and body functions that contribute to physical strength and endurance. Military should work on training up and culling out. There are plenty of natural men to do the job.

Posted by: Braenyard
======
Wrong, this is primarily directed toward those that have low T rather than every soldier. Low T is a very treatable condition. Same with estrogen replacement for women after menopause.

Test is a basic blood test that they are drawing blood for regularly testing on other matters anyway.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (E4rtv)

154 Arday's death has been ruled a Copycat Killing

* golf clap *

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (vTZFs)

155 DEI Professor Jason Arday found dead. Another victim of leftist twattery.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (c7ZbX)

That's sad. He was obviously very disturbed, and Cambridge definitely shares the guilt.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (MqSCt)

156 Think so think so....

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (XuXeR)

157 142 y34y345yvhg
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (XJ22o)
======================
Right now, Bob at NSA is busy explaining this comment to a room full of concerned bosses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:07 PM (7hx0x)

Epic comment, Huck, high-five.

Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (UixuB)

158 149 Arday's death has been ruled a Copycat Killing
Posted by: ...
=====
Awwww.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (E4rtv)

159 When my grandson was born 8yrs ago I was horrified at the vaccine schedule. Emailed a pediatrician friend of mine who claimed it was safe and better than having to bring the baby in for more frequent shots. Ok. I was not going to argue with her and all three kids seem normal. No one got mRNA in our family as I screeched about it to sons.

I think it is wise to not give tiny newborns so many injections at the same time. I also was out of the newborn nursery before injecting them with their first Hep B shot. Absurd if the baby is not exposed by the mother. He/she is not going to go have unprotected sex or IV drug use.

I'm going to try Japanese walking! Maybe with a high kick like Cleese on Fawlty Towers for an added boost.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (hzuYO)

160 Oui surrender.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (+iWzK)

161 139 I’m grateful our peds office won’t even allow patients who aren’t vaccinated. "

Smells...bovine like.
Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:06 PM (XuXeR)

Ah, the race to be the loudest and most idiotic one in the room. Always so much fun to watch.

"Vaccines are good."
"Vaccines are great."
"Vaccines should be mandatory."
"We should kill anyone who isn't vaccinated!"
"i FoUnD OuT My hAmStEr AiN'T VaxXeD sO I cUt iT's fILtHY MAgAt DiCk OfF!!11!!1!!!"

Congratulations, Ma'am. You're the new president of Cambridge.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (Ot/FD)

162 And right on cue…..

NPR is reporting on a summer Covid surge.

I’m not making this up

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (W2Pud)

163 Are we turning Japanese?
Posted by: fd

I'd be happy to incorporate their attitudes on immigration control and protection of culture.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (odVWi)

164 Paraguay famously started a war with all 3 of its neighbors losing an absurd percentage of their population in the conflict.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)
**************************

Paraguay may have lost a long and brutal conflict fought against Brazil, Argentina, and non-neighbor Uruguay, but it did later defeat neighboring Bolivia.

Bolivia has the distinction of being the only country in South America to lose two wars against a neighboring country, first Chile (even though Bolivia had Peru as an ally) and then Paraguay, losing territory both times.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (2HopN)

165 Damn I'm glad I don't speak French"

"Ommmolett du fromage"

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (XuXeR)

166 So now we know that Super-Mario's SS code name is "PopTart"

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (sFNX2)

167 t is for t-bird, h is for haggard, e is for eggs, and r is for
Posted by: Don in SoCo

A sign of the times.

https://tinyurl.com/54rzzxne

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (ndZc7)

168 Perfesser Arby's killed himself I guess

Posted by: sven at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Int1s)

169 I would not surprised at all if Jason Arday jumps up tomorrow and announces he’s just been Resurrected from the Dead.
AND that he is now founding the Resurrection of Jason Arday church, make your online donations here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ol0VD)

170 John Lennon has not aged well.

If you listen at his gravesite, you can hear Imagine playing backwards.

He's decomposing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

171 Here's a vax question. My former vet never asked me to do any kind of vaxes beyond rabies, knowing my cats are strictly indoors. When he moved out of town, the new vet tries to upsell me on all kinds of stuff, including calicivirus vax. I declined.

So now Tom has an upper respiratory infection, not severe, but persistent. I phoned yesterday to make the appt, and I was told (paraphrasing) 'that's what happens if you decline the vaxes.'

I thought that was a strange thing to say when they haven't even examined Tom yet. They don't know what the disease organism is yet.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

172 Eat plenty of Beef and other high quality animal protein.
Lose the fat, increase muscle mass.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (AlNse)

173
That Arday suicide note in full:

"If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the brightest day and in the darkest night - amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours - always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (O0L8i)

174 Swing your arms in a greatly exaggerated fashion (and ignore the laughter of fellow passersby). It helps to do this in groups of 3 or more. That way it looks even more ridiculous
Posted by: Common Tater

Subplot in the last Cary Grant movie, Walk, Don't Run, also starring Jim Hutton and Samantha Egger. Hutton's character is an Olympic speed walker.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

175 I've seen enough hentai to know where this Japanese walking trend will end up.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (G4i8c)

176 Apparently, Arday copied parts of the stories in his book from Forrest Gump. I am sort of curious which parts, like did he go into the gulf shrimping business? Invest in Apple? Father a child with Robin Wright?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (7hx0x)

177 What I find funny about the TRT decision is I can imagine Hegseth sitting in a meeting with a bunch of generals who survived and were still there after Obama and Biden and thinking, man, something has to be wrong here. I wonder if it's medical.....

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (heW36)

178 Sperm quality has taken a massive hit since the 70's and no one really knows why.
Posted by: whig

I have detected no, how you say, dropoff in either quantity nor quality.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (JM9I6)

179 and better than having to bring the baby in for more frequent shots"

Why is that better?

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (XuXeR)

180 y34y345yvhg
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
======================
Right now, Bob at NSA is busy explaining this comment to a room full of concerned bosses.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
.......

How did she get the launch code?

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS)

181 I love Marco Rubio.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:12 PM (hzuYO)

182 I just lost ten pounds somehow. 180.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:12 PM (+iWzK)

183 I knew one of those pathological liar types.

He ended up doing 4 years prison time for financial fraud -- he tricked people into giving him control to invest their money, then invested it in different things than he claimed he was going to invest it in, and then lost it all -- over and over. He did this to dozens of people he knew personally, and strangers, ruing many lives. He's lucky he was killed by one of them.

Got convicted of major fraud, went to prison, got out after four years, and...wait for it...went right back to doing the exact same fraud. Absolutely can not control himself.

I lost track of him after that. I think he went back to his home country to avoid more prison time.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 04:12 PM (Av6i5)

184 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I would have gone with "to be, or not to be. That is the ..... "

But maybe a bit too on the nose.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 04:12 PM (heW36)

185 160 Oui surrender.

On se rendre
et
m'aidez

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (Dv3i1)

186 173,

*tip of the cap

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR)

187 lucky he was killed = lucky he wasn't killed

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (Av6i5)

188 This is terrible. Sailors are hurling themselves overboard. Wormy rations, foul water, and they are out of rum. Is this any way to run a Navy?

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (MWfyi)

189 176 Apparently, Arday copied parts of the stories in his book from Forrest Gump. I am sort of curious which parts, like did he go into the gulf shrimping business? Invest in Apple? Father a child with Robin Wright?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (7hx0x)

Well he actually is a retard, so....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (Ot/FD)

190 182 I just lost ten pounds somehow. 180.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:12 PM (+iWzK)

182

; )

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (odBC9)

191 I’ll have you know I still produce copious amounts of high quality sperm.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (c7ZbX)

192 A lot easier for a woman to get testosterone prescribed than a man

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (d2MOG)

193 The French like to horse around?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (+iWzK)

194 183 I knew one of those pathological liar types.

Was he married to Morgan Fairchild?

Posted by: That's the Ticket at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (Dv3i1)

195 Sailors are hurling themselves overboard. Wormy rations, foul water, and they are out of rum."

What, no sodomy?

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (XuXeR)

196 I knew one of those pathological liar types.

He ended up doing 4 years prison time for financial fraud -- he tricked people into giving him control to invest their money, then invested it in different things than he claimed he was going to invest it in, and then lost it all -- over and over. He did this to dozens of people he knew personally, and strangers, ruing many lives. He's lucky he was killed by one of them.

Got convicted of major fraud, went to prison, got out after four years, and...wait for it...went right back to doing the exact same fraud. Absolutely can not control himself.

I lost track of him after that. I think he went back to his home country to avoid more prison time.

Well, he got to sleep with Morgan Fairchild, so that's worth something.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (Riz8t)

197 We moved to the UK right after our son was born. I was not happy with all the mandated jabs, but wifey wanted tike to have them all. We later got a letter from the NHS that the (completely unnecessary) polio vaccine may have been contaminated with mad cow. I was livid, but what could I do? I did leave the UK within a year, and now 26 year son shows no sign of uncontrolled mooing, so I suppose we escaped.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (sFNX2)

198
Trump should have exploited this during Covid, push for crazy draconian lockdowns, mask laws, vaccine laws, etc. The entire media would have been "covid is no big deal!" etc.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (eIzlH)

Um, remember when Trump went off on Georgia and Florida for reopening after "2weeks."

Posted by: Bete at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (LX4y3)

199 51 BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/LmJ7fuv6Ge

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) September 4, 2025

__________________________

Hey, they're bored. They just finished their therapy for the stroke they had a year and a half ago when they chomped down on a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol, and now they need something else.

And, it's a double win for them. Spite in ignoring sound medical advice. And victimization when they go into cardiac arrest. You get cards and flowers fo that, you know.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (dIske)

200 "I just lost ten pounds somehow. "

Where was the last place you saw it?

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (MWfyi)

201 Marco sounds like he went through keto flu which is typical when switching to a keto lifestyle that isnt run on cheetos and soy

Wait. You can do a keto diet on cheetos and soy? And that helps you avoid the flu?

Because I could live off of cheetos and edamame. And I don’t like flu.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (olroh)

202
A lot easier for a woman to get testosterone prescribed than a man
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (d2MOG)

__________

Apparently, it makes them crazy. Or more so than usual.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)

203 Why is that better?
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Better for *them*. Not Baby. See how that works?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 04:15 PM (AlNse)

204 155 DEI Professor Jason Arday found dead. Another victim of leftist twattery.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:08 PM (c7ZbX)

That's sad. He was obviously very disturbed, and Cambridge definitely shares the guilt.
Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (MqSCt)

Yep, if they (and others) hadn't been complicit in his rise, his fall wouldn't have been as far and devastating.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 14, 2026 04:15 PM (9ZFZd)

205 NPR is reporting on a summer Covid surge.

I’m not making this up
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (W2Pud)

A surge right now should be expected. It's too hot to go outside in a great portion of the country. People being out of the sun is a major contributor to all those flu-like infections.

Researchers were just starting to get good info on vitamin D's effect in suppressing viral infections in mid-2020 right before TPTB pulled the plug on anything that didn't support lockdowns and the narrative.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 14, 2026 04:15 PM (lFFaq)

206 . I am sort of curious which parts, like did he go into the gulf shrimping business? Invest in Apple? Father a child with Robin Wright?"

Hung out with Lt. Dan

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)

207 192.
Truth.

They treat me like I'm trying to buy heroin every time I refill the Testosterone prescription.

Fuckin bodybuilders ruined it.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:15 PM (G4i8c)

208 204 Concur.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

209 Um, remember when Trump went off on Georgia and Florida for reopening after "2weeks."

Posted by: Bete at August 14, 2026 04:14 PM (LX4y3)

He didn't trust the shitass governor not to screw him over. Notice he didn't lodge the same complaints against other states, or Noem

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (d2MOG)

210 That womman getting a booster through her tattoo...of her entire arm.

I learned from a weird niece this is a "sleeve." Which eventually look like your entire arm is bruised. And the random cartoon tattoos are equally ugly, especially on women.

Anyway, I have read that the ink solid pigment can be absorbed into the lymph system. Which can't be good.

Ms Liberal Booster's ink just got sent to her deltoid muscle to "get back" at RFK junior. Brilliant!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (hzuYO)

211 173 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (O0L8i)

AI or plagiarism...?

Posted by: sven at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Int1s)

212 Walking around really helps if you've become sedentary.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (+iWzK)

213 " it shall be my spirit passing by."

In your dreams, pal. More like the hot breath of Beelzebub on your neck.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (MWfyi)

214 "I just lost ten pounds somehow. "

*picks up 10 quid note...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (XuXeR)

215 TRT is a fad that will come to a bad end.
More times than not when the medical community plays with extended use of hormones it does not end well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:17 PM (VQ0bX)

216 'this is a "sleeve."'

Among the most hideous of tattoo trends.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

217
188 This is terrible. Sailors are hurling themselves overboard. Wormy rations, foul water, and they are out of rum. Is this any way to run a Navy?
Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:13 PM (MWfyi)

Probably no good rum on board either. Well at least they’ve still got the Sodomy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Ol0VD)

218 AI or plagiarism...?"

Famous Civil War letter...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (XuXeR)

219 Women with a lot of tattoos all look like they should be chain-smoking Lucky Strikes and running the Gravitron at the County Fair.

Could be in a $1000 dress or a burlap sack.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (G4i8c)

220 212 Walking around really helps if you've become sedentary.

Posted by: Boss Moss
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Does looking for your glasses count?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (VQ0bX)

221
Hey! Terry Moran now says Fauci was a bad guy!

The ABC credibility express left before you did, commie.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Y8DZL)

222 'this is a "sleeve."'

Among the most hideous of tattoo trends.

I think the tattoo thing has peaked. The yoots now can look at their parents and see what they look like in middle age, and it is not good.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

223 NPR is reporting on a summer Covid surge.

It's twoo, it's twoo!

Mutated COVID-19 variant could be behind surge in SF virus levels, and experts warn a surge could be coming with the start of the school year...Chin-Hong said a newly formulated COVID-19 shot will be released this fall, but older adults or those who are at high risk of severe disease can get a booster shot earlier if they are concerned about rising cases.

(Ireland) Doc here. COVID peaked strongly the last 2 summers. Every chance it will do so again. Those last 2 years, while COVID was rampant, there was no flu or RSV around so if you had symptoms it was almost certainly COVID regardless of the test results.

DC: Pharmacy technician here - there is a summer covid surge going on, and also some sort of awful cough/throat thing with no fever that tests negative for everything. My sickest patient got covid from their kid that was at summer camp where it's been going around...and so it begins lol

I read wastewater surveillance was showing the beginning of a covid summer wave - seen primarily on the west coast.
I was fully remote until last month. Pray for me!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (odVWi)

224 I think I’m the only person I know that got the clot shot and didn’t get Covid. I probably never would have gotten Covid anyway.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:18 PM (c7ZbX)

225 Slumlords from out of town have bought my apartment building again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:19 PM (+iWzK)

226 176 Apparently, Arday copied parts of the stories in his book from Forrest Gump. I am sort of curious which parts, like did he go into the gulf shrimping business? Invest in Apple? Father a child with Robin Wright?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

-- Retard as a child, becomes successful as an adult.
-- Does amazing long-distance running feats, despite no training and no preparation
-- Quotes Arday claimed his mother said were actually cribbed from the dialog spoken by Forrest Gump's mother character in the movie.
-- Arday actually confesses to all this in the book, saying he saw Forrest Gump as a child, was deeply affected by it, and memorized the whole movie, and then modeled his life after it. Problem is, his ""Forrest Gump" life story was a fictional as the "actual" Forest Gump.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Av6i5)

227 Does looking for your glasses count?

If you need glasses, you’re almost guaranteed a workout trying to find them.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2026 04:19 PM (olroh)

228 DU is hilarious if you read everything as if they're being sarcastic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:20 PM (Ot/FD)

229 So now Tom has an upper respiratory infection, not severe, but persistent. I phoned yesterday to make the appt, and I was told (paraphrasing) 'that's what happens if you decline the vaxes.'

I thought that was a strange thing to say when they haven't even examined Tom yet. They don't know what the disease organism is yet.
Posted by: gp

The answer is "find a different vet"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 04:20 PM (vJrRc)

230 173
That Arday suicide note in full:

"If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the brightest day and in the darkest night - amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours - always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well, that’s creepy af.
I feel bad for his kids.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 04:20 PM (W2Pud)

231 Even Gump wasn't dumb enough to off himself.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 04:20 PM (MWfyi)

232 Posted by: Braenyard
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Wrong, this is primarily directed toward those that have low T rather than every soldier. Low T is a very treatable condition. Same with estrogen replacement for women after menopause.
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Unproven theory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:21 PM (VQ0bX)

233 228. Yes. DU is hilarious until I remember I am paying their bills with my taxes.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:21 PM (G4i8c)

234 Among the most hideous of tattoo trends.
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

Started as a yakuza thing. Ironic since these are the women most likely to whine about someone else "appropriating" culture.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 14, 2026 04:21 PM (lFFaq)

235 Les chevaux.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:21 PM (+iWzK)

236 Apparently, Arday copied parts of the stories in his book from Forrest Gump. I am sort of curious which parts, like did he go into the gulf shrimping business? Invest in Apple? Father a child with Robin Wright?

Stepped in shit.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 04:21 PM (vTZFs)

237 As I’ve posted before I never got the vaxx and I did finally get Covid - but for me it was just a cough and a slight fever for two nights and it was over. I’ve had flu that was ten times worse than that.

And never got it again - yea, natural immunity!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 04:22 PM (Ol0VD)

238 Carried over:

I'm finishing yards but GatewayPundit has an article saying El-Sayed was overlooking the group that helped to kill about 4000 cats and dogs.

That would have been such a more effective attack against him than an old tired "HE DISRESPECTS WOMEN!!" shrieking screed.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (Sco7b)

According to Scott Pinsker, who writes on PJ Media from a PR pro's perspective, the precise timing of recent hits implies that Mike Rogers's campaign chose to hold material for after Abdulrahman clinched the nomination, and the steady tempo indicates that he is still saving some much more damaging releases for September and October. It's a dangerous strategy; in cases where a *literal* flaming bag of shit (like what Principal Skinner was pranked with) with a (D) by its name could win, instead of beating him, you might just get a worse person in office.

Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 04:22 PM (L3Npt)

239 I would think, as my friends, y’all would be huge proponents of the accountability that comes from group fitness, especially boutique group fitness. 😂

Joking aside, one of the ways to build stamina in running is interval training, which this Japanese walking thing sounds like. I mean whatever works, if you get out there, and you are moving, getting your heart rate up, maybe breaking a little sweat, it’s good. Just make sure you add in some sort of resistance/ weight training, and this can be your own body weight, in the form of push ups, varied, planks, etc etc.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 04:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

240 232.
Hypogonadism is real and there is no way to restart the factories once they shut down due to trauma or illness.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:22 PM (G4i8c)

241 Watch AOC's little video, nauseating.

Meghan McCain
@MeghanMcCain
·
9h
Respectfully, she needs to be less online.

@LeftyWinter
·
Aug 12
AOC on Republican men: "they hate me cause they ain't me and they can't ever be me".

https://tinyurl.com/58zx2xhv

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 04:22 PM (kX27y)

242 The pathological liar whom I know (now; I've known others) would kill people.
Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 04:02 PM (odBC9)

I suppose I should be grateful the guy in question wasn''t homicidal, leastways not directly. He was a big enough handful as it was.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 14, 2026 04:22 PM (iIyc0)

243
I wonder if Arday had AI write the suicide note. Or if he just plagiarized it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026 04:23 PM (w6EFb)

244 I worked for a company that hired a psychopath malignant narcissist liar for management. I think there is something mentally wrong with management because you could tell something was off about this dude in seconds of talking to him. He was the most amazing person on earth and was the secret force behind all the industry giants. One of the immortals, just working in the shadows, and he had big BIG ideas. And we're all lucky HE chose US. And this played well with management. Because at some level, they are like him. Took a lot of shenanigans getting him booted out. But in hardship I bonded with my fellow engineers and our structures group was stronger after.

It was a big reveal to me on how management thinks.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:23 PM (3uBP9)

245 Hopefully, that fussy hairball Hasan Piker offs himself next.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:23 PM (c7ZbX)

246 Well, that’s creepy af.
I feel bad for his kids.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 04:20 PM (W2Pud)

*facepalm*

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 04:23 PM (Ol0VD)

247 "Soldiers who won't fuck won't fight."--Gen. George Patton

Posted by: Ken at August 14, 2026 04:24 PM (XX9jJ)

248 Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Av6i5)
===================
Thank you zombie. BTW, are you the same zombie who once entertained us with photographs of Berkeley and SF insanity, or a different zombie?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:24 PM (ng78Z)

249 Afternoon, folken,

It seems like My President is continuing to do things to improve the security, health, and welfare of the American people. You know, the kind of things a president swears to do when he takes the oath of office. But of course that's old-fashioned now (/s).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:24 PM (wzUl9)

250 Swing your arms in a greatly exaggerated fashion (and ignore the laughter of fellow passersby). It helps to do this in groups of 3 or more. That way it looks even more ridiculous
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 04:09 PM (AlNse)

The Minister of Silly Walks enters the chat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 14, 2026 04:24 PM (Ez0ut)

251 Cotton yarn processors made a run for the border. BS about energy costs. Tariff them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:25 PM (+iWzK)

252 179 and better than having to bring the baby in for more frequent shots"

Why is that better?
Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:11 PM (XuXeR)
*******
I guess better for the mother but did not push it. Convenience.

If my sons had austism from an injection I would have wanted to know which one vs 4 per injection. Sometimes one in each thigh.

I did not agree with it but am smart enough not to lecture our sons. I did lecture, big time, with mRNA and for the first and rare times in their lives they listened to me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:25 PM (hzuYO)

253 I wonder if Arday had AI write the suicide note. Or if he just plagiarized it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2026

***
I missed this. The narcissist "academic" offed himself?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)

254 My wife used to be concerned about me getting really hairy and angry from my TRT.

She learned her lesson and stopped complaining when she interrupted me on the wrong day while I was shaving my shoulders.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:26 PM (G4i8c)

255 I saw that assholes mug a few days ago. Now he's dead.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:26 PM (+iWzK)

256 I missed this. The narcissist "academic" offed himself?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)
********

Yais.

Due to relentless being picked on.

Actually no one knows but he's dead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:26 PM (hzuYO)

257 I’m amazed that Arday was so delusional! All really great fabulists know they’ll get caught sooner or later; then they go on the “How I Did It” lecture tour and make bank on their notorioty.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 04:26 PM (Ol0VD)

258 230 173
That Arday suicide note in full:

"If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the brightest day and in the darkest night - amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours - always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Way to go out ripping off Green Lantern.
sigh

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

259 My sickest patient got covid from their kid that was at summer camp where it's been going around...and so it begins lol

He should have got the vaxx.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:27 PM (4NO2D)

260
He had two kids. Way to man up, asshole.
Posted by: fd

=================

Ward Churchill died of natural causes today, DECADES after he was outed as a phony. Rachel Dolezal is kickin' ass on OnlyFans, Jussie Smollett and Tawana Brawley have gone on to lead rich, meaningful lives. Maybe people like them should form a support group to catch people like Arday.

Anyway, the bastard should have hung in; the love would have come.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:27 PM (XJ22o)

261 188 This is terrible. Sailors are hurling themselves overboard. Wormy rations, foul water, and they are out of rum. Is this any way to run a Navy?

Posted by: fd
---

There has been cumulative shit posting on X.
Also we don't have enough food to feed the sailors.
We don't have enough bullets and bombs to blow up Iran.
We're all gonna' die.
They can go to hell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:27 PM (VQ0bX)

262 Newsom and Whitmer in a cringe video. Why do Dems keep doing this?

https://tinyurl.com/ms9fnwc5

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (kX27y)

263 Honestly, if I had conned a bunch of shitlib academics for years like that, I’d be pretty happy with myself.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (c7ZbX)

264 one of the ways to build stamina in running is interval training, which this Japanese walking thing sounds like"

This. I do the fast walk/ run alternate. Works very well

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (XuXeR)

265 >>> I'm going to try this. I used to try to walk really fast as exercise. Sometimes I could walk as fast as 13 minutes for a mile.

=====
My wife is walking a lot to recover from knee replacement surgery. I mentioned this to her - Japanese walking. She tried it and said she was sore the next day. The good kind. She also said her garmin watch helped track the changes and - I think - work as a reminder every minute. Or, maybe she was just telling me a story about her stupid BIL. I should probably try listening better. Anyhow, good luck ace.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (QFchU)

266 Geeze. Haven't checked the news today. Arday offed himself?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (XeU6L)

267 Array offed himself?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

268 Joking aside, one of the ways to build stamina in running is interval training, which this Japanese walking thing sounds like. I mean whatever works, if you get out there, and you are moving, getting your heart rate up, maybe breaking a little sweat, it’s good. Just make sure you add in some sort of resistance/ weight training, and this can be your own body weight, in the form of push ups, varied, planks, etc etc.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026

***
Piper, I've been doing this for some years. Walk a minute, run (well, sort of "trot fast") for 30 seconds. Repeat, increasing the runs to a minute or more. Even with the heat here I can "run" 40% of a mile and half to two miles, three times a week. IN cooler weather I can do 50% or more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (wzUl9)

269 how many boots go overboard on a normal deployment? Like, ten? Eleven?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (Ot/FD)

270 Way to go out ripping off Green Lantern.
sigh
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)
---------
Um...that's the Sullivan Ballou letter.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (amcLV)

271 Jinx. Mike Hammer owes me a coke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

272 Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:26 PM (G4i8c)

roflmao

Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (UixuB)

273 That Arday suicide note in full:

"If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the brightest day and in the darkest night - amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours - always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well, that’s creepy af.
I feel bad for his kids.

It's from the Sullivan Ballou letter featured in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)

274 Can I bring the reload page to the top?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (+iWzK)

275
I’m amazed that Arday was so delusional! All really great fabulists know they’ll get caught sooner or later; then they go on the “How I Did It” lecture tour and make bank on their notorioty.
Posted by: Tom Servo

===============

Exactly! If not "How I Did It" then "My Life on the Spectrum," some soppy autobiography of neurodivergence and how it's everyone's fault we don't know how to spot it and manage it in afflicted souls like Arday.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

276 Although Mike Hammer seems to have turned off his autocucumber.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

277 'The answer is "find a different vet"'

They're getting scarcer, harder to find around here. I was with the old vet for 22 years. He had to move because his building was the only one damaged in an F0 tornado; it was also the lowest, flattest building in the neighborhood, but the twisters want what they want.

The appointment is Tuesday. We'll see what the Dx is.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (Jr5Lq)

278 ...or the cool air fans your throbbing temple

Nothing hotter than a black man's throbbing temple!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (odVWi)

279 Ward Churchill is mort? Better alert the tribal authorities.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (ng78Z)

280 Thank you zombie. BTW, are you the same zombie who once entertained us with photographs of Berkeley and SF insanity, or a different zombie?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 04:24 PM (ng78Z)
*********

How I loved that!!! The garden made me laugh so much!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (hzuYO)

281 . . . in the brightest day and in the darkest night . . ."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
*
Way to go out ripping off Green Lantern.
sigh
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026

***
He died doing what he loved. Plagiarism.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

282
Array offed himself?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

_________

Beaten to death with a Subway Italian meatball by hooligans yelling, "London is MAGA town!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (O0L8i)

283 Way to go out ripping off Green Lantern.

I don’t think that was the actual suicide note. I hope not. It’s a whole bunch of famous lines strung together. (I did think including Green Lantern’s oath as one of them was a nice touch.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (olroh)

284 >>>Jussie Smollett and Tawana Brawley have gone on to lead rich, meaningful lives.
---

Hold on a second there; Meaningful?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:30 PM (VQ0bX)

285 ---------
Um...that's the Sullivan Ballou letter.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (amcLV)

I'm sorry.
Thank you.

I'll have to look it up.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (Sco7b)

286 171 They don't know what the disease organism is yet.
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

Get a new vet.
Seriously.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (S9bhW)

287 he is rolling out a new screening program for "testosterone deficiency" among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their "absolute best."

Trust us, this works.

Posted by: WNBA at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (i+Wsn)

288 We never had anyone jump overboard on deployment. Doesn’t happen on submarines. Not sure why.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (c7ZbX)

289 Geeze. Haven't checked the news today. Arday offed himself?

Unknown but that's the assumption.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (vTZFs)

290 >>> Array offed himself?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

=====

According to Beege at HA. You know who's to blame for this, right?

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (QFchU)

291 >>> Array offed himself?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

No,... just lost his pointer.

Posted by: CompSci Jokes! at August 14, 2026 04:31 PM (3uBP9)

292 In brightest day
In blackest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evils might
BEWARE My Power
Green Lantern's Light

/off nerd

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:32 PM (zZu0s)

293 Arday is mort.

Here's hoping this starts a trend among the DEI judges out there.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: weew at August 14, 2026 04:32 PM (9TspW)

294 Piper, I've been doing this for some years. Walk a minute, run (well, sort of "trot fast") for 30 seconds. Repeat, increasing the runs to a minute or more. Even with the heat here I can "run" 40% of a mile and half to two miles, three times a week. IN cooler weather I can do 50% or more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM

That is great and probably better than actually running, which isn’t super on your knees. And I know I run with my kid, she likes it, I hate it. But I do it. Make sure you have really good shoes, no matter what, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 04:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

295 273 That Arday suicide note in full:

"If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the brightest day and in the darkest night - amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours - always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well, that’s creepy af.
I feel bad for his kids.

It's from the Sullivan Ballou letter featured in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)
***********
LOL

The thing about Morons and Ace's place is I never know what is true or not!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (hzuYO)

296 6 OT, but that Arday chap has topped himself.

Posted by: Peaches at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (UixuB)

Sad. Another victim of Trump's twisted war on . . . whatever Arday is (was).

Posted by: a.moron at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (X5Jzz)

297 Array offed himself?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)
*
No,... just lost his pointer.
Posted by: CompSci Jokes! at August 14, 2026

***
Arrays. I hates them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (wzUl9)

298 There's something disturbing about all this Arday nonsense i'm trying to put my finger on here. OK, fine, you get caught red handed in having a meteoric career based on favoritism and taking advantage of institutional rot. Great. Whatever. "Hey, we had a good run!" Who cares, you didn't do anything illegal, you ain't going to jail, you're just a shitbird who took advantage of other shitbirds.

But this dude -believed-. He really thought he was the bee's knees, and hips and ankles too. So did everyone else around them. It's not even really a scam at this point, it's actual mass pathology. Most of these people are actually, truly, nucking futs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (Ot/FD)

299 247 "Soldiers who won't fuck won't fight."--Gen. George Patton
Posted by: Ken

Don't worry, general! Plenty of fucking on those Navy ships from MY experience!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (odVWi)

300 The thing about Morons and Ace's place is I never know what is true or not!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (hzuYO)
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Archimedes Johnson is right!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (amcLV)

301 214 "I just lost ten pounds somehow. "

*picks up 10 quid note...
Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 04:16 PM (XuXeR)

Could ye lend me that, mate. I'm expecting a postal order, and I'll pay ye back as soon as it comes.

Posted by: Ewan McTeigle at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (XE5AP)

302
Got convicted of major fraud, went to prison, got out after four years, and...wait for it...went right back to doing the exact same fraud. Absolutely can not control himself.

Posted by: zombie

===============

I think financial grifters like that are different from Arday, the fake scholar. Arday not only didn't know any subject matter; he also apparently didn't know what he was getting into. I bet he was a wailing, babbling basket case at the end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:34 PM (XJ22o)

303 Honestly, if I had conned a bunch of shitlib academics for years like that, I’d be pretty happy with myself.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Should have written a book about it. Kind of an academic Tootsie.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 04:34 PM (XeU6L)

304
Soooo...in the end-

Arday was the Milli Vanilli of Sylvia Plaths.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 04:34 PM (iJfKG)

305 2 Everything RFK jr says would have been considered completely normal for a left of center health expert prior to 2020.

Its almost comical how this is not "far reich wing extremism"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)

He was basically the Ralph Nader of the Medical-Industrial Complex, and apparently a minor hero (not on my radar) of the 'granola' left, up until about 30 seconds ago. They stop pretending their hair is on fire, that would be lovely.

Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 04:35 PM (L3Npt)

306

298 There's something disturbing about all this Arday nonsense i'm trying to put my finger on here. OK, fine, you get caught red handed in having a meteoric career based on favoritism and taking advantage of institutional rot. Great. Whatever. "Hey, we had a good run!" Who cares, you didn't do anything illegal, you ain't going to jail, you're just a shitbird who took advantage of other shitbirds.

But this dude -believed-. He really thought he was the bee's knees, and hips and ankles too. So did everyone else around them. It's not even really a scam at this point, it's actual mass pathology. Most of these people are actually, truly, nucking futs.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (Ot/FD)

There but for the Grace of God goes barack obama.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 04:36 PM (Sco7b)

307
Hold on a second there; Meaningful?

Posted by: Braenyard

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It's from The Simpsons.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:36 PM (XJ22o)

308 40 John Lennon has not aged well. I got Opera back. No Ads on YouTube and Background play is back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2026 03:50 PM (+iWzK)

He hasn't aged at all in the last forty-some years.

Posted by: a.moron at August 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X5Jzz)

309 294 Piper, I've been doing this for some years. Walk a minute, run (well, sort of "trot fast") for 30 seconds. Repeat, increasing the runs to a minute or more. Even with the heat here I can "run" 40% of a mile and half to two miles, three times a week. IN cooler weather I can do 50% or more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:28 PM
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That is great and probably better than actually running, which isn’t super on your knees. And I know I run with my kid, she likes it, I hate it. But I do it. Make sure you have really good shoes, no matter what, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026

***
I've been a runner for nearly, well, let's just say some decades. I gave up the true running some years ago when my knees gave me some trouble. Once I move, I'll find a gym with an elliptical machine; I was good at that.

There's a walking trail established within a mini-park behind what used to be a school, about half a mile away from my front door. I walk/trot there, then do some laps (6 to the mile), and most of the remaining half mile home, and walk the rest of the way to cool down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)

310 Soooo...in the end-

Arday was the Milli Vanilli of Sylvia Plaths.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 04:34 PM (iJfKG)

The Bell End

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:36 PM (Ot/FD)

311 The thing about Morons and Ace's place is I never know what is true or not!

I like to imagine H7 wearing a top hat and monocle, writing his comments with a quill pen and having it transcribed by his scrivener.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 04:36 PM (vTZFs)

312 >>> Arday was the Milli Vanilli of Sylvia Plaths.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 04:34 PM (iJfKG)

======

Girl you know it's true...

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (QFchU)

313 So...
Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)

314 My position on infant vax, uninformed as it may be:
MMR and DPT are probably safe...
unless they've replaced them with mRNA versions

Spreading them out is probably safer...

Others? How long has it been out, did I get it as a kid? If so it's... probably not completely horrible.... but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to give it to a 2-and-under.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (aJQbY)

315 Well, that’s creepy af.
I feel bad for his kids.

It's from the Sullivan Ballou letter featured in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)
***********
LOL

The thing about Morons and Ace's place is I never know what is true or not!
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
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It is verbatim.

The guy even plagerized his suicide note.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (XeU6L)

316 I saw Academic Tootsie open for Jelly Roll at Gathering of the Juggalos 2014 + Bloodymania VIII.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (I8urf)

317 *****It's from the Sullivan Ballou letter featured in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary.
Posted by: Archimedes
>>>>Major Sullivan Ballou feared he wouldn't survive 1st Bull Run. He did not. This was part of his last letter to his wife. A far better man than Arday.

Posted by: Cosda at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (snEi1)

318 The appointment is Tuesday. We'll see what the Dx is.

Posted by: gp
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Is the old vet too far a drive?
I used to drive out of the city into the county (different rules and mindset) for my vet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (VQ0bX)

319 Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026

***
Dragonfly wrestling. It's the latest thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)

320 313 So...
Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)

Practice Safe Sex.

Always stay under 15 mph.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (Ot/FD)

321 I feel back for a split second speaking ill of people like Arday. The split second it takes to imagine what they'd write about us.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (G4i8c)

322 Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)
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Are they getting their freak on? Yep!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (FZ29D)

323
But this dude -believed-. He really thought he was the bee's knees, and hips and ankles too. So did everyone else around them. It's not even really a scam at this point, it's actual mass pathology. Most of these people are actually, truly, nucking futs.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:33 PM (Ot/FD)

There but for the Grace of God goes barack obama.
Posted by: Stateless

=================

No, I think Warai is onto another thing. They both spout(ed) lies, but Arday was nucking futs; Obama is a cool customer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (XJ22o)

324 "Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes"

There will be snow this winter, more in some places than others.

Posted by: The Old Fart's Almanac at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (MWfyi)

325 Today's accomplishments: Installed a roller blind. Pared YT watch later list down to 1,673. A good day.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

326 Unproven theory.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Enough that there are people here that tell you differently which would be empirical evidence you are wrong. You choose which to believe--your own null theory of no effect or their experience.

When you have your own theory--null theory, that too is subject to empirical testing but most people that don't do modeling never do it to their own pet theories of how the world works.

Occam's razor of people whose lives have literally changed because of it versus your own null theory tends to displace the no effect until you do your own empirical testing. Yours would have to include that they were deluisional, some other unproven effect did it, etc. And would in turn require its own empirical evidence supporting or denying the null hypothesis you just formulated.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (E4rtv)

327 >>> Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)

[Lovebugs enter the discussion]

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (3uBP9)

328 Trump's in Long Island at a police training facility. Also campaigning for Bruce Blakeman....

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
·
25m
BEAUTIFUL: President Trump just PAUSED his rally to walk off the stage to PERSONALLY console the mother of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, who was kiIIed by a stray bullet from a career criminal

The look on her face says it all 💔

Jacob's mom is a retired NYPD detective. Just heartbreaking. Never should've happened.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (kX27y)

329 nood

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

330 "Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes"

***
"Hel-looo, bay-bee! Let me stand next to your fire!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)

331 nood

dead dude

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 04:39 PM (3uBP9)

332 Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?

Yup. In flight refueling.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 04:39 PM (vTZFs)

333 Others? How long has it been out, did I get it as a kid? If so it's... probably not completely horrible.... but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to give it to a 2-and-under.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)
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Always thought that nursing babies got mom's immunity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:39 PM (VQ0bX)

334 Nood Arday suicide

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

335
There has been cumulative shit posting on X.
Also we don't have enough food to feed the sailors.
We don't have enough bullets and bombs to blow up Iran.
We're all gonna' die.
They can go to hell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 04:27 PM (VQ0bX)
*********
I read that and thought bs on most of it.

I would like to send this to the whiney doomcaster in another blog I now and then correct her bs as she, the all knowing of military stuff, posted it. She saves insects from her home and safely delivers them outside and I hope they get eaten by birds. I know I am going to save a black widow (NOT).

She was whining the other day of getting bit by ants walking in her yard and does not know why.

I think even Arday could tell her fire ants will bite you if not poisoned or hit with a flamethrower.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (hzuYO)

336 Are they sure Arday is dead and it's not a scheme to sell more copies of his book?

I'm just saying, he could change his name, toss his phony-baloney act, and be completely unrecognizable.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (i+Wsn)

337
AWFL: I refuse to eat any food that isn’t organic and gmo free. All those food additives and chemicals are poison.

Also AWFL: oh boy a new vaccine to inject into my body and my children’s bodies

Same AWFL's instagram at 1AM: Taco bell run after hitting the local dispensary. WOO HOO BEEFY BURRITO TIME
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

Same AWFL later on Monday morning: Oh my Gawd, Tayda-Lynn! That guy selling totally organic pills I met at the club last weekend had the BEST Ecstasy I've ever had. And he was cute, too!

Let's go get an organic Kale Power Salad for lunch and I'll tell you all about it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2026 04:40 PM (y9nCu)

338
It is verbatim.

The guy even plagerized his suicide note.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

===============

Beware our clever commenter. Suicide has not even been confirmed yet, and no note has been reported. And I'm extra certain Arday's suicide note would not be stolen from an American military officer, not even a Union man.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (XJ22o)

339 Obama is a cool customer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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He is a moral and physical coward that never goes beyond where he thinks he is 'safe'. So he smugly insults people when he thinks that his minions will screw them--remember the rodeo clown? Remember where he was bragging about droning that guy as I am pretty good about killin'. Enough to make a real man vomit.

I saw a lot of that type in academia and I don't think much of them at all. Poseurs that would get their shit pushed in on the streets but rely on civility norms to crap on others and get away with it.

Posted by: Ayatoldya at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (E4rtv)

340 No, I think Warai is onto another thing. They both spout(ed) lies, but Arday was nucking futs; Obama is a cool customer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (XJ22o)

It's almost like a hierarchical thing. It's conmen like Obama, fully aware of their own Alinskyan awfulness and loving every minute of it, who have been creating all these Frankenracists like Arday and his enablers who really have no idea what's going on, they're just doing what they think is the Right Thing To Do. And they think it's working, because they're all in positions of power because bastards like their predecessors put them there. So, obviously, being reflexively racist and reflexively anti-truth and anti-civilization is clearly the correct path. I mean, look how well it's working!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Ot/FD)

341 Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM

Someone's gonna get their head bitten off.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (4NO2D)

342
Im looking out the window and two dragon flies go cruising past locked together, one behind the other.
Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)
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Are they getting their freak on? Yep!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 04:38 PM (FZ29D)

Made love like an Eagle falling out of the sky.
Killed a sensei in a duel and he never said why.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2026 04:42 PM (y9nCu)

343 Supposedly "Japanese walking" -- walking at a very brisk, athletic pace for three minutes, then strolling for three minutes, and repeating -- is a very efficient exercise.

Know why the Japanese do this? Because nothing in their country is naturally flat.

Posted by: pookysgirl has climbed mountains to get to good steak at August 14, 2026 04:43 PM (Wt5PA)

344 Tell me why Marco Rubio isn’t president, again?

Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 04:44 PM (H1yGV)

345
261 188 This is terrible. Sailors are hurling themselves overboard. Wormy rations, foul water, and they are out of rum. Is this any way to run a Navy?
Posted by: fd
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There has been cumulative shit posting on X.
Also we don't have enough food to feed the sailors.
We don't have enough bullets and bombs to blow up Iran.
We're all gonna' die.
They can go to hell.
Posted by: Braenyard

Sodom and the Lash should keep them in check.
- Winston Churchill

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 14, 2026 04:48 PM (QVmho)

346
AWFL: "HOW DARE YOU take a sip of that glass of wine when you're pregnant!"

Pregnant AWFL: "Oh boy a new experimental & untested 'vaccine' to inject into my and my fetus' body!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 04:52 PM (I8urf)

347 I think walking fast would be good, as would walking up hills. I'm in my 60s & I hadn't run in 4 years because of joint pain. I started working hard on a treadmill doing inclines about 3 months. Then last month I started running again. I'm not running fast, but I'm running much better than I was before I gave it up 4 years ago. I think walking hard up hills toughened up my legs and improved my cardio, so it made it easy to start running again.

Posted by: Dave at August 14, 2026 04:53 PM (M3E8R)

348 So now Tom has an upper respiratory infection, not severe, but persistent. I phoned yesterday to make the appt, and I was told (paraphrasing) 'that's what happens if you decline the vaxes.'

I thought that was a strange thing to say when they haven't even examined Tom yet. They don't know what the disease organism is yet.
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

Find another vet.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 05:00 PM (hmYU4)

349 I’ve tried walking flat/downhill and jogging the uphill portions with good results

Posted by: bif at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (RkX+S)

350 I'm with Marco!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (zMzlR)

351 47 Willowed ; Angel Reece got knocked flat in a WNBA game. Also 3-13 from the field . Heh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (xCuiu)

Are we sure she got knocked over? it would not surprise me if that f**king imbecile forgot how to stay upright.

Posted by: Nelly at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (6+ehB)

352 "White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates."

Nobody is saying you can't get the vaccines, you stupid twats. It's simply no longer mandated.

And that's what pisses you off, isn't it?

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 14, 2026 06:44 PM (pE12i)

Daily Wire to Release Film About ISIS Taking Over an American College Campus; Islamist Propagandists Say Criticism of ISIS is Islamophobic; Tuq'r Qarlson Says That Ben Shapiro Is a Sleeper Agent Created by Israel

The movie is a sequel to Run Hide Fight, itself about (I think) students evading and then confronting a school shooter. This one's called Run Hide Fight: Infidels.

It stars Jonathan Majors, who was a much-promoted actor a few years ago before he was accused of physical abuse of a girlfriend. (Though the charges are sketchy and I don't know if they're true or not.) Aiding in his cancellation was his low reputation among his fellow actors, who thought he was an egotistical asshole and would not defend him.

So Jonathan Majors is taking the same path that Armie Hammer just did: cancelled actor agrees to star in a movie that is Made of Weapons-Grade Cancellation Atoms as part of a would-be comeback.

Eh, I'm interested.

Terror apologist and Qatari agent Mehdi Hassan immediately committed what he terms "Islamaphobia," that is, suggesting that Islam and terrorism are one and the same.

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
Aug 6
Difficult to come up with a more bigoted, Islamophobic, & cliched trailer than this one.
Also, Hollywood has 'refused' to tell the story of 'radical Islam'? Is Shapiro insane or just gaslighting? Muslims have been the main villains in Hollywood for decades, even predating 9/11!

No they haven't been. Even in the very rare cases that Hollywood makes an Islamic terrorist a villain, he's only a secondary villain, because it turns out he's been hired by the CIA, or the Military-Industrial Complex. The real villain is always white and either explicitly Christian or "Christian-coded," as the leftwing drones say.

The last Islamic villain was, what, the terrorist from True Lies, right? And that's from like 1993!

Mehdi Hassan had previously defended poor misunderstood Islamic rape-gang colonizers, when they were so viciously attacked by Citizen Vigilante.

Citizen Vigilante: 10% critics score. 94% audience score.

Mehdi Hassan says the film incites violence against migrants.

But what violence has actually been incited by this movie?

People have been killed, raped, and groomed because of migrant culture across Europe.

Where�s his� pic.twitter.com/Az8pXlB3ak
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) July 5, 2026

He was chased out of the UK as a radical Islamist hate preacher and for some reason was allowed to immigrate to this country. (In 2015 -- hm, who was the president then?)

Mehdi Hasan was 30 years old in 2009 when he called non-Muslims �animals with diseased minds.�

He was so extreme that he even attacked �dog and music lovers�, since dogs and music are haram in Islam. He also compared homosexuals to pedophiles.

He only apologized a decade later,� pic.twitter.com/N6kcZ8SCuF
— 234 Genius (@De234Genius) August 8, 2026

Tuq'r Qarlson got angry at the Jew Shapiro attacking the religion he secretly belongs to, Islam, and accused the Jews of essentially manufacturing Shapiro, like a homonculous, to infiltrate and overthrow the United States and make it a Jewish satrapy.

Joel Mowbray
@joelmowbray
Per Tucker Carlson, @benshapiro was "created" by Israel.
"They" got him "into Harvard Law School" & made @realDailyWire
successful by getting the company a "deal with Facebook that no one got."
Tucker added that Shapiro's views are actually "the opinions of the people who prop up Ben Shapiro, who created Ben Shapiro. This is what they think."
While Tucker mostly avoided naming "they" -- initially calling Shapiro an "employee... of larger interests" -- he eventually let the mask slip.
At 2:35 of this clip, Tucker refers to "Ben Shapiro's employer's foreign policy."
While it's possible that Tucker is being even more sinister -- that he means "Global Jewry" -- the most likely (and only other reasonable) possibility for the "they" is the State of Israel. ("Neocons" in America wouldn't make sense, because they often can't get their own kids into Harvard Law, let alone launch successful businesses.)
Regardless, it is a sign of just how deep Tucker has plunged into the abyss that he believes such an insane theory that Israel (or Global Jewry) "created" Ben Shapiro and manufactured his every success.
The more troubling thing, though, is that Tucker is willing to say it out loud.
But worst of all is that he's not yet hit bottom.
Which means it will only get darker and more bizarre from here.

Per Tucker Carlson, @benshapiro was "created" by Israel.

"They" got him "into Harvard Law School" & made @realDailyWire successful by getting the company a "deal with Facebook that no one got."

Tucker added that Shapiro's views are actually "the opinions of the people who prop� pic.twitter.com/esUFD8q8tI
— Joel Mowbray (@joelmowbray) August 13, 2026

As many are pointing out, Shapiro entered Harvard law school at age 16 due to being an academic standout.

Tuq'r Qarslon, on the other hand, was a rich bitch Nepo Baby who used his father's CIA network of connections and his adoptive mother's massive wealth to get into college.

But sure, it's Ben Shapiro who needed all the power of a foreign state to get into college.

Justin
@JustinUSA
22h
Ben Shapiro claps back at Tucker Carlson's ridiculous accusations and the damage he's causing by espousing anti-capitalist policies.
The same ones who scream for socialism or accuse Ben of feeding them "goyslop" are the ones living in mansions and living the elitist life with people like Andrew Tate and Hunter Biden.
Tucker Carlson, Zohran Mamdani, and Hasan Piker don't know what struggle is. They grew up in privilege and live the opposite of the lives they claim to favor.
Free markets, equal justice, and free minds are what make America great. The Marxism, feudalism, and Islamism these fraudsters are pushing are un-American ideas that have no place in this country.

When Ben Shapiro made the traditional conservative argument that people complain too much about being poor despite the fact that people have never been richer -- I see some on the right are now railing against this argument, but it is, in fact, standard conservative boilerplate; you can't claim it's some exotic, Jewish-flavored argument -- Tuq'r Qarlson accused him of pushing people to "accept their goyslop" and be happy about it.

"Goyslop" is an antisemitic term, meaning "slop fed to the goys (non-Jews)," and apparently is part of a Nazi conspiracy theory that Jews are pushing fast food on Christians to make them weak and compliant.

Now, I never heard that term before. I bet 99% of you never heard that term before.

But for some reason it's part of Tuq'r Qarlson's Active Vocabulary of Antisemitic Insults, and he's very comfortable using the term.

It's almost as if he's an Open Secret Nazi and he's sick of having to deny the Nazi identity because he's proud of it.

And meanwhile, Tuq'r continues his war against western capitalism in favor of Race-Based Socialism for Whites, dusting off Hitler's old arguments that capitalism was just a Jewish conspiracy to reduce tribal loyalties and make white non-Jews susceptible to Jewish control.

But he's such a conservative.

Ben Shapiro claps back at Tucker Carlson�s ridiculous accusations and the damage he�s causing by espousing anti-capitalist policies.

The same ones who scream for socialism or accuse Ben of feeding them �goyslop� are the ones living in mansions and living the elitist life with� pic.twitter.com/jBI7k6ja3g
— Justin (@JustinUSA) August 13, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:34 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)

2 WIDEtrack.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

3 I saw this on Deadline awhile back.

A few years ago, this would have been unimaginable.

So progress.
On some fronts...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Sco7b)

4 *takes long drag off cigarette*

Thanks Ace........

That was amazing.

Posted by: The Margins at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

5
Mehdi Hasan was 30 years old in 2009 when he called non-Muslims ‘animals with diseased minds.’

A youthful indiscretion.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (O0L8i)

6 Nice wide margins.
Birthing hips margins.

Is there nothing Jason Arday can't do?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)

7 almost read the contents

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 14, 2026 02:36 PM (CWTWj)

8
He was so extreme that he even attacked ‘dog and music lovers’, since dogs and music are haram in Islam.

This. Means. War.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 02:36 PM (O0L8i)

9 and accused the Jews of essentially manufacturing Shapiro, like a homonculous

In fairness, some Jews did manufacture this homunculus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:37 PM (4NO2D)

10 We are living in strange times.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 02:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

11 Also, Hollywood has �refused� to tell the story of �radical Islam�? Is Shapiro insane or just gaslighting? Muslims have been the main villains in Hollywood for decades, even predating 9/11!

And WHY IS THAT, you stupid f*ck.

Posted by: s at August 14, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

12 Hasan and El Sayed look like bookends made of cat turds.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:39 PM (Sbumo)

13 The one about Obama is gonna be called

Run Hide Salami

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:40 PM (d2MOG)

14 Honestly I hate Tucker as much for making me defend lil Ben as much as anything else he has done

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

15 >>4 *takes long drag off cigarette*
Thanks Ace........
That was amazing.

whoops!

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

16 Now, I never heard that term before. I bet 99% of you never heard that term before.

Tell me you don't listen to Asmongold (or Nux) without saying it lol...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 14, 2026 02:40 PM (odVWi)

17 It's not possible to be reasonable with a person like Hasan. He is engaging in taqqiya 24/7 with infidels , so believe nothing he says.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 02:41 PM (xCuiu)

18 All Ben Shapiro wanted was to bake his cookies up in his tree, but they kept pushing him.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:41 PM (Sbumo)

19 Citizen Vigilante isn't a great movie. Uwe Boll probably can't make one.

But it is a good movie because it tells a story everyone can related to on a topic hollywood will not touch...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

20 "It stars Jonathan Majors, who was a much-promoted actor a few years ago before he was accused of physical abuse of a girlfriend. (Though the charges are sketchy and I don't know if they're true or not.)"

He was convicted in NYC of assault charges against his girlfriend. The girlfriend was beaten unconscious. No doubt he did it.

He had a long history before that of criminal and violent behavior.

Dude is a violent lunatic that everyone in his own industry hated. How he ever made it big is beyond me.

Oh: and after he was convicted of beating his GF up, he quickly found another high-profile girlfriend in Meagan Goode, who was once a bit "it girl."

Some women will never ever learn.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

21 He was so extreme that he even attacked ‘dog and music lovers’, since dogs and music are haram in Islam.

This. Means. War.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 02:36 PM (O0L8i)

I'm finishing yards but GatewayPundit has an article saying El-Sayed was overlooking the group that helped to kill about 4000 cats and dogs.

That would have been such a more effective attack against him than an old tired "HE DISRESPECTS WOMEN!!" shrieking screed.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (Sco7b)

22 Muslims have been the main villains in Hollywood for decades,
--------

It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (d2MOG)

23 >>>Tell me you don't listen to Asmongold (or Nux) without saying it lol...

I see Asmongold clips every once in a while. Nux I actually watch a couple of times per week. I didn't hear them saying it, but I don't listen to them all that regularly, so I guess I missed it.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (1wjle)

24 lol ace

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (FdpeO)

25 So, Qatucker let Fuentes f*ck him after that last interview, didn't he......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (2YhKe)

26 17 It's not possible to be reasonable with a person like Hasan. He is engaging in taqqiya 24/7 with infidels , so believe nothing he says.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Courtroom rules--he can and should be impeached using prior statements. So the question should always be whether he was lying then or lying now.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)

27 >>>Even in the very rare cases that Hollywood makes an Islamic terrorist a villain, he's only a secondary villain, because it turns out he's been hired by the CIA, or the Military-Industrial Complex. The real villain is always white and either explicitly Christian or "Christian-coded," as the leftwing drones say.

A good high-profile example being the first "Iron Man" (a very good movie, I would say). The Islamic terrorist who captures Tony Stark at the outset was actually hired by Jeff Bridges' character, a rugged-looking industrial capitalist (and obviously white).

Er, spoiler alert.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 14, 2026 02:43 PM (jGGMD)

28 Muslims have been the main villains in Hollywood for decades, even predating 9/11!

That mostly ended after 9/11. Now its international conspiracies of national socialists are crap like that.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm)

29 I sorta stopped watching Nux when I got sick of being jerked around by outrageous clickbait titles that weren't even within a mile of the truth. I guess he's doing it as a "parody of clickbait," but it's still annoying, and I don't click as much now that I know the headlines are lies.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)

30 Is Ben Shapiro history's second-greatest monster, after Winston Churchill, or is he part of a sinister network of globalists who promote conservative ideology, at the behest of hummus-eaters in Tel Aviv, that is contrary to the interests of my communist, nazi, and jihadist supporters?

Just asking questions.

Serious questions.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at August 14, 2026 02:43 PM (9BeUE)

31 Eh, I'm interested.

Eh. Me too.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB)

32 >>>But it is a good movie because it tells a story everyone can related to on a topic hollywood will not touch...

I heard: "It's not a *good* movie, but it's very *satisfying*..."

Still haven't seen it, tho.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:44 PM (1wjle)

33 So, Qatucker let Fuentes f*ck him after that last interview, didn't he......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (2YhKe)

Shoot, that was just the CIA interviewing the FBI. Nothing important.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 02:44 PM (rbvCR)

34 If I ever write the phrase "claps back" without irony, it's time to go to Shady Pines

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:44 PM (d2MOG)

35 It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ...
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I think the truth of the matter is that Islamists have spent oil money on manipulating institutions of the West like the press, entertainment, and our elites by letting our ruling class grifters get fat on foreign money. Chicoms play the same game.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:44 PM (E4rtv)

36 It's not possible to be reasonable with a person like Hasan. He is engaging in taqqiya 24/7 with infidels , so believe nothing he says.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It is not possible to reason with islham, period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

37 You reckon that Tuq'r is Shia? Or run of the mill Sunni?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (4NO2D)

38 Wait -- is this post about a movie, or gossip about Tucker Carlson? Ace kinda head-faked us here.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (Av6i5)

39 >>>A good high-profile example being the first "Iron Man" (a very good movie, I would say). The Islamic terrorist who captures Tony Stark at the outset was actually hired by Jeff Bridges' character, a rugged-looking industrial capitalist (and obviously white).

and also in Iron Man 3, where "the Mandarin" seems to be an Islamic desert warrior, but we find out he's a drunk british actor being paid to pretend to be an Islamic terrorist so that the white westerner corporatist can cover-up his exploding-people problem.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle)

40 Let's stop screwing around.

I want a movie called "BACKLASH !"

(exclaimation point included in the title)

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (dIske)

41 Majors should be a case study for the wrong way to try and reform your image after being scandalized with a domestic violence charge. maybe don’t steer into the skid and start making weirdo right wing revenge porn?

The right doesn’t care about domestic violence. The left doesn’t let that shit go while the right pre forgives if you’re Christian.

Imagine the uproar if Muslims were making atrocity propaganda, with calls for violence against jews...

I haven’t watched the full trailer yet, but it isn’t surprising that he turned out to be a Zionist/islamphobe. Jonathan Majors gives off bad vibes.

Celebrity gets accused of weird sex stuff, celebrity begins a conservative grift. Typical cycle

Insert “not reading the room on Israel“ handshake meme, with the Daily Wire on one side and Dem Party leadership on the other.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (odVWi)

42 I think I'm starting to hallucinate now, which is worrisome after my long week of either a baby or 2 grandchildren whining due to much needed rain.

We are not used to keeping them inside in the summer. I need to now stock my warehouse with Amazon craft stuff I usually have for winter and snow. They expect entertainment. I expect them to entertain themselves and am often wrong.

I haven't even started day drinking yet and the margins are wide but vision is still clear.

I don't have words to express (well, I do but won't print them) of how much I despise Taqiyya Tuq'r Qarlson (perfection, Ace!) and the obvious, not sneaking, invasion of our country by radical islam.

Twenty Five Years ago on 9/11 I hoped we'd never see this come to the USA.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (hzuYO)

43 >>>Wait -- is this post about a movie, or gossip about Tucker Carlson? Ace kinda head-faked us here.

it's just about some vaguely connected thoughts I had five minutes ago.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

44 DW has a spotty film record. I may have to watch this one, just to make all the right people mad.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (sFNX2)

45 A good high-profile example being the first "Iron Man" (a very good movie, I would say). The Islamic terrorist who captures Tony Stark at the outset was actually hired by Jeff Bridges' character, a rugged-looking industrial capitalist (and obviously white).

Er, spoiler alert.
Posted by: Dr. T

You have to go back to the sixties or earlier if you want pro American entertainment without the funding of foreign assholes and ngos affecting content. The first thing to go in a diverse country is the freedom to say and act as you please.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)

46 Chicoms play the same game.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:44 PM (E4rtv)

The Chinese are using our money, whig.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

47 Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM (2YhKe)

48
He was so extreme that he even attacked ‘dog and music lovers’, since dogs and music are haram in Islam.

So dogs barking Jingle Bells is right out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM (Cqx++)

49 @26 whig, agreed but he weasels out yelling "what aboutisms'. I pay almost no attention to anything a Muslim says because they can lie to kaffar/infidel to protect or further Islam.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM (xCuiu)

50 I think if Israel were gonna "create" somebody to do their bidding, they would not have created ... Ben Shapiro.

They would have created a taller, less soft and effeminate guy who doesn't talk like he just inhaled a whippit.

Just saying ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

51 it's just about some vaguely connected thoughts I had five minutes ago.
Posted by: ace
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S'okay, same with the comment section. We have vaguely connected thoughts too.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

52 Imagine the uproar if Muslims were making atrocity propaganda, with calls for violence against jews...

This is tongue in cheek, right? Right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (4NO2D)

53 >>>I want a movie called "BACKLASH !"
(exclaimation point included in the title)

lol

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (1wjle)

54 49 @26 whig, agreed but he weasels out yelling "what aboutisms'. I pay almost no attention to anything a Muslim says because they can lie to kaffar/infidel to protect or further Islam.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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True dat.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

55 Hollywood has gone so far to protect Muslims as to actively distort the books they turn into movies.

Clear and Present Danger.

Book - Bad Guys = Muslims
Film - Bad Guys = White Nazis

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (AdHga)

56 The right doesn’t care about domestic violence. The left doesn’t let that shit go
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LOL

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (d2MOG)

57 Sum of All Fears, not Clear and Present Danger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (AdHga)

58 32. Ace,

you'll see better writing on any given post here, but it is good to see and hear things we're "not allowed to say" sometimes. Will be useful if it breaks the taboo and lets more serious filmmakers take on reality.

About as realistic as Boondock Saints. Death Wish (original) was better.

Worth a $2.99 rental.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (Sbumo)

59 The last Islamic villain was, what, the terrorist from True Lies, right? And that's from like 1993!

Captain Philips? 2013.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (N39Ws)

60 Serious q- is Tucker really secretly Muslim?

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (EGSGm)

61 Oh, and what is this cr@p about Muslims always being the bad guys in Hollyweird flicks? It's been non-stop Ruskies for 25 years. Before that it was always white South Africans.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (sFNX2)

62 Conveniently premiering after my three month trial subscription ends.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (y9ksN)

63 it's just about some vaguely connected thoughts I had five minutes ago.
Posted by: ace
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S'okay, same with the comment section. We have vaguely connected thoughts too.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM

Ours are raging torrents, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (4NO2D)

64 As many are pointing out, Shapiro entered Harvard law school at age 16 due to being an academic standout.

Tuq'r Qarslon, on the other hand, was a rich bitch Nepo Baby who used his father's CIA network of connections and his adoptive mother's massive wealth to get into college.

==

Cucker spent his high school days smoking and snorting everything snortable and smokable, had a GPA around 1.0, then had his super ritch family buy him a college entrance, and then , after not making it to graduation, had his family buy him a position at Heritage foundation. He really hates people who succeed on merit. HATES IT.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (g47mK)

65 >>>Hollywood has gone so far to protect Muslims as to actively distort the books they turn into movies.
Clear and Present Danger.
Book - Bad Guys = Muslims
Film - Bad Guys = White Nazis

The Hebrew Homonculous Shapiro mentioned that, but I think he said the bad guys in the movie were Russians. I dunno, maybe Nazis hired and supplied by Russians. Never saw it.

Also, the movie was the Sum of All Fears. Clear and Present Danger was the lame one in the jungle with Harrison Ford.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

66 Top action movies of 2025 with their villains

One Battle After Another: White supremacist

Predator: Aliens

Sisu: NAZIs

Sovereign: Anti-government person

Thunderbolts: Depression?

Naked Gun: A rich white guy

No muslims

I asked Duck's AI about the last radical muslim villain in an action movie and it suggested 2014's American sniper which is a war movie (and a true story). If we ignore war movies you have to go back to 1998's The Siege where arguably the Muslims still aren't really the villains.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)

67 I started watching the Jack Ryan series on Netflix. The moslim killers are shown in sympathetic light. Mosques are run by kind, gentle and holy men. CIA director is a moslim getting his faith back. It's still early, maybe things will turn around.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (Dv3i1)

68
They would have created a taller, less soft and effeminate guy who doesn't talk like he just inhaled a whippit.

Just saying ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

That women would find even remotely attractive......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)

69 actually all the Jack Ryan movies were lame except for the first one

the books, too. I dipped out after Clear and Present Danger. I did Dad from Heathers and wonder, "Why do I read these stupid spy novels...?"

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:51 PM (1wjle)

70 Since it's kind of a Hollywood thread, I did mention the all tranny movie from Deadline.

But that's still hilarious for those who haven't seen it.

We may have been robbed of Black Superman, but I hope this happens.

As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her.

The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement over the script, financiers “really don’t want to make” her dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which is co-written with partner Mickey Ray Mahoney and budgeted at $10 million, due to the film’s “wall-to-wall trans cast.”

“People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Sco7b)

71 43 >>>Wait -- is this post about a movie, or gossip about Tucker Carlson? Ace kinda head-faked us here.

it's just about some vaguely connected thoughts I had five minutes ago.
Posted by: ace

Ah, OK -- kind of a "train-of-thought" post. Those used to be common in the early days of blogging, before iPhones and social media fried everyone's brains and made them unable t concentrate on a multi-themed topic for more han 30 seconds, so everything had to now become a short-take on an easily grasped unitary topic. Ace is going old-school on us.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (Av6i5)

72 Sum of All Fears, not Clear and Present Danger.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 02:48 PM (AdHga)

A faithful adaptation of Rainbow Six would be a great miniseries. Bad guys: Environmentalist wackos, as El Rushbo used to say

Posted by: Josephistan at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (y9ksN)

73 Serious q- is Tucker really secretly Muslim?
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (EGSGm)

It's highly likely that he was converted after receiving a mansion in Qatar because he's 'just a good reporter' or whatever the reason was.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (2YhKe)

74 55 Hollywood has gone so far to protect Muslims as to actively distort the books they turn into movies.

Clear and Present Danger.

Book - Bad Guys = Muslims
Film - Bad Guys = White Nazis
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Hollyweird has accounting that makes Enron look legit. And it is a prime way to launder money and affect US sensibilities so of course Faux news had Prince Talal give Murdoch and Co key financing backing, and of course that wouldn't affect 20th Century Fox or Fox channels. Multiply this by the the other sordid media including social media and infotainment studios, etc. and you get that our own media hates America and Americans and hates Christians. Increasingly hates freedom too.

We have the kebab so far up our ass that we can taste it.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

75 >>>67 I started watching the Jack Ryan series on Netflix. The moslim killers are shown in sympathetic light. Mosques are run by kind, gentle and holy men. CIA director is a moslim getting his faith back. It's still early, maybe things will turn around.

I don't watch that but I remember the same bullshit in 24.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (1wjle)

76 A faithful adaptation of Rainbow Six would be a great miniseries. Bad guys: Environmentalist wackos, as El Rushbo used to say

Posted by: Josephistan at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (y9ksN)

I would watch the shit out of that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (AdHga)

77 Tuqr and Candace Owens both need to be flushed down the offramp of life to never be seen nor heard from ever again.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (N39Ws)

78 Sadly, Alec Baldwin was the best Jack Ryan.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (4NO2D)

79 Last Muslimvillains I recall, offhand, were in the 24 series.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (Gqar8)

80 60 Serious q- is Tucker really secretly Muslim?
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport

His bank account is.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (Av6i5)

81 >>>Serious q- is Tucker really secretly Muslim?
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (EGSGm)

just speculation on my part.

I'm Just Askin' Questions, Tuq'r-style. and by Just Askin' Questions, I mean making accusations I can't back up.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (1wjle)

82
Famous Movies with Muslim Villains.....

Stop or Imam Will Shoot!

and go.......

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (d2MOG)

83 I think Ben Shapiro enrolled as an undergrad at UCLA at 16 and Harvard Law at 20.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (rJ48h)

84 I often have problems listening to X videos because I don't have X and don't want to get it .and can't do the X cancel thing. I did however see some of the comments, and I don't want read anymore by a leftist whose handle is "secular talk" and who is married to Krystal Ball ( snorting at name). Also, I am tired of Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (y8wRt)

85 >>>78 Sadly, Alec Baldwin was the best Jack Ryan.

I know, how gay is that?

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (1wjle)

86 Ours are raging torrents, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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You talk prettier than a $20 whore.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

87 sadly Sam Neill went off to raise rabbits in Montana with a large American woman. RIP.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (1wjle)

88 Recent Dean Koontz book had wind turbine mogul as bad guy. Odds of that being made into movie?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (sFNX2)

89 48 A projector displaying a "dogs playing Poker" painting on the local Mosque would be funny.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (gm9Sb)

90 Lots of actors producers directors are downright scared of the Muslims.

Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar8)

91 60 Serious q- is Tucker really secretly Muslim?

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport

Secretly?!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 02:54 PM (AdHga)

92 Wait -- is this post about a movie, or gossip about Tucker Carlson? Ace kinda head-faked us here.

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Tuq'r and Candy Oh!: Dumb and Dumber.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)

93 Movies aside and say what you will, the muzzies ARE the bad guys now. And the struggle will be real and the only "movies" we will see are from people's phones when the shooting starts. H'wood will be left standing aside with their dicks in each other's hands. (Kinda how they roll anyway)
Buy more ammo. The muzzies are.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM (2WIwB)

94 84 I often have problems listening to X videos because I don't have X and don't want to get it .and can't do the X cancel thing. I did however see some of the comments, and I don't want read anymore by a leftist whose handle is "secular talk" and who is married to Krystal Ball ( snorting at name). Also, I am tired of Tucker Carlson.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Accounts are free and if you don't post, it is fine to trim your timeline to only get the dog and cat videos you need to keep hope alive.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv)

95
Iran Man
Guardians of the Halalaxy

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM (d2MOG)

96
We may have been robbed of Black Superman, but I hope this happens.

They had a mention in the Snyder Superman movie that all the Kryptonian colonies were destroyed by something (probably Brainiac)

You could have made that into a story, and hell, make it a horror movie, where even advanced, superpowered Kryptonians get destroyed with however diverse a cast you want since I assume like Earthlings there are black and asian Kryptonians (yes its kind of stupid but works in comic book movies) and then have that as a setup for another Synderverse movie with Superman and friends...only this time get a Supergirl that doesn't have fetal alcohol syndrome

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

97 I like to avoid both Tucker AND Ben.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 14, 2026 02:56 PM (w6EFb)

98 There's no such squeamishness in Indian (Hindu) movies. The bad guys are often Muslims (Pakistanis) and they are never shown in a sympathetic light. Just the opposite. They're basically the bloodthirsty animals as bad guys in all the Rambo movies.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

99 Iran Man
Guardians of the Halalaxy
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM

Ha ha, Yessssssss.

Posted by: Ed McMahon at August 14, 2026 02:56 PM (4NO2D)

100 Seems like knowing you'll get the Charlie Hebdo treatment down at the Fox Lot if you piss off the muz puts a real damper on creativity.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Sbumo)

101 70 .....
As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let ~~her~~IT.

The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement over the script, financiers “really don’t want to make” ~~her~~IT dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which is co-written with partner Mickey Ray Mahoney and budgeted at $10 million, due to the film’s “wall-to-wall trans cast.”

“People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Sco7b)

First, I fixed the text to properly represent that creature.
The first Matrix movie was awesome. Sequels sucked. Since both of the Wachowski creatures had themselves mutiliated, they haven't made a movie since that is worth even mentioining.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 02:57 PM (N39Ws)

102 If Tuq'r Qarlson mated with the Cavernous Nostril what spawn would result?

A paler version of Nostril Screecher with the permanent scowl of Quarlson. Colic and spewing green like the Exorcist Movie chick for the first year. Only eats catfood.

Teeth erupt at the same time with vampire lateral incisors for extra vavoom biting carotids.

Two year tantrums would result in the kid (a trans, of course, or hermaphrodite) burning down the house.

By age 3yrs, a serial killer with cholera keffiyeh diapers blaming the Jews.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:57 PM (hzuYO)

103 Could you even put "Rainbow" in the title of something male and action oriented today?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 02:57 PM (CNl8/)

104 Buy more ammo. The muzzies are.
Posted by: Diogenes
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You forgot to make more babies, the muzzies are. That is one of the reasons that the intifada failed, the Israelis have one of the higher fertility rates in the developed world and the Muzzies had to give up on figuring to outbreed them and wear them down.

No babies, you lose in the end regardless until you are like the humans in the last Planet of the Apes (classic series) where they are hidden worshiping a nuclear Shiva.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)

105 Burqa Widow

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (Sbumo)

106 Clitless in Seattle

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (qZb7K)

107 For most of the '90s, the bad guys were changed into White South Africans. Hollywood went fishing around for some kind of universal villain to replace the worn-out Nazi villain trope, and decided those evil Apartheid assholes were just the ticket.

But then Nelson and Winnie Mandela turned out to be useless corruptocrats and black South Africans started to be worse off than they had been under Apartheid, so they dropped that one. But for a while there you couldn't avoid it.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (Av6i5)

108 >>The first Matrix movie was awesome.

i was always lukewarm.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (1wjle)

109
Die Haram

Come on it's fuckin Friday. Let's go people

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (d2MOG)

110 Bemoan the nonexistent violence created by some movie that was created as a reaction to existent violence because the existent violence doesn't exist and we should really just kill you for making such a movie, shouldn't we?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (Ot/FD)

111 Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv

Thanks. I read enough rude and insane comments by leftists being quoted on here without signing up for X, although I wouldn't think there could be too rude comments about cat and dog videos. On the other hand, people can be rude about anything

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (y8wRt)

112 I like Equilibrium a lot better, even if it's rushed at the end and probably should have been a trilogy.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM (1wjle)

113 The first Matrix movie was awesome.

i was always lukewarm.
Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:58 PM

It was no 13th Floor.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4NO2D)

114 In before someone accuses Ben's sister's pronounced hooterage as being a crafty creation of Isreal, too...

Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM (j10i6)

115 Like the Matrix, there should only be one John Wick.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4NO2D)

116 doesn't have fecal alcohol syndrome

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM (OqEkV)

117 >>>It was no 13th Floor.

I thought of a great twist plot, and then I told my brother about it, and he said, "That's just 13th Floor, dude."

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM (1wjle)

118 "State of Fear," 2004 novel is one Michael Crichton book that will never be made into a movie. Bad guys are environmental whackos. Scene at the end where clueless Hollywood pretty boy is eaten by cannibals is priceless.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:00 PM (sFNX2)

119 The guy wo got to launder Carrie-Ann Moss' outfit in Matrix 1 got the most out of that movie.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:00 PM (Sbumo)

120
Are we gonna hear all of the sudden that TuQ'r is in rehab and has a pill problem, the dude is losin it.

Maybe he is just chasing Joo hate dollars ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (NtVYv)

121 Romancing the Goat

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (qZb7K)

122 I thought of a great twist plot, and then I told my brother about it, and he said, "That's just 13th Floor, dude."

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM

Hannon Fuller had the right idea, just use the simulation for sex.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (4NO2D)

123 A faithful adaptation of Rainbow Six would be a great miniseries. Bad guys: Environmentalist wackos

No way. The core of that plot was WAY too close to theories about COVID.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (odVWi)

124 Like the Matrix, there should only be one John Wick.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4NO2D)

I don't know, they one with Anjelica Huston and the gypsies was pretty good!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (g47mK)

125 The first Matrix movie was awesome. Sequels sucked. Since both of the Wachowski creatures had themselves mutiliated, they haven't made a movie since that is worth even mentioining.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 02:57 PM (N39Ws)
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I was in the minority that thought even the first Matrix was mediocre. I dare say if it wasn't for the excellent casting, and a fine Carrie-Anne Moss prancing around in skin-tight black leather, it wouldn't been just another movie.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

126 Nostril Screecher

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Kid does great bird calls.

https://tinyurl.com/36yydukt

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)

127 One thing that I think the American people need to realize:

These mosques? Here in the US and in Europe?
They are full of weapons caches.

Not a few handguns or hunting rifles--grenades, rocket launchers, fully-auto military guns and ammo.

Not one, not a one, is an innocent place of worship. They are military bases and we need to start treating them like it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 03:02 PM (3cUTc)

128 114 " Ben's sister's pronounced hooterage as being a crafty creation of Isreal..."

Is she one of those busty Jewess temptresses I keep hearing about?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:02 PM (sFNX2)

129 Thanks. I read enough rude and insane comments by leftists being quoted on here without signing up for X, although I wouldn't think there could be too rude comments about cat and dog videos. On the other hand, people can be rude about anything
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Don't read the comments on X, I repeat, don't read the comments especially on anything that counts.

Read the posts and watch the videos but the comments are like Breitbart, full of bots, comment mills from the Third World, and raging leftist lunatics trying to coordinate a message they got from Bluesky.

"Mute this person" and "I am not interested in this sort of post or ad" work pretty well to trim what your timeline (homepage but sequential in time as to x posts) gives you.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)

130
Cleric Bueller's Day Off

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (d2MOG)

131 I was in the minority that thought even the first Matrix was mediocre. I dare say if it wasn't for the excellent casting, and a fine Carrie-Anne Moss prancing around in skin-tight black leather, it wouldn't been just another movie.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM

The hotel scene up to the phone booth is one of the best movie openings ever. So much WTF? in it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (4NO2D)

132 125
I was in the minority that thought even the first Matrix was mediocre. I dare say if it wasn't for the excellent casting, and a fine Carrie-Anne Moss prancing around in skin-tight black leather, it wouldn't been just another movie.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

I appreciated the concept of the movie. Plus, the lobby scene was really really cool - especially if you wanted to test out your A/V system.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (N39Ws)

133 Scene at the end where clueless Hollywood pretty boy is eaten by cannibals is priceless.
___

I pictured Ed Begley Jr. in this role when I first read the book. But he aged out. Mark Ruffalo it is then.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)

134 > All Ben Shapiro wanted was to bake his cookies up in his tree, but they kept pushing him.

I laughed.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (mkw2N)

135 118 "State of Fear," 2004 novel is one Michael Crichton book that will never be made into a movie. Bad guys are environmental whackos. Scene at the end where clueless Hollywood pretty boy is eaten by cannibals is priceless.
Posted by: Martin Tell
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Rewrite it as State of Queer with troons as villains. Make a billion.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:04 PM (E4rtv)

136 no Equilibrium love? Better than the Matrix.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:04 PM (1wjle)

137 128 114 " Ben's sister's pronounced hooterage as being a crafty creation of Isreal..."

Is she one of those busty Jewess temptresses I keep hearing about?
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:02 PM (sFNX2)

Jooters?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:04 PM (Ot/FD)

138 no Equilibrium love? Better than the Matrix.
Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:04 PM

It didn't work for me, and I recently watched it again to give it a second chance.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:04 PM (4NO2D)

139 Gun buy backs are dangerous.

Mexican soldier accidentally shoots bystanders while sawing loaded shotgun during gun buyback event

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Film at 11:00.

https://tinyurl.com/549b7s92

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:05 PM (ndZc7)

140 I pictured Ed Begley Jr. in this role when I first read the book. But he aged out. Mark Ruffalo it is then.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Ruffalo is booked already as a Turk in a remake of Vlad the Impaler. Spoiler, he gets the what is at stake in the movie.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:05 PM (E4rtv)

141 the writer/director commentary on Equilibrium is funny. They keep talking about how pussy critics accused them of being gun fetishists. Then they'd deny that, and start rattling off all the technical details of the guns in the movie. "Gun fetishists, US?!!"

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:05 PM (1wjle)

142 75 >>>67 I started watching the Jack Ryan series on Netflix. The moslim killers are shown in sympathetic light. Mosques are run by kind, gentle and holy men. CIA director is a moslim getting his faith back. It's still early, maybe things will turn around.

I don't watch that but I remember the same bullshit in 24.
Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:52 PM (1wjle)
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Any show we start watching if there is a whiff of sympathy to jihadists we stop. Cussing is often involved.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:05 PM (hzuYO)

143 Seven Year Old Brides For Seven Brothers

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:05 PM (d2MOG)

144
The Scum of All Queers (199

.

The President and a stadium full of football fans are targeted for death by a shadowy group of homosexuals using a bioweapon culled from proteinaceous rafts floating in the water of gay bath houses. Spoiler: The real villain is a white supremacist capitalist, who impugns patriotic honest perverts as cover for his evil scheme to profit from a needless war.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 03:05 PM (biznJ)

145
Of course......
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The California Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, is now directing county election officials to count certain mail ballots received after Election Day — even if they don't have a postmark!

Reform California Chairman and State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio is demanding Weber reverse the policy, arguing it directly violates a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (kX27y)

146 I saw Busty Jewess Temptresses open for Indigo Girls at Lilith Fair in '96.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (Dv3i1)

147 Weird. Just watched Equilibrium and Daybreakers again last week.
Good popcorn movies.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (Sbumo)

148
Tom Clancy had a quaint belief in the omnicompetence of our military and intelligence agencies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (O0L8i)

149 I didn't think Tucker could get any crazier... I was wrong

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (FtULh)

150 "State of Fear," 2004 novel is one Michael Crichton book that will never be made into a movie. Bad guys are environmental whackos. Scene at the end where clueless Hollywood pretty boy is eaten by cannibals is priceless.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:00 PM (sFNX2)
____

The awful cannibal movie Green Inferno has a similar plot. A bunch of leftwing environuts go deep into the jungle to save the rainforest from an evil logging company. They run into cannibals, get eaten alive, and then the few survivors are rescued at the end with the help of the loggers. Movie sucked ass -- but it was fun to watch these whiny commies get theirs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

151 A Bridge Kuffar

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:07 PM (d2MOG)

152 Cleric Bueller's Day Off
Posted by: ...
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Only if it was a D&D movie. Smiting people's skulls right and left with a mace because he wouldn't want to shed blood. Use Hollyweird execs as the extras to be smited.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)

153 >>>It didn't work for me, and I recently watched it again to give it a second chance.

a Stunning and Brave admission

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (1wjle)

154 149 I didn't think Tucker could get any crazier... I was wrong
Posted by: It's me donna
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You misspelled evil.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (E4rtv)

155 Goyslop > Soylent yellow

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (JvZF+)

156 The real villain is always white and either explicitly Christian or "Christian-coded," as the leftwing drones say.

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"Isn't it time for Hollyweird to start being more realistic and make Jews and Jew-Created Bots like Ben Shapiro the actual villains?"

/Cucker Qatarlson, Cavernous Orifices, MeAgain Kelly, and Company

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (angZ5)

157 Islamaphobia was a term directly coined by the terrorists muslim Brotherhood to exploit Western tolerance and prevent any and all criticism of islam.

It is not a phobia.
And it is not irrational.
islam is an evil that is filled with evil men who do not deserve life, liberty or happiness.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (3cUTc)

158 The informant is real.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (4NO2D)

159 You reckon that Tuq'r is Shia? Or run of the mill Sunni?
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (4NO2D)
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Qatar is a Sunni state with a mostly Sunni citizenry, though there is a substantial Shi'ite minority.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (9BeUE)

160 136 no Equilibrium love? Better than the Matrix.
Posted by: ace

Best pre-Matrix plot twist? 1945's "Dead of Night." You've got to watch it from the very first frame to the very last frame to get the full effect. If you aren't expecting it, it's kind of emotionally devastating. Way ahead of its time in terms of "everything you thought was real isn't what you thought it was."

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (Av6i5)

161 Bidet After Tomorrow

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (qZb7K)

162 Only if it was a D&D movie. Smiting people's skulls right and left with a mace because he wouldn't want to shed blood. Use Hollyweird execs as the extras to be smited.

A warhammer inquisitor shows up in Hollywood and goes around killing every Slaaneshi follower he finds...which would be almost everyone in Hollywood

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

163 151 A Bridge Kuffar
Posted by: ...

Tuq'r would be the Alec Guiness character in that.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (E4rtv)

164 Famous Movies with Muslim Villains.....

Stop or Imam Will Shoot!

and go.......
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:53 PM (d2MOG)

From Haram To Eternity..

Posted by: Beach Volleyball at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (nbLIj)

165 I was in the minority that thought even the first Matrix was mediocre. I dare say if it wasn't for the excellent casting, and a fine Carrie-Anne Moss prancing around in skin-tight black leather, it wouldn't been just another movie.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

I appreciated the concept of the movie. Plus, the lobby scene was really really cool - especially if you wanted to test out your A/V system.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (N39Ws)
____

Lobby scene was good, but just a ripoff of a John Woo action scene updated with modern special effects to make the slo-mo he always used be reeeeeeeaaaaaaalllllllyyyy slow.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)

166 After 3 shows, I was rooting for the bad guys to blow Jack Ryan's head off.

In the books, Jack Ryan is a Boy Scout of the best kind. Loves Cathy, his physician wife.

In the Netflix crap, he is cheating on her with a German spy in South America.

No thank you.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 03:09 PM (qFwJc)

167 Since I can't get anything going even with ace in the comments I guess I will leave this alone now

Backpack to the Future

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:09 PM (d2MOG)

168 151 A Bridge Kuffar
Posted by: ...

Best one yet.

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 03:09 PM (Av6i5)

169 Standing in the line of a shotgun barrel. What could possibly go wrong??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:10 PM (AlNse)

170 Islamaphobia was a term directly coined by the terrorists muslim Brotherhood to exploit Western tolerance and prevent any and all criticism of islam.

It is not a phobia.
And it is not irrational.
islam is an evil that is filled with evil men who do not deserve life, liberty or happiness.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (3cUTc)

Same with transphobic. Not afraid of them. Don't subscribe to their twisted (IMHO) view and will not play along with their delusions.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 14, 2026 03:10 PM (N39Ws)

171 . . . . happiness.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Well, considering what makes them happy, I would definitely say they don't deserve us to submit to them.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)

172 >>Best pre-Matrix plot twist? 1945's "Dead of Night." You've got to watch it from the very first frame to the very last frame to get the full effect. If you aren't expecting it, it's kind of emotionally devastating. Way ahead of its time in terms of "everything you thought was real isn't what you thought it was."

sounds interesting, I'll look out for it.

Here's a non-recommendation: the low-budget Spanish time travel movie "Timecrimes." Just kind of low-key interesting but not really good. Not enough to make me want to share it.

I mention it because it gets recommended a lot. It's not horrible, but the low budget is a problem, and it just never gets really good.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:10 PM (1wjle)

173 You know Homer, if the Muzzies weren't such bad guys, Hollywood would have to work to find someone worse.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (qFwJc)

174 162.

Ravenor: 90210

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (Sbumo)

175 Tom Clancy had a quaint belief in the omnicompetence of our military and intelligence agencies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:06 PM (O0L8i)

I didn't get that, but I ALWAYS side-eye'd him for clearly believing our military and intelligence agencies were staffed - without exception - with American patriots who fiercely and sincerely loved the United States.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (AdHga)

176 Barney Mullah

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (CNl8/)

177 It's a Madhi, Madhi, Madhi, Madhi World

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (Dv3i1)

178 161 Bidet After Tomorrow
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 03:08 PM (qZb7K)

Shit, Die, Repeat?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (Ot/FD)

179 And just like that, some vaguely connected thoughts become a movie thread.

Thanks Ace.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

180 Vest in Show

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:11 PM (d2MOG)

181 Allah! Allah! Allah!

Shapiro could release: Torah! Torah! Torah!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 03:12 PM (odVWi)

182 177 It's a Madhi, Madhi, Madhi, Madhi World
Posted by: Chuck Martel

And a goat standing where the Palm Trees make an X.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv)

183 oh, Timecrimes is on Tubi, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:12 PM (1wjle)

184 Semtex It Hot

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (Sbumo)

185 176 Barney Mullah
Posted by: Mark1971
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Would Rock the Casbah be the theme song?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

186 "Islamaphobia" should be mocked that way "That's Racist" is mocked.

The Camp of the Saints was translated into English.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (qFwJc)

187 CAIRplane

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (CNl8/)

188 I listen to all 3:35 of Carlson’s ramblings, which was hard. He’s lost it… I don’t think he saying this things for money; no, he really believes this crap because something broke in his brain when he got fired. There are so many straw men in what he said now I know where all LA’s straws went; so many logical fallacies I lost count (including ad hominem).

There’s a fine (but very distinct) line between recognizing conspiracies that are real (eg covid official narrative lies) to them believing that every kooky idea is therefore true

He’s cuckoo for coco puffs

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (sXOHS)

189 Tuq'r Qarlson Says That Ben Shapiro Is a Sleeper Agent Created by Israel

Israel would create a less annoying sleeper agent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (ExV1e)

190 He's playing the grandma card.

Captain Mark Kelly
@CaptMarkKelly
I spoke to a grandmother today worried about her 21-year-old grandson who's aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. He’s lost 20-25 pounds and is struggling with depression. And so-called leaders like Pete Hegseth aren’t doing a thing about it.

-
Talerico is playing the grandpa card.

https://tinyurl.com/4avcmzc5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)

191
That's not funny.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (O0L8i)

192 CAIRplane

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (CNl8/)

Ha!!

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (d2MOG)

193 Things to Do in Mecca when You Are Dead.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

194 Here's a non-recommendation: the low-budget Spanish time travel movie "Timecrimes."
Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:10 PM (1wjle)
************************************

Predestination from 2014, based on the classic Heinlein story "All You Zombies", has a similar conception of time travel but a much larger budget.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at August 14, 2026 03:14 PM (0qK7D)

195 It will be interesting to read what Texans do to the foot bath idea in the Dallas airport.

I can think of some things for them to do. However I am confident Texans can do better.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:14 PM (hzuYO)

196 Bad Day at Kaaba Black Rock.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

197
Star Jihad

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (O0L8i)

198 10,000 Women's Basketball Leagues Under The Sea.

(No relevance, I just thought it was dumb enough to share.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (Ot/FD)

199 Predestination from 2014, based on the classic Heinlein story "All You Zombies", has a similar conception of time travel but a much larger budget.

The lead was way too good looking to be believably, err, what she was (to not spoil it).

Though in the 12 years since then she's now literally twice the woman she was then.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)

200 He’s cuckoo for coco puffs
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
========
You left out substance abuse.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (E4rtv)

201
Captain Mark Kelly
@CaptMarkKelly
I spoke to a grandmother today worried about her 21-year-old grandson who's aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. He’s lost 20-25 pounds and is struggling with depression. And so-called leaders like Pete Hegseth aren’t doing a thing about it.

Except they are being relieved as another carrier is on the way and by the way.... No doubt the "grandson" is fictious

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (FtULh)

202 Super Mario Mangione pleaded guilty today. Sentencing in December. Gonna be a lot of mischegas over the state court prosecution and double jeopardy.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)

203 He’s cuckoo for coco puffs
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (sXOHS)
**********

The demon or the alien anal probe appear to be winning.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (hzuYO)

204 All That Jazeera

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:15 PM (CNl8/)

205 I liked Tom Clancy. I called his stories "Techno-bullshit."

Oh yes. The FBI and the CIA are all full of middle of the road, non-partisan patriots.

Great yarns.

Fiction.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)

206 What is the reaction to Rogers's ad? It's targeting white lib women, so I have a hard time getting the messaging Feels to me like a mix of a hostage video and trying to tell their kid Dad ran over the dog. Low energy.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 14, 2026 03:16 PM (wGerL)

207 Gunfight at the Medina Corral.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

208 Tucker and Candace or being paid off, correct?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:16 PM (W90Ou)

209 Married to Hijab

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:16 PM (d2MOG)

210 Tom Clancy's book quality seemed to depend on which ghost writer you got.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Sbumo)

211 Timecrimes is no Triangle or Coherence.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (1wjle)

212 How in fuck is anyone going to claim Ben Shapiro is a "sleeper" agent?

What, is he actually MORE pro-Israel than we thought or something? Is this some kind of anime where he's going to be down and out, up against the ropes, and then yell like Goku for half an episode until he starts glowing and gets six inches taller and his dick turns in to a menorah?

Fucking hell.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Ot/FD)

213
Qum With Me

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (O0L8i)

214 204 All That Jazeera
Posted by: Mark1971

An American in Beirut. Gene Kelly dances during the 1970's Civil War.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (E4rtv)

215 172 >>Best pre-Matrix plot twist? 1945's "Dead of Night." You've got to watch it from the very first frame to the very last frame to get the full effect. If you aren't expecting it, it's kind of emotionally devastating. Way ahead of its time in terms of "everything you thought was real isn't what you thought it was."

sounds interesting, I'll look out for it.

Posted by: ace

There's no way for me to even hint at what the twist is without giving it away. I recommend not reading about the film before watching it.

What Dead of Night is famous for is being the first "anthology"-style horror film, in which six separate Twilight-Zone-style tales are told in a row, connected by an overarching meta-story. Almost all six of the mini-movies within the movie were very influential and were later made into standalone movies (or legendary TV episodes) of their own. The twist does not really involve any of the famous stories-within-the-story, even though they take up 95% of the screen time, but instead is about the framing meta-story, which you aren't really paying attention to until....

Posted by: zombie at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Av6i5)

216 Bad Day at Kaaba Black Rock.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

Citizen Slain - The Laken Riley Story...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (nbLIj)

217 "Goyslop" is an antisemitic term, meaning "slop fed to the goys (non-Jews)," and apparently is part of a Nazi conspiracy theory that Jews are pushing fast food on Christians to make them weak and compliant.

---------------

"The Jews already did the same thing by creating The Black Plague, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Covid, and now Monkeypox in Chinese BioLabs in order to wipe out The Christian Race, h8r!'

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:17 PM (angZ5)

218 Talerico is playing the grandpa card.

https://tinyurl.com/4avcmzc5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)

Uh…. My dad is a Baptist preacher and I’m pretty confident saying he would not make a commercial to get me elected if I had the disgusting views Talarico has made public. He’d rebuke me! So I think paw-paw is probably an awful preacher; I know I wouldn’t attend his church

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (sXOHS)

219 Wait......Ace has a brother?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

220
Baghdaddy Knows Best

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (O0L8i)

221 212.

Five Little Lion Shapiros merge to form MechaShapiro.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (Sbumo)

222 Last night, a doorbell camera caught an out of control bear wandering through this suburban middle middle class neighborhood about a mile and a half from chez moi.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (ndZc7)

223 The Qomfather

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (xCuiu)

224 I enjoyed Triangle but man, I would never watch it again. Once was enough.

I don't like stories were evil wins even when they are really good.

Looking at you, Skeleton Key.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)

225 Baghdaddy Knows Best
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (O0L8i)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (FtULh)

226 I spoke to a grandmother today worried about her 21-year-old grandson who's aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. He’s lost 20-25 pounds and is struggling with depression. And so-called leaders like Pete Hegseth aren’t doing a thing about it.

He's being given a medical discharge for being an enormous pussy. -- Pete Hegseth

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (ExV1e)

227 Lock, Stock and Two Ravaged Goats

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)

228 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)

229 My Dinner With Ahmadinejad

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:20 PM (d2MOG)

230 Porky's--a horror story of infidels consuming bacon and pulled pork bbq.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:20 PM (E4rtv)

231 I subscribe to Spencer Pratt's Substack. After reading this one, I thought he would make a great press secretary.....I can't understand why more Angelenos didn't vote for him*, his knowledge and understanding of current events is very good and he has a good sense of humor:

https://tinyurl.com/3attpbm2

*And yes, I realize there was cheating.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 03:20 PM (kX27y)

232 The money must be extraordinary for Tu'quar to have gone so far off the deep end so quickly. Wow.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 14, 2026 03:20 PM (cHNrw)

233 228 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)

Yikes.... Well anyway...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 03:20 PM (FtULh)

234 228. Sounds about right.

Jason Arday was the Bob Ross of painting himself into a corner.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:20 PM (Sbumo)

235 Uncut Jews
Train to Kibbutz Be'eri
Jihad Everywhere All at Once
Get Out of the Holy Land Infidel Pigs
Once Upon a Time In Al Andalus
The Shape of Jihad

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

236 Oh No!

Anyway. I should re-arrange my sock drawer today

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (AlNse)

237 Gone with the Goats, a sweeping tale of loss and redemption in Afghanistan.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

238 Captain Mark Kelly
@CaptMarkKelly
I spoke to a grandmother today...
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I thought lib's imaginary friends were supposed to always be taxi drivers.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (sFNX2)

239 Super Mario Mangione pleaded guilty today.

-
Feels So Good.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)

240 233 228 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)

Wow, he's the first black disgraced Cambridge don to off himself in south London.

What a milestone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (Ot/FD)

241 Das Goat

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:21 PM (d2MOG)

242 The funeral for Arday will rival the Queens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:22 PM (xCuiu)

243 Gone with the Goats,...
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Or maybe "Blown Up With the Wind"

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:22 PM (sFNX2)

244 Mark Kelly's favorite character is Pvt. Upham

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:22 PM (Sbumo)

245 238 Captain Mark Kelly
@CaptMarkKelly

Really hate this guy.. Sorry to be so Un Christian

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 03:22 PM (FtULh)

246 Ben Shapiro is an enemy agent because he likes Israel as much as Hasan Piker likes 'Palestine' or Nancy Pelosi likes China

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

247 The time travel mechanism in my first book -- which I never finished -- was based on time being just another axis on the x-y-z coordinate system. Just like you could scroll back and forth on xyz, you could on "t."

But ... since the idea was that a fourth dimension in that system had to be at 90 degree angles to all the others -- just as xyz are all 90 degrees to each other -- the only way to do it was that T constantly flipped and twisted and mutated.

So it was almost impossible to "track" T such that it could be scrolled back and forth on. It wasn't until we developed ultra-computers and solved irrational numbers that we could find T and track it accurately enough to use.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

248 Or maybe "Blown Up With the Wind"
Posted by: Martin Tell

Better.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

249 Jijihad

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

250 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM

The Telegraph:

https://tinyurl.com/57red6yp

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)

251 Did Arday plagerize his suicide as well?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:23 PM (sFNX2)

252 Allah Quiet on the Middle Eastern Front

Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (j10i6)

253
Now: "I spoke to a grandmother today worried about her 21-year-old grandson who's aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. He’s lost 20-25 pounds and is struggling with depression. And so-called leaders like Pete Hegseth aren’t doing a thing about it."

Then: "This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (O0L8i)

254 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM

The Telegraph:

https://tinyurl.com/57red6yp
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)
_________

Gotta be a suicide. Or the Jews did it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

255 Ace, my love, I realize this is OT but the womman who vandalized the WWII Memorial is 41yrs old. I look much younger than her by 3 decades.

I despise her for doing this as my father was a WWII First Marine in the Pacific for 30mo.

However, it perked me up to know her age as I look far better without make up waking up, and after total exhaustion from grandchildren all week.

I hope she goes to prison.

I also think dat's a man from photos. Or she dragged her sorry flip flops out of her reeking cat piss house of ferals and this is the best she can manage. Pity a veteran did not take her down and roll her into the water, while accidently drowning the demon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (hzuYO)

256 One interesting point to ponder, we really don't know what time is.

Of course we don't know what matter, energy or space are either

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (sKqQm)

257 250 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM

The Telegraph:

https://tinyurl.com/57red6yp
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)

How can they make this Trump's fault ? Bet they find a way

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (FtULh)

258 Really hate this guy.. Sorry to be so Un Christian
Posted by: It's me donna

When you realized his shriveled little head looks like a circumcised penis that speaks, you can then laugh at his sorry ass as a defective mutant.

Nasty critter apparently openly cheating on his wife who is brain damaged from the shooting. Uses her as a vile political prop and armor against being criticized so a perfect leftist in all respects.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

259 Now we are going to have to let certain people get away with plagiarism and fraud because they might kill themselves.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (CNl8/)

260
Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)

__________

Check back in three days.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (O0L8i)

261 "How long until it comes out that they hired some sad lib actor to pose as a family member"

Didn't they hire Someone to pretend to be Talarico's girlfriend- just your normal straight woman who just loved to hang out in gay bars and dance the night away?.

And no offense to Texans or anyone else who used "Paw Paw" but that seems to be kind of intimate, if you will, for a politician to use for an ad. If he has to use his grandpa why doesn't he use "grandad" or "grandpa"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (W90Ou)

262 Jason Arday probably committed suicide with a knife he forged himself from a piece of the Tunguska meteor.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (Sbumo)

263 It used to be considered normal that if you got caught in an immoral action that the right thing to do was take a tumbler of brandy and a pistol to your study and...make things right

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)

264 A Fistful of Welfare Benefits

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 03:26 PM (Dv3i1)

265 Old news: the PLO was a KGB op. Happy now?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 03:26 PM (wxsGM)

266 A scumbag to the end. Instead of shouldering the mountain of retribution he deserves for being a swindling cheat his entire life, he simply offs himself so he doesn't have to deal with it.

At least I assume. It's a safe assumption. Maybe not, but... i mean.... come on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:26 PM (Ot/FD)

267
Gotta be a suicide. Or the Jews did it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

___________

Masons. The Cliveden Set.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:26 PM (O0L8i)

268 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)

Life comes at you fast.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

269 Cinderfella, a tender story of bacha bazi and troonism.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (E4rtv)

270 Somali Like it Hot

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (d2MOG)

271 No one has mentioned Ben Shapiro’s sisters tits. This is strange.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (KGj36)

272 There is an apocryphal tale that a pilot was augering in, the controls were inop, whatever. He was trying to ask the tower what he should do. Someone else broke in over the radio "Die like an Aviator". They were definitely made of sterner stuff back in the day.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (AlNse)

273 Islamophobia is a bad thing?

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (UjdFS)

274 3000 Miles to Mecca

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (Sbumo)

275 Emily Gallagher
@EmilyAssembly
No one should be arrested—much less jailed—for stealing a tube of toothpaste.

Incarceration separates people from their jobs, support services, & loved ones. It perpetuates cycles of poverty & crime.

That’s a fact, no matter how much fear mongering the right wing media does.

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It's right there in the pursuit of dental hygiene clause.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (ndZc7)

276 Hang his ass up next to Bentham as a warning to all the others.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (Ot/FD)

277 Check back in three days.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (O0L8i)

Thats why EVERYONE checks Ace's comments first.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 03:28 PM (wxsGM)

278 The jig was up for Arday, the Fake professor.

Any photo of him he looks dim. That's the best I can say.

Who will reap from his book being published? Maybe all proceeds can be sent to the International Don't Lie Department.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:28 PM (hzuYO)

279 For a Few Welfare Benefits More

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 03:28 PM (Dv3i1)

280 King Lear

Posted by: DitkaCA at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (utChY)

281
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
(Nevermind We're Married)

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (d2MOG)

282 Saddened, but not surprised about Jason Arday. Running 600 miles in 6 days is very dangerous for your heart. RIP

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (wGerL)

283 266 A scumbag to the end. Instead of shouldering the mountain of retribution he deserves for being a swindling cheat his entire life, he simply offs himself so he doesn't have to deal with it.

At least I assume. It's a safe assumption. Maybe not, but... i mean.... come on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Eh, probably shows some shame in himself depending on the note but the ones to blame for putting him there are the culprits that caused this. Every asshole that knowingly put a lying fraud into high office and blew smoke up his ass claiming he was deserving of it are at fault here.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

284 273.

Islamophobia is bad the way being afraid of being eaten by wolves in the woods is bad.

Meaning it's a survival instinct backed by facts.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Sbumo)

285 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:25 PM (W90Ou)

And how old is Talarico's grandfather? In his 70's at least. No Baptist preacher of that age would seem to endorse Talarico's views on Christianity and the Bible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (W90Ou)

286 My dentist gives out little things of toothpaste. I assume he gets them for free from the toothpaste company...

Of course with the level of welfare benefits in America every Somali is getting enough $$$ to buy all the toothpaste they could need even if I am doubtful their dental hygiene is that rigorous.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

287
The jig was up for Arday, the Fake professor.

__________

*snorts*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (O0L8i)

288 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971
.......

Strangled by his dreadlocks in a stiff wind?

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (UjdFS)

289 King Lear

Posted by: DitkaCA at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (utChY)

I'm speechless

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (d2MOG)

290 271 No one has mentioned Ben Shapiro’s sisters tits. This is strange.
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (KGj36)

You can't just Ctrl-F "Ben Shapiro’s sisters tits" like some kind of glassy eyed farm animal.

You gotta search for "khazar milkers", at the very least.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Ot/FD)

291 Emily Gallagher
@EmilyAssembly
No one should be arrested—much less jailed—for stealing a tube of toothpaste.

No one should be arrested—much less jailed—for rape if it takes less than five minutes.

I wonder if she'd see how stupid that sounds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (ExV1e)

292 My dentist gives out little things of toothpaste. I assume he gets them for free from the toothpaste company...
......

Fun Size

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (UjdFS)

293
Sunday morning should be a tell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (O0L8i)

294 271 No one has mentioned Ben Shapiro’s sisters tits. This is strange.
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (KGj36)

You mean her flesh-and-fat sheathes coupled to mammary glands? What of them?

Or do you mean her pet birds?

Posted by: Thrawn at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (2qSHg)

295 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)

Life comes at you fast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

------------------

He was just heading off to college for the fall term ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (angZ5)

296 273 Islamophobia is a bad thing?
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:27 PM (UjdFS)
**********
Nope! But my version of the "phobe" part is not fear but wanting them eradicated. It has never been fear. Bastids.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (hzuYO)

297 271 No one has mentioned Ben Shapiro’s sisters tits. This is strange.
Posted by: Pudinhead
====
Pointed protuberances are mentioned upthread somewheres. CTRL + F is your friend.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)

298 No one should be arrested—much less jailed—for stealing a tube of toothpaste.
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Thanks for clearing that up, you stupid fucking wench.

Bullshit. Lock up the crooks. Not the toothpaste.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (AlNse)

299 He was just heading off to college for the fall term ...
Posted by: ShainS
======
Grade is incomplete.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)

300 My dentist gives out little things of toothpaste. I assume he gets them for free from the toothpaste company...
......

Fun Size

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (UjdFS)

-----------------

We give those out on Halloween.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (angZ5)

301 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media

Huh. Now there's a bit of the traditional British sense of shame and honor that I wouldn't have expected from him. Bravo, sir, bravo.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (vTZFs)

302
You can't just Ctrl-F "Ben Shapiro’s sisters tits" like some kind of glassy eyed farm animal.

You gotta search for "khazar milkers", at the very least.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Ot/FD)

Heh.

NSFW.

https://shorturl.fm/hosvs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

303
Grade is incomplete.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)

__________

Zero point zero.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (O0L8i)

304 No babies, you lose
_-_
whig is right.

Demographics is destiny.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (4RTqI)

305 Lock up the crooks. Not the toothpaste.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM

This should be on a bumper sticker.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (4NO2D)

306 Probably ripped off Hunter S Thompson's suicide note.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (Sbumo)

307 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:24 PM (hzuYO)

She must have had a hard life or went grey early at 41. It also explains why she has no real connection to anyone in WWII She's probably too young,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (W90Ou)

308 Grade is incomplete.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)

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I set 'em up, and whig knocks 'em down.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (angZ5)

309 306 Probably ripped off Hunter S Thompson's suicide note.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:32 PM (Sbumo)

now that shit's funny right there i don't care who you are

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:33 PM (Ot/FD)

310 A scumbag to the end. Instead of shouldering the mountain of retribution he deserves for being a swindling cheat his entire life, he simply offs himself so he doesn't have to deal with it.

At least I assume. It's a safe assumption. Maybe not, but... i mean.... come on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Eh, probably shows some shame in himself depending on the note but the ones to blame for putting him there are the culprits that caused this. Every asshole that knowingly put a lying fraud into high office and blew smoke up his ass claiming he was deserving of it are at fault here.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)
_______

I think the guy was always mentally ill. Watch some of the videos of him speaking and answering interview questions. Bro ain't all there. I'll bet any amount of money there have been self-harm episodes before.

But we don't know that it was a suicide. Coulda been a run-of-the-mill OD.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

311 You gotta search for "khazar milkers", at the very least.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Your descriptive fu is great. May your manhood enlarge to such heights as your words.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

312 JAV version

MOMO - 7269

I Died in Jihad for Allah and Now I get to Have Creampie Sex with my 72 Virgins. They Make Me C*M Over and Over and Won't Stop. Only Allah is Giving Me the Strength to Carry On!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (Sco7b)

313 311.

There is iron in his pants of life.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (Sbumo)

314 297 CTRL + F is your friend.
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Yeah, but what search term will you use? Hooters? Fun bags?
So many breasties, so little time....

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (sFNX2)

315 Your descriptive fu is great. May your manhood enlarge to such heights as your words.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

Oh, shucks, I stole that phraseology from far greater Morons than I.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (Ot/FD)

316 But we don't know that it was a suicide. Coulda been a run-of-the-mill OD.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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It will still be the fault of everyone who told the truth about him and held him accountable by the left.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (E4rtv)

317 4 Mgid visits to get here

Think I saw trailer on YouTube, looked like a suspense shoot up movie

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

318 Yeah, but what search term will you use? Hooters? Fun bags?
So many breasties, so little time....
Posted by: Martin Tell
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I wrote a little script,
so that none of them are missed.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

319 Breaking Points is mini-me Tuqur. They had a segment on recently where Flock cameras are a thing because guess who is pushing it? I’ll give you a clue. It rhymes with The Dues.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:36 PM (7xx4i)

320 I enjoyed Triangle but man, I would never watch it again. Once was enough.

Triangle man beats particle man.

Posted by: They Might be Giants at August 14, 2026 03:36 PM (odVWi)

321
It will still be the fault of everyone who told the truth about him and held him accountable by the left.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (E4rtv)

__________

It will also retrospectively absolve everyone who put him there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:36 PM (O0L8i)

322 Fun Size

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 03:30 PM (UjdFS)

Whatever happened to her?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at August 14, 2026 03:36 PM (D59/j)

323 It will still be the fault of everyone who told the truth about him and held him accountable by the left.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:34 PM (E4rtv)

We're all responsible for him eating a five kilo brick of hash in a fit of despondency.

So five kilos, divided by 8 point something billion... carry the one....

Eh. I can live with that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:36 PM (Ot/FD)

324
228 Jason Arday, who resigned as Cambridge professor following plagiarism allegations, found dead in south London. - British media
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 03:19 PM

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I guess Cambridge can halt the investigation into how he was hired now.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (VWtfl)

325 Not buying a Sailor is having mental health and physical health issues and it get back to work

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (Ia/+0)

326 318. I hear she is opening a chain of wing places called Jooters.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (Sbumo)

327 I guess Cambridge can halt the investigation into how he was hired now.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM

Ah, a motive.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

328 The jig was up for Arday, the Fake professor.

Any photo of him he looks dim. That's the best I can say.

Who will reap from his book being published? Maybe all proceeds can be sent to the International Don't Lie Department.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:28 PM (hzuYO)

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F. Joe Biden is cribbing from it right now for his 2028 Democrat Communists of America POTUS Nomination Acceptance Speech.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (angZ5)

329 Who will fill his academic shoes?

Posted by: Kinney Shoes at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (JM9I6)

330 I’m waiting for Hollywood to start making “you know, we did kind of deserve it” 9/11 movies soon.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (7xx4i)

331 Khazar milkers...so,I have a question about that...ignorant as to this distinction between Khazar and Semite...what gives?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (4RTqI)

332 Boy, there were no border controls at all during the Biden administration!

Pennsylvania boy reels in piranha while fishing with dad

https://tinyurl.com/bdhrbex2

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:38 PM (ndZc7)

333 I wrote a little script,
so that none of them are missed.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

Stand that shit up and monetize it, brocephus.

Sell ads, scrape data.

Call it "Tittr".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:38 PM (Ot/FD)

334 Oh screw off, from the NY Post:

Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki scathingly attacked her Trump counterpart Karoline Leavitt on Thursday, claiming she faced hardly any tough questions in the briefing room and had no interest in engaging in good faith discussions.

“The relationship between the press and the White House is supposed to be adversarial by design,” Psaki said on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, where she was hired after her performance on then-President Biden’s behalf from 2021 to 2022. “I mean, the press in the room are supposed to push for more access, for more information. And there are times when it’s absolutely appropriate for the press secretary to push back. But Karoline Leavitt didn’t want to engage in good faith with those reporters and their tough questions.

“And so, instead, she did everything she could to reshape that briefing room into her own personal safe space where she rarely had to answer a tough question, hardly ever. I mean, she only briefed once or twice a week, max.”

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 03:38 PM (kX27y)

335 Perhaps Cambridge offed him for bringing shame to theirfine institution.

If you're going out, don't forget the hookers andblow.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 03:38 PM (Sco7b)

336 No one should be arrested—much less jailed—for stealing a tube of toothpaste.

I wonder what the penalty for stealing a tube of toothpaste would be in the thief's home country?

Cutting off the hand is kind of traditional, no?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 03:39 PM (vJrRc)

337 Clitorectomy, Myself and Irene

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:39 PM (d2MOG)

338 Ours are raging torrents, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (4NO2D)

Thanks, now I have to pee.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 14, 2026 03:39 PM (ZgwKJ)

339 I guess Cambridge can halt the investigation into how he was hired now.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (VWtfl)

Delightfully dark as a theory... but I fear that passel of metropolitan groin sniffers aren't that clever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:39 PM (Ot/FD)

340 The jig was up for Arday, the Fake professor.

Any photo of him he looks dim. That's the best I can say.

Dear Gaia...you can't make intelligence a screening criteria!!!!!! What about our phoney-balogne jobs?!?!?!

Posted by: 90% of college professors at August 14, 2026 03:39 PM (odVWi)

341
oh my god.

I mean, not to go all Norm Macdonald, but I'm pretty sure this Jason Arday death is going to cause some anti-honesty backlash.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (XJ22o)

342 The latest is that Arday's death "isn't suspicious" ... which should rule out foul play. Suicide or OD.

Bro was so insanely full of shit that my Worldwide Bullshit Meter dropped a few points when he died.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

343 I’m waiting for Hollywood to start making “you know, we did kind of deserve it” 9/11 movies soon.

===

The Real Story of 9/11 and how America Deserved It, narrated by Tucker Carlson, with special guests Hassan Piker and Mayor Mamdani.

Wait, I think he already did a ton of episodes like that! never mind...

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (g47mK)

344 Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki scathingly attacked her Trump counterpart Karoline Leavitt on Thursday, claiming she faced hardly any tough questions in the briefing room and had no interest in engaging in good faith discussions.
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Jesus. This is beyond projection. It's like projection ception

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:40 PM (d2MOG)

345 Gotta be suicide for sure.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 03:41 PM (d2MOG)

346 Arday had a wife and two children. Just sad.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2026 03:41 PM (rJ48h)

347 DEI Another Day: The Arday Story

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 03:41 PM (Sbumo)

348
The latest is that Arday's death "isn't suspicious"

________

Maybe "completely expected".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 03:41 PM (O0L8i)

349 I steal condoms, but pay for my toothpaste.

Posted by: Your Funny Uncle at August 14, 2026 03:41 PM (JM9I6)

350 Mgid is fkin with me too much

Later

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

351 A scumbag to the end. Instead of shouldering the mountain of retribution he deserves for being a swindling cheat his entire life, he simply offs himself so he doesn't have to deal with it.

At least I assume. It's a safe assumption. Maybe not, but... i mean.... come on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

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Didn't anybody ever tell him that life was a marathon and not a sprint?

/Too soon?

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (angZ5)

352 Interested party or parties wacking Mr. Arday was proffered as a likely occurance just the other day, fwiw.

But it isn't suspicious.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (AlNse)

353 Now that Karoline is no longer representing the Wh, she can really tear into the press. Maybe that's the plan for the midterms!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (g47mK)

354 Cambridge to review hiring processes. Lol.

Uhm hey guys I know you’ll spend like $7m on this. Let me save you all that money. Stop hiring DEI retards and you’ll be good to go.

You’re welcome.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (7xx4i)

355 Just, you know, concerned citizen and a mom, telling it like it is.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 03:42 PM (g47mK)

356 Three Men and a Goat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

357 Arday had a wife and two children. Just sad.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2026 03:41 PM (rJ48h)b

Hope he had life insurance and it WON'T be deemed a suicide, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

358 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

359 I love just how broken the tippy top of academia is.

You can't even just say "stop hiring idiots" to them. They're all idiots. They have no idea what "not an idiot" even looks like.

You put some professor of Classics in front of them who knows Greek and Latin and a smattering of Vedic Hindu just for funsies, and they'd run for the hills out of sheer animal fear of such an alien being.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (Ot/FD)

360 The latest is that Arday's death "isn't suspicious"

"Police suspect fair play."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (vTZFs)

361 @InsiderWire
4h
#BREAKING: FBI arrests Massachusetts Mayor Brian DePeña over $1.5M COVID loan fraud

"rian DePena allegedly funneled over $1.5 million in EIDL loan funds into his campaign account, personal taxes, and real estate debts"

When we, the people, hire you to administer government fraud, we don't expect you to steal from the mouths of the criminals like that!

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (i+Wsn)

362 Sanskrit. That's the word I was looking for. Whatever, shut up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (Ot/FD)

363

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (i+Wsn)

364 NY Post on Arday:

"He cited an “unrelenting level of public scrutiny” as his reason for resigning.

Note: He did not apologize, did he? Granted he could have and I did not read it.

They typical liberal mindset (altho I don't know if his mind was set based on photos I've seen as he ain't all there) non-apology.

Or, a malignant narcissist apology: "I am sorry for whatever I did."

I hope he donated his dreds to the WNBA. (Ok, I know I am being bad but I'm hungry).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 03:45 PM (hzuYO)

365 idiots are people, too.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (4RTqI)

366 lol lol lol

Ultra liberal upper west side NYC is shocked - shocked I tell ya - that a $500M (!!) homeless shelter has brought about drug use and general mayhem.

Who’da thunk it? And how the fuck does it cost $500M for a shelter? JFC the graft is out of control in blue cities.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 03:46 PM (7xx4i)

367 Clear and Present Danger was the lame one in the jungle with Harrison Ford.

Posted by: ace at August 14, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

Scalding hot take there.

Clear and Present Danger was great stuff. The convoy ambush scene alone is legendary.

Politicians leaving Americans to die while trying to push the blame on to a patsy was sadly prescient of Benghazi was well.

Posted by: Sjg at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (i8HNq)

368 t is for t-bird, h is for haggard, e is for eggs, and r is for

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 03:47 PM (4RTqI)

369 Heh, Angel Reece got pounded in a WNBA game. She was also 3-13 from the field.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:48 PM (xCuiu)

370 Khazar milkers...so,I have a question about that...ignorant as to this distinction between Khazar and Semite...what gives?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 03:37 PM (4RTqI)
*************************

The same larger interests who promote Ben Shapiro have also purchased the entire scientific community around genetic testing, making it seem as though Jews have zero descent from the Khazars, the Turkic people who lived around the lower Volga and whose leadership converted to Judaism not long before their state collapsed.

But we all know that Jews should have to get genetic testing to prove any claim to Israel and that all the scientific studies showing close relationship between Jewish populations are lies perpetrated by hummus-eaters in Tel Aviv!!!

Posted by: C. Tarlson at August 14, 2026 03:48 PM (9/ktE)

371 Damn I'm glad I don't speak French.

https://tinyurl.com/44ks93yz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (ndZc7)

372 Muslims have been the main villains in Hollywood for decades, even predating 9/11!
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And WHY IS THAT, you stupid f*ck.
Posted by: s
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Setting the record straight. Hollywood always takes Muslims out of the original story and substitutes another race or entity into the story. Muslims aren't there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 03:51 PM (VQ0bX)

373 Jews should have to get genetic testing
_-_
Ah, so it's that "Palestinians are the real Semites" or some such.

Wait, aren't we all cousins via Noah?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 14, 2026 03:53 PM (4RTqI)

374 "...long-held but discredited theory"
I am fed up with this new editorializing version of journalisming. "News" reporters seem to love throwing the words "debunked", "discredited", or just plain "false" into what's supposed to be plain reportage.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (e37bH)

375 NY Post on Arday:
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Makeup and crazy eyes.
What else does a Cambridge Prof need?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (VQ0bX)

376 Oops, wrong article.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (e37bH)

377 >>>BREAKING - White liberal women are starting a trend of getting COVID booster shots to get back at RFK Jr., MAGA, and Florida for removing vaccine mandates.

They seem nice.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 03:56 PM (odBC9)

378 Wait, aren't we all cousins via Noah?

Posted by: Don in SoCo
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Yes. And some of your cousins want to kill you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (VQ0bX)

379 369 Heh, Angel Reece got pounded in a WNBA game. She was also 3-13 from the field.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 03:48 PM (xCuiu)

I miss the classic Green Dildo Era WNBA. It a different game. All fundamentals and flying dildoes.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 14, 2026 03:58 PM (r7+Q7)

380 Vaccine shots to spite RFK Jr. and Trump? The fucking stupid tattoos were not enough?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 03:59 PM (wxsGM)

381 Twenty Five Years ago on 9/11 I hoped we'd never see this come to the USA.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:46 PM (hzuYO)

Twenty five years and one day ago on 9/12, I thought the ME would have been turned to glass. But good ole Dubya and the religion of peace had other plans.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 14, 2026 04:00 PM (SjAWL)

382 t is for t-bird, h is for haggard, e is for eggs, and r is for
Posted by: Don in SoCo

https://tinyurl.com/54rzzxne

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ndZc7)

383 and we'll have fun fun fun...

man that song's just stuck in my head

Posted by: The Barrel at August 14, 2026 04:01 PM (r7+Q7)

384 Run, Hide, Fight was a decent movie.

Glad to see there is a sequel coming.

Posted by: Thatch at August 14, 2026 04:05 PM (S6YCM)

385 Tucker really had us all fool. When he interviewed the sexist crazy brothers and Dawes all over them
I knew he was not who I thought he was

Posted by: Gonzotx at August 14, 2026 04:24 PM (nGraA)

386 Arday has died

Posted by: Vod Kaknockers at August 14, 2026 04:26 PM (jrgJz)

387 Mehdi says lots of stupid shit. His handlers pay him well to do that.
I'm interested in the Jonathan Majors story because it was my understanding that he was a true believer liberal black victim culture guy. Guess not

Posted by: Youre out of milk at August 14, 2026 04:59 PM (W+TLY)

FBI: We Arrested 4,000 Nasty Criminals In the Last Two Months

Kash Patel said he would reorient the FBI away from the Democrat/Wray model of unending election interference on behalf of the communists towards arresting criminals.

These arrests are proof his word is good.

The FBI said Wednesday that Operation Summer Heat, now in its second year, has resulted in over 4,000 arrests and 1,500 indictments in just the past two months.
"Week after week, FBI teams across the country remain committed to confronting the most egregious threats," the bureau said on X. "All the efforts coming from our agents, intelligence analysts, and support staff directly support our mission to be a trusted partner to the nation.
"We all joined the bureau with the same dedication in mind," it continued. "Operations like Summer Heat demonstrate that commitment every day."
The bureau said its teams arrested three members of the Mexican mafia last week who were convicted of murder in 2023, and a member of the Houston street gang Rich Kings.
...
The update comes after the bureau announced Tuesday that it has arrested over 6,600 people in Washington, D.C., over the past year as part of its Safe and Beautiful initiative.

ICE is being harassed by violent antifa retards who provoke them and attempt to ram them with vehicles. And then, when ICE responds with appropriate deadly force, they weaponize ICE agents' understandable desire to protect their own lives.

ICE is considering arming agents with shock gauntlets to give them a less-lethal response to antifa terrorists.

Look, I'm with you -- I like the lethal responses better.

ICE agents may soon have gloves that can deliver electric shocks to combative individuals
To deliver the painful electric shock, they must be applied directly to someone's skin, which helps the officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the manufacturer.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon wear gloves that deliver electric shocks to combative individuals.
The agency plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase the "conducive distraction and de-escalation devices," according to the Associated Press, citing a Department of Homeland Security notice.
The devices are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. The company calls them G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter. Some jails and law enforcement agencies are already using the devices.

That's dumb.

The company said the devices function as normal gloves until activated, which enables them to deliver a painful electric shock. They must be applied directly to someone's skin, which helps the officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the manufacturer.

But shock gauntlets might make for good videos. Steve Inman could get some mileage out of Blitz Mitts.

The media continues showing that they are pro-crime, pro-terrorist traitors.

Remember, during covid, people would point out all of the adverse effects that seemed to occur after a fake vaccination, and the "experts" would say "well correlation isn't causation, you have no evidence the shot and the side-effect are related, people do suffer heart attacks, heart inflammation, cancer, and miscarriages naturally, without a vaccine"?

Well, all of that "correlation does not imply causation" stuff goes out the window when the media wants to connect a Republican policy to a health event.

If a Republican's involved, then a stroke was definitely caused by a detention.

No need for scientific proof of this. It just is, Racist.

North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family says

Authorities took Gabriel Johnson, 55, to the hospital after he had "stroke-like symptoms," leaving his family fearful for his well-being.
By Daniella Silva
A little more than two weeks after her father was arrested by ICE, Gabri Johnson received the call she had been dreading: Her father, a pastor in North Carolina, was in the hospital in Texas after having a stroke, she said. Since then, ICE has kept their family in the dark about his medical care and her father's condition, Johnson said.

The stroke happened two weeks later? Well, obviously ICE caused it. No 55-year-old men living stressful lives of constant criminality ever suffer stroke, except due to the White Supremacy Sorcery of ICE.

My only comfort is that given that this career criminal is 55 years old, at least they won't run pictures of him from his high school graduation to garner sympathy and show us what great promise this 55-year-old career criminal had.

Oh wait, my bad, that's exactly what they're doing:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 Foist?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 01:20 PM (2Ez/1)

2 THE FIRST WITH THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

3 NOTHING IS HAPPENING!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (AdHga)

4 55 year old man and the picture they show is him with a high school mortarboard and diploma? Get the f**k out of here. JFC, I hate this timeline. If recall existed, I would have fake memories implanted because living in this dipsh*t sh*thole f**king timeline is sapping my desire to continue into old age. FFS.

Posted by: Nelly at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (6+ehB)

5 My only comfort is that given that this career criminal is 55 years old, at least they won't run pictures of him from his high school graduation to garner sympathy and show us what great promise this 55-year-old career criminal had.

Oh wait, my bad, that's exactly what they're doing:

The Trayvon Gambit.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

6 How there isn't a 24hr news channel running nothing but The Rest of the Story on all these BS scoops...

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (GDtGs)

7 Shock gloves?

You know some crazy teenager is gonna deliberately shock his nuts with the gloves. Spanking the monkey with a little extra bang.

It'll be the Shock Nuts Challenge!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

8 Go Trump

Posted by: doug at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (B1+sW)

9 35 years isn't enough time for the Liberian to be caught. Good grief.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (enNUy)

10 ICE Agent casts POWER WORD - STROKE on detainee.

Rolls a 19.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (GDtGs)

11 The person who desecrated the WW2 memorial has been arrested

she wisely filmed her crime and posted it on Facebook

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (ZxPkt)

12 Illegal aliens need to go to their home countries. That is all.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (2Xqig)

13 7.

Someone will be charging $20 in town for prostate exams by tomorrow afternoon.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (GDtGs)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (7Q7Ca)

15 The company said the devices function as normal gloves until activated, which enables them to deliver a painful electric shock. They must be applied directly to someone's skin

But shock gauntlets might make for good videos. Steve Inman could get some mileage out of Blitz Mitts.

Get back to me when they've got a few yards range. Inman would love some perps getting Emperor Palpatined.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (VHUov)

16 In that 35 years how many "Americans" did he shit out?

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (enNUy)

17 ICE is considering arming agents with shock gauntlets to give them a less-lethal response to antifa terrorists.

---------------

OUT: "ICE ICE Baby."
IN: "Shock The Monkey."

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (DLkhG)

18 no lum'n NOOD bastages......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (7Q7Ca)

19 she looks as you'd expect

https://tinyurl.com/yzceepmt

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (ZxPkt)

20 DON'T TASE ME BRO

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

21 Shocking, I tell you! Shocking!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (sFNX2)

22 OT- I think this is hilarious , and I needed a laugh. It's probably funniest if you live anywhere near NY. Bruce Blakeman's campaign did an A1 ad with Kathy Hochul talking about the awful things she's done . I guess AI is good for something

https://tinyurl.com/6bdu9zku

The Hochul campaign complained . LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (wmzkx)

23 4,000 arrests and 1,500 indictments in just the past two months.

Something happened.

Posted by: 13times at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (6iKlf)

24 If these "Blitz Mitts" could produce some lethal amperage, I'd be OK with it.

I'd love to see some smoking heads from these assholes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (2Cry5)

25 Saw another sob story about a dear Abuela who was arrested.. She's been here illegally 37 years.... And spoke no English....37 years....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (npoJh)

26
ICE agents may soon have gloves that can deliver electric shocks to combative individuals
To deliver the painful electric shock, they must be applied directly to someone's skin, which helps the officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the manufacturer.

WTF is that going to do against the retards running them over in vehicles?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (7Q7Ca)

27 she looks as you'd expect

https://tinyurl.com/yzceepmt
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (ZxPkt)
______

That's a dude

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

28 What did the shock glove say to the face?

Zlap

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (GDtGs)

29 > 55 year old man and the picture they show is him with a high school mortarboard and diploma?

So ridiculous. I'm 49 and high school feels like multiple lifetimes ago. I keep up with a couple of friends from that time, but they were part of my life after high school. I don't care about reunions. I don't care about their football team.

Other lifetimes since then:
College
My time with two serious girlfriends
Early work career
Mid work career
Marriage
Fatherhood

All of these run together in some ways, but they are all somewhat distinct in their own ways. I changed during those times in significant ways.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (mkw2N)

30 "North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family says"

yeah, they buried the lede. He was a "pastor",but that is not his defining characteristic, is it leftist media?

"Per DHS, this “North Carolina pastor” is an illegal alien from Liberia who has had a deportation order since 1991 and has prior convictions for drug possession, fraud, mail theft, false citizenship, multiple traffic offenses, and charges for harassing communication and simple assault."

Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (vbXSk)

31 Look, I'm with you -- I like the lethal responses better.
=====

Your agonizer, please.
*holds out hand expectantly *

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (JvZF+)

32 I have been told by the left endlessly that ICE wears no badging or any indica that they are officers of the law.

"Why, those masked men could be anyone!!!
I'd run if they were trying to kidnap me too!!"

So, that photo of the "ICE - POLICE" is a lie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (3cUTc)

33 So a shocking development then?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (n5tGW)

34 Who is on the hook for Gabriel Johnson's medical bills?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (2ap+5)

35 Remember, during covid, people would point out all of the adverse effects that seemed to occur after a fake vaccination, and the "experts" would say "well correlation isn't causation, you have no evidence the shot and the side-effect are related, people do suffer heart attacks, heart inflammation, cancer, and miscarriages naturally, without a vaccine"?

And yet, another star high school footballer, aged 17, died of a heart attack during practice this week.

Happened all the time before the 'vaxx,' didn't it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:32 PM (7Q7Ca)

36 Sap gloves>>> shock gloves.

Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026 01:32 PM (EjUHc)

37 34 Who is on the hook for Gabriel Johnson's medical bills?
Posted by: Oglebay at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (2ap+5)

Wonder who's SS# he's been using ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:32 PM (npoJh)

38 Nice Liberian family you got there. Have a nice trip.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)

39 25 Saw another sob story about a dear Abuela who was arrested.. She's been here illegally 37 years.... And spoke no English....37 years....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (npoJh)

Yup. She was demanding amnesty for herself and any illegals in the country more than 7 years.

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (DQcsn)

40 Good morning! I am still catching up. From the Tech Thread:

53 "We believe that covering grades will help students start strong and curb the mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals."

I'm really trying to avoid being one of those "Back in MY day" kind of people but life keeps throwing out challenges like this!
Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 06:24 AM (99eI0)

Well, back you your day, college was for above-average students. Even before the "demographic cliff," the universalization of college had brought the average IQ of matriculating freshmen down to the national average IQ. Then, adding Didn't Earn It on top of that forced Ivy League schools to add pre-makeup math to cover the 4th-grade-level material that they would need to understand the makeup math that they would need as a foundation sufficient to pass a basic math class that meets graduation requirements.

Now the long-predicted demographic cliff has finally hit, and even public universities (such as Portland State) are closing entire programs (an implicit no-confidence vote on state finances). So if you thought admission standards had nowhere left to fall, you were wrong.

Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (L3Npt)

41 Did this 55 year old pastor also have a 55in waist line?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

42 Look, I'm with you -- I like the lethal responses better.

Pfft. I want ICE to have even more lethal options. Railguns. Artillery. Suitcase nukes. A death star.

You know how many people have been killed by ICE so far? Not enough.

Thugs shouldn't get to run the US like Portland.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (u1qVW)

43 15 The company said the devices function as normal gloves until activated, which enables them to deliver a painful electric shock. They must be applied directly to someone's skin

But shock gauntlets might make for good videos. Steve Inman could get some mileage out of Blitz Mitts.
==========
"Don't Glove Me Bro" videos soon to come.

Is it too much to ask that they built in some way to make the gloves cause the perp to piss themselves? Would that be wrong?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (E4rtv)

44 My only comfort is that given that this career criminal is 55 years old, at least they won't run pictures of him from his high school graduation to garner sympathy and show us what great promise this 55-year-old career criminal had.

Oh wait, my bad, that's exactly what they're doing:

I'm old enough to remember when the media ran images of Trayvon Martin when he was 12 years old, right next to Zimmerman in his orange jump suit after being arrested.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (7Q7Ca)

45 WTF is that going to do against the retards running them over in vehicles?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (7Q7Ca)
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Maybe when they clap their hands, the gloves send out an EMP that shuts down vehicles.

Of course, Newton's First Law is still a thing...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (FZ29D)

46 The Louisville police have those "E-gloves" to deal with unruly convicts at the city jail.

Here's what they do... video goes to X:

https://tinyurl.com/25ekfz6x

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (2Cry5)

47 ICE agents may soon have gloves that can deliver electric shocks to combative individuals
To deliver the painful electric shock, they must be applied directly to someone's skin, which helps the officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the manufacturer.

WTF is that going to do against the retards running them over in vehicles?
Posted by: Sponge

Maybe they also function as AEDs, so they can try to restart the perps after they shoot them?

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (VHUov)

48 When the Capital Police murdered two women on J6 the left told me it didn't matter that they were normal law abiding women - FAFO and all that.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

49 > WTF is that going to do against the retards running them over in vehicles?

Nothing, but they have their own use case.

A taser typically is a gun-shaped object that you hold in your hand. You can't easily grab with two hands when you're holding it. Some morons even mistake their actual gun for their taser and shoot people they intend to tase.

The glove is useful because you have both hands free to grab a person AND you can tase them on top of that. It's not going to be mistaken for a gun. A subject has to work a lot harder to take it from you and use it against you.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (mkw2N)

50
NBC News
@NBCNews

North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family says.

--------------

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

Per DHS, this “North Carolina pastor” is an illegal alien from Liberia who has had a deportation order since 1991 and has prior convictions for drug possession, fraud, mail theft, false citizenship, multiple traffic offenses, and charges for harassing communication and simple assault.

-------------

"North Carolina Pastor" >>>>> "Maryland Man"

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:35 PM (DLkhG)

51 36.

Army Navy Store down in Boise has a pair of good sap gloves I got my eye on. Just waiting for the new Fall line of shock batons to come out to make the set.

Dang mountain lions are everywhere. Best to be prepared.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:35 PM (GDtGs)

52 Here's what they do... video goes to X:

https://tinyurl.com/25ekfz6x

The big old white dude looks like he could have almost walked it off but the other guys...down they go...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

53 They all should be arrested for interfering with law enforcement as soon as they try to block the way. But I suppose the feds think that's probably too much trouble.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)

54 "North Carolina Pastor" >>>>> "Maryland Man"
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:35 PM (DLkhG)

And Maryland Man is still here I believe....

.

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:36 PM (npoJh)

55 Officer Brian Sicknick died after two strokes, that occurred in his home on Jan 7., and lefties have maintained for years that those strokes were the fault of the Jan 6 rioters. Ipso facto, Trump killed him. Therefore, Trump caused this guy's stroke too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (rDiMt)

56 North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family says.

Behold my field of fucks.....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (9tX4s)

57 Obviously we would prefer to see leftists beaten to death, but sometimes the quick resolution that only a firearm can provide.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (2ap+5)

58 Don’t bother, they won’t sell the shock gloves to civilians. First thing I checked.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (c7ZbX)

59 I hope in the training videos they are instructing ICE to crotch punch the commies with their shock gloves.

Because if I can't have throwing commies from helicopters, which I would prefer, and seems like the rational, simple solution that everyone could agree on, I guess I will settle for electro-crotch-punching.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (3uBP9)

60 Officer Brian Sicknick died after two strokes, that occurred in his home on Jan 7., and lefties have maintained for years that those strokes were the fault of the Jan 6 rioters. Ipso facto, Trump killed him. Therefore, Trump caused this guy's stroke too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (rDiMt)

Wasn't he the one that they initially said was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, causing his death?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (7Q7Ca)

61 As long as it shocks like the Joker's hand buzzer from the first Batman movie (1989)

Posted by: Blanco at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (rnXoa)

62 Here's what they do... video goes to X:

https://tinyurl.com/25ekfz6x

The big old white dude looks like he could have almost walked it off but the other guys...down they go...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)
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Kind of reminds me of the videos of "martial artists" who can render you unconscious by waving their hands in your general direction....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (FZ29D)

63 Cattle prods would work better than gloves. Just up the juice to full spaz out.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (enNUy)

64
A taser typically is a gun-shaped object that you hold in your hand. You can't easily grab with two hands when you're holding it. Some morons even mistake their actual gun for their taser and shoot people they intend to tase.

I remember a story about a cop called to a domestic disturbance because the mentally ill kid was having a melt down and mom couldn't control him.

Well the kid didn't calm down at the sight of the cop and even when the cop wrestled him down kept fighting.

So the cop reached for his taser and....well didn't grab the taser. Killed the kid with his gun.

Sad sad story through and through.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)

65 Needs retractable "claw" electrodes to penetrate the skin.

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (DQcsn)

66 ... at least they won't run pictures of him from his high school graduation to garner sympathy and show us what great promise this 55-year-old career criminal had.

----------------

"He was just heading off to college for the fall term, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (DLkhG)

67 Bill Melugin deserves a raise.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (2ap+5)

68 There's some story about a woman in Virginia who almost ran over ICE agents after she went through a Stop sign. "But she's an American" cries the left. Doesn't stop her from getting arrested.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (xCuiu)

69 and charges for harassing communication and simple assault

I wonder if there's such a thing as complicated assault. Like using a Rube Goldberg machine to kick someone in the gonads.

Posted by: far cry at August 14, 2026 01:39 PM (wBRco)

70 Now the long-predicted demographic cliff has finally hit, and even public universities (such as Portland State) are closing entire programs (an implicit no-confidence vote on state finances). So if you thought admission standards had nowhere left to fall, you were wrong.
Posted by: SciVo

Universities now rely on federal student loan and grant money income to make it. Trump is starting to cut off that airway by refusing to make loans for majors that cannot produce an income to service the debt. Put in hard limits on grad school funding as well that is going to hit the perpetual student population hard if they don't go into coursework that produces a job.

The student visas now require foreigners to timely complete their degrees--no more lounging around campus for decades.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:39 PM (E4rtv)

71 Wasn't he the one that they initially said was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, causing his death?

Around that time there was a lefty protest at some monument they wanted to destroy and they were throwing bricks and glass bottles at the cops defending it.

I was told repeatedly by lefties that it didn't matter because "the cops had helmets"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

72 and charges for harassing communication and simple assault

I wonder if there's such a thing as complicated assault. Like using a Rube Goldberg machine to kick someone in the gonads.
Posted by: far cry

Actually, that's complicated battery.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 14, 2026 01:39 PM (VHUov)

73 The Louisville police have those "E-gloves" to deal with unruly convicts at the city jail.

Here's what they do... video goes to X:

https://tinyurl.com/25ekfz6x
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (2Cry5)
=======================
The side effect is you look like Billy Idol afterwards, with spiked hair.

https://tinyurl.com/ykw8bxkt

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:40 PM (rDiMt)

74 Higher education is an edifice that is going to fall in the next decade or so. As even the Dems cannot keep the scam going while they try to save K12 which has a lot more clients.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:40 PM (E4rtv)

75 ICE is releasing people who are dying in order to avoid reporting their death. They created a new reporting loophole to conceal the deaths of at least two individuals who were abruptly released from custody amidst medical emergencies.

And they're dropping them off in places that they know will finish them off, like at closed businesses in freezing temps with no clothes.

Republicans defend this behavior tooth and nail. They're bad people

This is vile, concentration camp behavior. There need to be ICC investigations into ICE and take all of ICE to The Hague to stand trial when this is done.

The last somewhat decent republican was McCain. The entire party has gone so much farther off the rails since then.

I was 12, and just started following politics. I will never forget when he corrected that woman who started talking badly about Obama during his town hall. It made him look like a proper leader. Hell even Mitt Romney looked like a saint and a 10/10 candidate compared to Trump

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 01:40 PM (odVWi)

76 There's some story about a woman in Virginia who almost ran over ICE agents after she went through a Stop sign. "But she's an American" cries the left. Doesn't stop her from getting arrested./i]

The people that told us you didn't have a right to oppose COVID regulations now routinely argue you have a right to physically interfere with cops/ICE agents

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

77 Needs retractable "claw" electrodes to penetrate the skin.

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (DQcsn)

-----------------

Polonium-Tipped FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:40 PM (DLkhG)

78 Every traffic stop of a Lefty protecting illegals should look like the ending fight scene from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:41 PM (GDtGs)

79 Complicated assault is like a game of Clue.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 01:41 PM (c7ZbX)

80 The side effect is you look like Billy Idol afterwards, with spiked hair.

https://tinyurl.com/ykw8bxkt
Posted by: Huck Follywood
=======
But with a rebel yell, he cried more, more, more......

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

81 I'd like to see someone choked with the electric claw glove. Maybe their eyes pop out of their sockets.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 01:41 PM (2Cry5)

82 This is vile, concentration camp behavior.

Funny, 3 years ago 60% of Dem voters were in favor of putting pure bloods in concentration camps.

And a few months ago a TX Dem candidate ran on a platform of putting Jews in concentration camps and she got 40% of the vote

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

83 "But she's an American" cries the left.

-
So was Charlie Manson.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

84 Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

Almost certainly. Quite a few of Inspector's friends tried out his electric cattle prod, although generally on their legs. Can't remember if he said if any of them did it twice though.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 14, 2026 01:42 PM (lFFaq)

85 Complicated assault is like a game of Clue.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Candlestick or pipe wrench. Got it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 01:42 PM (9tX4s)

86 And they're dropping them off in places that they know will finish them off, like at closed businesses in freezing temps with no clothes.

It's August. Where are they dropping them, Tierra del Fuego. (which is nearly always froze)

Posted by: Oglebay at August 14, 2026 01:42 PM (2ap+5)

87 Wasn't he the one that they initially said was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, causing his death?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (7Q7Ca)
======================
Yep, but the DC Medical Examiner says zero evidence of any blunt force trauma. He wasn't hit, or at least, no evidence could be found on his body that he was hit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:42 PM (rDiMt)

88 76 There's some story about a woman in Virginia who almost ran over ICE agents after she went through a Stop sign. "But she's an American" cries the left. Doesn't stop her from getting arrested./i]

The people that told us you didn't have a right to oppose COVID regulations now routinely argue you have a right to physically interfere with cops/ICE agents
Posted by: 18-1
======
Again, logic, reasoning, etc. does not apply to the left. Only oppressed and oppressor. ICE is an oppressor so anything they do is wrong, the oppressed is on the right side of history so they can do no wrong.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:43 PM (E4rtv)

89 The people that told us you didn't have a right to oppose COVID regulations now routinely argue you have a right to physically interfere with cops/ICE agents
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
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Situational ethics.

It's paradise when it's THEIR policy being enforced.

It's hell-on-earth when it's OUR policy being enforced.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 01:43 PM (FZ29D)

90 I don't think they would be simply applying a voltage because that would just be traveling over the span of the glove. They must be applying a specific frequency and amplitude that causes involuntary muscle spasms in muscle groups far away from the glove. Also I don't understand EE because it is dark magic and indecipherable by mere mortals such as me.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 01:43 PM (3uBP9)

91 Army Navy Store

I didn't realize they still had those anywhere...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 01:43 PM (vJrRc)

92 But with a rebel yell, he cried more, more, more......
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)
=================
great song.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:44 PM (rDiMt)

93 Yeah. "Don't look now..."

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2026 01:44 PM (wxsGM)

94 My only comfort is that given that this career criminal is 55 years old, at least they won't run pictures of him from his high school graduation to garner sympathy and show us what great promise this 55-year-old career criminal had.

Oh wait, my bad, that's exactly what they're doing:

No matter how much you hate the MSM, you're not hating them enough.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 01:44 PM (0sNs1)

95 ICE Agent casts SHOCKING GRASP.

Karen fails her saving throw.

Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:44 PM (GDtGs)

96 Once upon a time all you needed was a good old fashioned hickory shampoo and a chief who wasn't a purple haired chow hound bull dyke.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 01:44 PM (Ot/FD)

97
The left used to have figures who would "Pray" about the injustice of all this, but now have to be careful of offending Islamic sensibilities.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:45 PM (Y8DZL)

98 Oh, and that Billy Idol song where the girl did the splits on the bed. I think that’s exactly where puberty started for me.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 01:45 PM (c7ZbX)

99 91.

It's Boise. We just paved the road to get to it.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:45 PM (GDtGs)

100 Needs retractable "claw" electrodes to penetrate the skin.
Posted by: Polka

Can we give all the ICE agents Black Panther inspired uniforms just to make the Left freak out even more?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 14, 2026 01:45 PM (odVWi)

101 One thing's for sure. I never had a chance at being a career criminal. If they pulled up my high school photographs, it would send the opposite message, "Yeah, never had a chance. That shifty bastard was destined to a life of crime."

No sympathy, thanks to Strawbridge Studios (who do most of those scholastic photos). I think they compete to see how many kids they can photograph when they blink.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

102 I was 12, and just started following politics. I will never forget when he corrected that woman who started talking badly about Obama during his town hall. It made him look like a proper leader. Hell even Mitt Romney looked like a saint and a 10/10 candidate compared to Trump

Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

103 If the glove must be applied to the skin, won't the criminal illegals and Karens just wear more clothes?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (ftFVW)

104 98.

Rock the Cradle of Love.

Dang. Remember that video.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (GDtGs)

105 "Don't Glove Me Bro" videos soon to come.

Is it too much to ask that they built in some way to make the gloves cause the perp to piss themselves? Would that be wrong?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (E4rtv)

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"What the hell are we, chopped crystal meth?"

Posted by: Black Feces Matter, Local 8647 at August 14, 2026 01:47 PM (DLkhG)

106 103 If the glove must be applied to the skin, won't the criminal illegals and Karens just wear more clothes?
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (ftFVW)

Still a win.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 01:47 PM (Ot/FD)

107 North Carolina Pastor is a Pretti Good description.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 01:47 PM (JvZF+)

108 It's August. Where are they dropping them, Tierra del Fuego. (which is nearly always froze)
Posted by: Oglebay

From the backs of C130s at 50,000 feet into the ocean!!!!

Posted by: Retarded, hysterical Leftist with suicidal empathy who reads too much BlueSky at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (odVWi)

109 Stand back! Lefty heads are going to explode!

Kennedy Center Board Creates “Trump Plaza” and Plans to Add President’s Name Back on the Building

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (ndZc7)

110 Keep it up, ICE!
I think these deportees should be grateful for whatever time they got to spend here, all the money they sent home, and the skills and culture they witnessed and maybe learned They can use that to change the place they came into a place they want to live.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (6lI1w)

111 Hell even Mitt Romney looked like a saint and a 10/10 candidate compared to Trump

Fast forward to 2030:

"Hell even Donald Trump looked like a saint and a 10/10 candidate compared to President Vance/DeSantis/Rubio"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

112 Never forget

A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce while she was still sitting in it at a Miami valet,

https://tinyurl.com/54hj23w5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (VQ0bX)

113 If the glove must be applied to the skin, won't the criminal illegals and Karens just wear more clothes?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (ftFVW)

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Armor-Piercing, Polonium-Tipped, Blitz-Mitts FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (DLkhG)

114 The stroke happened two weeks later? Well, obviously ICE caused it.
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He reportedly has a history of TSA's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:49 PM (XeU6L)

115 The Louisville police have those "E-gloves" to deal with unruly convicts at the city jail.

Here's what they do... video goes to X:

https://tinyurl.com/25ekfz6x
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (2Cry5)

I wonder if they can be defeated with water.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

116 Shock gloves?

You know some crazy teenager is gonna deliberately shock his nuts with the gloves. Spanking the monkey with a little extra bang.

It'll be the Shock Nuts Challenge!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

Likely side effects include spontaneous electro-jaculation of impressive power.

Posted by: A Boy And His Dog at August 14, 2026 01:49 PM (wVcYX)

117 Either way, I honestly can't wait for the body cam footage of Officer Quimby dropping to the ground because he scratched his ass with his buzz gloves on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 01:49 PM (Ot/FD)

118 During COVIDmania people kept pointing contrary to the FNM complaint healthy kids weren't dying from COVID.

The FNM then got what they wanted...a health 11 year old died and trumpeted the story on every outlet...but they made a mistake. One of the outlets posted a recent picture of the kid and he was as wide as he was tall and at least 300lbs...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

119 Miss me yet?
Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!)

No, you're a nobody. But you brother who was President is now a useful example of "a Republican who was reasonable, unlike Trump..."

Posted by: Lefty media talking heads at August 14, 2026 01:50 PM (odVWi)

120 57 Obviously we would prefer to see leftists beaten to death, but sometimes the quick resolution that only a firearm can provide.
Posted by: Oglebay
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Ah, the Indiana Jones option. Just shoot them.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:50 PM (E4rtv)

121
Needs retractable "claw" electrodes to penetrate the skin.
Posted by: Polka will never die at August 14, 2026 01:38 PM (DQcsn)

Nothing can stop THE CLAW!!!!!!

Arrrrrgggghhhhh!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2026 01:50 PM (y9nCu)

122 I urge you to Google Map and street-view 107 W. Main Street, Pikeville, NC - the location of the "church" where the "Pastor" allegedly shepherds his flock.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 14, 2026 01:51 PM (bNf8H)

123 110 Keep it up, ICE!
I think these deportees should be grateful for whatever time they got to spend here, all the money they sent home, and the skills and culture they witnessed and maybe learned They can use that to change the place they came into a place they want to live.
Posted by: LASue

That's hard and shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 01:51 PM (9tX4s)

124 Electro gloves to the nethers.

Posted by: Shazam at August 14, 2026 01:51 PM (ehY6c)

125 No, you're a nobody. But you brother who was President is now a useful example of "a Republican who was reasonable, unlike Trump..."

When Dick Cheney came out and endorsed the Dem candidates the left celebrated and pointed out now on one could vote for Trump.

Now this is the same Dick Cheney the left told me was the greatest war criminal since WWII and deserved to be hung for his crimes against humanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

126 Hell even Mitt Romney looked like a saint and a 10/10 candidate compared to Trump

Fast forward to 2030:

"Hell even Donald Trump looked like a saint and a 10/10 candidate compared to President Vance/DeSantis/Rubio"
Posted by: 18-1 at Augus

Bush hitler McCain the war monster Romney the dog and grandma and schoolmate torturer. Every republican in the rear view mirror is a saint compared to whatever republican is standing in front of the dems.

Posted by: LASue at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (6lI1w)

127 Is it too much to ask that they built in some way to make the gloves cause the perp to piss themselves? Would that be wrong?
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM

A thread-starter over at DU when this was announced said their fervent hope was the agents would be wearing these when taking a break to micturate.

Personally, I thought this was incredibly sexist. There are female ICE agents, you know.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)

128 Random asshole: "You know, I really miss the days when you Republicans at least had rational adults we could deal with."

Me: "Yeah? What's that like? I wouldn't know. You've all been a bunch of scumbags and shitbirds since my grandparents were kids."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (Ot/FD)

129 A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce while she was still sitting in it at a Miami valet,

https://tinyurl.com/54hj23w5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (VQ0bX)

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I used to fling myself on the dance floor and move like that at parties in my youth. Always earned at least a few laughs ... but, oddly enough, never any dates.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (DLkhG)

130 117 Either way, I honestly can't wait for the body cam footage of Officer Quimby dropping to the ground because he scratched his ass with his buzz gloves on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

You mean like Mr. Officer showing them how awesome his Glock is, shooting himself when he tried to reholster? And then shooting himself again?

Just after he told them that he was a professional.

Ah, the videos that launch a thousand memes will flow.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)

131 I urge you to Google Map and street-view 107 W. Main Street, Pikeville, NC - the location of the "church" where the "Pastor" allegedly shepherds his flock.

I see a gym, a spa, and a financial planner.

/Cue Big Ben

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

132 Electro gloves to the nethers.
Posted by: Shazam at August 14, 2026 01:51 PM (ehY6c)

It's an occupational hazard.

Posted by: Dynamo, The Running Man at August 14, 2026 01:53 PM (wVcYX)

133 38

I wonder if it has gotten better or worse since Vice's film? If not for the left's limitless lawfare, perhaps we could send all the deportees there.

Enter the US illegally, win a free trip to Liberia.

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Mx+TJ)

134
The stroke happened two weeks later? Well, obviously ICE caused it. No 55-year-old men living stressful lives of constant criminality ever suffer stroke, except due to the White Supremacy Sorcery of ICE.

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Maybe it took two weeks for the idea of faking a stroke to occur to him.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 01:54 PM (azNOR)

135 You can’t hate the media enough

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 01:54 PM (sXOHS)

136 I used to fling myself on the dance floor and move like that at parties in my youth. Always earned at least a few laughs ... but, oddly enough, never any dates.
Posted by: ShainS
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If you had watched Animal House more closely, you are supposed to do that in a toga sans underpants. That really attracts the opposite sex.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

137 You know some crazy teenager is gonna deliberately shock his nuts with the gloves. Spanking the monkey with a little extra bang.

It'll be the Shock Nuts Challenge!
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Beavis and Butthead got pretty close to doing that:

https://tinyurl.com/4xmujstf

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 14, 2026 01:54 PM (odVWi)

138 Shock gloves with prongs to get through their hoodie/burkha/dirty nightshirt that also have a bank dye marker and shoot rainbow glitter.

That way it fucks them up, marks them, and lets everyone know they're a fag at the same time.

Science.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:55 PM (GDtGs)

139 Mississippi tested some "shock" vests on inmates one time. Of course, the poor dumb inmates cried abuse even though they got a bag of chips and a honeybun for volunteering to have their dusky asses shocked. I think there is a video of an inmate named Larry getting his ass shocked while wearing the vest and proclaiming he done did volunteered to do this.

Posted by: Too Funny at August 14, 2026 01:55 PM (/2Ls3)

140 132 Electro gloves to the nethers.
Posted by: Shazam at August 14, 2026 01:51 PM (ehY6c)

It's an occupational hazard.
Posted by: Dynamo
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Any rod to ground in a storm and all that.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

141 Cowgirls preseason lost tomorrow is iron clad proof they're stuperbowl bound. Over to you Jere.

Posted by: little people at August 14, 2026 01:55 PM (ehY6c)

142 From the backs of C130s at 50,000 feet into the ocean!!!!
Posted by: Retarded, hysterical Leftist with suicidal empathy who reads too much BlueSky at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM

The maximum cruising altitude of the C-130J Super Hercules is approximately 28,000 feet.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 14, 2026 01:55 PM (0sNs1)

143 138 Shock gloves with prongs to get through their hoodie/burkha/dirty nightshirt that also have a bank dye marker and shoot rainbow glitter.

That way it fucks them up, marks them, and lets everyone know they're a fag at the same time.

Science.
Posted by: sifty boones
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Cruel AND Unusual. I like it.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

144 A thread-starter over at DU when this was announced said their fervent hope was the agents would be wearing these when taking a break to micturate.

Personally, I thought this was incredibly sexist. There are female ICE agents, you know.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)

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"And even some with nine-inch clitorises!"

/Royce White, prospective WNBA -- and first blonde -- MVP in 2027

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:56 PM (DLkhG)

145 The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Donald Trump to stop construction last week on the demolished-and-partly rebuilt East Wing, where Trump wants a ballroom to replace the outdoor tents used for larger-scale official dinners and events.
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Democrats: Fuck you we will stop every single thing you try to do, ruin the lives of your friends, cabinet members and families, and then jail or kill you or both!

Republicans: Impeachment is off the table.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 01:56 PM (d2MOG)

146 Maybe it took two weeks for the idea of faking a stroke to occur to him"

The first two weeks he complained about pain in his right side...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 01:57 PM (XuXeR)

147 Bring back water cannons.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 01:57 PM (W2Pud)

148 A thread-starter over at DU when this was announced said their fervent hope was the agents would be wearing these when taking a break to micturate.

Personally, I thought this was incredibly sexist. There are female ICE agents, you know.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Dunces United still around?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

149 Water cannons go well with shock gloves. Makes it easier for the dogs.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:59 PM (GDtGs)

150
Somewhere in this great land is a group of lawyers preparing to present to the court that electroglove is cruel and unusual and justifies lifelong compensation for the victims.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:59 PM (Y8DZL)

151 Ace posted a video in the sidebar of a guy belting out something from an opera, while standing on a moving subway car. He should instead be at the 42nd St. (Times Square) shuttle station, because that station has really good acoustics.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (OGBA8)

152 They should make the gloves play Shock the Monkey when they are used.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (c7ZbX)

153 Comedian Margaret Cho: Trans Jokes Kill Trans People

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Why did the troon cross the road? To transition to the other side!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (ndZc7)

154 A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce while she was still sitting in it at a Miami valet,

https://tinyurl.com/54hj23w5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 01:48 PM (VQ0bX)

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I used to fling myself on the dance floor and move like that at parties in my youth. Always earned at least a few laughs ... but, oddly enough, never any dates.
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (DLkhG)
________

Bro got tased TWICE. I suspect they knew this guy from prior encounters, and knew how it was gonna end. Bro is probably an insane homeless dude.

That's a Rolls Spectre. Ugly color and it's an EV, but I've driven one and it's luxury and opulence off the charts. YUGE too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)

155 Dunces United still around?
Posted by: whig

With enhanced dunce level!

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (ftFVW)

156 135 You can’t hate the media enough
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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I find it exhausting to hate, nowadays, I coldly and dismissively loathe. Easier on the digestive tract.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)

157 Dunces United still around?
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:58 PM

It's getting harder to justify peeking in, from an amusement POV, unfortunately.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (0sNs1)

158 If you had watched Animal House more closely, you are supposed to do that in a toga sans underpants. That really attracts the opposite sex.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

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Funny.

I seriously had forgotten that I stole that particular schtick from the movie!

/Haven't seen that in decades. The Wifey has NO INTEREST in watching it, unfortunately. I occasionally call her a philistine ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (DLkhG)

159 Hanged. The word you are looking for is hanged. They might have been hung, but that's another matter.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (AlNse)

160 4 55 year old man and the picture they show is him with a high school mortarboard and diploma? Get the f**k out of here. JFC, I hate this timeline. If recall existed, I would have fake memories implanted because living in this dipsh*t sh*thole f**king timeline is sapping my desire to continue into old age. FFS.
Posted by: Nelly at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (6+ehB)

Look at it this way: at the rate the Left is mentally degenerating, come the Revolution, Zeus Hands (a much better term for shock gloves that I just made up) would be sufficient. They'd be standing there drooling, trying and failing to clear a jam, and you could just walk up and slap them around. "Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! I'm the King of the Gods, bitch!"

Posted by: SciVo at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (L3Npt)

161 Hey! That's the Nigerian Prince what promised me money if I helped him out!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (jrgJz)

162 One way or another, the pastor is going home.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:01 PM (4NO2D)

163 With enhanced dunce level!
Posted by: She Hobbit a
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I think prominent dunces gets rewarded by their peers with some sort of cap and a three legged stool.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:01 PM (E4rtv)

164 Bro got tased TWICE. I suspect they knew this guy from prior encounters, and knew how it was gonna end. Bro is probably an insane homeless dude.

One of the many, many things that would shock the America of say 1966 is that we leave people like this on the street.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:01 PM (sKqQm)

165 All of them.

Such an overpromise-and-underdeliver operation.

Posted by: eddie at August 14, 2026 02:01 PM (q6rRN)

166 Democrats: Fuck you we will stop every single thing you try to do, ruin the lives of your friends, cabinet members and families, and then jail or kill you or both!

Republicans: Impeachment is off the table.
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 01:56 PM (d2MOG)
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Shouldn't that read "Republicans: We are writing you a strongly worded letter!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 02:01 PM (OGBA8)

167
"Per DHS, this “North Carolina pastor” is an illegal alien from Liberia who has had a deportation order since 1991 and has prior convictions for drug possession, fraud, mail theft, false citizenship, multiple traffic offenses, and charges for harassing communication and simple assault."
Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM

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All those arrests, and his deportation notice never came up for discussion? He's spent two thirds of his life here while he had a deportation order.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 02:02 PM (biznJ)

168 It's a pretty brilliant psy op, really.

-Tell the dipshits you're going to be wearing gloves that will shock them so bad they collapse.
-Wear regular gloves
-Dipshits drop to the ground floppin' and twitchin' the second you touch them
-Cuff 'em
-Get sued. Show the jury you were wearing regular ass gloves the whole time.
-Win at Life.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 02:02 PM (Ot/FD)

169 You can’t hate the media enough"

"All that hate is gonna burn you up"

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 02:02 PM (XuXeR)

170 162 One way or another, the pastor is going home.
Posted by: toby928(c)

From the criminal background of the 'preacher', his new home is likely to make Africa feel cold.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:02 PM (E4rtv)

171 "run pictures of him from his high school graduation"

How cruel can the MFM be?! What, they couldn't procure baby pictures? Never seen anything so racist.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 14, 2026 02:02 PM (oji8u)

172 168 It's a pretty brilliant psy op, really.

-Tell the dipshits you're going to be wearing gloves that will shock them so bad they collapse.
-Wear regular gloves
-Dipshits drop to the ground floppin' and twitchin' the second you touch them
-Cuff 'em
-Get sued. Show the jury you were wearing regular ass gloves the whole time.
-Win at Life.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Is it wrong to set it mentally to music to Shout! by the Isley Brothers? If it is, I don't wanna be right.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

173 I used to fling myself on the dance floor and move like that at parties in my youth. Always earned at least a few laughs ... but, oddly enough, never any dates.
Posted by: ShainS

Speaking of dancing . . .

https://tinyurl.com/5y64ps4r

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:04 PM (ndZc7)

174 All those arrests, and his deportation notice never came up for discussion? He's spent two thirds of his life here while he had a deportation order.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Oppressor and Oppressed. That is all you know, that is all you need to know.

Posted by: The Left. at August 14, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)

175 A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce"

Mennonite? Amish? Methodist?

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 02:04 PM (XuXeR)

176 Republicans: Impeachment is off the table.
Posted by: ...
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Shouldn't that read "Republicans: We are writing you a strongly worded letter!"
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Perhaps "We only control three thirds of the branches of government. We don't have the power to change anything. But, if you donate to our campaign fund, together we can push through President Trump's bold agenda!"

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 14, 2026 02:04 PM (odVWi)

177 172.

Little bit LOUDER now

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:04 PM (GDtGs)

178 152 They should make the gloves play Shock the Monkey when they are used.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Coffee out nose.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 02:04 PM (W2Pud)

179 Shouldn't that read "Republicans: We are writing you a strongly worded letter!"
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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If it is the Senate GOP, they will have some in the caucus offering to help with the rope for Trump and Co.

Posted by: The Left. at August 14, 2026 02:05 PM (E4rtv)

180 No sympathy, thanks to Strawbridge Studios (who do most of those scholastic photos). I think they compete to see how many kids they can photograph when they blink.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

My hair had a weird way of freaking out on picture day. At least I'd like to think I wasn't walking around with hair that bad all the time. It all fell out in the long run though.

Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026 02:05 PM (EjUHc)

181 Bro got tased TWICE. I suspect they knew this guy from prior encounters, and knew how it was gonna end. Bro is probably an insane homeless dude.

One of the many, many things that would shock the America of say 1966 is that we leave people like this on the street.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:01 PM (sKqQm)
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True, although it was around that time that lefty commies started challenging involuntary commitment laws. Given the courts at that time -- and especially the loathsome Earl Warren Supreme Court [spits] -- they had a lot of success. It's now so hard to involuntarily commit someone that nobody even bothers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

182
Likely side effects include spontaneous electro-jaculation of impressive power.
Posted by: A Boy And His Dog at August 14, 2026 01:49 PM (wVcYX)

I can see it now. Paramedics respond to a teenage couple parked at the local Lover's Lane, with him sobbing uncontrollably behind steamed windows with his pants around his knees and she's laying there with a hole blown through the back of her skull and a really surprised look on her face.

"Damn, partner. That's something you don't see every day."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2026 02:05 PM (y9nCu)

183 Wasn't he the one that they initially said was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, causing his death?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (7Q7Ca

There's video of it. It shows the fire extinguisher *almost* hit him on his helmet.

There's no way to prove this and confirming information is out of reach, but since he was in one of the categories eligible for early access to the Covid shot, some have speculated that he had a shot-induced stroke.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 14, 2026 02:05 PM (OlzlW)

184 Comedian Margaret Cho: Trans Jokes Kill Trans People

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Why did the troon cross the road? To transition to the other side!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (ndZc7)

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What do you call a busload of troon lawyers driving off a cliff?

/A good waste of tranny fluid.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 02:06 PM (DLkhG)

185 "To deliver the painful electric shock, they must be applied directly to someone's skin"

Ever seen the anti-ICE and Black-Bloc ANTIFA? They're masked with full-coverage clothing head-to-toe. How do you get to their skin without extended and close, risky contact?

Simple ways are best ways: Warn, then shoot. Screw this ~~Brown~~ ANTIFA Shirt thuggery.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 14, 2026 02:07 PM (oji8u)

186 Funny.

I seriously had forgotten that I stole that particular schtick from the movie!

/Haven't seen that in decades. The Wifey has NO INTEREST in watching it, unfortunately. I occasionally call her a philistine ...
Posted by: ShainS
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I am sure she is muttering under her breath what Babs said in the movie--those boys are P.I.G.--- pigs.

Posted by: The Left. at August 14, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)

187 What do you call a busload of troon lawyers driving off a cliff?

/A good waste of tranny fluid.
Posted by: ShainS
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Heh.

Posted by: The Left. at August 14, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)

188 184.

Thanks, Margerine Cho, but you don't need to sell it to me, I'm already a fan of tranny jokes.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:08 PM (GDtGs)

189 185 "To deliver the painful electric shock, they must be applied directly to someone's skin"

Ever seen the anti-ICE and Black-Bloc ANTIFA? They're masked with full-coverage clothing head-to-toe. How do you get to their skin without extended and close, risky contact?

Simple ways are best ways: Warn, then shoot. Screw this Brown ANTIFA Shirt thuggery.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
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Water cannons are highly underrated. Add semi permanent dye for coloring and future apprehension. They wanna be a rainbow, let that be so.

Posted by: The Left. at August 14, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

190 Comedian Margaret Cho: Trans Jokes Kill Trans People
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Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (d2MOG)

191 Comedian Margaret Cho: Trans Jokes Kill Trans People

Seems to me it's the Tranny's doing the killing....

Posted by: Custer at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (FtULh)

192 True, although it was around that time that lefty commies started challenging involuntary commitment laws.
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That's what Prisons are, if you stop and think about it. They are de facto closing them down now. Gotta make room for the incorrigible, those against the Regime. That's why D'ash'Door has 29 prior felonies and is out and about bashing heads in, stealing cars, and the rest of it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (AlNse)

193 I thought Trans Jokes targeted schools mostly

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (d2MOG)

194 -Win at Life.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 02:02 PM

Move off the board with pegs for a wife and several rugrats, and retire with the most money?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (0sNs1)

195 191 Comedian Margaret Cho: Trans Jokes Kill Trans People

Seems to me it's the Tranny's doing the killing....
Posted by: Custer at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (FtULh)

Off/ sock

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 02:10 PM (FtULh)

196 off filthy Leftist sock. I always forget to take them off and dispose of them properly.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)

197 Water cannons are highly underrated. Add semi permanent dye for coloring and future apprehension. They wanna be a rainbow, let that be so.
Posted by: The Left. at August 14, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

And it gives them a shower.

Posted by: Reforger at August 14, 2026 02:11 PM (GhxGv)

198
Just a reminder, the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery Museum in Big Rapids, Michigan opens Oct. 1.

Who's up for outrage!
‧

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL)

199 Well in all fairness most of his pictures are mug shots.

Posted by: torabora at August 14, 2026 02:11 PM (4aMfA)

200
Why did the troon cross the road? To transition to the other side!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:00 PM (ndZc7)

Why did the lesbian cross the road?

THAT'S NOT FUNNY, ASSHOLE!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2026 02:12 PM (y9nCu)

201 Simple ways are best ways: Warn, then shoot.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 14, 2026 02:07 PM

* nods *

Posted by: Paolo at August 14, 2026 02:12 PM (0sNs1)

202 Why did the lesbian cross the road?
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To have dinner at the Y

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:12 PM (d2MOG)

203 And it gives them a shower.
Posted by: Reforger
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There is that and it flushed all their nasty excrement bombs down the drain.

It is doing them a kindness in a way.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:12 PM (E4rtv)

204 Just a reminder, the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery Museum in Big Rapids, Michigan opens Oct. 1.

Who's up for outrage!
‧

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL)

# of times the word Democrat appears in said museum? I'll start the bidding at negative five.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:13 PM (d2MOG)

205 Larry Elder: Obama to Tell “The Brothers” to Vote for El-Sayed

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He's moderately moderating the moderation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:14 PM (ndZc7)

206 The towering intellect we are up against:

@BreitbartNews
·
3h
Chelsea Handler warns that if Todd Blanche is confirmed as U.S. Attorney General, "he's gonna overturn Roe v. Wade."

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 02:14 PM (ZxPkt)

207 No sympathy, thanks to Strawbridge Studios (who do most of those scholastic photos). I think they compete to see how many kids they can photograph when they blink.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

I worked on a photo-printer for one of those companies, I got good but I only was getting minimum wage so I found a job closer to home that I hated worse. They went out of business with the whole digital printing became available.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 02:15 PM (rbvCR)

208 Larry Elder: Obama to Tell “The Brothers” to Vote for El-Sayed
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Wow what a crazy war among the factions. This is just like how establishment Republicans treated Trump. What's next, a tickle fight?

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:15 PM (d2MOG)

209 I tell leftists here that it probably isn’t wise to interfere with federal law enforcement.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 02:15 PM (W2Pud)

210 Wasn't Margaret Cho the one who said of Kung Fu's David Carradine "he's not Chinese"
Well Margaret you're not a comedian because "you're not funny"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 02:17 PM (xCuiu)

211
Larry Elder: Obama to Tell “The Brothers” to Vote for El-Sayed

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He's moderately moderating the moderation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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I keep hearing that Obama is the kingmaker, king, shot-caller, puppetmaster, behind-the-scenes manipulator, and all-around Bond villain of the Democrat party. That may have been true to some extent during Biden's term, but Obama sure missed the big ones in 2016 and 2024.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:17 PM (XJ22o)

212 How did Gabri know her dad was going to have a stroke? "The call she had been dreading"?

And if the antifa retards catch wind of this GLOVE, won't they make sure to dress appropriately covering all their skin?

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 02:18 PM (kX27y)

213 LectroGrip
LetzShakeOnIt

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

214 209 I tell leftists here that it probably isn’t wise to interfere with federal law enforcement.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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That is little consolation to them when the FBI comes to get them for child pron on their computers.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)

215 Maybe a stroke is the new "I can't breathe" alarm while arrested or in detention? Is there training for this now?

It is possible, and, I guess, he had one if medically determined.

High blood pressure statistically is higher in black people. I am guessing even higher if doing bad things and in detention (I am thinking like a lib now). Bleah.

I am going to ask Santa for some of those electric gloves. I read that assuming they have to touch bare skin vs through a shirt? Bummer!

Happy Friday to all! I think it is Friday!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:19 PM (hzuYO)

216 The brothers will tell Barky to eff off. Black folks don't think Barky did nearly enough for them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 02:19 PM (xCuiu)

217 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:17 PM (XJ22o)

We don't call him Shit Midas for nothing.

But I fear this is different. This op is way bigger than Obongo.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:19 PM (d2MOG)

218 Tom Homan Defends ICE’s Electric Shock Gloves as Alternative to Deadly Force

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I say a supplement to deadly force.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:19 PM (ndZc7)

219 >>And if the antifa retards catch wind of this GLOVE, won't they make sure to dress appropriately covering all their skin?
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That's easy. Step 1: Engage flame-thrower to incinerate all clothing. Step 2: Apply Blitz Mitz.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 14, 2026 02:20 PM (bNf8H)

220
The brothers will tell Barky to eff off. Black folks don't think Barky did nearly enough for them
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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They didn't come out for "him" in 2016 and 2024, and he fuckin' screamed at them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:20 PM (XJ22o)

221
211

I keep hearing that Obama is the kingmaker, king, shot-caller, puppetmaster, behind-the-scenes manipulator, and all-around Bond villain of the Democrat party. That may have been true to some extent during Biden's term, but Obama sure missed the big ones in 2016 and 2024.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:17 PM

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I think more than anything, he's lazy. He gets nagged to go out and work to elect Democrats, and he makes a minimal effort so that the nagging goes away.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 02:20 PM (biznJ)

222 212 How did Gabri know her dad was going to have a stroke? "The call she had been dreading"?

he probably had realllllly high BP

and wasn't great about taking his meds

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 02:21 PM (j+aD2)

223 BuzzMitt

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

224 Just a reminder, the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery Museum in Big Rapids, Michigan opens Oct. 1.

Who's up for outrage!
‧

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL)

# of times the word Democrat appears in said museum? I'll start the bidding at negative five.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:13 PM (d2MOG)

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And hear I presumed that The Obama Presidential Outhouse & Bathhouse would have its own Jim Crow Wing.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 02:21 PM (DLkhG)

225
I fear this is different. This op is way bigger than Obongo.
Posted by: ...

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You mean the big socialist op?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:21 PM (XJ22o)

226 "Correlation doesn't prove causation": well, it is a RED FLAG that there bloody well COULD BE causation -- this is how literally almost every cause of medical problems has been discovered.

Gaaaah.

Posted by: Beverly at August 14, 2026 02:21 PM (reMys)

227 I starting see a few threads on lefty sites demanding justice for Lindsay Clancy so I went to see what the case is about...

An MA woman murdered her three kids and then tried to kill herself.

She's admitted to doing it, the police have fingered her, and she had a search history on how to kill people.

And somehow the left is rally around her...Of course. of course.

Also apparently she was on ALL the meds modern psychology tries to get people on. Worked great obviously.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

228 and wasn't great about taking his meds
Posted by: Black Orchid
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Are you talking about the legal ones or the illegal ones?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

229 Obama looks like an anorexic tree frog with AIDS. I think McConnell looks healthier now.

Living with a bigfoot will do that to you I guess.

Goony Goo Goo, Gus.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:23 PM (Sbumo)

230 219 >>And if the antifa retards catch wind of this GLOVE, won't they make sure to dress appropriately covering all their skin?
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That's easy. Step 1: Engage flame-thrower to incinerate all clothing. Step 2: Apply Blitz Mitz.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 14, 2026 02:20 PM (bNf8H)
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LOL, I wish.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 02:23 PM (kX27y)

231 I am so old that I remember when Kash Patel was a sell out to Trump, and would never accomplish anything because he was an incompetent tool of the deep state.

Also, my choice for press secretary is Dan Bongino.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 02:23 PM (rbvCR)

232 JazzHands

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

233 OK, this is beyond ridiculous and has to be stopped. No more vouching, how is this even legal???

Cam Higby 🇺🇸
@camhigby
🚨 I wore a burqa to a Minneapolis polling station and the poll worker was going to allow me to VOTE IN A WOMAN’S NAME.

She was also going to allow me to vouch for another unregistered “muslim” in that persons name.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 02:24 PM (kX27y)

234 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
An ex con convicted of using an AR-15 to shoot and hit a LAPD helicopter w/ two officers in it last year has been sentenced to just under 13 years in prison instead of 41 years asked for by the prosecution after the judge said the defendant had acted friendly during the trial, had a substance abuse problem, and said she had the discretion to not impose the gun enhancements the jury had found true against him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:24 PM (ndZc7)

235 227 I starting see a few threads on lefty sites demanding justice for Lindsay Clancy so I went to see what the case is about...

An MA woman murdered her three kids and then tried to kill herself.

She's admitted to doing it, the police have fingered her, and she had a search history on how to kill people.

And somehow the left is rally around her...Of course. of course.

Also apparently she was on ALL the meds modern psychology tries to get people on. Worked great obviously.
Posted by: 18-1
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If I was an evil Rightie with a budget, one could do a lot of political damage on leftist social media raising up these sorts of assholes as martyrs for the left to rally around.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

236
I think more than anything, he's lazy. He gets nagged to go out and work to elect Democrats, and he makes a minimal effort so that the nagging goes away.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

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That's what I think. He can wing one of those rant-fests without prepping, or with minimal briefing from some research assistant. "Don't forget to mention *colleges* and *healthcare.*" He'd much rather play golf.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:25 PM (XJ22o)

237 JazzHands
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

Hands of Blue!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)

238
212 How did Gabri know her dad was going to have a stroke? "The call she had been dreading"?

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Maybe she's not really his daughter. Another lie.

And maybe she hadn't been dreading that call. Easy to say.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 02:25 PM (biznJ)

239 Mark Steyn would be a great Press Secretary. Mainly because R. Lee Ermey is still dead.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 02:26 PM (AlNse)

240 JazzHands
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

I'm list........Oh. JAZZ hands. My mistake.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 14, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

241 >>JazzHands
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More like Jazzzzz ... zzzzz ... zzzzt Hands.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 14, 2026 02:26 PM (bNf8H)

242
OK, this is beyond ridiculous and has to be stopped. No more vouching, how is this even legal???

Posted by: beckster

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O'Keeffe and Cam Higby have been saying for days that the video is dropping "today." Supposedly it's going to make Minnesota election officers wet their pants.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:27 PM (XJ22o)

243 A Gatling gun, but a Tazer.

That'll take care of a Teen Takeover or a Karen Rally at an ICE stop.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:27 PM (Sbumo)

244 How did Gabri know her dad was going to have a stroke? "The call she had been dreading"?

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Maybe she's not really his daughter. Another lie.

And maybe she hadn't been dreading that call. Easy to say.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 02:25 PM (biznJ)

Everyone dreads anything involving law enforcement because all they do is run around murdering people, dontchaknow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)

245 Here's the Cam Higby MPLS video, it gets even worse:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzcavmz

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 02:28 PM (kX27y)

246 ClutchABolt

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

247 I starting see a few threads on lefty sites demanding justice for Lindsay Clancy so I went to see what the case is about...

An MA woman murdered her three kids and then tried to kill herself.

She's admitted to doing it, the police have fingered her, and she had a search history on how to kill people.

And somehow the left is rally around her...Of course. of course.

Also apparently she was on ALL the meds modern psychology tries to get people on. Worked great obviously.
Posted by: 18-1

The conspiracy theory on this is that her husband set her up. Incidentally, the genius attempted suicide by throwing herself from a second floor window. Confined herself to a wheelchair for life but no suicide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:29 PM (ndZc7)

248 You mean the big socialist op?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 02:21 PM (XJ22o

Yeah. And I think it involves a win for Jingleheimer Sayed

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 02:30 PM (d2MOG)

249 What country did the stroked out pastor arrive from?

In his HS photo he looks to be 30yrs old. I ain't stoopit.

ANYONE can claim to be a pastor at some of the black churches in the South. Unless things have changed.

In my childhood our yardman, Willis, claimed to be a "preacher." We have no idea as my brother and I also thought he was "The Bag Man" due to him dragging burlap bags everywhere, full of cans and bottles as the nation's first recycler.

We never knew what on earth he did in our grandmother's storage room off the garage, but he told us to never go in there due to The Bag Man. We didn't test it. The maids hated him and called him the n word. We learned a lot of words from them.

I have gone into a tangent again, haven't I? A bit brain damaged from having our grandchildren ALL WEEK and not up to normal speed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:30 PM (hzuYO)

250 So of course, an AWFL (looks to be mid-age) did it:

SaltyGoat
@SaltyGoat17
·
3h
Melissa L. Farris has been arrested for desecrating the World War II (not eleven) Memorial

Absolutely disgraceful action against the men and women that gave their lives to allow her the freedom to be the liberal asshole she is

PUT THIS BlTCH IN PRISON AND LET HER ROT!!

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 02:30 PM (kX27y)

251 The conspiracy theory on this is that her husband set her up. Incidentally, the genius attempted suicide by throwing herself from a second floor window. Confined herself to a wheelchair for life but no suicide.

So...she didn't actually want to commit suicide she wanted to look injured when the cops came.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 02:31 PM (sKqQm)

252 PUT THIS BlTCH IN PRISON AND LET HER ROT!!
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 02:30 PM (kX27y)

DC courts will let her go because she hated her daddy

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 02:31 PM (rbvCR)

253 81 days to the midterms. One of the reasons the Dems are doing well is that most Americans do not approve of ICE

Posted by: aliassmith smith at August 14, 2026 02:32 PM (LN9Ll)

254 When did it become fashion for judges to simply disregard the decisions made by juries?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

255 251.
Bingo. The Chappaquiddick Neck Brace.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:32 PM (Sbumo)

256 Posted by: aliassmith smith at August 14, 2026 02:32 PM (LN9Ll)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 14, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)

257 nood

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

258 Why did the troon cross the road?

He was nailed to a chicken.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (4NO2D)

259 NOODlum.

Posted by: s at August 14, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

260 253.

Horseshit. ICE is awesome. And commies and illegals should be very thankful for ICE.

ICE is all that is keeping us regular fed up folks from doing the job ourselves.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 02:35 PM (Sbumo)

261 Picture -any- semi-public figure like Cho saying something like that about a nationally prominent D croaking during the residency of the JEF. Or about the JEF himself if he had succumbed to fucking monkeypox or whatever.... just imagine the utter hellstorm. Imagine the sentence! They'd probably put all Koreans in jail for at least a couple days just to be safe. The sackcloth and ashes would still be worn to this day even though no one could remember why.

And yet this goofy twat can just belch out her dumb bullshit and we go "lawl, what a twat".

That's as it should be, of course. But it's the missing counterfactual that rankles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 02:35 PM (Ot/FD)

262 He's playing the grandma card.

Captain Mark Kelly
@CaptMarkKelly
I spoke to a grandmother today worried about her 21-year-old grandson who's aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. He’s lost 20-25 pounds and is struggling with depression. And so-called leaders like Pete Hegseth aren’t doing a thing about it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:37 PM (ndZc7)

263 Gun buy backs are dangerous.

Mexican soldier accidentally shoots bystanders while sawing loaded shotgun during gun buyback event

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 02:37 PM (ndZc7)

264 233 OK, this is beyond ridiculous and has to be stopped. No more vouching, how is this even legal???
Posted by: beckster
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The left wipes its ass with the law.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)

265 He'd much rather play golf.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Is that what you call putting balls into holes?

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

266 1) Pointing out that Shitholistan is, in fact, a shithole: racist denigration of the beautiful and peaceful Shitholi culture, which is every bit as valid and worthy as our own.

2) Proposing that we send illegal Shitholis back to Shitholistan: racist attempt to send these peaceful Shitholis back to their corrupt, violent country where they are guaranteed to be murdered.

Look: I understand differences of opinion.

What I don't understand is differences of opinion for the same person.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 02:40 PM (IG3/x)

267 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:30 PM (hzuYO)

I'm only dealing with a two months old kitten and I'm exhausted. I can only
Imagine the fatigue after having grandchildren for a week. God bless you for looking after them. And hope you get some recovery time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 02:41 PM (y8wRt)

268 I'm only dealing with a two months old kitten and I'm exhausted. I can only
Imagine the fatigue after having grandchildren for a week. God bless you for looking after them. And hope you get some recovery time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 02:41 PM (y8wRt)

****************
Thanks. They are a great joy and blessing from God and we love them dearly.

This is the first year I have felt olde and it stinks!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (hzuYO)

269 Those shock gloves should be used to grab em by the nuts !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 14, 2026 02:56 PM (NtVYv)

270 78 Every traffic stop of a Lefty protecting illegals should look like the ending fight scene from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:41 PM (GDtGs)

I have that clip saved in you tube so i can watch it over and over; it's so good. The can of dog food...the fate of the red head...yeah, that is a feel good scene for me.

Posted by: Nelly at August 14, 2026 02:57 PM (6+ehB)

271 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 02:49 PM (hzuYO)

I have no doubt you love them and are a wonderful grandmother, but none of are 35 anymore. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (W90Ou)

272 Meant "none of us" are ....

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 03:03 PM (W90Ou)

273 My 8 year old son came to me today in tears saying that when he grows up he is going to build a plane and rescue those sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 14, 2026 03:18 PM (heW36)

274 so 10% of agents arrest one person per month. That kind of sucks. I think they can each do 2 persons a month.

Posted by: Don at August 14, 2026 03:43 PM (kN30O)

Hospitals Defraud the Federal Government, Disguising Costs of "Gender Affirming Care" as Something Else, Claiming It's For Something Else; Hospitals Referred to DOJ for Prosecution

"They should go to prison," JD Vance writes.

This may shock you, but Planned Parenthood may be at the heart of the fraudulent billing.

Which is a nice way to say "theft."

A day after the Trump administration ended federal funding of "sex-rejecting procedures on children," otherwise known as gender affirming care, Vice President J.D. Vance and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. referred hospitals and gender clinics identified in a new HHS billing fraud report for prosecution and investigation.
Vance's letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche asks the Justice Department to investigate whether flagged providers violated the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, False Claims Act and federal fraud and conspiracy laws by "intentionally" miscoding treatment to "secure insurance coverage for gender-transitioning interventions that insurance would not otherwise cover." If so, "they should go to prison."
"More than just pushing these procedures on kids, hospitals and providers may have been defrauding Medicaid and private insurers by using misleading or fraudulent billing codes to get insurance to cover the costs," Vance said in an X thread on the report and criminal referral.
...
The secretary's letter identifies four fishy cohorts: claims for puberty blockers with endocrine disorder diagnosis on the same claim with "no gender diagnosis" and "no precocious puberty" diagnosis, ages 9-17; claims for puberty blockers with precocious puberty diagnosis, 13-17; claims for "primary gender dysphoria" diagnosis with a cross-sex hormone prescription "written the same day" in a state where that's prohibited for minors, 17 and younger; and affiliates to whom prescribers billed at least 95% of their claims in a prescription year and are registered at one of their addresses, all of them Planned Parenthood clinics.

Related: A fraud-mill in NY collected $32 million in sham Medicaid payments and just happened to be donating to NY governess Kathy Hochul while they did so.

Kathy Hochul received $55,000 in campaign contributions from social adult daycare centers (SADCs) in fraud-plagued Flushing, Queens, records show.
Almost half of those donations can be linked to two men: local powerbroker Baoli Zhang, and Jiemin Shang -- who own two of Flushing's biggest daycare businesses, both of which were empty of patients when visited by The Post last week.
Zhang, 69, personally donated $10,000, as well as another $5,000 through his Bao Kang Adult Day Care, financial disclosures show. Zhang's various businesses have claimed at least $32 million from Medicaid since 2018, on behalf of tens of thousands of patients.
Shang runs Livingwell Day Care, which donated $5,000 to Hochul in 2022, the same year it billed $5.8M to Medicaid. Another $5,000 came from Finest Adult Day Care, which Shang also runs.
"In 2021, [social adult daycare centers] were dying due to COVID. Someone threw them a lifeline and must have said something like, 'Take care of me, I'll take care of you.' They're making more money than ever now," an industry source claimed to The Post.
Federal figures back this up. Business has exploded at Livingwell, which billed $114,000 in 2018, a number that increased to $8.05 million in 2024. Bao Kang went from claiming $1.5M in 2018 to $7.22M by 2024. Monthly revenue for daycares across Flushing overall has nearly doubled compared to pre-pandemic numbers.
Only nine of the city's nearly 400 SADCs made contributions over $5,000 to Hochul's first gubernatorial campaign in 2022. Those same nine businesses accounted for billing Medicaid for an eyepopping $49 million in 2022, The Post's investigation found.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 Fraud, fraud, everywhere.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

3 Planned Parenthood...

Would you rather have a live daughter or a dead son?

Trick question. Tee hee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (Ot/FD)

4 Uno?

Posted by: Picasso's at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (JM9I6)

5 Bao Kang sounds a lot like "bilking", don't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (Ot/FD)

6 Gee I hope the "extremists" don't try and replace all these sensible moderates.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (d2MOG)

7 the Dems are getting a cut of all of this. OF COURSE. they set it up!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (j+aD2)

8 Why is everything so expensive?

Fraud
Inflation
Fraud
Illegals
and...Fraud

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

9 Sometimes you just gotta sit down and hate these people.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (2WIwB)

10 "Finest Adult Day Care"

Lucky Golden Star Clinic.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

11 Willowed from the last thread:

What kind of asshole vandalizes a WWII memorial?

Probably idiots that can’t even tell you anything about WWII.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (c7ZbX)

THIS asshole.
https://tinyurl.com/3ukxyzm5
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (hmYU4)

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (hmYU4)

12 8 Why is everything so expensive?

Fraud
Inflation
Fraud
Illegals
and...Fraud
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

Pretty much.

Everything is meaningless when half of everyone's paycheck gets taken before they even see it, and then half of *that* gets divvied out to every pervert, sex pest, rugfucker, and vandal in the land in exchange for existing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:15 PM (Ot/FD)

13 Almost half of those donations can be linked to two men: local powerbroker Baoli Zhang, and Jiemin Shang -- who own two of Flushing's biggest daycare businesses, both of which were empty of patients when visited by The Post last week.

Are those the Albany Zhangs and the Syracuse Shangs?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:15 PM (sKqQm)

14 I am so old, I remember when Trump and DOGE failed because Elon Musk left.

FWIW, Edward Coristine had a tweet that went, "for the record, Mr Balls is my Dad, go ahead and call me "Big"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 12:15 PM (rbvCR)

15 What the hell's wrong with people these days?

It's a rhetorical Q.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 12:15 PM (2Cry5)

16 9 Sometimes you just gotta sit down and hate these people.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (2WIwB)

I'm taking more than two minutes, though, dammit.

I ain't no commie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:15 PM (Ot/FD)

17 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:15 PM (7Q7Ca)

18 They should go to prison for the fraud and for giving children hormones that damage them forever. Planned Parenthood should be shut down with prejudice.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 12:16 PM (2Xqig)

19 10 "Finest Adult Day Care"

Lucky Golden Star Clinic.
Posted by: gp
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They should combine this with massage parlors--Happy Ending Adult Daycare center. Remember folks, it is medicinal.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

20 A guy got 19 years in prison for stealing a gay flag a few years back

This woman might get 10 years for vandalizing a WWII memorial? Might?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm)

21 If they can't murder your children in the womb, they'll rape them.

If they can't rape them, they will drug them, mutilate them and rape their brains until they kill themselves.

They are the epitome of evil. And Satan loves it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:17 PM (7Q7Ca)

22 Hospitals Defraud the Federal Government, Disguising Costs of "Gender Affirming Care" as Something Else, Claiming It's For Something Else; Hospitals Referred to DOJ for Prosecution

paxtonn just settled a huge case of fraud in the trans medical business in houston. The hospital and doctors had to pay a big fine and establish a gender deprogramming center to help the kids they fvcked up.

Sadly no on is going to jail.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 12:17 PM (cpFbA)

23 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Looting the Republic

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (ZLzTh)

24 Whatever the latest thing is, communists are always fully committed.

Posted by: PG at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (0fNkB)

25 Willwed:

Speaking of non-Chinese electric cars, the Tesla Roadster looks so sweet. J being the boring person he is, told me not only no but heck no to the $200k price tag. If Elric is here, he will find this somewhat ironic for other reasons.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

Wow, the 620 miles driving range if true is a game changer.

The 250 mph speeds make it a death rocket though pretty much for you and everyone around you.

Maaaayyybe, you could drive on some West Texas highways at 100+ speeds safely but not much else.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (iJfKG)

26 Burn it down, salt the earth.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (99eI0)

27 I'm a chump, a sucker, a sap, a fool. Shoulda went the fraud way instead of the work way.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (n5tGW)

28 20 A guy got 19 years in prison for stealing a gay flag a few years back

This woman might get 10 years for vandalizing a WWII memorial? Might?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm)

They should take her to a French beach and drop her ass with a lovingly restored MG2.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (Ot/FD)

29 Everything the left does is fraud.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XHO5P)

30 Leftist government officials fund NGOs

NGOs fund leftist government officials

And ultimately its the tax payers that pay for all of it

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

31
I agree with JD.

Jail-time and plenty of it.

I'd also go for the death penalty for the a-hole "doctors" who mutilated and tortured children with "gender affirmation care and Surgery". This is Nazi Death Camp stuff and should be punished as such.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)

32
Sadly no on is going to jail.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 12:17 PM (cpFbA)

And this is why this shit will continue on, over and over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:20 PM (7Q7Ca)

33 Burn it down, salt the earth.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (99eI0)

I miss AllenG.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:21 PM (7Q7Ca)

34 Everything the left does is fraud.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XHO5P)

They lie. They cheat. They steal.

But don't call them communists. THAT'S a step TOO FAR......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (7Q7Ca)

35

The U.S. debt is set to hit $40 trillion within weeks. It took 192 years to accumulate the first trillion, while the most recent trillion took just 5 months.

Interest payments alone are projected to hit $1 trillion in fiscal 2026, surpassing both defense and Medicare spending.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (Cqx++)

36 Pretty much.

Everything is meaningless when half of everyone's paycheck gets taken before they even see it, and then half of *that* gets divvied out to every pervert, sex pest, rugfucker, and vandal in the land in exchange for existing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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The inflation is occurring because we are borrowing made up money by the Federal Reserve to cover the massive deficits. Interest is now larger than the current Medicaid and Defense budgets at 1.1 trillion. This is how soft defaults begin. Devaluation of the money but the bankrupt governments trying to buy enough support to lurch further into bankruptcy for a time.

So you get subsidies that are not sustainable at the same time your interest payments start to eat up the rest of your ability to spend. So the pressure goes further to turn those printers onto max.

It is going to take leaders in the West to cross the Rubicon which in turn will provoke some horrendous backlash. Whether they are from the left or from the right remains to be seen. But this is not sustainable even now in Japan--they can't save the yen from crashing even with help.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

37 Morn' all.. I see the vandal of the WWII memorial was caught' This "woman" looks sort of manly

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (npoJh)

38 A guy got 19 years in prison for stealing a gay flag a few years back

This woman might get 10 years for vandalizing a WWII memorial? Might?

--

I keep reading that pig will get a slap on the wrist because she'll likely wind up in front of some leftist DC judge.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (qBdHI)

39 Sometimes I think that Alinsky bastard was on to something.

You don't "win" by merely throwing people in jail. You win by destroying morale. By making them ridiculous. By forestalling any significant motivation for anyone to join the preposterous shitbags.

Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Ot/FD)

40 I saw a billboard for a 'social adult daycare' in N.Z.
"Ladies drop your man off at our pub and for 4 pints we'll keep him happy while you shop."

Unfortunately I wasn't dropped off for 'care'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (NnhvP)

41
The U.S. debt is set to hit $40 trillion within weeks. It took 192 years to accumulate the first trillion, while the most recent trillion took just 5 months.

Interest payments alone are projected to hit $1 trillion in fiscal 2026, surpassing both defense and Medicare spending.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (Cqx++)

Wait till the Dems take over and start with the "free" shit and open borders/ Amnesty...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (npoJh)

42 36 Concur.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 12:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

43 Will Anything Happen?

Posted by: Because I've often heard that... at August 14, 2026 12:24 PM (2Ez/1)

44
Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Ot/FD)

I read this comment as "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" blares in my ears..............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:25 PM (7Q7Ca)

45 I was reading a thread from an MA based group where people were complaining about their electrical bills and I have to laugh as there are a bunch of leftists saying, "Hey it only went up 20% over last year, that's no biggie"

Yes these are the same people that are blaming Trump for "the affordability crisis"

Oh and the MA governor ran on a platform of raising energy prices to stop global warming so...its not like she isn't doing what she campaigned on

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

46 Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

I don't have any envelopes lying around, but I'd be willing to bet based purely off guesswork that 25% of our GDP going directly out of the pockets of the productive and into the pockets of the actively destructive is doing far more heavy lifting to ruin the dollar than regular old monetary inflation.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:25 PM (Ot/FD)

47 Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Ot/FD)

There IS a "solution", but I'm a guest in Ace's house so I will remain silent.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:25 PM (hmYU4)

48 Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (hmYU4)

The follow-up to the picture of the woman ( I can't really tell if that's a woman or a fake transgender ) has a post which says : "Liberals promote their peace, love and equality

With violence, intolerance and rage"

Gosh, is that correct. That person is probably old enough to have a father or other relative who served in WWII . I can even image the mindset of someone who made a choice to do that, unless leftism is her religion and she bizarrely thinks in some way she's getting back at Trump.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 12:25 PM (y8wRt)

49 Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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It is not pleasant to think about it but thieves of government money steal parts of people's lives and thus in turn, their lives should be forfeit. People are being tax farmed to support fraud and they have far better things to do with their time than to work to support fraudsters.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

50 These vermin need to transition to being inmates.

Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (6fOlW)

51
There IS a "solution", but I'm a guest in Ace's house so I will remain silent.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:25 PM (hmYU4)

Don't quote Queensrÿche........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (7Q7Ca)

52 Wait till the Dems take over and start with the "free" shit and open borders/ Amnesty...

The argument I've seen on lefties sites is, "Who cares what the debt is, I can't afford door dash anymore!"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

53 Kathy Hochul received $55,000 in campaign contributions from social adult daycare centers (SADCs) in fraud-plagued Flushing, Queens, records show.
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The spice must flow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (JvZF+)

54 Transfirst!

Posted by: CTHillary at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (GMWTj)

55 The False Claims Act one is interesting. It allows qui tam actions, which means that a whistleblower could be eligible to receive roughly 15-25% of any amount recovered by the government for fraudulent payments.

That can be a mighty lucrative incentive for somebody to roll on their employer, especially if they think that there is financial trouble ahead.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (KFbdf)

56 Related: How about flushing Queens?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (JvZF+)

57 "Liberals promote their peace, love and equality

With violence, intolerance and rage"

And everyone wonders why they fit hand in hand with islhamic jihadists.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:27 PM (7Q7Ca)

58
Hmmm.

Luigi pleaded guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:27 PM (iJfKG)

59 guest in Ace's house

Where's the booze?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 14, 2026 12:27 PM (d0vYf)

60 I don't have any envelopes lying around, but I'd be willing to bet based purely off guesswork that 25% of our GDP going directly out of the pockets of the productive and into the pockets of the actively destructive is doing far more heavy lifting to ruin the dollar than regular old monetary inflation.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Yep. A cohesive society that goes bankrupt can recover fairly quickly--you have an awful decade then you can get past it. A society riven with ethnic, religious, and other tribalisms collapse into anarchy then someone is going to become head chieftain but you get blood in the streets.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv)

61
Maaaayyybe, you could drive on some West Texas highways at 100+ speeds safely but not much else.
Posted by: naturalfake at August

I would be scared to drive it. So I will keep my current convertible, it’s cute.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 12:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

62 Hmmm.

Luigi pleaded guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:27 PM (iJfKG)

He struck a deal.

It is unfortunate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:28 PM (7Q7Ca)

63 21 If they can't murder your children in the womb, they'll rape them.

If they can't rape them, they will drug them, mutilate them and rape their brains until they kill themselves.

They are the epitome of evil. And Satan loves it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:17 PM (7Q7Ca)

I think even Satan would be like "whoa, dial it back guys."

Posted by: Lucifer is subtle. These guys ain't. at August 14, 2026 12:28 PM (TbWk/)

64 "Related: A fraud-mill in NY collected $32 million in sham Medicaid payments and just happened to be donating to NY governess Kathy Hochul while they did so."

NO! I shan't believe it. I shannot.

Time for some sort of retarded kidnapping plot that the NY police uncover targeting Hochul which involves 20 police and a single retard they dig up?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r)

65 He struck a deal.

It is unfortunate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:28 PM (7Q7Ca)

It's NY.. He was never gonna get the death penalty... Besides he's so dreamy...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (npoJh)

66
Ah, but only to Federal stalking charges.

So, I guess we're in guilty as sin/free as a bird territory in the near future.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (iJfKG)

67 I can't wait to see the fraud the Democratic Congress finds after hauling Trump's family and cohorts into endless hearings that tie his entire presidency. Trump will spend his final two years testifying to fraud, and the rest of his life in prison.

Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (7s0pg)

68 Remember when preezy Shit Midas said doctors were cutting off diabetic feet for profit?

Good times. Good times.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (xvV+O)

69 Social adult daycare centers?

That is what they are calling universities and colleges now?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (6fOlW)

70 Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Ot/FD)
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Dignity Canals

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (JvZF+)

71 Don't quote Queensrÿche........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (7Q7Ca)

Who? Yeah, I'm old,

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (hmYU4)

72
It's NY.. He was never gonna get the death penalty... Besides he's so dreamy...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (npoJh)

NY doesn't have the DP anymore, do they?

And yeah....we learned the depths of their psychosis after the Boston bomber........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (7Q7Ca)

73
Kathy Hochul received $55,000 in campaign contributions from social adult daycare centers (SADCs) in fraud-plagued Flushing, Queens, records show.
Almost half of those donations can be linked to two men: local powerbroker Baoli Zhang, and Jiemin Shang -- who own two of Flushing's biggest daycare businesses, both of which were empty of patients when visited by The Post last week.

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Ha Ha Ha Ha stupid roundeye so easy to fool

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (iTNuP)

74 There's far more money floating around than anybody is actually earning, and there's not a damn thing worth spending any of it on anyway. Shit cars, shit food, shit movies, shitty gossamer fall-apart clothes...

Harrumph.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Ot/FD)

75 Mangione plead guilty. No death sentence.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

76 45 I was reading a thread from an MA based group where people were complaining about their electrical bills and I have to laugh as there are a bunch of leftists saying, "Hey it only went up 20% over last year, that's no biggie"

Yes these are the same people that are blaming Trump for "the affordability crisis"

Oh and the MA governor ran on a platform of raising energy prices to stop global warming so...its not like she isn't doing what she campaigned on
Posted by: 18-1

Leftists are positional about reality---when it supports their thesis, they can talk about it, when it doesn't, they lie by omission or overtly. They live by lies. They have that in common with another sort of politico-religion as well.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

77 Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

The Left will drain the Rubicon before they even think for a minute about getting their hair wet over it

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 12:31 PM (d2MOG)

78 "then someone is going to become head chieftain"

If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve. Sounds like too much work.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

79 Defrauding the US Government
Fraudulent voting
Fraudulent US residency
Fraudulent media reporting

There's a whole lot of frauding going on!

Posted by: mrp at August 14, 2026 12:31 PM (rj6Yv)

80 If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'!

Posted by: The US Healthfraud System at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (i+Wsn)

81 32 Time is a flat circle, Sponge.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (bX16E)

82 58
Hmmm.

Luigi pleaded guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake
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He figures with a Dem president possibly in 2028, he is a shoo in for a pardon.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)

83 Oh ffs, the HHS release headline calls it "sex rejecting procedures." I step away for two seconds to preserve what's left of my sanity, and they're throwing around that psuedoscientific nonsense.

These. Are. Children, you want to come after my old ass fine. Leave the damn kids out of it.

Too many cisgender people really think being transgender is a choice. It's not an ideology that my puberty didn't work. What's next? Attacking cancer survivors & denying health care based on whatever-the-hell?

I knew I was a woman since I was 4 years old and I can't even begin to explain all the damage society and my family did to me to push me into being a male. I don't want other trans children to go through the hell I had to go through trying to fit into society's mold.

It's diversion. They fail to address childhood obesity, depression, education and money all failed systems. While everyone worries about trans people. I'm trans and enjoy all the love the hate is fake lol

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (t19vo)

84 49 Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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It is not pleasant to think about it but thieves of government money steal parts of people's lives and thus in turn, their lives should be forfeit. People are being tax farmed to support fraud and they have far better things to do with their time than to work to support fraudsters.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

Prosecutions are virtually meaningless. The dollar amounts involved make this analogous to the drug trade: jail or kill as many as you want, the stakes are worth the stretch, especially to groups that don't view fraud as inherently wrong as a matter of their home culture, so others will replace them. The only solution is radically shrinking the size of federal and state governments. They are fraud magnets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (u1qVW)

85 Further note on Transitioning by surgery: the WPATH is requesting dismissal of the FTC because they claim the protocol they put out was "just an opinion, Man"

PDF of filing to Dismiss: https://tinyurl.com/2s36wjrd

Dismissal is required for several reasons. First, Plaintiffs fail to allege a single deceptive statement by WPATH, much less a statement to consumers. The “core deceptive statements” the Complaint purports to identify from SOC-8 are non-actionable opinions about subjects on which there is “medical and scientific uncertainty.” United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495, 524 (2025).
The Fifth Circuit has held that “merely publishing a medical opinion—even a hotly debated one— in a peer-reviewed journal cannot give rise to a misrepresentation claim.” Torrey v. Infectious Diseases Soc’y of Am., 86 F.4th 701, 704 (5th Cir. 2023). All statements Plaintiffs identify have extensive citations to peer-reviewed scientific studies that Plaintiffs simply ignore. Plaintiffs further ignore that WPATH expresses these scientific opinions not to consumers, but to the professionals best able to evaluate them: doctors.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (rbvCR)

86 78 "then someone is going to become head chieftain"

If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve. Sounds like too much work.
Posted by: gp
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The chief is going to need executioners and other enforcers too.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)

87
There's a whole lot of frauding going on!

Posted by: mrp at August 14, 2026 12:31 PM (rj6Yv)

*lyrics in Jerry Lee Lewis's trashcan

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (7Q7Ca)

88 FTC Suit, rather

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

89 I won't be able to comment on this other than its the Jews and Mrs. Macrons's fault! until the one with cavern sized nostrils weighs in on it!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (zBgIx)

90 Where's the booze?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

In the Barrel

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)

91 > A guy got 19 years in prison for stealing a gay flag a few years back

This woman might get 10 years for vandalizing a WWII memorial? Might?
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The judiciary is squarely on the left's side. It's obvious there's no such thing as a non-biased judge anymore. Justice isn't blind. It's partisan. And many of the judiciary suffer from chronic TDS.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (2Cry5)

92 Jail is nice... but not a real solution. What is? I don't know. But it feels like we're on the right trajectory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Ot/FD)
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Dignity Canals
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:30 PM

Where the living will envy the dead ... and eat them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)

93 I had BMW 3.0Cs in my younger days, wish I still had it. On a trip up I5 I was doing 120+/- for about a half an hour. The car had so much glass and was so balanced it seemed like 80. Still is sweaty palms the whole time.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 14, 2026 12:33 PM (xvV+O)

94 Willowed from last thread re: hiring

I had a colleague of mine from way back reach out to me about a job at his company. I said yeah looks interesting I’ll have a conversation. So he submitted me to his company’s Workday. A few days later a recruiter from the company asked me to be a connection on LinkedIn. Then nothing. I checked on workday and my application was changed to no longer under consideration.

So I got back to my guy there and asked what’s up? Turned out the HR woman got me confused with someone else. She wanted to interview me and reject him but did an oopsie and cancelled my application. She eventually did get back in touch.

This is how fucked up hiring is these days. An endless series of workday black holes and incompetent HR people with AI slop thrown in for good measure.

I really feel for people who are not employed and looking for work. It must be exhausting.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 12:34 PM (7xx4i)

95 I wonder how many "transitioning clinics" have deep enough pockets to defend a medical malpractice claim based on "the MDs should have known better"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 12:35 PM (rbvCR)

96 Were they rainbow bubbles?

No?

Add five years to sentence, not trying hard enough.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 12:35 PM (6fOlW)

97 1 Fraud, fraud, everywhere.
___

And not a drop for me.

*goes back to work to in order to pay for everything for everybody*

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 12:35 PM (Dv3i1)

98
Oh-LIE-garchy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)

99
This is how fucked up hiring is these days. An endless series of workday black holes and incompetent HR people with AI slop thrown in for good measure.

I really feel for people who are not employed and looking for work. It must be exhausting.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 12:34 PM (7xx4i)

Have a friend that's interviewed for jobs a few times in the last few years. He's had to take tests, interview with multiple people at various levels, including VP's and P's.

......for a job in sales........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:37 PM (7Q7Ca)

100 Is the horde the only group of people not in on the grift??? Were the one percent!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 12:37 PM (sXOHS)

101 Afternoon Ace.
Hochul should be jailed for her home health care company contracts. She favored an out of state company and got nice "donations".
I say my state NY is so corrupt that corruption doesn't mean anything. Hochul is stupid and obvious about her corruption

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 12:37 PM (xCuiu)

102 83 Oh ffs, the HHS release headline calls it "sex rejecting procedures." I step away for two seconds to preserve what's left of my sanity, and they're throwing around that psuedoscientific nonsense.

These. Are. Children, you want to come after my old ass fine. Leave the damn kids out of it.
____

Exactly! Wait... what?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 12:37 PM (Dv3i1)

103 Social adult daycare centers?

That is what they are calling universities and colleges now?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (6fOlW)
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As opposed to medical day care.

Search Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly, which is Medicaid/Medicare funded and provides transportation, meals, daily assistance, and health care. A ripe, juicy target for fraud in every state.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:38 PM (JvZF+)

104 I say my state NY is so corrupt that corruption doesn't mean anything. Hochul is stupid and obvious about her corruption
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 12:37 PM (xCuiu)

But TRUMP is the one selling the White House to the highest bidder........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:38 PM (7Q7Ca)

105 This may shock you, but Planned Parenthood may be at the heart of the fraudulent billing.
---
It would be telling if the only part of "woman care" they offer is abortion, but they offer "gender-changing" surgery outside of that.

What part of "Planned Parenthood" would that be?--but the sterilization part.

It's pretty obvious that this is a political organization pushing social change on Americans.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)

106 100 — We’re, not Were…. Good grief, autocorrect always screws me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 12:38 PM (sXOHS)

107 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

You are thinking in view of traditional western justice. Under the nature of necessity for a new regime, there will be head chopping and lopping simply to reestablish order and the courts will comply as they want to keep their heads as well.

The West is heading for a discontinuity because those in the West that should know better from history are pushing a societal collapse for some reasons--perhaps thinking they will rule over the ruins, perhaps some sort of euthanizing the 90 percent of the rest of society, to bring about the revolution of the proletariat, who knows. But the rules of the new game are going to be harsh and have to be--so the wreckers and looters will get the noose or bullet as the case may be to bolster the new regime. Same reason that the Chicoms did mass public executions of druggies and their drug lords in public stadiums. The outrages encourage the rest to avoid such a fate.

I had a Chinese defense lawyer in one of my classes, he mentioned he met clients the morning of the trial, the presumption was guilt, and his client would be executed by evening. That is what is coming when the finances collapse.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

108
These. Are. Children, you want to come after my old ass fine. Leave the damn kids out of it.
____

Hey. Doctor! Leave those kids alone!!!

Posted by: Pink Floyd III at August 14, 2026 12:39 PM (7Q7Ca)

109
Stand across the street from a Planned Parenthood "clinic" with your head down and hands clasped and it's a hate crime.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 12:39 PM (Y8DZL)

110 > Yes these are the same people that are blaming Trump for "the affordability crisis"

I find the "affordability crisis" conversation fascinating. The left wants the discussion to begin and end with Trump. The right seems to be a bit fragmented.

Some try to argue there is no crisis and you just need to get good at cooking at home or cut back on frivolous purchases. Some try to argue it's mostly inflation due to Covid spending and other waste. Some point to more systemic issues like fraud, illegals, massive government burdens, etc.

I tend to agree with the last group that it's all of the above. But I sure do wish we could fix this crap. Food is damn expensive. Housing is damn expensive. Gas in my state is damn expensive.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

111
Initial reports of the WW2 Memorial vandalism mentioned two women.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 12:40 PM (azNOR)

112 Good grief, autocorrect always screws me
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 12:38 PM (sXOHS)

Tis it's job....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:40 PM (7Q7Ca)

113
I want to know about the prosecutions.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 12:40 PM (XJ22o)

114 Have a friend that's interviewed for jobs a few times in the last few years. He's had to take tests, interview with multiple people at various levels, including VP's and P's.

......for a job in sales........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:37 PM (7Q7Ca)

I’m beginning to realize I was very fortunate with my recent job search ending successfully because I avoided all the nonsense and had multiple offers… and really like my new job. I’m in tech but not specifically software (more software adjacent) so maybe that’s a nice sweet spot? Who knows…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 12:41 PM (sXOHS)

115 Yep, all of the above, bonhomme.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 12:41 PM (aJQbY)

116 Almost half of those donations can be linked to two men: local powerbroker Baoli Zhang, and Jiemin Shang -- who own two of Flushing's biggest daycare businesses, both of which were empty of patients when visited by The Post last week.

What is the immigration status of these people? Are they here legally? Did the overstay visas? If anything is slightly fishy with their status ship them out ( though I suppose China wouldn't take them back) or jail them for a long time . So many senior citizens could use actual help-not some fraudulent operation.

Oh, yes, I hope Bruce Blakeman running against Kathy Hochul advertises the heck out if this fraud and that the money was donated to her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 12:41 PM (xSAlF)

117 I want to know about the prosecutions.

==

+1

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 12:41 PM (g47mK)

118 Linus, are they hiring?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 12:42 PM (aJQbY)

119 met clients the morning of the trial, the presumption was guilt, and his client would be executed by evening.
Posted by: whig

Jaywalking is a crime and we need those organs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 14, 2026 12:42 PM (NnhvP)

120 Oh, yes, I hope Bruce Blakeman running against Kathy Hochul advertises the heck out if this fraud and that the money was donated to her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 12:41 PM (xSAlF)

That's not who we are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:42 PM (7Q7Ca)

121 He figures with a Dem president possibly in 2028, he is a shoo in for a pardon.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)
====

400 quatloos says he's free as a bird within 5 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:42 PM (JvZF+)

122
Secular Atheism has turned out so well for America.

You don't need a God to have values!

... decades ...

Massive systemic fraud and lying.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Fi81e)

123 I tend to agree with the last group that it's all of the above. But I sure do wish we could fix this crap. Food is damn expensive. Housing is damn expensive. Gas in my state is damn expensive.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

My belief is covid ruined many many things (including a lot of brains) and alas we’ll never again get back to 2019 normality. Another reason to hate Fauci, Birx et al

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 12:43 PM (sXOHS)

124 I don't have any envelopes lying around, but I'd be willing to bet based purely off guesswork that 25% of our GDP going directly out of the pockets of the productive and into the pockets of the actively destructive is doing far more heavy lifting to ruin the dollar than regular old monetary inflation.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Yep. A cohesive society that goes bankrupt can recover fairly quickly--you have an awful decade then you can get past it. A society riven with ethnic, religious, and other tribalisms collapse into anarchy then someone is going to become head chieftain but you get blood in the streets.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv)
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That is going to be Europe's future. I think there is a better than decent chance we escape that, but there is more work to do.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 14, 2026 12:43 PM (7/DDO)

125 The Left will drain the Rubicon before they even think for a minute about getting their hair wet over it
Posted by: ...

Not necessarily. A foolish coup generally gets the participants getting the bullet. I think they go authoritarian and that is what provokes the new civil war because dominating the cities is not the same as dominating the rest of the countryside regardless of how many nukes you control or the army or whatever. Revolutions that are city based always have the weakness of cities---food, water, and trade come from the outside, not from inside the city. And our gutted cities are not strongholds in the traditional historical sense but only a bunch of hungry mouths.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)

126 Almost half of those donations can be linked to two men: local powerbroker Baoli Zhang, and Jiemin Shang
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There's an ethnic pattern there....

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 12:44 PM (Fi81e)

127 Mangione pleads guilty.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 12:44 PM (AdHga)

128 what did Luigi plead to tho?

what is this stalking nonsense?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 12:45 PM (j+aD2)

129 That is going to be Europe's future. I think there is a better than decent chance we escape that, but there is more work to do.
Posted by: Black JEM

My crystal ball is cloudy but I see Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech resonating beyond the grave for Western Civilization.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

130 MN "Learing Centers"

NY "Kathy Hochul received $55,000 in campaign contributions from social adult daycare centers (SADCs) in fraud-plagued Flushing, Queens, records show."

Commies and Somalis grifting the American taxpayers from a baby's first breath to the cemetery.

Posted by: mrp at August 14, 2026 12:45 PM (rj6Yv)

131 Linus, are they hiring?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 12:42 PM (aJQbY)

Yes! Many companies are in the aerospace industry: Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed…. If you have the right qualifications you can find open job requisitions. Smaller companies in the same sector as well; almost all require eligibility for security clearance (even better if you already have one)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 12:46 PM (sXOHS)

132 What's wrong with saving lives?

Are you saying they shouldn't lie, and get rich in the process, for the mere act of mutilating and sterilizing children?

They're just following the WPATH science.*

*not a study, not a science, not even researched--just a suggestion. Use at your own risk. Per their own court admission.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 12:46 PM (3cUTc)

133 Fraud
Inflation
Fraud
Illegals
and...Fraud
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

You said fraud thrice. -- Hedley Lamarr

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (ExV1e)

134 128 what did Luigi plead to tho?

what is this stalking nonsense?
Posted by: Black Orchid
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Crossing state lines to stalk and do violence upon them. Federal law which prevents state courts from letting killer go by jury acquittal or a hung jury. Potential sentence of life without parole but Mangione is unlikely to get that from those federal judges in NYC.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

135 what did Luigi plead to tho?

what is this stalking nonsense?

*************

One count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (J4Dwc)

136 The only way to "fix" the affordability crisis is to keep inflation low while incomes continue to increase over time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (JvZF+)

137 My favorite is "IF YOU DON'T LET THEM TRANSITION, YOU'RE MURDERING THEM!!!"

Really.....that's what you think is happening here?

You're all greedy, evil f*cktards that should die, soon, and receive judgement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (7Q7Ca)

138 Guy executed yesterday spent 41 years on DR. What the actual fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 12:48 PM (2pORR)

139
One count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (J4Dwc)

So, he IS going to be free in 5 to 7 years, isn't he.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:48 PM (7Q7Ca)

140 now what we hold our breath for NY state to convict him? which won't happen

he's out in 5

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 12:49 PM (j+aD2)

141 Linus -

Ah, there's the problem. If my clearance wasn't suspended I'd be at work right now. And I can't guarantee I'll get it back in a reasonable timeframe. And most of those contractors seem to have NO 'no clearance' positions....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 12:50 PM (aJQbY)

142 139
One count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (J4Dwc)

So, he IS going to be free in 5 to 7 years, isn't he.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:48

He said in his guilty plea that he shot and killed the CEO. The just said a few times this could really mean a life sentence, so I hope that is the case. Now I guess we see what happens with the state case.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 12:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

143 Happy Friday gang.

Hope y’all are doing well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 12:51 PM (W2Pud)

144 Don't quote Queensrÿche........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Who? Yeah, I'm old,
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

Buncha crazy kids in a band. They had a multi-platinum album and a #1 song.....

36 years ago.

Now I'm old too.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 12:52 PM (VHUov)

145
He said in his guilty plea that he shot and killed the CEO. The just said a few times this could really mean a life sentence, so I hope that is the case. Now I guess we see what happens with the state case.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 12:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

As mentioned earlier:

1. New York
2. Karens think he's dreamy

He'll be out in 5 to 7.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:52 PM (7Q7Ca)

146 136 The only way to "fix" the affordability crisis is to keep inflation low while incomes continue to increase over time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
=======
And the way to do that is to deport the illegals at the low end and end the outsourcing and hiring H1Bs, OPTS, and other low cost labor from abroad.

That would give the US a narrow path to avoid the downfall by reducing inflationary pressures on housing and goods like food in the US. Corporate America though will hate it because it means destroying the idea of massive profit growth via inflation from unsustainable growth in demand.

A return to the boring 50's and 60's economy is not what the financial whiz kids want .

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

147 The Left will drain the Rubicon before they even think for a minute about getting their hair wet over it
Posted by: ...

Not necessarily. A foolish coup generally gets the participants getting the bullet. I think they go authoritarian and that is what provokes the new civil war because dominating the cities is not the same as dominating the rest of the countryside regardless of how many nukes you control or the army or whatever. Revolutions that are city based always have the weakness of cities---food, water, and trade come from the outside, not from inside the city. And our gutted cities are not strongholds in the traditional historical sense but only a bunch of hungry mouths.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)
==
This is the reality of the tech revolution - big cities have become borderline liabilities in an economic sense. This is not unheard of as the British discovered in the American Revolution.

But cities can now also become net negative economic income centers, meaning there are all the other problems with cities as a locus of power getting isolated, but they are not nearly as strong economically as they used to be. The left is weaker than they think.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 14, 2026 12:53 PM (7/DDO)

148 Luigi strikes me as the kind of guy who checks out in prison. Same thing with tranny lover. They don't seem like the kind of dudes built for incarceration or adaptable to it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 14, 2026 12:53 PM (u1qVW)

149 There just aint enough coffee and nicotine for the news anymore.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 12:53 PM (58u96)

150 AffORdabiliTy Krisisz!!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 12:53 PM (g47mK)

151 Luigi strikes me as the kind of guy who checks out in prison. Same thing with tranny lover. They don't seem like the kind of dudes built for incarceration or adaptable to it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 14, 2026 12:53 PM (u1qVW)

What are the chances the leftists get him protection in prison?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:54 PM (7Q7Ca)

152 ... by "intentionally" miscoding treatment to "secure insurance coverage for gender-transitioning interventions that insurance would not otherwise cover."

--------------

More Consciousness Of Guilt.

Why did the author of that piece put "intentionally" in quotes? Was "alleged" laughably overused ... or simply unavailable? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 12:54 PM (DLkhG)

153 OT, but Francesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin carries a price. Unbeknownst to me, her Deputy Campaign Manager was Penthouse Pet Of The Year, 2024.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 12:54 PM (rDiMt)

154 @120 Sponge, Blakeman is actually doing a good job at highlighting the fraud. A recent poll found him only 10 points down. Don't think he'll win but he's fighting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (xCuiu)

155 Free Burritos!!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (g47mK)

156 141 - can you get the process going? Is that a possibility?

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

157 There IS a code for that, if you don't get reimbursed for the other thing.

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E30.1
Precocious puberty

-OR-

Here's a nice vague one:

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E30.9
Disorder of puberty, unspecified

Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (I0N4X)

158 1. New York
2. Karens think he's dreamy

He'll be out in 5 to 7.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:52 PM (7Q7Ca)

I can accept that... As long as it's in a body bag

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (npoJh)

159 It's an odd feeling to miss my parents so much but still feel glad they didn't have to live through this.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (58u96)

160 These. Are. Children, you want to come after my old ass fine. Leave the damn kids out of it.

This is an odd argument the left makes...

Specifically "leave children out of it" means "let doctors castrate said children".

Leaving children out of it is banning any tranny crap until they are adults.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

161 153 OT, but Francesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin carries a price. Unbeknownst to me, her Deputy Campaign Manager was Penthouse Pet Of The Year, 2024.

#2 was Hong's boo?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (Dv3i1)

162 The only way to "fix" the affordability crisis is to keep inflation low while incomes continue to increase over time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
=======
And the way to do that is to deport the illegals at the low end and end the outsourcing and hiring H1Bs, OPTS, and other low cost labor from abroad.

That would give the US a narrow path to avoid the downfall by reducing inflationary pressures on housing and goods like food in the US. Corporate America though will hate it because it means destroying the idea of massive profit growth via inflation from unsustainable growth in demand.

A return to the boring 50's and 60's economy is not what the financial whiz kids want .

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)
==
The interesting needle to thread is there will be wage inflation as the labor pool shrinks, which will result in more money chasing goods. Recalibrating from where we have been will come with some pretty big bumps.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (7/DDO)

163 Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (xCuiu)

Glad to hear that he's fighting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (wmzkx)

164 What kind of asshole vandalizes a WWII memorial?

Probably idiots that can’t even tell you anything about WWII.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (c7ZbX)

THIS asshole.
https://tinyurl.com/3ukxyzm5
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (hmYU4)
=================
Got her.

Outstanding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (rDiMt)

165 WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS!?!

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

166 @120 Sponge, Blakeman is actually doing a good job at highlighting the fraud. A recent poll found him only 10 points down. Don't think he'll win but he's fighting
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 12:55 PM (xCuiu)

Last one that did anything like that was Pratt.....and they cheated him out of the race.

I admire him actually doing that, but NY won't allow him to get close to a fair, honest vote.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (7Q7Ca)

167 139
One count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 12:47 PM (J4Dwc)

So, he IS going to be free in 5 to 7 years, isn't he.......
Posted by: Sponge

If you are bored, you can look up the Federal Sentencing guidelines for the recommended sentence. For a judge to go above or below that 'average' sentence, they have to formally depart by an opinion from that guideline sentence either upwards or downwards and give specific allowable reasons why they departed. Both the prosecutors and the defense then are allowed to appeal the sentence. The feds will also do a full workup for sentencing with the Probation Service noting all mitigating and aggravating circumstances plus prior criminal history for the judge in a formal sentencing report. Normally, not always, that sentencing report nuggets are used if the judge wants to depart from the recommended sentencing range.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

168 If every meal is from DoorDash that’s not an affordability crisis. That’s a you’re too fucking lazy to go shopping and cook crisis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 12:58 PM (7xx4i)

169
I'll bet the Menedez brothers are pissed about all the fan mail Luigi is getting.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 12:58 PM (Y8DZL)

170
If you are bored, you can look up the Federal Sentencing guidelines for the recommended sentence. For a judge to go above or below that 'average' sentence, they have to formally depart by an opinion from that guideline sentence either upwards or downwards and give specific allowable reasons why they departed. Both the prosecutors and the defense then are allowed to appeal the sentence. The feds will also do a full workup for sentencing with the Probation Service noting all mitigating and aggravating circumstances plus prior criminal history for the judge in a formal sentencing report. Normally, not always, that sentencing report nuggets are used if the judge wants to depart from the recommended sentencing range.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

HA!!!!!

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at August 14, 2026 12:58 PM (7Q7Ca)

171 OT, but Francesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin carries a price. Unbeknownst to me, her Deputy Campaign Manager was Penthouse Pet Of The Year, 2024.

Well she wanted to move from getting f*cked for money to f*cking the taxpayers for money

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

172 OT, but Francesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin carries a price. Unbeknownst to me, her Deputy Campaign Manager was Penthouse Pet Of The Year, 2024.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 12:54 PM (rDiMt)

There must have been some spectacularly bad centerfolds that year.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

173 Penthouse Pet Of The Year, 2024.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Penthouse still exists?

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 12:59 PM (7xx4i)

174 Dear Penthouse Forum,

I still can't believe this happened to me.......

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (7Q7Ca)

175 WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS!?!
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

WHERE IS THE BEEF??!!

No, seriously, WTF is going on with the beef ?? Is Chicom's Roy Singham paying off beef producers not to produce?? Is Soros paying off corruptocrats in the beef industry to not cattle ??

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (g47mK)

176 Well shit.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (7Q7Ca)

177 Corporate America though will hate it because it means destroying the idea of massive profit growth via inflation from unsustainable growth in demand. /i]

This is a point that merits focus.

If as a CEO in 2022 you oversaw a 10% increase in profits you were net negative because real inflation was over 10%. But your payout was based on a real 10% increase in profits...

Being a C level person during eras of Bidenflation is easy mode...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)

178 Penthouse still exists?
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

You're not Penthouse material, honey.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Guccioni at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (Dv3i1)

179
No, seriously, WTF is going on with the beef ?? Is Chicom's Roy Singham paying off beef producers not to produce?? Is Soros paying off corruptocrats in the beef industry to not cattle ??
Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (g47mK)

They're blaming the screwworm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (7Q7Ca)

180 Piper, I'm at the mercy of the adjudicators. They aren't waiting on me for anything, they claim... just 'still in progress'.

My boss can't get anywhere trying to push from the mgmt side. The union has proven almost completely useless because they can't strike; they suggested I contact our Senator and Representative. The Rep's office got back to me but hasn't gotten anywhere either. The Senator's office ignored me.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (aJQbY)

181 Willwed:

Speaking of non-Chinese electric cars, the Tesla Roadster looks so sweet. J being the boring person he is, told me not only no but heck no to the $200k price tag. If Elric is here, he will find this somewhat ironic for other reasons.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

Wow, the 620 miles driving range if true is a game changer.

The 250 mph speeds make it a death rocket though pretty much for you and everyone around you.

Maaaayyybe, you could drive on some West Texas highways at 100+ speeds safely but not much else.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:18 PM (iJfKG)
________

The 620 range is purely hypothetical and even then is way optimistic. Maybe 400-450 miles if not driven hard. Which defeats the purpose.

I instruct at a race course and every once in a while some dude will bring one of those 1,000+ hp super EVs. At full track speed, it will not last more than maybe 30 miles. Not joking. You can literally see the "charge" gauge going down in real time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

182 The woman that was the Penthouse model of the year isn't that good looking.

She's certainly not ugly but...I guess we have inflation in the pron industry now as well?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)

183 Since the left doesn't understand economics, they don't realize pouring unlimited federal money into a commodity of limited supply (like health care) increases the cost of that item instantly and for as long as the federal money pours in.

Moreover, when actual, real demand for health care doesn't exist, industrious criminals will manufacture fraudulent demand, just to get at the unlimited supply of government money.

So this fraud is massive and unstoppable, so long as the federal government piles in the cash.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (EiGGt)

184 That WW2 vandal should be sewn up in a sandpaper blanket, lit on fire, and beat out with a ball peen hammer.

On its way to the gallows.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (GDtGs)

185 "Penthouse Pet Of The Year, 2024.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Penthouse still exists?"

Nowadays it might be a fat tranny.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (MWfyi)

186 Once again, I must question why I continuously put myself at a disadvantage in life by following the laws, rules, and responsibilities of a civilized society when those same rules, apparently, only apply to a select number of people.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (dIske)

187 Penthouse still exists?
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

You're not Penthouse material, honey.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Guccioni at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (Dv3i1)

Based on 2024's Pet of the Year, I'm not so sure that's true.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (ExV1e)

188 #2 was Hong's boo?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (Dv3i1)
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WHO...DOES...NUMBER...TWO...WORK...FOR???

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (amcLV)

189 Me and the Mrs went to a local burger joint yesterday. Paid $40 for the two of us with tax and tip. $20 for a burger and fries is “affordability crisis” I suppose. And yet the place was overflowing with people. On a weeknight.

This is the part that doesn’t compute. Everyone’s complaining how expensive dining out has become, yet continues to dine out.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7xx4i)

190 180 My boss can't get anywhere trying to push from the mgmt side. The union has proven almost completely useless because they can't strike; they suggested I contact our Senator and Representative. The Rep's office got back to me but hasn't gotten anywhere either. The Senator's office ignored me.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August

Unions will always prove useless. 😉 I am a labor relations person.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

191 ... and affiliates to whom prescribers billed at least 95% of their claims in a prescription year and are registered at one of their addresses, all of them Planned Parenthood clinics.

----------------

Well, at least Planned Aborticide isn't already operating "Wellbeing Centers" in 50 high schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District ... with plans to expand to San Diego and Norwalk/La Mirada.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (DLkhG)

192 Posted by: Black JEM

Yes and no, by reducing the size of the consumers in absolute terms, it lessens internal pressure on goods like rentals, houses, food, at the same time raising labor prices. What you will probably see is a drastic reduction in profits for companies as labor costs are one of the largest components of production costs for goods. That leaves companies either doing without, mechanizing, or paying the piper. Tariffs remove the obvious response which is off shoring and if the misused H1Bs etc. become no longer competitive or legal to hire, then you end up with increased labor costs and decreased demand for your products.

Home market is a microcosm---reducing demand for high end houses in Texas by H1B departures, leads to a glut of houses, leads to lesser home prices but a drastic loss in developer profits while eliminating illegals from their construction crews means much higher labor costs. So the developer's wallet get squeezed in both directions.

That will be reflected in the stock and lending markets as the system shocks continue.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

193 Could we please quit parroting the "affordability" bullshit please? This is clearly An Op by the left to drum it into everyone's brain so they chant it relentlessly.

Posted by: ballistic at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (oqH4h)

194 The woman that was the Penthouse model of the year isn't that good looking.

She's certainly not ugly but...I guess we have inflation in the pron industry now as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)

Dogs are pets too.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (7Q7Ca)

195 Moreover, when actual, real demand for health care doesn't exist, industrious criminals will manufacture fraudulent demand, just to get at the unlimited supply of government money.

So this fraud is massive and unstoppable, so long as the federal government piles in the cash.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Nah, can't be!

*uses $1k bill to light fat joint*

Posted by: The Left at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (Dv3i1)

196 Once again, I must question why I continuously put myself at a disadvantage in life by following the laws, rules, and responsibilities of a civilized society when those same rules, apparently, only apply to a select number of people.

Those laws will be applied against YOU to their full extent.

Two Americas. And you aren't in the connected one

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)

197 Got her.

Outstanding.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (rDiMt)
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I love it when the make it easy.

She video taped herself and posted it on facebook.

Posted by: WisRich at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (G0vdT)

198
"Dear AOS, I can't believe this happened to me, but..."

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:04 PM (Y8DZL)

199 (continued)

So yeah, that's why this job would have been so great - comparable+ pay, in my field doing things I've already been doing, and did NOT require a clearance.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 01:04 PM (aJQbY)

200 WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS!?!
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

WHERE IS THE BEEF??!!

No, seriously, WTF is going on with the beef ?? Is Chicom's Roy Singham paying off beef producers not to produce?? Is Soros paying off corruptocrats in the beef industry to not cattle ??
Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 01:00 PM (g47mK)
__________

Lotsa reasons and the lower-end beef is still pretty reasonable. The high end stuff is very expensive, but then it always was.

Beef has exploded in popularity both on the home table and at restaurants. High-end steakhouses are the new rage. All that demand drives up prices.

Steak was once a men thing. Now it's a woman thing too. Go to any high-end steakhouse webpage, and it will almost certainly feature attractive ladies in $2000 dresses and $1500 shoes. Beef made a big push into this demo, and it worked.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

201 Me and the Mrs went to a local burger joint yesterday. Paid $40 for the two of us with tax and tip. $20 for a burger and fries is “affordability crisis” I suppose. And yet the place was overflowing with people. On a weeknight.

This is the part that doesn’t compute. Everyone’s complaining how expensive dining out has become, yet continues to dine out.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7xx4i)

Depends on where you live and what you order. The wife and I went to Longhorn Steakhouse and got out under $50. No doubt in Cali it would have been well over $100. Add in booze and it's approaching $200. The only solution is a referendum to give food workers another raise.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:05 PM (ExV1e)

202 189 Me and the Mrs went to a local burger joint yesterday. Paid $40 for the two of us with tax and tip. $20 for a burger and fries is “affordability crisis” I suppose. And yet the place was overflowing with people. On a weeknight.

This is the part that doesn’t compute. Everyone’s complaining how expensive dining out has become, yet continues to dine out.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez
=======
Behold the magic of credit cards and fraud. The fraudsters make their money from gubmint checks and those dog paddling in the water in this economy charge it. The smart ones need to learn to cook and eat at home.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

203 Me and the Mrs went to a local burger joint yesterday. Paid $40 for the two of us with tax and tip. $20 for a burger and fries is “affordability crisis” I suppose. And yet the place was overflowing with people. On a weeknight.

I make a good salary and I don't eat out often, cooking at home is healthier, but the sticker shock on food reduces how much enjoyment I get out of it.

And yes when I do go out I've also noticed people are packing these places even at prices 2X what they were 5 years ago

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)

204

Im remembering Matt Walsh's flick and that greasy greenhaired monster going on about those castration drugs, how they are ok, in that demonic evil slimy voice.

She is just another scammer.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 14, 2026 01:05 PM (och2J)

205 193 Could we please quit parroting the "affordability" bullshit please? This is clearly An Op by the left to drum it into everyone's brain so they chant it relentlessly.

Posted by: ballistic at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (oqH4h)

Yeah funny how short their memories are... I remember high gas and food prices from 21-24.... No mention of that now.. Remember the price of eggs? 8 dollars a dozen.. You can get 2 dozen now at Costco for around 3 dollars...Selective memories

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:05 PM (npoJh)

206
AffORdabiliTy Krisisz!!
Posted by: runner

One Big Beautiful Burrito

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Cqx++)

207 The only way to "fix" the affordability crisis is to keep inflation low while incomes continue to increase over time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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But, but...Biden's 'Inflation Reduction Act'....didn't it work?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)

208 Now let's prosecute universities, who created lots of fake majors, knowing those majors would never result in jobs justifying the tuition payments, just to defraud idiots of their student loan money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (EiGGt)

209 194 The woman that was the Penthouse model of the year isn't that good looking.

She's certainly not ugly but...I guess we have inflation in the pron industry now as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)

Dogs are pets too.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:03 PM (7Q7Ca)

Given the HQ's love of man's best friend and adventurous taste in women, I can't tell whether that was a put-down or a sweet nothing.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (u1qVW)

210 Almost half of those donations can be linked to two men: local powerbroker Baoli Zhang, and Jiemin Shang -- who own two of Flushing's biggest daycare businesses, both of which were empty of patients when visited by The Post last week.

-----------------

Where have you gone straw donor "Charlie" Trie?
The Commies trust their Bejeing"votes" to you ... woo hoo hoo.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (DLkhG)

211 ...attractive ladies in $2000 dresses and $1500 shoes. Beef made a big push into this demo, and it worked.

I assume that the Paolo was the marketing manager.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (ExV1e)

212 Pr0n has been ruined like everything else. Broads in nudey mags used to be swanky.

Now they look like my cousin Tammy after a bender at the Indian casino. Tattoos look like they passed out in a Kindergarten art class.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (GDtGs)

213 She's also 37 years old. Sure it wasn't Penthouse Cougar of the Year?

Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 01:07 PM (J4Dwc)

214 Yeah funny how short their memories are... I remember high gas and food prices from 21-24.... No mention of that now.. Remember the price of eggs? 8 dollars a dozen.. You can get 2 dozen now at Costco for around 3 dollars...Selective memories

It is *common* for lefties to post charts showing the dramatic increase in food prices in the last 5 years and when you point out all of the increase is under Biden you get one of three answers:

1) Trump left Biden a bad economy and created COVID
2) Yeah well why didn't Trump make prices go back down?
3) Never mind affordability increasing prices is a sign of a growing economy

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

215 Is it possible that it's over, and we're in the loot the treasury phase?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (Dv3i1)

216 No, seriously, WTF is going on with the beef ?? Is Chicom's Roy Singham paying off beef producers not to produce?? Is Soros paying off corruptocrats in the beef industry to not cattle ??
Posted by: runner
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Beef Herds in the US are the lowest that it has been for decades. Add in the screwworm problem affecting cross border calving and imports. Takes a lot longer to increase beef production as in years than it does for chickens, turkey, or pig production.

And if you bring in imports to lower the price, you stymie increases in the US herd recovery and become dependent on foreign beef.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)

217 Depends on where you live and what you order. The wife and I went to Longhorn Steakhouse and got out under $50. No doubt in Cali it would have been well over $100. Add in booze and it's approaching $200. The only solution is a referendum to give food workers another raise.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:05 PM (ExV1e)

First Daughter's boyfriend's family went to NYC for a week. They went into some bar that had booze drinks and was known for their ice cream shakes (no booze). The boy had some beverage and the 2 parents had shakes.

The bill before tip was over $100. His drink was $47.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (7Q7Ca)

218

"Unions will always prove useless. "

They are designed to do nothing except control the employees.

You think some union guy wants to stick his neck out? No, they want the perks and money.

Slimy greedy cunts.

I've seen it from the inside.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (och2J)

219 215.

Let's hope Verenus and Pullo find the wagon before it gets away.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:09 PM (GDtGs)

220 She's also 37 years old. Sure it wasn't Penthouse Cougar of the Year?
Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 01:07 PM (J4Dwc)

Big Girls of the Big 10 edition.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:09 PM (7Q7Ca)

221 215 Is it possible that it's over, and we're in the loot the treasury phase?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

I think the elites believe that to be so and figure on ejecting when things get too bad here. But in a much smaller world today, only idiots think that hiding in a bunker will protect them from the deluge they are promoting.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

222 "A guy got 19 years in prison for stealing a gay flag a few years back"

Sounds like the "Hate Crime Enhancement" raised the sentence from "no jail time for a misdemeanor" to 19 years.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (vbXSk)

223
As with Playboy interviews with important thinkers like Norman Mailer, the Penthouse forum was the only reason I had a subscription.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (Y8DZL)

224 First Daughter's boyfriend's family went to NYC for a week. They went into some bar that had booze drinks and was known for their ice cream shakes (no booze). The boy had some beverage and the 2 parents had shakes.

The bill before tip was over $100. His drink was $47.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (7Q7Ca)

Which is why I almost never buy booze at restaurants. I drink some expensive stuff and I don't want to have to mortgage my house to have them pour me a dram.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e)

225 You guys are rough! I was just impressed the left finally had a supporter who didn't look like that idiot woman who spray painted the memorial in Washington yesterday, or who isn't a man in a dress.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (EiGGt)

226
Since the left doesn't understand economics,
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:01 PM (EiGGt)

Commie cocksuckers understand economics just fine. It's just that they're following the Che Guevara Doctrine that blowing up trains is a hell of a lot more fun than making the damned things run on time.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (y9nCu)

227 First Daughter's boyfriend's family went to NYC for a week. They went into some bar that had booze drinks and was known for their ice cream shakes (no booze). The boy had some beverage and the 2 parents had shakes.

The bill before tip was over $100. His drink was $47.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (7Q7Ca)
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Yep, NYC is crazy expensive. You can easily drop a couple of grand for an slightly above average getaway weekend there.

Posted by: WisRich at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (G0vdT)

228 As with Playboy interviews with important thinkers like Norman Mailer, the Penthouse forum was the only reason I had a subscription.
Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (Y8DZL)

I appreciated the astronomy section.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (ExV1e)

229 The U.S. debt is set to hit $40 trillion within weeks. It took 192 years to accumulate the first trillion, while the most recent trillion took just 5 months.

Interest payments alone are projected to hit $1 trillion in fiscal 2026, surpassing both defense and Medicare spending.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
......

Nothing to see here citizens.
Now go back to your daily business and pay your taxes.

Posted by: wth at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (UjdFS)

230 the Penthouse forum was the only reason I had a subscription.
Posted by: Auspex

It was aspirational.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (ndZc7)

231 But, but...Biden's 'Inflation Reduction Act'....didn't it work?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)
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If you believe in magick words.

The idea of any legislation passed by Congress as "reducing inflation" that contained massive spending was black box insane.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (JvZF+)

232 You guys are rough! I was just impressed the left finally had a supporter who didn't look like that idiot woman who spray painted the memorial in Washington yesterday, or who isn't a man in a dress.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (EiGGt)

Wife looked at her photo and isn't certain that your last assertion is correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:12 PM (ExV1e)

233 As with Playboy interviews with important thinkers like Norman Mailer, the Penthouse forum was the only reason I had a subscription.
Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (Y8DZL)

I appreciated the astronomy section.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The Heavenly bodies?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7)

234 The idea of any legislation passed by Congress as "reducing inflation" that contained massive spending was black box insane.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (JvZF+)

The idea of any legislation passed by Congress having anything to do with the cutesy media name they hang on it is insane.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:13 PM (ExV1e)

235 Affordability crisis is 100% an op. It’s like the climate “crisis”. Manufactured nonsense.

If there were truly a crisis every restaurant in the country would’ve gone out of business. Instead every day I see some new high end $20 burrito type place opening up.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:13 PM (7xx4i)

236 The whole affordability thing is comical.

Trump stopped Bidenflation and we are back to normal 2-3% levels, but if you want it lower or actual deflation you are going to need DRAMATIC spending cuts on the order of "government does not do social spending outside of SS anymore"

So if you are a young person complaining about affordability you need to not only no longer vote leftwing, not even GOPe, not even MAGA, but elect a majority of the "audit the fed" types.

Yes that means no more tranny virtue signaling, Guatemalan nannies, or feed the world and our bank accounts NGOs. I suspect that much of this demographic would rather have the 3% inflation...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:13 PM (sKqQm)

237 She video taped herself and posted it on facebook.

I'm sure the likes or uptwinkles or whatever Facebook calls them will be totally worth it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 01:14 PM (vTZFs)

238 The Heavenly bodies?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7)

Moons of the solar system.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:14 PM (ExV1e)

239 It is *common* for lefties to post charts showing the dramatic increase in food prices in the last 5 years and when you point out all of the increase is under Biden you get one of three answers:

1) Trump left Biden a bad economy and created COVID
2) Yeah well why didn't Trump make prices go back down?
3) Never mind affordability increasing prices is a sign of a growing economy
Posted by: 18-1

You cannot have a rational discussion with leftists. Instead, it is better to pelt them with rhetoric to make them feel bad and flee and ignore trying to make the dialectic argument whereas the Right will always be wrong because of whatever talking points they parrot from media.

Better off just insulting them and making them feel bad, psychologically it depresses them far more than a dialectical argument which gives them satisfaction, (hubris of course), that they really showed Rightie who was correct.

Nowadays, I find it much more peaceful to avoid discussing politics with leftists--I had to do the dialectical thing for too long as a professor instead of telling them they were idiots for believing such and they needed to step away from their virtual world into reality.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:14 PM (E4rtv)

240 If you believe in magick words.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (JvZF+)
===============

Of course I believe in magic!

Posted by: The Lovin Spoonful at August 14, 2026 01:14 PM (EiGGt)

241 irst Daughter's boyfriend's family went to NYC for a week. They went into some bar that had booze drinks and was known for their ice cream shakes (no booze). The boy had some beverage and the 2 parents had shakes.

The bill before tip was over $100. His drink was $47.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:08 PM (7Q7Ca)
_____

Black Tap?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

242 You cannot have a rational discussion with leftists. Instead, it is better to pelt them with ~~rhetoric~~ rotting vegetables to make them feel bad and flee and ignore trying to make the dialectic argument whereas the Right will always be wrong because of whatever talking points they parrot from media.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)

243
Of course I believe in magic!
Posted by: The Lovin Spoonful at August 14, 2026 01:14 PM (EiGGt)

Too much, the magic bus......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:15 PM (7Q7Ca)

244 The idea of any legislation passed by Congress as "reducing inflation" that contained massive spending was black box insane.
____

It was titled Inflation Reduction Act. If I voted against it, my opponent would have attack ads saying I voted for inflation. I'd be cooked!

Posted by: Incumbent at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (Dv3i1)

245 it will not last more than maybe 30 miles. Not joking. You can literally see the "charge" gauge going down in real time.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I found it darkly amusing in Formula E, when car swaps were necessary to complete the race.

I see now that the races will be time limited, rather than a fixed number of laps.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (XeU6L)

246
Black Tap?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

I have no idea......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (7Q7Ca)

247 Beef availability is still very high, in spite of excuses, the prices should not be where they are at. They are outpacing all kinds of markers.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (g47mK)

248 We are having a heat advisory. Because we are having summertime temperatures, 90s. It has been an absolutely wonderful summer here in north georgia. Mid 80s, 60s at night. Quick showers every evening. Perfection. Did we ever once during that time have an AMAZING AWESOME WEATHER advisory? No we did not.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9)

249 A 12pack of Coors, a Penthouse Forum and a Heavy Metal Magazine in the mail box made for a great weekend as a single guy in the late 80's.

There was life before Netfrix.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:17 PM (GDtGs)

250 Inflation is at one level really simple. Every dollar the government spends comes either from taxes, some other asset the government has (which is somewhat rare) or...inflation.

If spending goes up without a companion tax increase you get...inflation.

Yes, you can raise taxes but that is only a short term fix because this will lower overall economic activity.

So really the only lever to stop inflation is reduce spending. Now that doesn't mean that whatever "charity" type cause you believe in has to be defunded. But it does mean it has to stop being funded by the government and instead be funded by YOU.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

251 While a lot of people -- including even on our side -- are lamenting and boohooing the price of beef, the price of chicken and pork is very low.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

252 2020 price was $10

2024 price was $20

2026 price is $21

MSM: Trump made the cost increase to $26! Impeach!!!

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:17 PM (7xx4i)

253
I found it darkly amusing in Formula E, when car swaps were necessary to complete the race.

I see now that the races will be time limited, rather than a fixed number of laps.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (XeU6L)

Ah yes, FormulaE.....where the mid race car swap was a MANDATORY 2 minute minimum, to ENSURE the driver was buckled in and secured properly in the cockpit before being allowed to depart.

Dumbest
Shit
Ever

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:18 PM (7Q7Ca)

254 Beef availability is still very high, in spite of excuses, the prices should not be where they are at. They are outpacing all kinds of markers.
Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (g47mK)

If you're willing to pay $500 for a 5 ounce sirloin drizzled with truffle foam at Chez Snootie, that's on you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:18 PM (ExV1e)

255 it will not last more than maybe 30 miles. Not joking. You can literally see the "charge" gauge going down in real time.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I found it darkly amusing in Formula E, when car swaps were necessary to complete the race.

I see now that the races will be time limited, rather than a fixed number of laps.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:16 PM (XeU6L)
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Yea. Dumbest shit ever. It's the WNBA of F1.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

256 If you believe in magick words.

The idea of any legislation passed by Congress as "reducing inflation" that contained massive spending was black box insane.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (JvZF+)

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You have to have gone to Graduate School recently to believe such nonsense.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 01:18 PM (DLkhG)

257 Yes that means no more tranny virtue signaling, Guatemalan nannies, or feed the world and our bank accounts NGOs. I suspect that much of this demographic would rather have the 3% inflation...

Posted by: 18-1

It isn't going to stop at 3 percent. Some president is going to do the King Henry the 8th and defund the secular religious centers like NGOs and universities because that is where the money has went. 13.2 trillion or so which is roughly one third of our current total debt. So you liquidate those organizations to pay off the debt.

Ideally, a democracy that was cohesive could come together to stave off drastic action requiring an authoritarian dictator. We shall see if democracy is up to the challenge.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

258 OK, Mangione entered a guilty plea and faces a possible life sentence in a federal prison. There still is a state murder case pending, but from what I understand, New York has a very unusual law around double jeopardy such that, even though the federal charge for murder was tossed out, the fact those state charges arise from the same event may possibly bar further state proceedings. If that's the ploy, that's some handy defense work for a despicable killer.

Posted by: Fritz at August 14, 2026 01:19 PM (J7jo9)

259 AOC as President ? I just don't see it....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:20 PM (npoJh)

260 My favorite is "IF YOU DON'T LET THEM TRANSITION, YOU'RE MURDERING THEM!!!"
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Somebody just posted on X this quote from Margaret Cho:
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“When you take trans lives lightly in a comedy routine, trans people die.”
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Thus trans is a special category which means who can't joke about it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)

261 There’s a heat advisory
In Georgia
In August
Ohhh Kay.

What’s next, a rain advisory for Seattle in January?

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:20 PM (7xx4i)

262 f you're willing to pay $500 for a 5 ounce sirloin drizzled with truffle foam at Chez Snootie, that's on you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 01:18 PM (ExV1e)

I don't know what that means, but whatever , dude.

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 01:20 PM (g47mK)

263 The Penthouse Pet is a sex therapist. She's better looking than the sex therapist anti Semite who ran in Texas for office, but that isn't a high bar

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 01:21 PM (xCuiu)

264
I'm just wondering how Mangione could have NOT plead guilty....

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

265 251 While a lot of people -- including even on our side -- are lamenting and boohooing the price of beef, the price of chicken and pork is very low.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Sigh, the substitution effect is something that is always ignored because most people don't understand basic supply and demand. Macroeconomics is full of bullshittery and fake incorporation of politics instead of reality.

Microeconomics is a pretty precise science that has not changed much since being more or less hashed out in theory in the 1890's.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

266 On an episode of Star Trek TOS, Kirk was accused of causing a crewman's death. He took the stand and testified that he did everything just right at just the right time. I thought it was a little arrogant even for The Shat. Well . . .

RNC Research
Aug 14, 2026
@RNCResearch
Gretchen Whitmer says she and Gavin Newsom did the "right thing" by locking down their states during COVID.

WHITMER: "Everyone was so pissed off that I pulled kids out of school."

NEWSOM: "Yes."

WHITMER: "We were doing what we thought was the right thing to do at the time."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (ndZc7)

267 >>> As with Playboy interviews with important thinkers like Norman Mailer, the Penthouse forum was the only reason I had a subscription.
Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:10 PM (Y8DZL)

I appreciated the astronomy section.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The Heavenly bodies?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7)

I have never seen a complete playboy, just the pages boys passed around. I very clearly remember one set that was a whole lesson on geometry. One page had an instruction on triangles where a gal, in a state of undress, demonstrated the various names of types of angles with a mnemonic for one being "see this one down here? It's "a cute" little angle!" And I have always exceled at geometry thanks to her.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (3uBP9)

268 There’s a heat advisory
In Georgia
In August
Ohhh Kay.

What’s next, a rain advisory for Seattle in January?
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:20 PM (7xx4i)

Red colors on a temp map were used when temps got above 95 degrees.

Now, 85 is red, 95 is dark red and anything over 100 is a deep purple color and we're all gonna die.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (7Q7Ca)

269 A 12pack of Coors, a Penthouse Forum and a Heavy Metal Magazine in the mail box made for a great weekend as a single guy in the late 80's.

There was life before Netfrix.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 14, 2026 01:17 PM

To be fair, Playgirl was essentially Clitflix.

Posted by: Joys Behar & Reid at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (0sNs1)

270 defund the secular religious centers like NGOs and universities because that is where the money has went.

BTW, I have a fun tack on colleges that I run through with lefties...

You believe in price controls to stop price gauging right? Yes
You believe the cost of college is way too high right? Yes

Ok let's cap the price of college at $10K year. The Texas state system made it work so this isn't a pie in the sky number. So...agree? REEEEE! But then they won't be able to provide quality education, Texas sucks!

Didn't you tell me earlier government could reduce healthcare costs by price mandates on healthcare? THAT WAS (D)ifferent!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (sKqQm)

271 just wondering how Mangione could have NOT plead guilty....
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

I’m wondering why he did. Finding 1 juror in nyc to vote not guilty wouldn’t have been hard.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:22 PM (7xx4i)

272 You have to have gone to Graduate School recently to believe such nonsense.
Posted by: ShainS
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Ah, Modern Monetary Theory enters the room. Deficits don't matter because we all owe and are owed money by each other. So we can print and spend away to buy that Stairway to Heaven.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)

273 Pr0n has been ruined like everything else. Broads in nudey mags used to be swanky.

There's a shop in town (it's a chain so there may be one near you -- Dr. John's) that has a sign with a voluptuous woman in lingerie. It's almost quaint.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (vTZFs)

274 New York has a very unusual law around double jeopardy such that, even though the federal charge for murder was tossed out, the fact those state charges arise from the same event may possibly bar further state proceedings.

Posted by: Fritz at August 14, 2026 01:19 PM (J7jo9)
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That's funny because Donald Trump's "34 felonies" was about the same 2 actions leveraged repeatedly.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

275 That's funny because Donald Trump's "34 felonies" was about the same 2 actions leveraged repeatedly.
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

That's different because... TRUMP

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 01:24 PM (npoJh)

276 The NYT report is labeling the crimes as "lesser frauds", making is sound hardly worth the effort to prevent looting the Treasury.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (rDiMt)

277 That's funny because Donald Trump's "34 felonies" was about the same 2 actions leveraged repeatedly.
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

Yes but recall there the “OrangeManBad ” clause of the constitution which allows it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (7xx4i)

278 On an episode of Star Trek TOS, Kirk was accused of causing a crewman's death. He took the stand and testified that he did everything just right at just the right time. I thought it was a little arrogant even for The Shat. Well . . .
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Actually, that backstabber should have been jettisoned.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 14, 2026 01:25 PM (JvZF+)

279 Was at a local haunt earlier this week enjoying a frosty beverage when a couple average looking women came in. They sat at a high top table and ordered a couple drinks.

Then another woman came in......skinny as a rail. Her legs were about as big around as my arms. She was in a short skirt. Body of a 2x4. The face......she HAD to be upper 60's in age......but the work......OMG. Botox....lips......plastic as could be.

We guessed she was a real estate agent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (7Q7Ca)

280 For those seeking swank and class, I'm here for you.

Always.

Posted by: Lena D. at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (0sNs1)

281 Far be it for me to defend Dick Cheney, but when he said "Deficits don't matter", he was referring to the political aspect. Deficits matter a great deal. Just not to the political class. They don't move elections or candidates is what he was pointing out. Context, as they say, is important.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (AlNse)

282 You have to have gone to Graduate School recently to believe such nonsense.
Posted by: ShainS
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Ah, Modern Monetary Theory enters the room. Deficits don't matter because we all owe and are owed money by each other. So we can print and spend away to buy that Stairway to Heaven.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)
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Actually, you'll grow your way out of it.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (JvZF+)

283
Of course, the magazines mentioned above were naughty, but showing up in deer camp with one instead of a "Hustler" would bring out accusations of being some kind of homo.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Y8DZL)

284 Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7xx4i)
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Went to 5 Guys yesterday, and while I was eating my $13 cheeseburger I started doing a little math (I know that's discouraged here...sorry). But the burger had about 1/4 lb of beef. I can get about 1.3 lbs. of beef at the grocery story for under $10. So, I can make 5 burgers for less than they charge for one, AND I'm sure that their cost for hamburger is a bulk discount price, so call it six burgers. That's quite the mark-up profit margin. Now, I'm not retarded, I know they have a significant number of other costs (rolls, toppings, licensing, WC, insurance, rent etc). But, when all is said and done I'll bet their profit margin sits at about 100%.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (dIske)

285 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:27 PM (7Q7Ca)

286
We guessed she was a real estate agent.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 01:26 PM (7Q7Ca)

Did she arrive in a giant SUV? That would confirm it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:28 PM (7xx4i)

287 271 just wondering how Mangione could have NOT plead guilty....
Posted by: Axeman

Federal Court draws jurors from a broader area than the state charges would. Plus, I'll bet that Mangione had done other crimes or had perversions that he did not want revealed in court. The other crimes might have been committed in other jurisdictions like Thailand for example. Or perhaps he took the rap in order not to have fellow conspirators charged as accessories. But the feds obviously had a club ready to use on his ass and multiple charges of other crimes like sex tourism, or charging friendz or loved ones is just that type of club.

You don't just snap and commit murder, there is generally a line of prior, uncharged sometimes, but other crimes committed before the big Murder One.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (E4rtv)

288 banana Dream --- Where, more or less, in N.GA?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

289 The summer this year in North GA has been really great though. One of the best in decades. For being out and enjoying yourself. Super comfortable.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (3uBP9)

290 And so, one of the dumber conflicts in federal-judiciary history will come before the Supreme Court, which likely wants nothing to do with it. The weighty decision will have to balance the president's authority to direct improvements to the site where executive authority rests against the standing of ... passersby who don't like the sight of construction.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Donald Trump to stop construction last week on the demolished-and-partly rebuilt East Wing, where Trump wants a ballroom to replace the outdoor tents used for larger-scale official dinners and events.
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HotGas reports PDJT has had to go to SCOTUS over this ridiculous enKaren-ing of his construction project.

Honestly, these judges are way past crazy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (rDiMt)

291 Yeah five guys is up there in price. I have no issue with a restaurant charging what they charge. Charge $30 if you can get people to pay for it.

My point is that for all the screeching out there about “affordability CRISIS” these places are all packed. So obviously it’s not that hard to afford.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (7xx4i)

292 Did she arrive in a giant SUV? That would confirm it.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez
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A Range Rover would make it a dead cert.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (XeU6L)

293 banana Dream --- Where, more or less, in N.GA?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

North of ATL in east Cobb.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 01:31 PM (3uBP9)

294 North of ATL in east Cobb.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Ah. Lived for 20+ years in unfasionable W. Smyrna.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2026 01:33 PM (XeU6L)

295 To bad he's going to be living rent free on Fedco's dime the rest of his life or until he gets a pardon from the Democrats if they win a presidential election.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 14, 2026 01:34 PM (Q/FnY)

296 We covered beef yesterday. Major drought in the Midwest. Not enough hay to winter the herds. Takes three years or so to build the herds back up. You might want to consider stocking up a bit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (bkuEU)

297 Mississippi tested some "shock" vests on inmates one time. Of course, the poor dumb inmates cried abuse even though they got a bag of chips and a honeybun for volunteering to have their dusky asses shocked. I think there is a video of an inmate named Larry getting his ass shocked.

Posted by: Too Funny at August 14, 2026 01:50 PM (/2Ls3)

298 We covered beef yesterday. Major drought in the Midwest. Not enough hay to winter the herds. Takes three years or so to build the herds back up. You might want to consider stocking up a bit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 14, 2026 01:37 PM (bkuEU)

More proof capitalism doesn't work. The commies will save us!

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 01:52 PM (d2MOG)

299 The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Donald Trump to stop construction last week on the demolished-and-partly rebuilt East Wing, where Trump wants a ballroom to replace the outdoor tents used for larger-scale official dinners and events.
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Democrats: Fuck you we will stop every single thing you try to do, ruin the lives of your friends, cabinet members and families, and then jail or kill you or both!

Republicans: Impeachment is off the table.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 01:55 PM (d2MOG)

THE MORNING RANT: Alberta Independence Is a Necessary Bulwark Against Canada’s Capitulation to the Enemies of Western Civilization

Cowboy Alberta Flag Mountie Canadian Flag.png

Canada is gone. It cannot be saved nor restored to the polite, commonwealth country we knew in the 20th Century.

Alberta, however, and much of Canada outside of Ontario and the Vancouver-area can still be saved. They need to be saved.

The best-case scenario for Vancouver and Toronto is that they’ll end up demographically and economically like Singapore. The more likely scenario is that they’ll end up as balkanized hell-holes, like Brussels, Paris, and London have become.

The security of the United States and the perpetuation of western civilization in North America requires that the salvageable parts of Canada be set free from its cascading de-westernization.

There is reason for hope. The Alberta independence movement has gathered enough verified petition signatures to force a referendum in October. Albertans will cast a Yes/No vote for the following question. “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada, or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”

While this vote is non-binding, if it passes and Prime Minister Carney does not allow the independence process to move forward, the United States and President Trump should support the people of Alberta with pre-emptive recognition of its independence. There are plenty of incentives - and disincentives - that the U.S. can employ to force Carney’s capitulation.

The situation involving Canada really is that dire, as reported by Will Thibeau in a recent article at The Blaze: “Canada Has Become America’s Northern Security Threat.” The sub-headline to that article reads: ”Mass migration, foreign interference, Chinese surveillance technology, and weak border controls have turned a trusted ally into a growing vulnerability.”

Canada is becoming one of America’s most underestimated national security vulnerabilities: a permissive northern platform through which mass migration, organized crime, and hostile foreign influence can reach the United States.

In the early 1960s, Canada’s population was 97% European, based on ethnic origin. That declined to just 52% by the 2020s, due to a mass-immigration regime that rejected Canada’s heritage and intentionally sought to alter the cultural makeup of Canada.

Canada embraced state-sponsored multiculturalism. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau even described the country as the world’s first “postnational state,” with “no core identity” and “no mainstream.” Canada has combined mass immigration with an increasingly vague idea of national belonging.

If Canada is “post-national” as Justin Trudeau boasts, then Alberta is entitled to be a country of its own, since Canada has ceased to be a nation.

The two greatest foreign threats to the United States, in my opinion, are:

1) The 21st century Chinese empire, which is trying to expand its influence into the western hemisphere.

2) A global Islamic caliphate, which is really just part of the ongoing 1,400-year war between the Christian West and Islam.

Both of these threats are establishing North American toeholds in Canada.

China presents the gravest strategic threat. Beijing does not need to turn Canada into an outright enemy of the United States. It needs only to use Canada as a gateway into the North American system.
Canada’s decision to allow Chinese electric vehicles into the country at reduced tariff rates shows the risk. Modern electric vehicles are not simply cars. Their cameras, microphones, sensors, software, and remote-update capabilities can collect enormous quantities of data.
That policy could put tens of thousands of Chinese surveillance platforms on American roads, gathering information near military bases, power plants, communications infrastructure, and other sensitive sites.

The United States also has a virtually unsecured border with Canada. When Canada was still a 1st-world, pro-western nation, we didn’t have to worry about it. That is no longer the case.

When the United States tightens its southern border while Canada maintains looser entry policies, the northern frontier becomes an escape valve for foreign nationals seeking unlawful entry. The danger extends beyond illegal immigration. Criminal organizations, foreign agents, and potentially terrorist-linked individuals can exploit a border designed around an older assumption of trust.

Getting back to the Islamification of Canada, even the prairie provinces are submitting to government-sponsored Islamic indoctrination. Authorities in Saskatchewan have acquiesced to a mosque’s demand to blast Islamic calls to prayer through downtown Regina, so as to “help introduce” Islamic rituals and obedience to the non-Muslims in Regina.

“Regina's New Friday Soundtrack: Islamic Calls to Prayer” [Juno News – 6/22/2026]

Canadians living in Regina’s downtown core were subjected to an outdoor Islamic call to prayer broadcast out loud from a mosque for the first time just steps from City Hall.
The Regina City Jamia Masjid used rooftop speakers at its McIntyre Street location to project the Adhan at 1 p.m., marking a trial run approved by police and set to run at least through mid-July.
Anisur Rahaman of the RCJM broadcast told CTV News it would “help introduce” the mosque to both Muslim and non-Muslim residents from its downtown location.

We cannot surrender any more North American ground to the enemies of western civilization. The salvageable parts of Canada must be saved, and it needs to start in Alberta.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:00 AM (AzRNx)

2 Hi.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 11:00 AM (qFwJc)

3 ereste

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 14, 2026 11:01 AM (nXhwP)

4 Happy Friday!

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:01 AM (ZdaMQ)

5 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:01 AM (AzRNx)

6 Alberta is also sick of sweeping the streets.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:04 AM (Fi81e)

7 6 trips to Mgid to comment
Its lunch time

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 11:04 AM (KYOJq)

8 We cannot surrender any more North American ground to the enemies of western civilization. The salvageable parts of Canada must be saved, and it needs to start in Alberta.

Saskatchewan 51, Alberta 52, NW Territories 53, & Yukon 54th state thereby finally making Alaska contiguous.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:04 AM (AzRNx)

9 China is on the verge of collapse. They may try to go down swinging, but their problems keep multiplying.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)

10 We need to shut out mouths about Alberta's potential independence. Carney and the rest of the America haters will just use anything we say as proof that America is behind the incipient separation. Sure, they'll blame us anyway, but let's not give them any ammunition. We can laugh at rump Canada afterwards.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

11 Speaking of non-Chinese electric cars, the Tesla Roadster looks so sweet. J being the boring person he is, told me not only no but heck no to the $200k price tag. If Elric is here, he will find this somewhat ironic for other reasons.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

12 Pop ups suck

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (zfC1E)

13 Great rant, Buck. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

14 All these Euro, and Euro-like, countries are going down.

Why? Because the government can't even truly tell the citizens the form of government under which they've been governed: National socialism.

Because WWII was supposed to have "put an end" to it.

But it just became the most popular form of government.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Fi81e)

15 In re the pop ups- after my switch to Brave on my ipad, they are gone pecan.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:07 AM (ZdaMQ)

16 Even if the Alberta Independence movement is successful, and gets the majority necessary for to start the separation from the rest of Canada, the lessons of Brexit should be kept firmly in mind - that the British voted to exit the EU, but its political leaders had no such intention, interest, nor desire to do so and dragged the process on and on and on and on, until the whole thing just petered out under the weight of incessant delays.

Why would Alberta be any different?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 14, 2026 11:07 AM (vnuhd)

17 Canada is going to be like every place else, ever.

You can vote your way in, but you've got to shoot your way out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 11:08 AM (edUvp)

18 Why would Alberta be any different?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 14, 2026 11:07 AM (vnuhd)
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I don't think it would be.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:09 AM (Fi81e)

19 Alberta, however, and much of Canada outside of Ontario and the Vancouver-area can still be saved. They need to be saved.

The battle starts and ends in Ontario and Vancouver, then. Dry up the money laundering and all this supposed appetite for immigrants goes away.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 11:09 AM (i+Wsn)

20 Pop ups suck
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (zfC1E)

I beg to differ.

https://www.blipshift.com/products/nalware-vi

Posted by: far cry at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (wBRco)

21 Thx Buck. Trade Minnesota for Alberta.

Islam is always a danger , but generally so stupid and incompetent that they are beatable, except for their birthrate.
China has been doing infiltration work for years , but they are literally collapsing from within.
Our internal leftist indoctrination, with or without Chinese help is our greatest threat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (xCuiu)

22 the process on and on and on and on, until the whole thing just petered out under the weight of incessant delays.

Why would Alberta be any different?

Petered out? In the end, GB left the EU. It'll take longer than it should, but ultimately, I think Canada will disaggregate. That doesn't necessarily make me happy, but if they don't get their act together, it's going to happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

23 What is that flag?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Cqx++)

24 Wilson Goode had a solution.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (rJ48h)

25 have turned a trusted ally into a growing vulnerability.”

"Ally"?

Follow Washington's advice on foreign entanglements.

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 11:11 AM (cGjQu)

26 Agree 100% Buck. If, God willing, DeSantis or Rubio is 48, building a northern border wall needs to be part of the agenda. Start with building 100 miles of barriers east and west of all major Canadian population centers. There will still be vast, unprotected swaths of border, but surveillance drones and satellites can pick up any unusual or heavy traffic along those parts.

Cartels, smugglers, and terrorists are people; they are inherently lazy and will use the same routes over and over.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 11:12 AM (KFbdf)

27
I've had the same thought about Canada -- a growing security problem for the US.

The same Islamic, Indian, and CCP infiltration has been happening in the US. The problem in Canada makes this worse, though.

The other thought I've had about Canada is that it's slightly larger than the US, but has about 10% of the population. Hardly anybody there. If Canada ceases to function as a nation, and remains a growing threat, maybe...

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 11:12 AM (VWtfl)

28 Canadians living in Regina’s downtown core were subjected to an outdoor Islamic call to prayer broadcast out loud from a mosque for the first time just steps from City Hall.
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I would go to jail, because I would have shot the speaker blaring it.

I don't have too many triggers, but that is definitely one of them.

Three years of having to listen to that crap...no, just no.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:12 AM (FdpeO)

29 Trade Canada Washington for Alberta

And back to yesterday. Chinese flocking to Canada, China letting out their citizens to find a better life? Or invasion to take over Canada?

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 11:12 AM (KYOJq)

30 Forget independence. Let's goad Alberta into conquering the rest of it.

Oh, you got no Nation, here, do ya?

Well now ya do.

Take a walk, hosers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 11:12 AM (Ot/FD)

31 What is that flag?"

Alberta province...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 11:13 AM (cGjQu)

32 It was a good run while it lasted but the barbarians will win because the "civilized" are weak feckless pussies. This is the paradox of civilization, that it carries within it the seeds of its own destruction. Tolerance and peacefulness and agreeableness and distaste for violence will ultimately fall in the face of those who don't give a flying fuck about any of things, and in fact hold them contempt.

Posted by: Without a dash of savagery civilization fails at August 14, 2026 11:13 AM (TbWk/)

33 Canada's been a national security threat to the US for years since they cozied up to the ChiComs.

The Mexican border is bad, but it's mostly 3rd world and cartel issues that are a threat. Canada openly works with the Chinese military.

Which is worse? Both are pretty bad. Closing both borders will probably become a necessity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (2Cry5)

34 Wilson Goode had a solution.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM

C-4 and Tovex can solve a host of problems.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (4NO2D)

35 Je me souviens

Posted by: Rene Levesque at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (JvZF+)

36 If, God willing, DeSantis or Rubio is 48, building a northern border wall needs to be part of the agenda. Start with building 100 miles of barriers east and west of all major Canadian population centers. There will still be vast, unprotected swaths of border, but surveillance drones and satellites can pick up any unusual or heavy traffic along those parts.

We had this discussion when Bush II wanted a "high-tech fence", aka no fence at all. 100 miles of actual wall would be utterly useless. It's like building a gate on a road, and leaving the shoulders and adjacent fields unprotected.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

37 Which is worse? Both are pretty bad. Closing both borders will probably become a necessity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (2Cry5)
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Not to mention the Western border with California.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)

38 It was a good run while it lasted but the barbarians will win because the "civilized" are weak feckless pussies. This is the paradox of civilization, that it carries within it the seeds of its own destruction. Tolerance and peacefulness and agreeableness and distaste for violence will ultimately fall in the face of those who don't give a flying f*** about any of things, and in fact hold them contempt.

Well SOMEONE took the whole bottle of black pills this morning.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

39 We had this discussion when Bush II wanted a "high-tech fence", aka no fence at all. 100 miles of actual wall would be utterly useless. It's like building a gate on a road, and leaving the shoulders and adjacent fields unprotected.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

That's where the land mines and automated sentry guns go.

Posted by: Repel the xenomorphs at August 14, 2026 11:16 AM (TbWk/)

40 Albertans will cast a Yes/No vote for the following question. “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada, or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”

A yes-or-no answer to an either/or question?

Apparently even the people who want independence don't actually want independence.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2026 11:17 AM (vJrRc)

41 As far as China goes, time is not on their side. The leaders know they have a demographic bomb. The longer they can be strung out, the weaker they will be. However, China's agents in the west are already doing a lot of damage. They may be destined to lose due to their own political failures, but they have been, are, and will continue to do a lot of damage in the United States and the West.

In that sense, some of Trump 47s actions in Venezuela, Panama, and Cuba may have set China back enough to potentially delay any aggression towards Taiwan.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 11:17 AM (KFbdf)

42 Je me sous-vide.

Posted by: Rene Leautocannibal at August 14, 2026 11:17 AM (wBRco)

43 Wilson Goode had a solution.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (rJ48h)
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What Goode times we had!

Posted by: John Africa and Friends at August 14, 2026 11:17 AM (JvZF+)

44 If, God willing, DeSantis or Rubio is 48...

Interesting that one name is conspicuous by its absence. I might have some misgivings myself but are we not even considering the possibility now?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:18 AM (vTZFs)

45 I certainly would be very tempted to go Holy Hell on a speaker screaming Islamic prayer call.

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 11:19 AM (KYOJq)

46 This is the paradox of civilization, that it carries within it the seeds of its own destruction"

History. It's what's for... the future

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 11:19 AM (cGjQu)

47 Je soutiens l'Alberta!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:20 AM (AzRNx)

48 There will still be vast, unprotected swaths of border, but surveillance drones and satellites can pick up any unusual or heavy traffic along those parts.
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Gonna be very useful for when the commies want to keep everyone in.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:20 AM (d2MOG)

49 I certainly would be very tempted to go Holy Hell on a speaker screaming Islamic prayer call.
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 11:19 AM (KYOJq)
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I sometimes can't wrap my head around the fact that it's being played in American cities.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:20 AM (FdpeO)

50 Je me sous-vide.
Posted by: Rene Leautocannibal at August 14, 2026 11:17 AM (wBRco)
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Pretty much what the frogs did to Quebec. Things have never been the same there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:20 AM (JvZF+)

51 Je me sous-vide."

Omelet du fromage...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (cGjQu)

52 God.

Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.

I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (aJQbY)

53 44 If, God willing, DeSantis or Rubio is 48...

Interesting that one name is conspicuous by its absence. I might have some misgivings myself but are we not even considering the possibility now?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:18 AM (vTZFs)

Starting to look like a long-shot, kind of. While those other two maneuver and work and put in a shift building their public image, JD is putting in a gentleman's C effort and not making many waves.

I don't have any problems with how he's doing his job... but he's just kind of .... doing his job. So either he doesn't want it, or he doesn't know how to get it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (Ot/FD)

54 If there are churches near that mosque in Regina perhaps they can also install speakers and loudly play a set of hymns at certain times of the day. Should be OK, what's good for one is good for the other. By using internet connections to synchronize the playing all churches would play the same thing at the same time.

I suggest starting with "Onward Christian Soldiers".

Posted by: George V at August 14, 2026 11:22 AM (HUbHH)

55 We had this discussion when Bush II wanted a "high-tech fence", aka no fence at all. 100 miles of actual wall would be utterly useless. It's like building a gate on a road, and leaving the shoulders and adjacent fields unprotected.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

Well, what we have now is nothing, and it's too expensive to attempt to wall the whole things. So, if 48 can start the process, the 100 miles can be expanded to 125, 150, 175 in each direction over time.

Of course, you also have the problem of the Great Lakes. There are a ton of limits to what one can do to secure those shores without depriving Americans of the ability use their shoreline property.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 11:22 AM (KFbdf)

56 Morning.

Found a couple of interesting videos on submarines sinking Japanese carriers.

Archerfish sinks a super carrier.

https://youtu.be/9Lgc_NtwApQ

Taisho and Shokaku sunk on the same day.

https://youtu.be/JS2p1eUeuAs

Posted by: Robert at August 14, 2026 11:22 AM (N0R2b)

57
I would go to jail, because I would have shot the speaker blaring it.

I don't have too many triggers, but that is definitely one of them.

Three years of having to listen to that crap...no, just no.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14

What if we projected an image of Mo on the side of the mosque from a drone? Doesn’t that cause instant implosion?

Honestly, I could imagine you telling me we should instead project key Bible verses and pray to save souls instead.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:23 AM (ZdaMQ)

58 Criminal organizations, foreign agents, and potentially terrorist-linked individuals can exploit a border designed around an older assumption of trust.

Remember the Bruce Willis/Richard Gere movie, "The Jackal"? Remember how he gets into the US? It's through that "largest unsecured border in the world." (Specifically, across the Great Lakes.)

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 11:23 AM (kU0PQ)

59 Prayers ascending, RD.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:23 AM (FdpeO)

60 Honestly, I could imagine you telling me we should instead project key Bible verses and pray to save souls instead.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:23 AM (ZdaMQ)
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*smiles*

As long as I had a SAW handy, I'd be more than happy to lead them to Christ.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (FdpeO)

61 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (aJQbY)
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Sorry to hear that, must not have been in the Plan for you. Onward.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (JvZF+)

62 Fuck Dave!!! I'm so sorry. I will pray more. And more. I don't have any good advice at the moment except chin up and fuck them.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (d2MOG)

63 Blare a call to prayer at 1pm from the rooftops? Are they too stupid to buy a $10 Casio and set an alarm??

Posted by: burrrton at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (kah0Z)

64 Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.
[ ... ]
I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave

Sorry man, I feel ya. It's been over 7 months now for me. Most of the places I've applied to don't even both to send the phony "thanks but no thanks" email.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (vTZFs)

65 44 Interesting that one name is conspicuous by its absence. I might have some misgivings myself but are we not even considering the possibility now?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:18 AM (vTZFs)

I opine only for myself. I don't quite trust Vance. Maybe it's the footsie with Tucker. He's not necessarily done things wrong, and I appreciate his efforts on spearheading coordination to weed out some of the fraud. But DeSantis has by far the most proven track record, and Rubio has been nothing but stellar the past few years.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 11:26 AM (KFbdf)

66 52 God.

Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.

I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (aJQbY)

Sorry bro. I've been in your shoes a number of times and wish I had a good explanation or words of wisdom for you. The whole job seeking thing went to shit some time ago and from what I can see is only getting worse. My only thought is networking, which I personally suck at, but meeting people and making connections seem to go much further than resume, experience, competence, and work ethic. I also hate to tell you this but if you're identifiably middle-aged you are going to be ice skating uphill, the ADEA notwithstanding.

Posted by: It's shit, sugarcoating won't help at August 14, 2026 11:26 AM (TbWk/)

67 Canada has declared its independence from winning at their national pastime. Lord Staney's Cup has been hoisted in Florida and Vegas and even the hockey hotbed known as Raleigh, North Carolina because Murica...

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 14, 2026 11:27 AM (2CeDH)

68 Every poll done so far, and there have been a lot of them, shows support between 25-30%. It’s an uphill battle.

I was in Vancouver earlier this year and was shocked at how few white people there were. I had been there about 10 years ago. It was very diverse then too but it was at least somewhat “Canadian” looking. This year? Holy fuck I could easily have been in Beijing or Bombay and not known the difference.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:27 AM (7xx4i)

69 Regina's New Friday Soundtrack: Islamic Calls to Prayer” [Juno News – 6/22/2026]
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Holy crap - I have found myself wondering for several years how the Left plans to ruin Friday.

It's one of the happiest things most people still share. The Left need it gone - or at least divided like everything else. I think they found their way in.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:27 AM (d2MOG)

70 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (aJQbY)
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My Uncle Tony called. Says he need an address and a photo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:27 AM (JvZF+)

71 >>Canada is gone. It cannot be saved nor restored to the polite, commonwealth country we knew in the 20th Century.

You're going to regret saying that, buddy!

Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (J4Dwc)

72 SMH darling, I hope you are well. And fuck the commies and their "friends".

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (d2MOG)

73 Willowed: Wolfus,
The new Dave Sundstrom video on YT is about how James Blish Star Trek novels are so important. Figured you would enjoy it.
Posted by: JTB at August 14, 2026

***
I'll have a look. I grew up with those even before I saw some of the early episodes they were based on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (wzUl9)

74 As long as I had a SAW handy, I'd be more than happy to lead them to Christ.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (FdpeO)

Arrange a face-to-face meeting.

Posted by: The Lord will know which are his at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (TbWk/)

75 48 There will still be vast, unprotected swaths of border, but surveillance drones and satellites can pick up any unusual or heavy traffic along those parts.
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Gonna be very useful for when the commies want to keep everyone in.
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:20 AM (d2MOG)
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Let them keep them in. I'm sorry, I'm refugeed out, especially given that there are almost no Canadiens left in Canada.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (KFbdf)

76 52 God.

Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.

I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14

Ugh Dave! Okay, let’s put our heads together and figure something out. What is your ideal role in 5 words or less.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (ZdaMQ)

77 Buck is off in fantasy land again
Public polling on that referendum shows only 20 to 30% approval
About the same as Trump's vanity war on Iran

Posted by: Paul at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (FwBbX)

78 Trudeau even described the country as the world’s first “postnational state,” with “no core identity” and “no mainstream.”
——

Most importantly, he thinks those are unalloyed “Really Really Good Things, You Guys!”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (cdNls)

79 What kind of asshole vandalizes a WWII memorial?

Probably idiots that can’t even tell you anything about WWII.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (c7ZbX)

80 The muezzin has always been about dominance. It's supposed to piss everyone off who isn't happy to hear a daily reminder of their own dominance. That's it's function. That's why it's a goatfucking retard yodeling for half a fucking hour and not some happy bell and a dude saying "Prayer time!" in Arabic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Ot/FD)

81 Canada is dead already. They just don't know it.

Eff em. Build a wall and be done with them.

Posted by: Astro is Asshoe at August 14, 2026 11:30 AM (/V68c)

82 RandomDave, I am so sorry. I know how it feels. Prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)

83 I knew the trolls were Canadian! How embarrassing.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:30 AM (c7ZbX)

84 Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (vTZFs)

Oh man, didn't realize. I will say some prayers. You did after all save me from being skinned alive.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:30 AM (d2MOG)

85 But wHaT aBouT cHurCh BeLls?
- leftists

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:31 AM (7xx4i)

86 Ugh Dave! Okay, let’s put our heads together and figure something out. What is your ideal role in 5 words or less.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (ZdaMQ)

Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist

Posted by: Philanthropist is negotiable at August 14, 2026 11:31 AM (TbWk/)

87 or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”

Uhh, that option sounds like it would take a hundred years, what with the parasites being in control of every step and all. What else ya got?

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 11:31 AM (i+Wsn)

88 Let them keep them in. I'm sorry, I'm refugeed out, especially given that there are almost no Canadiens left in Canada.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (KFbdf)

I meant the commies here!!

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:31 AM (d2MOG)

89 Posted by: Paul at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (FwBbX)

Well, if it's a poll we know they're totally and absolutely correct all the time. LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 11:32 AM (W90Ou)

90 We need to shut out mouths about Alberta's potential independence. Carney and the rest of the America haters will just use anything we say as proof that America is behind the incipient separation. Sure, they'll blame us anyway, but let's not give them any ammunition. We can laugh at rump Canada afterwards.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

Marx Carnage is the best salesman the Alberta Independence movement could hope to have.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:32 AM (1z8ji)

91 Ugh Dave! Okay, let’s put our heads together and figure something out. What is your ideal role in 5 words or less.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (ZdaMQ)

Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist
Posted by: Philanthropist is negotiable at August 14, 2026 11:31 AM (TbWk/)

Anarchist reactionary running-dog revisionist.

Posted by: zombie Neil Peart at August 14, 2026 11:33 AM (wBRco)

92 Best wishes for a good Friday and weekend for ever'body!

My video tour this morning of a new 2BR/1BA property went so well, I decided to put in an offer on it! If the owner accepts, the inspection will tell me (as it did on the previous house) if the place is as good as it looks. It's a nice little corner house with a shade tree in front, a foyer, a deck the owner will re-stain, a good basement, a 2-car garage, and a little shed that will need some paint work -- but that *appears* to be the only thing that will. Good neighborhood too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 11:33 AM (wzUl9)

93 Don't believe the polls!

Posted by: John at August 14, 2026 11:34 AM (a+MGa)

94 If Alberta leaves Canada, would they also leave the Commonwealth?

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

95 Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.
[ ... ]
I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave

Sorry man, I feel ya. It's been over 7 months now for me. Most of the places I've applied to don't even both to send the phony "thanks but no thanks" email.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (vTZFs)

I'm with y'all. I had a contingent offer letter at one point... and it went south. I'm at 8 months now, and unemployment can't pay the mortgage.

Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2026 11:34 AM (kU0PQ)

96 Where do you see yourself in five years?

Not answering idiotic questions like that one.

Posted by: Did I get the job? at August 14, 2026 11:34 AM (TbWk/)

97 Hey Ellipsis!

I'm doing fine, just having to put in my travel voucher with the VA after my appointment yesterday.
It takes an hour to get there via very curvy and hilly roads. My little Jeep Patriot's tiny 4-cylinder did not like.

She clinic had MASSIVE photos of the President and VP, very unlike the St. Louis clinics where they were tiny and hung out of the way.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:35 AM (FdpeO)

98 Yo, Alberta! Learn from the South’s mistakes.

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 11:35 AM (qsfar)

99 85 But wHaT aBouT cHurCh BeLls?
- leftists
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:31 AM (7xx4i)

To be honest, I don't really like church bells either.... but again, it's about dominance. The Church dominates in America, or at least ought to, so if there's going to be any standardized civil noise to be had, it damn well better not be some yodeling rugfucker.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 11:35 AM (Ot/FD)

100 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 11:33 AM (wzUl9)

Good to hear, Wolfus.

How's the Miss Linda front going?

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

101 I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)

Aw, man...wish I was in any position to help. If I ever get housing sorted I'll be running that hell myself, which is no fun at 29+n. Prayers for ya, wish I had more than that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 14, 2026 11:36 AM (OUMaO)

102 Mazal Wolfus

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:36 AM (JvZF+)

103 Speaking of non-Chinese electric cars, the Tesla Roadster looks so sweet. J being the boring person he is, told me not only no but heck no to the $200k price tag. If Elric is here, he will find this somewhat ironic for other reasons.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)
_____

Rookie mistake! The convertible for ladies of means (or who have access to means) who teach pilates or exercise classes is a Mercedes convertible.

"Do you wanna ride in my Mercedes, boy?"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

104 It would be useful for future renegade Americans if there were a renegade republic to the North. They'll need all the friends they can get once the thing happens.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 11:37 AM (BI5O2)

105 Dave - have you tried the Post Office? Turnover is extremely high and they always have need for Clerks and other positions, not simply letter carriers.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 11:37 AM (cdNls)

106 I was going to sock puppet Fetterman and say, “The bells, the bellls!”, but I’m more mature now.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:37 AM (c7ZbX)

107 DeSantis is never going to be President, they have to get that idea out of their heads.

The 28 ticket is going to be a Vance/Rubio.

If it's not that, then something seriously wrong has transpired and we're proper f**ked.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 14, 2026 11:37 AM (XV/Pl)

108 Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.

I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:21 AM (aJQbY)

Send in applications to that company's largest competitiors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:38 AM (1z8ji)

109 Interesting that one name is conspicuous by its absence.

If Vance is meant to become somebody, he's got plenty of time to develop before Trump leaves office. ...in 2032.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 11:38 AM (i+Wsn)

110 For everyone seeking work, are in my prayers, your break is coming.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:38 AM (JvZF+)

111 Well, if it's a poll we know they're totally and absolutely correct all the time. LOL
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Unfortunately it’s not just one poll. It’s a lot of them. And they all say 25-30% support. I think there was one that showed 35% a few months ago as an outlier.

Brexit polls showed remain winning but it was like 3% lead to remain and leave won by 3%. Polls can be off as we all know.. But we’re taking polls showing 60-30 remain with 10% not sure. Unless something insane happens, that isn’t turning into 51-49 leave.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 11:38 AM (7xx4i)

112 Arrange a face-to-face meeting.
Posted by: The Lord will know which are his at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (TbWk/)
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They come into my AO and try to start something, I won't be alone in arranging meetings...

Appalachia, the Ozarks, etc, are not places for the most part that will put up with such...foolishness.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:38 AM (FdpeO)

113 For those job seeking, the harsh reality is someone who is employed is always the stronger candidate. With that in mind, it is best to take a role, and I mean any role, while you are searching. I can help you parlay how that role fits into your overall game plan when explaining it in an interview.

Ask for feedback from the interview and if you get it, listen. If you are struggling with what the feedback says, let me know. I will help you dissect it as best I can, and I will help you craft answers differently next time as best as I possibly can.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:39 AM (ZdaMQ)

114 Ugh Dave! Okay, let’s put our heads together and figure something out. What is your ideal role in 5 words or less.
Posted by: Piper

Hit man.

Oh, you meant for Dave. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:39 AM (AzRNx)

115 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:35 AM (FdpeO)

I have a muslim doctor whose office decorates for Christmas and had the Trump fight fight fight magazine out prominently forever. No reason to do any of that where I live so not sure what's up there. But if anyone can get away with it he can. And he did pretty much save my life.

Those roads sound like when me and Brit Lass used to visit Maine a long time ago. I suppose you could do a book on tape, no idea what to do about the Jeep, don't kill it!!

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:40 AM (d2MOG)

116
Probably idiots that can’t even tell you anything about WWII.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

That's Trump's vanity war, right?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 11:40 AM (Cqx++)

117 There's a poll posted by Byron York at HotAir.
White men no college Rogers 63 al-Sayed 37
White men w/college Rogers 55 al-Sayed 43
White women no college Rogers 60 al-Sayed 38
White women college. Rogers 37 al-Sayed 60
AWFL's be awful

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 11:41 AM (xCuiu)

118 Mazal Wolfus
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*opens Hebrew phrasebook

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:41 AM (AzRNx)

119 The USA will eventually have to invade and conquer a lot of fallen western nations and put the islamists to the sword. Not because we want to, but because we'll have no other choice. Not enough tough decisions have been made at the beginning of things resulting in terribly violent decisions at the end of things.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 11:41 AM (3uBP9)

120 Piper -
Five words or less?

server, automation, innovation
(two words to be determined later)

My 'programming knowledge' has been focused on (Windows) server scripting and administration for the last 20 years, so general 'write an app' or 'serverless database' or 'must have experience building and supporting kubernetes clusters' stuff isn't going anywhere fast. Innovation - I prefer to be doing interesting things like building new systems or automating maintenance or writing code.

I have some cloud experience, and I understand a little more than just the basics of firewalls and networking and storage arrays, but when they want '5+ years administering storage arrays and managing routers', I can't claim that. That was the job of two other groups that I knew how to explain my needs to and how to diagnose when they got it wrong.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:42 AM (aJQbY)

121 Throwing back to the last thread, the gift for my wife has arrived, and Team Leg Lamp is going to be disappointed. It's absolutely what I wanted it to be. I already gave it to her and she is very, very pleased and surprised. I think earlier I said it was from the 50's, it's actually an Art Deco piece from the 1920's.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 11:42 AM (vV6n9)

122 114 Ugh Dave! Okay, let’s put our heads together and figure something out. What is your ideal role in 5 words or less.
Posted by: Piper

Hit man.

Oh, you meant for Dave. Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026

Everyone is free to dream!

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:42 AM (ZdaMQ)

123 Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 11:41 AM (3uBP9)

Enough, you had me at “put Islamist to the sword.”

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:43 AM (c7ZbX)

124 My dream role: clue-by-four operator

Posted by: It's a real swinging gig at August 14, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)

125 Throwing back to the last thread, the gift for my wife has arrived, and Team Leg Lamp is going to be disappointed. It's absolutely what I wanted it to be. I already gave it to her and she is very, very pleased and surprised. I think earlier I said it was from the 50's, it's actually an Art Deco piece from the 1920's.
Posted by: Lincolntf

Team Leg Lamp Fra Gi Lay 0 & 1. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:44 AM (AzRNx)

126 "Do you wanna ride in my Mercedes, boy?"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)
=====

Is that you Lauren Hutton?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:44 AM (JvZF+)

127 The USA will eventually have to invade and conquer a lot of fallen western nations and put the islamists to the sword. Not because we want to, but because we'll have no other choice. Not enough tough decisions have been made at the beginning of things resulting in terribly violent decisions at the end of things.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 11:41 AM

We should start with Minnesota.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 11:44 AM (4NO2D)

128 Everyone is free to dream!
Posted by: Piper

FREE to dream? I can't even pay attention. 😂

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:45 AM (AzRNx)

129 Piper, the key is to start at an absurd position and negotiate down.

Mention how much you like the new Czinger roadster, base price $2.75 million:

https://tinyurl.com/ye2a7uj7 (Car and Driver link)

The Tesla will seem like a quite-reasonable bargain after that.

Posted by: far cry at August 14, 2026 11:45 AM (wBRco)

130 My dream role: clue-by-four operator
Posted by: It's a real swinging gig

I'm not even vlose to being in good enough shape for that.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:46 AM (AzRNx)

131 Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 11:42 AM

Glad it arrived safely and your wife liked it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 11:46 AM (W90Ou)

132 If Alberta leaves Canada, would they also leave the Commonwealth?
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

I expect so. An independent Alberta would become a Republic.

I don't place any credence in the so-called "legal" mechanism for Alberta to leave Canada. When the time is right, it will be a unilateral declaration of independence.

And the troll Pawl ought to remember that only about 30% of the population of the 13 Colonies were strongly in favor of independence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:46 AM (1z8ji)

133
I'm glad to report my PS district is now automatically banning any gay themed content for young kids. The last thing was, the pre-K program dropped "Cocomelon" from their entertainment because they had a gay episode, but there have been a number of things the district has pulled, to the dismay of Nearby Gay Commiopolis.

It's at least a step in the right direction.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 11:46 AM (BI5O2)

134 Thanks, Fen.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 11:48 AM (vV6n9)

135 95 Prayers for guidance please, folks. The job went to someone else.
[ ... ]
I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave

Sorry man, I feel ya. It's been over 7 months now for me. Most of the places I've applied to don't even both to send the phony "thanks but no thanks" email.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:25 AM (vTZFs)

I'm with y'all. I had a contingent offer letter at one point... and it went south. I'm at 8 months now, and unemployment can't pay the mortgage.
Posted by: GWB
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The only thing I can offer is perhaps doing informational interviewing of people in the field you want to work in. If you are not seeking a job (at least not directly) and simply discussing someone's work, that gets you away from the HR screening apparatus that is designed to keep potential job seekers away from bothering employees. What Color is My Parachute is the one book that has preached this since 1960's and it is successful and stayed in print for so long because it is a useful technique.

Libraries or Ebay have this book and I advise reading it for the nuances of doing this. Worked for a number of my students fwiw.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)

136 @120

>>My 'programming knowledge' has been focused on (Windows) server scripting and administration for the last 20 years, so general 'write an app' or 'serverless database' or 'must have experience building and supporting kubernetes clusters' stuff isn't going anywhere fast.

Unless you got a friend that's going to set you up, you need to brush up on Python, JavaScript, C#, Java, and Lua.

The fastest way in would be to try to get a junior web-dev, if you want to continue the tech route.

There are a lot of job postings for programmers that can program UI's and control systems for AV integration.

Take a look at every crash course video on YouTube.

If your current skillset is just general bash or powershell scripting, that's going to be tough.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 14, 2026 11:48 AM (XV/Pl)

137 I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)

Keep pounding the pavement. Make looking for employment your full-time job.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 14, 2026 11:49 AM (g8Ew8)

138 I have some cloud experience, and I understand a little more than just the basics of firewalls and networking and storage arrays, but when they want '5+ years administering storage arrays and managing routers', I can't claim that. That was the job of two other groups that I knew how to explain my needs to and how to diagnose when they got it wrong.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August

Okay, so listen. If you see a role that says this and you have 60% of what they want, throw your hat in the ring and create a nexis between what you do know and how you can close the gap. You are a salesman in your interview and you are selling you. The very best you that exists. The other thing is if you are seeing roles pop up that consistently require this skill set, go find some free class on it, even if you know more than the instructor. 1. It opens networking and 2. In your interview, you are going to say “I have recognized this trend as a needed skill. I wanted to close the gap in my tool kit, so I have taken course z, etc etc.” shows recognition of skill gap, recognition of emerging trends and initiative to resolve.

Are you working with a headhunter?

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:49 AM (ZdaMQ)

139 Throwing back to the last thread, the gift for my wife has arrived, and Team Leg Lamp is going to be disappointed. It's absolutely what I wanted it to be. I already gave it to her and she is very, very pleased and surprised. I think earlier I said it was from the 50's, it's actually an Art Deco piece from the 1920's.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 11:42 AM (vV6n9)
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Is it frageelay?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:49 AM (JvZF+)

140
Good to hear, Wolfus.

How's the Miss Linda front going?
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026

***
I haven't told her about this place. Maybe tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 11:49 AM (wzUl9)

141 I have a muslim doctor whose office decorates for Christmas and had the Trump fight fight fight magazine out prominently forever. No reason to do any of that where I live so not sure what's up there. But if anyone can get away with it he can. And he did pretty much save my life.
___

We had a muslim soldier in our unit in 2006 that was a riot and was and damn good soldier.
That said, he was pretty much marinated in the good 'ol USA, and he loved him some bacon.

Basically, he was as much muslim as Biden and Pelosi are Catholics.

The ones coming here to get their jihad on, and spitting out little jihadists are the ones I'm concerned with.

Sadly, since the muslim community are unable/unwilling to police up their own, they too will get caught in the crossfire if things continue to escalate.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:50 AM (FdpeO)

142 I have a muslim doctor whose office decorates for Christmas and had the Trump fight fight fight magazine out prominently forever. No reason to do any of that where I live so not sure what's up there. But if anyone can get away with it he can. And he did pretty much save my life.

Those roads sound like when me and Brit Lass used to visit Maine a long time ago. I suppose you could do a book on tape, no idea what to do about the Jeep, don't kill it!!

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:40 AM (d2MOG)
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A lot of Muslims are decent people and buy into the idea that the Koran is not about kill the Jews and Christians and jump up and down on their bones.

The problem is that the tame Muslims are the most likely to vote for the liberal spectrum of candidates. But your guy sounds good.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Fi81e)

143 Piper -

Headhunters, only incidentally - applications turn out to be to companies that are actually staffing/placement companies, kind of thing. And weirdly, most of those never get back to me with 'well, what about this job' after the one I apply for falls through before I even get an interview.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 11:52 AM (aJQbY)

144 132 If Alberta leaves Canada, would they also leave the Commonwealth?
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

I expect so. An independent Alberta would become a Republic.

I don't place any credence in the so-called "legal" mechanism for Alberta to leave Canada. When the time is right, it will be a unilateral declaration of independence.

And the troll Pawl ought to remember that only about 30% of the population of the 13 Colonies were strongly in favor of independence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ben Franklin had an apt quote in the play 1776, "Dr. Benjamin Franklin tells John Dickinson that "Revolutions, Mr. Dickinson, come into this world like bastard children... half improvised and half compromised."

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)

145 A lot of Muslims are decent people and buy into the idea that the Koran is not about kill the Jews and Christians and jump up and down on their bones.

The problem is that the tame Muslims are the most likely to vote for the liberal spectrum of candidates. But your guy sounds good.
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This^

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 11:53 AM (FdpeO)

146 A lot of Muslims are decent people and buy into the idea that the Koran is not about kill the Jews and Christians and jump up and down on their bones.

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Yeah.

They're already here. The Arab brain-drain started in the 70s and it was over by the 90s.

The only ones coming in since have been the dregs, at best.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

147 I knew a Muslim guy in the Navy. Nice dude. Saved my ass from getting in a heap o' trouble once.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

148 I have nothing else 'in the pipeline' right now, no other 'I saw your resume' that I'm actually a good fit for, nor positive responses to applications.

I'm so sick of this.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)

Kind of sounds like you need to take any job right now, at least until you find that perfect job you're hung up on.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 14, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)

149 "Do you wanna ride in my Mercedes, boy?"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)
=====

Is that you Lauren Hutton?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 11:44 AM (JvZF+)
_______

"Meh"

-- Pebbles

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 14, 2026 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

150 Ben Franklin had an apt quote in the play 1776, "Dr. Benjamin Franklin tells John Dickinson that "Revolutions, Mr. Dickinson, come into this world like bastard children... half improvised and half compromised."
Posted by: whig

I love that play.

I would love to play the guy from Rhode Island.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)

151 Basically, he was as much muslim as Biden and Pelosi are Catholics.

Heh. I once worked with a Jewish guy and I asked if he kept kosher. He said something like "During Passover, I'll take the bun off my bacon cheeseburger."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

152 For those job seeking, the harsh reality is someone who is employed is always the stronger candidate. With that in mind, it is best to take a role, and I mean any role, while you are searching. I can help you parlay how that role fits into your overall game plan when explaining it in an interview.

Ask for feedback from the interview and if you get it, listen. If you are struggling with what the feedback says, let me know. I will help you dissect it as best I can, and I will help you craft answers differently next time as best as I possibly can.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:39 AM (ZdaMQ)
==
As a fellow HR pro - Piper is correct. Always happy to help a fellow moron if I can.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 14, 2026 12:01 PM (7/DDO)

153 Folks, he’s a middle aged white guy trying to get hired in a field that … does not as a rule try to hire middle aged white guys. It won’t hurt anything to get feedback from the interview, but … Let’s be realistic.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 12:03 PM (cdNls)

154 At the end of the day, they are going to side with their co-religionists and ethnic tribe, not the US. And they won't denounce them either because that would make them a 'bad Muslim' from those in their congregation. And as the percentage of Muslims rise in a society, so does the crackdown on what the fundamentalists consider heretical behavior. FWIW, same goes with the left. Humans are herd tribal animals by and large.

We don't like to hear such things but the good ones are here to do things that they could not do in their home societies but that does not make them amenable to supporting Us versus Them when the inevitable crunch occurs. Seen it happen in real time during times like 9/11 or tensions in the Middle East.

Lee Kuan Yew was correct unfortunately--and that is because most people are followers and not ideological per se.

It is when a crisis occurs and a choice must be made, they side with one or the other side and that is going to be who they identify with. For Southerners in the time of the Civil War, they sided with their homes, kin, and friends. For Northerners, the same. And the few dissenters on either side were silenced or worse.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

155 I love that play.

I would love to play the guy from Rhode Island.
Posted by: Bulg

"McNair, bring me some rum!"

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

156 I have some cloud experience, and I understand a little more than just the basics of firewalls and networking and storage arrays, but when they want '5+ years administering storage arrays and managing routers', I can't claim that. That was the job of two other groups that I knew how to explain my needs to and how to diagnose when they got it wrong.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August
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Dave - IT hiring is some of the worst about doing what you describe. Apply for it anyway, highlight the hell out of the things you can do. Realize unfortunately some of those companies are looking for someone who doesn't exist - some of them may just be essentially ghost jobs to fulfill an in ternal recruiting requirement. Current "Talent Acquisition" practices suck, as do the bosses running those sections. Sorry about that.
And networking is the biggest key - even if you suck at it, lay out a network map, and start filling it.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 14, 2026 12:06 PM (7/DDO)

157 good advice from Black JEM.

but wow the tech space. am really glad I saw this coming ages ago and high tailed it back to advertising/media.

tech is a wreck

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 12:09 PM (j+aD2)

158
Speaking of non-Chinese electric cars, the Tesla Roadster looks so sweet. J being the boring person he is, told me not only no but heck no to the $200k price tag. If Elric is here, he will find this somewhat ironic for other reasons.
Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

Wow, the 620 miles driving range if true is a game changer.

The 250 mph speeds make it a death rocket though pretty much for you and everyone around you.

Maaaayyybe, you could drive on some West Texas highways at 100+ speeds safely but not much else.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 12:09 PM (iJfKG)

159 frageelay
I'm not the kind of guy to hold a grudge but I'm never going to forget this.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 14, 2026 12:10 PM (7SG0S)

160 153 Folks, he’s a middle aged white guy trying to get hired in a field that … does not as a rule try to hire middle aged white guys. It won’t hurt anything to get feedback from the interview, but … Let’s be realistic.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Yes, those hiring view such as disposable, dated, and are far more critical of them than justified. It is the one form of bigotry still allowed combining age with racial discrimination. It is ingrained into corporate think. This is not the job market of even 2016, it is infested with those making decisions doing so in view of what they think the organization, not them, value. And that marketplace does not value older white men. Tech has become particularly vicious about it.

Small business is less likely to do that because they are often more on a knife's edge of survival but has its own problems simply to keep running and make a profit.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)

161 Nood. More fraud.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

162 Speaking of non-Chinese electric cars, the Tesla Roadster looks so sweet. J being the boring person he is, told me not only no but heck no to the $200k price tag

my husband told me the same about that very awesome looking Grenadier Trailmaster!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (j+aD2)

163 What kind of asshole vandalizes a WWII memorial?

Probably idiots that can’t even tell you anything about WWII.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 14, 2026 11:29 AM (c7ZbX)

THIS asshole.
https://tinyurl.com/3ukxyzm5

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 12:12 PM (hmYU4)

164 I can't prove it but I suspect that 99% of my rejections are by AI. Sometimes there is a box you can check that says more-or-less "Don't use AI to analyze my application." I figure checking that box is equivalent to checking one that says "Don't look at my application at all, forward it directly to the trash bin."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 12:13 PM (vTZFs)

165 143 Piper -

Headhunters, only incidentally - applications turn out to be to companies that are actually staffing/placement companies, kind of thing. And weirdly, most of those never get back to me with 'well, what about this job' after the one I apply for falls through before I even get an interview.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14

No promises, but let me ask J if he has a recruiter he works with or knows in his network that could be helpful to send your resume out for you. He is in what sounds like a not fun meeting right now as he is telling someone they should consider back in the box thinking. Will ask after.

Posted by: Piper at August 14, 2026 12:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

166 What kind of asshole vandalizes a WWII memorial?
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THIS asshole.
https://tinyurl.com/3ukxyzm5

Sigh. Another Boomer* trying to relive 1968.

* a group that includes me FWIW

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 12:16 PM (vTZFs)

167 Headhunters, only incidentally - applications turn out to be to companies that are actually staffing/placement companies, kind of thing.

From what I've seen, they're just harvesting your resume for plausible backgrounds to give Indian applicants.

Which is why including "hit man" and "Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist" could be so entertaining.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 12:16 PM (i+Wsn)

168
The Enbridge pipeline from Edmonton Alberta to Sarnia, Ontario took 5 months to put up in 1953.

Michigan democrats have been trying to close it for 12 years.

Nothing will happen guy is on our side here.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Y8DZL)

169 Yes, those hiring view such as disposable, dated, and are far more critical of them than justified. It is the one form of bigotry still allowed combining age with racial discrimination. It is ingrained into corporate think. This is not the job market of even 2016, it is infested with those making decisions doing so in view of what they think the organization, not them, value. And that marketplace does not value older white men. Tech has become particularly vicious about it.

Small business is less likely to do that because they are often more on a knife's edge of survival but has its own problems simply to keep running and make a profit.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)
==
Some do - but there is a talent shortage - and some companies are looking for exactly what Dave is. Competent and capable person who will show up each day and do his job. We have a number of those types at the business I'm with now, and I am always looking out for more.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 14, 2026 12:36 PM (7/DDO)

170 Alberta independence has about 30% support. The referendum will fail. Even if it were to pass, there are a number of other hurdles that make it virtually impossible. It's not going to happen. Electing a conservative government there will improve things -- the youth are leaning hard conservative, while boomers are stingily keeping their vote parked with the Liberals. Things are changing as recent polling (the reliable ones, not Ekos or Nanos) shows Carney is losing steam.

Posted by: CoryC at August 14, 2026 12:51 PM (0yjAe)

171 Time to go empire and control former canadian territories.

Posted by: mossomo at August 14, 2026 02:13 PM (mttHV)

172 Alberta is home to Bannf and some of the most incredible terrain in the Canadian Rockies. We'll take it.

Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at August 14, 2026 02:42 PM (f2WUk)

173 If they are smart they'll avoid becoming a part of the USA and become a British Overseas Territory instead.

It would give them the freedom to legislate for themselves without the pitfalls of joining another country that is slowly circling the drain and has the added negative of a written constitution that acts as a tra for anyone trying to save it.

Posted by: STV at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (ODbzh)

174 *trap

Posted by: STV at August 14, 2026 02:45 PM (ODbzh)

175 We need to band together as Americans and stop the Islamic invasion. No halal menus supported by big business, get USDA out of the halal lunchroom provisioning. It infuriates me that OUR TAX dollars are being used to support this shit. Who do you think is paying for installing Muslim footpath facilities in public spaces like DFW airport? WE ARE FUNDING OUR OWN DEMISE.

Posted by: Optimus Maximus at August 14, 2026 03:02 PM (Wt/gy)

176 We should lay Canada under tribute.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 03:35 PM (4NO2D)

177 175: what if our tax dollars were used to kill all evil Muslims for being evil Muslims?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2026 04:51 PM (4g5V+)

178 Buck uses the language of the Left by focusing intensely on race. Canada once had a sensible immigration system. Now it’s just “let anyone in” which is dumb as fuck. Focusing intensely and passionately on race like a Leftist obscures this.

Good to see Buck just discovered the AB independence movement, which has been going on for some time now. He’ll give us the results of the AB referendum on, say, April 19…2028…like it is breaking news.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2026 04:55 PM (4g5V+)

179 >server, automation, innovation
(two words to be determined later)

Hi, Dave. I do this for a living; I'm an Azure Architecture Engineer, plus I specialize in DevOps and Continuous Delivery.

Bender is correct, your skills are out of date. Fortunately it's pretty much free to develop tech skills if you have a good roadmap. I'm happy to help out there, and provide any guidance I can. My current company is not hiring right now but we do have one group still running out of a physical data center; let me see if they might have any openings.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 15, 2026 01:06 PM (LgYtf)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Old Guitarist
Pablo Picasso

One of the assumptions I make when searching for sources of the art I want to post is that the museum that possesses the work has the most interest in using an accurate version of the piece on the internet.

There are plenty of brighter and and more brightly colored versions of this Picasso all over the web, so if you like art that looks like a neon sign...have at it!

But The Art Institute of Chicago has this version, and I am going to trust them, even though they are probably filthy blue-city commies!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 Death warmed over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

3 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

4 Neil Young: The Later Years

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)

5 This image is burned in my mind.

It hung on the wall outside the principal's office in my elementary school.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (JvZF+)

6 But The Art Institute of Chicago has this version, and I am going to trust them, even though they are probably filthy blue-city commies!

The painting DOES have a blue hue to it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

7 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)

8 "But The Art Institute of Chicago has this version"

I remember seeing it there.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

9 Keith Richard's older brother.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

10 Also I nooded

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (JvZF+)

11 "I gave my love a cherry, that ha-----"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (Ot/FD)

12 i took pops to see segovia at the auditorium.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

13 Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

Posted by: Bobby Vinton at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (GTqXr)

14 Pablo was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

15 No boobs. No dog.
Meh.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (kXFFr)

16 >>>The Old Guitarist

Ageist!

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (odBC9)

17 Cadaverous
blech

just no

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

18 He's opening for The Dixie Chicks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:33 AM (o5Cl5)

19 not as rusty as casandra.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

20 The dude who posed for this then was probably about twenty years younger than Mick Jagger now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Ot/FD)

21 7 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM

It's abridged.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Making a living on the Chicago city streets is going to suck.
Or New York.
Detroit.
etc.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (Sco7b)

23 5 This image is burned in my mind.

It hung on the wall outside the principal's office in my elementary school.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (JvZF+)

Yikes! No Disney for you!

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (odBC9)

24 They dug him up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (O0YTm)

25 I sang "Dixie" as he died.

Posted by: Dwight Yokum at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

26 this image was instructive on getting the correct angle for les paul's arm.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

27 Cadaverous

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

28 Abra-
Abra-cadaver....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Ot/FD)

29 21 i'm tuning y'all out.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

30 "Wanna hear me play the intro from Stairway to Heaven?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:35 AM (o5Cl5)

31 11 "I gave my love a cherry, that ha-----"

Heart attack get your tongue?

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:36 AM (odBC9)

32 "Get the shovels. Gotta fresh one we can use." - Pablo

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 09:36 AM (O0YTm)

33 He looks like John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath.

Was this from Picasso's "Blue Period"?

"We visited Picasso. He was just beginning his Blue Period. But we came over, so he started it ten minutes later."
( -- Woody Allen)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

34 Alternate title:

"The Old Guitarist Is a Part-Time Hot Yoga Instructor"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

35 17 Cadaverous
blech

just no
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

27 Cadaverous
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:36 AM (odBC9)

36 "El Mariachi: The Final Years."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

37 29 21 i'm tuning y'all out.

It just doesn't strike the right chord.

Posted by: Groan at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

38 This image is burned in my mind.

It hung on the wall outside the principal's office in my elementary school.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (JvZF+)

Spent some stretches of time waiting outside the principal's office did you?

Posted by: Count de Monet Did The Same In Church Kindergarten at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

39 I gave my love a cherry, that has no stone.
I gave my love a chicken, that has no bone.
I told my love a story,

*smash bang kaboong*

Sorry

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (/+uur)

40 "The Old Guitarist Is a Part-Time Hot Yoga Instructor"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026

***
The hotness is clearly part-time for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

41 The Old Guitarist's setlist:

Whistle While You Work
Zippidy Do-Dah
It's a Beautiful Morning
The Whole World Smiles With You

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

42 NO STAIRWAY

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (/+uur)

43 22 andre williams was on the bridge near the art institute every day begging in '79. then he was rediscovered, now he's dead.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (Bep7s)

44 At first I thought it was nice of the guards to let the concentration camp victims a few instruments to entertain themselves with as they starve to death. And then I saw it had no strings. devious.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (3uBP9)

45 No pronounced hooterage. Sad.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

46 More like "The Dead Guitarist" ...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (nJ/vH)

47 Was this from Picasso's "Blue Period"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)
---
I like how old-timers call Games Worshop's paint jobs from the 1990s as their "red period."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)

48 I hate to tell you, but that dude is died.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (JvZF+)

49 Old guitarist be dead for a few days. The flys weren't painted in. The smell is getting pungent by now.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (g8Ew8)

50 Technically, it's Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

That's why nothing gets done very quickly in Spain.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (qwx/I)

51 >>>But The Art Institute of Chicago has this version, and I am going to trust them, even though they are probably filthy blue-city commies!

Going by the filthy, blue version of the painting, I suspect they are biased.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (8mulE)

52 No comment.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at August 14, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

53 No pronounced hooterage. Sad.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)
---
Tell me about it!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ZOv7s)

54 Cyanotic guitarist. Get that man on O2, stat.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2Xqig)

55 Alternate title:

"Pedro Took the Saying "If Music Be the Food of Love Play On!" Just a Little Too Seriously and Starved To Death"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

56 42 NO STAIRWAY
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (/+uur)

And she's buy-ai-ing

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:39 AM (odBC9)

57 They were just stringing him along.

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 14, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

58 More like "The Dead Guitarist" ...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (nJ/vH)

That'd be me.

Posted by: Zombie Jerry Garcia at August 14, 2026 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

59 It hung on the wall outside the principal's office in my elementary school.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (JvZF+)

Spent some stretches of time waiting outside the principal's office did you?
Posted by: Count de Monet Did The Same In Church Kindergarten at August 14, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)
=====

Mom got called down to the school a couple times because of Mr. Smartmouth.

That painting said, "Give Up Hope"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:40 AM (JvZF+)

60 dar dar dar dar dar

nang nang nang nang nang

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:40 AM (/+uur)

61 What's the key? The key of D ... for dead.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 14, 2026 09:40 AM (nJ/vH)

62 Piss-poor posture here, or may be suffering from Occipital Neuralgia.

Posted by: Diagnosis On The Cheep at August 14, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

63 I think Picasso's art is exploitative.

Posted by: PG at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (0fNkB)

64 It's an Esteban guitar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (O0YTm)

65 Wiki: "In the latter part of 1901, Picasso sank into a severe depression and blue tones began to dominate his paintings. Picasso's painting La mort de Casagemas, completed early in the year following his friend's suicide, was done in hot, bright hues. The painting considered the first of his Blue Period, Casagemas in His Coffin, was completed later in 1901 when Picasso was sinking into a major depression."

Apparently his Blue Period lasted until 1904, when he began his Rose Period.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

66
Nice shout out for the Chicago Art Institute, plan on taking a couple days if you go, French Impressionists took me a whole day alone.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (Y8DZL)

67 Ah, shit! Get the Narcan the guitar player OD'd again.

Posted by: Grizzled Roadie who's too old for this shit at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (r7+Q7)

68 The actual painting, as I recall (it has been about 25 years since I have been to the. Art Institute) is a bit brighter than my phone is showing here but not extraordinarily so.

I am not sure whether this painting makes me want to listen to Paco de Lucia or Robert Johnson.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (+1BUN)

69 If he plays American Pie one more time, I'll El Kabong him.

Posted by: Quick Draw McGraw at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

70 No strings attached!

Posted by: The other punchline at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

71 Neil Young?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (XCctI)

72 2 Death warmed over.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

Leftovers again?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (+1BUN)

73 Also I nooded

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (JvZF+)/i]

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

74
Caption:

"And now for my next piece, I'll be playing Handel's "Death March". Everybody Sing along!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)

75 That feller is gonna get a crick in his neck, I guarantee it

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (cdNls)

76 the entertainment committie was unsure about this choice. he calmly offered, "don't fret, board."

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (Bep7s)

77 45 No pronounced hooterage. Sad.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

The man sat outside of the luthierage
staring straight down at the sewerage,
with an axe with no string,
Ain't no ladies want a fling,
and he's bereft of all pronounced hooterage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Ot/FD)

78 Don think I've liked any Picasso.
Freebird!!!!

Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (sl73Y)

79 Who draws the crowd, and plays so loud?
Baby, it's the guitar man
Who's gonna steal the show? You know
Baby, it's the guitar man

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (/+uur)

80 Don’t trust Pablo. He’s picasshoe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

81 Morning.

*Clears throat*

FREE BIRD!

Posted by: Robert at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (02QaS)

82 You got me singing the blues.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (ibDUx)

83 All seriousness aside, the painting does reflect and project a dour, dark, joyless air. Perhaps the guitarist is enjoying what he's doing, as much as he can anyway. But the viewer is going to say, "What's the use in anything?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

84 7 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)

It's got me wound up.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (+1BUN)

85 Play Free Bird!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (ndZc7)

86 This is an accurate rendition of the end state of living in NYC without access to a quality picante sauce.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (0sNs1)

87 Baby, it's the guitar man
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (/+uur)

great song

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Ot/FD)

88 66 life member

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

89 Babysat as a yute by Taylor Lorenz.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

90
WARNING:

If you have a Blue Period, See Your Gynecologist Immediately.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

91 I think his guitar is gently weeping.

Posted by: George Harrison at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

92 33 He looks like John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath.

He looks like David Carradine after jerking off.

Too soon?

Posted by: Grizzled Roadie who's too old for this shit at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (r7+Q7)

93 5 That feller is gonna get a crick in his neck, I guarantee it
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026

***
I can hear the crack in his neck when he straightens up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

94 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: The Mid-Size Manatee at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (JM9I6)

95 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026

***
Tune me up!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

96 14 Pablo was angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

If you think he was angry that day, you should see Guernica.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (+1BUN)

97 Never understood the fascination with Picasso.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (O0YTm)

98 An old guitarist named Manuel
Did not take care of himself very well
Now he's down to a stick, but doesn't give a lick
Because he still wants to entertain the fans well.

( sorry it's not nearly up to the " Doc's" level but he's been at it much longer than I have).

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (rHgXV)

99 91 I think his guitar is gently weeping.
Posted by: George Harrison at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM

And he's killing me softly.

Posted by: R. Flack at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

100
Picasso, therefore not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (O0L8i)

101 Not a fan of Pablo Picasso (it's my opinion that he pretty much became a fraud and a parody of art once he went into his abstract phase). However, this painting is okay-ish, but the posture of the guitarist looks awkward to me.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (ksbjf)

102 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (/+uur)

103 Anxiously awaiting a piece of Art that should be delivered this morning. A restored 1950's era lamp in the form of Joan of Arc, a birthday gift for my wife. She is an art historian who converted to Catholicism in 2020, so I think she'll really like it. I've only seen a few pics of the lamp, don't even know how tall it is (looks like desktop size), but I am hoping it is suitably impressive. Tracking says it should be here in an hour or two. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (vV6n9)

104 I'm not clicking on that link. I know this place.

Posted by: dantesed at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

105 97 Never understood the fascination with Picasso.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (O0YTm)

Does seem pretty Pizzaro

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (/+uur)

106 Also from Wiki: "Furthermore, El Greco, Picasso's poor standard of living, and the suicide of a dear friend Carlos Casagemas influenced Picasso's style at the time which came to be known as his Blue Period. Several x-rays, infrared images and examinations by curators revealed three different figures hidden behind the old guitarist."

Easter Eggs, ca. 1903!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

107 Never understood the fascination with Picasso.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (O0YTm)

Same here.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)

108 I actually appreciate this much more than some of Picasso's other paintings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (rHgXV)

109 If you think he was angry that day, you should see Guernica.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (+1BUN)

Picasso was the epitome of the champagne socialist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (l4RKn)

110 77 45

The man sat outside of the luthierage
staring straight down at the sewerage,
with an axe with no string,
Ain't no ladies want a fling,
and he's bereft of all pronounced hooterage.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Ot/FD)

luthierage: What a cool word!

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (odBC9)

111 I do generally think that Art People take Pablo Picasso wayyyy more seriously than Pablo Picasso took Pablo Picasso.

I'm sure he greatly enjoyed the ride, but he must have still thought "What a bunch of idiots" for most of his working life, huh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Ot/FD)

112
94 100 comment rule. [CBD]
Posted by: The Mid-Size Manatee at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (JM9I6)

OOOF. So close, yet so far.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

113 103 is it a leg in a fishnet stocking?

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

114 I've only seen a few pics of the lamp, don't even know how tall it is (looks like desktop size), but I am hoping it is suitably impressive. Tracking says it should be here in an hour or two. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (vV6n9)

It will look great beside the ladys fishnet leg Lamp

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (/+uur)

115 That feller is gonna get a crick in his neck, I guarantee it
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:42 AM (cdNls)
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He has his chiropractor on speed dial....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (FZ29D)

116 Dead guy with a guitar. OK, Pablo.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Wnv9h)

117 *sings*

Some people try to pick up girls and get called assholes
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street and girls could not resist to stare, and so
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole

Well, the girls would turn the color of the
Avocado when he would drive down their street in his El Dorado
He could walk down your street and girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not like you

Posted by: Zombie Jonathan Richman at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)

118 Several x-rays, infrared images and examinations by curators revealed three different figures hidden behind the old guitarist."

-
OMG! Not an old accordionist?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)

119 Why are Muslim American Politicians Uniformly Democrats?

-
Because they're both allied with Satan?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)

120
Hw Was AGOG* - a limerick

There once was a guitarist named Serge
Who lived his whole life on the verge
He entertained the kiddies
Playing happy little ditties
And for an encore played a funeral dirge

*A Grumpy Old GGuitarist

Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)

121 113 114 hm

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

122 100
Picasso, therefore not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (O0L8i)

Heh. It's a theory.

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:50 AM (odBC9)

123 Thanks for the shout out to the Art Institute. Used to be my first stop when bringing visitors to the city.

More rain headed our way in N Illinois. My backyard is turning into Vietnam...which is fitting for Illinois.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 14, 2026 09:51 AM (qwx/I)

124 Not a Picasso fan

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 09:51 AM (3+Zxg)

125 Morning all. Geez. What a morning.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 09:51 AM (AzRNx)

126 More rain headed our way in N Illinois. My backyard is turning into Vietnam...which is fitting for Illinois.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 14, 2026 09:51 AM (qwx/I)

Chi-gon?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Ot/FD)

127 luthierage: What a cool word!
Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:48 AM

Hmmmmph!

Posted by: The kazooage at August 14, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

128 Picasso, therefore not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (O0L8i)

* golf clap *

I share the same low opinion of Picasso.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ksbjf)

129 Ho "Chi" Minh City would be too on the nose, really....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Ot/FD)

130 We avoid shoeless guitarists at all costs.

Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at August 14, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)

131 SPLC Top Dog Arrested for Fraud and Money Laundering

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I think the word you're looking for is "bitch".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:53 AM (ndZc7)

132 It will look great beside the ladys fishnet leg Lamp
Posted by: r hennigantx

It's a major award!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:53 AM (hrOJm)

133 Congrats, CBD. You picked about the only Picasso painting I like. He captured the look of old age and what is familiar to the man, maybe the only thing that is important to him. The angles, this time, are not completely distorted, just suggestive. The overall blue tones are quiet, peaceful, perhaps accepting his situation. The simple areas of white and dark serve to bring out his thin, age-reduced physique.

I don't care for most of Picasso's paintings. He obviously has the talent to paint what he wants but I don't care for his topics or more abstract style.

Posted by: JTB at August 14, 2026 09:53 AM (yTvNw)

134 He's blue, da-ba-dee, da-ba-di...

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 14, 2026 09:53 AM (ftFVW)

135
Picasso was the epitome of the champagne socialist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (l4RKn)

Picasso was asshoe?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

136 If by "old" Picasso means "found dead in a ghetto gutter two weeks after the fact, stuffed into a garbage bag and buried in a shallow grave that turns out to be a pothole on the main thoroughfare, only to be removed by the road crew as they attempt to fix the roadway and discover his mangled corpse but don't have time to re-entomb him so they playfully prop him up against the wall with Miguel's guitar," then absolutely -- "Old Man" is an apt title.

Posted by: red speck at August 14, 2026 09:54 AM (Ve/HL)

137 If it's a fishnet leg lamp, that will be funny enough to qualify as a good gift, I guess. I'd laugh and then run out real quick to buy a new gift. I actually know the seller from my old neighborhood. Haven't seen him in 30+ years, but he recently opened an antique/repair shop in upstate NY (Cobleskill, I think) and he used to be a Marine, so I trust he won't rip me off.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 09:54 AM (vV6n9)

138 I like it more and more, the more I look at it in light of the Moron comments!

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:54 AM (odBC9)

139 80 Don’t trust Pablo. He’s picasshoe.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

https://youtu.be/qX8ROnkCo6A

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:54 AM (+1BUN)

140 Tracking says it should be here in an hour or two

Nothing says they have to deliver it to the right house. Maybe it’s really sitting at a distribution center at Indianapolis. Or it will be smashed to pieces. All of the above. Lots of possibilities here!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (cdNls)

141
Why are Muslim American Politicians Uniformly Democrats?

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Because they're both allied with Satan?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)

Because they both think the other is the sucker, and can be easily controlled and/or eliminated when the time comes.

Also, they both want to destroy the West.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (iJfKG)

142 If you think he was angry that day, you should see Guernica.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (+1BUN)

Picasso was the epitome of the champagne socialist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (l4RKn)
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So many lies about Guernica. Picasso had started his painting long before the raid, and it's name was just clever branding. He was no Gordon Lightfoot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

143 It's a Picasso.

Gross pervert.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)

144 About to take a video tour of a new property, and wouldn't you know it, big black Stirling is up here on my desk. I've shifted him so I can take some notes as we go.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

145 "More rain headed our way in N Illinois. My backyard is turning into Vietnam"

I got the mowing done during a brief lull in the rain on Monday. The soup continues until at least this next Monday. This WX is a real challenge for local forecasters.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (Jr5Lq)

146 SPLC Top Dog Arrested for Fraud and Money Laundering

She's so ugly she had to bribe some Dude $1.2 Million to play hide the sausage with her.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (hrOJm)

147 A little depressing but I've always liked Picasso.
Would hang.
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (xCuiu)

148 Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (vV6n9)

What a very interesting and thoughtful gift . Hope the lamp arrives safely and may your wife have a blessed birthday!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (Sz4/F)

149 Naomi Wolf Video: No Mojo in the Air – The Vax’s Killing of Sexual Desire

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You're thinking of feminism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)

150 Ho "Chi" Minh City would be too on the nose, really....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Ho Chi Cago

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (AzRNx)

151
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

https://youtu.be/qX8ROnkCo6A
Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:54 AM (+1BUN)

I just did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

152 Old Guitarist

"I'm 37, I'm not old. You could call me Dennis..."

Posted by: red speck at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (Ve/HL)

153 >>> WARNING:

If you have a Blue Period, See Your Gynecologist Immediately.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

Gosh! Thanks for the warning, I'll call right now...

Posted by: Smurfette at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (3uBP9)

154 I hope you nutsacks all know just how badly you're effing up my yootoob algorithm, here...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (Ot/FD)

155 Holy moley
Chinook are running strong this morning. Guys pulling in 15# ers left and right.

Folks gonna eat good tonight!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2Jo7a)

156
She's so ugly she had to bribe some Dude $1.2 Million to play hide the sausage with her.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (hrOJm)

He's the only one that had enough flour to roll her in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

157 Thank you, Fenelon.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (vV6n9)

158 Order a fancy restaurant meal. A fine bottle(s) of wine. Two desserts. "Pay" for it by scribbling on a table napkin.

Posted by: Picasso's Grift at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (JM9I6)

159 It's a Picasso.

Gross pervert.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Gandhi has also entered the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (hrOJm)

160 151
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

https://youtu.be/qX8ROnkCo6A
Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:54 AM (+1BUN)

I just did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

!

Posted by: m at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (odBC9)

161 I don't care for most of Picasso's paintings. He obviously has the talent to paint what he wants but I don't care for his topics or more abstract style.
Posted by: JTB at August 14, 2026

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As John D. MacDonald had Travis McGee tell an abstract artist, "Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if he wanted to."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

162 OMG! Not an old accordionist?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM

Would you prefer Lady of Spain, or something more polkaish?

Posted by: zombie Myron Florin at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (0sNs1)

163 Also, they both want to destroy the West.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (iJfKG)

Judges would have accepted
They want to control every part of your life
food, sex, housing, money, health, doctors, drugs, vehicles, weapons, income, job, work, religion, and media.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (/+uur)

164 Because they're both allied with Satan?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)
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It's a reprise of the old Popular Front ("no enemies to the left!). In this case, it's not Marxism but overthrowing the old order that brings them together. Iran showed us how that works out in practice, but leftists are eternally ignorant.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

165 He's the only one that had enough flour to roll her in.
Posted by: Sponge -

Hah! The old jokes are the best!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:58 AM (hrOJm)

166 Touch of gray?

Posted by: Grateful Dead at August 14, 2026 09:58 AM (Dv3i1)

167 Old Guitarist

"I'm 37, I'm not old. You could call me Dennis..."
Posted by: red speck

I'm 3700, I'm not old. You should call me Kieth Richards.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 09:59 AM (AzRNx)

168 If you think he was angry that day, you should see Guernica.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 09:45 AM (+1BUN)

Picasso was the epitome of the champagne socialist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (l4RKn)
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So many lies about Guernica. Picasso had started his painting long before the raid, and it's name was just clever branding. He was no Gordon Lightfoot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

Hi there, AHL. It's not the Prayer Thread, but just letting you know that I have prayed Rosaries for Mrs. Lloyd for her healing.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)

169 On the University of Montana campus, about where Grizzly stadium is now, there used to be a legacy private inholding. A farmhouse with a large garden. There was this old guy living there. He would wear this enormous straw hat to ward against the sun. He had some sort of osteoarthritis or weird thing where his head was bent over at about a 90 degree angle.

He walked REALLY slow. It was excruciating just to watch. But he was out there every day in his garden doing stuff.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:00 AM (cdNls)

170 OMG! Not an old accordionist?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM

Would you prefer Lady of Spain, or something more polkaish?
Posted by: zombie Myron Florin

Apples Peaches Pumkin Pie, please.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 10:00 AM (AzRNx)

171 He's the only one that had enough flour to roll her in.
Posted by: Sponge -

Hah! The old jokes are the best!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:58 AM (hrOJm)
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When she sits around the house, she sits *around* the house!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)

172 Graham Platner to speak at labor rally, one of his first public events since ending Maine campaign

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Modeled on the Nuremberg rallies?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

173 He's the only one that had enough flour to roll her in.
Posted by: Sponge -

Hah! The old jokes are the best!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 09:58 AM (hrOJm)
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When she sits around the house, she sits *around* the house!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Back of her neck looks like a package of hot dogs.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 10:01 AM (AzRNx)

174 Apples Peaches Pumkin Pie, please.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026

***
As I used to say when I had to pack my courier van:

"I load you more today than yesterday,
But not as much as tomorrow . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

175 Hi there, AHL. It's not the Prayer Thread, but just letting you know that I have prayed Rosaries for Mrs. Lloyd for her healing.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)
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Thank you! They are working, I assure you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)

176 Graham Platner to speak at labor rally, one of his first public events since ending Maine campaign

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Modeled on the Nuremberg rallies?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)
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They need that Nazi energy!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

177 ---
Thank you! They are working, I assure you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)

It seems I've missed something........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:03 AM (2YhKe)

178 However, high fiscal deficits, a substantial interest burden, and high and rising government debt levels constrain the rating. Debt is more than double the 'AA' rating median. The government has not taken meaningful actions to address the large general government (GG) fiscal deficits (averaging 7% of GDP since 2022), and spending pressures will mount over the next decade due to an aging population.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:03 AM (/+uur)

179 171 He's the only one that had enough flour to roll her in.
Posted by: Sponge -
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Hah! The old jokes are the best!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026
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When she sits around the house, she sits *around* the house!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026

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For exercise, she plays teeter-totter with the 4th Marine Division!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

180 My phone seems to gotten over its recalcitrance., so I would like share a thing that made me laugh today. I was at mass at the RCC today and no, I don't take the Eucharist. I go there because I enjoy the devotion of the people who attend, it's a nice way to start the day and it's a lovely church with beautiful stained glass windows . Anyway, there was a couple there - she is Asian of some sort and they have a little girl about three or four , and another child on the way. At the end of the mass after the priest's blessing she said "Can we go NOW? Rather loudly. I told the parents they have very cute little girl.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (xPsv8)

181 Order a fancy restaurant meal. A fine bottle(s) of wine. Two desserts. "Pay" for it by scribbling on a table napkin.
——-

There was a guy, can’t remember his name but became semi-famous because he could free-hand very authentic looking dollar bills and higher denomination US currency. Boggs maybe was his name.

He wouldn’t try to pass them off as legal tender, just order a meal and then hand them one and say, “hey isn’t this really cool?” and it oftentimes worked. The Secret Service, then under the US Treasury was in charge of going after counterfeiters and they determined he wasn’t doing anything illegal. He termed them “art” or whatever.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (cdNls)

182 Wolfus,
The new Dave Sundstrom video on YT is about how James Blish Star Trek novels are so important. Figured you would enjoy it.

Posted by: JTB at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (yTvNw)

183 It seems I've missed something........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:03 AM (2YhKe)
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Mrs. Lloyd had her breast cancer surgery on Wednesday. Double mastectomy. When it was time to move her to surgery, I looked at her chest and said: "I'll miss you guys. Still, we had 26 great years together!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)

184 Brother in law is on day two of recovering from his surgery. FINALLY woke up and is out of the woods. Dear Wife remains with him as he is not handling his hospital stay well. They had to catharize him (not related to his surgery) as his bladder is not working properly. When she called this morning she had a bunch of pene questions regarding the catheter.

I told her "Hell, I don't know. You've seen a lot more of them than I have."

Now she isn't talking to me.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (hrOJm)

185
SPLC Top Dog Arrested for Fraud and Money Laundering

Pray, do not insult dogs by comparing them to this thieving strumpet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (O0L8i)

186
A.H., how's the missus? I've remembered her in my Rosary intentions. Hope Our Lady is listening, not that I have influence Upstairs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 10:07 AM (O0L8i)

187 Because they're both allied with Satan?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)
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It's a reprise of the old Popular Front ("no enemies to the left!). In this case, it's not Marxism but overthrowing the old order that brings them together. Iran showed us how that works out in practice, but leftists are eternally ignorant.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

True enough, but both ideologies are in service to Satan (whether they acknowledge it or not). Some of Marx's writings admit to demonic influences, and Mo wasn't taking dictation from the Archangel Gabriel (I find it very revealing that Mo's version of Heaven was very carnal, while Jesus Christ taught that even married couples would be celibate in Heaven).

But ... Satan always eventually breaks his tools.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

188 Mrs. Lloyd had her breast cancer surgery on Wednesday. Double mastectomy. When it was time to move her to surgery, I looked at her chest and said: "I'll miss you guys. Still, we had 26 great years together!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)

Oh my.....I'm sooooo sorry to hear that.

First Lady chose to do the lumpectomy due to the type and early detection of her breast cancer.

Prayers for you and her. That's such a rough thing to go through.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)

189 Tempo- lento

♫

blue-bla-di
blue-bla-dah
life goes on, brah
blah-blah how the life goes on

Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2026 10:08 AM (I0N4X)

190 154 I hope you nutsacks all know just how badly you're effing up my yootoob algorithm, here...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM (Ot/FD)

You're welcome.

Have another--

https://youtu.be/mrndSo8Uelo

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 10:08 AM (+1BUN)

191 For exercise, she plays teeter-totter with the 4th Marine Division!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl90
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Destroyer of folding chairs.

(I actually knew a guy like that. At an encampment, lots of folks favored "director chairs" because they looked less modern, and damn if that guy didn't decimate the camp to the point where people would take the chairs back to their tents.)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

192 Why is it hung sideways?

Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

193 Prayers for you and her. That's such a rough thing to go through.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)
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Thank you. There is a hidden blessing in this. My wife has had back trouble for years, and while her rack was glorious, it was also heavy. One of her first reactions was how much better her back feels now, and that she will be more mobile after she heals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

194 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I'm not a Picasso fan but I like this even if it is a commie guitar with no strings.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2WIwB)

195 Thank you. There is a hidden blessing in this. My wife has had back trouble for years, and while her rack was glorious, it was also heavy. One of her first reactions was how much better her back feels now, and that she will be more mobile after she heals.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

Wow.....that's one hell of a way to go through reduction surgery, but, good you can both see a silver lining through it all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

196 You're welcome.

Have another--

https://youtu.be/mrndSo8Uelo
Posted by: tankdemon

I don't know what the hell I just watched but I must admit, it gave a chuckle.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM (hrOJm)

197 McDonald’s Taiwan today said it has halted sales of its limited edition Sea Flavor Fried Shrimp Burger and its double-patty version

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM (/+uur)

198 I hope you nutsacks
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:56 AM

You know who only had a half-filled nutsack?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM (0sNs1)

199 Why is it hung sideways?

Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

That's what she said.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (2YhKe)

200 True enough, but both ideologies are in service to Satan (whether they acknowledge it or not). Some of Marx's writings admit to demonic influences, and Mo wasn't taking dictation from the Archangel Gabriel (I find it very revealing that Mo's version of Heaven was very carnal, while Jesus Christ taught that even married couples would be celibate in Heaven).

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, the Father of Lies authors a great deal of "secular" mischief.

But I will raise a point of order: there was no Mohammed. he was created after the fact. The same """scholars""" who nitpick the Gospels and Greco-Roman philosophers and historians are completely silent on the lack of any contemporaneous reference to Islam's purported founder.

Gibbon pointed this out more than 200 years ago.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)

201 155 we have a snag season here when they spawn and die. the bad part is they have rotting flesh trailing from their living corpses. the good part is browns, coho and scamania follow them for the eggs...

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (Bep7s)

202 >>> Why is it hung sideways?
Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

Turning it 90deg actually amps it up a bit. One way he's happily lounging, the other way he's a character crawling across the ceiling in a japanese horror flick. 180deg and he's doing advanced yoga.

Posted by: Smurfette at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (3uBP9)

203 192 Why is it hung sideways?

That's what I said!

Posted by: wife of guy with Peyronie's at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (J4Dwc)

204 158 Order a fancy restaurant meal. A fine bottle(s) of wine. Two desserts. "Pay" for it by scribbling on a table napkin.
Posted by: Picasso's Grift at August 14, 2026 09:57 AM (JM9I6)

Salvatore Dali did something similar. He woukd actually pay the bill.

With a check. Then he would add a little doodle on the signature line and hope the restauratuer would prefer to have an original Dali work than cash the check.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (+1BUN)

205 156 should have sock puppeted "the wet spot"

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 10:14 AM (Bep7s)

206 They've already caught the creep who desecrated the WWII memorial in DC.

https://tinyurl.com/y6n6sktf

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:14 AM (3ImbR)

207 Salvatore Dali did something similar. He woukd actually pay the bill.

With a check. Then he would add a little doodle on the signature line and hope the restauratuer would prefer to have an original Dali work than cash the check.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 14, 2026 10:13 AM (+1BUN)

Dick move.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

208 Jesus, if thats what guitar does to you....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:14 AM (S41Gd)

209 When she jumps, it registers as 5.4 on the Richter Scale. She's permanently banned from California and Japan.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

210 I told her "Hell, I don't know. You've seen a lot more of them than I have."

Now she isn't talking to me.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2026 10:05 AM

Tell her to "Calm down."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 10:15 AM (0sNs1)

211 They've already caught the creep who desecrated the WWII memorial in DC.

https://tinyurl.com/y6n6sktf
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:14 AM (3ImbR)

Another tranny?

Common sense tranny control, NOW!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)

212 The Catholics here probably know this, but today is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest canonized by John Paul II . He helped Jews and gave up his life by volunteering to take the place of a family man who was with him
In the concentration camp. I was glad to go to church on the feast day of such and inspirational man.

Here is some more about him:

https://tinyurl.com/epmk9cs7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 10:15 AM (xPsv8)

213 He's having a stroke and continues to sing the blues … excellent.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 14, 2026 10:15 AM (ayRl+)

214 Saw Old Guitarist at the Mann Center in Philadelphia in 1982, hear he is still playing recently

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 10:15 AM (KYOJq)

215 183 ... "Mrs. Lloyd had her breast cancer surgery on Wednesday. Double mastectomy. When it was time to move her to surgery, I looked at her chest and said: "I'll miss you guys. Still, we had 26 great years together!"

AHL, Prayers for your wife as she recovers.

As far as your joke: she is either going to smile and love you more or hit you with a cast iron pan. Could go either way. :-)

Posted by: JTB at August 14, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

216 Trouble in paradise.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
David Hogg says Platner shouldn't be speaking at an upcoming labor event in Maine.

They went all in to make this guy a model for the new type of candidate they want to run, and are now upset that he doesn't want to go away and be quiet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

217 CBD:

Saw that Aldi's is selling "Frozen Ice" cubes that you might be interested in. Four large, square, crystal clear ice cubes for $4.99.

Aldi is selling Crystal Clear Frozen Ice Cubes as a 4-pack for $4.99. They’re about 1.8 inches across, made with reverse osmosis (RO) purified water, and are designed to melt more slowly so drinks stay colder with less dilution.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:17 AM (3ImbR)

218 @WesternLensman
David Hogg says Platner shouldn't be speaking at an upcoming labor event in Maine.

They went all in to make this guy a model for the new type of candidate they want to run, and are now upset that he doesn't want to go away and be quiet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

The fact that they picked Hogg, fired him, and are now picking him again makes me belly laugh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

219 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s

I will pray for your wife, Mr. Lloyd.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 10:17 AM (xPsv8)

220 Thieving Strumpets was the garage band name for The Dixie Chicks.

Posted by: Music nerd at August 14, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

221 McDonald’s Taiwan today said it has halted sales of its limited edition Sea Flavor Fried Shrimp Burger and its double-patty version
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM (/+uur)
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I've been doing a series of posts discussing at potential PLA invasion of Taiwan for those who are interested. I loaded Part IV last night. Link in nick or just go to ahlloyd.com.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

222 Mrs. Lloyd had her breast cancer surgery on Wednesday. Double mastectomy. When it was time to move her to surgery, I looked at her chest and said: "I'll miss you guys. Still, we had 26 great years together!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prayers to Mrs. Lloyd. 🙏🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (AzRNx)

223
That painting looks like a snapshot of practically any denizen of the Kensington neighborhood in Philly, without the cacophony of sound and the revolting smells.

Posted by: AOC, Hoping Still to Foal a Triple Crown Winner One of These Days at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (s9VOe)

224 Another tranny?
Common sense tranny control, NOW!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)
~~~~~

Not sure. I'm leaning toward AWFL.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (3ImbR)

225 169 i had a neighbor like that. he would putter around while singing, "dee dee, deedeedee" all day.
we called him the dee dee dee man. nobody knew his real name. he lived next door to richard siemen, no kidding. dick's father ran away to arizona with dick's wife. weird.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Bep7s)

226 Prayers up AHL.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (2WIwB)

227 The poll gods giveth

El-Hamas losing by 4 to Rogers in Michigan
Paxton up 1 in Texas

And the poll gods taketh away

Brown up 8 in Ohio
Cooper up 13 in NC

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (7xx4i)

228
Not sure. I'm leaning toward AWFL.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (3ImbR)

That's some serious manface, if true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

229 You can trust her. She's a journalist.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Jen Psaki complains that there aren't enough "excellent journalists" asking questions at the White House like there used to be.

"So therefore people are not getting actual transparent information."

Ah, yes. Psaki really misses the days when 99% of the WH press corps were Democrat political allies and party propagandists.

Like the network that currently employs her now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

230 Yes, the Father of Lies authors a great deal of "secular" mischief.

But I will raise a point of order: there was no Mohammed. he was created after the fact. The same """scholars""" who nitpick the Gospels and Greco-Roman philosophers and historians are completely silent on the lack of any contemporaneous reference to Islam's purported founder.

Gibbon pointed this out more than 200 years ago.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

That would account for the odd and contradictory passages in the Koran. Of the contemporary Koran, there is only a couple of pages that have been dated to when Mo supposedly existed. The earliest nearly complete Koran is dated nearly two centuries later.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:20 AM (E4rtv)

231 As far as your joke: she is either going to smile and love you more or hit you with a cast iron pan. Could go either way. :-)
Posted by: JTB at August 14, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)
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She laughed but also glared at me, which is the norm around here. The surgical staff found it hilarious.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

232 @106 Several x-rays, infrared images and examinations by curators revealed three different figures hidden behind the old guitarist.

Röntgen only discovered X-rays in 1895, so it must be a new wave of art criticism to admit how tech-savvy Picasso was.

This would have never hung in the waiting room of my principal's office. Guitar playing of any sort was officially frowned upon: it was a pastime for complainers and wastrels, and this was in the hard-strumming Kingston Trio days (only serious radicals knew those Weavers songs).

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 14, 2026 10:20 AM (zdLoL)

233 You know who only had a half-filled nutsack?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Lance Armstrong.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 10:20 AM (AzRNx)

234 >>>That's some serious manface, if true.
~~~~~

Agreed.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:21 AM (3ImbR)

235
@WesternLensman
David Hogg says Platner shouldn't be speaking at an upcoming labor event in Maine.

"I will not be denied, Clapner! You get your sorry ass up on that stage!"

-- Li'l Tottie, Graham Clapner's prized body art

Posted by: AOC, Hoping Still to Foal a Triple Crown Winner One of These Days at August 14, 2026 10:21 AM (s9VOe)

236 As far as your joke: she is either going to smile and love you more or hit you with a cast iron pan. Could go either way. :-)
Posted by: JTB

"And" is not off the table.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 14, 2026 10:22 AM (OUMaO)

237 227 The poll gods giveth

El-Hamas losing by 4 to Rogers in Michigan
Paxton up 1 in Texas

And the poll gods taketh away

Brown up 8 in Ohio
Cooper up 13 in NC
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

Garbage polls by garbage people--they cannot even accurately predict Democratic primaries for Wisconsin Governor or Michigan's Senate race.

And Faux News polling in particular has blown goats for as long as they have employed that Dem operative to do them. Reason to shut their shit off and unemploy the Murdoch bros and rancid papa.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:22 AM (E4rtv)

238 The rhythm guitar player for Draugr-X.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2026 10:22 AM (S41Gd)

239 Picasso, therefore not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2026 09:46 AM (O0L8i)

* golf clap *

I share the same low opinion of Picasso.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 09:52 AM

I have an aunt who had a career as an elementary school level art teacher. When told her I couldn't stand most Picasso, the look of horror on her face was priceless.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 14, 2026 10:23 AM (Wnv9h)

240 @WesternLensman
Jen Psaki complains that there aren't enough "excellent journalists" asking questions at the White House like there used to be.

"So therefore people are not getting actual transparent information."

Ah, yes. Psaki really misses the days when 99% of the WH press corps were Democrat political allies and party propagandists.

Like the network that currently employs her now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

The left is communist. They think they should have all the control, make all the decisions and rule with an iron fist. "Ideas so good they must be forced" and all that.

It's absolutely amazing.

You don't like the decisions coming from the Supreme Court? PACK IT!

You don't like losing elections? OPEN THE BORDERS, MAIL IN VOTES and BAN VOTER ID.

They're absof*ckinglutely incorrigible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:23 AM (2YhKe)

241
@WesternLensman
Jen Psaki complains that there aren't enough "excellent journalists" asking questions at the White House like there used to be.

Coming from a serial obfuscator and one who had not the answers to their questions in a timely manner, I'll continue to give her opinion on anything a hard pass.

Posted by: AOC, Hoping Still to Foal a Triple Crown Winner One of These Days at August 14, 2026 10:24 AM (s9VOe)

242 181 yup. he was an artist that worked out of pilsen. he would ask people what they thought on of his crazy looking not legal tender bills were worth to them. sometimes he accepted their estimate.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 10:24 AM (Bep7s)

243 That would account for the odd and contradictory passages in the Koran. Of the contemporary Koran, there is only a couple of pages that have been dated to when Mo supposedly existed. The earliest nearly complete Koran is dated nearly two centuries later.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:20 AM (E4rtv)
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There was a "burning of the books" a couple of century after "Mohammed" and the Caliphs kept the book under tight control. Even today I think all Korans use the same version commissioned in 1922 or thereabouts. When they find older versions, they hide them.

Actual Western Islamic scholars are like Cold War spies, using fake names and moving to safe house-style libraries.

An Islamic version of "The Davinci Code" would be lit - and probably fatal for the author.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)

244 “Frozen Ice Cubes”

Are there any other kind?

I’ve always wanted to take one of those ICE bags back (full of water) to the store and demand a refund.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:25 AM (cdNls)

245 The only way Talarico is within 1 of Paxton is if the polling op went to roadside toilets and polled the workers using it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:25 AM (2YhKe)

246 I've been doing a series of posts discussing at potential PLA invasion of Taiwan for those who are interested. I loaded Part IV last night. Link in nick or just go to ahlloyd.com.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

I've read your previous posts, and agree with you: China can't successfully mount an amphibious invasion. Besides a lack of a warrior culture, their engineering is correctly-assessed to be inferior. Big copiers of stolen technology, they lack the ability to execute it well. I remember reading an article years ago in which the Chinese were bragging that they had finally been able to domestically manufacture the micro-perforated balls necessary to make ballpoint pens.

Plus our punitive expedition against Iran has revealed that the vaunted Chinese HQ-9 SAM is garbage. We knocked-out all three SAM batteries in about an hour with zero launches.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:25 AM (ksbjf)

247 183 my identical twin sister in law, same deal. she said, "get 'em off! after surgery i'll get the boobs of a twenty year old!"

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)

248 An Islamic version of "The Davinci Code" would be lit - and probably fatal for the author.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
=======
The Satanic Verses was nearly so for Rushdie and that was just a book.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:26 AM (E4rtv)

249 You don't like losing elections? OPEN THE BORDERS, MAIL IN VOTES and BAN VOTER ID.

They're absof*ckinglutely incorrigible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:23 AM (2YhKe)
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The hospital has signs up that says current IDs are required to visit. The notion that there is there are millions of people buying things and living life without any form of identification is simply absurd.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

250
Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:27 AM (2YhKe)

251 The Jews are up to it again.

Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristof
Israeli settlers are raging out of control on the West Bank, and Gaza is an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Could the Israeli election in October change this?

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No word on whether they're using rape dogs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

252
Picasso, therefore not art.

I'll take a work of Pissarro over anything from that Spanish poseur any day of the week.

Posted by: AOC, Hoping Still to Foal a Triple Crown Winner One of These Days at August 14, 2026 10:28 AM (s9VOe)

253 ---
The hospital has signs up that says current IDs are required to visit. The notion that there is there are millions of people buying things and living life without any form of identification is simply absurd.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

And yet they continue to push it, call the black community too stupid to address it, yet they continue to vote overwhelmingly for the racist assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:28 AM (2YhKe)

254 Can we stop calling people like Psaki communist? Is she left wing? Yes. Is she the same as El-Hamas or Hong? No. Not even close.

The right has called everyone a communist for so long that when real communists show up it’s the boy who cried wolf.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:29 AM (7xx4i)

255 Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristof
Israeli settlers are raging out of control on the West Bank

What's so wrong with throwing one helluva party?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

256 It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 10:29 AM (0sNs1)

257 The Old Guitarist
Pablo Picasso

I appreciate that he got there before the vultures did.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 10:30 AM (i+Wsn)

258 The left is communist. They think they should have all the control, make all the decisions and rule with an iron fist. "Ideas so good they must be forced" and all that.

It's absolutely amazing.

You don't like the decisions coming from the Supreme Court? PACK IT!

You don't like losing elections? OPEN THE BORDERS, MAIL IN VOTES and BAN VOTER ID.

They're absof*ckinglutely incorrigible.
Posted by: Sponge

Because the movement is made up of people that are lazy, believe themselves to be smarter than the plebes, and those that want something for nothing. So they are so brittle that they cannot think, they can only recite. The end result of their desired utopia is enslavement of society for these the power and pleasure of these mental and evil misfits.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)

259 Why are Muslim American Politicians Uniformly Democrats?
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Can't imagine.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 10:30 AM (d2MOG)

260
The right has called everyone a communist for so long that when real communists show up it’s the boy who cried wolf.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:29 AM (7xx4i)

You're wrong.

They ARE communists. They want FULL control. They don't want to play nice with others. They want to change the rules every 3 minutes so they can have all the power.

Thinking that's anything LESS than communism makes you embarrassingly ignorant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

261
@NickKristof
Israeli settlers are raging out of control on the West Bank, and Gaza is an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Could the Israeli election in October change this?

I think that it is a matter of record, you perspicacious genius, that the number of Israeli settlers in Gaza is exactly zero.

Posted by: AOC, Hoping Still to Foal a Triple Crown Winner One of These Days at August 14, 2026 10:31 AM (s9VOe)

262 @NickKristof
Israeli settlers are raging out of control on the West Bank

We're talking about bears trying to use hammocks, right?

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 10:31 AM (i+Wsn)

263 @184 They had to catharize him

A hospital of the Albigensian Order, in this day and age?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 14, 2026 10:32 AM (zdLoL)

264 Not sure why people call this his "Blew Period".

In his next phase is paintings blew a lot more.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:32 AM (Fi81e)

265
Oh, will you look at the time! Gotta go whip up an omelet from my fresh frozen eggs!

Posted by: AOC, Hoping Still to Foal a Triple Crown Winner One of These Days at August 14, 2026 10:32 AM (s9VOe)

266 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)
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Really stuck your neck out, didn't ya?

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (Fi81e)

267 And yet they continue to push it, call the black community too stupid to address it, yet they continue to vote overwhelmingly for the racist assholes.
Posted by: Sponge
=====
They can't very well say the real reason--they want to cheat to win, cheat massively, cheat enough to win power--then get rid of elections or make them useless by cheating.

Even Democrat voters realize that once the cheat is in, they are dispensable. Gimme dats are at least smart enough to realize when their gubmint check is endangered. That is why they predominately support voter id.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (E4rtv)

268 They had to catharize him

===

A hospital of the Albigensian Order, in this day and age?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 14, 2026 10:32 AM

Maybe it didn't get all sorted out.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

269 Plus our punitive expedition against Iran has revealed that the vaunted Chinese HQ-9 SAM is garbage. We knocked-out all three SAM batteries in about an hour with zero launches.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:25 AM (ksbjf)
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I'm working on a draft that discusses their equipment and that will feature prominently.

Taiwan is the true China, the China of meticulous craftsmanship and quality work. The China of artists and beauty. I have a Mauser Kar98k that was made in China in 1945. Lots of people don't know that the Nationalists got training and equipment from Germany in 1935, including tooling for the Kar98k. These are fully parts compatible with the German-made ones, and in fact mine (which must have gone through a lot before coming here as a trophy) has a German stock and bolt. It was captured by the Communists, who struck out Chiang Kai-shek's name and stamped militia marks on the stock.

It was probably sent as aid to Vietnam and captured there. I found a book documenting Vietnam trophy weapons and our boys picked up a lot of crazy stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

270
...and we're back!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (s9VOe)

271 Because the movement is made up of people that are lazy, believe themselves to be smarter than the plebes, and those that want something for nothing. So they are so brittle that they cannot think, they can only recite. The end result of their desired utopia is enslavement of society for these the power and pleasure of these mental and evil misfits.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)
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Sounds like atheism. (Though, not all atheists.)

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Fi81e)

272 209 and guam.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

273
The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)
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Really stuck your neck out, didn't ya?
Posted by: Axeman

Pick, pick, pick!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at August 14, 2026 10:34 AM (s9VOe)

274 266 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)
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Really stuck your neck out, didn't ya?
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (Fi81e)

Don't be so picky.

Posted by: Roy at August 14, 2026 10:35 AM (qwype)

275 I once shot video of an old classical guitarist playing on a bridge in Venice. It was in twilight. It always very much reminded me of this painting. Lovely. And yah, blue.

Posted by: Lunge Clanghole at August 14, 2026 10:35 AM (w1Bba)

276 And yet they continue to push it, call the black community too stupid to address it, yet they continue to vote overwhelmingly for the racist assholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:28 AM (2YhKe)

Several times a year there are stories about hate crimes against Asians, usually women, stabbed or thrown onto subway tracks and yet urban Asians continue to vote for Democrat prosecutors that openly hate them. People vote for their team, not their interest.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 14, 2026 10:35 AM (igCg8)

277 Thinking that's anything LESS than communism makes you embarrassingly ignorant.
Posted by: Sponge

History (and graveyards) is filled with people saying, This Time It's Different. Communists going to be commies, Muzzies going to be Muzzies, and neither have demonstrated any changes in basic behavior--for Commies since Marx wrote his evil polemic. For Muzzies, since the Dark Ages.

Kill, pillage, plunder, enslave. That is what Commies and their new friends Islam do to unbelievers. They cannot restrain from doing so because without violence, any regime they create implodes because it is contrary to human nature and the Lord. I call that Satanic.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

278 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)
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Really stuck your neck out, didn't ya?
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (Fi81e)

Don't be so picky.
Posted by: Roy at August 14, 2026 10:35 AM (qwype)
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Cicero had no reply: Catgut his tongue?

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:36 AM (Fi81e)

279 Neil Young: The Later Years
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)

James Taylor, he has to pose and everything. He is just missing John F'n Kerry at his elbow

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 10:36 AM (rbvCR)

280 Of course. The suspect for the WWII vandalism is an AWFL.

Posted by: WisRich at August 14, 2026 10:37 AM (G0vdT)

281 Israeli settlers are raging out of control on the West Bank, and Gaza is an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Could the Israeli election in October change this?

-
No word on whether they're using rape dogs.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
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The annoying thing is that Israel has been picking on the local Christian population, but because of all the b.s. and fake atrocities, it gets lost in the shuffle. There have been several confrontations in Jerusalem, and it's a terrible look for Israel to pull those stunts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)

282 Can we stop calling people like Psaki communist? Is she left wing? Yes. Is she the same as El-Hamas or Hong? No. Not even close.
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Psaki would oversee the death camps and sleep like a fucking baby. Of course she's a fucking communist. Who do you think she and her masters are selling out the country to?

Sorry, not falling for the "these are the real communists" bs.

Democrats have been communists that's why they're ushering this movement in now. Soon the media will inform us all that half the country believes in communism - after Trump won three straight times - and people will fall for the bilge.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 10:38 AM (d2MOG)

283
James Taylor, he has to pose and everything. He is just missing John F'n Kerry at his elbow
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 10:36 AM (rbvCR)

I still find that one of the more embarrassing moments for American international politics........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

284 Several times a year there are stories about hate crimes against Asians, usually women, stabbed or thrown onto subway tracks and yet urban Asians continue to vote for Democrat prosecutors that openly hate them. People vote for their team, not their interest.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey

Some don't, most do because in a low trust society, your own peeps in office are supposed to look out for you and your fellow ethnics. They don't of course but in an ethnically diverse society, people will vote their religion and ethnicity over their economic and objective political interests. Lee Kuan Yew was correct.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:39 AM (E4rtv)

285 n his next phase is paintings blew a lot more.

Something in the proportions of the guitar look wrong to me- which makes it the best Picasso I've ever seen, because he's actually trying to depict something!

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 10:40 AM (i+Wsn)

286 Fentanyl.

Posted by: Eromero at August 14, 2026 10:40 AM (0ViWo)

287 221 McDonald’s Taiwan today said it has halted sales of its limited edition Sea Flavor Fried Shrimp Burger and its double-patty version
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 10:12 AM
+++

I'm back.
For a limited time.

Posted by: The McRib at August 14, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

288 Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:39 AM (E4rtv)

BTW we are already transitioning from a low trust society to a high mistrust society. That's when the real fun begins.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 10:40 AM (d2MOG)

289 Can we stop calling people like Psaki communist? Is she left wing? Yes. Is she the same as El-Hamas or Hong? No. Not even close.

The right has called everyone a communist for so long that when real communists show up it’s the boy who cried wolf.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:29 AM (7xx4i)

You're just mad that "Left" is actually synonymous with "Communist." The old-school Democrat politicians were perfectly content to hide their Collectivist-bent while enriching themselves. The Democrat Socialists of America loons are just claiming the Communism out loud.

Psaki was (and is) a paid liar. She sees everything from the perspective that there will be "Heaven-on-Earth (tm)" if people she liked controlled every aspect of our lives. She's yet another huckster promising free stuff paid for by other people. Just another person conflating charity for collectivism.

This always ends the same way: millions of dead and misery.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:40 AM (ksbjf)

290
This morning, we are filing two felony charges, Depredation Against Property of the United States and Destruction of Veterans' Memorials, in Federal District Court against Melissa L. Farris, offenses that carry penalties of up to ten years in prison. She is now in custody.

Try her. Convict her. Incarcerate her at Gitmo.

Let the Mooslim fellers enjoy her charms.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at August 14, 2026 10:41 AM (s9VOe)

291 Some don't, most do because in a low trust society, your own peeps in office are supposed to look out for you and your fellow ethnics. They don't of course but in an ethnically diverse society, people will vote their religion and ethnicity over their economic and objective political interests. Lee Kuan Yew was correct.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:39 AM (E4rtv)
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The US shut the door on immigration for this reason. The ethnic blocs were not assimilating, and organized crime was getting out of control (exacerbated by Prohibition).

Prohibition itself was strongly Nativist.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

292 The guitar has no strings, but I wouldn't fret about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (o5Cl5)
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Really stuck your neck out, didn't ya?
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:33 AM (Fi81e)

Don't be so picky.
Posted by: Roy at August 14, 2026 10:35 AM (qwype)
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Cicero had no reply: Catgut his tongue?

The Paolo will be along to discuss his tension rod adjuster.
It's, you know, inside the neck and comes out between the pegs. Keeps your frets from buzzing!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 14, 2026 10:42 AM (zdLoL)

293
McDonald’s Taiwan today said it has halted sales of its limited edition Sea Flavor Fried Shrimp Burger and its double-patty version

I guess the market for Nuclear Reactor Cooling Tower Shrimp is still pretty tight.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at August 14, 2026 10:43 AM (s9VOe)

294 A. H. Lloyd, I see now why you responded as you did at 53.

Prayer up for your wife and you.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

295 Prayer up for your wife and you.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)
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Thank you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

296 The thing about "Democratic Socialism", is that I believe it was Marx himself that claimed that socialism was democratic.

And if you didn't have socialism, you couldn't be as "democratic".

So it's not like "democracy" hasn't been tied to "socialism" by some major figure of Marxism, itself.

And I've heard some of the socialists in Washington, and have heard that respond in sync with that relationship, before.

So, if socialism makes "democracy", what the heck is different about "socialism with democracy"?

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:44 AM (Fi81e)

297 Don’t be fooled. Communists are simply Socialists In A Hurry.

They will do whatever and as much as they think they can get away with

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:44 AM (cdNls)

298 Here's an interesting but short video on the sinking of the IJN carriers Taiho and Shokaku in WWII.

https://youtu.be/JS2p1eUeuAs

Posted by: Robert at August 14, 2026 10:45 AM (1tFDL)

299 Democrats have been communists that's why they're ushering this movement in now. Soon the media will inform us all that half the country believes in communism - after Trump won three straight times - and people will fall for the bilge.
Posted by: ... at

They’re not ushering it in. The establishment Dems are scared shitless of it. Dems and Reps establishment just want to grift and live a nice upper middle class lifestyle. They don’t want a revolution. I mean you really think Psaki wants no prisons and no police and wealth distribution, which would take her $5M house and give it to a welfare recipient? Come on.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:45 AM (7xx4i)

300 The annoying thing is that Israel has been picking on the local Christian population, but because of all the b.s. and fake atrocities, it gets lost in the shuffle. There have been several confrontations in Jerusalem, and it's a terrible look for Israel to pull those stunts.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)

I gather it is the Haredis ultra-whatever they are that claim it is an ancient tradition, and the big issues are that doing something about it could break the Likud party's coalition, and Itmar Ben Gvir, Minister of National security has defended this behavior in the past.
The Christians being harassed are orthodox and Israeli arab citizens.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 10:46 AM (rbvCR)

301 Sounds like atheism. (Though, not all atheists.)
Posted by: Axeman

Atheists certainly tend toward that extreme. Few have the stomach for Marcus Aurelius Stoicism, easier by far to fall into libertinism and then cast Christians as villains depriving the atheist of fun and games. Muzzies though also fit the description intentionally because the whole basis for the religion is 'submit' and then sotto voce, or 'die'.

And they endlessly recite their Koran without thinking as many of them don't actually understand Arabic and those that do, thinking is dangerous as the entire religion condones killing heretics and those that lose the faith. And when that document is examined, it is found to be full of holes, contradictory, and lies. As if the purpose was to create a political and military movement to supplant the existing Christians in the Middle East and displace them as king of the hill.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:46 AM (E4rtv)

302 The Art Institute is really a gold mine of paintings from the late 19th and early 20th century. The city was growing faster than any other city in the world in those days (basically starting over from nothing after the Great Fire). Chicago had some amazing civic leaders (opposite of now). They sent people over to Europe to buy whatever they could.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 14, 2026 10:47 AM (wGerL)

303 Don’t be fooled. Communists are simply Socialists In A Hurry.

They will do whatever and as much as they think they can get away with
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:44 AM (cdNls)
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What's interesting is that today's Communists are not of the Marxist-Leninist wing but the Anarchist one. That's part of why I keep getting Spanish Civil War vibes these days.

Also worth recalling that there were three Anarchist rebellions in the runup to the actual war, followed by a major insurrection in Asturias that required the Foreign Legion to suppress.

I suspect if the fall elections disappoint the Dems, we will see more overt violence on their part.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)

304 Prohibition itself was strongly Nativist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

And anti-German and anti-Catholic

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 10:48 AM (rbvCR)

305 We know Democrats lie constantly. We know the media lies constantly.

But they can still psy op some - maybe with the help of "paid influencers" that seed sites like this one - into believing they're telling the truth when they're saying something we believe. It's like some form of Gell Mann.

"Oooh Chuck Schumer is big mad. I like when Chuck Schumer is mad so that means he's telling the truth now." No!!! He's a fucking liar first and foremost.

He's not telling the truth *now* just because you think he has no reason to lie. He does. There is always a reason to lie.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 10:48 AM (d2MOG)

306 That was the early schism, due to the inherent contradictions and self refuting aspects of the Soviet (and everywhere else it was tried).

The earliest guys were hardcore, and were lauded for the ascetic and frugal nature. That lasted not very long. The Party elite were soon getting privileges and special favors. - Dachas, foreign imported luxury goods, fine foods, motor cars and the rest of it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:48 AM (cdNls)

307 "I told de debbil to make me a bluesman, not a blue man!"

Actual results may vary.

Posted by: Toad-0 at August 14, 2026 10:49 AM (qMa07)

308 BTW we are already transitioning from a low trust society to a high mistrust society. That's when the real fun begins.
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I have little enough trust nowadays in the GOP and I would be an idiot to trust Muzzies or Democrats. Skunks do not change their stripes.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:49 AM (E4rtv)

309 This is an interesting lawsuit. Two Nebraska families are suing over the idea that only public education is free. From the "I own the world" site per "The Federalist":

https://tinyurl.com/yd9sw5wb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 10:49 AM (xSAlF)

310 Not shown: the cord leading from the guitar to the 3000 volt line that electrocuted the old boy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji)

311 And when that document is examined, it is found to be full of holes, contradictory, and lies. As if the purpose was to create a political and military movement to supplant the existing Christians in the Middle East and displace them as king of the hill.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:46 AM (E4rtv)
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Islam started as a Christian heresy, and it was later retconned into a faith to support the new Arab empire. The gaps and contradictions are where Christian teachings were inconvenient and papered over because of pressing dynastic needs.

Thus: Mohammed was given license to do nasty stuff because that was what the rulers were doing and they wanted a precedent to legitimize it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:51 AM (ZOv7s)

312 I mean you really think Psaki wants no prisons and no police and wealth distribution, which would take her $5M house and give it to a welfare recipient? Come on.
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She’s fine with all that so long as she keeps her $5M house. “Socialism for thee, not for me”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:51 AM (cdNls)

313 I’m just saying there’s a wide chasm between “raise the marginal tax rate to 40% and Medicare for all” to “abolish prison, abolish the police and abolish private property”.

Psaki is for the former I’m pretty sure she’s not for the latter.

She’s probably not even for the former. She’s a tv personality who is given a script to read. Much like Megyn Kelly who jumps between feisty MAGA chick to free Palestine chick within an hour.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (7xx4i)

314 Democrats have been communists that's why they're ushering this movement in now. Soon the media will inform us all that half the country believes in communism - after Trump won three straight times - and people will fall for the bilge.
Posted by: ... at

They’re not ushering it in. The establishment Dems are scared shitless of it. Dems and Reps establishment just want to grift and live a nice upper middle class lifestyle. They don’t want a revolution. I mean you really think Psaki wants no prisons and no police and wealth distribution, which would take her $5M house and give it to a welfare recipient? Come on.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:45 AM (7xx4i)

The DSA loons want to empty prisons of the "criminal criminals" (to coin a term) to make room for the "thought criminals." Psaki, I'm pretty certain, had no problem with people involved in the January 6th "Insurrection (tm)" being tossed in prison for the crimes of walking on the grass, not even walking through doors that had been opened for them.

The old school Democrats have been fostering these DSA monster babies for decades. The DSA is merely the culmination of years of Communist indoctrination.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (ksbjf)

315
Death Practices Guitar

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (Fi81e)

316 What it takes to make me giggle in the morning:

Elon Musk
X
@elonmusk

SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking & cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly …
3:29 PM · Jun 9, 2018

Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (rbvCR)

317 I suspect if the fall elections disappoint the Dems, we will see more overt violence on their part.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think you are correct. Troons and criminal perverts are the leading edge of their human weaponized assholes, but if you notice, they are keeping the Muzzies on the down low for right now to get getting them into the US. Mosques will be used as the armory of the Democrat leftists.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)

318 They’re not ushering it in. The establishment Dems are scared shitless of it. Dems and Reps establishment just want to grift and live a nice upper middle class lifestyle. They don’t want a revolution. I mean you really think Psaki wants no prisons and no police and wealth distribution, which would take her $5M house and give it to a welfare recipient? Come on.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:45 AM (7xx4i)

They are scared shitless of losing power. They are using the DSA to vault the dead Democrat Party back ahead post-Trump. It's so obvious but I understand why some don't see it. Or say they don't see it.

When Democrats are scared shitless, they use the media and legal means and threats and cheating and violence to raze and destroy. This is the dog that isn't barking. They aren't scared of shit. They are ideologues who do what the party tells them to do.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 10:53 AM (d2MOG)

319 “Free and Compulsory Education”

Proof positive there is absolutely nothing, no good idea that can’t ultimately be corrupted and completely subverted to nefarious ends.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 10:53 AM (cdNls)

320 Thus: Mohammed was given license to do nasty stuff because that was what the rulers were doing and they wanted a precedent to legitimize it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:51 AM (ZOv7s)
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If he even existed.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)

321 SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car.

Will it also be voiced by a slightly effeminate-sounding AI?

Posted by: Knight Rider! at August 14, 2026 10:54 AM (88C+u)

322 Picasso, feeling blue, a la CCR.

Posted by: Westside Dano at August 14, 2026 10:55 AM (J/v2z)

323 I have little enough trust nowadays in the GOP and I would be an idiot to trust Muzzies or Democrats. Skunks do not change their stripes.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:49 AM (E4rtv)
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The GOP is slowly but systematically being purged of the old Establishment hacks. It's Trump's party now, and you either adapt or you will get flushed out. This is particularly true at the local and state level, and those people will go on to run for governor and congress in the coming years.

The Dems have a serious problem with succession because the old guard never retired, and is impossible to remove, so they are dying off leaving much younger and more radical successors who have never had power and the discipline it brings. That's why their Gen X politicians are all perverts and Nazis, because the mainstream was locked down by the Pelosi/Schumer generation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

324 They’re not ushering it in. The establishment Dems are scared shitless of itgiving the game away.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:45 AM (7xx4i)
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Fixed. No cost.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:55 AM (Fi81e)

325 The DSA loons want to empty prisons of the "criminal criminals" (to coin a term) to make room for the "thought criminals." Psaki, I'm pretty certain, had no problem with people involved in the January 6th "Insurrection (tm)" being tossed in prison for the crimes of walking on the grass, not even walking through doors that had been opened for them.

The old school Democrats have been fostering these DSA monster babies for decades. The DSA is merely the culmination of years of Communist indoctrination.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

Gramsci is who the current Marxists follow and it was he, in Italian prison, that formulated the ideas that the left, in order to have a successful revolution in an industrial society, had to at first destroy the existing society. Marxism after WWI had a problem in that the predicted revolutions by Marx were failing or non existent in industrialized societies and were only finding ground in more primitive ones like Russia, China, etc.

Gramsci is the one that provided the framework for the Frankfurt School to demoralize and destroy Western society by harping on its faults and claiming its successes were in fact evil.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 10:55 AM (E4rtv)

326 Historically, the distinction was between democratic socialism, which was Fabian and had pretense to observe norms, and scientific socialism which was revolutionary and had pretense to having discovered the inexorable process of history. Because today's democratic socialists all operate on the Marxists assumption of the oppressor-oppressed paradigm, I don't think that is the division holds any more. Today's democratic socialists are feminized Marxist revolutionary socialists. That is incoherent, but so are they.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 14, 2026 10:56 AM (wGerL)

327 Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (7xx4i)

What did Trump say when he came on the scene.

He wants to ban muslims. He wants to punish women and doctors for abortions. Then he "softened".

But he was one guy. You are seeing the same thing being done now, but from the other side of the fence. The extreme views are getting air time and now just significantly leftarded things suddenly seem "moderate". And they get to play both sides of it which keeps them impossible to pin down. This is a controlled demolition of the Democrat Party.

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Literally.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 10:56 AM (d2MOG)

328 I believe it was Marx himself that claimed that socialism was democratic.

Dunno about that, but "power to the soviets" is a fair translation of the original "democracy". "Demos" before vulgarized into "people" meant something like a village collective I think.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 10:57 AM (88C+u)

329 If he even existed.
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)
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Oh, he didn't, that's the point. He's a mythical founder, just as Heracles supposedly fathered the kings of Sparta or Perseus was the father of Persia.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:57 AM (ZOv7s)

330 Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly …

Keep the ramps in good condition and we'll soon be able to just General Lee our way over the Delaware River.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 10:58 AM (i+Wsn)

331 Canadian rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2026 11:00 AM (AzRNx)

332 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

Turn on the TV. Thats discipline. Turn it on in 10 years it will look pretty much the same. And just as coordinated if not more. That is discipline. The chaos is real but controlled. Look how fast Hong joined the fold after being obviously cheated.

It's gonna be something to watch when people wake up to a completely phony "movement", loud and corrosive like you are living in a foreign country. Obama on steroids.

You are probably going to feel powerless at times when it happens. If you'd like, you can try and remember that your old pal Ellipsis warned you to prepare, mentally and physically. And always remember - it was a psy op.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:01 AM (d2MOG)

333 If he even existed.
Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)
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Oh, he didn't, that's the point. He's a mythical founder, just as Heracles supposedly fathered the kings of Sparta or Perseus was the father of Persia.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 10:57 AM (ZOv7s)
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That's kinda been along my thought, the way you put it. Muhammad was a tall tale figure about how to lead--or how the fabulists wanted to lead.

I'm still not settled on his non-existence, though, I just know it's a real possibility that he never existed.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:01 AM (Fi81e)

334 The DSA loons want to empty prisons of the "criminal criminals" (to coin a term) to make room for the "thought criminals."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 14, 2026 10:52 AM (ksbjf)
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This is exactly what they did in Spain. When the Popular Front gained power in 1936, they emptied the jails, unleashing an orgy of violence and that was what ultimately pushed the generals into mounting a coup.

The problem the Dems have is that they are likely going to be locked out of power due to more honest elections. Our elections have been broken for about a decade, but Trump is cleaning it up, and the courts are belatedly recognizing the mortal danger of continuing to turn a blind eye to the problem.

That's why I see armed rebellions, and Trump is slowly building the case for going after the leadership.

I want to add that all the stuff we are seeing about El-Sayed and all the other candidates was held back for a reason. It is very old news, but kudos to the Michigan GOP for keeping it under lock and key until after the primaries.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 11:02 AM (ZOv7s)

335 310 nominal phase to ground voltage of that level would have left him with only the elastic tops of his socks intact. i've sen the final state of copper termites.

Posted by: cmeat at August 14, 2026 11:02 AM (Bep7s)

336 The GOP is slowly but systematically being purged of the old Establishment hacks. It's Trump's party now, and you either adapt or you will get flushed out. This is particularly true at the local and state level, and those people will go on to run for governor and congress in the coming years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The question for all of us is whether we will get backsliding when Trump is gone in 2028. The problem is that the GOP donor class WANTS cheap labor and new consumers from immigration. And they want to be able to send work abroad to fatten profits to slowly strangle and impoverish American workers. So you keep seeing candidates push amnesty like Mike Lindell or talk frankly off mike to those donors like the current governor of Idaho talking to Ag employers. Those people, including many small businessmen, view cheap labor as their right and that is because it fattens their pocketbooks. And those in big corporations want a borderless world--food stamps for all plumps Walmart, endless Medicaid, plumps Big Medicine and Pharma, and sending work abroad and H1Bs lessen labor costs so that top executives get fatter salaries.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 11:03 AM (E4rtv)

337 God may yet have other plans beyond what these lunatics have in store for us. You think they decided to rest after covid and The Cheat? No. This sudden appearance of the DSA on the world stage is the fruit of what they've been preparing.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:05 AM (d2MOG)

338 No. This sudden appearance of the DSA on the world stage is the fruit of what they've been preparing.
Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 11:05 AM (d2MOG)

They're a bunch of fruits, alright.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 11:08 AM (Ot/FD)

339 Real or imaginary, it's instructive to observe how the very first moments of the great goat gang bang after their cult was founded devolved into wholesale murder of each other, and never really stopped.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Ot/FD)

340 Remember, the DSA was originated and funded in Germany.

Some Germans were concerned that America wasn't making too much progress toward socialism, or something.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 11:11 AM (Fi81e)

341 Saw that Aldi's is selling "Frozen Ice" cubes that you might be interested in. Four large, square, crystal clear ice cubes for $4.99.

Aldi is selling Crystal Clear Frozen Ice Cubes as a 4-pack for $4.99. They’re about 1.8 inches across, made with reverse osmosis (RO) purified water, and are designed to melt more slowly so drinks stay colder with less dilution.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 10:17 AM (3ImbR)

Man, what a racket!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2026 11:14 AM (1z8ji)

342 >>Canada is gone. It cannot be saved nor restored to the polite, commonwealth country we knew in the 20th Century.

You're going to regret saying that, buddy!

Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 11:26 AM (J4Dwc)

343 @310 the cord leading from the guitar to the 3000 volt line

Yes, he was executed under Marshall Law.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 14, 2026 11:28 AM (zdLoL)

344 My parents had a copy of this painting for years. No idea where it is now.

Posted by: STW at August 14, 2026 11:51 AM (sUQEO)

345 CBD, I've seen the original many times, and the AIC image shown here is a faithful reproduction of the original.

If you look at the painting carefully, you'll see the ghost of another painting underneath it. Picasso was dirt-poor in his blue-period years, and it was common for him to reuse his canvases by just painting over them.

As for Canada and Alberta, I lived in Canada for five years, and my impression is that Alberta will make noises about going independent, but what Albertans really want is a better deal from Ottawa - something akin to the special treatment that Quebec gets now - to give them more control over their natural resources. I would be stunned if it led to a full-blown independence movement, let alone petitioning to join the United States: the ties to Confederation are simply too strong, and the barriers to independence too high.

Posted by: Nemo at August 14, 2026 11:54 AM (4RPgu)

346 I'm late but I have a reproduction of this a friend painted hanging in my house!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2026 01:11 PM (cDvOu)

347 why do people think picasso is a great artist? the right foot on this mans right leg is on backwards!

Posted by: susan harms at August 14, 2026 01:29 PM (Kkd7F)

The Morning Report — 8/ 14 /26

Good morning kids. Well let's dive right in shall we. Riffing off of my puzzlement as CBD and I pondered, or mostly yammered on about on the latest episode of the podcast (linked here as well as in the sidebar and the popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post )

What does the loss, or more likely the theft by the Democrat Party of Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin last Tuesday's Wisconsin gubernatorial primary really indicate both there and really nationally?

What I can't figure out is, are the frightening polls including by our wonderful friends at the Heartland Institute
really reflective of a national trend towards socialism, but if so then why is the Democrat Party establishment so desperate to put a muzzle on freaks like EL Sayed, Talarico and of course Hong and all the rest.

And so with that as a set-up, there's this piece...

Are there Republicans who’ve doctored their resumes? Sure. But faking your past, or your views, or the sound of your voice seems to be a job requirement for Democrat politicians these days.
The Talarico campaign distanced itself from these folks after their cover was blown. But everything about Talarico is as fake, from his Christianity to his barbecue photo op.
Around the same time, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, last seen trying out a fake southern accent at an event in Memphis, was trying to pretend that she’s not a crazy leftist despite being a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, which wants to defund the military, close prisons, open the borders, eliminate the Senate, the presidency and the Supreme Court, and nationalize various industries.
When ABC News’ Jonathan Karl asked about her past statements, she laughed that “woke 1 was crazy,” and blamed COVID because “I think that, you know, during lockdown, of course, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today.” . . .Our best guess is that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to do this because for most Democrats, their only interest is getting and keeping government power. They love government and want to control its every lever. And if that means pretending to be a normie for the rube voters, so be it.
But, shucks, whadda we know? We’re just a buncha gosh-darn banjo-pickin’ hillbillies from yonder flyover country.

Sure the Democrats either outright lie about their true intentions or else do their best to cover them up. To me it's another puzzler, do the Democrats really think they can bamboozle a significant portion of normal America into voting for them? But lest we forget, anyone with eyes to see and more than two functioning brain cells could plainly see the dangerous fraud that was Barack Obama and yet there he was in 2008 and then again in 2012 winning the presidency and the fuse was lit. As CBD noted on the podcast, horrid as the purple-lipped closet-queen America-hating thug was and still is, he was slick and polished enough to really fake it all the way. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens both this coming November and then two years after that to see if Trump and the MAGA movement are just speed bumps on our inevitable road to hell or if they are please God a real course correction back to American restoration.

Until then we'll be enduring this depravity.

The National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was vandalized Thursday with red graffiti reading “Clean Hands Dirty $,” while soap dumped into its fountain filled the memorial with bubbles.
Authorities blocked off the fountain Thursday afternoon as U.S. Park Police investigated the vandalism. The Interior Department called the incident an “utter disgrace” and vowed to find whoever is responsible.
“The World War II Memorial is a sacred place to honor the service of our members of the Armed Forces and the over 400,000 Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice in WWII,” the department said. “The vandalism that occurred is an utter disgrace and will not be tolerated.”

Were I a betting man, I'd lay odds that the piece(s) of shit that did this are registered Democrats or full on DSA freakazoids. He/She/It deserves being bull-whipped on live television preferably by any WW2 veterans of which I'm sure there'd be volunteers out the wahzoo.

And then, speaking of fakers and takers, there's this horrendous outburst for which there is no rational excuse.

Curtis Sliwa on Thursday told relatives of 9/11 victims who want New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani kept away from this year’s Ground Zero commemoration to “stop being sore losers,” arguing that they should respect the office even if they disagree with the person holding it.
“He’s the mayor. Stop being sore losers!” Sliwa told reporters Thursday. “You knew this is Zohran Mamdani. He was never a fake, phony, fraudulent, fugazi like a lot of politicians. He told you who he was.”

Yes, asshole, he told us who he was and what he said and what he is utterly underscores justification of his being barred from within 10,000 light years of Ground Zero Forever.

Curtis Sliwa's logic would allow for a furlough from prison and a limousine ride to the 9/11 ceremony for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Sliwa should only die, be cremated and his ashes dumped in the Marianas Trench next to Bin Laden. Seems appropriate.

I lost an old schoolmate and was nearly a victim myself that day, you Scumbag.

On these and all the rest of it, I nevertheless bid you all to have a great weekend!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Interior Department spokesman Cody Sargent condemned the "disgusting vandalism from deranged losers."
Iconic War Memorial Vandalized In DC
The Democrats will lose normal Americans unless they push back against the crazed communists in the DSA, but they can’t seem to make themselves do that.
Democrats Need A ‘Sister Souljah Moment’

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

“I said it in 2019, and you know if you listen to the full conversation, you very quickly understand what I’m talking about,” Piker said. “I should have phrased things better.”
Hasan Piker Tries to Spin ‘America Deserved 9/11’ New Dem Hope Under Fire
The Michigan Democrat made the remark on his YouTube channel, where he also bashed football and fireworks
Don't Bring Home the Bacon? Abdul El-Sayed Compared Beloved Breakfast Meat to Plutonium: 'That's the Stuff We Make Nuclear Weapons Out Of'
“A third activist told me that I need to read Huey P. Newton.”“By the end of the day, the street had been taken over by activists...
The Truth About Corey Ruiz
I never thought I’d live to see even this much justice done.
SPLC Top Dog Arrested for Fraud and Money Laundering
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Representative Brandon Gill (R-TX), whose 26th District saw a 217 percent rise in filings, remarked that the H-1B program is “an abomination that is suppressing American wages, taking American jobs, and culturally erasing American communities. It should be abolished.”
Texas Districts See Huge Surge in H-1B Visa Filings.
In particular, the report states that human smuggling-related transactions fell 62 percent in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, compared to 2024 when former [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden was in office.
Feds: Human Smuggling Profits Drop Significantly as Trump Drastically Cuts Illegal Immigration
The release of Iriarte-Valdez has reignited the debate over Democrat sanctuary policies and the role of liberal judicial discretion in cases involving illegal immigrants with criminal records. Federal officials have called for greater cooperation between local law enforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to prevent such incidents from recurring.
Illegal Immigrant Charged With Stabbing Retiree to Death One Day After California Judge Freed Him.
“The defendants allegedly threatened foreign workers with physical violence, deportation, and crippling debt; forced them to work lengthy shifts; and housed them in overcrowded and dirty residences,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “My office will ensure that predators who traffic at-risk laborers and violate our immigration laws to enrich themselves are investigated, apprehended, and prosecuted.”
U.S. Attorney Busts Chinese-Run Forced Labor Scheme in Georgia Factory
No one is calling out the Texas Democrat for using fake tough talk to mask intentions to restore Joe Biden’s disastrous open border.
James Talarico’s Border Policies Could Spark Another Biden-Level Migrant Crisis
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The invasion was apparently rather small, as the Ministry of Intelligence claimed only four people were arrested, and two more killed, in the course of dismantling two cells of a “Takfiri terrorist group.”
Iran Claims to Repel Invasion from ‘American-Zionist Mercenaries’
This decision aligns with BRICS’ broader goal of reducing dependence on the U.S. dollar. Iran’s membership could provide the country with alternative financial channels as the country continues to operate under sanctions imposed by the United States amid the ongoing Iran war. Iran’s decision to join the NDB is part of a broader effort to shift towards a multipolar economic order. This move also shows how Iran has aligned with China and Russia economically, not just militarily and politically.
Iran Set to Join BRICS Development Bank.

* * * * *
Irony is dead or being held hostage in an Iranian prison.
Iran Hostage-Taker’s Daughter Publishes Letter From “Hell of ICE Detention”
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Netanyahu: IDF conducting “a very important operation” against Hezbollah in the Ali Taher ridge.
Israeli Military Tightens Grip on Hezbollah’s Underground ‘Nerve Center’ in South Lebanon
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Kennedy’s allegations raise serious concerns about the state of fraud prevention and oversight during Becerra’s tenure, suggesting that his lax policies likely contributed to massive financial losses in critical healthcare programs.
Biden, Becerra Gutted Fraud Prevention at HHS: RFK Jr.
However, the whole basis for SCOTUS integrity depends on whether the justices have backbones, and we have seen plenty of evidence in the recent past that many conservatives don’t have backbones.
Packing The Supreme Court? Fuhgeddaboudit!
These 19 San Franciscans think their city is turning a corner.
California Conversations, Part II: San Francisco
Democrats are undoing Virginia’s renaissance with a combination of tax hikes, pro-crime policies, an anti-business outlook, and egregious partisanship.
How to Destroy a State, in Five Easy Steps
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is set to install privately-funded, dedicated Islamic foot washing stations in the facility, according to documents from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Dallas Airport Installing Foot Washing Stations for Muslim Travelers (Dog urinals! - jjs)
No conspiracy to see here.
Both UK PMs Linked to Muslim Sex Grooming Gangs
No more softball.
Questions for Muslim Candidates
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
The latest Jew-hating fantasy unravels.
Posts Blaming Israel for Ceuta Migrant Crisis Get 100 Million Views
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The war on human intimacy.
Naomi Wolf Video: No Mojo in the Air – The Vax’s Killing of Sexual Desire
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
While it tried to show otherwise, The Guardian was forced to admit there is no evidence suggesting Alito has financial conflicts in an upcoming SCOTUS case.
Propaganda Media’s Latest Hit Job Against Justice Alito Is A Total Joke
While we content ourselves with effortless mockery, the Democrats' flying monkeys in the mainstream media have to pretend that their best hopes for regaining the White House aren't merely a bunch of Stalin knockoff goofballs. Good luck with that.
WaPo's Assessment of Potential 2028 Dem Field Reads Like a Program for a Sad Circus

* * * * *
The whole BEAD program has been corrupt from day one, a perfect example of the worst form of crony capitalism and an utter waste of money.
Texas suspends issuing new grants to internet companies for providing broadband to rural areas
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Sports betting is increasingly competing with traditional investing for younger Americans’ attention,” adds Bloomberg, “with more than a quarter of Gen Z investors saying they see gambling on sports as part of their long-term financial strategy.” Gambling as a “long-term strategy.” The stupid; it hurts.
52 Percent of Gen Z Morons Have Moved Money from Investments to Sports Betting
But when people have been getting away with exploiting a loophole for years, they are not likely to accept a change docilely. That, of course, is what inevitably happened in this case. Trump acknowledged, “The Importers sued. Today, THEY LOST. The Court ruled that the President had the Legal Authority to rescind this so-called ‘privilege.’”
Trump Celebrates ’BIG WIN’ in Tariff Exemption Case
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The court voids the rules after determining that Biden’s Energy Department improperly tried to fast-track the measure as a “direct final rule”, which is usually reserved for noncontroversial matters.
Fifth Circuit Completely Roasts Biden DOE’s Stove and Oven Efficiency Rules
In California, the goal of high-density public and semi-public housing to “defeat” climate change is destroying one community after another.
The ‘Wrenching Transformation’ Of Our Suburbs
Decades of relentless climate hysteria have not even convinced a majority of the public that humans are causing the Earth to warm. In 2016, only 45 percent believed that. Today, only 48 percent buy that nonsense.
Polls Show No One Cares About Climate Change
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Whether that succeeds remains to be seen.”
Luigi Mangione Weighs Unusual Plea Move That Could Derail State Murder Trial
California’s Racial Justice Act previously reduced a felony conviction to a misdemeanor in San Francisco.
CashApp founder Bob Lee’s killer places race card as he launches Hail Mary bid after murder conviction
Typically, there is only one execution scheduled per day in the US, sometimes maybe two — but three is “very unusual,” Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher said.
US carries out first triple execution in 16 years
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
A Free Beacon review of Arday’s memoir, out this week from Simon & Schuster, shows that his melodramatic autobiography tracks closely with plotlines from popular TV shows and movies
Fallen Cambridge Star Jason Arday’s ‘True Life’ Memoir Appears To Poach Life Events From His Favorite Soap Operas, ‘Spartacus,’ and ‘Forrest Gump’
“As noted above, the Amended Complaint is devoid of any factual allegations plausibly establishing that any events that might be construed as evidence of noncompliance occurred after June 30, 2025.”
Judge Dismisses Trump Admin’s Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
The government cannot create the conditions that coerce people into surrendering enumerated rights like those in the First Amendment.
Lawsuit: It’s Unconstitutional That Education Is ‘Free,’ But Only At Government Indoctrination Mills
“the mostly left-wing professors in the UC system are calling this out and saying, “Enough already.” If they’re doing that – Yeah, maybe this really is an emergency.”
‘Maybe This Really is an Emergency’: When Even Lefty Profs Complain About Unprepared Incoming Students
Now he’s being formally charged with harassment.
A Professor Called His Colleague’s Vacuous Course Proposal “Word Salad”
ABORTION
A year ago, Healey and her supporters celebrated different bills that protected animal life better than human life.
Massachusetts Won’t Let You Sell Puppies Under 8 Weeks But Lets You Abort Babies Until Birth
SECOND AMENDMENT
Subsequently, Gun Owners of America (GOA) announced its intention to transfer a suppressor without registration at 12:01 a.m. CDT on August 13, 2026. Silencer Shop, a plaintiff in the case decided by Judge Hendrix, responded to GOA’s announcement by posting to X, “Proud to be making history with you!”
WATCH: NFA Registration Begins Slide into Oblivion Under Trump DOJ/ATF
In a now-deleted podcast Abdul El-Sayed claimed a Nashville Christian school shooting wasn’t a ‘trans problem,’ it was ‘a gun problem.’
Podcast: Michigan Socialist Senate Candidate El-Sayed Wants To ‘Tweak’ The Second Amendment
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITE RINO SCUM
In a letter addressed to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin dated August 7, Cornyn echoed constituents’ belief that dangerous terrain in the region acts as a “natural barrier that limits large-scale movements.” In the letter, Cornyn urges Secretary Mullin to consider meeting with stakeholders to reconsider proposed border security infrastructure projects in the region and pause construction until concerns have been addressed.
Sen. Cornyn Joins Texas Senate Democrat Nominee Talarico, Locals in Opposition to Trump’s Big Bend Border Projects
"He was never a fake, phony, fraudulent, fugazi like a lot of politicians. He told you who he was." (True but go choke yourself, scumbag - jjs)
Curtis Sliwa Calls 9/11 Families ‘Sore Losers’ For Opposing Mamdani Visit
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The Bangor Daily News obtained a 1988 Fort Kent police report showing that Jackson kicked in a door, choked a man by the throat, and punched him in the face while a friend tried to hold him back. Jackson's longtime partner/cousin, Lana Pelletier, told the responding officer that he "pushed her around" too, according to the report.
New Maine Dem Senate Nominee Hit With Domestic Violence Scandal
“In almost 250 years, there’s never been a Native woman serving in the US Senate.”
Warren Endorsee Peggy Flanagan Says She’d be First ‘Native Woman’ in Senate if Elected
Talarico’s political ascent, built on distortions of Christianity, is pure wickedness.
James Talarico, A Classic Polanski Villain?
The Unholy Alliance on full display.
Why are Muslim American Politicians Uniformly Democrats?
POLITICS
If winning elections means pretending to be a normie for the rube voters, so be it.
Fake It ‘Til You Make It – The Dems’ New Campaign Motto
But even though Newsom's social media feed racked up "a million views of a 65-hour tour," Politico noted that "the posts may also be the latest sign that social media is not real life." Translation: It was a trip notable mostly for bad execution and embarrassing turnout.
The Dems' Great White Hope Just Got Humiliated in Michigan
GOP efforts to brand Democrat candidates as politically extreme won’t overcome disillusionment with Trump’s agenda.
Beware, Republicans, of Angry Voters
New data shared with Senate GOP members suggest that healthcare, not voter integrity, is the big winner for Republicans.
Top Trump Officials Sound Alarm Over GOP Midterm Strategy
What would America have looked like if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election?
The Bullet Dodged
Former Maine Democrat Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public appearances since ending his campaign.
Graham Platner to speak at labor rally, one of his first public events since ending Maine campaign

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Fred Fleitz: The Trump nuclear deals with Saudi Arabia and South Korea represent a modernized and pragmatic path with both nations.
Why Sharing Peaceful Nuclear Technology with Saudi Arabia and South Korea Strengthens America and Nonproliferation
Biden State Dept Trained Officials to Push ‘Systemic Racism,’ ‘White Privilege,’ and BLM.
Biden State Dept Trained Officials to Push ‘Systemic Racism,’ ‘White Privilege,’ and BLM.
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The arrest warrant adds strain to already tense U.S.-Russia relations, particularly as President Donald J. Trump has expressed frustration with Russia’s resistance to making a peace deal in Ukraine.
Putin Puts RFK Jr’s Son on Most Wanted List.
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Host Alicia Menendez said, “You have repeatedly called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign if Democrats are to take back control of Congress. Will impeachment be a priority?”
Dem Rep. Auchincloss: After Midterms, Impeachment of Hegseth Will Be a Priority
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
John Stossel: Three cheers for Amazon, DoorDash Air, Wing, Zipline, DEXA and other drone delivery companies for taking risks to further this technology — and make our lives better.
Delivery drones are coming — if Trump helps clear the way
So what are we looking at? My guess is that this canyon was somehow carved out of that plateau of volcanic ash, with the stippled canyon floor a series of exposed layers going downhill to the west. I also suspect the erosion was mostly from wind, considering the delicate
The whittling away of Mars’ biggest volcanic ash field
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"The research and first-hand stories in this report demonstrates potential large-scale fraud," a new report from HHS concludes.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Opens New Front In War On Fraud, This Time In Child Sex-Changes
The stories were detailed in a report from the Department of Health and Human Services on gender-transitioning treatment released Thursday.
Identity theft ‘Detransitioners’ share sex-change horror stories about doctors pressuring them as impressionable teens
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: Reporters describe anyone who doesn’t embrace the whole activist trans agenda as “anti-trans.”
War on Rowling Continues (Sans Facts)
Toto too: Far-left comic danced on Sen. Lindsay Graham's grave, now attacks comedy
Margaret Cho: Trans Jokes Kill Trans People
Instead, the WNBA task force will hold more meetings because it is just so difficult to define female!
WNBA Still Cannot Define Female

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1 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 14, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)

2 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 07:05 AM (2Cry5)

3 Should be Communist Status. Gus Hall used to be a joke. No one is laughing anymore.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 07:05 AM (ccX9M)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 14, 2026 07:06 AM (NcvvS)

5 Top 10! My Friday is off to a good start.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 07:08 AM (99eI0)

6 bills that protected animal life better than human life."

Well, I do like puppies more than most people, soo....

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:10 AM (XuXeR)

7 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

8 I can't stand Sliwa, but I do get his point.

"Oh, you're going to care *now*, dickheads? Not back when you were all voting for him and not me? Get bent. He's your Mayor now, soak it in."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:11 AM (Ot/FD)

9 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 07:11 AM (cpFbA)

10 Happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 07:11 AM (/+uur)

11 ...by any WW2 veterans of which I'm sure there'd be volunteers out the wahzoo.

How 'bout the grand-children of WW Eleven veterans—any survivors are 100+

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 07:12 AM (/TiS1)

12 Putin Puts RFK Jr’s Son on Most Wanted List."

Wouldn't lose a great deal of sleep over that.

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:12 AM (XuXeR)

13 H-1B program is “an abomination that is suppressing American wages, taking American jobs, and culturally erasing American communities.

OMG! That man is LITERALLY HITLER!!ONeElEvEnTy!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 07:13 AM (99eI0)

14 >do the Democrats really think they can bamboozle a significant portion of normal America into voting for them?
----

with the help of the press, yes

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 07:14 AM (ZxPkt)

15 "What I can't figure out is, are the frightening polls including by our wonderful friends at the Heartland Institute
really reflective of a national trend towards socialism, "

The polls were designed to influence the vote, nothing more, nothing less. By showing "their" candidate 20+ points ahead they hoped to keep moderate democrats at home for the primary knowing the vast majority of them will pull the level in november for the democrat candidate.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 07:14 AM (cpFbA)

16 “He/She/It deserves being bull-whipped on live television preferably by any WW2 veterans of which I'm sure there'd be volunteers out the wahzoo.”

I made it to the memorial in 2006, a year before my father (WWII vet) died. He was in a wheelchair by that time so I took pictures of it for him. I’d gladly volunteer to beat the perp(s) to a disgusting pulp with the butt of Dad’s old shotgun.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 14, 2026 07:15 AM (SjAWL)

17 14 >do the Democrats really think they can bamboozle a significant portion of normal America into voting for them?
----

with the help of the press, yes
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 07:14 AM (ZxPkt)

It depends on how much Normal America is still a significant portion of America...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:15 AM (Ot/FD)

18 Oh, you're going to care *now*, dickheads? Not back when you were all voting for him and not me? Get bent. He's your Mayor now, soak it in."

That's my take as well.

*here comes the part where we throw back our heads and laugh...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:16 AM (XuXeR)

19 This man was unqualified and incompetent to the post on day one, and he has underperformed those abysmal expectations.

They will NEVER forgive anyone in this administration. They will hound them until death, violate the graves and force them to vote for Democrats.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 07:17 AM (99eI0)

20 Oh, more poles...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:18 AM (XuXeR)

21 About the WW2 Memorial getting vandalized: According to the left and their Antifa foot soldiers, the WW2 vets were "FIGHTING FASCISM!" and WW2 was the "Last Good War."

I'm long past calling for jail time. Crows have to eat.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 07:19 AM (99eI0)

22 What the hell happened to Curtis Sliwa? Maybe it was his nutty ex-wife, or all those cats. His long partnership with Ron Kuby?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:19 AM (EYqKn)

23 My opinion. These new found acolytes to socialism/communism are fadists not true believers. They have no basis for their support other than ' it must be good because equality"

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:20 AM (skcH5)

24 Until now, I thought Silwa had half a brain.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 14, 2026 07:21 AM (Z3R2R)

25 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

No Perseids, no stars. Sadz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:21 AM (JvZF+)

26 Based on Paul's expert analysis the Democrats should pour every available dollar into the Talarico race!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:22 AM (EYqKn)

27 23 My opinion. These new found acolytes to socialism/communism are fadists not true believers. They have no basis for their support other than ' it must be good because equality"
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:20 AM (skcH5)

They wear political anger as a costume.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:22 AM (Ot/FD)

28 Behind The Black

page not found

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 07:23 AM (ZxPkt)

29 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Good point. Fads die out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

30 I'm long past calling for jail time. Crows have to eat.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 07:19 AM (99eI0)
-

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 14, 2026 07:23 AM (Z3R2R)

31 What NYC needs is not more Curtis Sliwa, it needs more Meir Kahane.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:23 AM (EYqKn)

32 About the WW2 Memorial getting vandalized"

I'm actually encouraged - now people are noticing the state of affairs in DC. The memorials were not well cared for under previous (teh won) administrations...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:24 AM (XuXeR)

33 Were I a betting man, I'd lay odds that the piece(s) of shit that did this are registered Democrats or full on DSA freakazoids. He/She/It deserves being bull-whipped on live television preferably by any WW2 veterans of which I'm sure there'd be volunteers out the wahzoo.
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They will never be "found"

If they are, they will be "punished"

Narrator: Nothing will happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:24 AM (JvZF+)

34 Warai, exactly.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:24 AM (skcH5)

35 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

36 New York city denizens bitching about Mamdani are a day late and a dollar short. The city voted him into office. Perhaps some who're bitching about 9-11 now voted for him then.

Silwa's a turd. So are the people who voted for the Muslim commie as their mayor.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 07:24 AM (2Cry5)

37 it must be good because Imma gonna get some"

FIFY...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:25 AM (XuXeR)

38 It's all raw lizard-brain id.

They don't give a rat's ass about equality, or palestine, or The Means Of Production. Those are just fads, exactly as you say.

They just want to wreck shit for funsies. They're cultural vandals. Gauged out ears or whatever other dumb shit they do might go in and out of style, but they're still the same degenerate brain-damaged shitbirds who plague humanity no matter what slogan is this season's fashion in the swamp.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:26 AM (Ot/FD)

39 Got much needed rain last night. Cows in Western Kansas are being sent to slaughterhouses early because there is no rain for fodder.

Here in northeast Kansas , we have a second harvest of hay, with round bales in a lot of fields, so the local cows are OK.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

40 These 19 San Franciscans think their city is turning a corner.
=====

Wishcasting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:26 AM (JvZF+)

41 do the Democrats really think they can bamboozle a significant portion of normal America into voting for them?

How many Democrats have been elected?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

42 New Maine Dem Senate Nominee Hit With Domestic Violence Scandal

Democrat leaders: "Would it kill you people to just be normal for all of five minutes??"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 07:27 AM (99eI0)

43 They just want to wreck shit for funsies"

"Let's turn over the apple cart! Whoo hoo!
A week later:
Whaddya mean there's no apples"?

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 07:28 AM (XuXeR)

44 "Their loyalty to the broader progressive project remained intact. Yet even several of those voters complained that California was too expensive, poorly managed, or tolerant of disorder. The emerging consensus was reformist rather than partisan."
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They do not connect their vote to policy to outcomes. #OrangeManBad

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:29 AM (JvZF+)

45 Democrats Need A ‘Sister Souljah Moment’

So... make a big splash by telling off some segment of their coalition and then continue on the exact same direction as before?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

46 Warai-otoko

This mechanism of destruction from angry children-like adults is most on display in South Africa. But plenty of other examples around.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

47 do the Democrats really think they can bamboozle a significant portion of normal America into voting for them?

How many Democrats have been elected?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)
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As the saying goes, you can't fool all the people all the time, but if you can fool *enough* of the people *enough* of the time, you can wield power over them forever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:30 AM (FZ29D)

48 It's not a *trend* toward anything. It's just Millennials. Their preference is for the furthest Left candidates and policies they can get. They are fanatics. They are already as far Left as it's possible to be, and are *dragging* the country behind them.

When Obama's brand of Leftism was the most potent brew on offer, they chose that. Now their own cohort is growing into power as the boomers and silents die off, so it's getting more and more potent.

Soon, a huge number of those older people will die off, leaving only the small cohort of Xers, who will not have the numbers to matter in context of the much larger Millennial generation.

Everything goes full tilt at that point, because Millennials will be able to completely actualize their politics and give us the full Mangione. That's when the DSA types drop the "D" pretense altogether, and say "we're the vanguard of the woke folk, all hail the Party and its Maximum Thought Leader, Oliver Logan al-Amriki."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 07:30 AM (BI5O2)

49
James, 55, white, retiree; in San Francisco just over a year; very left-leaning; Kamala Harris voter; backed Xavier Becerra for governor

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What the actual fvck does a guy like this know about San Francisco ffs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:31 AM (JvZF+)

50 Polls really aren't worth talking about anymore. Technology has erased the possibility of a random sample. Now all statisticians can do is make a math model.
All models are wrong. Some models are useful.
This technology change has come upon us so suddenly our attitudes haven't adjusted. Polls were the go-to indicator for decades and decades.
In fact, you couldn't get your name on a ballot without achieving some threshold in a poll somewhere.
The world has changed. Polls are now irrelevant.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

51 Texas suspends issuing new grants to internet companies for providing broadband to rural areas

Good link: https://tinyurl.com/3dpf4xjj+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

52 "Oh, you're going to care *now*, dickheads? Not back when you were all voting for him and not me? Get bent. He's your Mayor now, soak it in."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:11 AM (Ot/FD)
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And the families that do not reside in the city and did not vote?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:33 AM (JvZF+)

53 Polls are for shaping opinion. At one time maybe they were to find out what we wanted but they figured out what we wanted was not what they wanted.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 07:34 AM (MWfyi)

54 New data shared with Senate GOP members suggest that healthcare, not voter integrity, is the big winner for Republicans.

"New Data"—No sources of this "New Data"™ are cited, which means it was pulled out of some politician's ass who is trying to flee the 90% demand for the SAVE America Act.

"Healthcare" is always an issue, if the issue is: How can we steal even more money and obtain more power in Babylon DC

Why? Because no one on planet earth can define "healthcare". Its one of the most eisegeted words used today (along with "Racism")

The other clue: "too much money is going through the insurance companies"
Translation: Babylon DC demands a bigger cut.

So instead of SAVE America Act, we are supposed to embrace even more government takeover of one-sixth the total economy.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 07:34 AM (xE0sV)

55 Why would we trust the results of the process of asking everyone who they would vote for any more than we trust the results of the process of actually asking everyone who the are, right now, voting for?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:34 AM (Ot/FD)

56 The JJS link regarding the WaPo review of possible 2028 Demofascist candidates pretty much says it all:

Because it's WaPo, the author can't write, "Wow, this is a garbage field."

Even though she kind of did.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:34 AM (K7yvy)

57 I used to have a different nic

The future is Starlink. I see that with my unreliable broadband, since I am too rural for cell service except as part of Wi-Fi in the house.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

58 Sadly, the WWII monument vandalization was bound to happen. As Trump's administration has been cleaning up and refurbishing the neglected fountains, memorials and whatnot, sick leftists were bound and determined to vandalize them all over again.

The issues with the Reflecting Pool were, IMO, both poor quality work and vandalization.

Oh, and there was a report yesterday that a Chinese man with ties to their intelligence services bought a building (or suite in it) with direct line of sight to the White House. How'd we let that happen?

Washington used to be a beautiful city.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 07:35 AM (2Cry5)

59 And the families that do not reside in the city and did not vote?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:33 AM (JvZF+)

"Hahahahaha, that's not a thing, silly."

-A Noo Yawka

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:35 AM (Ot/FD)

60 Polls? Who’s exactly answering these “polls”? I get political texts asking to take a survey. Why would I risk clicking on a malicious link?

Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 07:37 AM (ccX9M)

61 You rarely see "eisegeted" in a limerick.

Posted by: Oops. Wrong thread at August 14, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

62 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2026 07:37 AM (53oGX)

63 New Maine Dem Senate Nominee Hit With Domestic Violence Scandal
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From 40 years ago? Pretty weak sauce.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:38 AM (K7yvy)

64 My opinion. These new found acolytes to socialism/communism are fadists not true believers. They have no basis for their support other than ' it must be good because equality"
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:20 AM (skcH5)

Based on their commentary on social media, it seems to be more along the traditional lines of "I made bad decisions. I don't have everything I want and other people have more so the government should take from them."

Of course, they imagine that the government will give their socialist baby some of the loot but that's just because they're stupid, as well as greedy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

65 Polls? Who’s exactly answering these “polls”? I get political texts asking to take a survey. Why would I risk clicking on a malicious link?
Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 07:37 AM (ccX9M)
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I'm guessing it's all AI-generated garbage modeling rather than an actual poll.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:41 AM (FZ29D)

66 Look what happened to president Trump from 40 years ago.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 07:43 AM (ccX9M)

67 "Oh, you're going to care *now*, dickheads? Not back when you were all voting for him and not me? Get bent. He's your Mayor now, soak it in."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 07:11 AM (Ot/FD)
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I disagree. This is bigger than simply a city event. For example, to remember one of my friends who died, his son is flying home from the UK where he works today to attend and say his fathers name at the memorial. People come from all over the country and the world, and they didn't vote for the Islamic jihadist mayor.

It's appalling NYC elected this scum, but that is no reason to allow him to pollute this day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:44 AM (Xi8/k)

68 It's not a *trend* toward anything. It's just Millennials.

The more I look into Generational Theory, the more I reject it as a phenomena that is applicable to the former United States.

Both Strauss and Howe didn't see the fusion of childless women, SSRIs, and social media corrupting a whole segment while importing hundred million third world savages while simultaneously doing everything possible to destroy the Heritage Culture.

Their "theories" might show some value in a mono-culture, but that isn't happening. We would do well to toss this stupid Boomer vs X vs Millennial vs Z the demographics and culture no longer align.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 07:44 AM (+4Cf6)

69 The future is Starlink.

Probably. Fiber makes sense, maybe, in dense areas but Starlink seems to be the answer outside of that. Which means that the next Dem administration will throw money at Jeff Bezos, shopkeeper, so he can finally accomplish something with his "I can be a spaceman, too" projects.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

70 "Delivery drones are coming — if Trump helps clear the way"

It's not going to be good when one crashes into someone. Do we really want a bazillion drones that can be potentially hacked flying all over the place?

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)

71 New data shared with Senate GOP members suggest that healthcare, not voter integrity, is the big winner for Republicans.
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Anything but the Save Act!

Posted by: Pool Boy Thune (WY-Uniparty) at August 14, 2026 07:46 AM (Xi8/k)

72 Surrogate mother Mckenna West does not appear to be getting favorable rulings from Texas Judges.
However, the most important judges, Jesus and Peter, are on track to give her a favorable ruling.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 14, 2026 07:47 AM (1FEc1)

73 69 The future is Starlink.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:45 AM

Unless there is heavy tree cover. Like in the PNW.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

74 I've got some data to share with Republican senators too.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)

75 What would America have looked like if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election?

The Bullet Dodged

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I don't know why people keep saying this as if we're safe in any way. It wasn't a bullet dodged. It was a bullet temporarily delayed. Whatever havoc the next D president and/or Congress will reek will be all she would've done and worse. It's not an if. It's a when. Someone please change my mind.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)

76 Surrogate mother Mckenna West does not appear to be getting favorable rulings from Texas Judges.

The baby has been born so the people who hired her cannot have it killed. What unfavorable rulings are there?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

77 A moderate (D) is one who wants to get closer to guaranteed victory before raising the black flag. The purpose of the Dem ballot machine is not to elect Democrats. It is to destroy effective opposition to the Revolution.

They're not kicking Hong to the curb. They'll want her when the time comes. In the meantime, iher last minute "defeat" was a good test drive for this year's ballot operation.

Posted by: Peter B at August 14, 2026 07:49 AM (VTbl0)

78 I thought everybody… 100% of Americans, believed that WWII was the good war. We were fighting the Nazis who everyone (100%) agrees were the bad guys. Why would anyone vandalize the WWII Memorial…. They’ve completely lost the plot. Are we to a point that we can’t even all agree on WWII?? Oh I guess I forgot insane Tucker Carlson thinks Winston Churchill was the villain of WWII… bonkers

As for Sliwa, I thought he had more sense… maybe he’s just been beaten down after so many years in NYC? His comments are idiotic (to say the least)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 07:50 AM (hxAVk)

79 If a Democrat is elected you can bet Kamala would be Attorney General.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:50 AM (JvZF+)

80 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Friday and a great weekend to all .
The triple execution day reminded me of Ron White's bit: other states are banning the death penalty , I'm from Texas ,we're putting in an express line

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 07:52 AM (xCuiu)

81 A Free Beacon review of Arday’s memoir, out this week from Simon & Schuster, shows that his melodramatic autobiography tracks closely with plotlines from popular TV shows and movies.

Worked for me!

- E. Jean Carrol

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 07:52 AM (AdHga)

82 79 If a Democrat is elected you can bet Kamala would be Attorney General.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:50 AM

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 14, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

83 "A Free Beacon review of Arday’s memoir, out this week from Simon & Schuster, shows that his melodramatic autobiography tracks closely with plotlines from popular TV shows and movies."

That story he told about his talking horse really was a stretch.

Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi)

84 A Free Beacon review of Arday’s memoir, out this week from Simon & Schuster, shows that his melodramatic autobiography tracks closely with plotlines from popular TV shows and movies.

Worked for me!

- E. Jean Carrol
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 14, 2026 07:52 AM (AdHga)
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I wonder how much of it was written by AI...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:54 AM (FZ29D)

85 That story he told about his talking horse really was a stretch.
Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 07:54 AM

Will he give you an answer that I'll endorse?

Posted by: Mr. Ed at August 14, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

86 A year ago, Healey and her supporters celebrated different bills that protected animal life better than human life.
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Healy is nominally Roman Catholic, like Biden, and like Pelosi.

The RC church needs to get tough on abortion and start visibly excommunicating these people, and not just quietly bar them from taking communion (a debarment I doubt Pelosi takes seriously anyway).

Start with this execrable scum and murderer, Maura Healy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:57 AM (nyjNu)

87 I wonder how much of it was written by AI...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:54 AM (FZ29D)
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iirc, in yet another scandal, the professor hired a ghost-writer to do the job.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 07:58 AM (nyjNu)

88 That story he told about his talking horse really was a stretch.
Posted by: fd at August 14, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi)
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Wait...So he *wasn't* fighting crime in Southern California in the 1980s with the help of a talking car?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 07:58 AM (FZ29D)

89 > I wonder how much of it was written by AI...
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Probably all of it. Someone should do an audit on whichever AI systems he (or more likely, his ghost writer) might have used. It'll be there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 07:59 AM (2Cry5)

90 As for Sliwa, I thought he had more sense… maybe he’s just been beaten down after so many years in NYC? His comments are idiotic (to say the least)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 07:50 AM (hxAVk)

During the last mayors election I wondered why Sliwa was not taken seriously as a candidate, so I read as much as I could find about him. And I was surprised to find, from the sum total of what I saw, that most New Yorkers considered Sliwa to be a constantly self promoting, Jew hating nutcase. This story serves only to support that conclusion.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 07:59 AM (Ol0VD)

91 >>Do we really want a bazillion drones that can be potentially hacked flying all over the place?

Small stuff.

From Slay:

California Researchers Create Device to Secretly Hack Autopilot of Boeing Passenger Jets

Posted by: one hour sober at August 14, 2026 08:00 AM (J4Dwc)

92 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2026 08:00 AM (KYOJq)

93 Know who else was considered to be a constantly self promoting, Jew hating nutcase?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at August 14, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)

94 What would America have looked like if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election?
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My new book!

Posted by: Stephen King at August 14, 2026 08:02 AM (nyjNu)

95 If your bishop tells you not to receive the Eucharist, you are excommunicated.

The RCC doesn't conduct canon law courts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 08:02 AM (qFwJc)

96 Good news from the Tech thread.

Rosasharn was there, and she was twirling!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

97 >Why would anyone vandalize the WWII Memorial….
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because Trump bad!

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)

98 93 Know who else was considered to be a constantly self promoting, Jew hating nutcase?
Posted by: Shifty eyes at August 14, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)

... Henry Ford?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 08:03 AM (Ot/FD)

99 Unless there is heavy tree cover. Like in the PNW.

Then you just need an uplink tower, program.

Posted by: TRON at August 14, 2026 08:04 AM (4zqrS)

100 Don Black

Not that Trump is in any way a perfect man, but this maps on the behavior of a crowd that did ask for the death of a perfect man. There is a well known book about the latter event.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

101 Curtis Sliwa is like that pile of dog mess that has been out in the sun too long. Bleached white, hard and cracked with hair sticking out of it.

Another tired, old fart that needs to go away.

Posted by: Guardian Ass at August 14, 2026 08:05 AM (G5vcO)

102 What the actual fvck does a guy like this know about San Francisco ffs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 07:31 AM (JvZF+)

He could give you a guided tour of every bathhouse in town.

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 14, 2026 08:06 AM (R86kT)

103 Studs Terkel put quotes around his book “The “Good War” because, he said there was some question about wars before, and after. And “good” and “war” don’t belong together.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 08:06 AM (cdNls)

104 Per the company they expect to hear a thumbs-up/thumbs-down either today or Monday. So we're close... *prays some more*

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 08:06 AM (aJQbY)

105 Massachusetts Won’t Let You Sell Puppies Under 8 Weeks But Lets You Abort Babies Until Birth

And the cucks who make up the MA GOP don't give one single fuck.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:08 AM (qRla/)

106 I think Peggy Flanagan waltzing around Minnesota calling herself "a person of color" is hilarious.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 08:09 AM (bfYvy)

107
What I can't figure out is, are the frightening polls including by our wonderful friends at the Heartland Institute really reflective of a national trend towards socialism, but if so then why is the Democrat Party establishment so desperate to put a muzzle on freaks like EL Sayed, Talarico and of course Hong and all the rest.”

I believe that this is yet another sign that, even when the numbers come from people who are our allies, polling is now worthless except as a propaganda tool (which is it keeps being done)
The problem is not just bias of the pollster; the problem is that the entire mathematical underpinnings of polling is no better than phrenology or divining chicken entrails. It’s like expecting pinpoint accuracy to come from reading a horoscope.

Add to that the sad fact that political attitudes are now treated like fashion statements by much of the electorate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 08:09 AM (Ol0VD)

108 Guardian Ass.

The larger question is how do we get better candidates? Today, they are self-selected.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

109 Guardian Ass

A small group of organized individuals can take over local offices. The focus is always on the larger places.

The local T.E.A. party did that and put 4 conservatives in office. One is still in the running for his reelection in November.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

110 9 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

Ve call dem hotscakes here in Hooterville!

Posted by: Lisa Douglas at August 14, 2026 08:15 AM (JM9I6)

111 ok Moon Moon

Peggy Flanagan introduces herself on a call with Rep. Leigh (Chris) Finke:

“I’m so grateful to be in this fight with my sister”

“Gizhiiwewidamookwe”

“My native name is Speaks in a Loud and Clear Voice Woman”

“My family is the Wolf Clan”

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

112 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:16 AM (2YhKe)

113 Please understand I don't think Trump is bad. I am just guessing that that thinking is the motive behind whomever defaced the WW2 memorial.

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (ZxPkt)

114 r hennigantx

Has she no memory of what the settlers did to the Indians. She needs a refresher.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

115
Curtis Shows is a hat act that has never figured out how to wear a beret.

Posted by: Auspex at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (Y8DZL)

116 Add to that the sad fact that political attitudes are now treated like fashion statements by much of the electorate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 08:09 AM (Ol0VD)

The Fox news polls are the worst though...they literally reflect nothing of reality on the ground in politics and never had - their track record is the worst among pollsters - yet the hosts of the news programs (all liberals) try and make their hapless guests answer to them...it's the point of these polls, to get conservative guests to admit somehow that no one wants them out in the heartland - it's purpose is getting them to admit to a lie.

Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (j10i6)

117 As to the specific Heartland study findings, when restated they are not very surprising:

“58% of likely voters aged 18-39 support government-run grocery stores in every town in America.” 58% of those 18-39 want stuff that is cheap or free and haven’t thought about it any more deeply than that.

“62% of likely voters aged 18-39 said they would support more government housing and nationwide rent freeze.” Ditto.

“44% think their economic future and personal happiness will be worse than their parents, only 22% believe it will be better.”

44% have seen the way things have gone the last 20 years and drawn a rational conclusion. It’s the job of any who wish to lead to convince them that this trend can be reversed. Very few republicans “get” this simple fact.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (Ol0VD)

118 I think Madmani should be at 9/11 memorial services. NYC and all involved need to remember that day, remember who did it, and remember what they did by electing that bag of goatshit.

You forgot. I didn't. Reap it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

119 Don Black

We agree.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

120 111 ok Moon Moon

I love that meme. That was the Carl of wolves.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 08:18 AM (99eI0)

121 >Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 08:06 AM (aJQbY)
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your interview experience sounds like the trials and tribulations of the biblical Job

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:19 AM (ZxPkt)

122 Russia is sending drones into Latvian airspace? And they are being shot down on a regular basis? You would think Putin has his hands full fighting with Ukraine.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 08:19 AM (K7yvy)

123 OK thnx

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:19 AM (ZxPkt)

124 He could give you a guided tour of every bathhouse in town.
Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 14, 2026 08:06 AM (R86kT)
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"Retired" at 55
In SF less than a year

Yeah, this checks out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 08:19 AM (JvZF+)

125
24 Until now, I thought Silwa had half a brain.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 14, 2026 07:21 AM

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He does.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 08:19 AM (azNOR)

126 I think Madmani should be at 9/11 memorial services. NYC and all involved need to remember that day, remember who did it, and remember what they did by electing that bag of goatshit.

You forgot. I didn't. Reap it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

🔴 Ken Paxton: 47%
🔵 James Talarico: 46%

Emerson poll | 8/9-8/10

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 08:21 AM (g47mK)

127 It might not sit well with some, but Mamdani's appearance at the 9-11 memorial might be just the image some need to see. Especially if he runs his mouth.

Why?

Because some of the people who put him in office might be there. Because if he does run his mouth you know what he'll likely say. And if it's anywhere as awful as some think, the media will have to defend it. Or not.

Some people just don't get it until it hits them in the face. If Mamdani's appearance at a 9-11 memorial opens some eyes....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 08:21 AM (2Cry5)

128 I think Peggy Flanagan waltzing around Minnesota calling herself "a person of color" is hilarious.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2026 08:09 AM (bfYvy)

Peggy, of the Algonquin Tribe Flanagan's......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

129 Representative Brandon Gill (R-TX), whose 26th District saw a 217 percent rise in filings, remarked that the H-1B program is “an abomination that is suppressing American wages, taking American jobs, and culturally erasing American communities. It should be abolished.”

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Big business (and their lobbyists that work Congress over to get the desired result) couldn't care less about America. As long as they can make money by paying less in wages, that's where their loyalty lies. It's disgusting.

In reading Ron Chernow's Washington, during the Revolutionary War, Washington would be apoplectic at the big farmers and others selling their wares to the British, not because they were Loyalists, but to make a boatload of money. Who cares if the Continental Army had no provisions and barely any money to survive and just might lose the war because of it. All they cared about was the money they could make, even to the detriment of the patriots. Some things never change.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

130 70 sunny, clear degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It looks as though it might be a nice day.

Today should mark the final edits for my new book. I ought to feel a sense of happiness and achievement, but I don't. I suppose some of it is my natural depressive state, some a mirror of Lady in Black's view of the world and a lot of it a vague dissatisfaction with life and hatred of myself.

I would give almost anything for one day, beginning to end, of happiness.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:23 AM (qRla/)

131
🔴 Ken Paxton: 47%
🔵 James Talarico: 46%

Emerson poll | 8/9-8/10
Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 08:21 AM (g47mK)

Polls are for strippers.

Talarico gets zero black votes. He's alienating the core of Texan values with his blasphemic religious rantings. He resonates with NONE of the common folk here.

ANY poll showing him within a country mile of Paxton is full of shit and just more of the theft attempt of every f*cking election of this country.

Pollsters should be launched into the ocean via trebuchet to become shark shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

132 Know what else is fake 'bout Talia Ho? his hetero sway.

Posted by: little people at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (ehY6c)

133 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)

134 🔴 Ken Paxton: 47%
🔵 James Talarico: 46%

Emerson poll | 8/9-8/10
Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 08:21 AM

++++
What is the reason for giving the poll any credibility?
Remember what happened way, way back on Tuesday to Old Lady Hong?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

135 Can someone please post the AoS prayer thread email address

thnx

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

136 I certainly had Curtis Sliwa pegged wrong for a long time. In the parlance of Bugs Bunny, what an ultra maroon.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 08:25 AM (qBdHI)

137
I would give almost anything for one day, beginning to end, of happiness.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:23 AM (qRla/)

Come, to the dark side.........

Posted by: Pfizer at August 14, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

138 I would give almost anything for one day, beginning to end, of happiness.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Start with a high-end escort. $1,000, same as in town?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

139 I don’t think polls move public opinion the way they used to, but they have long been used for that. It’s a pseudo-justification for doing things nobody wants, or not doing things everyone wants. People are herd animals, and don’t wish to be thought of as an outlier. Bogus polls are used as fodder for propaganda, part of the rhetoric. “Polls show 85% of Americans are in favor of blah blah blah, what’s wrong with you?” You must be some sort of monster, you see. It’s been very effective for a long time. “Well, everyone must want this…” Rinse, lather, repeat. You get people to stand down, and disengage.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 08:25 AM (cdNls)

140 The baby has been born so the people who hired her cannot have it killed. What unfavorable rulings are there?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

But has the baby had its Covid booster??

Posted by: Pediatricians for Fauci at August 14, 2026 08:26 AM (c3YdQ)

141 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I pray that happiness wells up inside you, and carries you forward.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

142 How much is a Starlink setup?

Posted by: dantesed at August 14, 2026 08:27 AM (Oy/m2)

143 Pollsters should be launched into the ocean via trebuchet to become shark shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)
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Why do you hate sharks so much?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 08:27 AM (FZ29D)

144 Polls are for strippers and dicks are for chicks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)

145 but if so then why is the Democrat Party establishment so desperate to put a muzzle on freaks like EL Sayed, Talarico and of course Hong and all the rest.
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I've tried my best to explain my perspective from the start...

It's WWF style infighting. The DNC gets to push hard toward socialism without having to completely own it. Maybe in case the push goes tits up, but I think more because they have their candidate picked and it will be a "bridge" candidate that will satisfy the establishment, the normies (by seeming safe), and the DSA who will get some big wins along the way.

Like maybe the DSA get to knock Kamala or Newsom out in some showy WAY. They feel they are making their mark. This is how I expect it to go.

Always remember the Left plans 3 to 5 years in advance. They have the media, intelligence agencies, and half or more of the opposing party. This "popular" move toward socialism is a yuge psy op, not unlike covid, blm, metoo. It's designed to fool even people like us.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 08:27 AM (d2MOG)

146 ++++
What is the reason for giving the poll any credibility?
Remember what happened way, way back on Tuesday to Old Lady Hong?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

Exactly. There are multiple videos out there where they've figured it out. The left is paying the pollsters to come out and publish ranting bullshit in effort to skew the voting public to either change their vote or scare them away.

And our side is stupid enough to stay home, as they showed in the past couple election cycles.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

147 “Polls show 85% of Americans are in favor of blah blah blah, what’s wrong with you?”

Yes, it's the junior high school mentality the pathological press has always had - they must isolate opinions they don't like and try and convince people that have them that they are all alone in thinking that way...

Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2026 08:29 AM (j10i6)

148 52 Percent of Gen Z Morons Have Moved Money from Investments to Sports Betting

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These are the people that ate Tide Pods, no?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 08:29 AM (qBdHI)

149 142 How much is a Starlink setup?

In town?

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 08:29 AM (Q+gd/)

150 ----
Why do you hate sharks so much?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 08:27 AM (FZ29D)

Your point is valid.

Wife was down at the coast this week and someone caught a baby shark then just left it on the beach.

Whomever did that shouldn't be launched into the gulf to become shark shit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

151 There was a guy who was seriously depressed and wanted to kill himself. But he had $15 grand and decided to go to Puerto Vallarta and blow it on hookers and cocaine.

After a week or so, he ran out of money and decided "Life is good" and went back to work, happy.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2026 08:30 AM (qFwJc)

152 Start with a high-end escort. $1,000, same as in town?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

If only, Salty.

I can guarantee you that would leave me not just poorer in wallet, but poorer in spirit, too.

Going to make tea. BRB

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:30 AM (qRla/)

153 I don't know about Emerson, beyond previously not be accurate, but a lot of polls are push polls or suppression polls. Give crappy numbers to either drive Dem turnout up or suppress Republican support. I didn't think Talarico was going to come within five of Paxton, who isn't the greatest candidate, but every time Talarico opens his mouth he loses votes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 08:30 AM (xCuiu)

154 Can someone please post the AoS prayer thread email address

thnx

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:31 AM (ZxPkt)

155 If only, Salty.

I can guarantee you that would leave me not just poorer in wallet, but poorer in spirit, too.

Going to make tea. BRB
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:30 AM (qRla/)

Been to a MoMe yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

156 What is the reason for giving the poll any credibility?
Remember what happened way, way back on Tuesday to Old Lady Hong?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 14, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

that was for the benefit of assholes who have a habit of being judgmental, self righteous assholes, and no matter how many times people tell them that in corrupt blue states, voting is as credible as voting in the USSR, they still trash the people, and not the machine that eliminated agency of voters, to such an extent that the hope of moving the needle disappeared

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 08:31 AM (g47mK)

157 Can someone please post the AoS prayer thread email address

thnx
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:31 AM (ZxPkt)

Annie's Stew, or something. One moment. I'll search.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)

158 The baby has been born so the people who hired her cannot have it killed. What unfavorable rulings are there?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)
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Baby Gabriel is now in the custody of the "parents" who wanted him aborted.

https://tinyurl.com/mwfbz3bu

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 08:33 AM (3ImbR)

159 151 There was a guy who was seriously depressed and wanted to kill himself. But he had $15 grand and decided to go to Puerto Vallarta and blow it on hookers and cocaine.

After a week or so, he ran out of money and decided "Life is good" and went back to work, happy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

OK, I now have an idea of what kind of business I want to run after I retire.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 08:33 AM (99eI0)

160 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Wait. Have I been missing out on sometin?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

161 JJ, thank God you avoided becoming a casualty on 9/11.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:34 AM (77rzZ)

162 But, shucks, whadda we know? We’re just a buncha gosh-darn banjo-pickin’ hillbillies from yonder flyover country.

Testify, brother!
*toothsome grin*

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2026 08:34 AM (wVcYX)

163 Can someone please post the AoS prayer thread email address

apaslo (a in a circle) hot mail (dot) com

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

164 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Your response shows you to be a good man, with sound values.

Your parents can be proud of you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

165 they must isolate opinions they don't like and try and convince people that have them that they are all alone in thinking that way...

Exactly this. It’s a psy-op. There’s an interesting perversion of this technique used in business and academia. Originally it was developed by the Rand Corporation as a method of refining expert opinion.

It’s called the “Delphi Technique” for dealing with contentious issues in group settings. Local governments use it a lot, and you’ll see it at fake “Town Halls” sometimes. Generally anytime they start talking about neutral “Facilitators” being brought in, or breaking down everyone into smaller groups.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 08:36 AM (cdNls)

166 The premise that 52% of gen Z even has investments to move anywhere in the first place is suspect.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 08:36 AM (Ot/FD)

167 Fast, affordable internet
No upfront hardware cost in select areas.
SERVICE STARTING AT
$55

/mo

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

168 thnx
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:31 AM (ZxPkt)

Here you go......

Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

169 While we content ourselves with effortless mockery, the Democrats' flying monkeys in the mainstream media have to pretend that their best hopes for regaining the White House aren't merely a bunch of Stalin knockoff goofballs. Good luck with that.

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Ugh, have we all been paying attention to the current crop of the electorate we have? Seems like we ride the fence, just barely balancing on a hair, every election. All these "goofball" communists have to do is run on moderation and go full-tilt boogie once elected. Like that ugly Spamburger mouse. People are so easily fooled and way too ignorant for me to laugh at any of the knaves and assorted freaks they put forth. We can thank our "media" and education system for that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 14, 2026 08:37 AM (qBdHI)

170
Wait. Have I been missing out on sometin?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

What? I don't get it....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

171 >Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Thank you

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:38 AM (ZxPkt)

172 157 Can someone please post the AoS prayer thread email address

thnx
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:31 AM

From the archives:
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

173 @TheBabylonBee
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Follow
Sad: WNBA Task Force Fails To Define Woman After Spending Entire Meeting Trying To Pick Restaurant For Lunch

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 08:38 AM (/+uur)

174 Thank you all

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

175 An Indian princess with the name of Flanagan. Leave her alone in a hotel room with a stocked honor bar and see what happens.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2026 08:39 AM (gm9Sb)

176 @TheBabylonBee
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Follow
Sad: WNBA Task Force Fails To Define Woman After Spending Entire Meeting Trying To Pick Restaurant For Lunch
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 08:38 AM (/+uur)

Accurate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

177 175 An Indian princess with the name of Flanagan. Leave her alone in a hotel room with a stocked honor bar and see what happens.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2026 08:39 AM (gm9Sb)

Hennigans Scotch
It will be our little secret

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)

178 And FYI.

The Prayer List is posted in the Saturday Morning Coffee Break thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)

179 Polls are commissioned by people with an agenda... a narrative they'd like to push. The responders are likely targeted to elicit a preferred response. Polls are designed to influence how we feel, look at or interpret a candidate or topic. We are the targets people want to influence. Influence can distort reality.

Don't be a target.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 08:40 AM (2Cry5)

180 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

You equate going to a MoMeet with a $1,000 escort.

I do enjoy meeting the people at MoMeets. That is true, as far as it goes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

181 @TheBabylonBee
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Follow
Sad: WNBA Task Force Fails To Define Woman After Spending Entire Meeting Trying To Pick Restaurant For Lunch
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 14, 2026 08:38 AM (/+uur)

Heh. Imagine the time spent splitting the bill when it was presented.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)

182
You equate going to a MoMeet with a $1,000 escort.

I do enjoy meeting the people at MoMeets. That is true, as far as it goes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

HA!!!!!!

Not my intention.

Mine was only to advise getting together with fellow morons for laughs, drinks and guns (not in that order, mind you) might alter one's personal status for a day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

183 $1000 Escort? What can I get for tree-fitty?

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

184 Today Is National Creamsicle Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

185 183 $1000 Escort? What can I get for tree-fitty?
Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

17.5%. Same as in town.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 08:44 AM (Ot/FD)

186 $1000 Escort? What can I get for tree-fitty?
Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)
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*racks shell*

You get three steps toward the door

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 08:44 AM (JvZF+)

187 It looks to me like they are trying to harness the energy of the insane DSA and move the country as far left as possible as quickly as possible while dispensing in some fashion with the "old" Democrat Party. The one Trump beat for years like a rented mule.

One day in the next year or so we are going to wake up in a new world, and not even know what happened. Republicans will be the old tired eatablishment. Democrats will be the "working" (har) man. All the cultural and psychological seeds are being sown for it.

I keep saying (though I wouldn't bet) I think we are headed toward a male nominee for the Demorats. Women seem to be being beaten back hard, suffering a lot of cultural blows at once, that all seem disparate. Could just be "zeitgeist" driving those things but I don't think so.

Tea leaves have been read. Trump's drive toward masculine leadership, mostly the day he got shot, put paid to their First Woman bs. This is now convenient for the Left who are at present kissing up to their new friends in Islam. The Left will always push - and they will step on anyone to do it. And they will lie, so women won't even know it's being done to them.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 08:44 AM (d2MOG)

188 184 Today Is National Creamsicle Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

That's not cream.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at August 14, 2026 08:44 AM (JM9I6)

189 Today Is National Creamsicle Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)
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For poor children on the welfare.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 08:45 AM (JvZF+)

190 $1000 Escort? What can I get for tree-fitty?

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

The Loch Ness Monster.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:45 AM (2YhKe)

191 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I got it. MoMeets and participants do wonderful things for your happiness. The happy memories last for longer than a day.

But I'm going to keep my eyes open at the next one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

192 Baby Gabriel is now in the custody of the "parents" who wanted him aborted.

But he cannot be taken out of Texas, correct?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

193 $1000 Escort? What can I get for tree-fitty?
Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

*checks pockets*
*finds 2 buttons, a CrackerJack temp tattoo, a shelf peg, and a ball of lint*
*kicks dirt*

Posted by: Count de Monet, Street Urchin at August 14, 2026 08:46 AM (wVcYX)

194 Been to a MoMe yet?

Nope. Most likely won't ever again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:47 AM (qRla/)

195 > It’s called the “Delphi Technique” for dealing with contentious issues in group settings.

Yes. People were going confidently wrong long before generative AI was a thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 08:47 AM (IG3/x)

196 Mine was only to advise getting together with fellow morons for laughs, drinks and guns (not in that order, mind you) might alter one's personal status for a day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)
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Well, no, not in that order.

Weasel always reminds us that drinks come *after* guns. Not before.

Safety first!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 08:47 AM (FZ29D)

197 It’s pretty easy. If Republican voters show up in November, they will win.

If they don’t, we lose.

There is only one way to beat their fraud machine, and Trump exposed it. Show up in large enough numbers that a win for the other side is statistically impossible. It’s math.

There is also a dearth of responses to people who have legitimate concerns. You cannot win only talking about how bad the other guy is. Even of that is the honest truth. People don’t seem to understand just how bad things will be under Democrat rule. It wasn’t that long ago they were in charge. We are still trying to drag ourselves out of the malaise they created. Going back will only make things worse.

We’ve become terrible at making cogent, understandable arguments to people about the policies we have. X and tv sound bites are no replacement for speaking with people directly.

Stop being lazy cowards.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 14, 2026 08:47 AM (oAqqA)

198 What is going to happen when the Shemales show up in the WNBA and tear up the shitter at halftime with the burritos they had for lunch?

The WNBA will ban them ASAP.

Posted by: Target's Ladies Restroom at August 14, 2026 08:48 AM (G5vcO)

199
Nope. Most likely won't ever again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 08:47 AM (qRla/)

A shame......I'm sure Weasel and the gang would LOVE to have you to the NoVa MoMe.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

200 Weasel always reminds us that drinks come *after* guns. Not before.

Safety first!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 08:47 AM (FZ29D)

Wait.....I have a wall poster that says "Safety Third!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

201 Sponge, are you ever gonna make it to a NoVa MoMe?

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

202 It's also,
World Lizard Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

203 The thug wannabe WNBA player wasted no time after her Flagrant 2 foul against Sophie Cunningham to attack an opposing player during a shot attempt by slapping her in the face and eye gouging. Replay clearly shows no attempt whatsoever to hit the ball, only the player's face.

Congrats, WNBA. This is your league. You built this. People hate you for it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

204 Sponge, are you ever gonna make it to a NoVa MoMe?

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

I honestly hope to one day. Life has gotten in the way, thus far.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

205 At least that Des Moines register polling lady retired from the polling business after her ridiculous Kamala is gonna beat Trump in Iowa 2024 poll. Why aren’t pollsters everywhere retiring in shame after (for instance) the recent WI and MI massive fails…?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 08:52 AM (sXOHS)

206 Why aren’t pollsters everywhere retiring in shame after (for instance) the recent WI and MI massive fails…?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 08:52 AM (sXOHS)

Shame? They're doing their jobs flawlessly. They should all get promoted.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 08:54 AM (Ot/FD)

207 But he cannot be taken out of Texas, correct?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)
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Don't know, and I'm having trouble finding more info.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 08:55 AM (3ImbR)

208 Shame? They're doing their jobs flawlessly. They should all get promoted.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Bingo. Polls are for strip clubs and fire stations.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2026 08:56 AM (O0YTm)

209 179 Polls are commissioned by people with an agenda... a narrative they'd like to push. The responders are likely targeted to elicit a preferred response. Polls are designed to influence how we feel, look at or interpret a candidate or topic. We are the targets people want to influence. Influence can distort reality.

Don't be a target.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 08:40 AM (2Cry5)

I see MS Now polls with President Trump polling the worst in history and always wonder what the numbers would be if they polled people outside the building.

Great news - Dylan's landed on his feet. And I still want Bud Light to put the new WNBA trannies on their beer cans to win back some market share. That'd be hilarious. From Deadline.

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Running September 10–20, before streaming September 21–27, the event will comprise 87 feature-length and short films by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators alongside parties, filmmaker Q&As....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 08:56 AM (Sco7b)

210 A shame......I'm sure Weasel and the gang would LOVE to have you to the NoVa MoMe.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

Its on my bucket list - I'd love to someday drive down and be at one of these shindigs, baybee!

Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2026 08:56 AM (j10i6)

211 If I made it to the NoVAMoMe anyone should be able to. I strongly recommend it!

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 14, 2026 08:57 AM (z6ONu)

212
EXCLUSIVE: The 38th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) will feature new films starring Alan Cumming, Matthew Morrison, Dylan Mulvaney and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and exec-produced by Jane Schoenbrun, Lily Wachowski and Bob Odenkirk. Scroll down for the lineup in full.

Running September 10–20, before streaming September 21–27, the event will comprise 87 feature-length and short films by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators alongside parties, filmmaker Q&As....
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 08:56 AM (Sco7b)

Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

213 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 14, 2026 08:58 AM (c3YdQ)

214 I thought Curtis Sliwa was black. Doesn’t look like it from that pic up top.

Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

215 I drove a $1,000 Escort back around 1990. Wasn't as much fun as you people make it out to be.

Posted by: Poor, But Proud at August 14, 2026 09:00 AM (JM9I6)

216 The whack job at the Des Moines register was already retiring. She didn’t do that out of shame or embarrassment, this was merely her “FU” as she was going out the door.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:00 AM (cdNls)

217 I saw this elsewhere and thought it worth posting here. This is the flipside of the revelation that the SPLC was secretly funding purported Right Wing Hate Groups.

Examples of government action are the purported kidnapping of Gretchen Whitmer. False flag ops.

"In April 2009, Obama's Department of Homeland Security assessment warned of a rise in right-wing extremism fueled by the election of the first Black president. An internal intelligence memo titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" was distributed to law enforcement. The memo suggested that disgruntled returning military veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan would be recruited by right wing extremists to become political assassins.
It was, of course, all a lie. There were no violent right wing extremists. The SPLC had to create their own by funding nut jobs to do their dirty work and blame it on Republicans.
Racial hatred is the only lasting impact of the Obama administration."

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 14, 2026 09:00 AM (dtajH)

218 >> EXCLUSIVE: The 38th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) will feature new films starring Alan Cumming, Matthew Morrison, Dylan Mulvaney and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and exec-produced by Jane Schoenbrun, Lily Wachowski and Bob Odenkirk. Scroll down for the lineup in full.

Bob Odenkirk??? Saul Goodman?? WTF…. Is there not ONE normal person in Hollywood. I kinda liked that character; just the right amount of smart lip

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 09:01 AM (sXOHS)

219 I thought Curtis Sliwa was black. Doesn’t look like it from that pic up top.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)
~~~~~

I always thought he was Puerto Rican. Not! He's of Polish and Italian descent.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 09:02 AM (3ImbR)

220 Sucks for the UK, but at least they get to serve as a warning for the rest of the world. New PM is doubling down on stuffing refugees in rural villages.

They will NEVER get those barbarians out, and ethnic cleansing of the natives is virtually guaranteed to pop up in some places.

In the states we are lucky they only did this at the small to medium city level in most places, and that PDT has largely stopped it. And, of course, lucky that unlike the poor doomed brits, we are armed (which is why they couldn't take it as far or as fast here)

The progs will try if they get back in power, but with the UK as an example, people will fight

Posted by: heya at August 14, 2026 09:02 AM (23NNO)

221 Running September 10–20, before streaming September 21–27, the event will comprise 87 feature-length and short films by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators alongside parties, filmmaker Q&As....
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 08:56 AM (Sco7b)

Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

From the original Bedazzled:
Devil: “I know, it’s pathetic, isn’t it? It’s just so hard to get good help these days.”
Stanley: “Well it’s the Wages, you know.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 09:02 AM (Ol0VD)

222 At HotAir: "So Who Wants to Publish a 20,000-Word Essay on Great Anti-Communist Movies?"

Promise me a dollar per word and I'm your huckleberry.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 09:02 AM (Jr5Lq)

223 I have noticed the recent lack of popup ads with aging ladies sporting pronounced hooterage...I guess some algorithm was changed while I was out.

#sad

Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2026 09:02 AM (j10i6)

224 PBS station may lose access to 50 TB of archival material stored with a dubious cloud backup provider.

https://tinyurl.com/ycu8wsbs

Remember, folks: the "cloud" is just someone else's computer.

Pushing your backups to a cloud provider: fine.

Making that your ONLY backup: stupid.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:03 AM (IG3/x)

225 Wow! Hadn't heard, or even thought of, that Mystery Click in decades. Definitely one of his most underrated songs.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 14, 2026 09:03 AM (wtvvX)

226 Hillary Clinton

Still not President. And still vile.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

227 I think Curtis is half PR half Slav

He and Bernhard Goetz took back the NYC subway. For a few years anyway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:03 AM (JvZF+)

228 Poor, But Proud

Well played.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

229 > Promise me a dollar per word and I'm your huckleberry.
Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 09:02 AM (Jr5Lq)

"But think of the exposure."

"Right. 'Exposure'. People die from exposure, you know."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:04 AM (IG3/x)

230 Don Black,

I have occasionally made that comparison, yes. At least I have my health and so far I still have the house. I really hope that this is the job that God's been preparing me for and that things go smoothly with it.

Himself has been known to 'knock me upside the head' to get me out of comfortable ruts and ultimately puts me in a better place, but I'm starting to get some soft spots in my metaphorical skull from it

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 09:04 AM (aJQbY)

231 4 I thought Curtis Sliwa was black. Doesn’t look like it from that pic up top.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)
******
Guardian Angels leader has always been white.
Polish/Italian

Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

232 Cloud storage is suspect. Bathroom servers are the place to store your crimes.

Posted by: Hilldog at August 14, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)

233 The more I look into Generational Theory, the more I reject it as a phenomena that is applicable to the former United States...

Their "theories" might show some value in a mono-culture, but that isn't happening. We would do well to toss this stupid Boomer vs X vs Millennial vs Z the demographics and culture no longer align.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 07:44 AM (+4Cf6)

I'm sorta with you. Sorta.

Look at Silents, Boomers, GenX, and Gen Z - none of them are political monocultures.

But my generation, who I grew up with, are. I'd reckon fewer than 10% of us are right of center, and the majority of the rest are *far* left of it (as such things are defined at this moment). We were perfectly and completely indoctrinated in a way that wasn't possible before or since. We're the best they can ever do, vis-a-vis the New Soviet Man.

For the next several decades, we're the majority.

It's not so much a generational theory as a description of *this moment in time.*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 09:06 AM (BI5O2)

234 > I kinda liked that character; just the right amount of smart lip
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 09:01 AM (sXOHS)

Well, now we know why he didn't demand that Suzy Homemaker (not remembering her name... the corrupt government official's wife) blow him after he found them hiding out in the tent.

But man, what a waste of Kim Wexler if so.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:07 AM (IG3/x)

235
216 The whack job at the Des Moines register was already retiring. She didn’t do that out of shame or embarrassment, this was merely her “FU” as she was going out the door.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:00 AM (cdNls)

I believe there’s evidence to support the idea that this was actually connected to a large online betting site. Her outlier poll came out, odds moved, and some “whale” players shifted positions and then cashed out in ways that netted them millions in instant profits. Far more than enough to justify giving her a bitcoin acct with an untraceable million in it, just to guarantee they had the timing down pat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2026 09:08 AM (Ol0VD)

236 Sliwa is Polish (that's where his last name comes from) and Italian. He is what he is, an NYC guy. He's probably the best NYC Republicans could have gotten vas a candidate. He won't go away however even though his support has gone down each election. The Republicans in NYC have to find a better candidate if that's even possible anymore

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 09:08 AM (xCuiu)

237 > 233 The more I look into Generational Theory, the more I reject it as a phenomena that is applicable to the former United States...

I think it's a pretty stupid idea to begin with, frankly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:09 AM (IG3/x)

238 I've seen Sliwa's shtick for decades. He's a consummate publicity hound who had some traction before Rudy came in and cleaned things up. Now he's back because the Rs can't find a credible candidate for NYC mayor. He's a joke.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 14, 2026 09:09 AM (dtajH)

239 Flanagan or however it's spelled:

One 'fake Indian' congratulating another as the first of her kind? Wow.

Generational theory:
When I looked it up as a kid, I was born right at the tail of Gen-X. I cling to that interpretation.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 09:09 AM (aJQbY)

240 Regarding Abdul El-Sayid-

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Unlike her bro, she doesn't try to hide it

https://tinyurl.com/2whkwd3b

Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

241 Mark Walter buys the LA Lakers for $10B fourteen months ago; now he’s selling them for $12.5B

$2.5B in profit… this is the billionaire equivalent of house flipping I guess. Except he really didn’t spiff up the Laker house in any noticeable way (other than parting company with LeBron James)

I’m beginning to think sports is just one big money laundering operation.

I’m disillusioned

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 09:10 AM (sXOHS)

242 RandomDave,

sometimes life is like walking in a snowstorm. Just keep your head down and keep moving forward. Good luck.

Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)

243 @EndWokeness
Unlike her bro, she doesn't try to hide it

https://tinyurl.com/2whkwd3b
Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

In the immortal words of Dana Barrett:

"Will you please LEAVE!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

244 For the next several decades, we're the majority.

It's not so much a generational theory as a description of *this moment in time.*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 09:06 AM (BI5O2)
=====

Go to your rooms! Right now! You're grounded.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:11 AM (JvZF+)

245 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:07 AM (IG3/x)

That brunette Betsy chick was crazy, she would play a great psycho. She's a cute broad but I bet could be sexy as hell. Crazy just does something to some women, almost like a corollary to the matrix.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 09:12 AM (d2MOG)

246 I think "pronounced hooterage" deserves to be immortalized in a limerick.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

247
I’m beginning to think sports is just one big money laundering operation.

I’m disillusioned
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 09:10 AM (sXOHS)

I'm beginning to think everything in big business is money laundering.

And the federal government has a BIG hand in it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

248 Speaking of Abdul, this was from GatewayPundit yesterday.

Whoever should have run ads showing this with sad music and Abdul smirking face instead of ads disrespecting bitches like Whitmer and Mooch.

Far-left Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has campaigned heavily on his credentials as a doctor and public-health official, is under fire over his time leading the Detroit Health Department, during which the city’s animal-control operation euthanized more than 4,000 dogs and cats.

According to records obtained by the Daily Mail, nearly 4,680 dogs and cats were put down by Detroit Animal Care and Control between 2015 and 2017 while El-Sayed served as executive director and health officer.

In 2015 alone, the facility killed 1,988 dogs and 272 cats, accounting for more than a quarter of all dogs euthanized in the county that year.

I'm happy ace has months of easy material.
Dems make it so easy.
I guess the sane ones all get aborted.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 09:13 AM (Sco7b)

249 The Republicans in NYC have to find a better candidate if that's even possible anymore
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 09:08 AM (xCuiu)
----
I bet they all left after realizing there was no point to trying to fix the stupidity of NYC government.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2026 09:13 AM (FZ29D)

250 > That brunette Betsy chick was crazy, she would play a great psycho. She's a cute broad but I bet could be sexy as hell.

Yeah, she turned my crank.

Enough to make me stick it in crazy?

I dunno, but I'd think about it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:14 AM (IG3/x)

251 Newt Gingrich is saying what I've been saying. The craziness of the Left is going to lead to big wins for us in November. So, be of good cheer but be sure to vote early and often.

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 14, 2026 09:15 AM (dtajH)

252 In the immortal words of Dana Barrett:

"Will you please LEAVE!!!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)
*******
Should he win, I'm sure they'll be a position for her in her brother's administration.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

253
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 14, 2026 09:15 AM (dtajH)

This is the most important. Our side needs to stop being pantywaists and show up at the polls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)

254 "That brunette Betsy chick was crazy, she would play a great psycho. She's a cute broad but I bet could be sexy as hell."

Betsy Kettleman character from "Better Call Saul?" Huge rack. She also appeared in the series "Barry" IIRC.

Posted by: gp at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

255 And I would never characterize it as "Millennials vs. Boomers" or "Millennials vs. Gen X," or whatever.

It's Millenials vs. The World. We're hostis humani generis. It's why I've advocated for my cohort to be interned in camps and subject to a selective breeding and adoption program for more than a decade now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (BI5O2)

256 Good morning. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (X8xt3)

257 Should he win, I'm sure they'll be a position for her in her brother's administration.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

OF COURSE there will. She'll be put in some high level position, be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and do nothing but destroy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)

258 Editing done.

I need to call up a really happy playlist on my phone and take a long drive, perhaps out to Cape Ann. The last thing I should be doing is drinking myself into a coma, which I am very likely to do if I don't find a distraction.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/)

259 Remember, folks: the "cloud" is just someone else's computer.

Pushing your backups to a cloud provider: fine.

Making that your ONLY backup: stupid.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2026 09:03 AM (IG3/x)

What if we hire a bunch of people in China, or India, and they store all our data locally? That's a good idea, right? -- executive suites all across the country

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

260 Cap & Trade Newt Gettinrich is still around?

Posted by: It's a wonderment at August 14, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)

261 >>It's Millenials vs. The World. We're hostis humani generis. It's why I've advocated for my cohort to be interned in camps and subject to a selective breeding and adoption program for more than a decade now.

Way harsh, Tai!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2026 09:17 AM (X8xt3)

262 >>I need to call up a really happy playlist on my phone and take a long drive, perhaps out to Cape Ann.

Do it!
Good Harbor beach is calling!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2026 09:18 AM (X8xt3)

263
My opinion. These new found acolytes to socialism/communism are fadists not true believers. They have no basis for their support other than ' it must be good because equality"
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 07:20 AM (skcH5)

You may be on to something, Ben Had.

I suggest that we buy them all Hula Hoops and Silly Putty, and call them Anti-America Hoops and Intifada Putty.

That should get them to drop the commie stuff toot sweet!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2026 09:19 AM (iJfKG)

264 Editing done.

I need to call up a really happy playlist on my phone and take a long drive, perhaps out to Cape Ann. The last thing I should be doing is drinking myself into a coma, which I am very likely to do if I don't find a distraction.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/)

Congratulations!

And I sincerely pray for you to find peace within yourself.

Godspeed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

265 258 Editing done.

I need to call up a really happy playlist on my phone and take a long drive, perhaps out to Cape Ann. The last thing I should be doing is drinking myself into a coma, which I am very likely to do if I don't find a distraction.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/)

Please do and take care.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 09:20 AM (Sco7b)

266 265 258 Editing done.

I need to call up a really happy playlist on my phone and take a long drive, perhaps out to Cape Ann. The last thing I should be doing is drinking myself into a coma, which I am very likely to do if I don't find a distraction.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 14, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/)

Please do and take care.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 09:20 AM (Sco7b)

Please go for the drive and distractions and take care.
NOT the coma thing.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 14, 2026 09:21 AM (Sco7b)

267 My working guess - and it is ONLY a guess because usually Democrats go much further and surprise me - plus it's hard to predict things anyway.

R's hold both, Jingleheimer Sayed "wins", and the "story" becomes how the DSA is "changing" things, the youth are now rock solid commies, everyone is unhappy, and it can no longer be ignored.

The failure of the D establishment to retake the houses can fuel the next two years of misery and the next phase of the story. Trump will have something to say about all of this but he will hide his time.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 09:21 AM (d2MOG)

268 >Editing done.

I need to call up a really happy playlist on my phone and take a long drive, perhaps out to Cape Ann.
++++
Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Steak & eggs at Waffle House at August 14, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

269 246 I think "pronounced hooterage" deserves to be immortalized in a limerick.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

Under a great plastic surgeon's tutorage,
they learned to supply pronounced hooterage,
and now these great doctors,
dispensing great knockers,
can afford to buy all the best beverages.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:21 AM (Ot/FD)

270 Well, at least you can now get a suppressor in Texas with no NFA paperwork.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 14, 2026 09:21 AM (oAqqA)

271 @251 I agree with you and Newt that the lefts craziness will help Republicans. Thus far I haven't been encouraged by the Republicans helping themselves, but they have a lot of money and the Dems will keep getting crazier. Turnout is key, you don't want to turn off the independents

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 09:22 AM (xCuiu)

272 >>Far-left Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has campaigned heavily on his credentials as a doctor and public-health official, is under fire over his time leading the Detroit Health Department, during which the city’s animal-control operation euthanized more than 4,000 dogs and cats.

Can we deport him now?
And his sister, too?

I don't even care where they were born, they are not American and obviously wish us harm.

"The Great Satan" does not want or need your presence on our soil, you ghouls!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2026 09:22 AM (X8xt3)

273 179 Polls are commissioned by people with an agenda... a narrative they'd like to push. The responders are likely targeted to elicit a preferred response. Polls are designed to influence how we feel, look at or interpret a candidate or topic. We are the targets people want to influence. Influence can distort reality.

Don't be a target.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2026 08:40 AM (2Cry5)

Every politician, political party, corporation, etc., that wants to get a fairly accurate targeted audience perception of candidates, products, corporate reputation, etc, commissions and purchases private polls. Or has it's own internal polling operation. Both types run by personnel with proven track-records of utility and accuracy of results. Hillary's 2016 private polling was famously inaccurate. That's why we've never since heard of her now-infamous campaign manager, Robby Mook.

Publicly-released poll results by 'pros' are worth what the public pays for them. Nothing.

Posted by: Gref at August 14, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

274 Hi Lizzy, hope you're doing ok, or as ok as can be expected.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 09:24 AM (d2MOG)

275 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 09:21 AM

Bravo!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

276 There is only one way to beat their fraud machine, and Trump exposed it. Show up in large enough numbers that a win for the other side is statistically impossible. It’s math.
_____

10x a day I'm getting ads against OH Senate candidate Husted - he slashed Medicare so he can give tax cuts to Billionaires, he took money from Epstein (well, Wexner, close enough) and voted against releasing the Epstein files. This will work on some voters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2026 09:24 AM (Dv3i1)

277 At the very least, the DSA is turning the ratchet a couple more notches.

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 09:25 AM (Q+gd/)

278 People are frustrated with the economy. I get that. It’s taking a long time to rid ourselves of the economic mess Democrats left behind. The massive spending, food inflation and ridiculous amount of government job creation nearly killed us.

But the answer isn’t to go back to that. It’s counterintuitive. That’s why I don’t believe any of the polls that state people trust Denton the economy. You have to be a deep space alien not to know what’s happened since Biden and Democrats took over.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 14, 2026 09:26 AM (X9ZVL)

279 It’s taking a long time to rid ourselves of the economic mess Democrats left behind.

I'm still unsure if it's even POSSIBLE.

they stuck many many knives in the back of the USA

those knives had poison tips

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (j+aD2)

280 If you’re voting for the Democrat in the Ohio senate race , see your neurologist.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (X9ZVL)

281 "..people trust Denton the economy. "

Trying to decipher that typo...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

282 If we're going to define the moment that began the fall of western civilization, I'd put at the Clinton administration with the blatant lying combined with the if-a-Democrat-does-it-its-not-a-crime policy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)

283 The “Boomer” was and is a huge demographic, like a snake eating a watermelon.

The psy-ops simply HAD to be the comprehensive, the stakes were too high. And they had the infrastructure and the people in place with which to do it. No way were they going to go through life without getting fucked with more than any previous cohort in human history. No chance.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (cdNls)

284 If you’re voting for the Democrat in the Ohio senate race , see your neurologist.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (X9ZVL)

You seem to have misspelled "anywhere, ever."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

285 Authenticity is important. If you have someone who is good at that like Trump, *and* point out the apparently pathological inauthenticity of the leftists... I think we'll at least get the young idiots to play 'a pox on both their houses' even if they don't convert.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 14, 2026 09:29 AM (aJQbY)

286 "..people trust Denton the economy. "

Trying to decipher that typo...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

Denton, Tx is a 2 university town........and an implied 'sanctuary city.'

It is a liberal shithole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

287 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me!

The ouster of Nixon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2026 09:29 AM (u82oZ)

288 “I said it in 2019, and you know if you listen to the full conversation, you very quickly understand what I’m talking about,” Piker said.

-
Yeah, we do!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (ndZc7)

289 Way harsh, Tai!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2026 09:17 AM (X8xt3)

Perhaps.

But fair.

There was a unique confluence of toxic factors in society that made us possible - a perfect shitstorm, if you will - but it can end with us, too, if anyone has the will to stop us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (BI5O2)

290 Art

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2026 09:30 AM (JvZF+)

291 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

292 people trust Denton the economy. "

Trying to decipher that typo...
~~~~~

people trust Dems on the economy?

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 14, 2026 09:31 AM (3ImbR)

293 Your single vote won't decide an election.* It's statistically worthless.

But banded together it can be decisive. The Left has had an advantage of this with identity politics.

That's hopefully about to change. let us pray!

* My vote once tied my small town mayoral election. What odds!

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 14, 2026 09:32 AM (dtajH)

294 during which the city’s animal-control operation euthanized more than 4,000 dogs and cats.

Well, they are haram so...

Posted by: NR Pax at August 14, 2026 09:34 AM (99eI0)

295 >>I'm still unsure if it's even POSSIBLE.

Remember that one time years ago you got drunk, and the hangover lasted for a week. The one where you promised yourself you would never drink again? That.

I don’t believe people understand just how much damage Democrats did to the economy. They flooded the country with money that wasn’t productive and used Covid as their excuse. It turned every economic incentive upside down and beat the productive sector with a lead pipe.

Think about the macro cycle associated with that paradigm. You steal money from taxpayers at confiscatory rates. You hand it out to people who don’t produce anything. Almost zero economic payback. Worse, it becomes inflationary as the people you hand it out to spend that largess on everything and distort the market. Add to that millions of illegal immigrants who produce almost zero economic activity getting huge taxpayer funded handouts. That undermines all our social welfare programs and makes them fiscally unsound. They also distorted (read inflated) the cost of everything from housing and food to medical care. There isn’t even enough room for me to continue, but you get the point. Two years ain’t enough.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 14, 2026 09:38 AM (X9ZVL)

296 Hi ... doing OK, as much as possible. Thanks for asking!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

297 Well, maybe don't run a guy like Andrew Cuomo who told conservatives they didn't belong in NY State.

https://tinyurl.com/24dry27n

If you needed the votes of Republicans to stop Mayor Mamdani, you needed to run someone who didn't tell them to leave the state when he was Governor.

It's simple electoral math.

Posted by: NYC Conservative at August 14, 2026 09:47 AM (TH4O4)

298 They needed Mamdani to be Mayor.

Posted by: ... at August 14, 2026 09:50 AM (d2MOG)

299 @95 The RCC doesn't conduct canon law courts.

They're called Diocesan Tribunals.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 14, 2026 10:04 AM (zdLoL)

300 I thought Curtis Sliwa was black. Doesn’t look like it from that pic up top.
Posted by: Bulg at August 14, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

He's of Polish ancestry.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 14, 2026 10:29 AM (hmYU4)

301 286 "..people trust Denton the economy. "

Trying to decipher that typo...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

Denton, Tx is a 2 university town........and an implied 'sanctuary city.'

It is a liberal shithole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 14, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

I live just 3 blocks from TWU and I have to agree. Denton is trying very hard to become Austin.

Posted by: goozer at August 14, 2026 11:43 AM (eTh1u)

302 Speaking as a veteran with 3 tours and 28 years of service, and a native of Queens, NY.

Not going to get on the Sliwa Hate Train. Whatever you think of his tendency for self-promotion (like EVERY public figure), the man has bled NYC asphalt his entire life.

When he asserts that New York knew what it was getting with the deviant currently occupying Gracie Mansion, he's not wrong.

Posted by: Phil Christensen at August 14, 2026 12:36 PM (gxAox)

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