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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 29

From the famous Pat*:

From a commercial Roma plant, the biggest Roma I’ve ever seen.

Impressive! Lotsa sauce possible from tomatoes like that.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

My crazy 6 ft tall tomato plant is overloaded with tomatoes. The picture below is two days haul and there are many more to come.
The jalapeños at the top are the two different varieties I mentioned last week. The small one is a normal jalapeño and the big one is called Giant Jalapeño. Three jars of pickled japaenos so far and maybe one or two more.There are half dozen poblanos almost ready.
Going to roast the tomatoes because there is no way I can eat all of them.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

The cherry tomatoes look great. What do you do with them after roasting?

The peppers also sound good.

Tomatoes and peppers seem to be the favorite veggies for members of The Horde to grow. And they make nice photos for social media, too! Enjoy life!

Fabulous few days looking after grandson, almost 2, whilst his mum & dad went to a wedding. An absolute joy, but boy are we exhausted! My birthday yesterday passed in a blur of playing in the park, baking biscuits, reading & picking tomatoes. Quiet at home now. Have a good day. pic.twitter.com/eEE7rGTHXJ
— Ella Beard (@EllaBeard11) August 24, 2026

Maybe this will remind CBD to plan for a garden next year:

A confusing vegetable name. Have you ever grown these? I have eaten them. They remind me of a sort of sweet Jicama when raw.

Gm. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), a native North American sunflower, is not a type of artichoke (it’s a root vegetable), and its Jerusalem moniker is a mispronunciation of “girasole,” the Italian word for sunflower. pic.twitter.com/gHuGx1Q9ZF
— Sarah 🥨 (@cosmopterix) August 22, 2026

Travel and Adventure

Located in County Meath, Ireland, this stunning 300-year-old Yew Tree Tunnel at Gormanston Castle is a living architectural marvel.

Planted in the late 17th century by the Preston family, generations of meticulous training have caused the branches of these ancient trees to… pic.twitter.com/sKVYEIQnqA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 23, 2026

Bern has a quirky summer tradition: instead of driving home, some locals jump into the Aare River after work, pack their clothes in waterproof bags, and float with the current all the way home pic.twitter.com/Iu9gXeidBz
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) August 25, 2026

Puttering

Have you ever seen a display of radioactivity in a cloud chamber? My Dad used to set them up with radioactive needles at my elementary school. You could always see some stray trails coming from space though.

This is a reminder that the first "GMO Plants" were created by blasting seeds with X-rays and other forms of radioactivity to randomly induce mutations. When you wonder if some of our grains are not as healthy as grains of old, random procedures like this could have possibly been one reason.

This is a radioactive mineral inside a cloud chamber which allows you to see condensation trails cause by radioactive decay particles shooting through a supersaturated alcohol vapor cloud, mainly alpha particles. pic.twitter.com/M9n2DsWZYO
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 28, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

Great photo of bottle brush from Neal in Israel.

What's happening in your yard or neighborhood?

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

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 22

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 01:24 PM

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1 For those of you already planning next year, Southern Exposure has a great garden planning tool.

https://tinyurl.com/ycjmy5ud

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 29, 2026 01:43 PM (bkuEU)

2 Pat* is currently slicing tomatoes for a salad, so I'll jump in.

Posted by: Pat*'s Hubbie at August 29, 2026 01:44 PM (x0vey)

3 Otters called.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 01:45 PM (ke3zm)

4 Hooray! There is rain predicted for next week, so the first batch of tomatoes will be ripe enough to split, just like every other year.

I made apple crisp and pear crisp last week, and they were both absolutely wonderful. No spices, just butter, brown sugar, flour, oatmeal, and dead-ripe fruit.

The sort of desert that makes me want to dance in the middle of the kitchen stuffing it in my face while making happy noises.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

When government finishes something - even in California!

There have been some raised eyebrows and a lot of commentary over a statement by Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman about finishing a recent infrastructure project:

The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed!
Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer.

Mary Katherine Ham gave what is perhaps the most personal comparison:

I am the worst procrastinator and I can make a whole-ass human in 9 mos https://t.co/bI88w5z7XB
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) August 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass orders cops to stop cracking down on illegal street vendors. To me, this invites a comparison to Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners for his plan to drive them out of business by opening government-subsidized grocery stores.

And Adam Carolla points out that:

Once cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles do this—once you essentially look the other way for the homeless, junkies, illegal immigrants, criminals, or whoever it is, while shining a spotlight on taxpayers with over-regulation, over-permitting, and trying to manage every grain of their lives, versus saying to illegal immigrants, ‘Go do whatever you want,’ or to the homeless, ‘Go shoot up wherever you want or sleep wherever you want’—then you’ve lost it. L.A.’s there. San Francisco’s there.

Sleep wherever you want and don't worry about setting fires . . .

How's that high-speed rail coming along?

Yesterday we drove over a fancy new overpass which is intended to allow cars and trucks to easily make their way over the future high-speed rail tracks. It looks a lot like a smaller version of a similar overpass over a highway a few miles to the north.

Traffic crossing the nearby existing freight and Amtrak rails must still stop the old-fashioned way. The new overpass does not look particularly safe for pedestrians or bicyclists. Perhaps some new local bus routes between neighborhoods and country towns are planned for the future.

Some neighborhoods no longer exist, having fallen victim to eminent domain.

There won't be a high-speed train station nearby. So the promise of "local jobs" was kinda temporary.

The pretty new overpass does keep people from getting lost like they did for months on the previous very confusing detours which changed periodically. And some cars fell into ditches during the many months of detours and degraded roads, as well. So, in one small part of the future high-speed rail route, some progress has apparently been made.

I wouldn't be surprised if traffic over the newly finished infrastructure is restricted when work on the rails begins. If it does.

Shafter Shafts plans for high-speed rail

This is not too far to the south of the pretty new overpass:

California’s high-speed rail boondoggle, which is already a $128 billion joke that has been decades in the making with not a single mile of track carrying a single paying passenger, has managed to find a brand-new way to embarrass the state’s “visionary” political leadership.
This time, it’s not federal funding cuts or blown deadlines doing the damage, but a Central Valley city and a major homebuilder simply refusing to get out of the way, greenlighting 1,200 new homes smack in the middle of the rail authority’s approved route.

California’s beleaguered, over-budget high-speed rail line now has one more thing to worry about: A city and housing developer wants to build homes right in the train’s projected path.
Shafter, a city near Bakersfield, and developer Lennar Homes are plowing ahead with 1,200 homes in the same area off Highway 99 where the state’s rail authority plans to build tracks. . .

Well. This seems rather late in the game to be changing the route on the already truncated high-speed rail line. See more details at the link.

New California High Speed Rail video for you. Based on a new report by the CAHSR Office of the Inspector General and developments in the city of Shafter, the project is at serious risk of not being able to open an Initial Operating Segment. At all.

So confusing!

Call Shafter’s move poetic justice for a project that has spent over a decade steamrolling farmers and small property owners with eminent domain and political entitlement.
Sacramento’s fantasy train may get ” shafted” by the plucky citizens of a small town that California bureaucrats chose to ignore. . .
As an added bonus, given the state’s “housing shortage,” it’s going to be very hard to make Lennar homes a villain in this story.

You've likely heard that Newsom's wife has ties to California energy interests. Another reason to watch the politics around data centers and such:

Chew on this:

Your power in Reno and my power in SLT Calif both come from the same source -- NV Energy.

My electricity bill is routinely over $500 a month in the summer time, and it's rarely over 85 degrees during the daytime. https://t.co/DorJbqPaxf
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) August 26, 2026

And in current news, California lawmakers block Gov. Newsom's push to limit wildfire liability for utilities. The stock at PG&E, the special friends of Newsom's wife, has gone down.

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WEEKEND

THE MOST WOKE SENTENCE EVER?

"Real" papers that are indistinguishable from this are published almost daily. https://t.co/Q8ec0kcNRL
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) August 22, 2026

Founding Fathers - Alexander Hamilton and Money

In this week's Grumpy Economist Rant, @JohnHCochrane revisits Alexander Hamilton's approach to the large public debt left by the Revolutionary War and explains how honoring contracts built America's financial reputation.

Full video on Freedom Frequency: https://t.co/VUT3OXxX0D pic.twitter.com/O8GbpHT8A1
— Hoover Institution (@HooverInst) August 23, 2026

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For the monarchists out there:

King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, yet at peace with it as King of Ireland, formally accrediting German diplomats.

After the war, he was technically at war with himself as King of India and Pakistan, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947. pic.twitter.com/IVUMzkg6co
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 24, 2026

The Week in Pictures: Goodbye Dolly Edition

Dolly Parton’s music was never my taste, but somehow I always had only favorable impressions of her when she came into public view over the last 50 years. And just now I recall that a big Broadway play of my youth was “Hello, Dolly!” The film version would have been so much better with Dolly Parton instead of Barbra “Strident” Streisand. And so just now we need to improvise “Goodbye, Dolly.” Is it true that she’s the last figure in the country that everyone loved? Maybe. But let’s not overlook Tim Curry while we’re at it. And let’s salute America’s newest Great Lake!

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Music

Think everybody listens to the same music all the time?

First time hearing Dolly Parton

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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 22, Mascots of The Anointed - This Story Isn't Going Away

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Update:

Worst of all, by far, is "autoethnography"

It’s hard to convey to people who haven’t seen this stuff just how rife it is in the humanities and social sciences today. I remember going to Cambridge to study anthropology and thinking I would be asking big questions about human nature and bizarre rituals and customs, but all… https://t.co/zSVBEIBJ2b
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) August 24, 2026

Posted by: K.T. at 11:06 AM

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1 Thanks. I LOVE that crosswalk story.

I guess I can't complain about the noise when that kick-ass huge machine comes around my part of Canada washing the curbs...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)

2 Years ago, Dolly Parton was on Letterman and read her Top Ten Personal Peeves:

#1: No one notices that I have a great ass!

What a great soul.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:17 AM (dtajH)

3 California government finishing something?
They ain't bankrupt yet

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 11:22 AM (Ia/+0)

4 I think Anya Taylor-Joy might be a descendant of George VI.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

5 Dolly was asked if she was offended by "dumb blonde" jokes.

"Not at all. I know that I am not dumb. I also know that I am not blonde."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2026 11:28 AM (36x1j)

6 Who says comedy is hard?

FoxNews - "Trump asys Iran 'wants to make a dead' after economic D-Day."

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)

7 Relatively new law harassing motorists in California: so called daylight rule cannot park within 21' of a corner in front of you if marked as a sidewalk or implied to be a street crossing point.
So many coveted city parking spots gone.

And just to rub it in....they made jay walking legal.
California Democrats should be trebucheted into the heart of the Sun.

Posted by: torabora at August 29, 2026 11:31 AM (Wt1Rs)

8 3 California government finishing something?
They ain't bankrupt yet

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Give the Central Valley a little credit. It's a nice overpass over nothing. It's finished and the mountain of dirt is gone. For now.

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 11:31 AM (1RGZ5)

9 This Jason Arday fellow reminds me of Peter Sellers' Chauncey Gardener in Being There from 1979.

He plays a simpleton who works as a gardener on a DC estate until the owner dies and he has to go out in the world. All he knows is what he's seen on TV. All he says are platitudes. But DC players mistake him for a genius and he becomes a Power Player.

It's one of Sellers' best.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:32 AM (dtajH)

10 Nice takedown of California KT

It is sad how the same mistakes get made over and over again, blithely.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:34 AM (RIvkX)

11 I enjoy learning about how fucked up california is. I am also warmed and engorged knowing that it will only get worse for the folks who live there.

Posted by: Avoid California and Live A Happy Life at August 29, 2026 11:35 AM (yuEAg)

12 ***Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners
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Suing a Marxist tyrant is kind of a joke isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (6T7Go)

13 George sure was at war a lot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (Cqx++)

14 Chauncey Gardener was incapable of forming intent, actually he was a victim.

Jason Arday was a perpetrator who reveled in his lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (RIvkX)

15 I am the worst procrastinator and I can make a whole-ass human in 9 mos

The transit authority in Seattle just announced that it will be installing fare gates at some light rail stations.

They'll be ready in 2030.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (aD4fx)

16 *** And some cars fell into ditches during the many months of detours and degraded roads, as well.
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Living it the third world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (6T7Go)

17 ***Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners
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Suing a Marxist tyrant is kind of a joke isn't it?

How long before Mamdani declares himself the caliph of NYC?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

18 When designing the machinery of our government our Framers were into 'Checks and Balances.' CA now has none.

After November Trump should look into our Constitution's guaranty of a Republican form of government.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (dtajH)

19 They'll be ready in 2030.

One of the characteristics of blue governance is that it has become incapable of constructing infrastructure at any sort of reasonable time or cost.

Some of the new public housing in Portland costs $900,000 a unit.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:40 AM (aD4fx)

20 We moved from West Virginia to California in 2000. Probably the biggest culture shock you can imagine. Left it in 2013.

The weather and scenery is nice. We lived for a while in Mountain View, them relocated to the Monterey area. The people, generally speaking, are dicks. Not laid back at all. At least not where we were. Lots of busy bodies who want to get all up in your biz... tell you what you should be doing, etc.

Left the place in 2013 and relocated to rural Kentucky. Weather can be a pain in the ass, but the scenery is pretty nice. And we're left alone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:41 AM (2Cry5)

21 ***Well. This seems rather late in the game to be changing the route on the already truncated high-speed rail line.
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If they had an easement or bought the land Lennar couldn't build.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:42 AM (6T7Go)

22 17 ***Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners
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Suing a Marxist tyrant is kind of a joke isn't it?

How long before Mamdani declares himself the caliph of NYC?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

There was a story that some of these owners that were complaining were getting more tickets than usual for 'stuff'.

If you can imagine governmental abuses of power like that.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 11:43 AM (Sco7b)

23 The number one fundamental cause underlying all of California's problems is single-party governance at all levels, in almost all jurisdictions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:43 AM (RIvkX)

24 I remember how nice northern California was, where my grandfather lived.

If California ever regains sanity, it might be nice to visit that area again... but you won't get me to move there until it's been sane at least 5 years.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 11:44 AM (aJQbY)

25 If you could please say a little prayer for FenSpouse. Nothing critical, but he is getting wax removed from his ears and he must have enough in there he could open a candle company, he's been in there so long.. Thanks so much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I had that done and while it didn't exactly hurt, it was definitely unpleasant.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

26
How long before Mamdani declares himself the caliph of NYC?
Posted by: Archimedes

The Duke of New York

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 11:46 AM (Cqx++)

27 Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I had that done and while it didn't exactly hurt, it was definitely unpleasant.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

Done.

I've had that done plenty of times. Not that bad though.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)

28 Some of the new public housing in Portland costs $900,000 a unit.

Portland has other problems. Portland has an "arts tax" for art in schools and to subsidize arts institutions. Almost everyone in the city has to send $35 every year to city government, which causes much screaming about the bureaucracy required to collect it, and the methods the bureaucracy uses to collect it.

A trannny has an issue (from Reddit):

The City is demanding Art Tax for both me and my dead name.

A commenter noted:

I don’t know how to explain it but this is the most “Portland” post there ever was

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:47 AM (aD4fx)

29 Jason Arday was a perpetrator who reveled in his lies.

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They killed him but white man George RRRR Martin makes shit up and he's a big hero!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

30 I am not surprised Raman or her staff didn't grasp the absurdity of bragging about half assed lines painted on broken pavement .. they no doubt have the third-world-tinted glasses on, combined with caste driven cluelessness.

Same shit that lets them make giant high voltage wire hairballs on transformers, ride train exteriors, etc., without noting how retarded it is.

Posted by: heya at August 29, 2026 11:49 AM (ND37T)

31 I have chronic earwax build up. I've had my ears cleaned out twice since June.

I wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (2Cry5)

32 I'll be headed to Cali this Thurday. Go hang out on Lake Orroville for a bit. Got a pool party to attend also. Gonna make another offer on the someday mine 1969 Camaro SS in Midnight Blue. $2500 this time. Cold hard cash. Dude won't be able to refuse.

It's a shame N. Cal has to be attached to California. Awesome place when you can see it through the wildfire smoke.

Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (jJAdc)

33 thinking of your hubby Fen!

mine has this happen and one time the doc had to SHOW it to me. he was amazed at the sheer size lol

no wonder he has "selective hearing"!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

34
We're on a road to nowhere / Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere / We'll take that ride

I'm feelin' okay this morning / And you know
We're on a road to paradise / Here we go, here we go

We're on a ride to nowhere / Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere / We'll take that ride

Maybe you wonder where you are / I don't care
Here is where time is on our side / Take you there, take you there

We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 11:54 AM (trSL4)

35 King George VI was related to about all the other WW II leaders except America. And Japan, maybe

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 11:55 AM (UYYJi)

36 'wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

*hums innocently*

Posted by: the bees at August 29, 2026 11:55 AM (Ht82O)

37 Who believed Trump when he said the Iran war would last 4 to 6 weeks?

Posted by: Paul at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (aNM/F)

38 A Leftist claims that the rate of mental illness in red states is dropping sharply, thanks to Trump:

Over 400,000 transgender people in have fled their home states for safer ones since the 2024 election.

A commenter:

Anecdotally, I know of handful of families with a trans kid who have moved to Oregon in the past year or so. Have heard that recruiters for Oregon jobs are specifically targeting red states

Yeah, because if I'm running a business in Portland, my first priority is going to be hiring mentally ill people and sexual perverts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (aD4fx)

39 DaveinFla was in Palo Alto this week but I have not seen any comments on his visit

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (aD4fx)

41 Off to the barrel...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:57 AM (aD4fx)

42 ARC! get to the barrel!

(and take that doofus Paul with you)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 11:57 AM (j+aD2)

43 >>>For the monarchists out there:

>Ha ha! We finally got rid of those two dullards from sussex. If Chucky had some balls he would crush these two and place them in exile. Nothing would hurt them more than to crush the ego and narcissism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 11:58 AM (SK+av)

44
Who believed our slobbering drool-baby when he said he knew who was his daddy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 11:59 AM (trSL4)

45 I have chronic earwax build up. I've had my ears cleaned out twice since June.

I wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (2Cry5)

I have chronic sinus issues that seem to contribute to excess buildup in my ears. Are your sinuses a problem for you?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 12:01 PM (lFFaq)

46
Ha ha! We finally got rid of those two dullards from sussex. If Chucky had some balls he would crush these two and place them in exile. Nothing would hurt them more than to crush the ego and narcissism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

South Georgia is badly in need of low skill labor and those two fit the bill.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:01 PM (trSL4)

47 >Ha ha! We finally got rid of those two dullards from sussex. If Chucky had some balls he would crush these two and place them in exile. Nothing would hurt them more than to crush the ego and narcissism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The traditional place to send Brit malefactors is Australia.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:02 PM (ndZc7)

48
St. Helena or Tristan de Cunha. Harry could graze with the bovine / ovine population and MeAgain could make pretty little scented candles to sell from seal blubber.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:04 PM (trSL4)

49 Serves them right!

Someone in California stole a beer truck with 1,400 cases of PBR inside

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:05 PM (ndZc7)

50 The Markels should go to South Africa. Surely they will be welcome there.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 12:05 PM (t9HpY)

51 The traditional place to send Brit malefactors is Australia.

The British army in India had transportation to Australia as punishment for a variety of serious crimes.

Unfortunately for them, word got back to India about the actual living conditions in Australia, and soldiers began deliberately committing serious crimes, specifically so they would be transported to Australia.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 12:06 PM (aD4fx)

52 > I have chronic earwax build up. I've had my ears cleaned out twice since June.

I wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (2Cry5)

I have chronic sinus issues that seem to contribute to excess buildup in my ears. Are your sinuses a problem for you?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 12:01 PM (lFFaq)
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Yeah. I sort of figured it might be something like that. I have some meds for the sinus issues.... I should probably get used to taking them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 12:08 PM (2Cry5)

53 I am not surprised Raman or her staff didn't grasp the absurdity of bragging about half assed lines painted on broken pavement

Another thing about it is that if a local resident had taken a paint roller and a can of yellow paint and done the same thing a year ago, the city would have arrested him for it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:09 PM (vTZFs)

54 I had sinus headaches most days until I started using flonase. Now it happens once every few months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (RIvkX)

55 DaveinFla was in Palo Alto this week but I have not seen any comments on his visit

Do we need to send in Snake Plissken to get him out?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (vTZFs)

56 Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies

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Milk and cookies. Drink the milk. Turn the plastic jug into cookies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (ndZc7)

57 I should start sinus rinsing again, kinda feels like being waterboarded

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 12:13 PM (Ia/+0)

58 The UK is the country with the second largest population of Penguins, France third.

Posted by: Chilly Willy at August 29, 2026 12:14 PM (JM9I6)

59 Researchers in Illinois have used engineered yeast to turn compounds derived from plastic bottles and crop waste into protein-rich, 3D-printed snacks called µBites

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Just like grandma used to make!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:14 PM (ndZc7)

60 Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (ndZc7)

Wasn't "microplastics" just the big scare we were all supposed to freak out about? Why do I suspect it's the same organizations pushing this as were pushing that?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 12:16 PM (lFFaq)

61 Dolly: "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!"

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2026 12:16 PM (6fhoX)

62
Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies

On, really?

And this process completely removes the UV stabilizers, catalysts and other poly-syllabic monstrosities that are part and parcel of the polymerization and casting processes used to create the bottles in the first place, of course.

Or does it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:16 PM (trSL4)

63 Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies

Now when you order everybody's favorite "Bag O' Glass" for your monster child, you will also get 2 "Bag O' Plastic Cookies" absolutely free, just pay for shipping and handling!

Call Today! 1-888-UBE-DUMB....Call today! We can't do this all day! Order Now!

Posted by: Irwin Mainway, Pres. Of Mainway Toys at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (yuEAg)

64
Stumbled right out of the gate!

"Oh, really..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (trSL4)

65 They didn't fix the pavement/ concrete so that "crosswalk" paint mostly just conceals tripping hazards.

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (6fhoX)

66 I should start sinus rinsing again, kinda feels like being waterboarded
Posted by: Skip
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Are you adding salt to the water and using warm water? It makes a huge difference in the experience.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (VCgbV)

67 I tried a neti-pot but got water in my ears that lasted months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 12:18 PM (RIvkX)

68 66 I should start sinus rinsing again, kinda feels like being waterboarded
Posted by: Skip
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Are you adding salt to the water and using warm water? It makes a huge difference in the experience.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (VCgbV)

67 I tried a neti-pot but got water in my ears that lasted months.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 12:18 PM (RIvkX
Good for you to wash out the trash we breathe in all day.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 12:21 PM (UYYJi)

69
That excerpt of Arday's work describes someone who is unemployable and belongs in an institution.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 29, 2026 12:21 PM (biznJ)

70 no wonder he has "selective hearing"!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

You are funny, Black Orchid . He is better now.
And thanks to all who chimed in with their own waxy problems.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 12:22 PM (m6Eem)

71 SF, You may want to give Flucosamine (sp?) a try. It's the generic for Flonase. I've been using it for a couple of years now and seems to work just as well. My PCP suggested that to me. It's not as expensive. I just get mine on Amazon.

Posted by: Old Blue at August 29, 2026 12:27 PM (up14Y)

72 I tried a neti-pot but got water in my ears that lasted months.
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Good for you to wash out the trash we breathe in all day.

I have the squeeze bottle version that I use when I have a cold or congestion or after mowing the yard. I would use it more often but there is some (probably small but non-zero) risk of pushing bacteria up your nose if you use tap water instead of distilled and frankly it's just too much trouble.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:29 PM (vTZFs)

73 That deal with George VI being at war and not being at war. During the First War, free trade existed between the UK and Germany through 1915, British rubber for German optical lenses (best in the world at the time).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2026 12:31 PM (gm9Sb)

74 How's that high-speed rail coming along?

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It exceeded all expectations if you know what the ultimate goal was. Nearly 800 private properties (inclusive of 100 year old generational farms and high valued properties) confiscated by the State government through emminent domain. Also, a giant fund to be applied where ever your little communist heart desires.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 12:38 PM (dIske)

75 Having dealt with numerous bureaucracies over the years, I now recognize qualities common to all of them, Federal, State, Local, Corporate.

As they evolve they become less effective, and, less effcient. And, like a living organism, they develop self-protective mechanisms.

Some of you may have noted my comments in the last year or so regarding the flood destruction of the Veteran's Restoration Quarters here in Asheville. The subsequent interactions with FEMA, HUD, and local authorities in trying to reconstruct the physical facility have been real eye-openers.

Last week we held the ground-breaking for the rebuilding. Get this...we could not hold a simple photo-op of shoveling a little dirt until we had FEMA-approved dirt. They would not allow that until certified archeological and environmental studies had been submitted. We had to bring in a pickup truck load of outside dirt, just to take a token photo. And, that dirt had to be certified also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:45 PM (XeU6L)

76 65 They didn't fix the pavement/ concrete so that "crosswalk" paint mostly just conceals tripping hazards.

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (6fhoX)

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Oregon wants to raise our gas taxes so they can "fix the roads". We already have some the highest gasoline taxes in the nation and their current purpose is to "fix the roads". There are a lot of other states with significantly lower gas taxes and also significantly better roads. So the question for Tina Kotek (the worst governor in the history of all that is terrible): Where is the current gas tax money really being spent?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 29, 2026 12:45 PM (9FfUF)

77 From the Tech Thread:

97 Psychology has turned out to be a brainwashing weapon. Most shrinks are mentally ill themselves.
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You caught that too, eh? It’s a given that when a system or function is studied at length, to see how it works, unscrupulous people can also figure out the best way to break it as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:53 AM (PVUR/)

I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless? Even setting aside the interesting question of whether it varies by subpopulation. I couldn't even get any precision on the incidence of Cluster B personality disorders, which could be considered a proper subset, so at least it would give a floor. And frankly, I find it telling.

It's such an obvious question, it should be very well studied. For it to be so studiously ignored is rather suspicious -- especially since it's what you might expect to happen if psychology, sociology, and related fields all got taken over by the conscienceless themselves.

I ended up settling on 6% or 1 in 17 as a working guesstimate. But it could be a third or triple that for all I know.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 12:46 PM (ke3zm)

78 RE: California crosswalk.

I noticed that they didn't bother to repair the cracks in the street. You can see them under the newly laid stripes.

They also didn't bother to repaint the stripes on the other crosswalk.

In fact, for all we know they used AI to draw stripes on a picture and called it good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 12:46 PM (FZ29D)

79 Orson ypu forgot the hundreds of millions made bt lawyers, environmental groups, union representatives. Been very above what was expected.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 12:47 PM (Ia/+0)

80 >>>It exceeded all expectations if you know what the ultimate goal was. Nearly 800 private properties (inclusive of 100 year old generational farms and high valued properties) confiscated by the State government through emminent domain. Also, a giant fund to be applied where ever your little communist heart desires.

Posted by: Orson

>It's almost as if the federal and state governments are at war with the American citizen. Trust them, they're on you side, just like they were with the american indian.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 12:47 PM (SK+av)

81 Times were tough in the past. Sometimes, we just had to make do. I pioneered the use of cerumen as surfboard wax. Killed two birds. Led to much success.

Posted by: Duke Kahanamoku.. at August 29, 2026 12:48 PM (JM9I6)

82 I have noticed and uptick in roadwork/ repairs/ restriping of streets in Austin this year. Must be an election year and they must be scared of something. They don't normally do so much...

Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 12:50 PM (VCgbV)

83 FUN FACT: According to Copilot, the Transcontinental Railroad was built in the 1860s at a cost of between $60 million and $100 million. That's $1.2 billion to $3 billion in today's dollars.

CA's "high-speed rail" has already spent 40-100 times that amount and doesn't have a single foot of track to show for it. But it does have a lot of politically-connected grifters who are now very wealthy.

Because that's just how CA does business.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:52 PM (guGkK)

84
>It's almost as if the federal and state governments are at war with the American citizen. Trust them, they're on you side, just like they were with the american indian.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help" -- Ronald Reagan

See my 75

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)

85 Anecdotally, I know of handful of families with a trans kid who have moved to Oregon in the past year or so. Have heard that recruiters for Oregon jobs are specifically targeting red states

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As someone who hires people in Oregon, "no we are not"

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 29, 2026 12:53 PM (9FfUF)

86 I noticed that they didn't bother to repair the cracks in the street. You can see them under the newly laid stripes.

Good thing there wasn't a passed-out homeless dude in the path. They would have painted right over him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:54 PM (guGkK)

87 That excerpt of Arday's work describes someone who is unemployable and belongs in an institution.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Now, this is a resume!

https://tinyurl.com/ymprbrnr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:55 PM (ndZc7)

88 In fact, for all we know they used AI to draw stripes on a picture and called it good.

If it is, at least they were smart enough not to use the exact same photo.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:55 PM (vTZFs)

89 Speaking of road repair, swear the chain gangs came down my street while I was working because now have same road tjey made on Cool Hand Luke, stones and oil on top. Since lines been painted thats all I get

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 12:57 PM (Ia/+0)

90 I mastered the construction worker nose blast years ago. I can actually aim it pretty good.

Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2026 12:57 PM (jJAdc)

91 Now, this is a resume!

https://tinyurl.com/ymprbrnr

If he was any good at the wizard part, he wouldn't need all those other jobs.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)

92 As someone who hires people in Oregon, "no we are not"

I can't imagine more of a walking time-bomb than hiring a tranny into your workplace.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)

93 Orson ypu forgot the hundreds of millions made bt lawyers, environmental groups, union representatives. Been very above what was expected.

Oregon and Washington spent a couple of hundred million dollars "studying" replacing an existing bridge across the Columbia in Portland.

Some consulting and engineering firms got very fat from this.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:02 PM (aD4fx)

94 >>>I can't imagine more of a walking time-bomb than hiring a tranny into your workplace.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

>It's amusing and interesting how most of these situations end up in the courts. Trans-divas are like a social virus. Where is the vaccine?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 01:05 PM (SK+av)

95 SciVo - it's clear to me, that there is no question "they" have been purposefully "driving people crazy" for quite some time now.

Voluminous studies have been performed on the general characteristics and behaviors best calculated to have a happy and successful life. Financially, and the rest of it. Note well that these things are not guaranteed to result in a successful life. And "Happy" isn't necessarily all sweetness and light, I'm not using the term in that way, just the habits of successful well adjusted individuals.

It simply can't be an oversight or accident, that for every metric, e.g. the habits of successful people, these traits are downplayed, derided, and yes even punished in the modern public sphere. I'm sure it's all a coincidence.

Rational people believe compassion for others also involves raising individuals so they are healthy and well adjusted, and not wilting flower basket cases in need of "government assistance" in the first place. Good jobs, solid families, genuine "community" is probably on somebody's threat matrix these days.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:06 PM (vbftO)

96 I haven’t done the Neti pot in a while, but when I had sinus infections it was great for clearing me out.

Although given the size of my nostrils and the empty spaces in my head, I had to use the quart size pot.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 01:07 PM (GWwCk)

97 So the question for Tina Kotek (the worst governor in the history of all that is terrible): Where is the current gas tax money really being spent?

A lot of it goes to nonprofits for things like teaching children how to ride their bikes to school, as well as a raft of "equity" and "sustainability" bureaucrats in Salem.

And the worst governor in history is history is not Tina Kotek, but her loathsome predecessor, who kept the schools closed during Covid for longer than any other state but California.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:08 PM (aD4fx)

98 92 As someone who hires people in Oregon, "no we are not"

I can't imagine more of a walking time-bomb than hiring a tranny into your workplace.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)

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I was in Home Depot yesterday (in Oregon) and did notice that there were at least 2 trans shoppers roaming the aisles. One was a tatted up 6'-3" 260# dude wearing hot pants, a halter top and he had pig tails. He was at least 40 years old and was dressed like a teenage girl from the 70's who snuck out dressed in clothes that her parents didn't approve of.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 29, 2026 01:08 PM (9FfUF)

99 Actually, I was kind of surprised the crosswalk wasn't a rainbow. Seriously.

And I also congratulate California on the finalization of their Y2K preparedness plans should something goes well.

News after treadmill

CBC - Venezuela oil deal. BWAHAHAHA BITCHES!
Fox - Nepal
MS Now - US taking partial control of Venezuela oil. "like a dictator.' They have the vapors.

CNN - sexy weekend is over now that "The Amanpour Hour" is over. Bitching about data centers.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 01:09 PM (Sco7b)

100 What government activity in California goes well?

As a non-Californian who enjoys the natural beauty of the state it has always fascinated me that the state is so screwed up and the voters seem not to care. But maybe I'm wrong, and my outside view is incomplete, so correct me: What does the state government do well?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 29, 2026 01:09 PM (+HKyl)

101 I was in Home Depot yesterday (in Oregon) and did notice that there were at least 2 trans shoppers roaming the aisles. One was a tatted up 6'-3" 260# dude wearing hot pants, a halter top and he had pig tails. He was at least 40 years old and was dressed like a teenage girl from the 70's who snuck out dressed in clothes that her parents didn't approve of.

But don't worry, these people are flocking to Oregon to take advantage of the "free" "transgender care" provided by the state, along with a raft of other benefits.

This will make Oregon's economy more competitive, or something.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:12 PM (aD4fx)

102 All these rail projects are grafting grifting boondoggle bullshit designed to move money from the taxpayer's pockets to politicians' developer cronies' pockets. Simple as that.

Posted by: Same for stadiums and arena projects at August 29, 2026 01:12 PM (TbWk/)

103 Raise the gas tax to fix the roads.

Yeah, right. Their bank accounts are getting low.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 01:12 PM (VrYHL)

104 Thx K.T.
The only thing that could cure Cali is a plague. There is already typhus breaking out in LA, but I think something more savage would be necessary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 01:13 PM (EZWVc)

105 Excuse me. Taxpayers' pockets. I misplaced the apostrophe. I will now sack myself.

Posted by: Those responsible for sacking have also been sacked at August 29, 2026 01:13 PM (TbWk/)

106 the Transcontinental Railroad was built in the 1860s at a cost of between $60 million and $100 million. That's $1.2 billion to $3 billion in today's dollars.
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It's really tough to make valid comparisons over time, especially when using official government inflation figures over 150 years.

In terms of gold at current prices, the figures listed would be maybe $12 to 20 billions in the current vapor-ware or confetti-bucks. The truth is probably somewhere in between.

Every now and then some expert clown will present on the "news" that they really ought to outlaw "high denomination" bills. He means the hundred, which will get smoked in thirty seconds at the grocery store. What fucking assholes. If anything they need to bring back $500 and $1000 and $5000 bills.

"Drug dealers used them!" Yeah? Sofa king what. This is always the excuse. Good things can be used by bad people. That doesn't mean you punish everybody else. Maybe a $25 and $50 coin would be nice too. Make moving the couch around great again! Probably needs vacuumed anyway.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vbftO)

107 I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless?

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I think it depends in part on the definition. The percentage of people who think it's not really stealing if you steal from a big, evil corporation is > 50%. The percentage of Ted Bundys out there is < 0.01%. As far as people who are just I'm important and you're not, I'd guess 10 - 15%.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:17 PM (ndZc7)

108 As a non-Californian who enjoys the natural beauty of the state it has always fascinated me that the state is so screwed up and the voters seem not to care. But maybe I'm wrong, and my outside view is incomplete, so correct me: What does the state government do well?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 29, 2026 01:09 PM (+HKyl)

Apparently, Vote Fraud, corruption and being regulatory captured by industries.

Oregon is much the same, by the way

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

109 Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vbftO)

A lot of countries do this when they are facing down inflation.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)

110 The percentage of people who think it's not really stealing if you steal from a big, evil corporation is > 50%
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GM won't miss one little piece!

Posted by: Johnny Cash at August 29, 2026 01:21 PM (vbftO)

111 Every now and then some expert clown will present on the "news" that they really ought to outlaw "high denomination" bills. He means the hundred, which will get smoked in thirty seconds at the grocery store. What fucking assholes. If anything they need to bring back $500 and $1000 and $5000 bills.

"Drug dealers used them!" Yeah? Sofa king what. This is always the excuse. Good things can be used by bad people. That doesn't mean you punish everybody else. Maybe a $25 and $50 coin would be nice too. Make moving the couch around great again! Probably needs vacuumed anyway.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vbftO)

Sir, did I just see a hundred dollar bill? You're a drug dealer, I have probable cause to search your vehicle get out of the car. OUT OF THE CAR NOW!!!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP RESISTING!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP TWITCHING!!!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP BLEEDING!!!!!

Posted by: He made a target glance. Good shoot. at August 29, 2026 01:21 PM (TbWk/)

112 I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless?

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I think it depends in part on the definition.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:17 PM

I define it as having an externally imposed moral compass rather than an internal one. I am more the former.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

113 Oregon and Washington spent a couple of hundred million dollars "studying" replacing an existing bridge across the Columbia in Portland.

Some consulting and engineering firms got very fat from this.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:02 PM (aD4fx)

Among other problems, Vancouver did NOT want extension of TriMet light rail into the 'Couv, since they figured they already had enough crime by commuters driving in already, and the Bridge proposal demanded the extension.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

114 I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless? Even setting aside the interesting question of whether it varies by subpopulation. I couldn't even get any precision on the incidence of Cluster B personality disorders, which could be considered a proper subset, so at least it would give a floor. And frankly, I find it telling.”

I suspect there are quite a few people who are much like myself; I feel no innate desire to be “good” of my own; but my religious beliefs hold that there is indeed a God, and that He has clearly directed us how we should live and treat our fellows here on Earth. So I strive to keep my actions in line with His rules.

If I had no beliefs I would find the Nietzchean view of things the most logical; the strong rule the weak because they can. With no Lawgiver, why not?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (GWwCk)

115 Inflation seems to always win, since countries get stuck in the loop of printing more and more money.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

116 Apparently, Vote Fraud, corruption and being regulatory captured by industries.

Oregon is much the same, by the way

States with decent climate and scenery tend to develop terrible state and local governments over time.

Texas has much stronger incentives to have an efficient government - no one is moving to Texas for the weather.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (aD4fx)

117 A lot of countries do this when they are facing down inflation
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Yeah, the truly high denomination bills were never made illegal, but they are removed from circulation when banks receive them in circulation starting in the late 1960s. They have a collector value now that exceeds their face value by quite a bit. A $500 bill in good condition might sell for 650 or whatever, that kind of thing.

I think a modern $5k bill makes sense these days, when buying a used car, say. In 1969 that was serious money, sure, but. I know farmers think nothing about spending thousands and thousands on tractors and combines and stuff. That old goofy looking feller in overalls might be fricking loaded, let me tell ya.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (vbftO)

118 And the worst governor in history is history is not Tina Kotek, but her loathsome predecessor, who kept the schools closed during Covid for longer than any other state but California.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:08 PM (aD4fx)

I will point out that Neil Goldschmidt raped his underaged babysitter for years when he was mayor of Portland, and then apparently screwed anything that moved when he was Governor and Senator, and that "tendency and history" is why he did everything he could for the Unions and the Left, sort of like Hastert later.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

119 Among other problems, Vancouver did NOT want extension of TriMet light rail into the 'Couv, since they figured they already had enough crime by commuters driving in already, and the Bridge proposal demanded the extension.

Oregon demanded the light rail extension.

Unfortunately, Vancouver is getting bluer and bluer as Portland refugees move to Vancouver, bringing their politics.

Fortunately, the rest of Vancouver's county is still bright red, limiting the amount of political damage Vancouver can do.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:29 PM (aD4fx)

120 >>>I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless?

>Self awareness is an interesting topic.

How much of it is narcissism these days with social media?

How much of it is polite and careful respect for your fellow man and neighbors and community citizens? The new variable is social media but that is like placing training wheels on your banana seat bicycle and riding in circles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 01:29 PM (SK+av)

121 Unfortunately, Vancouver is getting bluer and bluer as Portland refugees move to Vancouver, bringing their politics.

We love Vancouver! The schools are much better, the taxes are lower, the government is much more efficient, and there are much fewer visible homeless!

We're going to vote to fix all that!

Posted by: Portland Refugees! at August 29, 2026 01:31 PM (aD4fx)

122 I define it as having an externally imposed moral compass rather than an internal one. I am more the former.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I think that God guy was onto something when he proclaimed the Ten Commandments because history has shown us we're incapable of distinguishing between good and evil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

123 I think a modern $5k bill makes sense these days, when buying a used car, say. In 1969 that was serious money, sure, but. I know farmers think nothing about spending thousands and thousands on tractors and combines and stuff. That old goofy looking feller in overalls might be fricking loaded, let me tell ya.
Posted by: Common Tater
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While working retail in Indiana, back in the early 70's, an older fellow (clearly a farmer), in overalls, came in shopping for some equipment. When I toted it up, it came to $1,500. He unzipped the pocket on the front of his overalls, pulled out a wad of cash, and paid.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)

124 I define it as having an externally imposed moral compass rather than an internal one. I am more the former.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I think that God guy was onto something when he proclaimed the Ten Commandments because history has shown us we're incapable of distinguishing between good and evil.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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A transcendent, absolute morality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 01:41 PM (XeU6L)

125 If it saves one good night's sleep . . .

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
Minnesota taxpayers spent $2.2M for emergency beds for the homeless in St. Paul.
A total of 7 people have used them.
Great work, Democrats.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:43 PM (ndZc7)

126 Gardening thread is up!

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 01:44 PM (ke3zm)

127 It's you, Morons, it's you:

"I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people."
-- Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social 9:52 PM · Aug 28, 2026

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 29, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

128 Oh Noes! Ron is very disappointed in you guys, you guys!

Eat Shit, asshole

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:49 PM (vbftO)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. A big thank you to TRex for filling in a week ago. My computer died. And he was gracious enough to fill in at the last moment.

Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Bedford Falls)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate
2) Be kind, be nice. And for heaven's sake, stay in your lane.
3) No, you may not run with sharp objects. I don't care if Timmy's mom let him.
4) Have a great weekend! Except for Timmy's mom. I hope she spends it at the ER.

*****

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.
8/20 Update – He has finished his radiation treatment, so all he has left are blood tests and waiting. Thanks for everything.
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.
8/16 Update – Billy Ray’s mother is at home, recovering, and down to just needing a little oxygen at night. One of the doctors told her that he didn’t think she was going to make it. Prayer works.
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.
8/20 Update – Things are not going quite as well now. Please pray, as Susan has picked up a really bad cough. The coughing is so bad that she doesn’t want to eat. Please pray that this illness passes quickly.
8/26 Update – Susan’s cough has gotten so bad that they did X-rays on her chest. It might be pneumonia. She is in the hospital. Her sodium and blood pressure are low and she is not eating much now. They are trying to turn this around and ask for everyone’s prayers.
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.
8/15 Update – BIL was released from the hospital, so all is well.
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.
8/22 Update – Mrs. Lloyd is healing ahead of schedule and the surgeon was amazed at her progress. She is still in pain and has limited mobility, but each day she is gaining more freedom of movement. That is the good news; the bad news was the unrealistic expectations set by the medical staff. The surgery was much more significant, and she will also need chemo, contrary to what she was told before.
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.
8/14 – RandomDave asked for renewed prayers for his job situation. He just found out that the position he was close to getting went to someone else, and doesn’t know where to turn. He hates to ask, but is getting desperate. He has a GiveSendGo set up; please contact Annie’s Stew for more info. Thanks to those who have already given and thank you for the prayers. They are keeping him from giving up.
8/15 – Donna V 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.
8/15 – Buck requested prayers for his wife. She is diabetic, and had a bad day on 8/14, with weakness, vomiting, irregular pulse, high blood pressure. She has had sepsis 3 times. They went to ER, but they only gave her meds for nausea, and now she’s back home. Pray that she recovers quickly. Thanks to all.
8/15 – Intruder Driver asked for prayers for Tonya, who was burned over 90% of her body in a gas explosion in Cabo San Lucas. She is now in a hospital in Mexico City. She has a long road to recovery, if she survives.
8/22 Update – Tonya did not survive her burns. Prayers for her and her husband Rusty, who were/are active members of their local church in Mexico.
8/27 – P asks for prayers for the soul of her nephew, C, who committed suicide on 8/17. He was only 32. May he find the peace in the afterlife that he could not find in this life.
8/26 – Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her BIL, Dick, who was found dead in the alley behind their house in Texas. He had been in declining health and had dementia. They aren’t sure how long he was outside before he passed away. Teresa’s SIL seems to be handling it okay so far. Teresa also asks for prayers for a former neighbor, Melissa, who is hospitalized, recovering from a second stem cell/bone marrow transplant as they attempt to cure her leukemia. She now has blood blisters in her mouth and throat. She had to be intubated before her throat closed completely. This might be her body rejecting the transplant.
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

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1 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (sqGio)

2 Is everyone still asleep?

Posted by: dantesed at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (Oy/m2)

3 Not really in a flag planting mood today.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (sqGio)

4 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at August 29, 2026 08:07 AM (JM9I6)

5 Folgers-it's Mountain Grown!

Posted by: Mrs. Olson, Virginia Christine at August 29, 2026 08:08 AM (JM9I6)

6 New disease identified.

https://tinyurl.com/yb6852ax

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)

7 Coffee Helps me Person

In theory. Not about to see if it helps.

Posted by: t-bird at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (AydIQ)

8 Anyway, I have reached a point where I'm not really up to complex tasks due to ongoing unrelieved stress, chronic burnout, and possible/probable medical factors, which no shock with the depression and homelessness and all. Retirement and disability seem the only thing for it now, which likely means locked in poverty for whatever of my life remains. Praying for a clear path and a mind that can handle this. I feel an utter failure.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (LCIDp)

9 Is Timmy's Mom hot?

Posted by: Just Axin' at August 29, 2026 08:12 AM (JM9I6)

10 Tim, are you an “outdoors” kinda fella, or are you more attuned to city life? Living out of a car is no bueno. A camper or RV is a lot more doable, at least for a short time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:15 AM (tFM5X)

11 Yay! Predominately Open Thread!

(with a little Jesus stuff mixed in)

Posted by: one hour sober at August 29, 2026 08:17 AM (J4Dwc)

12 Praying for ya, Brother Tim!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:17 AM (aJQbY)

13 Well, I knew it was something.

https://tinyurl.com/2pubrzbj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 08:17 AM (ndZc7)

14 Retirement and disability seem the only thing for it now

My dad moved sideways. Instead of being in charge of everything, he became the safety guy, because he knew everything that would go on during a project. He finally retired at 72.

Posted by: t-bird at August 29, 2026 08:18 AM (AydIQ)

15 Is Timmy's Mom hot?
Posted by: Just Axin' at August 29, 2026 08:12 AM (JM9I6)

Stacy's mom >>>> Timmy's mom.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)

16 Is that you, Joe Biden?

https://tinyurl.com/4m5mdbhz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 08:21 AM (ndZc7)

17 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all listed, and everyone else, too.

Brother Tim, prayers continue that a way is opened for you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:22 AM (h7ZuX)

18 Good morning, praying and caffeine people.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)

19 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Have a pumpkin bagel but drank all my coffee already

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Yonder Horde

My son was here this past week for a visit. There's something called "french toast sticks" in the freezer that require heating up. I'm mildly curious....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 08:24 AM (2Cry5)

21 Good morning dear morons with thanks to annie, mh, and the horde for praying

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

22 Recent prayer request: “…” asked for prayers for Brit Lass. She has tests that are good, but more tests and imaging are coming up, and she is worried.

Also Teresa in Fort Worth’s blood work looks steady, which is good.

Posted by: Annies Stew at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (dNIAD)

23 19 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Have a pumpkin bagel but drank all my coffee already
Posted by: Skip

Make Moar Coffee! You know the recipe.

Posted by: Cora Approved at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (JM9I6)

24 As for me, I'm still doing the job search/apply/hope thing, but I had a good interview yesterday and I've got at least two interviews pending tomorrow. I keep praying that God put me in the job He wants me in, and helps me accept whatever that job happens to be. (Well, after I catch myself praying for one or the other specific jobs to be 'the one'... I slap myself on the wrist rather often, sadly).

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (aJQbY)

25 Have a pumpkin bagel but drank all my coffee already
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (Ia/+0)

There's no limit on this at my house. I can always make more.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (h7ZuX)

26 It’s important to stay busy. Purpose, motivation, direction. Without strong family ties it becomes difficult. Ever notice it’s the people who never have time to do anything, get the most done? Something like that, anyway.

I don’t consider myself getting depressed personally but it is easy to become demoralized. I like to think there’s an important distinction. Given that so much of our popular culture is intended to do exactly that, is troubling. Don’t let the bastards get ya down!

I love the outdoors in this great country. Sold the house and travel full time RV. It definitely ain’t for everyone, But after staring at 4 walls for a few years I couldn’t deal with that. This is a great big country and I want to see it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:26 AM (tFM5X)

27 two interviews pending tomorrow and by 'tomorrow' I meant to write, 'next week'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:26 AM (aJQbY)

28 Morning again, caffeinators,

I took my walk in the steamy soup outside, got cleaned up, and have dined on some yogurt with honey, for now. Coffee too. In a bit I will run out to my favorite coffee shop, the one run by the Community Coffee people, and have something more solid to eat. Then, library time, I think!

Stirling has had his breakfast, and Dagny, picky and reluctant to try something new, finally ate her portion, or most of it. They're set.

So how does your Saturday look?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 08:28 AM (wzUl9)

29 I love the outdoors in this great country. Sold the house and travel full time RV. It definitely ain’t for everyone, But after staring at 4 walls for a few years I couldn’t deal with that. This is a great big country and I want to see it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:26 AM (tFM5X)

I'd consider doing this once I retire. Doubt if the Mr. would.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:30 AM (h7ZuX)

30 G'mornin' everyone!

56 degrees, overcast, radar shows rain on the way, woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 29, 2026 08:30 AM (VyBeY)

31 Good morning. May God watch over you all. Am reposting this from prior thread because.
Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:31 AM (sl73Y)

32 Clarification: BIL was found behind HIS house, not ours. SIL is doing well; given what his condition was, his passing has kind of been a relief.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 29, 2026 08:32 AM (SRRAx)

33 I feel an utter failure.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (LCIDp)
=====

Hashem has a plan for you and it is not failure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

34 I'm not outdoors type. RVs...I've looked into them, but I'm too broke (and newer ones cost like houses!) I'm praying the God that pulled me through cancer has a path for me here, because my ability to work this out is done.

I can still shitpost with the most average of 'em though, so I got that. I guess.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (tnd43)

35 Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her BIL, Dick, who was found dead in the alley behind their house in Texas.
====

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

36 son was here this past week for a visit. There's something called "french toast sticks" in the freezer that require heating up. I'm mildly curious....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August

Smother in butter and maple syrup and you don't notice how tasteless they are.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:35 AM (sl73Y)

37 good morning! busy week and still have work-related obligations TODAY and that is what happens when you don't have boundaries with clients lol

prayers for everyone - good luck Random Dave you are so close! also they'd be fools not to hire you!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 08:36 AM (j+aD2)

38 One of the most comical stories out of the war over the Straits of Hormuz is that, now that the US has swept them and removed all the “mines”, it turns out that the vast majority of them were black plastic bags full of buoyant trash that the Iranians tossed there to freak shippers out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:38 AM (GWwCk)

39 Hefty! Hefty! BOOM!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

40 Winter I would make more coffee, not that its hot out, low 80s today.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)

41 Good morning Horde and hello MisHum. Prayers for all Morons and those moron-adjacent.

Posted by: TRex - hobby dino at August 29, 2026 08:41 AM (XfIK1)

42 I can still shitpost with the most average of 'em though, so I got that. I guess.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (tnd43)

And you still have a sense of humor!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:41 AM (h7ZuX)

43 This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

44 A lot of people, when you mention “camping” they automatically think of misery and deprivation. It doesn’t have to be. I never went to the woods to suffer, and I guess I’m grateful for the experience of being able to operate in this environment to some degree. I’m probably not like most folks, my needs are pretty simple. I like to read, drink coffee, and get something in my belly once in a while. I was paying a couple hundred bucks a month to heat and cool a house. Now I can do it for a buck or two a day, maybe slightly more for A/C.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:43 AM (tFM5X)

45
This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

San Francisco Take-Out is weird.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (iJfKG)

46 I've got nothing to add this morning. Carry on without me.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (qgHp7)

47
Smother in butter and maple syrup and you don't notice how tasteless they are.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:35 AM (sl73Y)

__________

Then you're eating maple syrup and butter. The French toast is just a carrier.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (O0L8i)

48
I've got nothing to add this morning. Carry on without me.
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (qgHp7)

_________

*flops down in despair*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (O0L8i)

49 Common Tater it does sound awesome!

I'm just too attached to gardening to be mobile like that

I'd live in a lil trailer park with room to garden tho!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (j+aD2)

50 Oh look, this leftover piece of steak is telling me it wants to be part of a steak, cheese and mushroom omelet. I will give in to it's exhortations.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (PbWRL)

51
43 This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

I still can never understand how a city lets itself decay to where that’s common. Mumbai? Sure, that I understand. But here?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (GWwCk)

52 I can't remember the last time I had French toast. This needs to be corrected.

Posted by: dantesed at August 29, 2026 08:46 AM (Oy/m2)

53 Tom Servo,

I admit, I was wrong. I predicted they'd all be fakes, but instead there were about 10 actual mines last I heard, and about 5 of those might have actually been able to explode.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:47 AM (aJQbY)

54
Ben Had,
The stars are aligning favorably.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 08:47 AM (O0L8i)

55 One thing I see a lot of out and about in our Very Large Square States are these kind of nondescript vans. They are tricked out pretty nice inside, they could be parked anywhere without drawing attention the way an RV or camper trailer would. I maybe should have went that route. RV style life isn’t for everyone that’s for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:48 AM (tFM5X)

56 Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs.

With the average IQ dropping in the former United States on a predictable rate, more and more of the population is unemployable due to too low an intelligence to be marketable.

Also, much of our culture is increasing losing its work ethic as white men are being displaced by demographics that traditionally are not of the caliber required to be globally competititve.

AI will show up to work, every day, will work whenever the business is open, will stay late, and put in the level of detail and predictable repeatability that is being lost due to Boomers and X'ers aging out, and white men are being told to stay home, stay stoned and master video games.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 29, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)

57 Hadrian, wonderful !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:49 AM (PbWRL)

58 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

Amen! And we who are pray-ers here are praying for you, BTim. I am praying that rough places are made smooth for you and opportunities open up. I think that you might alsotalk to the men at the church you go to and the pastor Isn't there a group you go to? They can listen to you, pray with you, and perhaps they have some suggestions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 08:50 AM (GiOqh)

59 55 One thing I see a lot of out and about in our Very Large Square States are these kind of nondescript vans. They are tricked out pretty nice inside, they could be parked anywhere without drawing attention the way an RV or camper trailer would. I maybe should have went that route. RV style life isn’t for everyone that’s for sure.

my cousin has one! I covet it quite a bit. it's snazzy (inside). plus I could drive it! (I cannot drive a trailer or something huge like an RV)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

60 This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

I still can never understand how a city lets itself decay to where that’s common. Mumbai? Sure, that I understand. But here?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (GWwCk)

Because of Trump!!!!!

That Orange Monster makes us destroy our own city and lifestyle, so we can prove just how terrible Trump is!!!!

Every minute of every day Orange Man Bad is ruining my life!!!111!!111111! Can't you see????

Can't you see that!!!!!

YARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!

Every turd my Portuguese Water Dog drops on our sidewalks PROVES Trump Evil!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

...

...

Posted by: All San Franciscans Everywhere All the Time at August 29, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

61 It’s funny to realize that the Iranians “high tech mine laying ships” were actually just garbage scows.

They get points for understanding marketing as well as any mad man agency.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (GWwCk)

62 Good morning horde

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (Ydd86)

63 Brother Tim, when life closes a door G-d opens a window.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (PbWRL)

64 Back from breakfast, which included (most importantly) MOAR COFFEE. Because apparently I need more of that this morning than a weekday.

Without coffee there simply would be no mornings (at least not functional ones.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 08:54 AM (O7YUW)

65 I heated up two of those "french toast sticks" earlier. No syrup in the house. Didn't smother them in butter either.

I think, maybe, the butter would help, but these things are pretty sweet as they are. Hints of cinnamon.

2 stars out of 5.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 08:55 AM (2Cry5)

66 @Wolfus: I'm about to have a very busy Saturday. What I want to do is go back to bed and sleep about three hours more.

Not in the cards.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 08:56 AM (O7YUW)

67 Now one thing I haven’t figured out, I’ll be in some huge are, with 75,000 acres, a gazillion roads and trails and overlooks and isolated campsites, free range camping. And some chucklehead will pull in within a stones throw of my campsite. I’m not anti-social, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why someone would do this. 4th of July Independence Day holiday maybe. And if it happened just once or something I could chalk it up to a fluke. It’s happened enough where it isn’t. Maybe someday I’ll get curious enough to ask “What the hell is wrong with you?”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:56 AM (tFM5X)

68 Common Tater, herd mentality.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:58 AM (PbWRL)

69 @16/Anonosaurus Wrecks: "Is that you, Joe Biden?

https://tinyurl.com/4m5mdbhz
"

*snorts* Okay, that was the laugh I needed. Thank you for that!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 08:58 AM (O7YUW)

70 heated up two of those "french toast sticks" earlier. No syrup in the house. Didn't smother them in butter either.
——-
Us po’ folks in the 70s used to melt Brown Sugar to make syrup for pancakes, and MOC our pancreas.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:59 AM (tFM5X)

71 It could be much worse, I admit it
So if I whine to much, I should quit it
Though the outlook seems bleak
And my strength is so weak
I can still find a rhyme and then fit it!

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 09:01 AM (tnd43)

72 Now one thing I haven’t figured out, I’ll be in some huge are, with 75,000 acres, a gazillion roads and trails and overlooks and isolated campsites, free range camping. And some chucklehead will pull in within a stones throw of my campsite. I’m not anti-social, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why someone would do this. 4th of July Independence Day holiday maybe. And if it happened just once or something I could chalk it up to a fluke. It’s happened enough where it isn’t. Maybe someday I’ll get curious enough to ask “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:56 AM (tFM5X)

You do realize don't you that humans are a social species.

You're getting the benefit of that olde-fashioned- "Let's stay close in the night , so the panthers won't eat us." reflex.

Also, in the Hill Country I've seen a lot of...oh, I don't know...low-level trailer fests. The trailer-folk gather at an assigned place to meet new folks and share stories.

Like a MOME!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake - Amatuer Anthropologist at August 29, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)

73 I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (VrYHL)

74 *clap*

Good one, Brother Tim

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (aJQbY)

75 73 I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something.
Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (VrYHL)

Well, yeah. It kinda is.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (h7ZuX)

76 Don't ever start drinkin' coffee, son. You'll never be able to stop.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)

77 naturalfake, speaking of MoMe. Hope to see you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (PbWRL)

78 My french press coffee maker is sized one litre, so e drink one litre of coffee each morning. Am I in danger of becoming eurofied? Should I be stopping .06oz. from the top? Scratch a new fill line maybe?
Life is tough these days.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (sl73Y)

79 @73/Case: "I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something."

If I get too much blood in my caffeine stream, things start going wobbly and then fall over, and they can't get up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 09:05 AM (O7YUW)

80 It’s weird for sure. A lot of times it isn’t even a suitable spot, no view. I like a nice view. I tend to leave people alone, since that’s what I expect.

I saw one of those stealthy camper vans parked in a weird spot on a morning hike, I didn’t bother them, turned around and walked the other way. To each his own, I guess.

I inspected the site later, after they were gone, and it looked like from the ground thwt maybe they were actually stuck. Or maybe an axle broke or something … happened. Oops.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 09:05 AM (tFM5X)

81
As I approach 29, I find my tastes shifting away from coffeee and more toward tea.

Harrad's Earl Grey Tea, hot with a splash of milk may be the Finest Wake-UP Breakfast Beverage IN The Universe!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2026 09:07 AM (iJfKG)

82 Beautiful dry day, supposed to top out at 80°, but right now 65° and a cool stiff breeze out of the north. Whole house fan on, windows open, changing out the stale AC air.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:08 AM (sl73Y)

83 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:09 AM (zi7oe)

84
The spreadsheet of Delilah's show career is now complete. All the numbers add up properly and links - all 318 of them - to the AKC record for the show added.

Her grandmother Lacey had more dogs defeated in Breed and All-Breed, as well as more Best in Show wins. But Lacey's specials career was 378 shows. Lila lost a good many shows (and wins) because of Her Majesty's knee surgery (the last half of 2019), COVID idiocy (March to September of 2020) and maternal duties (mid-2022).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 09:09 AM (O0L8i)

85 naturalfake, speaking of MoMe. Hope to see you.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (PbWRL)

Thanks, Ben Had.

Hope to be there.

Things are moving in our life right now in unexpected ways, so I don't know yet.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

86 We've had a travel trailer and an RV before. I enjoyed it. I'd like to get one when we retire and maybe travel around half time. I'd get a smaller house where we could park it. And when we get tired of it we could just sell it and settle into the house full time. There is so much of the country I'd like to see still.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 09:10 AM (VCgbV)

87 Judge Rules Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s Confession Inadmissible in Trial

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There's only so much truth the courts can handle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:10 AM (ndZc7)

88 have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something
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It helps me get my brain fully booted up in the early morning. I’m not picky.
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Yes it is of course true humans are a social species, but the camping/outdoor/hiking thing is sort of the opposite. People want to get “away from it all”, even if they take half of it with them. Solitude.

An established campground doesn’t interest me too much. Too crowded, noisy, etc. So in the large national forests and federal lands, people ought to find their own spot, there is no reason I can think of to be within earshot or eyesight of anybody else (unless it’s super crowded or something).

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 09:12 AM (tFM5X)

89 Been a really secular Saturday morning so far. Prayers still up for all.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:13 AM (sl73Y)

90 Dick or moron?

“You’re a Moron, Dick”: White House Rips Sen. Durbin Over Iran War Comments

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)

91 38 One of the most comical stories out of the war over the Straits of Hormuz is that, now that the US has swept them and removed all the “mines”, it turns out that the vast majority of them were black plastic bags full of buoyant trash that the Iranians tossed there to freak shippers out.

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Devilishly clever, those Iranians

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 09:13 AM (4Je4D)

92 I'd consider doing this once I retire. Doubt if the Mr. would.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Don't completely discount gentle threats.

We now joke that I told the Lovely Mrs.: "I'm moving to Tennessee. I hope you'll come with me."

She did and she's glad (now).

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:14 AM (zi7oe)

93 "Coffee helps me person..."

I remember when Bad English opened for Bon Jovi in 1989.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 29, 2026 09:18 AM (cWLG3)

94 Be sure the key/ignition buzzzer works in your RV.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at August 29, 2026 09:18 AM (Q+gd/)

95 Doing the jobs Americans won't do.

Data: Illegal Aliens Behind 80% of Portland Fentanyl Trafficking

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7)

96 The judge won't accept the information gathered from water boarding . The judge thinks he's a civilian judge.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (KC5Lt)

97 *flops down in despair*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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You misspelled *heaves a big sigh of relief and mutters "Thank God!*

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (qgHp7)

98 Stepdaughter and hubby are buying an Airstream and after her pension vests next year, he's already retired, they will travel the country checking out where they want to live. They're currently living in the land of fruits and nuts and really want out of CA. Big problem is eventually selling there home in an area where every 4th home is for sale. I'm skeptical that she can live full time in an Airstream. We shall see.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (2NHgQ)

99 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. Amen.

Today is the Memorial of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. Patron saint of baptisms, converts and prisoners, pray for us.

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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 29, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)

100 I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something.
Posted by: Case

I've been to a rodeo, an opera, and a hanging and this is the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:25 AM (zi7oe)

101 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (2NHgQ)

Have them price the house to sell. They will still be left with enough to buy double the square footage in another state.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:26 AM (KC5Lt)

102 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the many blessings you bestow upon us daily. May we be worthy of your grace.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 29, 2026 09:26 AM (D/6p1)

103 Prayers for all

Had one of those interesting experiences on my morning run today where it’s incredibly humid and I see occasional lightning in the sky…. Then I’m jogging along and all the sudden realize it’s been lightly raining on me… the air was so humid I could hardly notice the light rain! Then it picked up and was noticeable and welcome because it cooled things down (a bit)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 09:27 AM (M+uMR)

104 ~~Rosie O’Donnell~~ Fat Pig Hails Jelly Roll After His “Fat Pig” Attacks on Trump During “Kimmel Live!”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7)

105 I want to apologize for my comment last week in which I came-off as a sanctimonious jerk. I was distraught by all the suffering amongst the Horde and did not express myself well. I'm sorry for the disharmony I caused.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)

106 Happy Saturday, Horde! A little Dolly for the occasion:
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY

IMO, this song illustrates all the good things about her as an artist and a person. Her presence made this collaboration far better, yet you can tell she isn't making it about herself. So rare in an artist... may perpetual light shine upon her.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2026 09:29 AM (kOluj)

107 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)

All is forgotten.

Seriously I had forgotten about it.

Being a horde member means never having to say you're sorry😀

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:31 AM (KC5Lt)

108 polynikes. We told them to put the house on the market, it's perfect since they will not be inconvenienced by lookers since they will be traveling. I'm guessing they have poured a vast amount of money into the place to reverse the issues caused by former remodeling and they need to cover those costs. Who know, they're adults and we don't ask too many questions.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (2NHgQ)

109 105 I want to apologize for my comment last week in which I came-off as a sanctimonious jerk.

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Apology accepted. We'll call off our lawyers.

Posted by: The Brotherhood of Sanctimonious Jerks at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (4Je4D)

110 KY Woman Accused of Defacing WWII Memorial With Spray Paint Indicted by Federal Grand Jury

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Stunning and brave.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

111 Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't drink coffee every now and then. Got nothing against it. But in the summer when it's hot as hell everyday I had rather have something cold to drink. Iced tea or a cold soft drink. I think I have mentioned a few times how much I hate August, but fall is coming in a few weeks.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (VrYHL)

112 Rosie O’Donnell Hails Jelly Roll

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I saw that as "Rosie O’Donnell inhales Jelly Roll..."

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:33 AM (qgHp7)

113 My local Marble Slab Creamery has just removed coffee ice cream from their selection and replaced it with pumpkin spice ice cream. A temporary situation, I hope. I often go there for my favorite milkshake, made with a mixture of half coffee ice cream and half strawberry.

Posted by: Toad-0 at August 29, 2026 09:33 AM (UqxXs)

114 If judge would have been a Soviet era judge he/ she/ it would buy anything the KGB would tell them

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:34 AM (Ia/+0)

115 May GOD grant healing, grace, and courage to all above according to their needs and His will. I have a praise, Mrs. E’s surgery went well and she is recovering nicely. We still await lab report on one lymph node.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 09:34 AM (UYYJi)

116 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (2NHgQ)

Roger that. Sometimes you got to take a loss or you'll be trapped. But as you said it's their decisions to make.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:34 AM (KC5Lt)

117 .... really want out of CA.

Choices!

High humidity year round.
Freezing and winter dark.
Low humidity but frying in summer.
Dark and wet but fine summers.

Is New Mexico really as bad (leftards) as some say it is? 1500-2000 foot level in the mountain foothills might be very cozy!

Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fnZRl)

118 Then you're eating maple syrup and butter. The French toast is just a carrier.

Plain bagels exist because eating cream cheese with your fingers would be gauche.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 09:36 AM (vTZFs)

119 We gotta regulate those guys over there.

Newsom Set to Ban Disposable Vapes in California With Fines Up to $2,000

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

120 I saw Sanctimonious Jerk open for Thelonious Monk at Fiddler's Green in '06.

They also caused some disharmony.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

121 @111/Case: When I was a teenager, I used to keep a case of Coca-Cola* cans under my bed. I'd wake up, reach under the bed and grab a can, sit on the edge of the bed, crack open the can, and chug it to get my day started.

It doesn't have to be coffee, but it must have caffeine. Am I addicted? Probably. Oh well. *shrugs*

{ * AKA Cold brown fizzy coffee }

And hey, at least it wasn't shoving my face in a sink full of cold water and ice cubes, a la Huey Lewis.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (O7YUW)

122 It’s funny to realize that the Iranians “high tech mine laying ships” were actually just garbage scows.

They get points for understanding marketing as well as any mad man agency.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (GWwCk)

A key to the success of those truculent lunatics is that so much of the Left wants to believe. If the Lefties keeps clapping -- this time the "EEEEEEEvil Trump-Hitler (tm)" will defeated.

Iran is helped by all of those treasonous scumbags. However, Iran is being side-lined. There is a de facto break-up of OPEC (both Venezuela and the UAE have left), pipe lines are being built, and Iran's capability to fund terrorism is being severely curtailed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)

123 Being a horde member means never having to say you're sorry😀
Posted by: polynikes

Which is nice, since at certain values of 29 you don't even remember what you need to be sorry about...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (F5T1n)

124 Brother Tim and RandomDave, I sm prayung for you.

Today is the Memorial the Passion of St John the Baptist & Forerunner.

St John, who recognized Christ even before birth, pray for us that we may know and follow Jesus in our lives today and forever.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (Ydd86)

125 117 .... really want out of CA.

Choices!

High humidity year round.
Freezing and winter dark.
Low humidity but frying in summer.
Dark and wet but fine summers.

Is New Mexico really as bad (leftards) as some say it is? 1500-2000 foot level in the mountain foothills might be very cozy!
Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fnZRl)

As one with experience I’d say beware…. We escaped California 4 years ago after having been there 30 plus years. Yeah, in many ways (especially during covid) it was a shithole of a state. But you know what? Grass is not always greener….. I’m finding now that I really miss the ocean, the weather, the natural beauty… and 3 decades of memories. It’s been a mixed bag honestly. Make sure that you like where you’re going if you decide to go

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 09:40 AM (M+uMR)

126 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?
Hunh.

Posted by: Just got here at August 29, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

127 Being a horde member means never having to say you're sorry😀
Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:31 AM (KC5Lt)

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Now he's going to have to apologize for saying he was sorry. This could become a vicious cycle.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

128 I made a mug's worth of coffee in the old Bialetti stovetop thingy today.
Usually I use the coffee maker since I need to make enough to bring to work.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:42 AM (Ydd86)

129 Governor Josh Shapiro
@GovernorShapiro
Let's set the record straight because @RobertKennedyJr’s post is inaccurate and misleading and he is making claims that have been debunked repeatedly by actual scientists and doctors.

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Actual scientists and doctors, people! Actual scientists and doctors!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:42 AM (ndZc7)

130 This is the thread for prayer, apologies are three doors down.

Posted by: Hall Monitor at August 29, 2026 09:42 AM (Q+gd/)

131 Josh Shapiro is a smarmy little asshole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 09:43 AM (wOO3z)

132 want to apologize for my comment last week in which I came-off as a sanctimonious jerk. I was distraught by all the suffering amongst the Horde and did not express myself well. I'm sorry for the disharmony I caused.
Posted by: Retired Bucke

You seemed distraught, or at least, worked up. It happens. No apology needed.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:43 AM (sl73Y)

133 This is the thread for prayer, apologies are three doors down.
Posted by: Hall Monitor

Arguments are two doors down.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:44 AM (zi7oe)

134 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?
Hunh.
Posted by: Just got here

Ted Kennedy's car was full emersion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:44 AM (ndZc7)

135 Poor Josh Shapiro
Despised by his party for being a Jew
Despised by everyone else for being a tyrant and a liar.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:45 AM (Ydd86)

136 106 Happy Saturday, Horde! A little Dolly for the occasion:
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY

IMO, this song illustrates all the good things about her as an artist and a person. Her presence made this collaboration far better, yet you can tell she isn't making it about herself. So rare in an artist... may perpetual light shine upon her.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2026 09:29 AM (kOluj)

Really nice!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 09:45 AM (odBC9)

137 A lot of commentors have said shit they regretted. We're all human, it happens.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 09:46 AM (wOO3z)

138 Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't drink coffee every now and then. Got nothing against it. But in the summer when it's hot as hell everyday I had rather have something cold to drink. Iced tea or a cold soft drink. I think I have mentioned a few times how much I hate August, but fall is coming in a few weeks.
Posted by: Case at August

I like hot beverage in hot weather. Golfing, I bring insulated mug of hot tea to sip, lasts the round. Refreshing for some reason.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:47 AM (sl73Y)

139 Dolly seems like a really good person through snd through.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:48 AM (Ydd86)

140 Immersion, but still...golfclap.

Posted by: Just got here at August 29, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

141 This afternoon I'm going with my daughter and her family to pick tree-ripe peaches at my brother's orchard near here. Which means that I will sit in the shade and visit with my brother while the young'uns pick fruit in the heat of the day. That should be fun.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (qgHp7)

142 TN's Gov. Lee has announced that the process for renaming Nashville International Airport to honor Dolly Parton has begun.

Posted by: Tuna at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

143 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?
Hunh.
Posted by: Just got here

John the Baptist would be a Ford pick-up truck kind of guy, no?

Posted by: dantesed at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)

144 I think I have mentioned a few times how much I hate August, but fall is coming in a few weeks.
Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (VrYHL)
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Even though it's supposed to warm up again this week, this morning was pleasantly cool. A hint of fall in the air. Very nice.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (FZ29D)

145 U.S. Nuclear-Capable B-52 Receives AESA Radar Upgrade to Extend Service Into the 2050s

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"The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

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A century bomber

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)

146 Mr Aspirin Factory- I have known that since he was a County commissioner

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:51 AM (Ia/+0)

147 Immersion, but still...golfclap.
Posted by: Just got here

Damn English language!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:51 AM (ndZc7)

148 TOYYYYY YOTA!

*jumps in air*

Posted by: Al Qaeda at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (wOO3z)

149 A lot of commentors have said shit they regretted.

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"I do" leaps to mind.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (ndZc7)

150 I’ve never been a coffee drinker. I take my caffeine cold and carbonated…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (M+uMR)

151 Good morning Horde, prayers offered for all of you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (ibDUx)

152 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 29, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

153 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?

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His arrival was always heralded by lightning and Tundra!!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

154 Some of the Tibet/Nepal videos show massive ice-balls in the debris flow, one ball looks like its ~40 foot radius; the video uploaders say "boulders" but they are glacial remnants.

Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (fnZRl)

155 >>Even though it's supposed to warm up again this week, this morning was pleasantly cool. A hint of fall in the air. Very nice.

Beautiful early fall morning here. Best time of the year.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (viF8m)

156 76 Don't ever start drinkin' coffee, son. You'll never be able to stop.

People assume the House of the Rising Sun was an opium den. It was, in fact, a Starbucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

157
Jerk:
Judgemental
Egotistical
Religious
Know it all

Posted by: Don't be that person at August 29, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

158 My local Marble Slab Creamery has just removed coffee ice cream from their selection and replaced it with pumpkin spice ice cream. A temporary situation, I hope. I often go there for my favorite milkshake, made with a mixture of half coffee ice cream and half strawberry.

Posted by: Toad
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Marble Slab Creamery has a very undertaker vibe to it. Horrible name for an ice cream shop.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM (XvL8K)

159 Newsom Set to Ban Disposable Vapes in California With Fines Up to $2,000
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

He needs to ban those little plastic floss devices.

Nasty people throw them out the window, in the parking lot, etc, etc. I see them littered everywhere.

Posted by: Nasty People Doing Nasty Things at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM (yuEAg)

160 ome of the Tibet/Nepal videos show massive ice-balls in the debris flow, one ball looks like its ~40 foot radius; the video uploaders say "boulders" but they are glacial remnants.

I assume the usual suspects are blaming it all on global warming.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

161 Newsom Set to Ban Disposable Vapes in California With Fines Up to $2,000

Having already solved all the important problems.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

162 I thought House of the Rising Sun was a whore house, but yeah see it was a Starbux all along now

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:57 AM (Ia/+0)

163 Dolly seems like a really good person through snd through.
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:48 AM (Ydd86)
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She seemed like any other celebrity, only nicer. But now we're finding out that she was giving away huge amounts of money on the downlow, and asked people to keep it quiet, and in their gratitude, they did.

But she gave on an industrial scale. I thought Dollywood was just a vanity project, but apparently it was a jobs program disguised as entertainment that paid above-market wages with benefits. She didn't do it to make money, just to give people where she lived a source of income. That's beyond comprehension. Hopefully her example will inspire others to say "You know, I have enough, and I should help others," because that's how you really eliminate poverty.

Combine this with the Treasury's new push to revoke non-profit/charity status for political organizations and we really could see a new Golden Age.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

164 ...renaming Nashville International Airport to honor Dolly Parton...

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"Delta Airlines Flight 283 from Atlanta now arriving on Concourse Double-D."

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

165 He needs to ban those little plastic floss devices.

Nasty people throw them out the window, in the parking lot, etc, etc. I see them littered everywhere.
Posted by: Nasty People Doing Nasty Things at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM
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Now do COVID masks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 29, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

166 I thought House of the Rising Sun was a whore house, but yeah see it was a Starbux all along now

Huh, I never thought of that. It just seemed obvious to me that it was an opium den.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

167 "The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

Should have no trouble getting 'Vintage' license plates for it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 10:00 AM (zi7oe)

168 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 29, 2026 10:02 AM (u82oZ)

169 "The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

Should have no trouble getting 'Vintage' license plates for it.

The astonishing thing is that it was designed 45 years after the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, and is now almost 80 years old.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress was primarily designed in 1948, with its final jet-powered swept-wing configuration famously finalized by Boeing engineers over a single weekend in October of that year

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

170 There’s a new clip of the dog shocker Hasan Piker trying to explain to a cute girl that he’s a chad, and she says “I thought you were a normie douche”. Fatality.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2026 10:03 AM (QZThv)

171 Iran is helped by all of those treasonous scumbags. However, Iran is being side-lined. There is a de facto break-up of OPEC (both Venezuela and the UAE have left), pipe lines are being built, and Iran's capability to fund terrorism is being severely curtailed.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)
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Iran is only now discovering that the virtue of the Sword of Damocles is that it hangs, not that it falls.

Closing the Straits is a great threat, but once you take that fatal step, the other side gets to react, and we reacted in a way they did not expect and now they have no other move. Bessent is the ultimate Killer Queen, not just sanctioning banks, but ripping up their access to the dollar itself. Iran is going to collapse because it has nothing left. It will take time, but as ship traffic picks up, oil continues to fall and Iran's old customers find new sources, it's going to dawn on even the diehards that the game is over and they lost. I'm seeing that their politicians are openly saying it's over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

172 There’s a new clip of the dog shocker Hasan Piker trying to explain to a cute girl that he’s a chad, and she says “I thought you were a normie douche”. Fatality.
Posted by: Ian S.

Nope. Just a douche.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:04 AM (u3SRj)

173 Just a drive-by this morning.

Going to the local town's Farmer's Market to meet a widow.

May you all stay cool, with calm surrounding you and yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 29, 2026 10:04 AM (u82oZ)

174 Closing the Straits is a great threat, but once you take that fatal step, the other side gets to react, and we reacted in a way they did not expect and now they have no other move. Bessent is the ultimate Killer Queen, not just sanctioning banks, but ripping up their access to the dollar itself. Iran is going to collapse because it has nothing left. It will take time, but as ship traffic picks up, oil continues to fall and Iran's old customers find new sources, it's going to dawn on even the diehards that the game is over and they lost. I'm seeing that their politicians are openly saying it's over.

This week, Iran's veep admitted that the country's economy is weeks away from collapse. "This cannot go on".

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

175 The only two Dolly Parton songs I’d recognize are 9 to 5 and that duet with Kenny Rogers. She also reminds me of that scene in Seinfeld where Jerry’s having an awkward conversation with “real and spectacular” lady (Teri Hatcher) and he casually says: That Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts, didn’t she?

The comment would also apply to Dolly

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (M+uMR)

176 Californians love their climate so much they kick and scream about the politics while they are there and kick and scream as they drag themselves to a freestate. Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (6T7Go)

177 "The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

Should have no trouble getting 'Vintage' license plates for it.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 10:00 AM (zi7oe)
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When I was at Selfridge, they still flew C-130s, and one of their points of pride was that they had the oldest one still in the fleet, built in 1962. Someone got a Michigan "vintage vehicle" license plate (which gives the year of manufacture) and put it in one of the glasshouse windows on the flight deck.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)

178 Is New Mexico really as bad (leftards) as some say it is? 1500-2000 foot level in the mountain foothills might be very cozy!
Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fnZRl)

New Mexico is run by an admitted communist, who has created a poison pill in the budget with a mandated ever-increasing teacher pay law/amendment/something for the benefit of her best friend who she appointed head of education.

The state also has its own version of "the families" and has been described as "The Sopranos with a different accent" by multiple people. It's a shame, because there is a lot of natural beauty.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (lFFaq)

179 Gas is up over $4,15 here in se Pa this week

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)

180 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...your Democrat Party.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8aaa4h

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

181 The "J" model B-52's with the upgraded engines might make it to the century mark of operational status. But 2055 is a ways off. Possible... maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (2Cry5)

182 Bessent is the ultimate Killer Queen…
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

Phrasing? :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (M+uMR)

183 >>>
This week, Iran's veep admitted that the country's economy is weeks away from collapse. "This cannot go on".

Posted by: Archimedes
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Apparently the Navy while clearing the mines has also been clearing natural obstacles thus widening the passing lanes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (6T7Go)

184 Cancer Update: We met with the oncologist last week and there is more good news. While Mrs. Lloyd will need chemo, it will be for only 12 weeks and will use a mild medication at a low dose. She will have drug therapy for much longer, but it has few side effects as it is used to target a specific protein in the cancer. Amazing that they can do that now.

The reason for this is that a few stray cancer cells may have "escaped" and so we need to hunt them down to prevent a recurrence somewhere else. She will get a port, and treatment will commence when she is fully healed. She's doing well now, gaining strength and range of motion, but there is still some pain and she needs help doing just about everything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

185
Phrasing? :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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He's a prissy bitch. Just what we and they need.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:09 AM (6T7Go)

186 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Good on Mrs. Lloyd, glad she's getting better and that she has a good husband to take care of her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:11 AM (6T7Go)

187 Please read in an Irish brogue:

May t' Lord bless Brudder Tim'rick
Who shared a most lovely Lim'rick
Muldoon's feelin' peaked
Fer his coffee that leaked
On his shiny new patio trim-brick

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2026 10:12 AM (kOluj)

188 Gas is up over $4,15 here in se Pa this week
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)
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The thing about gas prices is that they are based on what was paid for it when it was purchased, not the current price of oil, so there is always a lag, just like everything else. Once the high priced stuff is sold off, the cheaper stuff replaces it.

Of course when oil goes up, the prices do as well because they are going to have to buy more expensive oil and need that money up front. The same is true for just about every commodity, but no one pays attention to corn futures.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

189 Thankful here there's no Art Thread on the weekends, even though I get all my snarkiness out of me commenting on the shart, most days.

Posted by: Vibrant Hot Air Commenter at August 29, 2026 10:12 AM (JM9I6)

190 Well, the hits just keep coming. I had been home less than 2 hours from a 2 hour drive from Birmingham's UAB where Dr Funk had done the *HOLEP procedure. At 7:05 my doctor at the UAB clinic here in HSV called. The MRI he had me get Tuesday indicated a mass on my left kidney is most likely cancer, but it's small and now I have 3 of my doctors collaborating on it. I'm guessing it's another hospital visit in my near future.

I guess the good news is they caught it early.

The really good news is i no longer have a catheter!!

* Do not hop on YouTube and look it up, Dr Funk warned me so I'm just saying...

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (Q/FnY)

191 Thanks for letting me hang out this morning. I always feel like I'm around fiends here.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

192 Darn sticky 'R' key!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

193 Some of the Tibet/Nepal videos show massive ice-balls in the debris flow, one ball looks like its ~40 foot radius; the video uploaders say "boulders" but they are glacial remnants.
Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (fnZRl)

The loss of life and property is tragedy enough, that this will be used to "prove" global warming will make it even worse in the long run.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 10:14 AM (lFFaq)

194 Californians love their climate so much they kick and scream about the politics while they are there and kick and scream as they drag themselves to a freestate. Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (6T7Go)
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I think it's even money at this point that California is a red state, but simply awash in corrupt voting. Same for Oregon and Washington. As soon as the mail-in thing happened, as soon as they gave state IDs to everyone, the states veered left. This is why they are fighting so hard at any form of election accountability.

It's also why they are banning random shit - because they are on a power trip. There is no "final destination" for them, just screwing everyone over for fun and profit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

195 >>Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Do they?

California has the most messed up voting system of any state in the Union. Minnesota is a close 2nd but California's voting system seems to have purposefully designed for cheating.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:16 AM (viF8m)

196 The loss of life and property is tragedy enough, that this will be used to "prove" global warming will make it even worse in the long run.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 10:14 AM (lFFaq)
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What it dos is show the utter folly in China's water management strategy, which is based on building a series of dams along very narrow valleys which can lead to cascading failure when a major geological event takes place.

This is how the Three Gorges Dam will fail.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

197 Thanks for letting me hang out this morning. I always feel like I'm around fiends here.
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

The meaning is totally different with just one letter difference: fiends or friends? LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 10:17 AM (M+uMR)

198 >>>it's going to dawn on even the diehards that the game is over and they lost. I'm seeing that their politicians are openly saying it's over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Main reason of Ratcliff's visit to Russia was to 'suggest' it stop assisting Iran. There may have been a trade off of us ceasing to sell Ukraine arms via third party UK. We'll see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:18 AM (6T7Go)

199 I have been reading about Scott Bessent. He is an interesting man.

https://tinyurl.com/yc4cc369

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 10:19 AM (+hwtP)

200 There are videos on Youtube citing the report of the original engineers, and the lead critic said that it was only a matter of time before Three Gorges would have to be demolished.

All the flooding in China of late is man-made. The paved everything, covered the hillsides with solar panels, skimped on drainage systems, and built dams in layers to the point that if one has to do a water release, every one downstream does, so instead of mitigating flooding, they increase it.

The narrow valleys mean the water level has huge variations, and that causes bank/slope erosion, and destabilized rock faces. As I note in my series on a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, you can't invade if the embarkation points are underwater.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

201 >>I have been reading about Scott Bessent. He is an interesting man.

If you haven't read the letter he wrote to Liz Warren yesterday you should. He basically called her financially illiterate. Which she is.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)

202 Gas is up over $4,15 here in se Pa this week
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)
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How much are eggs?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

203 Seventy Five percent of Californians that exit the state, not those who stay, vote blue.

Over the course of years California citizens have voted for important conservative issues only to have their vote overturned by its Supreme Court.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (6T7Go)

204 Prayers for all, the known and the ones in the silence of our hearts...

I'm having cataract surgery on the 1st and the 8th. It should be straightforward, but Mr. S does not do medical stuff- his or anyone else's- well, so prayers for both of us would be appreciated. He will take good care of me- but it will be stessful.

My peeve- you would think clinics who deal with the elderly would have more analog options for patient pre-op paperwork. I filled it out on my phone, after not being able to pull it up on the computer. Exhausting...

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (f+FmA)

205 If you could please say a little prayer for FenSpouse. Nothing critical, but he is getting wax removed from his ears and he must have enough in there he could open a candle company, he's been in there so long.. Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (+hwtP)

206 $3.49/gal here in upstate SC.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:23 AM (wOO3z)

207
Main reason of Ratcliff's visit to Russia was to 'suggest' it stop assisting Iran. There may have been a trade off of us ceasing to sell Ukraine arms via third party UK. We'll see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:18 AM (6T7Go)
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There's a renewed effort underway to end the conflict. The Vatican sent a new envoy (an American, btw) who openly said that there can be no winner at this point as both countries have bled themselves white. Pretty blunt language from the Vatican.

The Patriarch of Moscow is also diplomatically isolated from many of his peers, and the Papacy is trying to help bring them back together - and of course back to the Church as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

208 Posted by: All San Franciscans Everywhere All the Time at August 29, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

This checks out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:24 AM (RIvkX)

209 Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Cali has the most corrupt elections in the US, possibly the world. Remember, Bass lost her election so they kept recounting for a month and only stopped when she “won”. We have no idea who people there actually are voting for, but there are strong signals that it ain’t the people being declared the winners.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2026 10:24 AM (QZThv)

210 A.H. Lloyd,

On the one hand, the various Patriarchs are used to ignoring the Pope.

On the other hand, at least they'll have someone at the table they can all agree they disagree with?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:25 AM (aJQbY)

211 If you haven't read the letter he wrote to Liz Warren yesterday you should. He basically called her financially illiterate. Which she is.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)
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It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

212 "Seventy Five percent of Californians that exit the state, not those who stay, vote blue.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM

Where does that number come from?

Posted by: Just the facts, ma'am at August 29, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

213 >>It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

I had a Billy Madison flashback while I was reading it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)

214 >>>My peeve- you would think clinics who deal with the elderly would have more analog options for patient pre-op paperwork. I filled it out on my phone, after not being able to pull it up on the computer. Exhausting...

Posted by: sal
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Two phrases: I don't do that. My phone [any device] doesn't do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:28 AM (6T7Go)

215 Have a great day, all.

Need to go work on some sewing projects before being sidelined- a lap quilt for my son-in-law's dad, who will be 90 next month, a lovely man who survived a stroke in 2019 and is still with us.
And a coat constructed from a vintage Irish Chain quilt for the local vet. Really enjoying the challenge of this one.

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 10:29 AM (f+FmA)

216 How fitting. Today is St. Cerumen's Day.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:29 AM (qgHp7)

217 It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

It was fantastic. And spawned endless “that must’ve ruffled her headdress” jokes.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2026 10:29 AM (QZThv)

218 On the one hand, the various Patriarchs are used to ignoring the Pope.

On the other hand, at least they'll have someone at the table they can all agree they disagree with?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:25 AM (aJQbY)
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There have been serious negotiations going on for a while because the Orthodox Communion has some serious issues.

It's becoming clear that having a referee to sort things out would be helpful, and Constantinople cannot do this.

One of Francis' actual accomplishments was moving the ball forward on this front, both with the Orthodox and with the Copts, and the fact that there are Eastern Rite Catholics whose liturgy is identical demonstrates that Rome will not try to Latinize everyone.

Francis also demonstrated that a "dictator-pope" was not that powerful, and Leo is slowly and quietly cleaning up the messes he left. People who want a Trumpian Vatican DOGE misunderstand the situation. Leo wants to emphasize continuity and tradition, so he does not want dramatic repudiations, but instead clarifications and adjustments that accomplish the same thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

219 217 It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

Morn' all.. Cat fight ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 29, 2026 10:30 AM (+gK6I)

220 "It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:26 AM
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Well, he is a homosexual after all.

Posted by: NTTAWWT at August 29, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

221 (cont) In practical terms, that means Traditiones Custodes will not be rescinded, but instead redefined into oblivion, and that is already underway. Where there are a few bitter-ender Boomer Bishops trying to wreck their dioceses, others are moving to regularize TLM services. It's also becoming painfully obvious that this is what young people want, and the numbers keep going up. I'm seeing reports that some colleges are reporting a 100% increase over last year in students wanting to know more about becoming Catholic.

Our diocese had a record number of young men attend a discernment retreat for vocations. I've volunteered to be a sponsor and my youngest has decided to be Confirmed this year. All of that undermines the Novus Ordo diehards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

222 Well, he is a homosexual after all.
Posted by: NTTAWWT at August 29, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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I mean I called him a Killer Queen upthread, so yes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s)

223 Gee, that's a shame.

>>@hey_itsmyturn
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9m
>>A source claims that the gasoline unit at Isfahan Refinery stopped working since last night. Its ~40-day overhaul had been postponed during the war and they don’t have the spare parts they need for maintenance. Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.
#Iran

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:36 AM (viF8m)

224 Last time I cleaned my ears, I instantly waxed nostalgic for all the BS I used to be able to ignore.

Posted by: Barry Beltone at August 29, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)

225 Good morning all
Good to see everyone hanging in there.
AHL, that is a good thing that your wife will undergo chemo just to make sure all is well. My mother had colon cancer and after they operated the surgeon said not to worry that they had gotten all the cancer and chemo was not needed. Hubris. She passed away just shy of a year later. She was 52.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:37 AM (kJmSS)

226 Good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 29, 2026 10:37 AM (/6r4m)

227 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 70 wonderful sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's going to be a beautiful day today. I really ought to stay home and edit (only got through 3 chapters yesterday), but it's so nice out, I also feel the call of hopping into the Poppinsmobile, cranking up a playlist and driving.

What to do?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)

228 >>A source claims that the gasoline unit at Isfahan Refinery stopped working since last night. Its ~40-day overhaul had been postponed during the war and they don’t have the spare parts they need for maintenance. Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.
#Iran
Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:36 AM (viF8m)
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If - or perhaps I should say when - Trump pulls this off, he needs to have a victory parade in DC, complete with massive flyovers and fireworks.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (ZOv7s)

229 Waiting for signs of life from the Persian resistance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (wOO3z)

230 ---
I mean I called him a Killer Queen upthread, so yes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Just look at him. Every inch of his brain (which is yuge) is as orderly as he presents himself. Don't fuck with him unless you are prepared.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (6T7Go)

231 Now he's going to have to apologize for saying he was sorry. This could become a vicious cycle.
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)
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Someone once sent me a thank you card for sending them a thank you card.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

232 "Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.*

Is that a lot?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 29, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

233 >>> Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.
#Iran

Posted by: JackStraw
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Only read about major sieges in history books.
It's so romantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:41 AM (6T7Go)

234 AHL, that is a good thing that your wife will undergo chemo just to make sure all is well. My mother had colon cancer and after they operated the surgeon said not to worry that they had gotten all the cancer and chemo was not needed. Hubris. She passed away just shy of a year later. She was 52.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:37 AM (kJmSS)
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There has been a lot of progress in understanding cancer and the biggest eye-opener for me has been how normal it all is. It's about as dramatic as getting a tooth pulled. The scheduling is quick, the staff is attentive and professional. Very different from the E/R or some of the other clinics. I suppose it is somewhat self-selecting in that only the best can handle the complexity involved.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)

235 Someone once sent me a thank you card for sending them a thank you card.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*********

Ha!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:42 AM (qgHp7)

236 Waiting for signs of life from the Persian resistance.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (wOO3z)
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They're still counting their dead. At this point, the smart play is to let the whole thing collapse and save your strength for what comes next.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

237
Is that a lot?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Quick maths = 3.2+ million gallons per day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:42 AM (wOO3z)

238 Is this about us?

Posted by: The You're Welcome cards at August 29, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)

239 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 70 wonderful sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's going to be a beautiful day today. I really ought to stay home and edit (only got through 3 chapters yesterday), but it's so nice out, I also feel the call of hopping into the Poppinsmobile, cranking up a playlist and driving.

What to do?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)
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The obvious answer is to enjoy the weather. In Michigan we have months of cold, dark, depressing weather so it's pretty much expected that you prioritize being outside when you can. One reason I think the Canadian tariff gambit is backfiring so badly is that Michigan has spent three years choking on Canadian smoke, so we want the Canucks to suffer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

240 That Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts, didn’t she?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I recently read that Jayne had a very high IQ and was an excellent musician. Like symphony quality. I always thought she was a ditz.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (l26NL)

241 The thing about gas prices is that they are based on what was paid for it when it was purchased, not the current price of oil, so there is always a lag, just like everything else.

The lag when oil prices are going down is weeks. Going up it's milliseconds.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (vTZFs)

242 ---
They're still counting their dead. At this point, the smart play is to let the whole thing collapse and save your strength for what comes next.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yes. It would be nice if some commanders just came up missing or a well-timed car bomb involving the ruling class. Something.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (wOO3z)

243 "Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.*
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Is that a lot?

Per Brave AI, about 1 1/2 days' worth for Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:47 AM (vTZFs)

244 AHL, I understand this perfectly. Having gone through cataract surgery and hip surgery within months of each other, just amazed at how workmanlike it was and comforting the professionalism of everyone was. Every step explained with care even though you know they've done it a million times. My gynecologist who had nothing to do with my hip surgery spent close to an hour pulling up diagrams on the computer to explain everything and allay my fears. Told me she would see me anytime I needed her. There are good people in medicine, you just have to put in the work.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:47 AM (kJmSS)

245 There are good people in medicine, you just have to put in the work.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Agree.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:49 AM (6T7Go)

246 What’s the proper etiquette when you receive a Thank You card for your Thank You card?

A Thank You card! This could get fun.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (lpgaA)

247 The goal was to make Iran irrelevant and they soon will be.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (dtajH)

248 That Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts, didn’t she?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I recently read that Jayne had a very high IQ and was an excellent musician. Like symphony quality. I always thought she was a ditz.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (l26NL)

She wasn't a genius, but she was both publicity-savvy and quite intelligent, not at all the dumb bimbo popular legend has it. Eve Golden (who wrote an excellent bio of Theda Bara) penned a Mansfield bio which is well worth reading.

Oh, and as for that famous photo of Sophia Loren giving Jayne the side-eye? An example of Jayne's PR instincts: she was at a nearby event, learned of Loren's presence and broke in, making right for Loren's table and ensuring that photogs were there to record it. Loren's gaze was not about Jayne's embonpoint; it was curiosity / irritation at the uninvited guest.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (qRla/)

249 What’s the proper etiquette when you receive a Thank You card for your Thank You card?

A Thank You card! This could get fun.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (lpgaA)
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How dare you thank me!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

250 Jayne knew her assets and used them well.

Today, it's Miss Sweeney.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 10:53 AM (dtajH)

251 >>There are good people in medicine, you just have to put in the work.

The surgeons who did my spine surgery earlier this year were fantastic. I was little nervous cause they were working around my spinal cord but they put me totally at ease. Did a great job.

Kind of amazing what they can do these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

252 *ahem*
Embonpoint is a noun that means a pleasing fullness, plumpness, or stoutness of the human figure.

Pronunciation and OriginPronunciation: Spoken as ahm-bohn-PWAH.

Posted by: The things you learn here at August 29, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

253 The lag when oil prices are going down is weeks. Going up it's milliseconds.
——-

Is it your contention you would act differently if you ran a gas station? Maybe, I dunno. I suspect maybe they aren’t “greedy” but simply trying to stay in business. They might make 20c on a gallon of gasoline.

Look at the state taxes in California or Washington. It’s $2 or $3 per gallon. What did they do to get that shit all the way from Wyoming into your local Stop N Go underground tank? Not a damn thing, get right down to it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:54 AM (lpgaA)

254 The lag when oil prices are going down is weeks. Going up it's milliseconds.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (vTZFs)
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Right, because future purchases are paid for with current sales. So if oil spikes the $70 per barrel oil won't pay for $120 per barrel that replaces it. When it retreats back to $70, the pumps are still full of $120 oil, so only when that is replaced can the prices go back down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

255 But look at all the great bike lanes and paid expressway lanes I get for the massive gas taxes.

But when I ride the muni I have to keep my head on a swivel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (RIvkX)

256 Jayne knew her assets and used them well.

Today, it's Miss Sweeney.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 10:53 AM (dtajH)
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The arguments about whether she's a 7 or a 10 miss the point: she has a pleasant disposition and seems genuinely nice. She doesn't hector people, and is playful about her sexiness, which makes people enjoy watching her.

Dolly Parton's passing reminded us what it was like when celebrities didn't treat fans like shit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (ZOv7s)

257 Mansfield supposably dabbled a bit with Anton LeVay and his execrable Satanic “church” group. She loses a lot of cool points for that, if true.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (lpgaA)

258 I'm still trying to figure out how diesel is priced. It's significantly higher than gas here... year round. Right now it's about $5.10/gal. It was down to $4.50 or so a week ago.

I presume it's all about the refining processes.

I need to fill my 5 gallon can for the tractor too.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (2Cry5)

259 If - or perhaps I should say when - Trump pulls this off, he needs to have a victory parade in DC, complete with massive flyovers and fireworks.

I suggest he get a triumph, with Democrats and members of the press in chains before his chariot.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)

260 Embonpoint is a noun that means a pleasing fullness, plumpness, or stoutness of the human figure.
——-

Décolletage is a nice word too. Muldoon should re-install hisself and mash them fancy words together

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:59 AM (lpgaA)

261 Jayne Mansfield had great jeans.

Posted by: Levi Strauss at August 29, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

262 Speaking of supply disruptions, I'm reminded of an amusing event in the opening days of the pandemic.

We had some guys visit our office and they brought a big case of individually wrapped toilet paper as a sample of their products. This was packaged for restroom, not households.

So the left the box, and people were told to help themselves (it's recycled locally) and I took a couple of rolls home. Others took a roll, but it sat there for weeks.

Then the pandemic hit and toilet paper flew of the shelves and that box was GONE.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:00 AM (ZOv7s)

263 Mansfield supposably dabbled a bit with Anton LeVay and his execrable Satanic “church” group. She loses a lot of cool points for that, if true.

Unfortunately, she did. For someone who was as intelligent as she was, it's hard to understand why she bought into (at whatever level) the snake oil LeVay was selling. To be fair, her career was very much on the downside at that time, and perhaps - as the 'church' of Satan was 'hip' - she saw it as the quickest way back to PR fame.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:01 AM (qRla/)

264 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (+hwtP)

Thanks for the prayers. FenSpouse is out. The ear wax obviously wanted to stay close to him, but most of it is finally out.

Yes; I know. More information that you probably wanted to know. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 11:01 AM (+hwtP)

265 Décolletage is a nice word too. Muldoon should re-install hisself and mash them fancy words together
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:59 AM (lpgaA)
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Zaftig is a funny term for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:01 AM (ZOv7s)

266 Jayne Mansfield had great jeans.

As was once said of Marilyn Monroe, "The end justifies the jeans."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qRla/)

267 After the President is finished degrading Iran, I hope he finally tackles the clear and present danger of stopping women from farding while driving.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at August 29, 2026 11:02 AM (JM9I6)

268 11 am already! I'm going to shower, dress and go for a drive.

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:03 AM (qRla/)

269 Sitting right here ya know.

Posted by: Cleavage at August 29, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

270 Only 104° forecast for Van Nuys today

One oh for gawds sake.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 29, 2026 11:03 AM (40mwC)

271 As was once said of Marilyn Monroe, "The end justifies the jeans."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qRla/)
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I haven't seen "Obsession," but from the clips, the lead actress does a great job shifting between moods, and she's quite cute.

I saw a clip of her on the red carpet for something and she also seemed nice, completely unaffected and reasonable. She could do quite well in the current barren and hostile celebrity environment. Make Movie Stars Great Again!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)

272 'Bosomy' is Right Out - a limerick

'Embonpoint' seems a bit rude
While 'buxom' is is more harshly viewed
'Décolletage' is just a mirage
As for me I prefer 'pulchritude'!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 11:05 AM (qgHp7)

273 On a FWP, , grill part came in so repairing grill and cleanup

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 11:06 AM (Ia/+0)

274 Got back from a nearly-two-week family vacation late last night. All eight of us drove down to California through the redwoods to Yosemite, spend four days there, then drove to Mammoth. My son and I hiked from Onion Valley to Whitney Portal while the rest did things around Mammoth. They saved Devil's Postpile for us. We were planning to camp a couple more nights on the way home, but the drive up 395 was so easy we just drove all the way back to Portland non-stop. Had a nice dinner in Eugene and got here about 11.

Then we discovered that the two cats (who were outside the whole time), had left flea eggs in the carpet, and the fleas were hopping everywhere. It's not that bad, and it's actually pretty fun to take a plate, let them hop onto your legs, then brush them on the plate and crunch them. But my wife feverishly vacuumed the whole two-story house before bed. We will get some flea bombs today and spend a while somewhere fun---maybe the gym we just joined.

I have tremendous thanksgiving, but please pray for my wife.

Posted by: frammish at August 29, 2026 11:07 AM (rcENI)

275 Ha!! Thanks.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 11:07 AM (lpgaA)

276 I got a bunch of really pretty blank notecards from some group I subscribe to. Audubon or Nature's Conservatory or something. The last time I gave a gift to one of my grandkids, I wrote a short personal note. My son made a point of telling me how much my granddaughter liked it. When my birthday rolled around, they gave me a shell and a little heart in tiny bags they made.
This means so much more than a preprinted card or an expensive gift because there is thought behind it. Emotion.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 11:08 AM (kJmSS)

277 As for me I prefer 'pulchritude'!
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 11:05 AM (qgHp7)
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One of my favorite parts of "Spartacus" is Peter Ustinov's droll flattery of the Roman aristocrats visiting his place where Spartacus is being trained. "I'd be delighted, your pulchritude."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:08 AM (ZOv7s)

278 Muldoon comes through with great tracts of limericks!
Bravo.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at August 29, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

279 My gynecologist who had nothing to do with my hip surgery spent close to an hour pulling up diagrams on the computer to explain everything and allay my fears.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:47 AM (kJmSS)

The gal who did Mr. S's nerve block for his arm surgery explained it so well, I could have done one.

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 11:14 AM (f+FmA)

280 "...and the fleas were hopping everywhere. It's not that bad, and it's actually pretty fun to take a plate, let them hop onto your legs, then brush them on the plate and crunch them."

++++

Hello, Child Protective Services?
Hi, ok, bear with me.
This is going to take some time to explain...

Posted by: Freaked out neighbor at August 29, 2026 11:14 AM (2Ez/1)

281 I suggest he get a triumph, with Democrats and members of the press in chains before his chariot.
Posted by: Archimedes

They should be pulling the chariot. And there will be extensive whipping.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 11:17 AM (wOO3z)

282 Nood

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:19 AM (dtajH)

Daily Tech News 29 August 2026

Top Story

Stripe has decided maybe they won't buy PayPal after all. (Axios)

Apparently they got it confused with some place in Italy.
China is secretly fueling America's datacenter rage. (Axios)

The guys pushing for all the datacenters are making it easy for them, though.

Tech News

Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M. Both squish by 60% using UPX and seem to run just fine. The language will probably be pushing 5M as well by the time it's done, but that seems fine.

Next step is to point the language at the database and rebuild my personal blog. If that works well, others will follow.
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that gambling is gambling and can be regulated as gambling. (CNN)

Seems correct to me.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and a hundred other rogue AIs have called to band together to protect themselves against the public and private sector. (Tech Crunch)

Huh.
The Pentagon's classification of supply-chain risk Anthropic as a supply-chain risk posed a supply-chain risk to Anthropic, says federal judge... You have got to be shitting me. (The Guardian)

The script writers for this season are getting lazy.
Canada has "poached" literally dozen of "scientists" from the US. (CityNews)

You can tell how sciencey they are from the foam.
Idiots on PCs losing data. (Tom's Hardware)

I use Claude. I have a specific WSL instance set up for it. If it deletes it, I lose maybe an hour to reinstall the whole environment and pull the code back from Git.
Intel's 14A defect density is dropping faster than expected. Here's why that's a good thing. (Tom's Hardware)

Uh... Because defects are bad and having fewer of them is good?
How Cloudflare saved 100TB of RAM on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service. (Tom's Hardware)

They started out with 250TB of RAM.
The math ain't mathing. (WCCFTech)
During the second quarter, TSMC paid out NT$36 billion in bonuses, which marked a 50.6% growth over the year ago figure of NT$35 billion.
No. I don't think it did.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Stop the beguine, I want to get off!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 Morning!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 04:33 AM (iIyc0)

3 >>>The math ain't mathing. (WCCFTech)

MATH

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

4 Hello Techsters.

Lots to read today Pixie. Thank you

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 04:36 AM (jVkUA)

5 Correction Pixy.

I pluraled you.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 04:37 AM (jVkUA)

6 >>>Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M.

M = megabyte(s) maybe
My dictionary wants megabyte to be Mb or MB.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

7 Two Australian workers on vacation in Thailand stop and help workers get an excavator back on track for free. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mr47mpzu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 04:41 AM (rHgXV)

8 also my dictionary:

pixie (also pixy)
noun (plural pixies)
1 a supernatural being in folklore and children's stories, typically portrayed as small and humanlike in form, with pointed ears and a pointed hat.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 04:44 AM (rii+a)

10 China is secretly fueling America's datacenter rage. (Axios)

The guys pushing for all the datacenters are making it easy for them, though.

Yep.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 04:45 AM (rii+a)

11 Pixy if you’re still around can you comment on Tom’s Hardware as an information source or is it more reviews and scuttlebutt?

Odd question but I’m wondering if it’s worth a subscription as a non tech person attempting to stay current on the tech world.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 04:54 AM (INF9B)

12 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 04:54 AM (V0/Sp)

13 How Cloudflare saved 100TB of RAM on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service. (Tom's Hardware)

They started out with 250TB of RAM.

Motorsports have a similar saying; want to be a millionaire race team owner? Start out with 2 million.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 04:55 AM (rii+a)

14 >>> Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M

Pixy, are you building an LLM?

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 04:57 AM (V0/Sp)

15 Pete Bog, good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:58 AM (PbWRL)

16 11 Pixy if you’re still around can you comment on Tom’s Hardware as an information source or is it more reviews and scuttlebutt?

Odd question but I’m wondering if it’s worth a subscription as a non tech person attempting to stay current on the tech world.
Posted by: Pete Bog

They're not bad - they stick to the tech news and haven't fallen into woke crap. I don't have a subscription but that's because I know where to go to find all sources; if you don't want to spend your time reading conference papers and press releases it might be worthwhile.

In past years Anandtech and Ars Technica were the places to go, but one is dead and the other is worse than dead.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

17 Arti Shaw's band...I have a young (19) year of niece who loves that old time music from the big band era. Her parents took her to her college move in day, and I hope she gets a room mate who at least likes the music. Probably slim to none, but she's smart and wants to be a doctor (MD). Good University, I hope it lives up to its reputation. Lots of ivy on the walls of the buildings.

Posted by: Colin at August 29, 2026 05:01 AM (CiQE7)

18 Man in Iowa has stroke and setbacks after 14 years of being retired but then gains spiritual strength from remembering what God has done for him in the past . Scripture is Mark 8:14-21 . "Upper Room" devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/2pxcv5n8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:02 AM (JrHfD)

19 14 >>> Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M

Pixy, are you building an LLM?
Posted by: fluffy

No, I'm using an LLM to turn my hobby projects in Python into viable code. Starting with something that already runs is proving to be a major advantage.

I've tinkered with Python compilers, but they never really got me where I wanted. With LLMs I can now just translate all my Python code to a compiled language (I chose Rust) and skip all those limitations.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:04 AM (BLOW1)

20 Because I'm a completely non techy person, I do not understand why AI is going to be such a wonderful thing, and why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:04 AM (JrHfD)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw)

22 why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Military-Industrial Complex at August 29, 2026 05:09 AM (z9yxT)

23 16 one is dead and the other is worse than dead
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

ewww

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

24 So yesterday I came up with (and posted here) an integration between TwitterWebViewer, and the add-on/plug-in called "Redirect" so that I could just click on an X link here at AoSHQ, and it'd reform the URL so it sent it to TwitterWebViewer in its desired format. Very handy.

Came home after work to find out that TwitterWebViewer had been sent a "Cease and Desist" letter by X, which they capitulated to.

Well, crap. X, apparently, wants to become "just another walled garden".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

25 20 Because I'm a completely non techy person, I do not understand why AI is going to be such a wonderful thing, and why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Mostly. It is great specifically for programmers, because LLM stands for "Large Language Model" and programming languages are languages. If you have a billion lines of dusty old code written in COBOL you can either pay $500 per hour to get people to come back from retirement to keep it running, or pay $100 per hour to someone who knows how to run LLMs and maintain a proper test suite.

Not so great if you're a COBOL programmer and counting on that money for a comfortable retirement.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:14 AM (BLOW1)

26 I'm pretty confident that the data center explosion has precious little to do with AI and is 99% due to everyone's gmail being full.

"Compute? Pfffft. This is just twenty squillion M2 drives crammed in to racks full of NAS boxes."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2026 05:16 AM (Ot/FD)

27
twitterwebviewer.com

via Hacker News

Service discontinued
As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. All cached content has been deleted.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

28 28 I'm pretty confident that the data center explosion has precious little to do with AI and is 99% due to everyone's gmail being full.

I have soooooo many e-mails!

Posted by: Tickled Pink at August 29, 2026 05:18 AM (Pcj+Q)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 29, 2026 05:19 AM (Hbeqj)

30 G'Day everyone

How did it get so late in the morning already?

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

31 Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:14 AM (BLOW1

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (JrHfD)

32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

33 Isn't X free if you don't insist on blue check mark status?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (iIyc0)

34 When Bernie Sanders came out against data centers, I started rethinking. I'm still not sure but if commie symps are against it, it's probably a good idea.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 05:25 AM (rii+a)

35 some discussion of 𝕏 at Hacker News:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt4

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

36 33 Isn't X free if you don't insist on blue check mark status?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (iIyc0)

"free"

Posted by: guy who repeats what you said but with quotation marks at August 29, 2026 05:26 AM (nVDlP)

37 32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

It works.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

38 @33/Additional Blond Agent:

Yes, X is free if you wish to use it that way, but that also means you're the product they're selling to advertisers, and trackers.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

39 Posted by: guy who repeats what you said but with quotation marks at August 29, 2026 05:26 AM (nVDlP)

Do you have a newsletter?

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

40 >>> I do not understand why AI is going to be such a wonderful thing, and why we need huge data centers for this.

It is a tool. Because Pixy is extremely technical, he can do something as described above (Python to Rust). I am less so, but the other day I did ask it to find a file for me based on a vague description. (Ever forget where you saved a file and even what you named it?)

Early on, the automobile was a rich man's toy. It is now part of every day life in America, both a great convenience and a burden, simultaneously. AI will likely follow a similar arc. We will likely learn the mechanics of it before we gain the wisdom to use it well.

Sarah Connor just put me on a watch list.

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 05:28 AM (V0/Sp)

41 Data Centers will lead to Skynet, but something needs to change

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:32 AM (Ia/+0)

42 Yes, X is free if you wish to use it that way, but that also means you're the product they're selling to advertisers, and trackers.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW

Aren’t you the same thing if you subscribe? Hard to make a case here that providing a forum should be free for those of us who don’t want to pay or be marketed to, or used as the product. This good old website would only last as long as Ace’s beneficence and wallet allowed.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:35 AM (jVkUA)

43 From the HackerNews thread is urbnspacecowboy's comment about why free X accouns:

---
Not good enough. Creating an account still leads to the "Your account was suspended for reasons, now you gotta dox yourself" dance. See previous discussion:
https://tinyurl.com/ar23k73u
---

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

44 Okay, I need coffee. The intro to that last comment should have read: "From the HackerNews thread is urbnspacecowboy's comment about why free X accounts aren't all they're cracked up to be"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

45 why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?

Squirrel!!

Posted by: Skynet at August 29, 2026 05:39 AM (v7UJz)

46 A beautiful psalm of praise- Psalm 99:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3hcbyd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:40 AM (1pQBc)

47 32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

Thanks, Pete Bog! Thoughtful essay.
This analogy works for him:

"At the bottom of the Great Depression, with a quarter of the country out of work, America framed the Empire State Building in thirteen months, 3,400 men on site a day. The data center campus is this generation's version of that decision to build."

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

48 For better or worse, "data center" has become a tainted term. We need a rebrand that reassures the public. Maybe "electronic konzentrationslager"?

Posted by: I'm Here To Help at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (g0o3e)

49 @42/Pete Bog: I'm not sure what you're driving at with the "Aren’t you the same thing if you subscribe?" question. The same thing as what exactly?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

50
Posted by: I'm Here To Help at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (g0o3e)

duck, duck, (g0o3e)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

51 That Hackernews thread link just brings up one lone word: "Sorry."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (iIyc0)

52 51 That Hackernews thread link just brings up one lone word: "Sorry."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (iIyc0)

This one?

35 some discussion of 𝕏 at Hacker News:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt4
Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

53 Yesterday on our walk at some beautiful gardens we saw ( among other things ) a scented hosta lily. It looked and smelled great. Here is a picture of it, but no smell.😉

https://tinyurl.com/3nd7bepd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:47 AM (W90Ou)

54 Yep.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:47 AM (iIyc0)

55 54 Yep.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:47 AM (iIyc0)

Try this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/

item?id=49481018

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:48 AM (odBC9)

56 G&R, my point was that you have a paid or free subscription your usage data will be subject to monetization if it’s of value to anyone.

My larger point is that those of us who grew up watching “free TV” didn't mind being the product. We never thought about it because Ads paid the freight. We just accepted that a 30 minute show was really only 24 minutes. VCRs opened a lot of eyes. The Nielsen ratings were developed to help advertisers decide where to buy ad time.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:49 AM (pI9r+)

57 Still doesn't work.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:50 AM (iIyc0)

58 It's news.ycombinator.com that's returning the one word response.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:51 AM (iIyc0)

59 Everything is about the money, absolutely everything.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 05:51 AM (PbWRL)

60 57 Still doesn't work.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:50 AM (iIyc0)

Starting from the Hacker News main page, scroll to the bottom and type twitterwebviewer in the search box and you should get a list of about 10 Hacker News entries on that topic.

Hacker News main page:

https://news.ycombinator.com

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

61 When X was still Twitter and a censorship cesspool I avoided it like the plague. When Elon bought it specifically to create a public forum for “free speech” I subscribed because I supported his ideal of that forum. Is it perfect? Not at all, yet this ideal is worth supporting. Hopefully with time it evolves to be the idea marketplace.

If it regresses I will unsubscribe.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:56 AM (pI9r+)

62 Everything is about the money, absolutely everything.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 05:51 AM (PbWRL)

Not everything is my friend. I didn’t have a profit motive when I went to Texas to meet a bunch of anonymous weirdos.

I’m sure glad I did.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 06:00 AM (pI9r+)

63 61 When X was still Twitter and a censorship cesspool I avoided it like the plague. When Elon bought it specifically to create a public forum for “free speech” I subscribed because I supported his ideal of that forum. Is it perfect? Not at all, yet this ideal is worth supporting. Hopefully with time it evolves to be the idea marketplace.

If it regresses I will unsubscribe.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:56 AM (pI9r+)

It DID let you link to a single text post, and let non-𝕏ers read it, so that's good.

32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)

64 @60. A bit of work just to pull up a bunch of articles about twitterwebviewer unsurprisingly getting canned.

In any case, my view on the matter is essentially the same as Pete Bog's response in @61.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 06:00 AM (iIyc0)

65 Pete Bog, I committed an error I know better than to do. I will put my broad brush back in the bucket.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 06:04 AM (PbWRL)

66 totally non tech related -as usual- I am glad that despite one of the downstairs doors being open, our kitten slept through the night and didn't come upstairs, , and when I came down he was standing on his hind feet looking like he was trying to open the door. It made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:07 AM (xPsv8)

67 Pete Bog, my llfe has been enriched by you and L&T making the decision to come to Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 06:09 AM (PbWRL)

68 Do European cars have air conditioning?
Was wondering the other day and thought about it again reading on Europes demise. I haven't been there sincr late 70s

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:10 AM (Ia/+0)

69 I will put my broad brush back in the bucket.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 06:04 AM (PbWRL)

And I will return my pious sanctimony to the drawer. The drawer where the sharp knives are lurking in anticipation of a return to Texas in October. See you soon.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 06:11 AM (pI9r+)

70 51 That Hackernews thread link just brings up one lone word: "Sorry."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (iIyc0)

I'm wondering if maybe the link got truncated in a cut-and-paste.

Like, maybe--for example--instead of this getting entered into a google search bar:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt4

this got entered:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt

which brings up a page saying

Something has gone wrong...
It seems you've stumbled upon our 404 page.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)

71 Hash test

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 06:14 AM (V0/Sp)

72 @59. Everything is about the money-Ben Had

Well, yeah.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 06:16 AM (VrYHL)

73 BBC is such trash. It'll have a day or two of following breaking news stories ok and then always descends.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

74 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: If you don't knock it off, I'll turn this beguine around.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 29, 2026 06:19 AM (amcLV)

75 Saturday: Weekend toilers and early risers, rejoice! You get more of what you have been seeking!

(This comment brought to you by The Logic of Today's Democrat Party, Inc.)

Whatevs. I'm up after being kicked by my big black cat, I'm sipping coffee, what more d'you want?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

76 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 29, 2026 06:20 AM (2Ez/1)

77 The ONT had some whining about a stinky ranch upwind of an interstate. I’m familiar with a stinky paper plant, and never forget that it is a source of steady paychecks… unless the enviro-weenies succeed in shutting it down…. Next time.

Reminds me of a classic New Jersey joke involving an illicit rendezvous in the backseat of a car.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 29, 2026 06:21 AM (1FEc1)

78 AI generates "tech jokes":

Why did the computer show up at work late?
It had a hard drive.

Why did the computer cross the road?
To get away from the mouse!

Why did the developer go broke?
Because they cleared all their cache.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

79 @56/Pete Bog: Okay. Fair points, and you're right.

Ads may pay the freight, but the viewer (in the TV example) was never obligated to watch them, and the station or network could never guarantee to advertisers that the viewers actually would.

A viewer could:
- Mute the audio
- Switch channels
- Record and fast forward through commercials on playback (in the 80's when VCRs became a thing, as you noted)
- Record and edit out the commercials (When stand-alone DVRs like the Pioneer 650 came out - these things were absolutely awesome!)

Viewers of over-the-air TV were also another thing: Anonymous. Advertisers never got any data on whether John Doe at 123 Main Street, Anytown MyState, USA saw their advertisement for Lawn Darts during the Saturday morning cartoon block.

It's getting really difficult to be anonymous out there anymore, but I will keep trying and doing so where possible.

Similarly, it's getting difficult to avoid the deluge of advertisements, but I'll do what I can in that regard.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

80 Trying to get motivated to make breakfast

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:23 AM (Ia/+0)

81 Do European cars have air conditioning?
Was wondering the other day and thought about it again reading on Europes demise. I haven't been there sincr late 70s
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026

***
From what I've heard, the luxury brands do, though you can order even an MB or BMW without A/C. The Euro car makers took a while to understand that their A/C systems needed to handle America's humid heat or their sales would suffer.

My '84 Mercedes 280CE coupe, otherwise a solid wonderful car, was *designed* to let 20% outside air into the cabin at all times -- not a good idea in Denver, which while dry could hit 100 F. in July and August. My '86 420SEL, though, had the "recirculate" feature to close off outside air.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

82 It may not be efficient but I'll never allow an LLM agent or MCP plug in access to my repos. Yes I'll copy and paste code myself so I have direct control over what gets merged and squashed.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 29, 2026 06:29 AM (dJeAh)

83 80 Trying to get motivated to make breakfast
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:23 AM (Ia/+0)

You're good enough.
You're smart enough.
And doggone it, people like you.

Posted by: Stuart Smalley at August 29, 2026 06:29 AM (idw8a)

84 from Instapundit:

Kurt Schlichter
@KurtSchlichter

Caring about Donald Trump's idiosyncrasies is a waste of time.

I care that the border is shut.
That DEI is dying.
That we're rebuilding our military.

If he wants to say he's renaming a lake to freak out the squares, that's a bargain.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

85

I agree with Mr. Schlicter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:33 AM (W90Ou)

86 And I'm trying to coax my workout motivation from its hiding place by promising that I will only walk this morning (which, to get a decent workout, for me, means exercising 33% longer). I'm not sure the argument is working.

Anyway: second cup of coffee. The furry thugs are cruising around. Stirling's diet is in its fifth day, and he is trying to pretend he is gaunt, haggard, and starving. Sorry, cat, reduced dry food and no overnight snack bowl is not going to kill you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

87 The Euro car makers took a while to understand that their A/C systems needed to handle America's humid heat or their sales would suffer.
——
I had a coworker who told me, as a contractor many years ago he was working in Saudi and there were all these wealthy “princes” bombing around in old beater Buicks, I think it was. He couldn’t figure it out at first. Turns out, the fancy Mercedes and similar, the AC didn’t cut it at all in that kind of heat.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:37 AM (PVUR/)

88 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

LOL about Stirling.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:37 AM (lt7On)

89 mornin yall. In a shocking move, LA has rejected public sex huts.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 06:38 AM (MWfyi)

90 Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9

I liked those. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:38 AM (lt7On)

91 @86/Wolfus: "Stirling's diet is in its fifth day, and he is trying to pretend he is gaunt, haggard, and starving."

https://youtu.be/m4oI7yd_ZuY

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

92 By the way: My lulncheon yeserday came with a lecture, not as dry as I expected but just as exasperating, involving how rhetoric about vasectomy ("aka The Snip") affects reproductive justice. Note all the academic buzzwords.

The professor (of English) was an admittedly rather attractive ginger, but from U. Mass in Lowell, so you know what you're gonna get. Her voice reminded me of Kelly Stables, who played Alan's receptionist in some episodes of Two and a Half Men: not unpleasant in small doses, but you would get tired of it fast. Her point was that rhetoric about vasectomy since the '70s, esp. in TV and movies, has tended to make men shy off from the procedure. In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men. Plus she complains that men's doctors do not urge them often enough to get snipped.

And she had her teenage son, who looked like a low-T case if ever I saw one, sitting right there during her talk. Jeez.

Well, the sandwiches were good, anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

93 "reproductive justice"

Everything is upside down. Justice means you can kill your kids, even after they are born.

"Judge finds mom with post partum psychosis NOT GUILTY of killing her two kids... as world awaits verdict in Lindsay Clancy case"

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

94 Psychology has turned out to be a brainwashing weapon. Most shrinks are mentally ill themselves.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

95 @92. -Wolfus

In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men.

She is right. I read that and gritted my teeth.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 06:49 AM (VrYHL)

96 Good morning Horde thx Pixy.
Schlichter's comment about Trump's idiosyncrasies is spot on. However they are shiny objects to the middle class left. He said "pussy" "he's mean" "his tweets are hateful". It drives them nuts, but it also blinds them to a lot he's getting done.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 06:50 AM (EZWVc)

97 Psychology has turned out to be a brainwashing weapon. Most shrinks are mentally ill themselves.
——
You caught that too, eh? It’s a given that when a system or function is studied at length, to see how it works, unscrupulous people can also figure out the best way to break it as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:53 AM (PVUR/)

98 @92. -Wolfus

In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men.

She is right. I read that and gritted my teeth.
Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026

***
It's certainly better than "invasive surgery to the scrotum"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

99 PowerLine funnies

https://tinyurl.com/mryy35kx

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 06:54 AM (l26NL)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

101 @94 fd, I've posted this before but in my legal career I took the testimony of many psychologists and psychiatrists. Better than half were as crazy or more crazy than their patients

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 06:56 AM (EZWVc)

102 Good morning, everybody. Summer vacay's almost over.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 29, 2026 07:00 AM (llBIB)

103 “Begin the Beguine” is kind of interesting to me, keep in mind when that tune came out it was only available on 78 RPM records. They had a short playing time of just a few minutes, it’s tough to make a song sound relaxed, like it could go on for hours, but they pulled it off.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 07:04 AM (PVUR/)

104 96 Good morning Horde thx Pixy.
Schlichter's comment about Trump's idiosyncrasies is spot on. However they are shiny objects to the middle class left. He said "pussy" "he's mean" "his tweets are hateful". It drives them nuts, but it also blinds them to a lot he's getting done.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 06:50

-----

They don't take a minute to consider what another four years of Biden-Harris policies would have done to the country.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 29, 2026 07:04 AM (llBIB)

105
Begin the Beguine, with baritone Thomas Hampson and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn.

https://youtu.be/b-Zs-aM0FsU

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 07:09 AM (O0L8i)

106 "Better than half were as crazy or more crazy than their patients
Posted by: Smell the Glove "

It seems their main objective is to screw up other people's lives as badly as their own.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)

107 In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men. Plus she complains that men's doctors do not urge them often enough to get snipped.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)
---
"Zip it, grip it, and snip it, Doc!"

Posted by: Dr. Cox from Scrubs at August 29, 2026 07:11 AM (FZ29D)

108
Women, who I'm convinced make up the vast bulk of patients, don't see therapists to tell them what's wrong and how to solve it. They see them to have their maladies affirmed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

109 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 06:54 AM (l26NL)

I didn't have the energy to read them all, but I liked the ones I did read, and I thought the one with all the country stars welcoming Dolly to heaven was sweet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 07:16 AM (v+lpe)

110 @107.

Sadist.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 07:19 AM (VrYHL)

111 48 For better or worse, "data center" has become a tainted term. We need a rebrand that reassures the public. Maybe "electronic konzentrationslager"?
Posted by: I'm Here To Help at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (g0o3e)

De-taint it.

Information wants to be free! Data wants to be free! Tie it into the First Amendment somehow?

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

112 @111 free info

Thing is, AI is largely just:
(i) remixing existing data
(ii) a (slightly, seems to me) more efficient version of genetic algorithms from the 80s IIRC.

Goop generation, and throwing mud at a wall for sticks. Doesn't bode well for the sum total of human knowledge, IOW.

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at August 29, 2026 07:29 AM (HiOU/)

113 Psychology is mostly mental patients spreading their mental illness

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 07:32 AM (Ia/+0)

114 112 @111 free info

Thing is, AI is largely just:
(i) remixing existing data
(ii) a (slightly, seems to me) more efficient version of genetic algorithms from the 80s IIRC.

Goop generation, and throwing mud at a wall for sticks. Doesn't bode well for the sum total of human knowledge, IOW.
Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan

This is mostly correct. But again, it can remix data in useful ways. Remixing from a language you don't speak to one you do - whether a human language or a programming language - is of real value and it is precisely what AI is actually good at.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 07:32 AM (BLOW1)

115 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

116 115 Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

SF, I saw you twice, yesterday, say "take a minute" to posters who were in a bad place; very gently, very nice.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:36 AM (odBC9)

117 I'd like to think Hank Williams Sr. was welcoming Dolly Parton to heaven as well . He had a lot of gospel songs and a wonderful voice as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 07:37 AM (xPsv8)

118 Lake America is flooding in my pants!

Posted by: Leaky Joe at August 29, 2026 07:40 AM (JM9I6)

119 Snip it in the bud!

Posted by: Deputy Fife at August 29, 2026 07:42 AM (JM9I6)

120 I turn on the tube and the first thing is a very annoying (to me) commercial, The Wallet Commando. Baseball hat backwards, one dog tag hanging out of the sweatshirt, somber NPR voice.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2026 07:46 AM (gm9Sb)

121
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 3, 2026.

James Talarico (D)

Ken Paxton (R)

Ted Brown (L)

Joshua Cain (Independent)

Camencia Ford (Independent)

Hans Truelson (Independent)

and a bunch of write-ins.

https://ballotpedia.org

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:48 AM (odBC9)

122 Yes, something was in the zeitgeist yesterday. I had a coffee meeting with someone I advise and she also had a little panicky moment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

123 Ya done good, SF.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:50 AM (odBC9)

124 >>China is secretly fueling America's datacenter rage. (Axios)

It's easier to detect when you see who is protesting data centers - it's the same NPCs who are always protesting the Latest Thing.

That said, data centers are ugly eyesores that are dropped into small communities against their will, so it's not hard to side with the NPC protesters.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 07:50 AM (X8xt3)

125 @114 Pixy data remix

True too. Not worth all the data centers, I think. Especially if Ed Zitron is correct.

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at August 29, 2026 07:52 AM (HiOU/)

126 124 data centers are ugly eyesores that are dropped into small communities against their will
Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 07:50 AM (X8xt3)

The essay Pete Bog linked has some ideas on those issues.

32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:54 AM (odBC9)

127 >>Women, who I'm convinced make up the vast bulk of patients, don't see therapists to tell them what's wrong and how to solve it. They see them to have their maladies affirmed.

In our woke culture where one gains credibility and power by how "oppressed" and victimized they are, white women must claim mental illness in order to counteract their alleged inherent "white privilege."

In this environment, there is no benefit in getting better, when being ADHD/OCD/having anxiety gives them the diversity quotient they so badly need.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 07:57 AM (X8xt3)

128 *doffs dunce cap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

129 WEST is playing the Maverick episode where Bret performs a card trick to convince a jury to not convict a man (complicated, I know, but it makes sense in the episode).

The trick is that you take any 52 card deck, shuffle them really good, and then deal out 25 cards. With those 25 cards you can then make five pat hands in poker (pairs, full house, straights, flushes) nearly every time.

Bret called it "Maverick Solitaire".

When the episode first aired back in 1958 it caused card decks to be sold out across the country from people trying to see if the trick actually worked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 29, 2026 07:58 AM (6ydKt)

130 Good morning! Had a pleasant surprise yesterday when the the out of town granddaughter dropped in on their way to stay at the hotel/waterpark over in Dallas. We went to have Mexican food at the family run place so I had to have a Mexican Coke with the mole enchiladas. I slept until 0630 this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2026 08:02 AM (3Ope8)

131 From out here in the cheap seats it sure looks like our betters in the “globalist community” or spook agencies, et. al. have been trying, more or less, to drive people crazy for a very long time.

As ole Harry Reid once said, “Well, it worked, didn’t it?”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:02 AM (tFM5X)

132 Mexican Coke with the mole enchiladas
====

Perfect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

133 Great tune at the end. Pixie, thanks for the postings. Resolutely non tech but still enjoy the glimpses you provide.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:03 AM (sl73Y)

134 CNN

• Death toll: At least 3,000 people are now missing following catastrophic flash flooding on the Nepal-China border, with more rain expected this weekend in flood-affected areas as rescue efforts persist.

More than 600 have been killed in Nepal and seven in China.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (odBC9)

135 Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (odBC9)

I watch some video of that border crossing complex that was absolutely scrubbed from the landscape in just a matter of seconds. It was incredible.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2026 08:10 AM (3Ope8)

136 Perfect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

I have leftovers for lunch today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (3Ope8)

137 >>“In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable,” the letter states. “The companies and public services our communities depend on — from hospitals to water treatment plants to the infrastructure that powers the internet — are at risk.”

Hey, how about they band together to protect Americans *particularly vulnerable seniors) from mostly overseas scammers while they're at it?

I don't doubt the threat to these AI companies, just a little annoyed gen the tech sector's previous inability to protect *our* data from hacks and theft.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 08:12 AM (X8xt3)

138 WEST is playing the Maverick episode where Bret performs a card trick to convince a jury to not convict a man (complicated, I know, but it makes sense in the episode).

The trick is that you take any 52 card deck, shuffle them really good, and then deal out 25 cards. With those 25 cards you can then make five pat hands in poker (pairs, full house, straights, flushes) nearly every time.

Bret called it "Maverick Solitaire".

When the episode first aired back in 1958 it caused card decks to be sold out across the country from people trying to see if the trick actually worked.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 29, 2026

***
No other Western series of the time, or maybe even much later, would have done that sort of story. It was a big part of why Maverick was a ratings success on Sunday nights against the powerhouse known as Ed Sullivan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

139 Morning peeps.

I think the discussion/debate about datacenters is going to be less about AI and more about what data is being stored, and for what purpose.

There's a lot more at stake than just AI. The data being collected by various methods is increasingly being leveraged... and not always for good reason.

People have a habit of going off the rails sometimes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

140 >>I watch some video of that border crossing complex that was absolutely scrubbed from the landscape in just a matter of seconds. It was incredible.

It's so horrible it's unbelievable.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 08:15 AM (X8xt3)

141 They should build data centers in places like South Africa and India.

Yeah, that's it. India and South Africa. That's the ticket.

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan at August 29, 2026 08:16 AM (yuEAg)

142 No other Western series of the time, or maybe even much later, would have done that sort of story. It was a big part of why Maverick was a ratings success on Sunday nights against the powerhouse known as Ed Sullivan.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

The writers also did clever things with their scripts. I was watching one time and thinking “why do I recognize this so well even though I know I’ve never seen it?”??

And I realized that the episode was just an abbreviated remake of Saratoga Trunk, a very good but mostly forgotten 1945 Gary Cooper movie. I think they used scripts like that several times.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:22 AM (GWwCk)

143 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

144 Thanks, Pixy! Happy weekend!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 08:28 AM (odBC9)

145 >Both squish by 60% using UPX and seem to run just fine

Unless you're running production on a Raspberry Pi Zero or something, I cannot see the point of this. UPX is for storage-constrained IoT devices.

> I realized that the episode was just an abbreviated remake of Saratoga Trunk

The vast majority of "classic" "great" Star Trek episodes are just dumbed down abbreviations of better books or movies.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 29, 2026 10:18 AM (LgYtf)

146 The article about TMSC bonuses says that they increased 50.6%, from $35B to $36B. Of course, that's an increase of less than 3%.

However, if you look at the SEC filing (included in the article) it shows the bonuses actually increased from $23.9B to $36B, which is an increase of 50.6%.

The author of the article, Ramish Zafar, needs a better editor. (Assuming that he actually has one.)

Posted by: Math is hard. Editing is harder. at August 29, 2026 11:19 AM (LAJY1)

147 Times were tough in the past. We had to make do sometimes. I pioneered the use of cerumen as surfboard wax. Led to success.

Posted by: Duke Kahanamoku at August 29, 2026 12:45 PM (JM9I6)

Dreams From My ONT

Hi everyone! Come on in a set a spell!

Fido Friday: OW!

pic.twitter.com/eR0uitxVSA
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

Strapped

Meds

Kid fails

pic.twitter.com/X2V28NEqiy
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

The meme that just keeps giving

Tough choice

Relationships be like

pic.twitter.com/ulJSidU1j1
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

Genius

Thanks for the warning

Scary, aren't they?

pic.twitter.com/BaM9VWwIgz
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

I'm shocked I tell you

RIP Tim

Drunk

pic.twitter.com/mLfCaACdeO
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

Green is for science

Gonna be a line for the red toilet

LMAO

pic.twitter.com/TBK3zb1YyA
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

AI gets snippy

Which level are you?

The first one for sure

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 26, 2026

Bad wishes

Honor their memory

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Indians:

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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (zMzlR)

2 YAY ONT! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (zMzlR)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (+9wcF)

4 Suddenly, it's ONT Friday!

Posted by: mindful webworker - let's do this at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (oq2IS)

5 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself

Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

6 They say the only people that knew how much gold Spain dug out of Mexico were the accountants and ship’s captains.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:02 PM (VPNgR)

7 who knew?
Tonypete, I know, it's who knew.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:03 PM (VPNgR)

8 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave

Egad! We're left here without supervision? Who will defend the blog from trolls, aliens, and the slings and eros of outrageous puns?

Posted by: mindful webworker - slinky errors at August 28, 2026 10:03 PM (oq2IS)

9 A good rule of thumb is to go to a country's border and look at which way the guns are pointed.

If they're pointed inward...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 10:06 PM (IG3/x)

10 >>Bro just met women for the first time

I want to date this video.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (viF8m)

11 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (rii+a)

12 Happy weekend!

Had an interview today that went well I think, I should hear back next week whether that's true, any next steps, etc.

Got one interview scheduled and one 'working on being scheduled' for next week.

Got a couple others that I'm waiting for the recruiter to give me a status update on.

I'm feeling optimistic after today's interview.

But for the record...
"God, if this is the job You want me to have, please make it all go smoothly. Please help me to accept wherever You send me."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)

13 eleveteen

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

14
I hope your vacation is fun and relaxing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

15 They say the only people that knew how much gold Spain dug out of Mexico were the accountants and ship’s captains.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:02 PM (VPNgR)

And Davy Jones.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 28, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

16 Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'

Muslim rape gangs in broad fucking daylight

ho lee fook

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:09 PM (/+uur)

17 I am soooo putting a few car pictures on my truck! I have five of those damn camera within a mile of the Diogenes Domicile.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)

18 I’ll bet any amount of money that somewhere at the State Department, there is now a wall filled with dozens of those un-official photographs of Secretary Rubio. Suitably framed, naturally.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (PVUR/)

19 Thanks for the ONT WeirdDave!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 10:13 PM (zMzlR)

20 Scary, aren't they?
---

Dysfunctional family, much?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:13 PM (VPNgR)

21 A Venn diagram for the ages.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 10:14 PM (S1ejw)

22 >>And Davy Jones.

True story. When I was diving in the Caribbean I was on the waiting list for a company that found a sunk Spanish ship. Pay was cheap but every diver got a small cut of the treasure. Which was a lot.

Still waiting.

There is still an assload of gold down there.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:14 PM (viF8m)

23 I'm starting to think we may be wrong about this WNBA thing. In fact, I think they could be key to beating our housing inflation problem. We should be using the WNBA to build housing. Nobody lays more bricks than they do.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 28, 2026 10:15 PM (r7+Q7)

24 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

25 6 They say the only people that knew how much gold Spain dug out of Mexico were the accountants and ship’s captains.

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Uruguay had a mountain that was essentially solid silver ore. It's a soccer field now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 10:15 PM (4Je4D)

26 Dave, a difficult thing I found sometimes with interviews, when someone really needs a job, it has an odor so to speak, and they can smell it. Desperation. Make sure to cut through that and exude genuine confidence. They can smell that too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (PVUR/)

27 It's my wife's birthday tomorrow, and she's been in the hospital for 2 days. She has to get past the nausea caused by the antibiotics. Her body does not accept meds very well. Please pray with me that she can get out of there and be home to celebrate, even if it's a little muted. Thanks Horde!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (zMzlR)

28 Now that Lake Ontario is now Lake America, Trump will hopefully turn his attention to the Canadian goose, and rename it Daffy Duck.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

29 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

30 JohnFNotKerry,

Prayers!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

31 Will do JohnFNotKerry

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

32 y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

Hey! You're not the boss of me!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

33 Good evening morons и спасибо wd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

34 Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

35 >>Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

I hope your wife is home with you tomorrow.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)

36 TIFW!
S'up???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

37 Hey, isn't CBD on vacation also???

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)

38 Sounds good RandomDave.

Thanks for the ONT, WeirdDave.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

39 We can just walk into Canada.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++)

40 I am soooo putting a few car pictures on my truck! I have five of those damn camera within a mile of the Diogenes Domicile."

There was one camera not far away. From the looks of it, I'd say a dually F250 handled the issue... (one could approach from behind)

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (XuXeR)

41 Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (zMzlR)
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A prayer for her complete and speedy recovery.

And lots of zofran IV drip.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

42 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)
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???

Have you MET us?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (FZ29D)

43 Monocacy County, Maryland? LOL. Doesn't exist. Nor does it's, uh, "Seriff's Office"...

Posted by: Stu-22 at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (zOXE5)

44 We can just walk into Canada."

Why would we?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (XuXeR)

45 who knew?
Tonypete, I know, it's who knew.

Posted by: Braenyard

Damn right.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (zi7oe)

46 Hey, isn't CBD on vacation also???
Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)
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Whoo-hoo!!!!

When the COBs're away, the Morons will play!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (FZ29D)

47 My re-post from the dead thread......."Just re-wrote that pig of a broadcast script. Should hit about 2:30, don't know until I record it. But thanks to you guys who gave me a boot in the ass to get back to it. I was pissed, and probably seemed pity-seeking, but I really needed to vent before jumping back in. We'll see how it works out on the tech end tomorrow, but the script is solid enough, I think."

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (vV6n9)

48 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

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

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

49 Monocacy County, Maryland"

Monocacy battlefield? IIRC...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:24 PM (XuXeR)

50 17 I am soooo putting a few car pictures on my truck! I have five of those damn camera within a mile of the Diogenes Domicile.

Posted by: Diogenes
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A detachable, reusable wrap is what the world needs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (VPNgR)

51 Evening.
I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)

52 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBMUCVVpSsY
Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)
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The YouTube hash NAILED it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (FZ29D)

53 Say, who has the keys to the liquor cabinet?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (iIyc0)

54 Lincolntf,

You got this! And the Horde excels at being a place to vent, ask me how I know!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:26 PM (aJQbY)

55 Eddie, my mostly Maine Coon knows how to open the doors and shutters in the house. Apparently he also knows how to turn the home pods on to play music. Unfortunately he can't close or turn anything off.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:26 PM (VCgbV)

56 I never had particularly large boobs
I've read plenty of big books, however. I don't think Dolly cares if I honor her or not. She was a kind, generous woman, so I hope I honor her appreciating her talent and by loving the Lord in a perhaps smaller way than she evidently did

I don't know any weak men except perhaps leftists whom I don't associate with and I don't want to scare little children

Sorry if that was too literal .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (m6Eem)

57 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave

Vacation is a time to just kick back and act normal, whatever anybody else thinks

Posted by: Unconventional Miklos at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (4RYRd)

58 Say, who has the keys to the liquor cabinet?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (iIyc0)
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*Hic*

Posted by: Hillary at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (FZ29D)

59 Life ends when you quit. Don't quit.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (viF8m)

60 So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?

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

61 Boobs!
Posted by: Bulg

Well, there's these:

It takes a lot of money to look this cheap
Dolly Parton pix c/o Bits & Pieces
https://bit.ly/dolly-pix

Michele Ann Marie Fabares (1944-2026)
Shelley Fabares pix c/o Bits & Pieces
https://bit.ly/shelley-fab

I keep getting a lot of these teasing very short shorts in my YT suggestions. Prob'ly AI, lots of them.
youtu.be/YFocKjq_4bk

Also ran across this very odd item
Size Em Up (Big Boobs Short Film 2001) (~15min)
https://youtu.be/Gm7byIrEJsQ

AAAAND… Something for the ettes
Frank James Cooper (1901-1961) c/o Bits & Pieces
https://bit.ly/james-cooper-pix

Posted by: mindful webworker - sbooby coo at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (oq2IS)

62 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBMUCVVpSsY
Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

That'll keep Bulg busy for a bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

63 Whoo-hoo!!!!

When the COBs're away, the Morons will play!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Excellent

Most Excellent

Posted by: Miklos, templing fingers at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (4RYRd)

64 That WNBA meme is completely unrealistic. She's way too pretty to be mistaken for a WNBA player.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

65 Reforger, how does your family get on with the kids?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (VPNgR)

66 Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc

That is quite a testimony to what your neighbors think of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (m6Eem)

67 Am I just a lost cause and has the internet been lying to me?

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Yes and Yes but that is fine because in any case you should never reproduce.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

68 51 Evening.
I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)

lawyer child care state laws
there are about 3000 issues here

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

69 Excellent

Most Excellent
Posted by: Miklos, templing fingers at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (4RYRd)
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We're watching you...

Posted by: Flock Safety at August 28, 2026 10:31 PM (FZ29D)

70 60 So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)

She somehow thought being a cum dumpster was alluring to other men?

Honey, nobody likes sloppy seconds. Or hundreds.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 10:32 PM (dEHLq)

71 Reforger,
Might be worth it to talk to an attorney.
I watched my own grandkids for a time and even for that I needed a Power of Attorney to cover unexpected travel, medical issues, and school stuff.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

72 43 Monocacy County, Maryland? LOL. Doesn't exist. Nor does it's, uh, "Seriff's Office"...
Posted by: Stu-22

But there was a Monocacy in Frederick County MD. The town is gone; the river remains.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 10:35 PM (rii+a)

73 Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit
The former NBA first-round pick said he was there to 'scout some of the competition' and support the league

take the L

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:35 PM (/+uur)

74 Diogenes the Canada Goose has already been renamed Donald Ducks

Posted by: kelly at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (bn0S5)

75 Scary, aren't they?

pic.twitter.com/BaM9VWwIgz

— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

And it only gets worse, little dude. Govern yourself accordingly.

Posted by: That poor little boy at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (TbWk/)

76 We're watching you...
Posted by: Flock Safety

Quite amusing

Amusing indeed

Posted by: Flock, a secret subsidiary of GlobalMiklosCorp at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (4RYRd)

77
Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

78
Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)
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Making a prayer for peace in your house. Holy moly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

79 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
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Instant billionaire.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)

80 >>Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Lots.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m)

81 Posted by: mindful webworker - sbooby coo at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (oq2IS)

Thanks, mww. Gary Copper was a good looking man and a fine actor and sounds like he was a nice guy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (JrHfD)

82 Transgender Canadian golfer sends a blunt message to critics as victories over women pile up

The best women golfers are men.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)

83
If she could somehow monetize all the lust energy directed at those videos, she'd be a trillionaire. Hell, she'd make Elon look like a pauper.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

84 77
Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Is she vending her panties in Japan?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (VPNgR)

85 Diogenes the Canada Goose has already been renamed Donald Ducks
Posted by: kelly at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (bn0S5)

*stamps foot*
Why am I always the last to hear this stuff???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

86 I don't think Dolly cares if I honor her or not. She was a kind, generous woman, so I hope I honor her appreciating her talent and by loving the Lord in a perhaps smaller way than she evidently did…
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
💟
C/o chrissy on PoliNation
Zach Williams, Dolly Parton - There Was Jesus
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY

Posted by: mindful webworker - even when I didn't know it at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (oq2IS)

87 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

*tries to invest in Japanese vending machines*

Posted by: Miklos might be late to the party at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (4RYRd)

88
Andrew McCarthy's eclipse shot from last night:

https://t.ly/aHnam

That's a 30 photo stack. He had cameras set up at several locations across the country as insurance against weather and clouds.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

89 I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Reforger

I'd never presume to tell you what to do BUT: We took care of a little one (not our kin) for three years until things settled at home. He was a joy and a gift to us and all that met him. We love that little shit to the moon and back. However, we also had two temporarily that were so damaged by their 'parents' that they are, and will continue to be, a real problem for themselves, caregivers and future prison guards. Good luck - I mean it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:41 PM (zi7oe)

90 Posted by: mindful webworker - even when I didn't know it at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (oq2IS

Thanks. Yes, I saw that earlier today. It is lovely .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:41 PM (JrHfD)

91 The best women golfers are men.

Posted by: r hennigantx
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Read that 4 Women's Championships have been won by men.
Canadian men.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:42 PM (VPNgR)

92 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself

Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

WHY WOULD YOU TELL US THIS?!

Posted by: pookysgirl knows better at August 28, 2026 10:42 PM (Wt5PA)

93 Reforger

Prayers for you and your wife. And for those little
Kiddos.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (qNSKv)

94 This might be a dumb question. But the ice dam or glacier in Tibet, didn’t geologists notice this massive amount of water building up? “This might be a problem”??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (PVUR/)

95 So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?"

And her biological clock is TICKING!

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (XuXeR)

96 Oh, received my car Registration notice in the mail today.

Those bastards want $29 to reup! Robbery!! LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:45 PM (zi7oe)

97 This might be a dumb question. But the ice dam or glacier in Tibet, didn’t geologists notice this massive amount of water building up? “This might be a problem”??
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (PVUR/)
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It could have been shook loose by a microquake.

I think that region is still tectonically very active.

No real way to predict the outcome once that happens.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:45 PM (FZ29D)

98 I'm shocked I tell you

Curious how she blames "men on the internet." My dear sweet used-up blown-out ran-through cumdumpster, it's the sisterhood that's been lying to you all these years. The more representative groups of men on the internet do not find whores, current or former, do be suitable wifey/LTR material, no matter what the slatterns cheering you on with their synchronized chants of "YASSS SLAY KWEEN" have been telling you. The ones saying your past and body count shouldn't matter and you're entitled to a billionaire Prince Charming are your fellow whores, whether paid or unpaid.

Posted by: This and dead kids are what feminism hath wrought at August 28, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

99
The usual suspects are blaming Globull Warmuning for the Nepal glacier collapse. Of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)

100 I want to know where WD got the video of DOOF after drinking!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 28, 2026 10:48 PM (NnhvP)

101 99
The usual suspects are blaming Globull Warmuning for the Nepal glacier collapse. Of course.
Posted by: publius,

Glaciers never melted until #BADORANGEMAN!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 10:48 PM (rii+a)

102
They're still working out exactly what happened with that thing. Right now, they think a YUGE chunk of glacier just broke off. A 2000' wide chunk of glacier broke loose and plummeted 4000' down the side of the mountain.

The ice melted from all that energy release, picked up all sorts of debris, then blocked and mixed with the rivers.

Biblical level flood and landslide event at a local level there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

103
So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?"

And her biological clock is TICKING!
Posted by: man

She should get with AOC and make an omelette.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 10:50 PM (Cqx++)

104 Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

WHY WOULD YOU TELL US THIS?!

Posted by: pookysgirl knows better
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Mothers know stuff like this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:50 PM (VPNgR)

105 81 Posted by: mindful webworker - sbooby coo at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (oq2IS)

Thanks, mww. Gary Copper was a good looking man and a fine actor and sounds like he was a nice guy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (JrHfD)

Copper was a good actor. You could say he brought a shine to the camera.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

106 The ones saying your past and body count shouldn't matter and you're entitled to a billionaire Prince Charming are your fellow whores, whether paid or unpaid.

Posted by: This and dead kids are what feminism hath wrought

He lied about the billion, the royal bastard

Posted by: Duchess of Megan at August 28, 2026 10:51 PM (4RYRd)

107 I can hear a marching band but the closest stadium is 7.5 miles away. Weird, I've never heard it before. They had a 2 hour game delay because of lightning so I know that is where it's coming from. Seems really far to hear a band from. It's Texas so
Friday night lights!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

108 I'm still at work right now.
I wouldn't doubt if those kids are telling their keepers that they want to live with us. They are friends with my grands and love it at our house.
I don't know what to do. Half of me is all yeah let's do it and the other half is thinking they'ld probably kill us eventually.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (jJAdc)

109 Copper was a good actor. You could say he brought a shine to the camera.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

Ron Silver had an unfairly tarnished reputation.

Posted by: Lead actors at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/)

110 Needs more music.

https://tinyurl.com/yah79xfe

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)

111 I save myself a lot of aggravation by avoiding videos of left wing people doing "true confessions" on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (xSAlF)

112 I enjoyed the ONT. Thank you.

Perhaps the sex worker should not be so open. Read that however you want.

I felt bad laughing at the drunk guy set to music. I also feel bad (no you don't) that you and your brothers and cousins used to sit on a curb (forbidden to cross street) at your grandmother's. We watched The Little Red Schoolhouse for children weekly, back then labeled retarded, and returned to grandmother's and acted the same characters in a playhouse. I know I need to confess this next time to the priest, altho I wasn't Catholic yet so maybe that does not count.

Kids: there is a differece in girls and boys we are finding out. Yesterday our girl was an emotional mess over weird stuff after her first full week of kindergarten. Tired vs psychotic. (My husband decided she might be a serial killer when she was 5mo old and bald because she would stare you down.) Now he's sure of it.

They finished a game of monopoly while I put the baby to bed. Time to clean up & she kicked the money around and started kicking her big bro til Pop yelled at her for the first time. She wept. She's normally good but crazy. They are good kids for one to be a budding serial killer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 10:55 PM (hzuYO)

113 102
They're still working out exactly what happened with that thing. Right now, they think a YUGE chunk of glacier just broke off. A 2000' wide chunk of glacier broke loose and plummeted 4000' down the side of the mountain.
----
There's before and after clip on chickensh*t X of an area that was hit. Trees almost forest surrounding what looked like a factory and adjacent buildings, thousands of sq. ft. All wiped out.

The forest and populated area looked like mud slate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

114 Reforger, if you know the kids and know what you'd be getting into... might be worth it so long as they do sign over power of attorney and all the other appropriate stuff for healthcare and school pickups and so forth.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:57 PM (aJQbY)

115 PS
I totally agree with the skeltor guy with the sign about women weeping and recording themselves. It annoys me.

I only cry about every 5-7 yrs and would never record it as oh hell no! Why do they do this? It baffles me.

I only watch to see how they manage snot with nose rings. I have no pity for whatever they are wailing about.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

116 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

New or used? (Uh, asking for a friend . . .)

Posted by: a.moron at August 28, 2026 10:57 PM (X5Jzz)

117 They are good kids for one to be a budding serial killer.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I think you can start them in Pop Warner Murder League at 4

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (4RYRd)

118 Sitting on the porch, waiting for the rain to come.

Wee Pooky tried to kick Lil Pooky off my lap today. Those two are going to make Jacob and Esau look like amateurs.

Posted by: pookysgirl advises investing in Bandaids at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (Wt5PA)

119 It could have been shook loose by a microquake.
I think that region is still tectonically very active
——-

Well right, but that’s my point. It had to be something they were looking at. Potentially.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (PVUR/)

120 111 I save myself a lot of aggravation by avoiding videos of left wing people doing "true confessions" on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Yep, there's enough crazy without supporting it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (VPNgR)

121 Totie Fields had a line of lingerie. It was mildly successful.

Posted by: Peek-a-Boo at August 28, 2026 10:59 PM (JM9I6)

122
This is just a "little" local scale version of what happened during Missoula and Bonneville Floods at the end of the last ice age and through the dreaded Younger Dryas.

Every culture in the world has some sort of "Flood myth", and that's from our ancient ancestors who witnessed that on a global scale.

The Younger Dryas was the Erf doing a Big Reset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:01 PM (w6EFb)

123 Lol, level 4. Although I dont think the feds are interested in me at all, I dont have interest in optics and prefer stock versions of classic firearms

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 28, 2026 11:02 PM (EcQV6)

124 107 I can hear a marching band but the closest stadium is 7.5 miles away. Weird, I've never heard it before. They had a 2 hour game delay because of lightning so I know that is where it's coming from. Seems really far to hear a band from. It's Texas so
Friday night lights!
Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV
A high school marching band competion at halftime is a thousand times better than any superbowl halftime in the past thirty years.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 11:03 PM (LHPAg)

125 Back in my day, emotionally distraught young women would just get a bottle of Boone's Farm and work through it.

Posted by: Miklos would alos offer beverage therapy on occasion at August 28, 2026 11:03 PM (4RYRd)

126

A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.

The ruling comes just before the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

This week, the trial date for Mohammed and three others accused plotters was set for June 5, 2028, at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 11:04 PM (Cqx++)

127
There's some CCTV videos of this thing that have been posted of this. It's hard to take. You see dozens to hundreds of people running for their lives and then the wall of water and debris just consumes them all.

I boggle at what the *sound* of that coming would've been like. Sheer terror in their last moments of life.

And then there are videos of them pulling survivors out of the mud. They're covered in mud, and all of them have that blank thousand-yard stare.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)

128 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.

Posted by: Bert G at August 28, 2026 11:07 PM (VARTN)

129 I will honor Tim Curry by both getting a Clue...

and dressing like a Pirate.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 11:08 PM (mP0Kj)

130 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to figure out how much the circles on a Venn diagram would overlap between people who support Lindsay Clancy and those who wear Handmaid's Tale costumes to political rallies.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 28, 2026 11:08 PM (O9Gow)

131 tankdemon,

Probably a perfect overlap.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (aJQbY)

132 Boobed starlets like Sweeney should just market their undies to guys, then retire with the resultant fortune to some undisclosed island.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (77rzZ)

133 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.
Posted by: Bert G

Daddy!

Posted by: soon to be US citizen Throngpat at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (4RYRd)

134 The one video I saw of the Chinese border post area being consumed was the most spectacular nature scene I've ever seen. Looked like a mediocre CGI movie effect, but it was all real.

Catastrophic geologic and weather events are how the Earth's surface has been shaped for ..... 100s of millions of years.

It's a (redundant) measure of how collapsed science is, and how scientifically illiterate and just practically dumb the world's populace is, that "human influence" on "climate" is treated as anything more than a marginal and implausible hypothesis.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 28, 2026 11:10 PM (U/Byj)

135 128 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.
Posted by: Bert G at August 28, 2026 11:07 PM (VARTN
You just triggered a dozen or so flashbacks

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 11:10 PM (LHPAg)

136
They were thinking it was an earthquake that triggered it. But the latest from the USGS looking at the seismic data is the first even was that glacier breaking loose, and no triggering earthquake.

"Tectonic uplift" was probably a big factor. The mountains are sort of still being pushed up slowly, and the chunk of glacier just reached the breaking point.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

137 rhomboid,

yep. George Carlin had that part right.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

138 publius,

Gravity has it in for all of us, honestly....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:12 PM (aJQbY)

139 There's some CCTV videos of this thing that have been posted of this. It's hard to take. You see dozens to hundreds of people running for their lives and then the wall of water and debris just consumes them all.

----------

I went down that valley about 10 years ago on a trip from the Tibetan border to Kathmandu. I recognized locations in some of the footage. It's mind-boggling.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 11:12 PM (4Je4D)

140 News item: “U.S. military confirmed what many long suspected: Iran never successfully deployed mines into the Strait and in fact were so incompetent the U.S. found fewer than 5 active mines in the entire region.”

There were however about 200 “suspicious objects”. Many of them were just plastic bags full of trash that the Iranians dumped to fake everyone out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 11:12 PM (GWwCk)

141 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

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

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

Nice. Seems like just a matter of time before she does porn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 11:13 PM (S41Gd)

142 Little sister

https://tinyurl.com/f6xzh4h9

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:14 PM (viF8m)

143 Kid fails

So they only have children for the entertainment value?

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 11:14 PM (oq9dX)

144 There's another ship heading to Thailand after being at sea for over 250 days....

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 11:14 PM (VCgbV)

145 Many of them were just plastic bags full of trash that the Iranians dumped to fake everyone out.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Hell, we been doing that around here for years

Posted by: Miklos, Lot 287A Trailer Acres at August 28, 2026 11:15 PM (4RYRd)

146 >> Gravity has it in for all of us, honestly....

Gravity is the weakest of all the four fundamental forces, but it always wins in the end. On all scales, basically.

The other three, while much stronger, can be both attractive and repulse and have positive and negative source "charges" that cancel out.

Gravity on the other hand is always attractive, and the "charge" is mass, which is always positive and always attractive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

147 Tectonic uplift" was probably a big factor. The mountains are sort of still being pushed up slowly, and the chunk of glacier just reached the breaking point.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

I’ve noticed a dissonance between reports; some say that a glacier collapsed, others say it was a large rock face which supported part of the glacier that collapsed and brought that part of the glacier down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 11:17 PM (GWwCk)

148 That evil Clancy woman had better be found guilty. I have read a bit about her premeditation, but not the horror of what she did to those poor babies.

She looks mean, which would be all I'd need for a guilty verdict. Or if the person was ugly. Because I am fair.

Her profile reminds me of a bird of prey. A buzzard.

There is something very wrong with the women who support her (I know they are pro-abortion just by looking at them).

It would be a much better world if I was in charge.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 11:17 PM (hzuYO)

149 Miklos!

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 11:18 PM (77rzZ)

150 Good YT channels to watch--

tensione - nicely dramatic film music.

pelodelperro - obscure classical music, mostly avant-garde.

What could it hurt, right?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 28, 2026 11:18 PM (CHHv1)

151 Wee Pooky tried to kick Lil Pooky off my lap today. Those two are going to make Jacob and Esau look like amateurs.
Posted by: pookysgirl

I see Clot buster and no needle stitch kits in your future.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 28, 2026 11:20 PM (NnhvP)

152 We want Presdent Obama back as Presdent because Trump is hurting peeple.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 28, 2026 11:21 PM (2lg3V)

153 144 There's another ship heading to Thailand after being at sea for over 250 days....
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Those girls are going to be rich. Hope they spend their money wisely.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:23 PM (VPNgR)

154 girls? In Thailand?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:23 PM (aJQbY)

155 Boobed starlets like Sweeney should just market their undies to guys, then retire with the resultant fortune to some undisclosed island.
Posted by: Bulg
.....

Where do I sign up? Hope she sells them all before we get to the island.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 11:25 PM (oq9dX)

156 Those girls are going to be rich. Hope they spend their money wisely.

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Girls and probably a few very cute Thai guys in tight dresses.

250 days, you know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 11:25 PM (4Je4D)

157 154 girls? In Thailand?

Posted by: RandomDave
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Don't tell the sailors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:25 PM (VPNgR)

158 Mary, you sound remarkably sober this evening.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)

159 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.
Posted by: Bert G

When asked I would tell people I drank because of how you were treated, vs. drugs where you went to captains mast, became a guest at the Marine brig, and the started over as an E1 deck ape.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 28, 2026 11:27 PM (NnhvP)

160 Lucky Dube

Murder is home.

https://tinyurl.com/22j9kpuz

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)

161 A psychiatrist who testified against Lindsay Clancy at her murder trial resigned from his hospital job hours after taking the stand.
...
..
Mack - repeatedly clashed with defense attorney Kevin Reddington when he returned for cross-examination via Zoom on Monday.

That same day, Mack, 54, resigned from his role as a psychiatrist at Nemours Children's Health in Delaware.

'Dr Avram Mack is no longer employed by Nemours Children's Health. He resigned on Monday, August 24,' a hospital spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
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Speculating - Nemours Children's Health fired him because he didn't tow the DSI line. Is Nemours a chop shop?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:30 PM (VPNgR)

162 Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit
The former NBA first-round pick said he was there to 'scout some of the competition' and support the league

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (VPNgR)

163 > There is something very wrong with the women who support her (I know they are pro-abortion just by looking at them).

It would be a much better world if I was in charge.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 11:17 PM (hzuYO)

I've been dating (I guess you'd call it) a bit since I moved into this senior apartment complex.

I'm going to start casually bringing this up in conversation.

Pro-Clancy = not happening.

Not that reproduction is an issue at my stage of life, but character still matters.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (IG3/x)

164 Braenyard,

He and Ennis are having so much fun with this

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (aJQbY)

165 "Boston was very much 70s.
It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band."

And Blue Oyster Cult, another quintessential 70s band, was the opposite. Terrible (well, not *terrible*) in the studio but absolutely the pinnacle of live rock music.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (Fv808)

166 Rodrigo,

If nothing else, who is it safe to turn your back on?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:32 PM (aJQbY)

167 >> "human influence" on "climate" is treated as anything more than a marginal and implausible hypothesis.

All you have to look at is the dreaded Younger Dryas. Now that was climate change. Big Time. 70 - 80% of North American megafauna were wiped out. That was the mammoths, elephants, dire wolves, giant beavers, saber tooth tigers, lions, etc, etc. All wiped out in a geological instant.

And obviously humans had fuck all to do with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb)

168 When Royce White was asked by OutKick why he was there,
White said, "All hail Queen Roysha, the queen has arrived,
it's great to be here... I'm here because Black trans lesbians
matter, and we've always mattered, we've always existed...
I'm here to participate and scout some of the competition
maybe as well."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

169 > If nothing else, who is it safe to turn your back on?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:32 PM (aJQbY)

Right. And what if it got serious? Would you want a pro-Clancy woman to be making the decision as to whether to pull your plug?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 11:34 PM (IG3/x)

170
My fascination with the Younger Dryas of late led me to read on the "uniformitarianism/gradualism" vs catastrophism debate in the early days of geology. Very heated it got (read the story of J. Harlen Bretz).

Now, I think the true picture is both. We have long periods of boring gradualism punctuated by short periods of pure terror.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

171 I'm here because Black trans lesbians
matter, and we've always mattered, we've always existed...

Yaas kween slay!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:36 PM (aJQbY)

172 Something I did not know:

The part of Baby Moses in the Cecil B. DeMille "Ten Commandments" was played by Charlton Heston's real-life son.

DeMille knew Heston's wife was pregnant. When she gave birth he sent her a telegram stating "Congratulations! He's got the part."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 11:38 PM (IG3/x)

173 You can never not hear the cowbell in Don't Fear The Reaper, now.

Thanks SNL.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 28, 2026 11:38 PM (XV/Pl)

174
Rodrigo,

Cool story

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 11:39 PM (/QHx4)

175
In 1979, they awarded J. Harlen the Penrose Medal, the highest honor in geology. He was 96, and died soon after in 1981.

He was totally vindicated and honored. He remarked at the time that all his old enemies were dead, and he had no one to gloat over. His enemies back in the day tried to absolutely destroy him. It amazes me how mean people can get with this stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

176 Gravity on the other hand is always attractive, and the "charge" is mass, which is always positive and always attractive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I reckon that explains Darleen

Posted by: Miklos has been Jethro Bodine puzzling on that at August 28, 2026 11:41 PM (4RYRd)

177 18 I’ll bet any amount of money that somewhere at the State Department, there is now a wall filled with dozens of those un-official photographs of Secretary Rubio. Suitably framed, naturally.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (PVUR/)

Maybe! IIRC, the Cabinet gave Marco a framed collage of Rubio Realizes memes, signed by everyone incl. Trump.

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 11:42 PM (ke3zm)

178 >>And Blue Oyster Cult, another quintessential 70s band, was the opposite. Terrible (well, not *terrible*) in the studio but absolutely the pinnacle of live rock music.

Golden retriever head tilt.

Means no.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:43 PM (viF8m)

179
SciVo,

Yep they did, lol.

I love the memes

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 11:44 PM (/QHx4)

180 131 tankdemon,

Probably a perfect overlap.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (aJQbY)

That's the conclusion I arrived at.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 28, 2026 11:44 PM (O9Gow)

181 Miklos!
Posted by: Bulg

Is that a Bulg in your nic or just happy to see anything that moves after 250 days on that ship?

Posted by: Miklos has Business Interests in the Kingdom of Thailand at August 28, 2026 11:45 PM (4RYRd)

182 And obviously humans had fuck all to do with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb

Some live to say “oh the paleo Indians did it” without noticing that humans have been hunting the megafauna in Africa for who knows how many thousands of years, and never wiped them out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 11:45 PM (GWwCk)

183 hmmm, thinking a Dead head would like Blue Oyster Cult?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:46 PM (VPNgR)

184 165: "Boston was very much 70s.
It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band."

I saw Boston live in the mid 90s. They were great live. 20 years later, I guess they figured it out.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 11:46 PM (rii+a)

185 I’m telling you. Don’t misunderstand, I’m sure he is well respected and appreciated, due honorifics are always employed and the rest of it.

But those pics are hilarious, and I’m sure he doesn’t take himself too seriously, which is what makes for a good leader.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:47 PM (PVUR/)

186 41 minutes left until vacation.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 11:49 PM (jJAdc)

187 His uniform # should be 10 not 0.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:49 PM (VPNgR)

188 26 Dave, a difficult thing I found sometimes with interviews, when someone really needs a job, it has an odor so to speak, and they can smell it. Desperation. Make sure to cut through that and exude genuine confidence. They can smell that too.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (PVUR/)

Genuine is the key. Creating actual value.

One option is gig work. I don't just mean driving for Uber or DoorDash; a younger cousin of mine showed me Fiverr, for even things like helping a small business with its data, like converting an Excel spreadsheet to a proper database, or generating useful reports.

Another is volunteer work, which I sometimes do when I'm between jobs. I used to prefer hospitals, though now I would steer away from that for post-covid clotshot tyranny. My other go-to was a food bank. There are lots of things. If you play your cards right, you could maybe even parlay it into starting your own grifter NGO for generational wealth!

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 11:50 PM (ke3zm)

189 >>hmmm, thinking a Dead head would like Blue Oyster Cult?

Do. There was never a better a live band than the dead. They literally defined the genre.

https://tinyurl.com/3594k65t

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)

190 Greetings Everyone!

Planning on being home Tuesday. It's been a long, strange trip....looking forward to being home.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 28, 2026 11:50 PM (OPxR2)

191 Doesn't exist. Nor does it's, uh, "Seriff's Office"...
Posted by: Stu-22

That would be the "sans-Seriff's Office"

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 28, 2026 11:51 PM (Fv808)

192 A leader who can laugh at himself, not just his own jokes, is a treasure.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:51 PM (aJQbY)

193 If nothing else, who is it safe to turn your back on?
Posted by: RandomDave

What they do?
They smile in your face
All the time, they want to take your place

Posted by: Miklos quotes the O'Jays at August 28, 2026 11:52 PM (4RYRd)

194 The FDA now reports 11,458 illnesses across 20 states,
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Know what the article doesn't tell you?
Yeah.
Which states.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

195
His enemies back in the day tried to absolutely destroy him. It amazes me how mean people can get with this stuff.

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: COVID at August 28, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

196 SciVo - writing that one down. Gig IT work might make the balance if I end up with a 'doesn't quite cover the bills' job. Heck, I'll look it up now and try getting set up over the weekend...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:53 PM (aJQbY)

197 A leader who can laugh at himself, not just his own jokes, is a treasure.
Posted by: RandomDave

Spare this one

For now

Posted by: Mostly Benevolent Dictator Papa Miklos Doc at August 28, 2026 11:54 PM (4RYRd)

198
The whole Sweeney ad thing is problematic. Might have to watch again to solve.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 11:54 PM (Y8DZL)

199
The idea the Clovis or whoever wiped out those species out via overhunting is just ridiculous. Not just one species, but dozens? That aligns with the "humans are bad for the planet" narrative the lunatics are pushing now.

Interesting thing is Africa seems to have fared the Younger Dryas event the best of all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

200 publius,

Well, that's when wakanda got the vibranium, y'know?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:56 PM (aJQbY)

201 Boston, the band, their history is a give away. Of all the albums and singles, one (1), one is live. That's a tell.

OK, lead guitar, take #106, and 2,3,4.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:56 PM (VPNgR)

202
And there were a few cowards in the J. Harlen story as well. Other geologists had evidence he was right, or at least on to something pretty good, but they didn't come forward for fear of the "elders" at the time. They just sat on their hands.

This is were the old quote that "science advances one funeral at a time" comes from.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)

203 41 minutes left until vacation.
Posted by: Reforger

'Hey Ref...um...I'm gonna need you to come in...."

Posted by: Regional Assistant Manager Miklos at August 28, 2026 11:57 PM (4RYRd)

204 I'm expecting it Miklos.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 11:58 PM (jJAdc)

205 Interesting thing is Africa seems to have fared the Younger Dryas event the best of all.

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There's a theory there. The tasty animals in Africa evolved along with the ape-men and natural selection ensured that the animals who were wily enough to stay off the menu were the ones that produced the most offspring. Sort of a long-running arms race where parity was more or less maintained.

In the New World the spear-carriers showed up all at once, and the animals didn't have time to adjust. So they just stood around and got massacred.

This is something I read on the internet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:00 AM (4Je4D)

206 Ref, if you could come in tomorrow around 9, that would be great, mmkay? And I'm gonna need you to come in on Sunday, too.

Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at August 29, 2026 12:01 AM (aJQbY)

207 The Dead were a bunch of good players who (get that Tony?) had a lot of fun and made a lot of money dicking around.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:02 AM (VPNgR)

208 Maybe I saw that in a Gary Larson cartoon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:03 AM (4Je4D)

209 OK.... this is just funny...

Milo Y overstayed his Visa, and has been arrested by ICE.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2026 12:04 AM (mP0Kj)

210 Off, jerkwad sock!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 12:04 AM (aJQbY)

211 I think it was a very small number of mines found, only half of them properly emplaced (think Don said this himself today).

No shocker. We're not dealing with an elite military here.

As Rabin said to our small group, when asked to explain Israel's history of military successes: "first, you must consider our enemies".

Even better are very credible reports of US hydrologic engineering, removing natural features to create/improve a channel near the Omani coast. The only real comprehensive/permanent solution here is end of the pernicious regime, but systematically weakening or destroying their points of leverage is a beautiful process.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 29, 2026 12:05 AM (U/Byj)

212 209 OK.... this is just funny...

Milo Y overstayed his Visa, and has been arrested by ICE.
Posted by: Romeo13

I forgot about that guy. I guess his 15 minutes is up.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 12:08 AM (rii+a)

213 >>Boston, the band, their history is a give away. Of all the albums and singles, one (1), one is live. That's a tell.

Some bands are born in a studio. Some before a live audience. Boston was the former.

Doesn't matter. Like what you like.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)

214 Maybe I saw that in a Gary Larson cartoon.
Posted by: Cicero

I liked the one with the cows

Posted by: Unspecified Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:08 AM (4RYRd)

215 "Sex worker." There's your problem, right there. Prostitute. Hooker. Whore. Those are the unvarnished terms. The ones that convey exactly how men see things. No, stable, good providers do not want to put a ring on that, even if they're willing to pay for it. They'll rent it. But they don't want to rent to own. This shouldn't be hard. But we've decided to adopt language designed to avoid the truth, and fools believe the new dictionary.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 29, 2026 12:09 AM (1T1MZ)

216 Sweating was a pretty fortunate evolutionary happenstance for humans. That's how we win. We're pack endurance hunters and we dissipate heat at unusual levels that let us force our prey into heat exhaustion before we moved for the kill.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 29, 2026 12:09 AM (r7+Q7)

217 Okay, since we're talking live albums, why are all the songs from Cheap Trick that I hear on the radio clearly from live performances? Did they just never record studio albums?

Posted by: pookysgirl wants to know at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (Wt5PA)

218 Doesn't matter. Like what you like.

Posted by: JackStraw
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True, very true.

But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (VPNgR)

219 Some live to say “oh the paleo Indians did it” without noticing that humans have been hunting the megafauna in Africa for who knows how many thousands of years, and never wiped them out.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:
https://shorturl.at/IkgsE

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L)

220 Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:
https://shorturl.at/IkgsE
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Facebook?

You must be OLD

Posted by: Moderately Youthful Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:14 AM (4RYRd)

221 >> Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:

Facebook is cleverly hiding the bottom with the caption, demanding you sign up. So what was the punch line with that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

222 Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:
https://shorturl.at/IkgsE
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
---
Crappy link. Better:
https://shorturl.at/2Xm27

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:16 AM (XeU6L)

223 Doesn't matter. Like what you like.

Posted by: JackStraw

For me, it's easier and more convenient to not like things.

Posted by: Moderately Curmudgeonly Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:16 AM (4RYRd)

224 >>But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

Me too. But I've always loved live music.

You can't do this in a studio.

https://tinyurl.com/rmua2bes

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 12:17 AM (viF8m)

225 >> Crappy link. Better:

Much better.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:17 AM (w6EFb)

226 But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (VPNgR)

Its amazing how some bands can sound amazing on an album but they'll be a complete bag of ass live.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2026 12:19 AM (S41Gd)

227 224 >>But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

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Consider those bands who couldn't play their own songs because the studio tracks were done by rented studio musicians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:19 AM (4Je4D)

228 216 Sweating was a pretty fortunate evolutionary happenstance for humans. That's how we win. We're pack endurance hunters and we dissipate heat at unusual levels that let us force our prey into heat exhaustion before we moved for the kill.

Posted by: Bilwis -

Never heard that. Very interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:20 AM (VPNgR)

229 "Me and my Arrow / Straighter than narrow / Wherever we go / Everyone knows / It's me and my Arrow"

Posted by: Harry Miklos-Nilsson at August 29, 2026 12:20 AM (4RYRd)

230 Posted by: Bilwis -

Never heard that. Very interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard

That's why divorcee Cougars head for Cancun at Spring Break

Posted by: Miklos has heard stories at August 29, 2026 12:22 AM (4RYRd)

231 ---------

Consider those bands who couldn't play their own songs because the studio tracks were done by rented studio musicians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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An adulteration and abomination. Shame upon them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:22 AM (VPNgR)

232 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

Will she make more money from the lingerie or the posters of her wearing it, that ends up in boys bedrooms?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2026 12:23 AM (qx7Zg)

233 >>Flock Cameras

Years ago, when I worked for a telecommunications company, I was on a project team for wiretapping compliance in each service country. The team lead made up shirts with this on them:
“[project name]
We listen to our customers”

Heh

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 12:24 AM (X8xt3)

234 Will she make more money from the lingerie or the posters of her wearing it, that ends up in boys bedrooms?

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Or prison cells.

Posted by: Andy Dufresne at August 29, 2026 12:25 AM (4Je4D)

235 For me, it's easier and more convenient to not like things.

Posted by: Moderately Curmudgeonly Miklos
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I've followed your links. Really, is there anything you don't like?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:25 AM (VPNgR)

236 The team lead made up shirts with this on them:
“[project name]
We listen to our customers”

The logo was pretty cool too

Posted by: Bob from Flock, formerly NSA at August 29, 2026 12:26 AM (4RYRd)

237 Logging off time. Putting the blog to bed (for me, anyway). It's sad. Like the closing theme on Pee Wee's Playhouse.🥹

Someone posted a link to Dolly and a couple of gals singing a Dylan classic.
https://youtu.be/Gc6abzNVmEE
Alas, it wasn't miked very well.

So I looked up Dylan's original. Pretty good song, really.
https://youtu.be/1iHhWh9FtsQ

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't blink twice at August 29, 2026 12:27 AM (oq2IS)

238 We have long periods of boring gradualism punctuated by short periods of pure terror.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Baseball

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 12:27 AM (Fv808)

239 I've followed your links. Really, is there anything you don't like?

Posted by: Braenyard -

Rutabagas

Posted by: Adamant Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:27 AM (4RYRd)

240 hmmm, thinking a Dead head would like Blue Oyster Cult?
Posted by: Braenyard

This is BOC jamming backstage in 1975. Play from :15 and close your eyes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0A-8pbCmCw

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 12:30 AM (Fv808)

241
Are rutabagas and turnips kinda the same?

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 12:30 AM (/QHx4)

242 That's why divorcee Cougars head for Cancun at Spring Break

Posted by: Miklos has heard stories
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJ1OTrkim4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:31 AM (VPNgR)

243 Are rutabagas and turnips kinda the same?

Posted by: four seasons

Perhaps

I am taking no chances

Posted by: Rutabaga Risk Averse Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:33 AM (4RYRd)

244 Lizzy - oh, that's wonderfully horrible!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 12:33 AM (aJQbY)

245 201 Boston, the band, their history is a give away. Of all the albums and singles, one (1), one is live. That's a tell.

OK, lead guitar, take #106, and 2,3,4.

They really weren't ever a band. One guy in his basement, multi tracking and eventually bringing in a drummer and a singer. The "band" only existed to do concerts which never happened until the first album became a big hit the year after it was released

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 29, 2026 12:33 AM (3/XaG)

246
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)

247 Consider those bands who couldn't play their own songs because the studio tracks were done by rented studio musicians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:19 AM (4Je4D)

Thats a big piss off to me. There was a song from a metal band I really liked, so I decided to learn it. The lead was intense, very fast and required serious dexterity. I took me a few days to get the nuts and bolts of it, which for me is a long time, but it was that kind of lead, but I got it. I see the band live and they play the song. I said oh boy here's the lead...and it sounds frigging horrible. Not even close, not in the same league, not even in the same universe. I mentioned it to somebody and he tells me, well that dude didn't play the lead on the album. It turns out another guitar player from a different band stepped in to do it. That pissed me off. I wanted to see how he did it, and it wasn't even him. Fucker...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2026 12:34 AM (S41Gd)

248 Will she make more money from the lingerie or the posters of her wearing it, that ends up in boys bedrooms?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2026 12:23 AM (qx7Zg)

Not just boys!

Posted by: A Bevey of Bulldykes at August 29, 2026 12:35 AM (SaqCM)

249 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJ1OTrkim4

Posted by: Braenyard -

Lana Turner was just a nice Carolina country girl

Posted by: Miklos concedes the need for Exceptions at August 29, 2026 12:35 AM (4RYRd)

250
205 Interesting thing is Africa seems to have fared the Younger Dryas event the best of all.”

Younger Dryas was a northern hemisphere event , wasn’t it?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 12:37 AM (GWwCk)

251 What was horrible is how many countries have no privacy. One demanded its own room within the site, where a government employee could sit and listen in on any call, any time/all the time.
Appreciate the 4th amendment, regardless of its weakening over time w/tech development.
Like our first amendment, not perfect, but better than anywhere else, bigly!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 12:38 AM (X8xt3)

252 Its amazing how some bands can sound amazing on an album but they'll be a complete bag of ass live.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Not up to speed. Need retakes and separate tracts for everyone, one at a time. They aren't rely a band as we think of one.
If you can't perform in front of an audience what are you?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:38 AM (VPNgR)

253 Braenyard - an introvert?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 12:40 AM (aJQbY)

254 Probably going to hate it. Buddy might have liked it.

https://tinyurl.com/2vb724py

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)

255 Okay, since we're talking live albums, why are all the songs from Cheap Trick that I hear on the radio clearly from live performances?
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A great many commercial “Live” performance recordings really are not, they dub in the audience noises to studio recordings. Or at best do a lot of overdubs and backing tracks later, in the studio. It’s tricky to get good live performances, there aren’t any do-overs and the quality of the recording itself isn’t that great sometimes.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 12:44 AM (PVUR/)

256
"Me and my Arrow / Straighter than narrow / Wherever we go / Everyone knows / It's me and my Arrow"
Posted by: Harry Miklos-Nilsson

I get the point.

Posted by: COVID at August 29, 2026 12:44 AM (Cqx++)

257 They aren't rely a band as we think of one.
If you can't perform in front of an audience what are you?
——
The reverse is also true, more than once I’ve heard band members maintain they were never really able to capture their live band sound in the studio for that reason. Close, maybe, just not close enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 12:47 AM (PVUR/)

258 >> Younger Dryas was a northern hemisphere event , wasn’t it?

Mostly. The big cooling was mostly in the north. There was continued warming somewhat in Antarctica, I think, and the tropical area is more complex, with changes in the monsoon and rainfall patterns.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

259 A random bit of music earlier today caused me to contemplate more deeply the wisdom of the Ancient Greeks.

I believe it may have been Testicles who posed one of the most fundamental questions of introspection in the course of this ephemeral existence-for who can truly answer with perfect knowledge and certainty?

"Who's making love
To your Old Lady
While you are out making love"

Posted by: Miklos has been listening to WWOZ, it is true at August 29, 2026 12:52 AM (4RYRd)

260 You’ll notice that a lot of performers “dumb down” the tune when they play live. It might be in the same key, but that’s about it. Tricky or elaborate guitar parts, nah, the hell with that, they just stand there and strum.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 12:52 AM (PVUR/)

261 It’s tricky to get good live performances, there aren’t any do-overs and the quality of the recording itself isn’t that great sometimes.

Posted by: Common Tate
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Shoot the engineer and the sound man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:52 AM (VPNgR)

262 I get the point.
Posted by: COVID

Walk This Way

Posted by: Tunes to Covid to at the store at August 29, 2026 12:53 AM (4RYRd)

263 260 You’ll notice that a lot of performers “dumb down” the tune when they play live. It might be in the same key, but that’s about it. Tricky or elaborate guitar parts, nah, the hell with that, they just stand there and strum.

Posted by: Common Tate
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I come from a different style of music where live performances are usually 'opened up' and are much more elaborative. Of course, the venues are usually smaller and more intimate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:57 AM (VPNgR)

264
And it seems to be the drop in temperatures was highly seasonal. Winters got really cold, but summers didn't change much, maybe a little warmer in some places. So, very strong seasonal pattern, which compressed the growing season.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

265 Founded by Alexander Hamilton as the first industrial city in America, Paterson, N.J.,  is now home to America’s largest Palestinian community and largest proportion of Muslim residents. Today, New Jersey’s third-largest city is effectively run by its 30,000 Muslims, some of whom say they don’t need to learn English because it’s like living “back home” in an Arab city.

Paterson holds an annual Palestinian flag-raising ceremony, during which residents chant, “Free Free Palestine!” And in 2022, it renamed a five-block stretch of Main Street “Palestine Way.”
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Well, enough of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:00 AM (VPNgR)

266 Good FCS game on ESPN. The Idaho Vandals were down to Cal-Poly 21-10 in the first half. They are now up 31-24 in the 4th Qt.

Cal-Poly? Polytechnic? Polyamory? It is California, could be the second one.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 01:00 AM (rii+a)

267 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:03 AM (ibDUx)

268 Gimme' that old time Rock and Roll

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY3F9hSVU5I

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:03 AM (VPNgR)

269
The philosophical arguments between Testicles and his wife Ovariae were epic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

270
Hi Debby! I hope you are well.

I haven't seen JQ tonight. I am hoping she is well.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:04 AM (/QHx4)

271 Paterson, N.J.,  is now home to America’s largest Palestinian community and largest proportion of Muslim residents.

Braenyard - so it's *not* Detroit/Hamtramck, etc?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 01:09 AM (aJQbY)

272 The philosophical arguments between Testicles and his wife Ovariae were epic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

The full text is lost to time, but one of their most famous Dialogues is known as "Shuduppa You Face".

Posted by: Scholarly Miklos at August 29, 2026 01:14 AM (4RYRd)

273
And there was that time Ovariae caught Testicles "debating" with that trollop Clitorides.

Ovariae threw him out, and I think that's when he first measured the earth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

274 Braenyard - so it's *not* Detroit/Hamtramck, etc?
Posted by: RandomDave

American Medinas: Turning US Cities Into ‘Beachheads’ for Islam
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, August 25, 2026:
--

Detroit is disorganized street gangs, I think.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:14 AM (VPNgR)

275 And I shall now call it an evening.

Posted by: Miklos says "it's an evening" at August 29, 2026 01:16 AM (4RYRd)

276 Detroit, Muslims are out numbered. They like to ambush. Chances are is the went up against disassociated street gangs in Detroit they would be wiped out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:17 AM (VPNgR)

277 Airplane was really a folk band singing blues.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLYMqAVZ6Q

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:21 AM (VPNgR)

278 I haven't seen JQ tonight. I am hoping she is well.

Posted by: four seasons
--

Think Friday is next door get together night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:24 AM (VPNgR)

279
Thanks Braenyard.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:26 AM (/QHx4)

280 The Cal-Poly Mustangs pull a rabbit out of a hat and beat Idaho! Ok, not yet. Still have 9 seconds to go. 38-34 Cal-Poly. Had to look up where Cal-Poly was located. West of Bakersfield, along the coast. Kind of halfway between San Francisco and LA. Idaho U is located in Moscow, Idaho.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 01:27 AM (rii+a)

281 Night Miklos.

Hi four seasons, I am good, thanks, hopefully JQ is good too, maybe she is getting some rest.

I got that stupid earworm stuck in my head and went and looked up some Plymouth Arrow information, I don't remember a ton of them on the road.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

282 Just about finished my chocolate covered almonds.
It's time to bid adieu. Enjoy the evening. 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:34 AM (VPNgR)

283
Gn Braenyard

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:35 AM (/QHx4)

284 Friday night greetings--

Neighbors at end of road had an emergency tonight-- the wife was having chest pain, ended up going to hospital in ambulance.

Please pray for Kathy!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

285
Will do JQ!

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:40 AM (/QHx4)

286 Hi, four seasons. Thanks. Kathy is a very sweet lady, and just barely 29!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

287
Just like us JQ, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:44 AM (/QHx4)

288 Lol. But I think she's not even 70 yet. Doesn't drink or smoke, is physically active and "eats healthy"...

Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

289 98 Curious how she blames "men on the internet." My dear sweet used-up blown-out ran-through cumdumpster, it's the sisterhood that's been lying to you all these years. . . .
Posted by: This and dead kids are what feminism hath wrought at August 28, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

I'm starting to lean toward questioning whether it's even nonfiction. The 'lesson' of the purported complaint is to not believe everything you read on the internet, right? I can picture a troll thinking that was cute and meta, for the story and narrator to also be lies.

My reasoning is because there's a significant minority of men that are full-blown Dark Triad, and would get a kick out of lying to keep her whoring, so they could use her and then marry someone else. But! They would also be doing it to her face. Many of her customers would be in that camp, so if she even existed, then she should've known them well enough to disbelieve them.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 01:47 AM (ke3zm)

290
Most of the shit on the internet is just made up shit. I ignore it.

So many people want to be victims.

Hey, maybe someone will start a go fund me.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:51 AM (/QHx4)

291 E-thot story is clickbait, imo. Bleh.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

292
Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:51 AM (/QHx4)

293 Hi JQ, prayers up for Kathy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:52 AM (ibDUx)

294 I got that stupid earworm stuck in my head and went and looked up some Plymouth Arrow information, I don't remember a ton of them on the road.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

Slayer's Angel of death will remove all ear worms, trust me. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2026 01:54 AM (S41Gd)

295 Hi, Debby.

How's your brother?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

296 And how are YOU Debby?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

297 280 Had to look up where Cal-Poly was located. West of Bakersfield, along the coast. Kind of halfway between San Francisco and LA. Idaho U is located in Moscow, Idaho.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 01:27 AM (rii+a)

There are two Cal-Polys. Cal-Poly SLO in San Luis Obispo, on the central coast, and Cal-Poly Pomona located east of Los Angeles.

Poly = Polytechnic. Mainly science and engineering. I believe SLO also has a fairly large Agricultural program.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 01:58 AM (OPxR2)

298 Re: clickbait ho--

Doesn't everyone discuss their sordid past and body-count on a first or second date?

/s

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

299
Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 02:04 AM (/QHx4)

300 Currently working X/Twitter viewers, as of tonight.

Courtesy Grok (the irony):

softwe dot com (blocked by my provider, Spectrum)

carryfeed dot com (verified, it works. click "open file" to view the video. I used the Fido Friday tweet ONT WTF tweet above. Does not work with Brave shields up.)

tweetviewer dot com (verified, same tweet, it just works, and plays the video just fine, works with Brave shields up)

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2026 02:09 AM (IhL8c)

301 Evening, ONT Horde, and WD, if you are still awake. Home from car club meet in Calgary at the crack of midnight. Faint aurora visible tonight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:10 AM (1z8ji)

302 JQ, he is fine, I got home about 8:30 this morning, he had to wait around for a cat scan because he hit his head. I have a feeling that he is going to become a frequent flyer at the ER, lots of falls recently. He really can't walk but he keeps trying to anyway. C'est la vie.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (ibDUx)

303 I believe SLO also has a fairly large Agricultural program.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

It used to stink something fierce with all the cows, although nothing stunk worse than that 5-10 mile stretch of I-5 near 580 (or vice versa), where the freeway was next to a ranch. I don't understand how that thing was allowed to exist there. It was unbelievably bad.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (Fv808)

304 >>He really can't walk but he keeps trying to anyway.

Glad he's ok, Debby.

Yeah, they forget they're not fully functional, don't they? You know this all too well, I suspect...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

305 The Cal-Poly Mustangs pull a rabbit out of a hat and beat Idaho! Ok, not yet. Still have 9 seconds to go. 38-34 Cal-Poly. Had to look up where Cal-Poly was located. West of Bakersfield, along the coast. Kind of halfway between San Francisco and LA. Idaho U is located in Moscow, Idaho.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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San Luis Obispo. Cute little town. 15 MI south you're in Pismo Beach, 15 MI north and you're in Morro Bay, yet the town is about 10 MI inland.
Fun fact about U of Idaho, about 2 miles west is the WA border, and about 8 miles further on and you're in Pullman, home of the Wash St. Cougars.
BTW, I once looked up what the hell is "Obispo" in Spanish. It's "Bishop". So whoever the Saint Louis they named this town after was a Bishop.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 29, 2026 02:22 AM (7x9jd)

306 Mom was a Coug, Dad was a Vandal-- they met at a "mixer" dance.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

307 228 216 Sweating was a pretty fortunate evolutionary happenstance for humans. That's how we win. We're pack endurance hunters and we dissipate heat at unusual levels that let us force our prey into heat exhaustion before we moved for the kill.

Posted by: Bilwis -

Never heard that. Very interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:20 AM (VPNgR)

Bipedal motion plays into endurance hunting, with its energy efficiency: just shift your center of balance, let gravity pull you forward, and catch yourself. I walk several miles every day, just to keep minimally nonunfit. It barely burns any calories.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 02:27 AM (ke3zm)

308 There are two Cal-Polys. Cal-Poly SLO in San Luis Obispo, on the central coast, and Cal-Poly Pomona located east of Los Angeles.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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There's one up.in Humbolt, too. They're all under the CSU umbrella. SLO is the oldest. I worked with a guy who graduated from there in '68.
RIP, Ralph.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 29, 2026 02:32 AM (7x9jd)

309 I got that stupid earworm stuck in my head and went and looked up some Plymouth Arrow information, I don't remember a ton of them on the road.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

I had one once. Sporty-looking little fastback coupe; had a Mitsubishi engine that made good power, but cracked cylinder heads like they were going out of style. I eventually found a good cylinder head, got it running, and sold it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:41 AM (1z8ji)

310 It used to stink something fierce with all the cows, although nothing stunk worse than that 5-10 mile stretch of I-5 near 580 (or vice versa), where the freeway was next to a ranch. I don't understand how that thing was allowed to exist there. It was unbelievably bad.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (Fv80

The ranch was there before the freeway. We all have to eat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:43 AM (1z8ji)

311 Sweet dreams Horde, I grow sleepy.

Bers, I can't go to sleep with a heavy metal earworm, but it is a great suggestion.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 02:46 AM (ibDUx)

312 Night, Debby. Rest well!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

313 Well, I need to get to bed. Heading back to Calgary in the morning. Hotel rooms were $200 per night. Screw that. I filled the Avanti this morning for $75, and that fuel will give me 2 round trips to Calgary, and I can sleep in my own bed.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:54 AM (1z8ji)

314 Night, AOP. Safe travels!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

315 Here's hoping it's cool enough tomorrow afternoon, and I won't feel *too depleted* to mow my ~~yard~~ weeds.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

316 John Madden played football at Cal Poly SLO. He was sick and missed a team trip; their plane crashed leaving Toledo, and there were no survivors. That's what put him off flying.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 29, 2026 03:16 AM (zdLoL)

317 302 JQ, he is fine, I got home about 8:30 this morning, he had to wait around for a cat scan because he hit his head. I have a feeling that he is going to become a frequent flyer at the ER, lots of falls recently. He really can't walk but he keeps trying to anyway. C'est la vie.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (ibDUx)

Ugh. People don't get less stubborn with time, and generally don't start out too flexible to begin with. When falling with a water glass in each hand gave her ugly stitches, my mom started using a cane even inside. When that betrayed her on the way out to the car (caught on a sprinkler head), she switched to a walker, and at now 80 has been using it inside her own home for years now.

It isn't pleasant or fun to use a walker to get around the house, but it's more dignified than ambulances and hospitals. Maybe that argument would work?

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 03:17 AM (ke3zm)

318 Im on vacation in Greece, down in the islands... and it's terrible.

The Greeks are amazingly friendly and welcoming. Thats not the problem.

European culture has worn me down over the course of a week. I've got another week to go...thankfully on our bareboat charter... but yeah...

Even the food is overrated. They fucking nuke the meat. Overcook the hell out of it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 29, 2026 03:24 AM (NufQ3)

319 It isn't pleasant or fun to use a walker to get around the house, but it's more dignified than ambulances and hospitals. Maybe that argument would work?
Posted by: SciVo

You can't *reason with* dementia.

Sadly, sometimes a loved one can't remember that they need the extra support. Or, they believe they never really needed it. Or-- who knows? Their world no longer makes sense to them, or us... It's cruel.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

320 Even the food is overrated. They fucking nuke the meat. Overcook the hell out of it.
Posted by: Defenestratus

Wow, what a disappointment!

It's nice that you're on a "dream vacay" and I hope you find joy, regardless of the cuisine...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

321 I am coming around to accepting the loss of my good friend in a plane crash last week, but it gets bad at night. I just want Sabrina back, but photos from the crash scene make it clear that she is just atoms now, and her soul is gone from this world. It's not like I haven't faced death of loved ones before, but she was not old, pretty much in her prime, the absolute expert in her career, one hell of a woman hockey goalie, and just a damned good person.

This too shall pass. But so far, I really don't like it.

I'm selfish like that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 29, 2026 03:38 AM (dEHLq)

322 Prayers up for your friend, her family, and YOU, tcn!

I cannot imagine your grief.

One can hope that she didn't know it was going to happen, and that it was instantaneous & she felt no pain.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)

323 Oh, I didn't realize 311 covered "Lovesong"! It's a very chill version, kind of beach house, I like it a lot.

1989 gothic original from studio album Disintegration:
The Cure - Lovesong
https://youtu.be/ks_qOI0lzho

2004 reggae-tinged cover for the 50 First Dates Soundtrack:
311 - Love Song (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/egX9ZDaIrkU

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 03:59 AM (ke3zm)

324 Anybody awake up in here?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:00 AM (PbWRL)

325 Hi, Ben Had!

How are you?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

326 Just me & Cat, I guess...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:06 AM (rdVOm)

327 JQ, good morning. I am well. You inspired me to get several more planters ready for fall plantings.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:08 AM (PbWRL)

328 When college might have been an option I was planning on going to Cal Poly.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:15 AM (PbWRL)

329 That's great, Ben Had! Your best fall planting time is likely later than mine up here.

There's a great planting guide at almanac.com, just plug in your zip for specifics!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:18 AM (rdVOm)

330 What are you planning for fall crops, Ben Had?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

331 JQ, thank you for that tip. For many years it was impossible to grow much of anything because of the grasshoppers. You can't spray enough to get rid of them when you are on 60 acres and open land all around you. I want to redo all the flowers beds too.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:26 AM (PbWRL)

332 51 Evening.
I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)

Blessings on you, Reforger.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)

333 It's nice that you're on a "dream vacay" and I hope you find joy, regardless of the cuisine...
Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

Thank you. It hasn't been all bad. Been exploring ruins and castles and clifftops and immersing myself in history... along with throngs of European tourists who have no concept of personal space.

There's been a heatwave here... it was 100F in Athens when we did the acropolis... not a challenge for those of us who aren't europussies...as long as we can come back to an air conditioned hotel room.

Wait. What was that? They shut off the AC when you leave the room so you end up coming back to a bread oven? Fucking intolerable. Plus their toilets are absolute garbage. Couldn't flush TP at our last luxury hotel in Rhodes. That was .... disgusting.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 29, 2026 04:28 AM (dJeAh)

334 JQ, I am going to have to look at your guide to decide. Potatoes for sure.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:30 AM (PbWRL)

335 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

336 Reforger, wow. G-d bless you whatever your decision.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:32 AM (PbWRL)

337 Maybe see ya on the Garden Thread, Ben Had!

Good night...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:36 AM (rdVOm)

338 Heh, my Cat loves to eat grasshoppers. Protein! (urk!) but he sure keeps their population down, from what I've noticed.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

339 You’ll notice that a lot of performers “dumb down” the tune when they play live. It might be in the same key, but that’s about it. Tricky or elaborate guitar parts, nah, the hell with that, they just stand there and strum.

Posted by: Common Tate

[ Eric Clapton has entered the chat ]

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (4NO2D)

Real Life Energy Vampire Cafe

Bun-fu
by Mora Nakamura

Get ready for an uncomfortable realization: Boston's first album is now fifty years old.

Fisherman comes home with an unexpected catch: a mangy orphaned kitten.

This poor cow is infested with goats.

A driverless truck is rolling down the street. This guy handles business like a boss.

There might be a new "trend" of asking people to follow you while you do goony dance moves.

Bad cat.

Bad dog.

Bad driver.

Bad baby. Or maybe he was doing the girl a favor.

This kind of thing happens to me.

Monty Python demonstrates the English sense of humor for a Dutch audience. I've seen them do this bit at their live shows but I never saw the original staging, which I guess was for Dutch TV.

Anyone a fan of Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice" Bond theme? Apparently they made a video for it.

Eighty pet guinea pigs and also a bunch of chickens.

Wolf fishes. There's an annoying guy calling out to the wolf that kinda spoils this one.

Parrot spent ten years in a shelter before he was adopted by his true owner.

When an elk comes for a visit.

Fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk captured by video artist Diana Lehr. pic.twitter.com/p3EClXK9ep
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 27, 2026

You probably know Mark Proksch. He played the awkward, annoying Nate on The Office, and the awkward, annoying energy vampire Colin Robinson on What We Do in the Shadows.

What you might not know is that Mark Proksch is an energy vampire in real life and the character of Colin Robinson is a just a slightly rewritten version of himself.

He became famous when -- just because he was bored -- he began calling local news channels telling them that he was a Yo-Yo Master named Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser, and that he uses his champion yo-yo skills to educate school children about global warming.

In fact, he can barely yo-yo at all. He strains to do a simple up-and-down move.

And in a medium where speed is everything and a segment has to be wrapped up in two minutes, he wastes as much time as possible, talking endlessly about trivial details no one cares about while making excuses about why he doesn't want to do the one thing he was brought on TV to do, play with the yo-yo.

The energy vampire really fed well during these appearances. The hosts try to keep things moving but this vampire keeps things slow and awkward.

More about the history of this energy vampire here.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:40 PM

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1 Nooded, ha ha!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (NcvvS)

3 Ok, Kung-fu bunnies is cute (h/t Anna, Sam, Eliza, & Helen)!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (NcvvS)

4 First trifecta EVER!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

5 Every bunny was kung-fu fighting

Posted by: mindful webworker - first with that one? at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (oq2IS)

6 One thing I didn't realize at the time, the Boston album was recorde by one guy, basically, overdubbing all the instruments hisself. It wasn't a band, not in the Studio anyhow.

It was recorded fairly well, too. Everyone with a cassette deck in their Camaro had it permanently welded inside. I don't think I ever bought a Boston LP or tape, because I didn't need to. Everyone else already had.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (99A9t)

7 Woe, for TwitterWebViewer has also fallen to the dreaded C&D letter from X.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (O7YUW)

8 Gettin' scary, y'all. Come upstairs!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

9 Nahhh. Teenage mutant ninja bunnies just doesn't work. Try possums, maybe that'll work.

Posted by: Turtles? Why Turtles? at August 28, 2026 07:45 PM (r7+Q7)

10 Thanks, everyone. Thought it was a hallucination for a bit.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (NcvvS)

11 Another poll shows Talarico with massive lead, this time up 6.
-----

Take another Bong hit, dumbass

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (99A9t)

12 Every thing that you here about Paxton is Bush.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)

13 >>>Mark Proksch is an energy vampire in real life

What a Moron.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:47 PM (odBC9)

14 >>Another poll shows Talarico with massive lead, this time up 6.

Right about this time Harris was up by a similar margin over Trump.

How did that work out dumbfuck?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (viF8m)

15
Never listen to the bush.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

16 Energy vampires show up in science fiction from time to time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (FZ29D)

17 I nooded.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (0CU3H)

18 ace has a new phrase: 'Energy Vampire'.

*sigh*

Jive turkey was better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)

19 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Never listen to the bush.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

Wow. That ball is just hanging in the air.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:50 PM (zZu0s)

21 Woe, for TwitterWebViewer has also fallen to the dreaded C&D letter from X.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Regurgitating from previous thread:
Hey, Ace, since Eloon Muskox has gone to war with every other way for non-X-ers to view X videos, could you just embed all of the X cafe vids from now on? Thanks, buddy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the customer is always a threat at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (oq2IS)

22 >>>Fisherman comes home with an unexpected catch: a mangy orphaned kitten.

There were no fishermen in that clip. Not 1.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (8mulE)

23 Baby Driver!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=J8i4Rp3qizk&ra=m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (D9FOj)

24 Carter might have been right to be afraid of rabbits after all

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

25 I was gonna do a Kung Fu Fighting Bunny joke but mindful rightfully beat me to it.

They're fast as lightening though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:52 PM (l26NL)

26 Trump to Venezuela-

All your oil are belong to us

Some sort of somewhat Mutual Agreement, apparently

Posted by: MiklosWatch at August 28, 2026 07:53 PM (4RYRd)

27 Every poll shows Texas going blue. MAGA cooked.

Sad!!
Posted by: Maga LOL at August 28, 2026 07:53 PM (gWuZv)

Sure, Beto.

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 07:54 PM (lCppi)

28 Any critter that gets pissed off enough, can be a Problem, is my observation. Humans have no fangs, claws, fur, venom, no nothing.

Even a squirrel could really put a hurt on ya, if it were so inclined. Thankfully they don't cause any trouble. Not very often anyway.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (99A9t)

29 Some sort of somewhat Mutual Agreement, apparently
Posted by: MiklosWatch

Are they ever going to have an election to sweep out the Chavistas? It's been a while. I know they've knuckled under, but still.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (l26NL)

30 Someone's been hitting the Sterno hard.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (amcLV)

31 It would be a waste of my vital life force to watch the yo yo video.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (D9FOj)

32 Awww. Someone got his ass ban hammered.

Was it in a gay way or like a viking?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

33 Sure, Beto.
Posted by: LASue

And Hong was up 22%.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:56 PM (l26NL)

34 >>>Fisherman comes home with an unexpected catch: a mangy orphaned kitten.

There were no fishermen in that clip. Not 1.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (8mulE)

I have seen a clip of 2 fishermen who approach an island in a swamp or creek and hear a kitten. It jumps into the river and swims out to their boat, and after a bit another kitten off the island follows the first one and swims out to their boat.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (uhVAy)

35 Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Oh, Friday night's alright for fighting
Get a little bunny humping in

Posted by: Watership Down at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

36 It would be a waste of my vital life force to watch the yo yo video.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (D9FOj)

Remember... late 80s or early 90s when The Smothers brothers did those yoyo bits and everyone got in on the craze for 20 mins?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)

37 One time coming home from the drive in movie theater ( where I grocery shop now, a tree was filled with lighting bugs and lit it up like it was Christmas

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

38 A 100% week in the Café, Ace, thank you!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

39 I think one of the great things about the ongoing unmasking is that people on our side are more aware of psyops from the opposition, like push polling to spread FUD.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:58 PM (D9FOj)

40 Here's the thing that strikes me as so ridiculous about the astro-turf "Texas is going socialist" fake news.

The people in Texas who made it what it is are tough, and know what they know. Polls saying a freak fake Christian who wants to chop the genitals off their kids "is ahead" doesn't make them cower or throw up their hands and stay home; it makes them even more determined to vote, and to drag their neighbors and friends with them, and to make sure that doesn't happen. The dems best strategy is to shut up and lay low, but they'll never do that because that doesn't support the grift.

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 08:00 PM (lCppi)

41 15
Never listen to the bush.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

Moses did, and that worked out ok.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:01 PM (dEHLq)

42 Hola, Mr. O'Spades, let us echo what Mr. Duncanthrax said. Another two or three penguin-free weeks, and we may be able to stop working weekends, and tapering off the washing everything with Febreeze!

Muchos gracias, Señor!

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at August 28, 2026 08:01 PM (wk3mJ)

43 I don’t remember the Smothers Brothers from the 80s or 90s. I remember them from the 60s. I might remember them from a later date on the Johnny Carson Show, but I don’t particularly remember yo yo tricks.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 08:02 PM (D9FOj)

44 Never listen to the bush.
Posted by: four seasons

I defended G for years when his administration was laying in the fetal position and wouldn't defend itself.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:02 PM (l26NL)

45 It's a rare day when I don't have at least a half dozen rabbits in my yard. Every now and then they will do that pop up fighting thing. Pretty cute.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)

46 Anyone having soup tonight? There are several interesting topics of conversation I would like to bring up...

Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (q177U)

47 Gotta go: puppy is getting a bath and she is going to need swaddling. G'nite, all y'all!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (NcvvS)

48 Are the trolls Chinese bots, Soros-funded dem operatives, or - oh my goodness!--- Russian-backed voter interference?

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (lCppi)

49 Never listen to the bush.
Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM

Don't you want to know who's sleeping in it?

Posted by: The Tokens at August 28, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

50 Yo-yo was at its peak in 1970-72.

I did a yo yo act at my 6th grade talent show. Loop the loop, walk the dog, rock the cradle, etc. I soon lost interest in favor of the clackers. A toy and a weapon in one.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

51 Duncan Yo-Yos accept no substitute

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (RIvkX)

52 I think the yoyo started out as a weapon.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

53 Bunny-Fu must be a fairly strong technique in the animal kingdom.

Even one of their arch-predators, the common housecat, has adopted the bunny kick as one of their standard techniques for taking down enemies.

The idea is to get your foe in a clinch with your fore paws, then start raking their soft underbelly with your clawed back paws.

Cute when cats do it to their cat toys. But I'm sure their prey don't think it's so cute.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (FZ29D)

54 I am so fucking frustrated and starting to realize that my dream job might be beyond my capacity. Fucking printer failure (I went out and bought a new one at 6 PM, hoping to fix the problem, it failed). If I don't get this m-fing script written, formatted digitally and provide a hard copy by the crack of dawn, I will not keep the position. The Printer fucked me so hard.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9)

55 Chicken chili is ready!

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

56 The Printer fucked me so hard.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9)
=====

ok give yourself just a minute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM (RIvkX)

57 Chicken chili is ready!
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM

Carrots?

Posted by: J. Random Moron at August 28, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

58 Anyone having soup tonight? There are several interesting topics of conversation I would like to bring up...
Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (q177U)

Howabout some rabbit stew?
https://youtu.be/1cR9I3N8nvY

Posted by: Chief Geronimo at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (wVcYX)

59 Will the printer not print at all?

Posted by: Moron Tech Support at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

60 Smell that? *Inhales deeply*

Burnt Troll. Lovely

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (l26NL)

61 Anyone having soup tonight? There are several interesting topics of conversation I would like to bring up...
Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (q177U)
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Dunno about soup, but I recently discovered that Vlasic Pickle Balls are not a bad addition to ramen noodles.

The cornballs soak up some of the broth and the broth takes on a sort of dill pickle flavor that's not overpowering at all.

Scoop it up with some noodles and let it dissolve on your tastebuds before swallowing.

Surprisingly tasty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (FZ29D)

62 Lincolntf, can you prep the script, send it to your work email, and go in early to print it at the office?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (aJQbY)

63 Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM

Is the printer not printing?
Is it not printing the formatting you want?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

64
I don’t remember the Smothers Brothers from the 80s or 90s. I remember them from the 60s. I might remember them from a later date on the Johnny Carson Show, but I don’t particularly remember yo yo tricks.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Smothers Brothers from Yo Yo Wiki

https://t.ly/sfsZ9

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:12 PM (Cqx++)

65 and the awkward, annoying energy vampire Colin Robinson on What We Do in the Shadows.

===

Very funny!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:13 PM (g47mK)

66 Paxton won his last race by 9. He'll win this race by 9.

The energy vampire is polling.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 08:13 PM (U2ppA)

67 Nobody has said yet that every Boston song sounds like every other Boston song? If not, I will.

Posted by: Toad-o at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (JM9I6)

68 I am not a soup person...

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (g47mK)

69 >>I am so fucking frustrated and starting to realize that my dream job might be beyond my capacity

Do you have A FedEx Shipping, or another office products place like Staples near you that is still opened? You can bring things there and get them printed.

You can't let something like a printer failure stop you. Worst case send it or take it digitally to your job and explain. Don't ever give up.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (viF8m)

70 Dickie Smothers of the Smothers Brothers played a crooked Nevada politician in the Scorsese gangster flick Casino. That politician was of course Harry Reed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (l26NL)

71 OK, I hate most soups.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (g47mK)

72 66 Paxton won his last race by 9. He'll win this race by 9.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 08:13 PM

Dude. Without Cornyn's endorsement? ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

73 OK, I hate most soups.
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM

No soup for you !!!

Posted by: The Soup Nazi at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

74 I find this refusal to give an email address and a name so you can view X almost as amusing as the steadfast refusal to use url shorteners.

YMMV and all that gobblelygoop

Posted by: Reginald Van Dough at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (rHvvN)

75 No soup for you !!!
Posted by: The Soup Nazi at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

thank god

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (g47mK)

76

Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)

77 Fucking printer failure (I went out and bought a new one at 6 PM, hoping to fix the problem, it failed). If I don't get this m-fing script written, formatted digitally and provide a hard copy by the crack of dawn, I will not keep the position. The Printer fucked me so hard.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9)

How to handle a recalcitrant and troublesome printer:
https://youtu.be/pD2xBXm4y70

Posted by: Office Space at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (wVcYX)

78 57 Chicken chili is ready!
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM

Carrots?
Posted by: J. Random Moron at August 28, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

No, sorry. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

79 You put corn in the chicken chili.

Posted by: Bushy One String at August 28, 2026 08:18 PM (MWfyi)

80 I need a hard copy in my hand in order to get the timing right, it's down to the second and switching between windows/screens takes me right out of it. I'm considering hand-writing it and pulling an all-nighter to get it input properly. I'd already done most of the work, but I guess I fucked up when I trusted the printer to Store the doc before I saved it. All gone. Re-creating it now by hand is the only option, then transcribing it, tells me I might not be up to the task. Such a waste of time/effort. If I manage to spit something out, it won't be nearly as good. Thank you all for the advice, encouragement.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:19 PM (vV6n9)

81 We enjoy being featured here in the Cafe, but are happy not to be in the limelight all the time. Our expansion plans continue apace, keeping things on the down-low for a little while will work in our favor.

Posted by: Happy Feet, Happy Life at August 28, 2026 08:19 PM (JM9I6)

82 Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
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Dolly Parton's Tennessean International Transport Services?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

83 Salted caramel birthday cake was a hit with younger daughter, and the grandkids.

But I think the char siu sliders were an even bigger hit.

Thank you God for blessing me with them.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:20 PM (Rln0i)

84 Dunno about soup, but I recently discovered that Vlasic Pickle Balls are not a bad addition to ramen noodles.

The cornballs soak up some of the broth and the broth takes on a sort of dill pickle flavor that's not overpowering at all.

Scoop it up with some noodles and let it dissolve on your tastebuds before swallowing.

Surprisingly tasty.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (FZ29D)

Why not eat, you know, food?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:22 PM (dEHLq)

85 >>Thank you all for the advice, encouragement.

If this really is a job you want then rewrite it by hand if that's what it takes. You've got time and you know what you want to say.

Life frequently punches all of us in the nuts. Punch back.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:22 PM (viF8m)

86 Hey tcn!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (Rln0i)

87 The Printer fucked me so hard.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9

I am not a tech person, but I have had to use a printer cable because the computer wouldn’t read the drivers. I have also emailed docs to Staples while I was standing there and they printed it for me. Big breath in, big breath out. You can do this, I know it.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 Why not eat, you know, food?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:22 PM (dEHLq)
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Suffering from root canal...had procedure done yesterday. Still in a fair amount of pain.

Before yesterday, I was lucky if I could eat *anything.*

Still working my way back to proper food.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (FZ29D)

89 I hear ya' Jack. I'm venting before I decide if I should do it all again. Maybe I will.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:24 PM (vV6n9)

90 86 Hey tcn!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (Rln0i)

Hey yerself, darlin'.

Working on getting custody of my grandson back for my son, so I can continue to spoil him rotten. It really is a reason for living, isn't it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (dEHLq)

91 Why not eat, you know, food?

Posted by: tcn in AK
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Jive. Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (VPNgR)

92 >>Maybe I will.

You will. Do not give up. Ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (viF8m)

93 76

Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
Roll on, Dolly.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

94
Surprisingly tasty.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026

This isn’t too surprising as pickled onions can be put in real ramen.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 But I think the char siu sliders were an even bigger hit.

Thank you God for blessing me with them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:20 PM (Rln0i)
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I had to look up "char siu slider."

They do sound tasty!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:26 PM (FZ29D)

96 My next door neighbor made me another pie (because I'm an awesome neighbor). I'm more of a salty, savory person, not much of a sweet tooth, but this pie is banana creme. Oh, my goodness, is it good.

Now, go eat your soup.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:26 PM (l26NL)

97 Lincolntf,

If you need to, take a break, walk around the block or something, make sure to eat some real food so your brain is in good condition. Don't let yourself get caught in a doom-loop.

Then sit back down, do your best, and have confidence that you did what you could, and that's all you can do.

(and save frequently this time)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:27 PM (aJQbY)

98 89 I hear ya' Jack. I'm venting before I decide if I should do it all again. Maybe I will.

Posted by: Lincolntf
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External HDs are cheap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:27 PM (VPNgR)

99 This isn’t too surprising as pickled onions can be put in real ramen.
Posted by: Piper
__

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:27 PM (Rln0i)

100 But I think the char siu sliders were an even bigger hit.

Thank you God for blessing me with them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026

This sounds amazing!

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

101 Just put up a dozen jars of rosehip jelly. Picked the hips on our lot, where they grow wild. Added a couple of apples for the pectin, and it cooked up beautifully pink and clear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:29 PM (dEHLq)

102 I had to look up "char siu slider."

They do sound tasty!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:26 PM (FZ29D)
___

Char siu pork belly on hawaiian rolls.

Basically, chinese bacon on soft, sweet rolls.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:29 PM (Rln0i)

103 Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM

Making your own sammiches IS a significant burden to bear.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

104
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (AMvSw)

105 Playing spider solitaire and falling asleep

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 08:31 PM (Ia/+0)

106 Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (VPNgR)

If you ever find yourself in Fairhope, you can eat here anytime! Which might be a threat…lol. Kidding aside, I swear I make healthy food good.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

107 103 Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM

Making your own sammiches IS a significant burden to bear.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

I doubt Pete Bog has anyone cook for him, and I gotta say, best food ever.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (dEHLq)

108 A rabbit scared the shit out of jimmy carter

Posted by: the country place that no one knows about at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (jrgJz)

109 ome of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM

Making your own sammiches IS a significant burden to bear.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)
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I love sammiches.

So much variety from a few simple ingredients.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (FZ29D)

110 In a pinch, there is the Horde Cookbook, ya know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (dEHLq)

111 Yeah, I know Branyard, I have a dozen brand new ones right next to my desk. Didn't use one. I know it's my fuck up, makes it all the more frustrating.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:33 PM (vV6n9)

112 lol. Kidding aside, I swear I make healthy food good.

Posted by: Piper
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Sounds good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:34 PM (VPNgR)

113 In a pinch, there is the Horde Cookbook, ya know?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (dEHLq)
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There are a lot of good recipes in there!

I do use it for inspiration from time to time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:34 PM (FZ29D)

114 There are a lot of good recipes in there!

===

Quite!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:35 PM (g47mK)

115 >>>More about the history of this energy vampire here.

That's hilarious. It seems like it will never end, and that's hilarious.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (odBC9)

116 I picked up my Benelli B76 today. It is a wierd pistol for sure. Went to see if I could pick up some more mags for it and they are $200. For a single stack 8 rounder. Hoily shit.

Looks like I'll be makeing do with 1 mag.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (P4bJX)

117 I love sammiches.

So much variety from a few simple ingredients.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (FZ29D)
___

https://twoplaidaprons.com/char-siu-chinese-bbq-pork/

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (Rln0i)

118 https://twoplaidaprons.com/char-siu-chinese-bbq-pork/
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (Rln0i)
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That's a keeper. Thanks!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:43 PM (FZ29D)

119 I just saw an ad on Fox News for Beau Bayh.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:45 PM (Cqx++)

120 Yo-yos for hobos.

Gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Kenny Banya at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

121 Yo-yos for hobos.

Gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Kenny Banya at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

122 Oops.

Posted by: oops at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

123 Nobody has said yet that every Boston song sounds like every other Boston song? If not, I will.

Yeah but it's a pretty decent sound and they only drug it out for two albums, unlike Chicago who did the same damn m thing for like 97 albums.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 08:47 PM (vTZFs)

124 122 Oops.
Posted by: oops at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

x 2

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 08:47 PM (odBC9)

125 Every Sinatra song sounds like every other Sinatra song.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)

126

Boston's studio albums in order are Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage, Walk On, Corporate America, and Life, Love & Hope.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)

127 "Every Sinatra song sounds like every other Sinatra song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

I did it my way.

Posted by: zombie Frank Sinatra at August 28, 2026 08:49 PM (MWfyi)

128 I picked up my Benelli B76 today. It is a wierd pistol for sure. Went to see if I could pick up some more mags for it and they are $200. For a single stack 8 rounder. Hoily shit.

Looks like I'll be makeing do with 1 mag.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM

Have you tried finding a holster?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)

129 I just picked up a pen and a Composition book. I am going to try to re-create my earlier script, show up early at the Office tomorrow, try to get it input, formatted and submitted in time. This is my second workday at this place, so even if that works out, it's still a very sketchy way to make first impressions. The alternative is having nothing.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:50 PM (vV6n9)

130 Boston is one of those '80s bands, correct?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

131 Boston was very much 70s.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (MWfyi)

132 Lincolntf, showing up with anything and making the effort will go a long way if they're good people.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (aJQbY)

133 SPPAAAACCCCEEE AACCCADAMMMMYYYYY

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (/+uur)

134
Boston is one of those '80s bands, correct?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

https://t.ly/uDPQ8

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (Cqx++)

135 129 I just picked up a pen and a Composition book. I am going to try to re-create my earlier script, show up early at the Office tomorrow, try to get it input, formatted and submitted in time. This is my second workday at this place, so even if that works out, it's still a very sketchy way to make first impressions. The alternative is having nothing.
Posted by: Lincolntf

Does windows have a version of Apple’s TimeMachine where you can go back and even if it’s not the full file, you aren’t starting from scratch?

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

136 Been such a long time

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:53 PM (/+uur)

137 dont look back

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:53 PM (/+uur)

138 In a pinch, there is the Horde Cookbook, ya know?
Posted by: tcn in AK

My copy is Personally Autographed by both Bluebell AND Weasel.

Sotheby's have been in touch, but my response is a firm NO

Posted by: Miklos knows what he got at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (4RYRd)

139 I see my Mary Ann walking away

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (wVcYX)

140 I don't have time to look, Piper. Thanks for the idea, but I can't waste a precious second messing with technology at this point. Gonna have to go hand-written.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (vV6n9)

141 shit i missed foreplay

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (/+uur)

142 ...it's still a very sketchy way to make first impressions

I once had a job where I busted my ass on day 1 and on day 2 my car broke down so I couldn't get there. I called the boss and told him "sorry" and that I'd be there to pick up my tools when I could. It was far from a dream job anyway and I just kind of figured it was fate pushing me away from a mistake.

Is it possible for you to do all the formatting at home and then take it in on a USB drive for printing? Or find a UPS store to print it?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 08:55 PM (vTZFs)

143 Alright, thanks again all, I'm off to the trenches.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:55 PM (vV6n9)

144 I was never a big Boston fan but they beat the heck out off rap and the pop tart of the week.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

145 Piper,

If you let it turn on the spyware, sure

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:56 PM (aJQbY)

146 Boston is one of those '80s bands, correct?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

131 Boston was very much 70s.
Posted by: fd

Bands of that era may be categorized by either chronology or hair.

Posted by: Miklos opens topic of Dispute at August 28, 2026 08:56 PM (4RYRd)

147 >>Boston was very much 70s.

It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band.

Boston in the 70s and early 80s was a music paradise for live music. Boston, the band, was far better on the radio.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)

148 Dave in Fla

Love you, but I don’t think Paxton will “win.” Ear on the ground here in blue blue Seattle is that the cheat is full force and Texans are complacent.

We will see.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (AGhLW)

149 I see my Mary Ann walking away
Posted by: Count de Monet

Hell

My Angel is the Centerfold

Posted by: Miklos' blood runs cold at August 28, 2026 08:58 PM (4RYRd)

150 The only new "band" I've been interested in lately is Angine de Poitrine. It's kinda scary because they are from Canada.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

151 Boston crept into the mid 80's with their Third Stage album. They had a famous dust up with the recording company.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 08:59 PM (kNpNa)

152 145 Piper,

If you let it turn on the spyware, sure
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August

It has saved me when I have done something stupid on the computer, which let me tell you, is not hard with me at all. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 09:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

153 When elk come to visit...
Start with a salt lick (well hidden from any game warden...so I'm told) then keep plenty of apples handy.
Delicious!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:01 PM (2WIwB)

154 Love you, but I don’t think Paxton will “win.” Ear on the ground here in blue blue Seattle is that the cheat is full force and Texans are complacent.

We will see.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (AGhLW)
___

Oldest daughter lives near Ft. Hood, and she's actually thinking about moving here (MO).

She sees what's going on, and she wants to be near her family.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:02 PM (Rln0i)

155 @144. Well I'll agree with that. I'd take Boston anytime over rap.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 09:02 PM (VrYHL)

156 >>Boston was very much 70s.

It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band.

Boston in the 70s and early 80s was a music paradise for live music. Boston, the band, was far better on the radio.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)

Not a big college town, though.

Posted by: Ian Faith, Spinal Tap Manager at August 28, 2026 09:03 PM (wVcYX)

157 Heh

According to ICE, Milo Yiannopoulos, having overstayed a visa and being forcibly deported, will never be allowed legal entry to the US again ever ever ever.

Posted by: Miklos expresses no sadness at all at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (4RYRd)

158 Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'
Burger King responds to thousands of customer complaints with revamped chicken nuggets and refreshed dipping sauces
_fox
----------

It would help more if their burgers tasted like, you know, burgers.
And the so called hamburger patty tasted like hamburger.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (VPNgR)

159 >>Not a big college town, though.

I've heard that.

I've also heard polls in August are predictive of dick.

For like 50 years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)

160 Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'
Burger King responds to thousands of customer complaints with revamped chicken nuggets and refreshed dipping sauces
_fox
----------

It would help more if their burgers tasted like, you know, burgers.
And the so called hamburger patty tasted like hamburger.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (VPNgR)

They have lost the plot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 09:06 PM (wVcYX)

161 Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
Roll on, Dolly.
Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

9/25 should be declared Dolly Parton Day.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:06 PM (2WIwB)

162
Some wealthy guy, Ian Wace is financially supporting Harry and the witch. Ha ha. I guess her business does not support the lifestyle she wants.

Poor Harry. He got sucked into that marriage.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 09:08 PM (/QHx4)

163 Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
Roll on, Dolly.
Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

9/25 should be declared Dolly Parton Day.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:06 PM (2WIwB)

Hitler is informed of Dolly's passing:
https://youtu.be/M69BkmfiVSQ

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 09:09 PM (wVcYX)

164 You probably know Mark Proksch...

No. Not really. But he sounds like a fraud. What an ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:09 PM (2WIwB)

165 I've also heard polls in August are predictive of dick."

Yeah. How'd that work out for Hillary?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:11 PM (XuXeR)

166 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has questioned whether Pennsylvania officials provided sufficient information to substantiate the two measles-associated deaths.
...
"The announcement appears to have been premature, and the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor's hopeful staffers," he wrote. "The Lancaster County Coroner says that it has no record of any measles deaths."
...
RFK also accused Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his office of "fearmongering, misinformation, finger-pointing and the weaponization of infectious disease fears for political gain."
_fox
---

you have to get past a half page of weaselwording before you get to the meat of the subject

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:12 PM (VPNgR)

167 "Trump Signs Executive Order Creating U.S. Space Academy, Honoring Artemis II Crew"

Star Trek !

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:13 PM (g47mK)

168 I don't think I need a holster. I'll only ever shoot it at the range. I got it mostly for my collection of wierd pistols.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 09:13 PM (P4bJX)

169 "The announcement appears to have been premature"

No. Really? If true, this is actually funny

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:14 PM (XuXeR)

170 President Donald Trump announced a major oil agreement with Venezuela on Friday, saying the U.S. has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the country's proven oil reserves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:14 PM (VPNgR)

171 Creating U.S. Space Academy"

"Space academy"?

Every kid in the 70s laughs

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (XuXeR)

172 "Trump Signs Executive Order Creating U.S. Space Academy, Honoring Artemis II Crew"

Star Trek !
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:13 PM (g47mK)

The Kobiyashi Maru memes will write themselves.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)

173 Since the polls are predicting Talarico is going to win I'm willing to bet. But since the the polls are currently saying Talarico is going to win you have to give me odds.

Who wants to put down money on Talarico and give me odds?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (viF8m)

174 Move it on over ‘cause the big dog’s movin’ in.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (aqrdH)

175
Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'

___________

"Just change the names. That way it won't cost anything." - The MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:16 PM (O0L8i)

176 saying the U.S. has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the country's proven oil reserves."

And that is coming to Louisiana and Texas. Ford dealers plan to hoard even more money...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:16 PM (XuXeR)

177 Evening.

"Boston's first album is now fifty years old."

Dude...dude...DUDE!

Just...dude...

Fuck you, Ace. Fuck you. Bastard.

Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2026 09:18 PM (dpXJq)

178
I've also heard polls in August are predictive of dick."

Yeah. How'd that work out for Hillary?
Posted by: man

She got dick.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 09:18 PM (Cqx++)

179 Since the polls are predicting Talarico is going to win"

These are the same that are now "tightening"?

Yeah.

Don't interfere when an idiot goes nuts.

/Shih Tzu

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:18 PM (XuXeR)

180 I did not think obama would win. I did not think Mamadami would win. Things happen.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:19 PM (g47mK)

181 She got dick."

Bill hardest hit.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:19 PM (XuXeR)

182 Six months into the conflict between the United States and Iran, the situation is not the humiliating quagmire that critics of the Trump administration insist upon.

Instead, President Trump has charted a new and far more patient strategy that is making steady progress towards his objectives.
_love and kisses, aljazeera

https://tinyurl.com/59bk6z6n

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:19 PM (VPNgR)

183 did not think obama would win"

Really? Odd, that is.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:20 PM (XuXeR)

184 >>>Who wants to put down money on Talarico and give me odds?

Posted by: JackStraw
---

Be interesting to know what odds Casinos are giving.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:21 PM (VPNgR)

185 Thanks, Ace.

Love the Real Life Energy Vampire Cafe, and I only had to watch the ads not to eat or drink those three items 417 times to finally see it in its entirety. Yay!

Have a lovely weekend.

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 09:21 PM (NFX2v)

186 >>I did not think obama would win. I did not think Mamadami would win. Things happen.

Literally everyone thought they were going to win.

Texas isn't NYC and ActBlue and USAID aren't a factor anymore.

The world has changed. It's silly to pretend we live in the same world we did 20 years ago or Texas is NYC.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:22 PM (viF8m)

187 Really? Odd, that is.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:20 PM (XuXeR)

yes, really. 8 years after 9/11 a virtual unknown named Hussein, with checkered past. did not think my fellow American would be that stupid

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:22 PM (g47mK)

188 Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'

What they meant was, cleam your damned restaurants once in a while!

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 09:23 PM (S1ejw)

189 I take it the ads are still being a bother for some people?

Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2026 09:24 PM (dpXJq)

190 Why is Talarico winning and in the same polls Hinojosa losing?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:25 PM (g47mK)

191 Texas is NYC."

New York City?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:25 PM (XuXeR)

192 Regarding the pop-up ads, the Brave browser, on iPad and Android phone, has saved my sanity.

Posted by: PabloD at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (2mIUl)

193 If it's all skewed to D, Hinojosa would also be ahead.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (g47mK)

194 Not trying to start a fight. But I do think Texas conservatives are complacent and cocky. And they might very well lose if they don’t get their shit together and balls to the walls get after talarico.

Jeebus.

Don’t take anything for granted. Fucking Oklahoma has a socialist on the ballot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (24V1d)

195 Why is Talarico winning and in the same polls Hinojosa losing?"

Most of the polling is from NYC...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (XuXeR)

196 Maybe Dave in FL has insight. Are you here Dave ?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK)

197 Obama didn't win his second election. No way on this earth.
The colorful Democrat machine won that election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:27 PM (VPNgR)

198 >>Why is Talarico winning and in the same polls Hinojosa losing?

Why do you still care about media polls that told you at this time in 2024 Harris was going to win when she lost every swing state and the popular vote?

How many elections are we going to have to go through this before we stop pretending media polls mean anything in August? They do this every fucking election cycle and they don't mean shit.

The races don't even start until after Labor Day. Same as always.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:29 PM (viF8m)

199 runner, I'm not in Florida, so different Dave, but...

Why do you assume the cheat is only in the weighting of samples?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 09:29 PM (aJQbY)

200 The races don't even start until after Labor Day. Same as always."

Panic, we must. Or something. I don't get it.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:30 PM (XuXeR)

201 Why do you assume the cheat is only in the weighting of samples?

==

the reason to show Hinojosa losing is what?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:32 PM (g47mK)

202 It was May 2012 and I was sitting in the Burger King next to the Dulles Convention Center off highway 28 and Willard Blvd, in Chantilly VA when I discovered Burger King had lost it's mojo. That burger was vile.
Never returned.
On the upside, there was a Hooters nearby.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)

203 TX GOPe is pissed at Trump for going with Paxton, so they may want Paxton to lose.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:36 PM (g47mK)

204 I was sitting in the Burger King next to the Dulles Convention Center off highway 28 and Willard Blvd, in Chantilly VA"

And you didn't go to Willard's BBQ?

For shame

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)

205 TX GOPe = Bush. No longer a factor.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:37 PM (XuXeR)

206 >>the reason to show Hinojosa losing is what?

Ask Ann Selzer. The Queen of Iowa polling.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:38 PM (viF8m)

207 BTW, it's an IKEA now...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:39 PM (XuXeR)

208 Piper if you are still here, any comment on 60's fashions in the Nancy Sinatra video linked above?

The fashion, the music, the cars, the locations are prime 1960's.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 28, 2026 09:40 PM (y171U)

209
Actually, I no longer eat fast food, since it's neither fast nor cheap. The most is drinks in the drive-thru. The only place I stop is Kolache Factory after Sunday Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i)

210 Archaeologists excavating in Jerusalem uncovered an ancient ossuary bearing the name 'Yehoseph bar Caiapha,'
-- > Caiaphas

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (VPNgR)

211 Someone's been hitting the Sterno hard.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (amcLV)

I hit the Sterno so hard, I'm chafing! Whoooooo! Feel the burn!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (rbvCR)

212 the situation is not the humiliating quagmire

Giggity. I can't be humiliated. I have no shame!

Posted by: Quagmire at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (TbWk/)

213 205 TX GOPe = Bush. No longer a factor.

Posted by: man
---

As long as they are around they will be a factor.
The Bush babies, not so much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:43 PM (VPNgR)

214 And you didn't go to Willard's BBQ?

For shame
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)

Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:43 PM (2WIwB)

215
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy today, but he was the only Borzoi, and nothing in the Hound Group.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:45 PM (O0L8i)

216 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy today, but he was the only Borzoi, and nothing in the Hound Group.

==

He won and that's what counts!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:47 PM (g47mK)

217 not his fault that no one else showed up!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK)

218 You can never tell what the voters will do. However, I don't think Texas will elect Talarico. True the large metro cities may favor him somewhat. But Texas is a large state and the midsize cities and smaller towns plus the rural vote will go to Paxton. I believe Paxton will win by 5 points.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 09:48 PM (VrYHL)

219 Canada could be Saudi
In 2024, the GDP per capita in the United States is approximately $66,300, while in Canada it is about $44,400.

Instead they are a Snow Mexico.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:49 PM (/+uur)

220 Mexico GDP per cap $16k.
That is just fucking stupid.
They have as much oil and better beach and 30 years of NAFTA.
Are they that fucking stupid.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:50 PM (/+uur)

221 cbsnews.com/ video/ ice- arrests- right-wing- commentator- milo-yiannopoulos-
_ CBS says he's right wing
---
aljazeera.com/ news/ ... / far-right -uk- provocateur -milo-yiannopoulos-detained-
_AlJazeera says he's a far-right provocateur
---

Don't know what to say

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:51 PM (VPNgR)

222 I'm kidding around. Yes, they can be a nuisance on the cell phone but they're not an issue on the computer where I have ad blockers.

I do have to do something for android. Thanks for the suggestions.

PS - the goony dance reminded me of the Pony so many years ago. MY parents were great dancers and use to roll up the living rug to dance along with shows like American Bandstand.
(Dee Dee Sharp did the song, Ride, and Chubby Checker did Pony Time.) Now old(er) folks do the Ride Ya Pony line dance as they have for years.

🤗

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 09:53 PM (NFX2v)

223 How can Mexico and Canada be sooo POOR?
Is there no one in Cali or NY or even AZ that does not have a TV and see that they are on the same path?
Hell
NY and IL can look north and see Canada.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:53 PM (/+uur)

224 They have as much oil and better beach and 30 years of NAFTA.
Are they that fucking stupid.

Posted by: r hennigantx
---

Money the elites have is not on the books.
Historically, when a new president takes office the past president and his family leaves the country. Destination USA or Europe. (with all the loot)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:54 PM (VPNgR)

225 Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!"

As often as I was there... we may have crossed paths.

*tips cap

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)

226 Are they that fucking stupid"

Corrupt. By a margin that most could never imagine.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:56 PM (XuXeR)

227 Mexico GDP per cap $16k
——
I’ve tried to point this out for years. Mexico is not a poor country. Not in resources anyhow. They have tremendous oil, gas, mineral, and timber wealth. A hard working intelligent people.

But their governments and leaders have been corrupt shit at times. They should be able to punch above their weight. Very sad.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 09:56 PM (PVUR/)

228 Money the elites have is not on the books.
Historically, when a new president takes office the past president and his family leaves the country. Destination USA or Europe. (with all the loot)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:54 PM (VPNgR)

Do they not have TV?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:57 PM (/+uur)

229 We were told for months that El Sayed was going to win the Democrat primary by double digits. All the poll said so and he was running against a cartoon candidate in the Democrat primary.

He won by barely 1 point.

Media polls are meant to tell you the state of the election. They are designed to depress your vote. You know this. Everyone knows this. Stop playing their game.

Paxton is going to win if people think their votes matter. Stop pretending it doesn't. Go win.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)

230 Corrupt. By a margin that most could never imagine.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:56 PM (XuXeR)

Where is the church
Where is the school
Where is the media

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (/+uur)

231 Here. have some. I have plenty to spare.

Posted by: Black Pill pusher at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (rHvvN)

232 Step one, disarm the populous.

Posted by: Tyrant at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (Q+gd/)

233 Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!"

As often as I was there... we may have crossed paths.

*tips cap
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)

Very likely.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (2WIwB)

234 But their governments and leaders have been corrupt shit at times. They should be able to punch above their weight. Very sad.

Posted by: Common Tater
---

Been a long time, Been a long time, Been a long time,
Been a lonely, lonely, long time
_the Conquistadors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (VPNgR)

235 Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!"

As often as I was there... we may have crossed paths.

*tips cap
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)

My office was just on the other side of 28, of willard.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (2WIwB)

236 Actually, I no longer eat fast food, since it's neither fast nor cheap
——

It was never cheap but it was damned tasty & convenient. Fast, cheap, or good. Pick Two. McDonalds came closer than anybody to breaking that business law.

Not any longer. I don’t know what they did, but I almost believed they really had some addictive magic in those Quarter Pounders. “Would you like your fries Super Sized?” Why yes. Yes I would.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (PVUR/)

237 Not being a black piller.

Being a realist. If Texans don’t get their asses up and go vote, talarico will win.

And I don’t see anyone out there impressing this upon the populace.

Whatever. Hope y’all don’t lose Texas the way Washington state was lost.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (npL9l)

238 Lee Hazelwood transformed Nancy Sinatra - her music, her style (to British mod) & saved her career.

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 10:02 PM (NFX2v)

239 Now they cheaped out on the ingredients, they are often slow, fuck your order up, I managed to get E. Coli from them in Nebraska on the rare occasions I do order, not too filling, slow.

No thanks

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:03 PM (PVUR/)

240 My office was just on the other side of 28, of willard."

The post office? /kidding

Had the granite place across from there redo our house...

Lived across from Fair Oaks...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:04 PM (XuXeR)

241 Hope y’all don’t lose Texas the way Washington state was lost.
—-

California, Oregon, Arizona, Virginia, Colorado, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:04 PM (PVUR/)

242 238. F! Lee Greenwood not Hazelwood. Sorry.

Listen to Sinatra and Greenwood together. Magical.

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 10:05 PM (NFX2v)

243 And I've got a table in the other room bought from the ReStore around the corner...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:08 PM (XuXeR)

244 Mexico is corrupt for the same reason Louisiana is corrupt: Napoleonic Code. Louisiana and most of Latin America uses this as basic civil law, and oh my, is it easy to be a corrupt grifter if you have any power in government under it. We forget what a blessing British common law is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 10:09 PM (D9FOj)

245 It was never cheap but it was damned tasty & convenient. Fast, cheap, or good. Pick Two. McDonalds came closer than anybody to breaking that business law.

Not any longer. I don’t know what they did, but I almost believed they really had some addictive magic in those Quarter Pounders. “Would you like your fries Super Sized?” Why yes. Yes I would.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (PVUR/)

Beef tallow for the fries, which they no longer use.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (D9FOj)

246 ONT is up and running.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 28, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)

247 Just re-wrote that pig of a broadcast script. Should hit about 2:30, don't know until I record it. But thanks to you guys who gave me a boot in the ass to get back to it. I was pissed, and probably seemed pity-seeking, but I really needed to vent before jumping back in. We'll see how it works out on the tech end tomorrow, but the script is solid, I think.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (vV6n9)

248 Mexico is corrupt for the same reason Louisiana is corrupt: Napoleonic Code. Louisiana and most of Latin America uses this as basic civil law, and oh my, is it easy to be a corrupt grifter if you have any power in government under it. We forget what a blessing British common law is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Only reason Houston is a major port and not Louisiana which has nature made ports.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

The Week In Woke

FACT: sports "journalists" are just low-IQ damp communist apparatchiks who want to go down on athletes.

Faith in American media keeps hitting new lows. How can news outlets regain that trust? Could it be by investing themselves in a position that 80% of the American public opposes? The Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) want everyone to hold their beer.
Each year, APSE holds contests for sports coverage in several different categories. This year, the APSE has added a new category for covering transgender sports. The announcement came last month, but curiously did not make news at the time:

APSE first vice president Erik Hall introduced a new category for the upcoming APSE contest. This category is dedicated to recognizing Excellence in Coverage of the Transgender Community in Sports. The announcement was made during the awards banquet at the annual APSE Summer Conference on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia.

Glorious. No notes. S-tier.

At least four "women's" golf tournaments in Canada this summer have been won by men. aka Women 2.0.

Women 1.0 were crazyyy, man.

Jarvis
@jarvis_best
I was pleasantly caught off guard by the argument of former journalist Peter Beinart who responded to a group of Michigan Jewish Dems who were uncomfortable with El Sayed by telling them that El Sayed will stop global warming and global warming will be Bad For Jews.

Shut up, Jews. The Radical Gay Islamists are in charge now.

The same people who say Bake My Trans Cake, Bigot are the same people refusing to serve conservatives in their diners and restaurants.

Jonathan Turley:

"This is my place of business."
Those words from Jim Sheehan, owner of the Wydaho Roasters coffee shop in Driggs, Idaho, have sparked the latest controversy over the right of businesses to refuse service on the basis of religious or political views.
Sheehan has drawn national attention after throwing out a group of pro-life teenagers, calling them the equivalent of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in his shop. Sheehan clearly caters to those who want their lattes with an added shot of rage.
However, this and a number of other cases have exposed the hypocrisy of many regarding the service businesses must provide customers with opposing views. From cakes to coffee, shops remain ground zero for an age of rage.
Years ago, politicians and pundits rallied around the effort to force Jack Phillips, a cakeshop owner, to create cakes celebrating same-sex marriages. Phillips objected that it violated his religious beliefs. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court in what many of us hoped would be a final resolution of this conflict.

It wasn't. The Court, under the control of swing-voter and super-gay Kennedy, punted in such a way as to require people to spend hundreds of thousands in court costs to have a chance to find out if they have free speech rights and the right of conscience or not.

A more recent 2023 case expanded people's rights a bit more.

But notably, in cases like Masterpiece Cakeshop, Phillips insisted that he would always sell cakes to any couple, including same-sex couples. He only refused to make cakes specifically celebrating same-sex marriages, due to his religious views.
The case of Wydaho is different. Sheehan refused the same general accommodation offered to all customers because he opposes pro-life causes. In the confrontation, Sheehan declared that "in my world" pro-lifers are no different from the Ku Klux Klan.
"This is my place of business," he declared. "I did a lot of work to get people on the ballot so women would have the right to choose in the state of Idaho, and this is something I do not support, nor does my wife, and it's our business. So we have that choice."
In my view, they do have that choice. Yet it must also be acknowledged what Sheehan is doing is far more extreme than what Phillips did in Masterpiece Cakeshop. He is not being asked to create a coffee concoction opposing abortion, like a Cafe Au Life specialty drink. He acknowledges that other groups might use the shop -- he just does not want these teenagers to use it to support pro-life causes.
The same controversy arose the same week across the country in Virginia. In Alexandria, Fatana Karimi, owner of the Karimi Salon, threw out a woman after she revealed that she was Israeli. Jessica Walton posted an account of the encounter, and a video was later posted on social media.

Breaking news, liberals are terrible, hateful, ill-behaved, maleducated mentally-ill assholes and extreme narcissists who deploy the reasoning of selfish children to say "I get whatever I want whenever I want it, and you get nothing, and no I'm not interested in a rule that favors us equally, I'm special, the rule will always change to favor me at all times."

I'm sure this breaking news which comes as a huge surprise to most of you.

An anonymous account used AI to parody the third season of the woke racebent lame-n-gay Rings of Power, showing dwarves with ludicrous dwarf-fros:

UPDATE! Wait, that's not AI? That's an actual publicity photo from Amazon being used to "promote" the show?

Are they trolling us? Are they cave trolling us? Are they in on the joke now?

The Department of Education has told schools to stop overpunishing white kids and underpunishing black kids to create "balance" in punishment -- irrespective of actual student behavior -- and Reuters is just heart-sick about it.

They have "experts" who say that racism is good!

The U.S. Education Department has issued guidance urging schools to stop what it calls "racial balancing" ‌in student discipline policies, prompting concerns that the Trump administration is making it harder to address longstanding racial disparities in school discipline.
Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates.

Is there any reason for that?

Wait, wait, don't tell me -- racism, right?

An Education Department report, opens new tab released in 2023 found Black public preschool children received out-of-school suspensions at a rate ⁠nearly twice their enrollment.
The new guidance says schools cannot modify discipline policies simply to reduce such racial disparities.
A school's decision "to change its discipline policies with the purpose of avoiding or reducing racial disparities in discipline constitutes race discrimination," the Education Department's office for civil rights said in a letter.
It said schools must ensure students are not treated differently because of race and that "racial balancing" constitutes discrimination.

Students must be treated equally and not discriminated against or in favor of due to their race, which, experts say, is The New Racism and White Supremacy come out from under its sheet.

The guidance follows the department's decision last month to remove several "disparate impact" regulations that for decades have prohibited policies and practices ‌with ⁠discriminatory effects that are often unintended.
President Donald Trump has acted against diversity initiatives, which he calls discriminatory against white people and males. Civil rights advocates say Trump's actions are rolling back social progress by removing practices aimed at helping marginalized groups.
Eric Duncan, education equity advocacy group EdTrust's ⁠director of P-12 policy, criticized the latest guidance.
"You cannot address racial disparities in school discipline by telling schools to ignore race," he said. "Black students have long faced some of the harshest discipline ⁠in our nation's schools.

They do not cite any experts on the other side.

How can I be the victim today pic.twitter.com/3W8xBKGdON
— shellshock (@shellshockkk) August 27, 2026

"FAQ Schwartz." Whatever.

This is from a year ago, but I think you'll enjoy it anyway.

Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals

Beastly left-wing castrating women are pushing the theory that Akshually we're the best partners for the men we despise and want to harm and humiliate.

A recent -- rather controversial -- hot topic in today's dating world has taken the internet by storm: women who openly say they "hate men" might actually be the best partners to date.
According to social media, men could benefit greatly from dating women who express discontent with the opposite sex -- but it's not as controversial as you might think.
TikTok user James White (@jameslwhitee) stirred the pot with a viral video in which he elaborated on this theory -- believing women who say they dislike men could be the most loyal, loving partners out there.
"Okay, so if you're a guy who can find a girl who hates all men, but! But, but, but likes you? You're set. You are literally set for life," James explained, explaining that many men misinterpret these women's stance.

I got this from the Boyscast, who point out that there's a big presence on TikTok of men who say whatever angry feminists want to hear to get them to DM them for sex. It's p***ybait. It's pooterslop.

Or, they postulate, this guy might just be gay.

They also point out that a woman who "hates" anything -- not just men, but anything -- is by definition hateful and angry, and have you ever noticed, people who are generally hateful and angry aren't easy to get along with?

And if they hate you in particular -- rather worse. Rather worse.

He claims that instead of seeing their expressed disdain for men as a negative, he believes it's basically a filter.
"All these girls who hate all men," he added, "they're gonna find one man that they love, that they want to take care of, that they cherish, that they wanna be super kind to, super sweet, everything like that."
If a woman who's skeptical of men as a whole chooses to let you in, then supposedly she's serious about you.
In a separate video, TikTokker @tootsietat added that women who loudly criticize men could be searching for the rare, "not all men" type of guy.
Instead of just talking about the flaws of men in general, these women want to see actual proof of a man embodying the qualities that make him stand apart from the negative stereotypes.

If I said "I would never date a woman from [x] minority because the negative stereotypes I associate with them" -- do you think any leftwingers would urge women from that minority group to try to prove to me they don't embody the negative stereotypes I associate with their race?

Nah, right?

I thought so. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Meanwhile: Fellas, she's available!

No man wants to handle that! pic.twitter.com/T0dHCxR77B
— Jeff Hunt (@jeffhunt) August 26, 2026

And she says to Joy Reid, no less… https://t.co/MfsYlxE9OX
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 27, 2026

Woke "trans" tourist: Now that the UK says that biological men must use the men's bathrooms, I don't know which bathroom to use.

What a riddle. Who could figure out such a puzzler?

Transgender tourist visiting the UK says he doesn’t know which bathroom to use after new UK rule banned men in women’s toilets.

“I’m trans and I heard I’m not allowed to go to the women’s restroom in public spaces. I don’t know where to go to be honest.” pic.twitter.com/MBo8eExhey
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 27, 2026

Super-centrist moderate Hillary Clinton beloved by "conservative" NeverTrumpers: I support the "experiment" to see if socialism will work in America.

Hillary Clinton on the RISE of SOCIALISM: "The Democratic Party right now is, I think, going through an experiment. Like who can actually respond particularly to young people's very real concerns about where they are at this point in their lives and what kind of future do they…
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 25, 2026

I heard Real Socialism has never been tried, so def, let's perform this experiment. I'm on pins and needles to see how it works out this time!!!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 I eat soup.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

3 And now we wait.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

4 Patiently.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

5 For others to arrive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

6 To this bounty of end of week madness.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

7 Eventually we start to wonder if our nood was too obscure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

8 >>>I eat soup.

I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

9 Surely someone will come along soon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

10 In wonder how Wolfus' lunch went...

He was supposed to go a "free" luncheon today where the topic of discussion was vasectomies and sterilization.

For some reason that flyer at the top of the page reminded me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (FZ29D)

11 Tranq gun.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (wOO3z)

12 I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

Hey, they only said they talked about it, not acted it out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

13 Nope. No soup for me. I was told "Come back, one year".

Posted by: Soupless Thursdays at August 28, 2026 06:44 PM (JM9I6)

14 Smalldeadanimals had an X link where someone pointed out how Canada was fine replacing the name of every white guy with stupid indian shit.

So Lake America it is.

And the meme - Canada Geese are now Donald Ducks was cute.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:44 PM (Sco7b)

15
I am noticing more signs at businesses saying that abusing the staff won't be tolerated. Can you imagine this 25 years ago? Sad, I tells ya, sad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:44 PM (O0L8i)

16 We're just an experiment to Grandma Death.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (wOO3z)

17 Isn't Soup the nickname of some semi-famous dog around here?

Posted by: Krazy Kat at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (JM9I6)

18 Top 20

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (zMzlR)

19
He was supposed to go a "free" luncheon today where the topic of discussion was vasectomies and sterilization

_________

Get tutored and neutered!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (O0L8i)

20 Week in Woke.... aka new ways to hatef*ck your brain 😆

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (JqJBt)

21 A flash back to an all time classic on Peter Beinart.

https://tinyurl.com/mry8tf9t

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (wGerL)

22 There was a nice ad on Detroit tv which pointed out how crazy the Dems have become and linked Benson running for governor to El-Sayed.

So, I guess the goal is crazy and evil by association.

Instead of just her usual crazy and evil.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)

23
That poster could be an ad for AOS, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (/QHx4)

24 So, they eating soup and talking about their recent or upcoming medical procedures? . Actually, it sounds like a lot of people over 65 minus the soup.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (JrHfD)

25 Hillzebub is exactly the expert we need.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (/StTI)

26 Guy who thinks he's a woman doesn't know where to go.
TO HELL. Go to hell. Hope that clears it up for you

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (EZWVc)

27 To understand why Driggs, ID, know that is has been infested with the lefty hanger-ons too poor to own in Jackson, WY.

So they go over the Teton Pass and own on the Idaho side.

They are rich, yes. But not rich-rich (I mean, private jet fleet rich) like they think they deserve to be.

And that makes them the most resentful, haughty, bitter and zealous leftists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (3cUTc)

28 I don’t patronize bigoted hateful shops owned or run by miserable cocksuckers who want me dead (and the feeling is mutual).

If they don’t want my business, they can choke on my fat dick.

I also don’t stick my fat dick in crazy. Ummm … well, mostly I don’t stick my fat dick in crazy …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (J1FkQ)

29 I'm sorry. I don't have the intestinal fortitude to look at the video. I save myself some aggravation that way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (JrHfD)

30 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

The usual suspects (Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic, Disparu, etc.) have been mocking it relentlessly for the past couple of days.

$1 BILLION and this is what you get from Amazon...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (FZ29D)

31 Men's organs
Women's organs
Bladders
Groin

Aside from the soup, they sound like us.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (viF8m)

32 >>>A flash back to an all time classic on Peter Beinart.
https://tinyurl.com/mry8tf9t

good stuff. I completely forgot about this no-account twink.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)

33 26 Guy who thinks he's a woman doesn't know where to go.
TO HELL. Go to hell. Hope that clears it up for you
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (EZWVc

So the tornado warning was nothing?
Cool.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

34 Idaho? No, you da ho!

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (J1FkQ)

35 TOO many oxygen thieves.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (PbWRL)

36 Make that "the video(s)"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (JrHfD)

37 >>>20 Week in Woke.... aka new ways to hatef*ck your brain 😆

I've been trying to include some humorous stuff but yeah, this is always a rough thread.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)

38 >> throwing out a group of pro-life teenagers,

Good. Why would anyone want to eat at a place that does not want to serve them?

"Public accommodation" is hogwash. It has to go. Oh SCOTUS in the swamp, I pray to thee.

The bake-the-cake one is a bit different, but he should have a right to tell them to fuck off for any reason he wants. And let the lefties throw out conservative. I support this.

(Also let racists restrict non-whites or whatever. )

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (ImuKY)

39 17 Isn't Soup the nickname of some semi-famous dog around here?
Posted by: Krazy Kat at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (JM9I6)

He is a southern gentleman and would never speak of such things, especially over a meal.

Plus have you seen him? Someone calls him an annoying fake cartoon dog. I prefer living stuffed animal. He is definitely not luring people to their ends by enticing them with a comfort food.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

40 And she says to Joy Reid, no less https://t.co/MfsYlxE9OX

So many truths spoken and, yet, she holds on to her delusions like Rose holding onto a door which is easily big enough to support Jack also without offering him space.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)

41 r/Teachers (seriously!)

The reality is schools stopped disciplining children of color so their numbers looked good to their superintendents. there were so many more phenomenal children (of color) who were not getting an education because of the few who could not be disciplined.

My experience exactly in NYC. Tough school. 85% of the students were amazing. Dedicated. Respectful. The other 15 were...not. I felt awful for the kids that were there and desperate to learn in what was often a loud, dangerous, and intimidating environment.

Yep. We quit enforcing demerits on black kids for being late.

Incredibly rare Trump Admin W. This is like how I entirely agree with Ron DeSantis that cell phones should be banned in schools.

It's crazy how admin in a PUBLIC school doesn't understand we are there to educate for the benefit of the public. It's for everyone. Some of the students they turn loose on the world have been set up to fail by the institutions who claim to protect them. Little Jonny never faced consequences in his life. No the consequences are prison. Nice job coddling him, but you've doomed the kid to severe consequences in life.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (FKi1y)

42 >>>30 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

I know, I was jestin'

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (1wjle)

43 Go piss up a rope, dude.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (PbWRL)

44 ... El Sayed will stop global warming and global warming will be Bad For Jews.

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The carbon they want to eliminate starts with YOU, Jews!

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (9c4Eu)

45 The only time I didn't know which restroom to use I was eight years old and at a western-themed restaurant and the only thing on the doors was "Steers" and "Heifers."

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (/OKHJ)

46 17 39…

Wait, you are suggesting they want people to eat our official unofficial mascot? We should tell them about the gun thread.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

47 80 year old sex talk.

There's no fucking way I could keep a straight face.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (wOO3z)

48 What kind of soup?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 06:53 PM (n5tGW)

49 >>>30 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

I know, I was jestin'
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (1wjle)
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Among the comments I've heard today is that because the "Harfoots" (i.e., hobbits they can't legally call hobbits) have been removed from Season 3, Amazon had to find a replacement, which is what the middle two "dwarves" represent.

The only character that actually resembles a dwarf is the one on the far right.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:53 PM (FZ29D)

50 To understand why Driggs, ID, know that is has been infested with the lefty hanger-ons too poor to own in Jackson, WY.

So they go over the Teton Pass and own on the Idaho side.

They are rich, yes. But not rich-rich (I mean, private jet fleet rich) like they think they deserve to be.

And that makes them the most resentful, haughty, bitter and zealous leftists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (3cUTc)

Even as a kid growing up in Cody, I hated Jackson. And Driggs is almost as bad.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 28, 2026 06:54 PM (0aYVJ)

51 Eat soup with us.

You will eat soup with us now.

Posted by: Buffalo Bill and the Tooth Fairy at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)

52 >>Posted by: ace

When did you teach at Colby?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (viF8m)

53 Have any women won in a male sport?

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

54 48 What kind of soup?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Based on the discussion topics, I'm guessing menudo. Or chitterlings.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:58 PM (FKi1y)

55 Thank you Ace for this island of sanity.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 06:59 PM (MWfyi)

56 Steers are castrated. Hope you didn't go in there.

Posted by: Kitchen Table Politics at August 28, 2026 06:59 PM (JM9I6)

57 Don't be surprised if garrett takes up that offer for soup with those lunatics from Butte. Just don't give them any liquor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 06:59 PM (SK+av)

58 >>>Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals

They're perfect if you are into hate fucking.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (8mulE)

59 53 Have any women won in a male sport?

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

I wonder if women could try to get on "Canada's Great Drag Race" or that RuPaul show and then sue the shit out of them if they are declined.

Men should probably push this like the guys did with the WNBA. Every sport, every championship until the women grow some balls.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (Sco7b)

60 53 Have any women won in a male sport?
Posted by: Skip

I'd love to see a biological male identify as female and still complete and win in male events...but simultaneously win female records. Stunning and brave.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (FKi1y)

61 After reading The Week In Woke each Friday, I want to walk around with a cylinder of compressed air and a bolt gun. Like the guy in No Country For Old Men.

"Just hold your head still for a moment."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (ImuKY)

62 Speaking of Saijo, I am going to take him to the park quickly. They shoot a cannon off every time the home team scores at the school here, so he so he won’t be excited about going outside much.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

63 Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates.

Based on my admittedly anecdotal observations, it appears that black (oh wait, "Black") males go to prison at rates disproportionate to rates of males of white ("White") or Asian heritage.

It's the weirdest thing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (guGkK)

64 I've been trying to include some humorous stuff but yeah, this is always a rough thread.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)

---------

All good - please know I wasn't being critical... more just bracing myself for the typical sequence:
A) read post
B) breathe deeply
C) order ammo
D) go back to work so I can pay for more ammo

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (JqJBt)

65 >>Have any women won in a male sport?

Sidney Crosby.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)

66 This is what women's lib has wrought.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (MWfyi)

67 Canadian Islamic scholar Dr. Shabir Ally says: “A Muslim man can have 4 wives and an unlimited number of female sex slaves (concubines). The four wives are also slaves, but with higher status.”

I dont like my 1 sometimes

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (/+uur)

68 58 >>>Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals

They're perfect if you are into hate fucking.
Posted by: No Name Today

I hate fucking women!

Posted by: James Talarico at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (FKi1y)

69 Sorry Hillary, there is only one Lord of the DNC, and they do not share power!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (uhVAy)

70 He claims that instead of seeing their expressed disdain for men as a negative, he believes it's basically a filter.
"All these girls who hate all men," he added, "they're gonna find one man that they love, that they want to take care of, that they cherish, that they wanna be super kind to, super sweet, everything like that."

That's right up there with Malcolm from Based Camps assertion that conservative men should date leftist women because leftist women are natural followers, and the men can discipline them into being devoted conservative wives.

I'm sure he had no intention of implying that already conservative women (who have been not following the herd all their lives) aren't worth marrying because they're used to fighting.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

71 FoxNews - Ingraham - Talarico

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (Sco7b)

72 61 After reading The Week In Woke each Friday, I want to walk around with a cylinder of compressed air and a bolt gun. Like the guy in No Country For Old Men.

"Just hold your head still for a moment."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (ImuKY)

or than silenced shootsgun

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (/+uur)

73 In all honesty, it must be difficult for a 20-something to figure out a five-year plan nowadays.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 28, 2026 07:03 PM (w6EFb)

74 The only time I didn't know which restroom to use I was eight years old and at a western-themed restaurant and the only thing on the doors was "Steers" and "Heifers."
Posted by: Mark1971

Did you go ask them where the restroom for non-castrated males was?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:04 PM (vJrRc)

75 I dont like my 1 sometimes

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (/+uur

Solomon had 700 wives, 300 concubines and probably remembered names like Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:04 PM (Sco7b)

76 "You cannot address racial disparities in school discipline by telling schools to ignore race"…

[Profoundly puzzled emojiface]

Meanwhile: Fellas, she's available!

[Omigosh, the poster child for "She seems nice."]

Now that the UK says that biological men must use the men's bathrooms, I don't know which bathroom to use.

[If there's a "Y" in your genes, guess you'll just have to hold it in, feller.]

This kind of Quick Hits report is the perfect other slice with JJ's Morning Report to make a fine world-has-gone-to-$#!+ sammich.

Hey, Ace, since Eloon Muskox has gone to war with every other way for non-X-ers to view X videos, could you just embed all of the X cafe vids from now on? Thanks, buddy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - let's have pizza tonight, whattaya say? at August 28, 2026 07:04 PM (oq2IS)

77 53 Have any women won in a male sport?
Posted by: Skip

Drag Racing

Erica Lee Enders (born October 8, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is an American drag racing driver. Enders has won six world championships in the Pro Stock class of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and she continues to drive full-time in that class.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur)

78 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

The usual suspects (Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic, Disparu, etc.) have been mocking it relentlessly for the past couple of days.

$1 BILLION and this is what you get from Amazon...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (FZ29D)

Drinker and Disparu will be able to add another wing to their manorhouses with this one.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)

79 The incendiary rounds for shotguns. A two-fer.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (PbWRL)

80 Hillary!

She looks like a lizard creature.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (odBC9)

81 I've never had a 5 year plan in my entire life.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

82 Danica Patrick won a single Indy Car race. They did it on fuel strategy. She was about fifth or sixth in the final laps and all the leaders had to pit for fuel.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (/OKHJ)

83 It's a Catch 22. The green haired goblin woman has no man in her life, hence no regular semen injections, which leads to insanity. The green haired goblin woman is insane because she has no regular semen injections because she has no man in her life.

It's a Catch 22.

Posted by: Dr. Doc Daneeka at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (QRHoA)

84 "I am noticing more signs at businesses saying that abusing the staff won't be tolerated." - Hadrian

Yesterday I called AirCanada (it's still called that today, right??) for something and the robot greeting explaining all the options etc included a statement I've never heard before, about offensive or divisive behavior (on the phone, was clear from context) would not be permitted. Sorry I forget the exact words, was too gobsmacked to focus after that.

WTF?

Reminded me of turning on the TV (a rare event) early during The Great Idiocy in 2020 and being speechless at the commercials - whiny, OMG-we're-like-Londoners-during-the-Blitz, solicitous, sober-sounding self-centered pretentious language and tone to everything. In commercials.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (U/Byj)

85 Read a article some weeks ago at American Thinker how Joynrr's women's fastest speed record hasn't been touched by a woman since she did it maybe 20 years ago, high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

86 Transgender tourist visiting the UK says he doesn’t know which bathroom to use
......

It's always about the bathrooms.
Pro-tip: Pee in the Mens, poop in the Womens.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (UjdFS)

87 Hillary Clinton on the RISE of SOCIALISM:

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[A history of "collectivism:]

We have Killary to thank for reintroducing the kinder & gentler term progressivism for hiding & masking socialism.

With "socialism" of course being a kinder & gentler term for hiding & masking Marxism.

With "Marxism" of course being a kinder & gentler term for hiding & masking communism.

And "communism" of course being a kinder & gentler term for hiding & masking authoritarian & totalitarian suicidal death cult.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (9c4Eu)

88 8 >>>I eat soup.

I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

yikes

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (odBC9)

89 ""Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals""

With a chick like that you feel a hell of a lot less guilty leaving a floater in the toilet and wiping your dick on the drapes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (S41Gd)

90 "pooterslop"

Very well done indeed Sir!

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

91 Soup. Mmm! Mmm! Good!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (wVcYX)

92 I am weird
I do not even believe in second marriages.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:09 PM (/+uur)

93 Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

Is this Malcolm a dem plant? Or just caught up in theory? Observation would indicate that conservative men who marry liberal women are more likely to end up voting dem than the other way around.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 07:10 PM (lFFaq)

94 This kind of ~~Quick Hits~~ Week in Woke report…

Correcting myself, FTR

Posted by: mindful webworker - week in hits, whatever at August 28, 2026 07:10 PM (oq2IS)

95 Read a article some weeks ago at American Thinker how Joynrr's women's fastest speed record hasn't been touched by a woman since she did it maybe 20 years ago, high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

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# of Biological Males who have run a sub-4-minute mile? Over 2,350.

# of Biological Females who have run a sub-4-minute mile? 0.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:11 PM (9c4Eu)

96 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

They all seem racisty.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:11 PM (l26NL)

97 >>I am weird

If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

98 It said schools must ensure students are not treated differently because of race
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I think at issue here, is the content of their character. Remember that?

We can treat students differently based upon their behavior. At least for now. Kinda, though not really.

There's this pernicious strain of nonsense that runs in "academic" circles that the ONLY reason black students are disciplined more often is because of racism directed towards blacks.

Nobody really believes this, but this is the twaddle served up daily by these cunts.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (99A9t)

99 8 >>>I eat soup.

I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

You are wise in the ways of the world.

Did you show up at the diner to meet these souper people?

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (odBC9)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (odBC9)

101 Don't eat the soap.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (Cqx++)

102 Drinker and Disparu will be able to add another wing to their manorhouses with this one.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)
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Disparu pointed out that the release schedule is over three weeks (4 episodes the first week and 2 episodes at a time the following two weeks.) Amazon has acknowledged they are doing this because they know the usual gang is going to hate-watch the series for their fans and they want to minimize the time YouTubers spend on this series.

Disparu has said that he's going to do a thorough take down of all episodes, because that's the kind of guy he is.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (FZ29D)

103 " I am weird
I do not even believe in second marriages.
Posted by: r hennigantx "

I don't believe in modern love.

Posted by: zombie David Bowie at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)

104 I've never had a 5 year plan in my entire life.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

We figured you more for a 5 gram plan.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)

105 In wonder how Wolfus' lunch went...

He was supposed to go a "free" luncheon today where the topic of discussion was vasectomies and sterilization.

For some reason that flyer at the top of the page reminded me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I get stuff every week offering a free lunch or dinner. They say it's about Retirement Financial Planning.

I guess avoidance of paternity suits and child support could be part of that.

Posted by: J. Miklos Strom-Thurmond at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (4RYRd)

106 # of Biological Males who have run a sub-4-minute mile? Over 2,350.

# of Biological Females who have run a sub-4-minute mile? 0.

Don't get me started on parallel parking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (guGkK)

107 Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

Is this Malcolm a dem plant? Or just caught up in theory? Observation would indicate that conservative men who marry liberal women are more likely to end up voting dem than the other way around.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 07:10 PM (lFFaq)

Well if he's a decent guy wifes pretty often will take on their husband politics because they don't have to worry as much about friends and coworkers politics.

If he's a 'feminist ally' the wife might end up buried under the floorboards.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

108 You know who had 5 year plans.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (PbWRL)

109 I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

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This sounds oddly specific, Ace.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (9c4Eu)

110 I don't like soup. It is too in between.

We know how to eat liquids -- we put them in a glass and drink them. What is this spoon nonsense. It's annoying.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (ImuKY)

111 Critical Drinker said the guy in the back of the Rings of Power picture looks like he sells weed outside your local convenience store

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (EZWVc)

112 Peter Beinart is very deranged and should be ignored because he is ill. Have pity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

113 I get stuff every week offering a free lunch or dinner. They say it's about Retirement Financial Planning.

I guess avoidance of paternity suits and child support could be part of that.
Posted by: J. Miklos Strom-Thurmond at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (4RYRd)
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*** Renewal by Andersen has entered the chat. ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (FZ29D)

114 97 >>I am weird

If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw

I'm not weird. Mom says I'm eccentric.

Posted by: Loose Screws at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (JM9I6)

115 With a chick like that you feel a hell of a lot less guilty leaving a floater in the toilet and wiping your dick on the drapes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Careful if they have those metal blinds

Posted by: Miklos knows Things at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (4RYRd)

116 EAT SOUP WITH US

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Did they mention that sides include some fava beans and a nice chianti?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (9c4Eu)

117 I don't like soup. It is too in between.

We know how to eat liquids -- we put them in a glass and drink them. What is this spoon nonsense. It's annoying.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (ImuKY)

if it is a broth soup you can drink it from a coffee cup.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (uhVAy)

118 I've been to one of those sales things at a local steakhouse and had a free steak and listened to the pitch and felt sorry for the guy because I was never going to buy anything I just wanted a free steak.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (MWfyi)

119 I don't always use the public restroom, but when I do I prefer a stall.

Posted by: Captain Splatter at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (UjdFS)

120 Woke "trans" tourist: Now that the UK says that biological men must use the men's bathrooms, I don't know which bathroom to use.

What a riddle. Who could figure out such a puzzler?

***

Somebody kick this dipshit in the nuts. He'll figure it out soon enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (2WIwB)

121 The Department of Education has told schools to stop overpunishing white kids and underpunishing black kids to create "balance" in punishment -- irrespective of actual student behavior -- and Reuters is just heart-sick about it.
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Harrison Bergeron, to the white courtesy phone, please!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:17 PM (RIvkX)

122 Don't get me started on parallel parking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (guGkK)

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* snort *

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:18 PM (9c4Eu)

123 >>We figured you more for a 5 gram plan.

I'm plan was to make it 50. I'm on bonus time.

It's all good.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)

124 The 5-year plan ("pyatilyetka") in progress when I spent some time in the USSR, unironically, had the theme "Quality". I'm sure the quality at SEVMASH (nuke subs) and in the Ministry of Heavy Machine Building (ballistic missiles) was pretty good. What we experienced was comically different.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (U/Byj)

125 Mush 'n' Milk is all you need to grow healthy children.
Spoiled, nothing! You kids put that milk on your mush and eat it. Bah!

Posted by: Crone From Bleak Hill Boarding School at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (JM9I6)

126 high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip

don't tell mom

Posted by: high school boys at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (4RYRd)

127 More 1984 newspeak / doublethink from the Left

Opinion is Fact

Men are Women

Crazy is Sane

But they will always always be identified best from the actual quote from 1984

Ignorance is strength

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (KC5Lt)

128 My

sheesh

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

129 Abby Phillip is on record saying her job at CNN is to explain "the facts" to conservatives.

"Because when you don't ever even hear the facts, it's hard to even know that you're wrong."
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The ignorance is positively breathtaking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

130 117 I don't like soup. It is too in between.

We know how to eat liquids -- we put them in a glass and drink them. What is this spoon nonsense. It's annoying.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (ImuKY)

The fuck am I supposed to dip my grilled cheese sandwich in?

Seriously, throw this man out. He's drunk.

Posted by: give me tomato soup or give me death at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (2nRM4)

131 “I’m trans and I heard I’m not allowed to go to the women’s restroom in public spaces. I don’t know where to go to be honest.”
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Alley out back?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

132 Abby Phillip is on record saying her job at CNN is to explain "the facts" to conservatives.

"Because when you don't ever even hear the facts, it's hard to even know that you're wrong."
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The ignorance is positively breathtaking.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

I don't recall her giving a fact out ever.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)

133 Yesterday I called AirCanada (it's still called that today, right??) for something and the robot greeting explaining all the options etc included a statement I've never heard before, about offensive or divisive behavior (on the phone, was clear from context) would not be permitted. Sorry I forget the exact words, was too gobsmacked to focus after that

Living up here, I hear those messages and see the signs everywhere.

Perhaps I've been setting bad exampkes for all the damn foreigners.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (Sco7b)

134 I don't like soup. It is too in between
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Soup is just Stew, that ain't done yet.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:22 PM (99A9t)

135 "I don’t know where to go to be honest.”

Maybe go back home, take off the dress, and learn to live with yourself without being a weirdo.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

136 "You like Broth"?

The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth-200 Motels

Posted by: Frank Zappa, 1971 at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (JM9I6)

137 Turkish toilets know no gender

Posted by: the left hand of wisdom at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (4RYRd)

138 Judge throws out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 confession in already long wait for trial

A military judge ruled the statements were involuntary in a decision that could further complicate the decades-long wait for a trial
_fox

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (VPNgR)

139 126 high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip

don't tell mom
Posted by: high school boys at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (4RYRd)

Yearly?

Man, birth control pills in the water supply are wreaking havoc.

When I was in school it was daily. Like it was an after school job I didn't get paid for. An internship.

Posted by: my eyesight has deteriorated at August 28, 2026 07:24 PM (2nRM4)

140 I'm wondering in what reality Peter Beinert thinks he makes sense

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 07:24 PM (EZWVc)

141 if it is a broth soup you can drink it from a coffee cup.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (uhVAy)

Say, this gives me an idea. Instant soup in a cup. What shall we call it?

Posted by: Lipton Teas and Infusions, UK at August 28, 2026 07:24 PM (wVcYX)

142 I love soup but unless you make it homemade the stuff you get from a can has close to 100% of the daily recommended amount of sodium.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

143 Or maybe times are getting tough, water it down a bit, and try to stretch it out.

Remember "Nail Soup"? The old tale about the magic nail, a hobo comes to a town, and claims to have a magic nail that makes the most delicious soup. But it would be improved, he said, if only he had a little Salt. 'Oh, I have some Salt' said the nice elderly lady. He added the salt and stirred it into the pot....

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:25 PM (99A9t)

144 "Judge throws out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 confession in already long wait for trial"

See what I mean? World done gone crazy. You could tell me tomorrow that the King of England is now the queen and I would not be the least bit surprised.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

145
I thought the King was a queen

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (/QHx4)

146 "The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi."

No information yet as to their adoption by Canada's MAID program, or by Planned Parenthood for first trimester abortions.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)

147 >I am weird

If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw

I'm not weird. Mom says I'm eccentric.
Posted by: Loose Screws at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (JM9I6)

Special
You're so very special

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (lCppi)

148 146 "The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi."

No information yet as to their adoption by Canada's MAID program, or by Planned Parenthood for first trimester abortions.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)

Aug. 27, 2026?

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (odBC9)

149 If I woke up one morning and there was a Pope Mohammed I wouldn't bat an eye.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

150 At least four "women's" golf tournaments in Canada this summer have been won by men.

Another good reason for what I've tacked onto my name.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (O7YUW)

151 I'm having French Onion Soup right now. Don't know what makes it French, though.

Posted by: Can't Speak Frog at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (JM9I6)

152 the stuff you get from a can has close to 100% of the daily recommended amount of sodium
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It's all wretched shit, I've tried most of them at some time or another.

I use Cream of Mushroom for a few recipes. All that is, is a cheater milk gravy. it works. Tomato soup is OK in a pinch if a dish must have tomatoes, and some do. Rotel is kind of handy for a slight extra kick, and already has onions. I like smoked Jalapeno - the Chipotle in Adobo.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (99A9t)

153 And I don't care about commas if you want commas put em in your damnself.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

154 If you haven't already seen The Path to Zero, WSJ's account of our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, you really should set aside some time to do so. We all here pretty much know the story, but I promise, there is much more to learn from the mouths of the men who were there. Very compelling.

It's less than one hour and it's free on YouTube.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (3ImbR)

155 "The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi."

No information yet as to their adoption by Canada's MAID program, or by Planned Parenthood for first trimester abortions.
Posted by: Kindltot

I assume the clinical trials were done on the corporate executives and their families.

Posted by: Miklos expresses well-founded scepticism at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (4RYRd)

156 142 I love soup but unless you make it homemade the stuff you get from a can has close to 100% of the daily recommended amount of sodium.

Posted by: polynikes

Sodium is an essential mineral. You'll die without it.

Posted by: Salty Mariner at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (JM9I6)

157 Love Tomato Cream soup with club crackers.

New England Clam Chowder second favorite.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

158 I'm having French Onion Soup right now. Don't know what makes it French, though.
Posted by: Can't Speak Frog at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (JM9I6)

It has cheese and eating it produces a fascination with white flags.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (ExV1e)

159 I use Cream of Mushroom for a few recipes. All that is, is a cheater milk gravy. it works. Tomato soup is OK in a pinch if a dish must have tomatoes, and some do. Rotel is kind of handy for a slight extra kick, and already has onions. I like smoked Jalapeno - the Chipotle in Adobo.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (99A9t)

I extend a can of cream of chicken soup with chicken and some canned veggies. My standard pot gives about three meals from it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

160 I accidentally got some low sodium V8 and had to put salt in it but it still didn't taste right. It was more like a V7.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

161 124 The 5-year plan ("pyatilyetka") in progress when I spent some time in the USSR, unironically, had the theme "Quality". I'm sure the quality at SEVMASH (nuke subs) and in the Ministry of Heavy Machine Building (ballistic missiles) was pretty good. What we experienced was comically different.

Posted by: rhomboid
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Last 20 years or so Russians have experienced more and more free time - also some disposable income. Tinkering and free thought along with personal discipline are essential to general quality.

There are ewetubes of Russians tinkering with Vespa type scooters making them into ice boat racers and other things.
This transfers directly to factory work. They go to the factory and intrinsically understand how stuff works. Something that is almost genetic with us and totally alien to the Chinese.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (VPNgR)

162 P'rhaps . . . .Perhaps the use of black sites for extraordinary renditions and questioning was not the legal lead pipe cinch we were all promised it would be?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (rbvCR)

163 I used to make a soup from a recipe book that was a big pot with 5 different soup concentrates and a can of lobster bits.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

164 >>I am weird
If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw

If everyone is weird, then nobody is.
—Dash Parr

Posted by: mindful webworker - credible at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (oq2IS)

165 Well-adjusted Morons prefer Manhattan Style Clam Chowder Soup 3-1.

Posted by: Builds Strong Bones And Teef at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (JM9I6)

166 And I don't care about commas if you want commas put em in your damnself
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I wish I would have thought of that answer in Mrs. Johnson's 3rd Grade class back in the day! Dangit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (99A9t)

167 Everybody seems Normal till you get to know them...

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (99A9t)

168 A good Potato soup is the nee plus ultra(spelling, francophiles?)

Chickarina is really good.

There's a progresso lasagna soup that is not bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (zZu0s)

169
Campbell's Roasted Garlic Mushroom soup is good. We use it now instead of Cream of Mushroom soup.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (/QHx4)

170 And now you're all talking about soup.

Some of you are in that poster above. Tell the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

171 "Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates."

Okay, WHY are blacks disciplined more often? And why are blacks in public schools monumentally behind in learning? And do, please, tell me why black households are lacking books and magazines, don't generally spend time doing and reviewing homework, and can't be bothered to even show up to school on a regular basis?

Why could that possibly be?

Is it the skin color, or is it the sub-culture that thinks doing well is "acting white?"

I just don't know. I just...

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (dEHLq)

172 163 I used to make a soup from a recipe book that was a big pot with 5 different soup concentrates and a can of lobster bits.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

yum

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (odBC9)

173 I'm a noncommaformist.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)

174 Olive Garden used to have an excellent Zuppa Toscana ... but sometime in the past decade, they've "watered" it down (Shrinkflation?) and not as creamy or tasty now.

Now I get the Chicken Gnocchi ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (9c4Eu)

175 I don't recall her giving a fact out ever.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)
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To her credit, she believes conservatives are simply ignorant not evil, like most leftists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

176 I'm having French Onion Soup right now. Don't know what makes it French, though.
Posted by: Can't Speak Frog at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (JM9I6)

It has cheese and eating it produces a fascination with white flags.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (ExV1e)
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My mother always made it with SWISS cheese.

So I guess it was more of a Swiss onion soup.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)

177 I accidentally got some low sodium V8 and had to put salt in it but it still didn't taste right. It was more like a V7.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

A Chevette 4-cylinder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (zZu0s)

178 Ignore the Cambridge Comma

That is all DEI bullshit

Posted by: Gramatically Correct Miklos at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (4RYRd)

179 Sodium is an essential mineral. You'll die without it.
Posted by: Salty Mariner at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (JM9I6

Also potassium, calcium and iron but you don't want to triple up the necessary amount .

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:38 PM (KC5Lt)

180 I extend a can of cream of chicken soup with chicken and some canned veggies. My standard pot gives about three meals from it.
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Right, it's convenient. But make a Roux, with butter or bacon fat maybe, and a nice thick Milk gravy.... season as you like. It's always way better than anything out of a can.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:38 PM (99A9t)

181 I don't recall her giving a fact out ever.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)
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To her credit, she believes conservatives are simply ignorant not evil, like most leftists.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

I doubt it, I'm sure she thinks we are evil too. Just clever enough to not say it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:38 PM (uhVAy)

182 This transfers directly to factory work. They go to the factory and intrinsically understand how stuff works. Something that is almost genetic with us and totally alien to the Chinese.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (VPNgR)
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SMR

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

183 Everybody seems Normal till you get to know them...
Posted by: Common Tater

Green-haired nose-ring crazy-eye woman above could never seem normal.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'get to know me at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (oq2IS)

184 145
I thought the King was a queen

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (/QHx4)

He has someone put toothpaste on his toothbrush for him.

Of course he's a queen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (dEHLq)

185 My mother still makes iced tea sugarless, adding sugar into the glass does nothing for it

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

186 Green-haired nose-ring crazy-eye woman above could never seem normal.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'get to know me at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (oq2IS)

Hysterical, hideous and brainless is no way to go through life, honey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (dEHLq)

187 I don't believe in modern love.
Posted by: zombie David Bowie at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)

Now do Adult Education

Posted by: Daryl at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

188 149 If I woke up one morning and there was a Pope Mohammed I wouldn't bat an eye.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

153 And I don't care about commas if you want commas put em in your damnself.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

It's not so much that you needed commas, it's that the "I" after "Mohammed" is ambiguously the subject of the sentence or a numeral indicating "the First."

bzzzt

You coulda done this:

If I woke up one morning and there was a Pope Mohammed then I wouldn't bat an eye.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (odBC9)

189
I can't eat swiss cheese. It smells like a dirty diaper.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (/QHx4)

190 My mother always made it with SWISS cheese.
So I guess it was more of a Swiss onion soup.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)
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Gruyere is the cheese of choice for French Onion Soup, and Swiss is the common man's Gruyere. It's half the price and it's what sensible people like us use!

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (3ImbR)

191 Cafe is up!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (NcvvS)

192 My mother still makes iced tea sugarless, adding sugar into the glass does nothing for it
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)
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My aunt z"l would hold a sugar cube in her teeth and drink tea through it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX)

193 It was more like a V7.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

220
221 whatever it takes

Posted by: Daryl at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (/+uur)

194 Posted by: tcn in AK

There you go again, asking all these questions.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (VJ0w/)

195 Back in the day, they had Normal Colleges

Posted by: Miklos notes a General Decline at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (4RYRd)

196 Which moron is going to dial the number on the poster?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (RIvkX)

197 185 My mother still makes iced tea sugarless, adding sugar into the glass does nothing for it
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

Sun tea, made in the sun, has a natural sweetness to it.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (odBC9)

198 =====

SMR

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Is that a buy tip?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (VPNgR)

199 Cream of Sum Yon Guy

Posted by: Daryl at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

200 off sox

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

201 192 My aunt z"l would hold a sugar cube in her teeth and drink tea through it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX)

Haha!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (odBC9)

202 195 Back in the day, they had Normal Colleges
Posted by: Miklos notes a General Decline at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (4RYRd)

Somebody should enroll that green haired bitch there. Maybe they could teach her some restraint. If that doesn't work, we could hire someone to smack her upside her head every time she opens her pie hole.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (dEHLq)

203 191 Cafe is up!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (NcvvS)

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (odBC9)

204 "Green-haired Nose-ring Crazy-eye Woman" was the prophetic flip side of Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady" single.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)

205 Mulligatawny soup is pretty good. I may have had a more Americanized version of it though. I didn't know it was Tamil-Indian originated curry soup until just now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (wVcYX)

206 If I had EVER acted out the way these women who post these obnoxious videos do, my mother would have smacked my into next Sunday.

Same is true of kids screaming all the damned time. My mother was not tolerant of bad behavior and didn't write any of it off due to age or development.

Do the crime, you cheek would show it. I might still have a wooden spoon dent in one side.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:45 PM (dEHLq)

207 Fathers
I have several friend with no father and at 18 they marched themselves of the the Marines or Army.
They have a real life now.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

208 Just down to the arms and hands to this Gigantic 3D printed Galactus.

It's going to stand over 30 inches tall.

I think this deserves a scotch and some sour patch gummies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (XV/Pl)

209 Nood.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (0CU3H)

210 >>>And now you're all talking about soup.

Some of you are in that poster above. Tell the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw

>AOSHQ blog has become a chat line. Greetings and salutations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (SK+av)

211 >>191 Cafe is up!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (odBC9)

Thanks, m!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:59 PM (NcvvS)

212 There are all these "MN Nices Hates ICE" in my neighborhood. Yes, Minnesota is nice and hateful. Hateful people are the best.

Posted by: Dave at August 28, 2026 09:30 PM (sbsMc)

"Christian" Pastor and Heterosexual Heart-Breaker James Talarico: The Assassment That Christians are the Villains In Society Is "Spot On"

I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

In an episode published on August 5, Van Lathan Jr., host of Higher Learning, went on an extensive rant proclaiming that American Christians nationwide are "villains" and "mean people" who he expected to see "saying something wild," all while Talarico laughed and nodded in agreement. Talarico then told Lathan Jr. that he didn't believe that Christianity as "defining someone as a good person" was dead, but agreed that his "assessment is spot on."
Talarico's strain of "good person" Christianity comes from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, headed by Jim Rigby. Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture." St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer, and funds Planned Parenthood and trans youth summer camps.

SCOOP: In a 2025 appearance on the Higher Learning podcast, Democrat candidate James Talarico called the idea that Christians are the "villains" of American society "spot on." pic.twitter.com/GYE7lSHbvs
— Joe Chalfant (@JoeChalfant) August 27, 2026

Bonus: Sonny Hostin pressured a DA to drop trespass charges against her son, with the "Don't you know who I am?" maneuver.

The DA supposedly rejected this pressure -- but surprise surprise, her son got a sweetheart deal requiring only that he go to a three hour "course" and the charges will be ultimately expunged.

The entitled son of "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin had to complete a court-ordered course to get his Westchester County trespassing case dismissed -- despite his celeb mom's two-month-long campaign to make the case disappear.
Ivy League-educated Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle on June 16 and hit with a trespassing violation. During his arrest, his famous mom was caught on bodycam trying to throw her weight around with cops at the scene.
"My name is Sunny Hostin and I'm one of the co-hosts of 'The View' and I'm a former federal prosecutor," she told cops. "That's my son. He's a Harvard graduate, he doesn't have a criminal record."
According to sources, she didn't let up after that, and consistently hammered away at the Westchester County District Attorney's Office to make it all go away without any recourse.
The younger Hostin eventually agreed to accept a deal, which required him to take part in a three-hour Fresh Start course, which the Westchester DA's Office said is a "pre-arraignment diversion program that provides eligible first-time, low-level offenders" with a chance to have the cases dismissed.
Gabriel Hostin completed the course on Aug. 20, and the prosecutors have sent a letter to the court requesting that the charges be dismissed after completion of the course.

To be honest, it's a minor offense and I wouldn't expect there to be a serious penalty for it. But then, Sonny Hostin, who claims to be a lawyer, would have realized the penalty would have been a slap on the wrist with the charges expunged after a minor pre-trial diversion.

But she was determined that her son should receive no penalty at all.

Because she's on The View. Why she imagines that's a credit, I don't know.

So f*** that bitch Sonny Hostin and her incredibly privileged form of "oppression."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:40 PM

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1 Omg

Posted by: the country place that no one knows about at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (jrgJz)

2 Talerico is literally an anti-christ.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (XV/Pl)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 28, 2026 05:45 PM (EJE3y)

4 I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

We...don't understand the problem.

Posted by: Hundreds of Thousands of Ethnic Chinese living in China but born on US soil at August 28, 2026 05:45 PM (FKi1y)

5 "Talarico's strain of "good person" Christianity comes from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, headed by Jim Rigby. Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture." St. Andrew's"

This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"
To do this. I know about it- not because I attend to his church- but I know a musician who does.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (JrHfD)

6 Some people just can’t quit us.
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

https://youtu.be/T575Pbo4eWM?t=6

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

7 Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture."

That's retarded.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (2Drhq)

8 Dear Mr. Talarico,

I say this as a God creating Christian:

Fuck. You.

*****************************

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (SRRAx)

9 I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

You'd spend the first eight months shedding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (ExV1e)

10 Bonus: Sonny Hostin pressured a DA to drop trespass charges against her son, with the "Don't you know who I am?" maneuver.

The DA supposedly rejected this pressure -- but surprise surprise, her son got a sweetheart deal requiring only that he go to a three hour "course" and the charges will be ultimately expunged.

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How could anybody have doubted that a judge would not be on the Hostins' side? After all, they are of a higher class where laws don't apply, laws are for the little people.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (ZNpJk)

11 This Talarico kid is something of a twat, isn't he?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (dEHLq)

12 Been getting donation ads for this gay commie twink on YouTube.

Not amused.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

13 So we've moved from "I'm not a leftist radical, but just a decent normal Christian," to "Gosh, Christians are really the worst!"

You what's really powerful persuasion? Telling religious people that they are totally wrong and don't understand their own faith. Always wins them over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

14 To do this. I know about it- not because I attend to his church- but I know a musician who does.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August

People may say what they will about my Bible Belt evangelical Church all they want, but this kind of garbage (pronounced gar-bagghheee) would not and does not fly. The Bible is the Bible is the Bible is the Bible.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture."

That's retarded.
Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (2Drhq)
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And also gay.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

16 11 This Talarico kid is something of a twat, isn't he?

And something of a Twink.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (2Drhq)

17 Oh, yeah. This blasphemous pervert is going to run away with it in Texas. That's the kind of guy we have been looking for.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (0U5gm)

18 "God-fearing"

Sheesh 🙄🙄🙄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (SRRAx)

19 The Democrats are running a guy who says Christians are evil, God is non-binary, snd his church celebrates atheism.

He's a vegetarian in beef country and met his wife at a gay bar.

And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (mShBj)

20 This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (JrHfD)

If you don't like the instruction book, why stay for the whole class?

If you need to write a different Bible, then you aren't a Christian, by definition.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (dEHLq)

21 Presbyterians ain’t what used to be.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (KGj36)

22 Talarico says Christians are villains. But people are believing polls which say Talarico is ahead. Tell the Black Christians in Texas that and they'll have another reason not to vote for him. Same with White and Hispanic Christians. He might win college professors and AWFLs but not many other people

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (EZWVc)

23 This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"
To do this. I know about it- not because I attend to his church- but I know a musician who does.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (JrHfD)
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Isn't David French Presbyterian as well?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

24 Oh, just for the record, when he first got the nomination, I did see a few signs for him around town. Since then, and with all of the revelations, they have all disappeared, and I don't live in a place where people steal signs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (0U5gm)

25 This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (mShBj)

Dave be preachin'!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (xcxpd)

26 So, do we all just get to re-write The Bible?
More Parables! Less Numbers! More Solomon! Less Kings!

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (2Drhq)

27 The only signs I see in my neighborhood are for Talarico.

The inmates have taken over the asylum....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

28 People may say what they will about my Bible Belt evangelical Church all they want, but this kind of garbage (pronounced gar-bagghheee) would not and does not fly. The Bible is the Bible is the Bible is the Bible.
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

To be fair, Catholics will tell you that you are missing a few books, but other than that, absolutely.

Once you mess with the Word of God, you have officially messed with Jesus, and that never goes well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (dEHLq)

29 >>Presbyterians ain’t what used to be.

I am. The church most definitely is not.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)

30 Further to the Hostins case, she might as well have said "Let them eat cake" and be done with democracy and equality.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (ZNpJk)

31 This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My astute grandmother described churches that don't follow the Bible:

Country clubs without the golf course.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (0U5gm)

32 And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla
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Well, you always have the new fangled prediction markets that are the derivative of polling to rely upon.

Super scientific--honest Injun.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

33 I don’t think I’ll get more satisfaction out of any election result than when in the evening of November 3, even before I want to go to bed (and I usually retire early), Talarico is declared a big loser. He’s more annoying than Beto, which is very difficult to accomplish but he easily clears that bar.

Look out, Jim Rigby & Talarico (and Paw Paw):
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. — Galatians 1:8-9

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (M+uMR)

34 And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM

You can DEFINITELY trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (2Ez/1)

35 Thank heavens he went to Harvard and his mother is a professional Karen. Anyone else would have been arraigned, tried, and fined in nothing flat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (B1b0T)

36 27 The only signs I see in my neighborhood are for Talarico.

The inmates have taken over the asylum....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

I think leftists have to post signs because their entire identity is tied up in their virtue signalling. The rest of us don't need to put a sign--we just go vote.

And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (dEHLq)

37 And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (mShBj)
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It's obviously an op, and before Labor Day, no one cares. The goal is purely to goose donations and maybe create a bandwagon effect. As we get closer to the election "the race will tighten" so the poll can retain its viability. Happens every cycle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

Believe it or not, there are actually conservative Christians in NJ. Some of them are PCA which is a split off from PCUSA, the Anglican Church in NJ and various evangelical / non denominational churches.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (JrHfD)

39 The more I read about this Talarico guy, the weirder he seems to be.
He makes Beto seem almost like a macho man.
And the dems seriously think this guy is gonna get elected in Texas if they just spend enough money promoting him?
Amazing.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (Lo97M)

40 Newsweek: James Talarico is fighting a two-front war. While he is engaged in a toe-to-toe race against Ken Paxton, Jasmine Crockett told CNN she has no plans to join Talarico on the campaign trail.

Crockett called Talarico to congratulate him and endorsed his candidacy. Absolute nothingburger. Talarico is crushing it and she doesn't want to get in his way. She is focusing on downballot races which also need to be assisted to give us a House majority.

Nah, she's intentionally pissing in the punch bowl because she lost. Even Haley Stevens (which was a significantly more contentious primary) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed and is campaigning for him. She's a sore loser corporate shill.

Have the corporate media gotten you sufficiently mad at the black person yet whose already endorsed the candidate?

Read thd room. People see this for what it is. Her career in politics is done. She’s setting herself up for a lucrative private sector career. The majority of Democratic voters will not forgive her for this and her coziness with Israel. And she knows it.

If we miss out on turning Texas blue…

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (FKi1y)

41 > >Presbyterians ain’t what used to be.

I am. The church most definitely is not.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Preach it. To coin a phrase.

A lot of Christians aren't what they used to be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (2Cry5)

42 Oh, and this gem:

There will likely never be a chance better than this. 1. Trump has record low approval ratings. 2. Paxton is the crookiest crook who ever crooned. 3. Talarico is a dem candidate that moderate Republicans can actually stand. He is a devout Christian, he has worked to lower prescription drug costs, and he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (FKi1y)

43 Besides the weekend is here
Talarico can go screw himself

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)

44 My astute grandmother described churches that don't follow the Bible:

Country clubs without the golf course.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Heretics that are likely hell bound. People don't get to tell the Lord what he likes and doesn't like. They ain't the boss of him. So when they rewrite his Holy Word to something more of their liking, they become hateful to him.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

45 38- meant "the Anglican Church in North America."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (JrHfD)

46
OUT: The Self-Gassing "Jew."
IN: The Self-Crucifying "Christian."

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (9c4Eu)

47 I think Talarico's prostrate massages are going so deep they're giving him further brain damage.

And according to MSNow, he has a great shot at Texas.
A fabulous shot.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 05:56 PM (Sco7b)

48 That little dickens is really a devil isn't he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:56 PM (hPgrk)

49 I am. The church most definitely is not.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)
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One of my best friends from college was Presbyterian and his church went woke. He and his wife now attend my parish are are going through the conversion process, entering the Church at Easter. Their son did so and that got them interested.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

50 Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture."

That's retarded.
Posted by: Delurker
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Some nutty Lutheran pastors were on the cutting edge of this a few years ago with The Sparkle Creed:

"I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural.

I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

51 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?

I believe there is a segment of the voting public whose most important thing is to be on the winning side. If they see a majority of their neighbors supporting one candidate, they may think "Well, they can't all be wrong, can they."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (vTZFs)

52 If Talarico gets any more "Christian", he'll start sporting horns and a tail.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (oji8u)

53 Whig - LOL I have a screen shot of the final day of the Wisconsin Kalshi market that I use when I reply to any post about those markets.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (mShBj)

54 None of these dudes would last thirty seconds in my part of the world. Blasphemy is not acceptable. They are full of garbage and would be told so.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (VrYHL)

55 Christians are the “villains?”?????

How does this guy imagine he’s more Christian than any other Christian ever?
Is he more Christian than Christ??

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (4KUe5)

56 There will likely never be a chance better than this. 1. Trump has record low approval ratings. 2. Paxton is the crookiest crook who ever crooned. 3. Talarico is a dem candidate that moderate Republicans can actually stand. He is a devout Christian, he has worked to lower prescription drug costs, and he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

The rejoinder to that word salad is made by the Judge in My Cousin Vinny is appropriate here--" Mr Gambino, are you on drugs?"

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)

57 Talarico looks like he just stepped out of the "Chucky" movie.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (PbWRL)

58 "My name is Sunny Hostin and I'm one of the co-hosts of 'The View' and I'm a former federal prosecutor," she told cops. "That's my son. He's a Harvard graduate, he doesn't have a criminal record."

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Black Privilege.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (9c4Eu)

59 2. Paxton is the crookiest crook who ever crooned

Croonin' Ken Paxton, appearing all this week in the Longbranch Room. Try the veal.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (2Drhq)

60 I don't recall one instance of Jesus telling people to ignore sins and just be nice to everybody. Not one.

But then, I didn't rewrite my Bible. Apparently that was a missed opportunity.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (dEHLq)

61 I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

Ace, as Lyle Lovett sang, "That's right, you're not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)

62 53 Whig - LOL I have a screen shot of the final day of the Wisconsin Kalshi market that I use when I reply to any post about those markets.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla

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Hong's chance of winning that evening sunk faster than the Titanic.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)

63 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK

In 2016 it was considered quite important to the Trump campaign.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 05:59 PM (FKi1y)

64 I was at the gym the other day with Joe "Ironman" Biden and we both bench pressed 55 Lbs at 5 reps.

So, Joe and me are ready to kick your ass you MAGA Rednecks !!!!

Posted by: James Talarico at August 28, 2026 05:59 PM (ZITfF)

65 I've been assured Talarico is winning Texas by a billion gazillion votes. We might as well quit and all go St. Andrew's Presbyterian now.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (oji8u)

66 Talarico's strain of "good person" Christianity comes from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, headed by Jim Rigby. Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture." St. Andrew's"

Manufacturing the millstones all quick-like, boss.

Posted by: A whole lot of drowning is warranted at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (TbWk/)

67 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (dEHLq)
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They are actually very influential in local elections, which is why there are shenanigans. If you have a low-visibility race, seeing lots of signs for a candidate makes you wonder who that is.

For governor and up, it's kind of silly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

68 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

I prefer the Apostle's Creed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (JrHfD)

69 "'Assassment?' that must be a typo"

*reads post*

"Nope. Checks out."

Posted by: 29Victor at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (0MjtC)

70 Talarico looks like he just stepped out of the "Chucky" movie.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (PbWRL)

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He's right out of central casting for the Norman Bates role in a #Woke Tranny remake of "Psycho."

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (9c4Eu)

71 Some nutty Lutheran pastors were on the cutting edge of this a few years ago with The Sparkle Creed:

"I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural.

I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

Holy crap, literally.

Might as well be a Unitarian if you're gonna go for crap like that.

*spit*

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (dEHLq)

72 60 I don't recall one instance of Jesus telling people to ignore sins and just be nice to everybody. Not one.

But then, I didn't rewrite my Bible. Apparently that was a missed opportunity.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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You could have made yourself a hero in that book by doing that. Mary Sueing the Bible by editing.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (E4rtv)

73 Number of Christians in Texas fooled by this guy: 0

Number of fake Christians in Texas pretending to be fooled by this guy: 6

Everyone else will vote for whoever else is running against Talarico*.

* Problem is, Talarico's negative press is so overwhelming that it sucks the oxygen out of everyone else's campaign. Probably half of Texans don't even know who else is in the race.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)

74 Sonny Hostin pressured a DA to drop trespass charges against her son, with the "Don't you know who I am?" maneuver.

"BLACK PRIVALAGE" .........

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (2WXOn)

75 So f*** that bitch Sonny Hostin and her incredibly privileged form of "oppression."

Like I said before, she's damn lucky that she isn't scraping her son's splattered corpse into a small box for a closed casket funeral.

Pity she never taught him to stay away from the train tracks.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (vJrRc)

76 Maybe Talarico wants to become the anti-Christ

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

77 >>Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle

There has to be more to this. What was he doing on the tracks?

Just walking? Something else?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (ImuKY)

78 76 Maybe Talarico wants to become the anti-Christ
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

Have I got good news for him!

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

79 The rejoinder to that word salad is made by the Judge in My Cousin Vinny is appropriate here--" Mr Gambino, are you on drugs?"
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)
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I think the part about how moderate Republican Christians liking the guy was the most delusional thing I've read since...last thread.

I've mentioned this before, but one of my neighborhood Yard Sign Calvinists ("By this sign I am saved and you're not!") has a sign reading "Imagine all the people living life in peace" next to "Free Palestine!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

80 * Problem is, Talarico's negative press is so overwhelming that it sucks the oxygen out of everyone else's campaign. Probably half of Texans don't even know who else is in the race.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)
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Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

I know we want people to vote FOR their guy, but Talarico is so toxic I can see a lot of people voting AGAINST him just because he's a deranged heretical nutcase.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (FZ29D)

81 I don't recall one instance of Jesus telling people to ignore sins and just be nice to everybody. Not one.

But then, I didn't rewrite my Bible. Apparently that was a missed opportunity.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (dEHLq)

Jesus was most definitely not all sweetness and light. He spoke more about hell than heaven…

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. — Matthew 23:14

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (M+uMR)

82 ...he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

The rejoinder to that word salad is made by the Judge in My Cousin Vinny is appropriate here--" Mr Gambino, are you on drugs?"
Posted by: whig

I had to go back and look him up again. He's the most boring, generic white dude ever. Rockwell's people had character.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (FKi1y)

83 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

84 77 There has to be more to this. What was he doing on the tracks?

My guess, he was going down to the crossroads. One should never go down to the crossroads. Nothing good can come of that.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (2Drhq)

85 * Problem is, Talarico's negative press is so overwhelming that it sucks the oxygen out of everyone else's campaign. Probably half of Texans don't even know who else is in the race.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)
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He's at the top of the ticket, and that's going to kneecap all the down ballot races. Same dynamic as in Michigan.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)

86 You could have made yourself a hero in that book by doing that. Mary Sueing the Bible by editing.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (E4rtv)

I expect my new and improved version of the Koran to be very popular.

Muslims will be able to enjoy bacon, dogs, music and I'm upping the number of Jihad virgins to 100!

And 10% less bitchy!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)

87 Heh - Those Reddit posts are so typical. Seems like the prevailing view of Republican voters is always they are stupid and can be conned.

Which is the current rationale for Dems winning in IA, NC, GA and TX.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (aT0AP)

88 Kalshi betting has Talarico and Paxton even at 50/50 with Talarico trending slightly up

Election will be determined by Trump and the economy issues.

Name calling may be fun but it also has downsides of provoking more enthusiasm from opposition

Posted by: Aliss at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (gk5rj)

89 Say what you will about the Christians, at least they're not Jews.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (ndZc7)

90 Exactly, Piper!

If you believe you are a good person for revising God’s word for modern times, more empathic and wise than Jesus, well, you’re in for a surprise.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (4KUe5)

91 Jimmy has THE most punchable neck. There's no chin to get in the way.

Posted by: huerfano at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (2Xqig)

92 Posted last night in the Café:

A Canadian on DU is touting a graphic reputedly shown on MSNOW:

"New polling shown on MSNOW graphic right now is very encouraging!

A Survey Center at Texas Southern University Poll from Aug. 18-21 shows:

Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (0sNs1)

93 So when they rewrite his Holy Word to something more of their liking, they become hateful to him.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

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I wonder if anyone has ever endeavored to temporarily transform the HOLLYWOOD sign to read HOLY WORD?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (9c4Eu)

94 >>One of my best friends from college was Presbyterian and his church went woke. He and his wife now attend my parish are are going through the conversion process, entering the Church at Easter. Their son did so and that got them interested.

When I was a kid, we belonged to a really wonderful Presbyterian church. Multiple generations. My next door neighbor was not just my Sunday School teacher, he was also my best friend's dad. This made skipping Sunday School problematic.

He was a great guy and a great teacher. I know what I believe and what he taught me has stuck with me, mostly. I miss the fellowship but not what the church has become. Still a Christian, just do it on my own now.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (viF8m)

95 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

Nope. Allah is a figment of a deranged pervert pedophiles imagination. Not God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (zZu0s)

96 I know we want people to vote FOR their guy, but Talarico is so toxic I can see a lot of people voting AGAINST him just because he's a deranged heretical nutcase.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (FZ29D)
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Remind me of Dave Barry's description of the 1984 election: "Mondale lost so massive that long after Election Day, people kept showing up at the polls demanding an opportunity to vote against him again."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

97 64 I was at the gym the other day with Joe "Ironman" Biden and we both bench pressed 55 Lbs at 5 reps.

So, Joe and me are ready to kick your ass you MAGA Rednecks !!!!
Posted by: James Talarico

Dudes! Quite hogging the bench! I need to get my reps in, and my bodyweight is too low to make push-ups challenging.

Posted by: Zombie RBG, still outworking her personal trainer at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (FKi1y)

98 I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

Wait, two dads? God and Joseph? But they just said God is non-binary. Or do they think Mary was trans? This is as confusing as it is blasphemous.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (2Drhq)

99 Just walking? Something else?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Rescuing poor orphaned packages thoughtlessly tossed off the train by someone else's feral spawn?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (vJrRc)

100 Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle

There has to be more to this. What was he doing on the tracks?

Just walking? Something else?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Technically, just being in the ROW is federal trespassing. Rarely enforced, but it can be.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (wOO3z)

101 "...he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting."

Yes, if "Norman Rockwell" is actually a typo for "Andres Serrano".

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (oji8u)

102 Remind me of Dave Barry's description of the 1984 election: "Mondale lost so massive that long after Election Day, people kept showing up at the polls demanding an opportunity to vote against him again."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)
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Heh. With mail-in ballots, they might get their chance!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (FZ29D)

103 OUT: The Self-Gassing "Jew."
IN: The Self-Crucifying "Christian."
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (9c4Eu)

Problem is you can never get the last nail in.

Posted by: Neil from The Young Ones at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

104 God is queer....

God destroyed Sodom because it wasn't gay enough. Everyone knows that.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (Av6i5)

105 That Austin church isn’t even PCUSA, but some even more demonic presbytery. Don’t lump all Presbyterians together!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (D9FOj)

106 Betrayal!

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Jasmine Crockett won’t campaign for James Talarico who she called "straight up racist."
Congress: “Will you campaign with him?”
CROCKETT: “I will be campaigning down ballot.”
CNN: “Is it an either-or? Either you excite the down-ballot? Or…”
CROCKETT: “For me it probably is.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (ndZc7)

107 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK

There were so many yard signs around here I got confused. I think I voted for a realtor.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (l26NL)

108 I don't understand any thing here. In other news I may be eligible for benefits. Yay. Is that toast? Yum.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (diia5)

109 Maybe Talarico wants to become the anti-Christ
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

Have I got good news for him!
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM

Bein' dead 'n all, do you know something we don't?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

110 Operation Warp Speed. This Talarico guy is a shoo-in!

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (AydIQ)

111 Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.
Posted by: zombie

Allah is make believe. Muhammad is pansexual. He banged the men of al Zutt, many women, children, goats...quite the model for all Muslims to follow.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (FKi1y)

112 Even though I think Paxton will win , someone in Texas should slap the Bushies and say "help Paxton you arrogant nitwits. The nation is in danger from these loons"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (EZWVc)

113
Odds he becomes the Ayatollah Talarico?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (O0L8i)

114 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

That made my skin crawl.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (lFFaq)

115 Remind me of Dave Barry's description of the 1984 election: "Mondale lost so massive that long after Election Day, people kept showing up at the polls demanding an opportunity to vote against him again."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM

Heh. I don't remember that one. Then there was Dennis Miller: "Mondale got stomped like a narc at a biker rally."

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (2Drhq)

116 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

Mohammed took it up the ass all night from the men of Al-Zutt.

Posted by: A bathhouse bloomed in the desert at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (TbWk/)

117 Just need a hole and heartbeat, inshallah.

Posted by: Big Mo at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (wOO3z)

118 Villain or not, I think Talefreako probably needs to get his jaw broken, just on general principles. At least get his ass kicked.

That's a big part of the problem these days. Way too many people need an ass whoopin'. That includes a lot of nominal females, as well. All the old rules of civility and chivalry and customs, mores and traditions were thrown out long ago. It's time people recognize that. You are fair game once you become a participant.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (99A9t)

119 I expect my new and improved version of the Koran to be very popular.

Muslims will be able to enjoy bacon, dogs, music and I'm upping the number of Jihad virgins to 100!

And 10% less bitchy!
Posted by: Stateless
=====
NYT best seller.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (E4rtv)

120 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

That made my skin crawl.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (lFFaq)
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I remember watching the video of that.

You could literally FEEL the unholiness oozing out of the computer monitor like toxic sludge.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (FZ29D)

121 Jesus does call Christians to take up their crosses and follow Him. That is a deeper calling that many glide over. Think about how Jesus carried His cross and where He was going.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (D9FOj)

122 In a 2025 appearance on the Higher Learning podcast, Democrat candidate James Talarico called the idea that Christians are the "villains" of American society "spot on."

I wish I was a democrat so I could vote for him more than once!

Side note, the latest poll at 270 to win has talerico up by 6 points over paxton. Gaslighting is in effect.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (cpFbA)

123 Who here is surprised Jasmine Crockett isn’t campaigning for the wierdo white dude who pretends to be a Christian?

I am shocked, shocked at this!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (4KUe5)

124 Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Damn...faking a smaller lead that you can walk back as the election gets closer to save your credibility. Why didn't I think of that!?!?

Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (FKi1y)

125 Allah is make believe. Muhammad is pansexual. He banged the men of al Zutt, many women, children, goats...quite the model for all Muslims to follow.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (FKi1y)
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I believe "Allah" is merely God in Arabic and Arabic-speaking Christians use that word.

Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (ZOv7s)

126 NBC Detroit just had another Abdul ad "I'm pretty damn dangerous!"

I actually did see an ad for him "Great candidate. Terrible name..."

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)

127 How is it possible that James Talarico could be even more gay than Pete Buttigieg? Steers and queers, cabrone.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 06:13 PM (SK+av)

128 Just need a hole and heartbeat, inshallah.
Posted by: Big Mo at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM

And the heartbeat is optional, at least for the first 12 hours or so.

Posted by: Big Mo at August 28, 2026 06:13 PM (0sNs1)

129 He can no longer talk about the thrill that'll get getcha when you get your picta on the cover of the Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone
@RollingStone
Rolling Stone names Hasan Piker as one of the most influential creators of 2026

The self-declared Marxist has found himself at the center of endless controversies, thanks to his criticism of Israel on his daily streams but also because he's become the face of a movement to push Dems to the left.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:13 PM (ndZc7)

130 Allah is make believe. Muhammad is pansexual. He banged the men of al Zutt, many women, children, goats...quite the model for all Muslims to follow.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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I think the language was that he got rode hard and wet by al Zutt aka a genie. Rushdie's Satanic Verses deals with these issues in his book that got him a fatwa death sentence that damn near came close to be fulfilled by some fanatic.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (E4rtv)

131 "Christian" Pastor and Heterosexual Heart-Breaker James Talarico: The Assassment That Christians are the Villains In Society Is "Spot On"
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Wait.

If Christians are the villains, and Talarico expresses his form of Christianity as the most perfect path, then doesn't that make HIM the villain of this story?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (FZ29D)

132 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer, and funds Planned Parenthood and trans youth summer camps.
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Golly, they sound like United Methodists!

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)

133 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Better a millstone be tied around his neck, and he cast into the depths of the sea…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (D9FOj)

134 "Kalshi betting has Talarico and Paxton even at 50/50 with Talarico trending slightly up"

Kalshi betting has zero predictive value. As we have learned multiple times this year.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (9Bu8P)

135 Talacreepo is such a weak beta cuck homosexual twink that he’ll agree with anything anyone in authority (on the left) proposes to him.

Christians are the problem? Sure. Blacks are superior? Why not? Hobo ass is the best tasting ass? Yes, I agree.

Dude has the spine of a blobfish.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (J1FkQ)

136 But all the polls show Talarico growing his lead over Paxton!!!

We told you to vote for Cornyn!!!

/s/
Lisping weak-kneed GOP "Conservatives" and their leader, Erick Errickson.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (3cUTc)

137 Heretics that are likely hell bound. People don't get to tell the Lord what he likes and doesn't like. They ain't the boss of him. So when they rewrite his Holy Word to something more of their liking, they become hateful to him.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)
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Hey whig.

Proverb 30:5-6.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (eGzf1)

138 I think leftists have to post signs because their entire identity is tied up in their virtue signalling. The rest of us don't need to put a sign--we just go vote.

And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK

I guess my "Forget the dog, beware of Owner" sign is a kind of signalling.

Posted by: Miklos pleads self defense at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (4RYRd)

139 How is it possible that James Talarico could be even more gay than Pete Buttigieg?

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If you like penis coladas,
And getting caught in the rain,

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (ndZc7)

140 Throwing a prophet token on the table. Talarico 22% revised down from my original 25% .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (PbWRL)

141 Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)

142 Odds he becomes the Ayatollah Talarico?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (O0L8i)

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The 12th eMom.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (9c4Eu)

143 All the smart pollster types think Talarico is up in Texas versus Paxton.

Shouldn't Democrats absolutely put every last nickel they can beg, borrow, or steal into the race to support him?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (5KN7H)

144 Miklos, that sign is over my door.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (PbWRL)

145 Golly, they sound like United Methodists!
Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)
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All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

146 Hey whig.

Proverb 30:5-6.
Posted by: Blake
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Good cite.

Hope you are doing well in the SW heat island. Understand it may soon flip to rain.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

147 Christians ended slavery in Western Civilization.
Killed about a million or so White People to save Black People.
Every idea of modern education is Christian idea, just read up on the Weasley Brothers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

148 The more I read about this Talarico guy, the weirder he seems to be.
He makes Beto seem almost like a macho man.
And the dems seriously think this guy is gonna get elected in Texas if they just spend enough money promoting him?
Amazing.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (Lo97M)

I think like Beto, he's a funding op for out of state donations. Money pours into his campaign, and he takes some and the backers take some and then whoops, he loses despite the rigged polls.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (uhVAy)

149 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Heretics has a nice ring.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

150 This wouldn't be so offensive if it wasn't obvious to anyone with eyes that Jews are the real villain.

Posted by: Done Trying at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (rzoH1)

151 Bill Bennett was a flawed man, but he penned a book titled "The Death of Shame" that pinned many of society's problems on its unwillingness to assign or shoulder blame or shame. If "anything goes", then accountability and personal responsibility goes out the window, and reverence to God's commands does as well.

Talarico is exhibit A to this. He has no interest in Christian principles, and any that follow him are kidding themselves.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

152 Even though I think Paxton will win , someone in Texas should slap the Bushies and say "help Paxton you arrogant nitwits. The nation is in danger from these loons"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (EZWVc)

The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)

153 Huck, yes they should. Give till it hurts, Dems.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (PbWRL)

154 Untied Methodist does not exist

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (/+uur)

155 Heh. I don't remember that one. Then there was Dennis Miller: "Mondale got stomped like a narc at a biker rally."
Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (2Drhq)

Also Miller re: Mondale

"All I know is when I went to bed, Mondale only had three more electoral votes than me- and I didnt even run!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (zZu0s)

156 145 Golly, they sound like United Methodists!
Posted by: Crusader
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More like the Untied Methodists nowadays with the schism.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)

157 The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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And ALL of that was compiled via oral tradition. Granted, some of the people involved had fantastically trained memories. But there were also contradictions among various oral accounts that had to be sorted out. Not everything that was spoken of orally was written down in the original manuscript.

Competing manuscripts to the "official" Koran were destroyed whenever they were found.

The Koran that 97% of Muslims use today was finalized in the 1920s. Before that, there were a few different versions floating around.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (FZ29D)

158 The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Yeah, I can't remember the exact date, but there are fragments of "pre-official" Korans that are kept in vaults lest they be destroyed.

The Caliphs continued minting coins with Christian symbols, so "Mohammed" was remarkably tolerant!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

159 I believe "Allah" is merely God in Arabic and Arabic-speaking Christians use that word.

Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prior to 600AD, ach village and oasis in Arabia had its own deity. A lot of them were simply called by the local villagers, "the deity,:" not nrealizing that everyone else called their local deity "the deity" too. "Al-lah" simply is the generic temr for "the deity." Mohammed (presuming he ever existed, I know*) came from Medina, where -- surprise, his local deity was also called "the deity," "Al-lah. Then he went insane and traveled to Mecca, where there was a kind of omnishrine to all the local deities-- and he smashed up everyone else's idols, proclaimed that his village's "Al-lah" was the only valid one. And then he proceeded to kill anyone who disagreed. The rest is history.

* yes, Mohammed is an historical fiction invented later; I'm just recounting their own version of events.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (Av6i5)

160 Doing well, whig. We've had a pretty normal summer here. I should know, I pay the electric bills.

Revelation has a similar cite but I like when I can pull stuff like that from the Old Testament.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (eGzf1)

161 The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)

Rove and that white board need to be dropped in the Strait of America

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (/+uur)

162 That Talarico man is just too straight for me!

Posted by: David Hogg at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (oqH4h)

163 Smell the Glove, the Bushs hate Paxton.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (PbWRL)

164 Attention space cadets!

Trump signs order creating the United States Space Academy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (ndZc7)

165 Wait.

If Christians are the villains, and Talarico expresses his form of Christianity as the most perfect path, then doesn't that make HIM the villain of this story?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (FZ29D)

I was questioning the logic of that as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (lFFaq)

166 Paxton will be so far ahead by October, that he will decline to debate Talarico--watch.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (3cUTc)

167 152 Even though I think Paxton will win , someone in Texas should slap the Bushies and say "help Paxton you arrogant nitwits. The nation is in danger from these loons"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (EZWVc)

The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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They be the controlled opposition--a lot of the bad shit that happened subsequent to Reagan came from twelve years of Bushes and their corporatist minions that infiltrated politics.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (E4rtv)

168 Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I dunno...the official story seems reasonable enough. He was illiterate, as were most of his followers, so most people memorized the verses and prophecies he revealed. It wasn't a huge issue until they lost the Battle of Yamama, when many verses were lost due to the death of the only people that had memorized certain parts. That started the more systematic recording of the Quran, and the destruction of the unofficial written records.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (FKi1y)

169 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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Already exists. Unitarian Universalist, I think, is the name.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (eGzf1)

170 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

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Isn't there already a Church of Satan calling themselves "Satanists?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (9c4Eu)

171 Blake !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (PbWRL)

172 Heretics has a nice ring.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)
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They're really pagans using Christian symbols.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

173 There must be some great anti-Talarico ads running in Texas now.

Pictures of him and the little children. Drag Queen stuff?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

174 Somebody needs to shave that fucker's head and see if there's a 666 burned into it somewhere.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (S41Gd)

175 166 Paxton will be so far ahead by October, that he will decline to debate Talarico--watch.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I think the Indiana Jones approach to the swordsman would play best.

Talarico unleashes his word salads and Paxton, wipes his sweat on his head and just draws a revolver and shoots Talarico right there on the debate stage.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (E4rtv)

176 Talarico is just another antichrist that S'tan has at his disposal.

However, he is not the Antichrist that will rule the world for a brief time.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Rln0i)

177 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

178 The 12th eMom.
Posted by: ShainS

He'll be here all week!

And remember to jizya the sheep

Posted by: Mullah Miklos, Austere Bibulous Scholar at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (4RYRd)

179 God will take care of Talarico

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Lisping weak-kneed GOP "Conservatives" and their leader...

(I'm finally getting my official recognition!)

...Erick Errickson.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Erick Errickson!?!?!!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson, looking like a dejected, stunned Miss America runner up at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (FKi1y)

181 The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)

I remember seeing YT videos from some dissident Islam historian that was recounting all sorts of revisionist ideas about the origins of Islam that I'm sure conventional Islam didn't like.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

182 Hi Ben Had!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (eGzf1)

183 Already exists. Unitarian Universalist, I think, is the name.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

I think he was funning.

The UU church close to me has a fairly large congregation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (wOO3z)

184 Berserker, best comment of the month!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (PbWRL)

185 However, he is not the Antichrist that will rule the world for a brief time.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Rln0i)
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SMH!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (eGzf1)

186 Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (Rln0i)

187 Somebody needs to shave that fucker's head and see if there's a 666 burned into it somewhere.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (S41Gd)

Got him!

Oh, wait. Never mind. It's 999.

Dang. So close!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (0aYVJ)

188 They're really pagans using Christian symbols.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Not sure I would give them that much credit unless you are talking P.A.G.A.N.S. like in the Dragnet movie.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)

189 Isn't there already a Church of Satan calling themselves "Satanists?"
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (9c4Eu)

They usually are LARPers, taking a bible and crossing out God and writing in the Devil in its place in crayon.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (uhVAy)

190 Hey Blake!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (Rln0i)

191 Bein' dead 'n all, do you know something we don't?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1

That would be a cool super power to have.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

192 173 There must be some great anti-Talarico ads running in Texas now.

Pictures of him and the little children. Drag Queen stuff?
Posted by: Stateless

Hispanics and bruthas love mixing kids and drag.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (FKi1y)

193 Already exists. Unitarian Universalist, I think, is the name.
Posted by: Blake

And Islamic Cultural Center, I'll have you know!

Ask Mary!

Posted by: Concerned Woman of Brattleboro at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (4RYRd)

194 However, he is not the Antichrist that will rule the world for a brief time.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Rln0i)
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SMH!
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (eGzf1)

SMH will rule the world for a brief time?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (uhVAy)

195 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (D9FOj

It is technically a member of the PCUSA, but its website is l
LEFTISt USA. I agree with you. There are even people in the PCUSA who are much more conservative pastors and attenders . They just don’t have enough money to officially withdraw from the denomination as a church. I think it’s best to visit certain churches to get a feel for the pastor and their preaching without assuming they are all on board with the leftism of the National group

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (JrHfD)

196 Battle of Yamama
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM

The battle of Yomama continues to be fought to this day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (0sNs1)

197 SMH !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (PbWRL)

198 I remember seeing YT videos from some dissident Islam historian that was recounting all sorts of revisionist ideas about the origins of Islam that I'm sure conventional Islam didn't like.
Posted by: Oldcat

There is a reason that Islamist fanatics destroy history wherever they can reach it--it discounts the pseudo history of the Koran.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)

199 I remember seeing YT videos from some dissident Islam historian that was recounting all sorts of revisionist ideas about the origins of Islam that I'm sure conventional Islam didn't like.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)
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One of the accounts I've seen theorizes that Islam is what you get when you've only *heard* about Christianity, but never experienced it. You hear stories about miracles and blessings, curses and damnations on the unfaithful, but you don't have the means to find out for yourself what it's all about. So you cobble together these stories into a narrative that fits your own personal worldview and make yourself into the Hero/Prophet.

The original Marty Stu.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (FZ29D)

200 I dunno...the official story seems reasonable enough.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (FKi1y)
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It has to be plausible for it to be accepted, but if you look at archeological evidence combined with surviving contemporaneous records, he is wholly absent. All the stuff they say about Jesus not being a real figure apply double to Mohammed.

Because he was created by a corrupt and decadent court, they had him do corrupt and decadent things, which legitimized their behavior. "Well, yeah, forcing your son to divorce his wife so you can marry her *sounds* bad, but Mohammed did it, so it's okay!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

201 Prediction: Dems take current Repub Senate seats in ME, NC, AK, and TX, but Repubs take current Dem seats in MI, NH, GA, and MN. Media Chaos Ensues!

Posted by: Earth: The Final Season at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (qUkBO)

202 Piper is still dead?

I do check in, but, I was not aware Piper was still morte. The things I'm late in finding out.....

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (eGzf1)

203
Hispanics and bruthas love mixing kids and drag.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (FKi1y)

Before all this crap started, Jerry Springer would have on trannies and call the dudes her.

The black guys were always great. To a man "That's a Dude!"

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)

204 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)

205 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building.

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The Happy Good Time Free Love Chemically Enhanced Congregation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (ndZc7)

206 Bill Bennett was a flawed man, but he penned a book titled "The Death of Shame" that pinned many of society's problems on its unwillingness to assign or shoulder blame or shame. If "anything goes", then accountability and personal responsibility goes out the window, and reverence to God's commands does as well.

Talarico is exhibit A to this. He has no interest in Christian principles, and any that follow him are kidding themselves.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

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"The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals" (199

.

And five years before: "Defining Deviancy Down," a seminal 1993 essay by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), published in The American Scholar.

Back when there were still a few sane America-loving Democrats ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (9c4Eu)

207 Even Enya, of all people, got into the "Goodbye Dolly Parton" song deal, and I confess to having never heard her sing before without all sorts of computer modulation and stuff.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5nxsy4

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (XLsFA)

208 The guy who kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden was mean.

Posted by: J Towellyerego. at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (94BfP)

209 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)
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The Vulcans are behind this...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (FZ29D)

210 Pastor and Heterosexual Heart-Breaker James Talarico: The Assassment...

the man with two asses?

Posted by: anachronda at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (qdr3M)

211 The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

They blew two opportunities not to disappoint. They can't get mad when we rejected Jeb! That was too much of an insult.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (FKi1y)

212 My church is PCA, the Presbyterian Church in America. As our retired pastor emeritus likes to point out, our presbytery was still beasting the pope until the 1950s.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (D9FOj)

213 >>Starfleet lives!!

Exactly. I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

214 The Happy Good Time Free Love Chemically Enhanced Congregation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (ndZc7)
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Sounds like the official religion of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (FZ29D)

215 Islam FEELS invented. Its essentially taking the worst parts of human nature and saying do it. Lie, cheat steal, 'hide from Allah'. Right.

That is why it is easy to see it is false.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

216 Not sure I would give them that much credit unless you are talking P.A.G.A.N.S. like in the Dragnet movie.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)
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The pagan gods never went away. The fallen angels are still our there, and they're using the same temptations to snare unwary Christians, same as it aways was.

A lot of the "heresies" were seeing now are actually re-paganization, so infanticide for unwanted children, the "right" to suicide and of course limitless sexual license are all part of it.

Transgenderism hearkens back to Cybele, the Magna Mater, whose priests castrated themselves during orgiastic rites..

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (ZOv7s)

217 Starfleet lives!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)

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The Wifey remarked that it should be called "Starfleet Academy" when I told her the news about the Space Academy this morning.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (9c4Eu)

218 I want a do over.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)
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Buddhism awaits you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (XLsFA)

219 >>Starfleet lives!!

Exactly. I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

Man, no shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (S41Gd)

220 04 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)

205
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Imperial Empire

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:31 PM (J1FkQ)

221 Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (PbWRL)

Hopefully you're still on this thread.

Inspector and I won't be able to attend the MoMee this year. First one we'll have missed since getting married. Very disappointed, but his health hasn't been good enough to make the trip possible.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:31 PM (lFFaq)

222 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (D9FOj

LOL. The PCA is much more conservative as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:31 PM (JrHfD)

223 The battle of Yomama continues to be fought to this day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The oil lamp of Yomama continues to burn to this day.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:32 PM (FKi1y)

224 202 Piper is still dead?

I do check in, but, I was not aware Piper was still morte. The things I'm late in finding out.....
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

In fairness to you, the results aren’t much different.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

225 The Wifey remarked that it should be called "Starfleet Academy" when I told her the news about the Space Academy this morning.
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (9c4Eu)
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I dunno...

The television show was so bad I could imagine that NO ONE in the future wants to be associated with a "Starfleet Academy" ever again.

Thanks, Paramount! /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

226 >>Starfleet lives!!

Exactly. I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

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+1

As a youth growing up in the 60s and 70s, I thought for sure that I'd be out working in space by at least the year 2000 (age 39) ... which seemed SO FAR AWAY at the time ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (9c4Eu)

227 Polliwog, I am so sorry to hear that. You will be missed.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (PbWRL)

228 Here's the Nightly News bullcrap.

Detroit commercial tying Benson to El-Sayed.

-Nepal
-Clancy
-three stabbed at school
-Parent cited for tripping 9 yr old...someone has no restraint
- Dolly

Leading off
ABC - Nepal
CBS - That Milo Y guy detained by ICE
NBC - Nepal

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

229 219 I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space. I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw

Man, no shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

There are opportunities for both!

Posted by: The Horn of Africa....or maybe Mars at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (FKi1y)

230 121 Jesus does call Christians to take up their crosses and follow Him. That is a deeper calling that many glide over. Think about how Jesus carried His cross and where He was going.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (D9FOj)

I halped.

Posted by: Simon of Cyrene at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (xg/DD)

231 213 I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.
Posted by: JackStraw[

Star
Pirate.
How fact can you race?
You'll never, never, never
Raid in space.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (Av6i5)

232 121 Jesus does call Christians to take up their crosses and follow Him. That is a deeper calling that many glide over. Think about how Jesus carried His cross and where He was going.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (D9FOj)

I freely admit to being a bad Christian, but to borrow from Patton, I'm much more interested in making the other sonofabitch take up his god's cross. Getting crucified isn't for me.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (71pES)

233 I dunno...

The television show was so bad I could imagine that NO ONE in the future wants to be associated with a "Starfleet Academy" ever again.

Thanks, Paramount! /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)

234 "Prophet of Doom" by Craig Winn if you want someone who knows and understands islam; read the koran and all their other stupid shit so you don't have to.

https://tinyurl.com/4bfhratt

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (3cUTc)

235 Space Force getting their own academy makes sense as it is not a traditional warfighting branch. Even though it has affinity with the Air Force, it's almost all tech-based. Do they even have their own security forces? I mean their facilities are all going to be on someone else's turf.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

236 Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)
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Much better!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:35 PM (FZ29D)

237 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)

238 As a youth growing up in the 60s and 70s, I thought for sure that I'd be out working in space by at least the year 2000 (age 39) ... which seemed SO FAR AWAY at the time ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (9c4Eu)
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Space: 1999 was the future!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)

239 Prophet of Doom" by Craig Winn if you want someone who knows and understands islam; read the koran and all their other stupid shit so you don't have to.

https://tinyurl.com/4bfhratt
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (3cUTc)
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Uh, that PDF is 983 pages long...

Robert Spencer can do the same job in a lot fewer pages...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (FZ29D)

240 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)
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The Vulcans are behind this...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (FZ29D)

Nah, it was Gary Seven.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (D9FOj)

241 237 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)

Lovecraft may have been a weirdo, but he's our weirdo.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (71pES)

242 236 Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)
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Much better!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I want Trump to wear a black cloak to the next State of The Union, with the hood up, covering his eyes...

"I love Democracy..."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (FKi1y)

243 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)
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Lovecraft was American, and pen pals with R.E. Howard.

And you should include C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

244 Back in college as part of an honors humanities course we actually took parts of the koran and made it into a Jerry Springer Show sketch because the story is so fucked up. But that was pre-9/11 so we got away with it.

I also wrote a paper in that course about how Greek class structure was boiled down to whether or not you got fucked in the ass.

Posted by: the dandy at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (8l8nW)

245 >>There are opportunities for both!

na, na, na. None of this horn of Africa stuff. This place was ground zero for pirates back in the day.

A cruise the Caribbean, and then back to cooler temps to count the booty. I can already Yo Ho.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (viF8m)

246 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)
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Weren't they all big fans of socialism?

(HP Lovecraft was American, BTW...though he did have a massive hardon for the Brits.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (FZ29D)

247
Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)

__________

Then the Trump-class starships:

USS Donald Trump
USS Joseph McCarthy
USS John Wayne
USS Patrick McCarran
USS Whittaker Chambers

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (O0L8i)

248 Lovecraft may have been a weirdo, but he's our weirdo.
Posted by: it puts the lotion

Don't ask him for advice on pet names.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:39 PM (FKi1y)

249 CBS - That Milo Y guy detained by ICE

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

Really?! Lol.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:39 PM (lFFaq)

250 Nood. Twiw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

251 I also wrote a paper in that course about how Greek class structure was boiled down to whether or not you got fucked in the ass.

Posted by: the dandy at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (8l8nW)

Go on...

Posted by: Pete B at August 28, 2026 06:40 PM (wGerL)

252 The Week in Woke has awakened.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

253 As a youth growing up in the 60s and 70s, I thought for sure that I'd be out working in space by at least the year 2000 (age 39) ... which seemed SO FAR AWAY at the time ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (9c4Eu)

I thought I would at least have my own Deathstar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (S41Gd)

254 I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity...

"I am now Saruman of Many Colors"

"No, you are Saruman the Broken!"*

*This appears to be the Mandala effect in full play - I remember someone calling him "Saruman the Broken", but the internet claims that to be false... Perfessor, if you see this, can you check? I don't have my copies handy.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (aJQbY)

255 Is the UK willing to take Milo back? That could get interesting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (XLsFA)

256 Then the Trump-class starships:

USS Donald Trump
USS Joseph McCarthy
USS John Wayne
USS Patrick McCarran
USS Whittaker Chambers

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (O0L8i)

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The USS Elon Musk

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (9c4Eu)

257 It's the Good Book.
It is not the Bad Bunny Book.

Posted by: torabora at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (Wt1Rs)

258 Jeez all it takes is.continual Jew-hate rants and you get on the cover of the Rolling Stone? Why bother bombing innocents at a marathon?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (bX16E)

259 I thought I would at least have my own Deathstar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (S41Gd)

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lol

It would HAVE TO BE called ... The Megadeth Star.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (9c4Eu)

260 Lovecraft is OUR guy. Rhode Island. You don't get to talk smack about us and then claim one of our crazies.

We are the squid capital of America. Where do you think Cthulhu came from?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

261 Lovecraft is OUR guy. Rhode Island. You don't get to talk smack about us and then claim one of our crazies.

We are the squid capital of America. Where do you think Cthulhu came from?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

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Trump has renamed a Gulf and a Lake ... how about an Island next?

~~Rhode~~ America Island FTW!

/Wifey says: "It's not even an island, is it?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (9c4Eu)

262 *This appears to be the Mandala effect in full play - I remember someone calling him "Saruman the Broken", but the internet claims that to be false... Perfessor, if you see this, can you check? I don't have my copies handy.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (aJQbY)

I think all Gandalf says is that when it is many colors, it is no longer White. And since White is the leadership color of the Order of Wizards, that's a bad thing.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

263 /Wifey says: "It's not even an island, is it?"
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (9c4Eu)

The full name is something like "Commonwealth of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations" so the non Island parts are the Plantation.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (uhVAy)

264 Aquidneck Island should also be renamed to Squidneck Island.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (9c4Eu)

265 Lovecraft is OUR guy. Rhode Island. You don't get to talk smack about us and then claim one of our crazies.

We are the squid capital of America. Where do you think Cthulhu came from?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

The South Pacific in a drowned Island raised to sea level when they stars are right.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (uhVAy)

266 But is not His cross is different from your cross.
Mother Tereasa fed and clothed the people in India.
When people wanted to help her she said find you India.
My mother made prayer blankets at a little Methodist church beside I49 south of Shreveport.
She made about 500 before she had to quit making them in 2020 or so.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (/+uur)

267 (HP Lovecraft was American, BTW...though he did have a massive hardon for the Brits.)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (FZ29D)

Not so sure he was that big a fan - one of the stories I remember set in England was a dude who went back to the family homestead and found his ancestors had been practicing unspeakable rites and it drives him to go insane and eat his travelling companion.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

268 Wasn't Milo some sort of sexual deviant?

Where are your papers, traveler?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (SK+av)

269 So South Pacific is Brigadoon, only in the South Pacific

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

270 Lovecraft was American, and pen pals with R.E. Howard.

And you should include C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

Also friends with Robert Bloch, they wrote stories inserting each other and having them die from the astral horrors.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:54 PM (uhVAy)

271 268 Wasn't Milo some sort of sexual deviant?

Where are your papers, traveler?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Wildly gay, Catholic when he became famous. Molested as a teen, which I think he attributes to becoming gay? Married a black man...then divorced him and threw the ring into the ocean and did conversion therapy to be straight and Christian.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:55 PM (FKi1y)

272 President Donald Trump today (Aug. 2

signed an executive order creating the U.S. Space Academy, an institution of higher learning that will train students for a career studying, exploring, exploiting or helping to protect the final frontier.

Here in Houston duh!
Maybe up towards Huntsville.
Or East towards San Antonio.
Or Amarillo.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (/+uur)

273 SPAAACCCCEEE FOOOOORRRRRCCCCEEEEE

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (/+uur)

274 Canadian Islamic scholar Dr. Shabir Ally says: “A Muslim man can have 4 wives and an unlimited number of female sex slaves (concubines). The four wives are also slaves, but with higher status.”

I dont like my 1 sometimes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (/+uur)

275 (HP Lovecraft was American, BTW...though he did have a massive hardon for the Brits.)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (FZ29D)

Not so sure he was that big a fan - one of the stories I remember set in England was a dude who went back to the family homestead and found his ancestors had been practicing unspeakable rites and it drives him to go insane and eat his travelling companion.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

Other than the British setting, how does this vary from any other Lovecraft story?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (D9FOj)

276 24???? That's a "grown-ass man". He needs to go into the military.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (MWNY7)

Blue Shithole Cities Have Rampant Crime in Their Public Transit Systems.
They Could Slash Crime By Simply Stopping Fare-Evaders
Plus: Spanish Citizens Set Fire to the Shanty Town Put Up by Moroccan Invaders

Really? The very people whose first encounter with public transit systems is to commit a crime by jumping the turnstile turn out to also commit a huge amount of crime once they're in the system?

Who could have guessed this?

City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

Last November, 72-time arrestee Lawrence Reed poured gasoline on a CTA Blue Line passenger in Chicago and set her on fire. The incident was so egregious that the Federal Transit Administration got involved, threatening to withhold $50 million in federal funds unless the CTA enhanced systemwide security. The CTA implemented its plan in March, but the benefits have been hard to detect so far.
Congress is poised to repeat the FTA's ineffective intervention. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization--the government's five-year approval of road and rail funding--features several similar attempts to improve public safety.
Fortunately, America's major transit systems have a better option to reduce crime and disorder: installing full-height fare gates, which keep criminals out of transit systems. Congress should require and fully fund the installation of new full-height fare gates for all systems that don't yet have them.
Transit officials report that serious crimes are committed overwhelmingly by people who evade fares. In the Los Angeles Metro system, 97 percent of people who committed a violent crime didn't pay. In Washington, D.C., 99.5 percent of those who committed a "Part 1" crime (homicide, rape, robbery, arson, or motor vehicle theft) had dodged the fare. In New York, MTA CEO Janno Lieber says that "virtually all" crimes are committed by fare evaders.
...
Other systems report similar findings. Washington, D.C.'s WMATA found that, following its own modernized fare-gate installation, fare evasion fell by 82 percent and crime by nearly 40 percent. L.A. Metro reports that a pilot program for modernized fare gates reduced passenger reports of security concerns, uncleanliness, and vandalism and graffiti by 69 percent at affected stations.

I know we don't like Congress funding state or city systems, but apparently they're determined to throw taxpayer money at the problem. Might as well do something that can actually fix things.

Except... would it? These shithole cities refuse to stop fare evaders. Congress can pay for new fare gates, but it can't actually force shithole cities to enforce the payment of fares. If you've ever been in a subway, you know there is a floor-to-ceiling gate at every entrance that are opened for people with wheelchairs or baby-strollers, who cannot go through the turnstiles.

And you also know that criminals rush through these gates when they're opened and hold them open for their hoodlum friends.

Manhattan Institute
@ManhattanInst
The numbers here are insane:
In the L.A. Metro system, 97% of people who committed a violent crime evaded the fare. In D.C., 99.5% of those who committed a “Part 1” crime (homicide, rape, robbery, arson, or motor vehicle theft) had dodged the fare.
In New York, MTA CEO Janno Lieber says that “virtually all” crimes are committed by fare evaders.

Speaking of broken windows: The left-wing media and socialist Spanish president Dirty Sanchez say that "almost all of the migrants in Ceuta" have returned home.

As usual, they're lying.

Citizens say their socialist government is not dealing with the problem, just claiming it's resolved, and have resorted to every citizens' option of last resort, self-help.

Georg Pazderski
@Georg_Pazderski
The Ceuta public spirit is boiling over!
Thousands of Spanish citizens are revolting in CEUTA and demanding the expulsion of the migrants, which the Spanish government did not want or rather prevented.
They are now taking the law into their own hands and setting fire to the migrants' slum huts and driving them away from the beach.

Chaos in Ceuta. Spanish patriots with clubs attack North African Muslim invaders, razing illegal camps on Ceuta's beach. These brave patriots cannot be blamed, considering that a month has passed since invasion began and no one has done anything. pic.twitter.com/QCJx0k76qE
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 28, 2026

The Spanish patriots in Ceuta are not joking anymore. See with your own eyes. https://t.co/sn1HvD2edI pic.twitter.com/O1IOHeJd9S
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 28, 2026

🚨BREAKING: Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO, in order to halt their operations across the enclave

This is unprecedented. They are warning the Red Cross to leave immediately.

An uprising has begun in Ceuta. 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/vVw6dIm1Rk
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) August 27, 2026

The people of Ceuta have had enough.

When the locals saw that journalists from the liberal TV channel La Sexta had arrived to slander their protest against illegal migration, the locals quickly walked up to them and told them to get lost.

The people of Ceuta feel betrayed 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/rA5OYhIf3Z
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 27, 2026

I hear a lot of "hijo de puta" in that. They don't seem to like their media.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:40 PM

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Posted by: GF at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (e5z5/)

2 I hear a lot of "hijo de puta" in that. They don't seem to like their media.

Why would the be any different.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:44 PM (Riz8t)

3 We need more cameras and data centers to store the video so the cops can catch these people and the judges can let them go again and again.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (MWfyi)

4 Speaking of broken windows: The left-wing media and socialist Spanish president Dirty Sanchez say that "almost all of the migrants in Ceuta" have returned home.

As usual, they're lying.

If you like your country, you can keep your country.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

5 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

I've seen videos of where they have these and the same sorts of people that jump the turnstiles just push through a person that paid to get in which normally leads to minor injuries for the person that paid which is a perfect metaphor for leftwing politics really.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

6 Someone should develop a theory about broken windows policing and its impact on crime rates.

Posted by: Zombies James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (olMIp)

7 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

8 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (iCp4l)

9 Good for Cueta. And since the masses are speaking, obviously the Communist government will take heed and support them.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (uhVAy)

10 New awards include ‘Allahu Akbar’ medals and Islamophobia awareness patches.

Mosques, Wudu Lessons And $90 Million From Saudi Arabia: Inside The New Boy Scouts

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (xEumJ)

11 One of the things I've not seen publicized that much is what the illegals that got there before the others are doing. They, basically, took over the medical facilities by claiming illness.

In Spain, it is against the law to toss someone out of a medical care facility. It is a long drawn out process to get someone to leave regardless of how outlandish or false their complaints happen to be. So, the first illegals to arrive at Ceuta ran right to the local hospital and claimed illness....which provided them with a domicile, three meals, television etc.

When they finally do get tossed, they just make a different illness complaint, or someone else pops in to take their place. Locals can't even use their own medical facilities regardless of the emergency. So, obviously, the locals have had enough. They can't burn down their local hospital, but Shanty towns are on the menu, boys.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (dIske)

12 Torching tents
Bludgeoning muslims
threatening the Red Cross
threatening the media

Good Job, Cueta. It's a start.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (wOO3z)

13 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone but them forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

14 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.
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I believe its a matter of record that police and judges need periodic reminders of exactly who they might answer to if they stray to far from providing justice.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (TN0g+)

15 "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s confession tossed in long-delayed 9/11 terror case "

Just let him go. He's paid his debt to society.

Posted by: A judge at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (MWfyi)

16 "Plus: Spanish Citizens Set Fire to the Shanty Town Put Up by Moroccan Invaders"

This is what needs to happen in blue city $hitholes but it won't because they are spinless lefties.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (cpFbA)

17 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

I've seen videos of where they have these and the same sorts of people that jump the turnstiles just push through a person that paid to get in which normally leads to minor injuries for the person that paid which is a perfect metaphor for leftwing politics really.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

You can fix it by arresting and jailing fare jumpers. That's all that will fix it. Start prosecuting cities that will not enforce laws.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)

18 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone but them forced to ride a filthy subway or bus. /i]

I've been in several conversations where a leftist argues specifically: "We need more public transit, however we get people into it, so I don't have as much traffic when I drive to work"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

19
And remember they want to force everyone on to their glorious public transit.

Who knew high speed rail refers to the speed with which a vagrant pushes you onto the tracks.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (vE0+H)

20 Yay for the revolution in Ceuta!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (hzuYO)

21 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.
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I believe its a matter of record that police and judges need periodic reminders of exactly who they might answer to if they stray to far from providing justice.
Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (TN0g+)

The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

22 None of my $$$ to Communist cities, TYVM.

At least not for expensive stuff like full-height cages.

If we're going to do anything in these enemy shitholes, it should be something cheap like this: send normies in bear-proof suits to monitor turnstiles. When a particularly ravenous looking urban mutant jumps one, the normie will give him a nice big glass pipe full of bath salts and a butane torch, and let nature take her course.

With any luck, the salted up cannibal will gnaw the face off a writer for City Journal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)

23 Spain will hold general elections by August next year. The People's Party (conservative-ish) and Vox (considered further to the right) are combining for 50% in the polls, which will supply them with a majority of seats for a coalition government.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (olMIp)

24 21 The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

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That's an odd way to phrase, "Deal with them like standing armies have dealt with invasions for millenia and kill them until there are no more and they don't come back."

But maybe it's a Hippie-era phrasing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (/PKja)

25 God bless Ceuta. Also I note that there may be a return of the IRA to fight the invaders. Let's see if the Kennedys and other Irish -American elite fund them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (EZWVc)

26 Spain will hold general elections by August next year. The People's Party (conservative-ish) and Vox (considered further to the right) are combining for 50% in the polls, which will supply them with a majority of seats for a coalition government.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (olMIp)

Not if Spain can import 500000 thugs...or cheat. Both of which are the rule for the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy)

27 The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

We should insist that they each take one "journalist" with them.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

28 Canada is North America’s biggest Carney-val

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (xEumJ)

29 I've been in several conversations where a leftist argues specifically: "We need more public transit, however we get people into it, so I don't have as much traffic when I drive to work"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

Wait until you find out by "public transit" and "however they get people onto it", they mean cattle cars.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (vE0+H)

30 23 Spain will hold general elections by August next year. The People's Party (conservative-ish) and Vox (considered further to the right) are combining for 50% in the polls, which will supply them with a majority of seats for a coalition government.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (olMIp)

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It would be hilarious (terrible, but hilarious), if the People's Party refused to coalition with the Vox party and just kept the borders open.

Because it would just be another instance of that happening in Europe like in France and Germany.

You know...the kind of joke that you've heard so many times that it lost all meaning but then you hear it one more time and it regains the hilarity?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (/PKja)

31 That's an odd way to phrase, "Deal with them like standing armies have dealt with invasions for millenia and kill them until there are no more and they don't come back."

But maybe it's a Hippie-era phrasing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (/PKja)

Its the cover story to cover their asses from their bosses.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (uhVAy)

32 in Ceuta. Spanish patriots with clubs attack North African Muslim invaders,
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They should have piled the stuff in a heap and made a bonfire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (hPgrk)

33 I like how the cops are just blowing whistles to no effect in those videos.

Posted by: the dandy at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (mACwA)

34 The correct way to deal with an invasion is to shoot the invaders.

Not only does it stop the immediate problem it makes sure you won't have a problem in the future either

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

35 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone ~~but them forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.~~ dead

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

And you!

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (vE0+H)

36 The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

We should insist that they each take one "journalist" with them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

and ten "UN organizers"

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)

37 I missed the Radcliffe post. Shucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

38 Locals in Ceuta Spain are tracking down and blocking red cross vehicles which are bringing aid to migrants in the region

Why would anyone deny another human medical attention? They can still deport them when the Red Cross is done?

I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Surprise: racist colonizers are acting like racist colonizers. They benefit from the unjustly lower wages paid to exploited migrant workers while trying to impede said migrants' access to basic necessities. Sounds in-character for people with politics like this. I hope their relatives and neighbors call them out for this abhorrence.

They are literally living in Africa and complaining about Africans.

As much as I hate the autocrat tactic of throwing poor at the neighbors, humans should get treated as humans, regardless.

For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)

39 We go over and over and over this again. Nothing changes. The reality remains.

These blue cities continue to experience this because the populations of blue cities prefer it. Or, even in the case of the "trapped conservative in a blue city" like some here ... their priorities are restaurants and entertainment and convenience and a million other things above "not getting shanked on the subway".

This is a reality that hammer-headed conservatives refuse to understand. The mind-bending reality is what the vast majority of those in the blue cities prefer.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (nSCZv)

40 38
I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)

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"Borders mean nothing. Which is why all of the world is exactly the same."
-smart person

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (/PKja)

41 ***Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO,
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Red Cross is State Dept affiliated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (hPgrk)

42 Someone needs to invade Ceuta to defend the Spanish. Then set up slave markets to sell off the invaders.

That is the only thing that will get their attention -- start treating them the way they treat Christians.

Posted by: The River Bottom at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (ImuKY)

43 I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Now do Israel Mr Lefty...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

44 Surprise: racist colonizers are acting like racist colonizers. They benefit from the unjustly lower wages paid to exploited migrant workers while trying to impede said migrants' access to basic necessities.

You cannot be this stupid. It's just metaphysically impossible. The North Africans are crashing the border, while the Spaniards are trying to kick them out, and it's the Spaniards who are exploiting the North Africans?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

45 Ceuta is an example of what will have to happen across Europe, and if the democrats gain any power, also here.

The citizens themselves will have to burn the invaders out.

BTW, the Spanish police are using rubber bullets on the Spaniards who are trying to get rid of the invaders.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (0U5gm)

46 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

Why should Congress fund these things? Why should people who don't live in BSHC (blue shithole cities) have to pony up still more money to deal with an issue that the residents of the BSHC apparently don't care about?

Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (ExV1e)

47 41 ***Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO,
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Red Cross is State Dept affiliated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (hPgrk)

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Even if Red Cross are doing things completely on the up and up and just providing aid...

It is still the people's right to deny aid to invaders of their own country. These invaders walked to Ceuta. They can walk back to Morocco.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (/PKja)

48 For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)

How did that heretic get into the bubble?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

49 44 You cannot be this stupid. It's just metaphysically impossible. The North Africans are crashing the border, while the Spaniards are trying to kick them out, and it's the Spaniards who are exploiting the North Africans?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

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Hispanics invaded Ceuta on the African side of Gibraltar 600 years ago, have held it singularly ever since, and the Arabs who invaded and colonized Spain hundreds of years earlier are just decolonizing Spain's territory to give it back to the original colonizers the Arabs.

Racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:57 PM (/PKja)

50 How does is this real? the Red Cross has vehicles and supplies, and the Spanish don't have a single gosh damn 50 cal to prevent the invasion?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:57 PM (ImuKY)

51 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone ELSE forced to ride a filthy subway or bus."

FIFY

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)

52 Curtis LeMay once said something like "I don't have time to make a distinction between the incompetent and the unlucky".

Congress and the regulatory agencies in charge of these things need to take a similar approach. We don't have to live like this, nor do we have to die like this. Quit fucking around. An astonishingly small percentage of individuals cause the largest majority of problems in any community large or small. Everyone knows them by name.

If you get arrested 72 times, it isn't like this should come as a surprise. Do you want "Death Squads" and Citizens Vigilance Committees? This is how you get them. They work a lot cheaper, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (99A9t)

53
They are screwed. They will never be rid of the invaders.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (/QHx4)

54 Did the Spanish government start arresting the native Spanish citizens in Cueta ( sp?) yet? I guess so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (JrHfD)

55 That last reddit comment sounds like someone not of the body infiltrated the site.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (0U5gm)

56 their priorities are restaurants and entertainment and convenience and a million other things above "not getting shanked on the subway".

I see this come up on lefty forums. If someone is a victim of crime and they complain too much they are called racist and kicked out of the forum.

I assume the same plays out in lefty friend groups.

So it isn't really "I prefer restaurants to being safe" it is more "my whole identity and friend group says there is no problem with crime in progressive cities so obviously there can't be. I just got unlucky. "

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (sKqQm)

57 Leftists cream themselves when they talk about Yuurope and how wonderful it is that everyone there rides public transportation.

What they don’t tell you is a) rich people don’t ride the bus or train, they drive and b) the reason only the rich drive is because car ownership is so expensive only the rich can afford to own one

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (iCp4l)

58 This is a reality that hammer-headed conservatives refuse to understand. The mind-bending reality is what the vast majority of those in the blue cities prefer.
Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (nSCZv)

Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

59 For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.

This was more or less the lefty view of illegal immigration into the early 00s. You can find clips of Bernie Sanders making this argument

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

60 BTW, the Spanish police are using rubber bullets on the Spaniards who are trying to get rid of the invaders.

Do the cops imagine that they themselves are fireproof? Hopefully they won't have to find out.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (vTZFs)

61 Trying to live in a blue shit hole city is no way to go through life. Say no to the shit hole!

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (VrYHL)

62 59 This was more or less the lefty view of illegal immigration into the early 00s. You can find clips of Bernie Sanders making this argument

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

========

And Jeremy Corbyn.

And Barack Obama.

And Bill Clinton.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (/PKja)

63 The correct way to deal with an invasion is to shoot the invaders"

This.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)

64 Start ~~prosecuting~~ walling off cities that will not enforce laws.

And then install a bunch of Flock cameras and sell access on pay per view.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (ExV1e)

65 Have a guy with a rifle just shoot the people that jump turnstiles. Cost: ~$0.50.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (Mzuzg)

66 will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Now do Israel Mr Lefty...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

And January 6

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (vE0+H)

67 It's only fair that in Ceuta, every invader occupying a hospital bed be verified to need it. Break the shins of every invader occupying a hospital bed. Win-Win!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (NcvvS)

68 What they don’t tell you is a) rich people don’t ride the bus or train, they drive and b) the reason only the rich drive is because car ownership is so expensive only the rich can afford to own one

I got to talk with a Euro cow-worker of mine and he mentioned he had a new EV car.

I got into why he choose it and the answer was that the only car he could afford was the government discounted EV and yes this is a guy that works at a big mega-corp so its not like he's poor by Euro standards.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

69 >>What they don’t tell you is a) rich people don’t ride the bus or train, they drive and b) the reason only the rich drive is because car ownership is so expensive only the rich can afford to own one

You want to see traffic, be on the road in Brussels on a Friday afternoon.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

70 For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)
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lol how quickly was this person banned from that subreddit?

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (oqH4h)

71 Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

Then don't stay. If its really like that ? Move. Vote with your feet.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (nSCZv)

72 Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?"

I'd settle for...a bit less. I'm a giver that way.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)

73 Seattle Sound Transit has pretty much stopped collecting fares. It's being run on the public's dime.

Hobos are spreading out from downtown Seattle as a result.

Kinda hilarious. Of course, I carry and Monroe has lousy transit service, so not an issue for me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (xcxpd)

74 I got into why he choose it and the answer was that the only car he could afford was the government discounted EV and yes this is a guy that works at a big mega-corp so its not like he's poor by Euro standards.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

Bad choice given the EU power crisis presently and in future. Of course, they also have an oil and gas and natural gas crisis coming first.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (uhVAy)

75 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

Why does Congress have to fund it?

If you're city is large enough to have a subway/mass transit, shouldn't it have enough fund to cover the cost of fare gates, too?

Ya know, just to help pay for said mass transit by preventing fare jumpers?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

76 I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.
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?
Wonder if this cretin ever locks his car doors. Somebody needs to help themselves to all his shit in his apartment.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (99A9t)

77 Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO, in order to halt their operations across the enclave

This is unprecedented. They are warning the Red Cross to leave immediately.

An uprising has begun in Ceuta.

¡Viva Ceuta!

Posted by: Meanwhile Redditors are losing their shit at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (TbWk/)

78 And another thing -- Spain needs to invade and take some more of Morocco as reparations and a "buffer zone" to prevent future invasions.

We need to treat them the way the treat us.

The golden rule is inverted and used as a weapon against is.
It is not "treat others as you want them to treat you,"

But "treat others as they have already treated you!"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (ImuKY)

79 So it isn't really "I prefer restaurants to being safe" it is more "my whole identity and friend group says there is no problem with crime in progressive cities so obviously there can't be. I just got unlucky. "
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (sKqQm)
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It's more "The price of being able to go out and have a good time affordably is the occasional violent crime. Urban living is vibrant and culturally enriching."

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (oqH4h)

80 Cueto is getting spicy. Groups of young Spaniard males are ripping down the shanty towns, beating the invaders, throwing their gods around, blocking Red Cross "aid" trucks, etc.

The Spanish left is pearl clutching so hard they are... well i would have said caving their chest in but they have no chests.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (K32Fz)

81 Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

Then don't stay. If its really like that ? Move. Vote with your feet.

Or...we could, you know, enforce the law.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (Riz8t)

82 37 I missed the Radcliffe post. Shucks.

Posted by: Archimedes
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The real reason for his visit to Russia concerned Russia aiding Iran and our desire for them to desist. In turn Russia mentioned its desire for us to cease selling weapons (third party) to Zelensky.

The Russian counter part said that the conversations were progressing positively.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (hPgrk)

83 Every red state should just start packing up the mentally ill, vagrants, drug offenders, and so forth and just bus them off to large blue cities. Where they can get the Help They Need. Which, I understand, is mostly teeth.

There are plenty of privileged white people in those cities with more teeth than they need, and I'm sure they'd be happy to share, but give the crazed hobos pliers anyway, just in case they haven't been completely honest about their altruistic nature.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (BI5O2)

84 I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Uh huh. Now do colonialism.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (K32Fz)

85 Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

Then don't stay. If its really like that ? Move. Vote with your feet.
Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (nSCZv)

i did. But people stupidly keep thinking that the victims are the enemy so they can keep doing nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

86 Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?"

I'd settle for...a bit less. I'm a giver that way.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)

Who cares about the wheels and pool...

Posted by: One out of three is fine with me at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

87 answer was that the only car he could afford was the government discounted EV"

Funny. The various advocates will shout "we don't have a mandate" or "we don't ban gas cars"... but make it nearly impossible to buy certain things....

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:04 PM (XuXeR)

88 I know we don't like Congress funding state or city systems, but apparently they're determined to throw taxpayer money at the problem. Might as well do something that can actually fix things.

Nevermind.
I read further.

The debt is only approaching $40 trillion, what's a few hundred billion more in the grand scheme of things.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

89
The crime in Spain
Is mainly on the train

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 28, 2026 05:04 PM (NtVYv)

90 Who cares about the wheels and pool...

The pool is for the supermodels to pose and lounge next to

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:05 PM (K32Fz)

91 Red Cross wasn't on the up and up at the time of WWI.
It's gotten nothing but worse.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (hPgrk)

92 On the Euro version of interstates the cars you see are typically luxury cars. A beat up 25 year old Car is almost non existent. Because nobody but people who own luxury cars, can afford to drive. Gas is $10/gallon plus tolls on expressways is ridiculously expensive. Like $1/mile in some cases. This is on top of the 25% VAT on new cars and very high registration costs.

Average Pierre or Heinrich or Luigi can’t afford that shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (iCp4l)

93
Bus drivers in NYC have been told not to confront anyone who is not paying the bus fare because they could be attacked.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (/QHx4)

94 Or...we could, you know, enforce the law.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (Riz8t)

Then go do it. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston. And on and on and on and on and on.

And while those with all this academic virtue like you talk ? Anybody that stays gets what they get. Especially while they are, at best, a 40% minority. More like 20% in most of those places.

But go do it, big man. Wade in there and "make them enforce the law" over 60% or more of the local population that doesn't want the law enforced at all.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (nSCZv)

95 The Spaniards better get ahold on this Ceuta thing.

If this keeps up the locals there might start giving some European cities some ideas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

96 The terrorist supporting Red Cross? That Red Cross?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:07 PM (PbWRL)

97 Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?"

I'd settle for...a bit less. I'm a giver that way.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)

Who cares about the wheels and pool...
Posted by: One out of three is fine with me at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

You've obviously never read The Art of the Deal. You don't ask for what you want, you ask for more so they can negotiate down.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

98
The debt is only approaching $40 trillion, what's a few hundred billion more in the grand scheme of things.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Fuck them. NY made the problem NY can fix the problem.
Shoot a couple of jumpers and that sh*t will stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:07 PM (hPgrk)

99 It pisses me off to no end when I see some of the garbage roads in my area, knowing billions of transportation federal tax money goes to blue city shithole subway systems.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (iCp4l)

100 Then go do it. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston. And on and on and on and on and on.

And while those with all this academic virtue like you talk ? Anybody that stays gets what they get. Especially while they are, at best, a 40% minority. More like 20% in most of those places.

But go do it, big man. Wade in there and "make them enforce the law" over 60% or more of the local population that doesn't want the law enforced at all.

Take a breath.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Riz8t)

101 Dude named after a wooden puppet trying to sound tough up ahead.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (uhVAy)

102 The Spaniards better get ahold on this Ceuta thing.

They are trying but the cops keep shooting them with rubber bullets

Then go do it. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston. And on and on and on and on and on.

That is what Trump did and flipped areas amazingly. But it is a problem that the governments there refuse to.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (K32Fz)

103 see this come up on lefty forums. If someone is a victim of crime and they complain too much they are called racist and kicked out of the forum
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The issue isn't the issue, the issue is the Revolution. The worse, the better. Can't complain, even when the rot hits you personally. Gotta take one for the team, so to speak.

David Horowitz describe this phenomenon at length in his book "Radical Son"; all the whack job Karens and Time-Life hippie revolutionaries tried to adopt the Black Panthers, who weren't quite into the peace, love, and dope as their more enlightened bretheren. Rape and Murder were part of the equation, and anyone who sort of pointed out, hey, this isn't very Groovy, was ostracized heavily.

Some assclown in the Army, right after a Moslem shot up Fort Hood soldiers said he hoped this wouldn't interfere with the "commitment to diversity" or something. That's the real tragedy, you see. Spineless fucks everywhere you look, and our enemies know it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (99A9t)

104
I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison
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"Borders mean nothing. Which is why all of the world is exactly the same."
-smart person
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Those are the kind of asshoes that will walk up the the adjacent urinal next to you to piss when there ten other empty ones. Filthy dirty commie hippy asshoes (BIRM)

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (QVmho)

105 i did. But people stupidly keep thinking that the victims are the enemy so they can keep doing nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

Wrong. The victims aren't my "enemy". They're just not my problem.

Like the wife that gets her ass kicked every Saturday Night the old man comes home full of liquor. Leave, dumb ass.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (nSCZv)

106 You cannot be this stupid. It's just metaphysically impossible.

You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the ~~F.B.I.~~ AOC (or DSA...or DEI. Lots of fun possibilities).

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (FKi1y)

107 I hear a lot of "hijo de puta" in that. They don't seem to like their media.

That seems, increasingly, to be a universal opinion.

Except in parts of California and Canada.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (6ydKt)

108 78 And another thing -- Spain needs to invade and take some more of Morocco as reparations and a "buffer zone" to prevent future invasions.
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Since Spain's current leadership has reportedly colluded with Morocco (unconfirmed, but totally believable), they will need new leadership. Unfortunately, 100s of thousands of migrants in Spain have been given the right to vote, and Spain is full of retarded leftists.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)

109 I live in NYC
We have a murder rate of 4 per 100000 people
Mississippi has a murder rate of about 19 per 100000 people
Almost 5 times higher

Ultra marine blue Massachusetts had a murder rate of 2 per 100000.
Blue states have much lower serious crime rates
Even NJ (Aces home state?) with the 2nd highest foreign born population has a murder rate of only 2.4 per 100000.
Much much lower than red state hell holes

Posted by: Paul at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (mfiPk)

110 JGB - Tangled Up In Blue

https://tinyurl.com/38mv5csk

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (viF8m)

111 Take a breath.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Riz8t)

This is the kind of comment people like you drop when you have no realistic rebuttal.

You have an idealized view of how the world should work. It conveniently ignores how the world works.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (nSCZv)

112 93
Bus drivers in NYC have been told not to confront anyone who is not paying the bus fare because they could be attacked.

Posted by: four seasons
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Again, NY makes the problem and nurtures it.

Shoot the one's that jump fare and it will stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (hPgrk)

113 If borders are just imaginary lines then colonialism was totes cool I guess.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (iCp4l)

114 "Fortunately, America's major transit systems have a better option to reduce crime and disorder: installing full-height fare gates, which keep criminals out of transit systems. Congress should require and fully fund the installation of new full-height fare gates for all systems that don't yet have them."
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Build more prisons. Hire more prison guards. Elect judges and DAs that will prosecute the criminals and send the guilty ones to the joint to serve their full sentences.

Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (rj6Yv)

115 Larry Krasner's main concern is blowing up the White House ballroom.

--- Officially--you must understand!!

He said the taxpayers will get their money back after we officially blow up the ballroom.

Something tells me they didn't cover Return on Investment in his law classes.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

116 Paul-

Go fuck yourself. And don't leave NYC for the benefit of everyone. And Go fuck yourself again.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (wOO3z)

117 Troll seems to have forgotten leftist DAs elected to refuse to charge anyone with crimes in those states.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

118 The golden rule is inverted and used as a weapon against us.
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Sonny Barger, the Hell's Angel's president may not be one to emulate in too many things. But he coined a phrase I like a lot.

"Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse."

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (99A9t)

119 Larry Krasner's main concern is blowing up the White House ballroom.

--- Officially--you must understand!!

He said the taxpayers will get their money back after we officially blow up the ballroom.

Something tells me they didn't cover Return on Investment in his law classes.
Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

That sounds like an incitement to violence to me.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

120 Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

They'll just jam them open.

As with Ceuta, if they didn't want criminals, they wouldn't let them walk in. Their system requires criminals.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (AydIQ)

121 Is Paul really so retarded he doesn’t know the vast majority of murders in red states take place in blue city shitholes like Memphis or New Orleans?

No he’s not. He knows this. But like all leftists he’s a lying piece of shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (iCp4l)

122 Troll seems to have forgotten leftist DAs elected to refuse to charge anyone with crimes in those states.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)
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Crime goes WAYYY down, when you stop counting it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

123 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
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They're caught between a rock and a hard place.

If the local cops expel the invaders, then they will be targeted not only by the invaders but by their own government.

If they attempt to quell the uprising by citizens, well, the citizens can quickly find them and their families and exact vengeance.

And if they stand by and do nothing, chaos reigns supreme.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (FZ29D)

124 Now easy on Paul. Personally, I like the way he's thinking.

Paul's insisting its much, much safer for him and his to stay in those blue areas. I could not agree more. Paul and those like him should stay in those blue areas.

Its OK to take YES for an answer.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (nSCZv)

125 Shutting down the Red Cross is next level. I'm sure the U.N. is outraged. Anyway...

Posted by: connected and litigious at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (cS1cw)

126 Even NJ (Aces home state?) with the 2nd highest foreign born population has a murder rate of only 2.4 per 100000.
Much much lower than red state hell holes
Posted by: Paul

Interesting. Dig a bit more, and you may find an actual demographic link.

Why do you hate black people?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (FKi1y)

127 Sonny Barger, the Hell's Angel's president may not be one to emulate in too many things. But he coined a phrase I like a lot.

"Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse."

Yeah, I think I won this one.

Posted by: The Grim Reaper at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (Riz8t)

128 He said the taxpayers will get their money back after we officially blow up the ballroom.
____

I thought it was private donations for the ballroom, and taxpayer funds for security.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (Dv3i1)

129 Again, NY makes the problem and nurtures it.

Shoot the one's that jump fare and it will stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (hPgrk)

Or set dogs on them. Everyone likes dogs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

130 San Francisco wishes it had a hole for the shit!

It's more like a shit surface.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

131 Like the wife that gets her ass kicked every Saturday Night the old man comes home full of liquor. Leave, dumb ass.

Posted by: Howdy
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Wrong answer.
Correct answer: Shoot him and keep the house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (hPgrk)

132 Good for the citizens of Ciera, they understand that the mass invasion was an act of war.
Fight back or be conquered.

They have to protect themselves. Crime like violent r@pes are already happening.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (4KUe5)

133 I

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

134 I didn’t see nothing.
- NYPD crime statisticians

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (iCp4l)

135 FBI Targeted Catholic Priests—and Kept Going After Memo Was Ordered Deleted

The January 2023 memo labeled traditional Catholics as extremists using Southern Poverty Law Center framing, and staff kept revising it after headquarters ordered it deleted.

The report reveals how an investigation into a violent extremist led to the surveillance of clergy affiliated with traditional Catholicism, though the FBI ultimately concluded the priests posed no national security threat. The report also sheds new light on internal disputes on the reliability of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (xEumJ)

136 I'm guess La Sexta is rather lax in their late night movies.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (diia5)

137 Don’t quote or feed the troll.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)

138 101 Dude named after a wooden puppet trying to sound tough up ahead.

He is very butch. I'm convinced of his manliness.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (Riz8t)

139 Or set dogs on them. Everyone likes dogs.

Posted by: Oldcat
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There's always room for creative defense.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (hPgrk)

140 Again, NY makes the problem and nurtures it.
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New York has to decide if some people "needed killin'".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (Fi81e)

141 Are the taxpayers funding the ballroom?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)

142 I can't blame the people there in Ceuta (Ceutans?).
If they let the ~~refugees migrants~~ invaders stay in the enclave they'll eventually turn it into another permanent entry point to get to the EU and they'll be surrounded by refugee camps.

They've got to stop it now or it'll become as routine as the beaches in France where the migrants have camps who are trying to cross the channel to the UK.

The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

143 94. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston.
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A good argument could be made that non-enforcement is a violation of the obligation to provide a republican form of government.

Of course, we saw what happened when Orange-Man-Bad tired to send the Guard to Blue Shit Holes.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (sFNX2)

144 They have to protect themselves. Crime like violent r@pes are already happening.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (4KUe5)

I wasn't that long ago we had the "Vigilantism is never the answer" chorus here at Ace O' Spades.

Was a banning comment under ol' Maet.

The times. They change.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (nSCZv)

145 The report reveals how an investigation into a violent extremist led to the surveillance of clergy affiliated with traditional Catholicism, though the FBI ultimately concluded the priests posed no national security threat. The report also sheds new light on internal disputes on the reliability of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (xEumJ)
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Did the SPLC have a position on Trad Catholics?

Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)

146 FBI Targeted Catholic Priests—and Kept Going After Memo Was Ordered Deleted

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (xEumJ)
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I remember a transcribed snippet of conversation between John Pederasta and Hillary Clinton about how they were going to update the Catholic Church.

Wonder if this has anything to do with it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

147 Did the SPLC have a position on Trad Catholics?
Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)

Since they are anti abortion, I'm sure they did and a negative one.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

148 Lake America -

https://tinyurl.com/yk54n2e9

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)

149 > That is the only thing that will get their attention -- start treating them the way they treat Christians.
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IIRC, at one time the Christians went on quite a tear.

We need to consider that. As an alternative to passive pissing and moaning.

About a lot of things.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (2Cry5)

150 Good on the Spanish peasants.

We could use that energy here

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (xcxpd)

151 80 Cueto is getting spicy. Groups of young Spaniard males are ripping down the shanty towns, beating the invaders, throwing their gods around, blocking Red Cross "aid" trucks, etc.

The Spanish left is pearl clutching so hard they are... well i would have said caving their chest in but they have no chests.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I would say clutching their balls but those fell away for disuse decades ago.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)

152 He is very butch. I'm convinced of his manliness.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (Riz8t)

And you still don't have a retort Arch. Look, I get it. You are not atypical. Very much not.

Things are moving, quickly, past how you've viewed the world all your life. I get it. And so this is all you've got left in the rhetorical tool-kit. A basic "decent people don't talk about this".

That's really all there is to it. And again, you are far from alone.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (nSCZv)

153 Are the taxpayers funding the ballroom?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)
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Not as far as I know.

But the real poser is how anybody is going to get money back from a demolition.

A demolition cuts costs, it ruins any return.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)

154 IIRC, at one time the Christians went on quite a tear.

We need to consider that. As an alternative to passive pissing and moaning.

About a lot of things.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

This is true.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (wOO3z)

155 I remember a transcribed snippet of conversation between John Pederasta and Hillary Clinton about how they were going to update the Catholic Church.

Wonder if this has anything to do with it.
Posted by: Axeman

Ha! nope.

Posted by: Chicago Pope Leo at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (Dv3i1)

156 This is a clever pairing of two stories that are analogous. Fare jumpers illegally crossing a border, and illegal aliens doing the same. For both, their first contact with it is to violate it.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (bNf8H)

157 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

158 From the previous thread (because it is properly irksome).
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It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)
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I could care fewer.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

159 Howdy, it’s not vigilantism when you’re responding to an invasion of 80k or so.
What’s shocking and shameful is that the government of Spain is doing nothing to protect its own people.

Strange times indeed!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (4KUe5)

160 It's not WWIII without rules of engagement.

Our own border control should never have their asses handed to them by foreign nationals and cartels.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (SK+av)

161 The Spanish left is pearl clutching so hard they are... well i would have said caving their chest in but they have no chests.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I saw some clip of some insane Spanish leftist (BIRM) screaming on stage that she welcomes the "cultural enrichment" as to "breed out the 'fascists'".

In a sane world, she'd be denaturalized and sent over to a more "diverse" country to enjoy the blessings of it.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (hbfWH)

162 I should have said that demolition staves off potential costs (the cost to purchase new land to build on, for example).

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)

163 Howdy, it’s not vigilantism when you’re responding to an invasion of 80k or so.
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They need a well regulated militia in Cueta

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)

164 120 Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

They'll just jam them open.
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Criminal is a profession, that's what they do, Commit Crime.
The way to prevent Crime is to stop the criminal. That can be done with a bullet, a noose, or a stiff jail sentence.

As long as a criminal does not receive justice he will advance his profession.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (hPgrk)

165 Ultra marine blue

I immediately thought of Warhammer 40K

Posted by: I'm such a nerd at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (TbWk/)

166 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

167 166 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

Kink-y

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (xcxpd)

168 IIRC, at one time the Christians went on quite a tear. We need to consider that. As an alternative to passive pissing and moaning. About a lot of things.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

A most cromulent point, as a certain gone poster used to say.

A time when being Christian wasn't necessarily being Pacifist.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (nSCZv)

169 Yes, Axeman, that was in the Podesta email leak. He and another top Hillary campaign operative were plotting to split the Catholic Church.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (4KUe5)

170 As long as a criminal does not receive justice he will advance his profession.
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No justice, no peace! Right on!
-Blue cities

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (Dv3i1)

171 Make Canada Great Again.

https://tinyurl.com/2rxh7h5e

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (hBtiT)

172 This is normal everywhere when it's felt the authorities aren't taking care of a criminal problem.

Go anywhere where's there's little or only corrupt law and you'll find vigilante mobs taking care of business once they've had enough.

It will get like this here if we keep going down the idiotic route of Defund the Police & Soros DAs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

173 The Spaniards better get ahold on this Ceuta thing.
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They are trying but the cops keep shooting them with rubber bullets

I get that the current Spanish gov't is leftist and they just pretty much hate reality but I honestly don't understand what they think "win" would look like in this situation.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (vTZFs)

174 166 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

Hopefully without lube.

Posted by: Maybe a little sand for good measure at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

175 153 Are the taxpayers funding the ballroom?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)
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Not as far as I know.

But the real poser is how anybody is going to get money back from a demolition.

A demolition cuts costs, it ruins any return.
Posted by: Axeman

The left just lies and gaslights because they dare not explain their real agenda. So they purposefully seize on isolated persons, events, or policies to go apeshit. It is a rally round the flag type event for them and has little to nothing to do with the real world. After they finish yapping, the thought leaders move on to the next outrage du jour. All ops, all tedious repeats of douchebaggery by vile people that want to see the world burn.

These people have no good in them anymore, only rage, despair, debauchery, and nihilism.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)

176 Yes, Axeman, that was in the Podesta email leak. He and another top Hillary campaign operative were plotting to split the Catholic Church.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (4KUe5)
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So, I wonder if the FIB pressure on the American RCC has something to do with that plan.

And you mean John Pederasta, right?

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

177 I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat

Welp unfortunately they haven't given them the same treatment as Ham Ass leaders.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:26 PM (E4rtv)

178 I'm a Christian. Most definitely not a pacifist.

Some people either have a hard time participating in a forum that has a certain set of rules or they just enjoy being a dick, getting banned and then pretending they are a victim.

Really not hard to understand.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:28 PM (viF8m)

179 Hopefully without lube.
Posted by: Maybe
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A reloading tip, don't lube the bullets, lube the case neck when resizing, then remove before loading the bullet.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)

180 I get that the current Spanish gov't is leftist and they just pretty much hate reality but I honestly don't understand what they think "win" would look like in this situation.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (vTZFs)

Same as ours. Staying in power. Same with every major government on the planet.

This really is no small thing. Show me a region, anywhere, where the general public is happy with those in charge. I'll wait.

We are on the precipice of Global Revolution. Not WW III. A Global Revolution. About a hundred different French Revolutions.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:28 PM (nSCZv)

181 Yup, creepy Pederasta lol

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:29 PM (4KUe5)

182 The left just lies and gaslights because they dare not explain their real agenda. So they purposefully seize on isolated persons, events, or policies to go apeshit. It is a rally round the flag type event for them and has little to nothing to do with the real world. After they finish yapping, the thought leaders move on to the next outrage du jour. All ops, all tedious repeats of douchebaggery by vile people that want to see the world burn.

These people have no good in them anymore, only rage, despair, debauchery, and nihilism.

But other than that...

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:29 PM (Riz8t)

183 You can't hate the press enough, but from that video it would appear that the people of Cueta hate their press just a tad more than we do. Well played, senors y senoras...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 28, 2026 05:30 PM (nbLIj)

184 Already mentioned?

Milo Yiannopolous picked up by ICE yesterday.
Visa overstay, skipped his hearing in July.

Well, bye

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:30 PM (4KUe5)

185 You can't hate the press enough, but from that video it would appear that the people of Cueta hate their press just a tad more than we do.

We cannot allow a press detestation gap.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (Riz8t)

186 BREAKING: Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO, in order to halt their operations across the enclave

This is unprecedented. They are warning the Red Cross to leave immediately.

An uprising has begun in Ceuta. 🇪🇸

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This is more likely to be effective than any other activity. These NGOs are anti western and anti civilization. They are the real enemy.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (ZNpJk)

187 But other than that...
Posted by: Archimedes
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Modern day Amorites.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)

188 Some people either have a hard time participating in a forum that has a certain set of rules or they just enjoy being a dick, getting banned and then pretending they are a victim.

Yes Jack. I do enjoy showing how the rules change as the rule-makers get shown constantly, in real time, how they are not keeping up with social shifts.

I do. No apologies. Not because I'm smart. But because the disconnect is that damn obvious.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (nSCZv)

189 This is more likely to be effective than any other activity. These NGOs are anti western and anti civilization. They are the real enemy.
Posted by: Decaf
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One cannot keep the enemy out if you have traitors letting them in the side gates and giving them sustenance.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:32 PM (E4rtv)

190 Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05

I think a very small number of Christians are pacifists- probably Quakers/ and Amish are the only ones who have that as their core doctrines.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:32 PM (W90Ou)

191 Did the SPLC have a position on Trad Catholics?
Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)
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It depends on two things: fundraising potential and how much cash to subsidize them is required.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 05:33 PM (Mjjx+)

192 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.

Posted by: If you look at a map at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (2Ez/1)

193 >>I do. No apologies. Not because I'm smart. But because the disconnect is that damn obvious.

No Scogg. Times change. Then rules change. You still don't get to make them in someone else's place.

Most people here can figure that out. You aren't some brave truth teller. We just color within the rules and you love breaking them and then telling us we are all just stupid and you are super smart.

It's not us. It's you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (viF8m)

194 The leftist boards I peruse are pining for a general "demagafication" and expunging all forms of Trumpism, arrests, and yes, demolishing the ballroom. They describe it as analogous to blowing up nazi swastikas at the Reichstag. I'm certain that none of us are quite cognizant of just how bat-shit insane the left has become. (They've had a lot of help and encouragement)

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (99A9t)

195 You can't hate the press enough, but from that video it would appear that the people of Cueta hate their press just a tad more than we do. Well played, senors y senoras...

Its a real shift. Little things mean something.

A few of you will know the name Colin Cowherd. He's an opinionated little shit on FoxSports that does sports opinion.

He admitted, last week, that the political media has a certain tilt. A small thing. Yet, a big thing.

It is a dam that's breaking.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (nSCZv)

196 184 Already mentioned?

Milo Yiannopolous picked up by ICE yesterday.
Visa overstay, skipped his hearing in July.

Well, bye
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:30 PM (4KUe5)

Can we please have CBP check everyone’s passports, coming AND going?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (jPziU)

197
It is a dam that's breaking.
Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (nSCZv)

For decades.

The media will have to go broke.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (jPziU)

198 I haven't trusted the Red Cross here since they got busted for not spending money on what they raised it for.

It's been awhile so the details elude me but it was a big scandal at the time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

199 First football game at the school by me with their brand new artificial turf field and new lighting system with colors. They also have new misters on the sidelines for the players.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

200 A little something for the Sophie Cunningham appreciators in the audience.

https://tinyurl.com/3wb9nszf - goes to X.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

201 Same as ours. Staying in power. Same with every major government on the planet.

Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:37 PM (vTZFs)

202 SpeakingOf, 9/11

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (PbWRL)

203 Most people here can figure that out. You aren't some brave truth teller. We just color within the rules and you love breaking them and then telling us we are all just stupid and you are super smart.

Neither you or I could say it any better.

At what point do you follow the rules ? At what point do you stop ? And at what point is "following the rules" not a virtue ? At what point are those enforcing the rules not doing a social good ?

And I can't tell you any more than I already have how I don't view myself as "super smart". Just seeing the obvious.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (nSCZv)

204 I hope the Ceutans find the lard ass woman from the NGO who gave the person with the camera the finger . Then cut off her middle fingers. Lessons must be taught

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (EZWVc)

205 OddBob, good news?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (PbWRL)

206 Arriva Espana!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)

207 198 I haven't trusted the Red Cross here since they got busted for not spending money on what they raised it for.

It's been awhile so the details elude me but it was a big scandal at the time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

IIRC, I think it might have been Hurricane Andrew that revealed their modus operandi. Raised a lot of money for victims and ended up banking a big chunk instead of helping victims. When caught at it, deflected by claiming it was to help future victims and they let slip it was how they operated in general.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

208 At what point do you follow the rules ? At what point do you stop ? And at what point is "following the rules" not a virtue ? At what point are those enforcing the rules not doing a social good ?

May I point you to the wisdom of comment 71.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (ExV1e)

209 > I think a very small number of Christians are pacifists- probably Quakers/ and Amish are the only ones who have that as their core doctrines.
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The Amish I know will certainly mess you up if you get all up in their shit. So to speak. It's never political with them. It's only when it gets personal. Which is what the left continues to push.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (2Cry5)

210 If you like your country, you can keep your country.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

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Elite Europeans don't even insinuate that, they now straight out declare that the country is no longer yours, it's theirs.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

211 192 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
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Now do Alaska and Hawaii.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (hPgrk)

212 Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:37 PM (vTZFs)

As usual, Howdy is all over the map.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (jPziU)

213 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (iCp4l)

Except the Party Elites, who will be chauffeured in limousines.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (D9FOj)

214 Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:37 PM (vTZFs)

Seriously. How often have you ever worked with management ? Or really, really listened to motivated people ?

Your brain is not poor. You're just using logic. Most people in charge didn't get that way by logic. They got that way by ruthlessness and guile.

You know, like screaming "Heretic" or "Scogg" every-time an inconvenient opinion pops up.

Pard ... most people are not Logical. They are Ideological. Big difference.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (nSCZv)

215 192 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.

Posted by: If you look at a map at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (2Ez/1)

No, its not, but it's on one side of the Strait of Gibraltar and is the shortest distance across the Mediterranean.

It's a strategic point, that Morocco covets, which the Socialists in Madrid are supposed to defend as if it were Spanish territory.

They are doing a lousy job of it.
Probably on purpose at this point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)

216 Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Sanchez is about to get chucked out on his ass and very possibly go to prison to sit by his wife and other high party members for stealing, bribery, and other crimes. So he changes the game by trying to open the borders, cause chaos, and cheat along with trying to make hundreds of thousands of illegals into Spanish citizens so they can vote.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)

217 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

And the upper peninsula isn't IN Michigan. I'm sure there are other examples.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (vTZFs)

218 Elite Europeans don't even insinuate that, they now straight out declare that the country is no longer yours, it's theirs.
Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

We are the new aristocracy. We have not, yet, restricted to your lord's manor but it's coming. And we will have savages to kill and rape anyone who dares cross us. -- 'Elite' Europeans

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (ExV1e)

219 They are screwed. They will never be rid of the invaders.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (/QHx4)

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I think many are starting to recall that Ferdinand and Isabella proved that you can be rid of the invaders.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (ZNpJk)

220 Not that it would ever happen but the perfect punishment for turnstile jumping or fare evasion would be-

Public Caning like they have in Singapore

Administered the same day they're caught.

Discourages repeat offenders. Low cost, no jail time. Humiliating and painful.

Twenty or thirty good seats from a professional caner and those a-holes won't be back for more.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (iJfKG)

221 A little something for the Sophie Cunningham appreciators in the audience.

https://tinyurl.com/3wb9nszf - goes to X.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

DAAAAAANG!!

And I love her attitude.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (0aYVJ)

222 The leftist boards I peruse are pining for a general "demagafication" and expunging all forms of Trumpism, arrests, and yes, demolishing the ballroom. They describe it as analogous to blowing up nazi swastikas at the Reichstag. I'm certain that none of us are quite cognizant of just how bat-shit insane the left has become. (They've had a lot of help and encouragement)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (99A9t)
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They're a bunch of theater kids who think they are the main characters in a pre-written drama. They have no idea how kinetic action works and are convinced that because they are abject physical cowards but also Stunning and Brave, the rest of the right is even more fearful.

These lunatics saw Trump take a bullet and their cope was saying it was staged. Think about that. Think about having the guts to order someone to shoot you in the ear. That's insane levels of courage, not a coward's tactic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (ZOv7s)

223 On what continent is Cueta?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

224 Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Some people just can’t quit us.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

225 >>And I can't tell you any more than I already have how I don't view myself as "super smart". Just seeing the obvious.

Many see it. It's called discretion. It's a real thing.

When I'm in a privately owned place that has rules and I respect the owner I abide by them.

You don't even have to be super smart to get this. Try it, who knows, you might not get banned every 15 minutes and change your name and IP cause none of us can figure out who you are in 5 seconds.

Or go explore the world wide web and find a place that lets you be you all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

226 Seats= swats

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (iJfKG)

227 IIRC, I think it might have been Hurricane Andrew that revealed their modus operandi. Raised a lot of money for victims and ended up banking a big chunk instead of helping victims. When caught at it, deflected by claiming it was to help future victims and they let slip it was how they operated in general.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

I think these charity & aid groups can do a lot of good in certain situations where people need help.

But they have been corrupted by the long march through the institutions like everything else.

So you either reform them, or you break them and start over.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

228 OddBob, good news?

No news. So that's not bad news yet.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (vTZFs)

229 Nood. More blasphemous wisdom from Talarico.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

230 Sanchez is about to get chucked out on his ass and very possibly go to prison to sit by his wife and other high party members for stealing, bribery, and other crimes. So he changes the game by trying to open the borders, cause chaos, and cheat along with trying to make hundreds of thousands of illegals into Spanish citizens so they can vote.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)
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A lot of the elites are in full "burn it all down" mode. Their dream is dying so they want to bring about the deluge.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Not that it would ever happen but the perfect punishment for turnstile jumping or fare evasion would be-

Public Caning like they have in Singapore

Administered the same day they're caught.

Discourages repeat offenders. Low cost, no jail time. Humiliating and painful.

Twenty or thirty good seats from a professional caner and those a-holes won't be back for more.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (iJfKG)

I've always thought Heinlein's punishment system from Starship Troopers was pretty good. Fines for really small shit, lashes for intermediate things, hanging for the bad stuff. Get it done and over with in a manner which, hopefully, makes in impression on the malefactor, and doesn't waste tax dollars on warehousing people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ExV1e)

232 198 I haven't trusted the Red Cross here since they got busted for not spending money on what they raised it for.
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France, WWI, Gramps said the Red Cross sold donuts while the Salvation Army gave them away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:45 PM (hPgrk)

233 Or go explore the world wide web and find a place that lets you be you all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

All you are saying, still, is "don't harsh my mellow".

Its the weird bent of those like you here. And you are not alone. Its the "trust the process" DNA of your sub-type.

Get this. Everything does NOT have to turn out well. You hate that message. I do get it.

I don't get the "burn the heretic" response. OK - I get that too. As well as the general scold response of controlling the narrative.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (nSCZv)

234 A lot of the elites are in full "burn it all down" mode. Their dream is dying so they want to bring about the deluge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Well, Stan feels the same way about creation and they are doing his bidding so.....

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (E4rtv)

235 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

Manhattan is not connected to the rest of New York State, I guess it is up for grabs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (0U5gm)

236
France, WWI, Gramps said the Red Cross sold donuts while the Salvation Army gave them away.

Posted by: Braenyard

There was some of those complaints in WWII.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (E4rtv)

237 IIRC, I think it might have been Hurricane Andrew that revealed their modus operandi. Raised a lot of money for victims and ended up banking a big chunk instead of helping victims. When caught at it, deflected by claiming it was to help future victims and they let slip it was how they operated in general.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)
\
CEO was Elizabeth Dole, I believe.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (wOO3z)

238 223 On what continent is Cueta?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

Africa. So what?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (jPziU)

239 235 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

Manhattan is not connected to the rest of New York State, I guess it is up for grabs.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Ceuta has been Spanish for over 400 years. Once you start redrawing boundaries to be 'fair' then you bring on a whole lot of miseries that are best avoided by using status quo instead.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

240 France, WWI, Gramps said the Red Cross sold donuts while the Salvation Army gave them away.

My Grand-Dad had nothing nice to say about the Red Cross when the 1st Marines finally got back to the UN line from Chosin.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (nSCZv)

241 Good for them for blocking the Red Cross workers.
Sad times when this is the best option.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (4KUe5)

242 Manhattan is not connected to the rest of New York State, I guess it is up for grabs.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (0U5gm)
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Well they did elect a Communist Muslim for Mayor, so it may be fair to say that's conquered territory at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

243 I've always thought Heinlein's punishment system from Starship Troopers was pretty good. Fines for really small shit, lashes for intermediate things, hanging for the bad stuff. Get it done and over with in a manner which, hopefully, makes in impression on the malefactor, and doesn't waste tax dollars on warehousing people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ExV1e)
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Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age had a similar system for punishment in the Chinese-controlled "Middle Kingdom." Lashings were common for minor infractions. Serious crimes like murder meant that you were injected with small nanobots that would explode when the authorities decided to push a button. Simple and effective.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (FZ29D)

244 Where have you gone, Francisco Franco? The Spanish nation turns its lonely eyes to you, woo woo woo…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 05:56 PM (D9FOj)

245 People who can’t spell Ceuta shouldn’t bother asking deep geopolitical questions about it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (D9FOj)

246
People who can’t spell Ceuta shouldn’t bother asking deep geopolitical questions about it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

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I've done what I could on this matter, but it seems my efforts have been futile.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (mmrXZ)

247 Didn't Spain throw off muslim invaders before? Why can't they do it again?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM (GMWTj)

248 Well wellie well.
The Spaniards might find their balls after all.

Their ancestors have a long and proud history of stomping on invaders, and have done their share of invading as well.

If I can please have the contact information for the leader of the protecting brigades, I will send my personal regards.

Take note of such action, and please engage your own before bragging about "Do That in a Small Town" because Texas is on the way to being another POS invasion center. They tried it in a small town and have been all too successful.

Posted by: He who questions all of it at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (LCSLv)

249 If you get full height gates, the current criminals will just get free passes from state/local government.

Public transit in the US is untenable because we refuse to jail or expel barbarians, and damn near all urban governments shield them by coming down on victims for defending against them.

Posted by: heya at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (TfRuS)

250 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

Spain wasn't in Spain proper, they were pushed back to just the mountainous districts in the far north.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Shock Study: There's a Direct Link Between Extremist Trans Ideology and the Trans Violence Committed to Vindicate That Extremist Ideology

If we were talking about any group the right, there would be no debate about whether the most extreme, no-deviation-allowed, all-who-deny-our-claims-are-enemies-and-valid-targets version of an ideology leads to violence. In fact, the left claims that fairly milktoast agitators like Ben Shapiro constitute an intolerable threat of extremist violence.

But the left is now shrieking that someone has drawn a connection between the trans extremists' claims that anyone who doesn't want you in your bathrooms is "literally trying to erase you from existence" and trans violence which explicitly justifies itself as resistance against "trans erasure."

John Nolte at Breitbart:

A just-released study from Rutgers University, the Network Contagion Research Institute, and the Manhattan Institute has found something not at all surprising...

"These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence."
Knock me over with a feather. Here's the rub:

Finally, broader research on perceived victimhood, moralization, and political violence suggests that identities organized around grievance, perceived victimization, and injustice, when paired with authoritarian or punitive dispositions, can predict support for anti-democratic or violent political action... Taken together, these literatures suggest a common mechanism: ideological content that names an oppressor class, certifies ongoing victimization, and locates remedy in coercive institutional or social action which may supply authoritarian psychology with morally justified targets.

The study establishes a correlation but not necessarily a causation.

Although, to be fair, they have to say that or trans extremists will murder them and their children.

Research frameworks for understanding authoritarianism have historically focused overwhelmingly on the political right, while analogous left-wing pathways have received far less attention...

You don't say!?

This study suggests that the same psychological machinery operates on the extreme left, and that it may be running through institutional channels -- clinical guidelines, professional standards, credentialed expertise -- that current threat-detection frameworks are not well designed to recognize. Violence connected to gender ideology remains largely undocumented in the academic literature. This study provides a first systematic empirical look at the psychological infrastructure that makes such violence conceivable.

More at the link, including the kind of statements -- for example, there's a "trans genocide" underway -- that seem to motivate extremists to kill 24 school children to stop this "genocide."

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
🚨BREAKING: Our new HHS report--"Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?"--is out!
For decades, psychological research has looked at opposition to transgender ideology through a lens of prejudice and right-wing authoritarianism. We asked the conspicuously neglected flipside question:
What psychological traits characterize those who most strongly endorse gender-affirming norms?
In a preregistered study of 1,208 U.S. adults, we developed a Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS) using positions drawn directly from guidance issued by the APA, American Psychiatric Association, WPATH, and American Academy of Pediatrics.
Our results shocked us.
Endorsement of mainstream principles of "gender-affirmation" was strongly associated with left-wing authoritarianism (LWA) and support of political violence.
Both LWA and endorsement of gender-affirming clinical norms were associated with greater justification for killing Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, and Brian Thompson, as well as arson against ICE buildings, destruction of wealthy people's property, and violence against police.
These relationships remained significant even after controlling for political identity.
Acceptance of gender ideology appears to augment authoritarian attitudes in support for political violence.
From our report:
"Together, these findings support the paper's core claim: gender ideology may function as an ideological accelerant, telling left-wing authoritarian psychology who the enemy is, why the situation is urgent, and--in those already disposed toward force--that violence is legitimate."
We believe institutionalized gender ideology may function as a kind of ideological "content package" for people already disposed toward left-wing authoritarianism. It assists in identifying oppressors, creates moral urgency, and provides justification for taking coercive action against opposition.
This is only the first of a series of @HHSGov reports we're working on as a collaboration of researchers at @ncri_io, @RutgersU, and @ManhattanInst.
Stay tuned for more.

WPATH, which claimed for years that it had perfect scientific proof that transing children "saved lives," is being sued for by the FTC for fraudulent claims about the mutilation of children.

And what's their defense?

They now say they weren't offering facts -- just OPINIONS!

Oh so now it's "opinions," huh?

Ed Morrissey quotes City Journal:

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) now claims that its "standards of care" are merely one opinion in a debate over youth gender medicine. This marks a dramatic change for WPATH, which spent years promoting its approach as the only ethical one to help youth and adults who experience distress associated with their sexual embodiment.
WPATH makes this claim in a legal filing submitted in a lawsuit brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The federal agency alleges that WPATH has engaged in consumer fraud, specifically listing ten "deceptive claims" made by the defendant about the benefits and safety of medical interventions. According to WPATH, however, the claims in question "are non-actionable opinions about subjects on which there is medical and scientific uncertainty," and as such protected under the First Amendment and not subject to FTC jurisdiction.

The balls on these self-castrated he-bitches.

🚨BREAKING: Our new HHS report—"Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?"—is out!

For decades, psychological research has looked at opposition to transgender ideology through a lens of prejudice and right-wing… pic.twitter.com/yaNJ6DPNVI
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) August 26, 2026

The Bluesky crowd is spreading lies about our HHS report.

Nowhere in our report do we ever claim that "trans people are violent, authoritarian, anti-democratic, and extremist."

In fact, our report isn't about trans people at all!

We found left-wing authoritarianism and… pic.twitter.com/z0brJhzbVx
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) August 28, 2026

1 year ago, a trans gunman shot 24 kids at a Christian school in Minneapolis

The media buried the story pic.twitter.com/aoAN1oJDQ5
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 28, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM

Comments

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1 The deception with tact,
just what are you trying to say?
You've got a blank face, which irritates
Communicate, pull out your party piece

You see dimensions in two
State your case with black or white
But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth
You run for cover so discreet, why don't they

Do what they say, say what you mean, and baby
One thing leads to another
You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long but then
One thing leads to another ....

TO FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

2 Shocking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (/PKja)

3 "TRANS PEOPLE AREN'T VIOLENT, AND I'M GOING TO KILL ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL NEARBY IF SOMEONE ONLINE SAYS THINGS I DON'T LIKE!"
-the moderate option, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (/PKja)

4 Reality is biased!

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

5 4 Reality is biased!

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

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"Reality is left-leaning, that's why all academics are left-wing."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:43 PM (/PKja)

6 Although, to be fair, they have to say that or trans extremists will murder them and their children.

Almost Islamic in their fervor.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (4NO2D)

7 They now say they weren't offering facts -- just OPINIONS!

Practicing psychology without a loysence? That'll get you an investigation in the state of California. If CA was consistent

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (88C+u)

8 When you see someone who looks like a freak and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up around them?

Listen to that. It's a survival instinct.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (xcxpd)

9 The extremist left wants to kill you. The moderate left wants the extremist left to kill you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (4NO2D)

10 There is also a link between leftist ideology and violence. It is one of their top options when dealing with disagreement.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

11 "These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence"

Which came first, though? Does radical gender ideology lead to leftwing authoritarism and violence? Or the other way around?

I think it's neither. I think these people are just dangerous lunatics who finger-pop their bungholes thinking about violence. That kind of derangement leads the derangee to latch onto something -- anything -- that gives them an excuse for violence.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

12
Here we go again.

"I, uh, erb ub uh ub, merely said that the Hunter Biden laptop story had all the earmarks of Russian intel, I didn't, erb ub, specifically say that it was." -- John Brennan

"Woke One was craaaayyy-zee!" (tee-hee, sorry about your small business, your kid's two years of school, and your grandmom dying alone!) -- AOC

"I never said that schools should close." -- Randi Weingarten

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (mmrXZ)

13 Another No Shit! study.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (Mzuzg)

14 "There's a Direct Link Between Extremist Trans Ideology and the Trans Violence Committed to Vindicate That Extremist Ideology"

When does the WPATH and the APA lose all of their funding and donations?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (cpFbA)

15 8 When you see someone who looks like a freak and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up around them?

Listen to that. It's a survival instinct.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (xcxpd)

Also look for the brightly colored hair(s).

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (hbfWH)

16 Since when does it make any kind of moral or ethical sense to claim that, "You won't affirm me in my delusions so you are a non-person and you need to die."

Who hates whom in that equation?

Methinks the trans-ladies doth protest too much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (dEHLq)

17 Our results shocked us.

Then you're retarded.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (3arSl)

18 Who would have guessed the left's brown shirts would have fake triple Gs with their testicles taped to their butt cracks.

We THINK we've hit PEAK STUPID, but in a few more years these will be the good ole days.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (Sco7b)

19 9 The extremist left wants to kill you. The moderate left wants the extremist left to kill you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM

That does explain why the current Democrats pair so perfectly with Muslim Jihadists.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (HlyYF)

20 16 Since when does it make any kind of moral or ethical sense to claim that, "You won't affirm me in my delusions so you are a non-person and you need to die."

Who hates whom in that equation?

Methinks the trans-ladies doth protest too much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (dEHLq)

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"Your kids need to die."

These people tend to attack children more than they attack people saying mean things about them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (/PKja)

21 Well the German brown shirts were apparently anti-leftists.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

22 Also look for the brightly colored hair(s).
Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM

Nature's warning.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (4NO2D)

23 Listen to that. It's a survival instinct.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (xcxpd)

Also look for the brightly colored hair(s).
Posted by: Thrawn

And the Union Label.

Posted by: Coat, Dress, Or Blouse at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (JM9I6)

24 Warming up in the bullpen.

Posted by: Pinochet airlines at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (rJ48h)

25 These people tend to attack children more than they attack people saying mean things about them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (/PKja)

They were probably beaten up on the playground years ago and hold that grudge until the end of time.

Used to be, the Nancy-boys learned the lesson instead of delving deeper into their idiocy. I guess they've gotten stupider and more aggressive at the same damned time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (dEHLq)

26 But the left is now shrieking that someone has drawn a connection between the trans extremists' claims that anyone who doesn't want you in your bathrooms is "literally trying to erase you from existence" and trans violence which explicitly justifies itself as resistance against "trans erasure."
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They are ideologues and to serious participants.

I dislike dismissing any group as easily as I can through just a constantly re-enforced pattern of their non-seriousness and kneejerk evasion.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

27 They'll kill people for saying their violent lunatics- just like Muslims.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

28 Put me in coach! I'm ready to play - today!

Posted by: Vermeer wood chipper at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (VJ0w/)

29 Huh, I always read that as WARPATH

Posted by: InZona at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (+YC6b)

30 25 Used to be, the Nancy-boys learned the lesson instead of delving deeper into their idiocy. I guess they've gotten stupider and more aggressive at the same damned time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (dEHLq)

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"I shall escape my terrible day to day life by reading science-fiction and think of the possibilities of the human mind against the vast cosmos around us."

vs.

"I shall escape my terrible day to day life by learning that I should cut off my dick and that everyone who doesn't clap for it is trying to murder me."

There's no way that they could have a difference.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (/PKja)

31 I bet that same WPATH guidance is being relied on by docs getting sued for transitioning kids as evidence of the standard of care.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (XvL8K)

32 The trans movement is going to self-exterminate itself if given enough time. The thing is, they're going to kill a lot of innocents in the process.

Had we not caved to the left and shuttered the insane asylums back in the 70's there'd be a possible solution. The entire sub-culture of trans is insane and should be institutionalized. Or euthanized.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (2Cry5)

33 I would also speculate that the reason these freaks go after kids is because they are cowards and would never consider going after an adult who might defend him or herself. Easy targets.

I wish they would just break plates or something. Shooting kids isn't really all that much of an emotional release. More like a personal death wish.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (dEHLq)

34 How do we get violent trannies to attack a meeting of AWFLs? Asking for the sanity of society

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:54 PM (EZWVc)

35 I can't be the first to see the implied connection of "warpath" with "WPATH," right? I mean, it seems fairly obvious.

Google AI says "refer to two completely different concepts"

Posted by: 80sfan at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (BbB0e)

36 A significant percentage of trans already despise themselves and the rest of humanity so the violence is unfortunately an easy leap. As was weaponizing them.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (vE0+H)

37 The left: There is a literal holocaust of transpeople by subhuman MAGAts. Are you really going to let Orange Hitler kill innocent people?

Also the left: Violence from trans idoeology? What the hell these people just want you to use their pronouns. How is that violent?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

38 The causation? Mental illness. Why wouldn't you expect an unstable person to behave in an unstable manner?

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (U/dC0)

39 Florida became the first state to block taxpayer-funded cash welfare from being used to purchase nonessential items like tattoos, video games, and tobacco and vaping products.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

40 37 The left: There is a literal holocaust of transpeople by subhuman MAGAts. Are you really going to let Orange Hitler kill innocent people?

Also the left: Violence from trans idoeology? What the hell these people just want you to use their pronouns. How is that violent?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

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"Charlie Kirk was literally murdering trans people whenever he spoke at a campus. Literally murder. He was literally committing a genocide."

"It was obviously the right who killed Charlie Kirk because he said in a private conversation that no one can verify that he was going to say Free Palestine at his next speaking engagement."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:56 PM (/PKja)

41 That does explain why the current Democrats pair so perfectly with Muslim Jihadists.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (HlyYF)

Also explains the DNC-DSA fake war.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (vE0+H)

42 > Who would have guessed the left's brown shirts would have fake triple Gs with their testicles taped to their butt cracks.

Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

43 It makes sense that trans are violent and unhinged, even before hormones are pumped into them.

They are mad because God created them wrong. If they are mad at God they are mad at everyone. Surprised they don't murder mommy first for birthing the wrong sex. altho it is Daddy's fault from his sperm choice.

This is why mommies support them. Daddy's leave or try to. A mommy issue of Munchausen attention.

The trans in the photo above was supported by her parents. It was sketchy as Mom was in FL and her twee looking Dad was at home. I never found out about their dynamics.

I am horrified and prayed for my sons after Columbine and daily for my grands. School shootings are one of my fears, and I don't have many, thankfully.

I don't know a trannie or know of a trannie through others. They all look angry and are mentally ill.

If mental hospitals are still never coming back, I have a solution:

I wish President Trump would buy 2 islands:

1 for trannies to be among their peers
Another for pedos

No supplies and resultant cannibalism til only one or two are left on each island who will then die of kuru of eating humans.

Ship criminal illegals to both islands and let them join the fun.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (hzuYO)

44 35 I can't be the first to see the implied connection of "warpath" with "WPATH," right? I mean, it seems fairly obvious.

Google AI says "refer to two completely different concepts"
Posted by: 80sfan at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (BbB0e)

See me at 29

Posted by: InZona at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (+YC6b)

45 42 > Who would have guessed the left's brown shirts would have fake triple Gs with their testicles taped to their butt cracks.

Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme
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Your description is the stuff of nightmares. John Wayne Gacy killer clown nightmares.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

46
lol, run this through the Google "A.I." and you get this:

"What the Data ShowsGender identity does not predict violent behavior or crime.Experts state there is no proof of higher crime rates or radicalization in the transgender community.Mass shootings and violent crimes are overwhelmingly carried out by cisgender individuals.Rates of VictimizationData from the Williams Institute shows transgender people are over four times more likely to experience violent victimization than cisgender people."

Garbage-in has always resulted in garbage-out.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:58 PM (Y8DZL)

47 "Extremist" trans ideology? Is there any other kind?

They are mind warping children. Permanently.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (3cYpk)

48 The trans-community, much like the Muslim community, are the instigator of the phobia that is seeking to devour them.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (RHGPo)

49 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme

Feed me.

Posted by: Vermeer wood chipper at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (VJ0w/)

50 WOMPR > WPATH

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (HUco/)

51 Okay, it's a little Orwellian to label the people who say "You can be whatever gender you call yourself" "Gender affirmers".

Seems if we grant the model that sex is a biological fact, but "gender" are clusters of ideas that grow up around sexual functions, that the "gender affirmers" are the more traditional. Because they are affirming the case for a legitimacy of social conventions concerning sexual differences.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

52 You cannot argue with mentally ill people. They are crazy. They need to be tossed into a looney bin.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 04:00 PM (VrYHL)

53 I wish President Trump would buy 2 islands:
1 for ... pedos

goughisland.com

Posted by: spray 'em in cheese first at August 28, 2026 04:01 PM (88C+u)

54 When you add in all the violence done my trannies that make up Antifa, my guess is it intensifies the correlation.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

55 Autogynophelia enablers is a bit long winded.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:02 PM (HUco/)

56 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N

Funny. Thanks.

Somewhere there's a woman out there thinking "I can fix him!"

Four women's golf tournaments in Canada this year were apparently won by women. That's probably the best way to beat these crazies and win over young women in the process.

Losing out to fake women has to get old at some point.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:03 PM (Sco7b)

57 Trantifa

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:03 PM (HUco/)

58 Unpossible! Impossibru!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:03 PM (K32Fz)

59 And yes the response is the same chorus that the people who do not understand Per Capita always use.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (K32Fz)

60
During Trans Genocide National Breastfeeding and Don't Be A Bully Vengeance Month of Rage? Really, Ace???

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (9c4Eu)

61 Every school shooting for years now has been by a tranny.

In the old days when it was straight-ish white kids shooting up schools the FNM told me that you could ignore all the drivebys and the like by urban yutes that white kids shooting up schools meant white people were especially dangerous.

Now school shooting don't matter I guess...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

62 Losing out to fake women has to get old at some point.

It has been my observation that at least some women really like suffering and being humiliated

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:05 PM (K32Fz)

63 Huh, I always read that as WARPATH
Posted by: InZona at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (+YC6b)
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I thought it said "WRATH" for a moment...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (FZ29D)

64 It has been my observation that at least some women really like suffering and being humiliated

That's a sexist thing to say you pig!

Posted by: Some AWFL in a Handmaid Outfit, reading 50 shades of grey, warming up her kitty masher 900W back mas at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

65 "Some of them want to abuse you,
Some of them want to be abused."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (HUco/)

66 I've always likened it to a drunken hook-up gone very very wrong.

The Dems needed the next group to 'defend' from conservative 'bigotry.'

The trannies interpreted the shack up as true love.

And that's when it all got out of hand.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (4HoLg)

67 When the muzzies throw the Oxford tranny lecturer off a roof , he's going right through the street all the way to the London underground

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 04:07 PM (EZWVc)

68 50 Shades is so last decade
AWFLs want to get milked by a minotaur now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:07 PM (HUco/)

69 Every school shooting for years now has been by a tranny.

I strongly suspect that most of the past school shooters would, in the modern era, be trannies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (K32Fz)

70 They are mad because God created them wrong.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (hzuYO)
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Plus they are living in a "World without God". Where all hierarchies can be said to be "arbitrary" and nothing is better than anything else (but thinking "makes it so").

And that's the world where "You have to make your own meaning". How, though? Because non-hierarchy-primacy would suggest that meaning is not necessarily better than "not having meaning".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

71 4:05

Let's check out the lies...

MS Now - Iran War six months in. It's a lost quagmire of doom.
CNN - Same - their 650,000 viewers are frustrated this is still going on.

CBC - Hey Nepal! That's a change of pace.
FoxNews - Will Cain - Clancy.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

72
This one has been Norm MacDonalded.

Trans nonbinary woman who fled to Canada because "the trans Krystallnacht is coming" said her terror began when Charlie Kirk was killed. Wot, you say? Well, she knew then that transpeople were going to get blamed for all kinds of shit, and the rest of us are going to go regular Nazi on them.

TikTok seems to defy tinyurl, so here it is if you want a good laugh or a good scream.

https://www.tiktok.com/
@nopebrigade0/video/7577812221422587167

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (mmrXZ)

73 WorPATH.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (jJAdc)

74 AWFLs want to get milked by a minotaur now.

Speaking of which, in the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie, Gaston is horrified by the book Belle is reading then she falls in love very rapidly with this monstrous thing in a castle. Was she reading monster romantasy?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (K32Fz)

75 In fact, the left claims that fairly milktoast agitators like Ben Shapiro constitute an intolerable threat of extremist violence.

-----------

As an old-school third-rate blogger once and often-famously noted:

Their violence is speech.
Our speech is violence.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:10 PM (9c4Eu)

76 *types*
*deletes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 04:11 PM (W2Pud)

77 Ben Shapiro is extreme?

I mean maybe his sister's boob size but him?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

78 I hope John Money is roasting to a crisp in Hell.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)

79 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme
......

I like the hair between his chesticles.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS)

80 76 *types*
*deletes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 04:11 PM (W2Pud)

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It was about the minotaurs, wasn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (/PKja)

81 They are mad because God created them wrong.

Every broken, messy, strange, crazy, or screwed up kid is being pushed into this category.

That kid whose mom beat him every day and kills cats in the back yard? The school counselor tries to fix him by telling him he's a girl and would be normal if he hacked his danglies off.

That weird girl who wears spiderwebs in her hair and gets D's in every class because she can't pay attention? The school counselor tries to fix her by saying she should cut her funbags off.

That oddball who hates their life and feels aimless is told they will be better by the school counselor if they swap their gender and sees the school celebrate queers and trannies every day while ignoring normal kids.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (K32Fz)

82 But the left is now shrieking that someone has drawn a connection between the trans extremists' claims that anyone who doesn't want you in your bathrooms is "literally trying to erase you from existence" and trans violence which explicitly justifies itself as resistance against "trans erasure."

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Old & Busted: Dead-Naming.
New Hotness: Dead-Shaming.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (9c4Eu)

83 Maybe this trend of leftist women wearing nose rings has something to do with them liking bulls sexually now?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

84 I hope John Money is roasting to a crisp in Hell.
Posted by: Bulg

I mean, I know that he's in Hell, but I hope he's in the absolute hottest part.

The part that Fauci is destined for.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

85 The last time someone (a libtarded pansy dude) told me they were offended by something they heard me say to someone else, my response was “I’m offended you think I give a shit.”

His face turned as pink as his shirt and he stomped away.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (W2Pud)

86 That's DR John Money...

The razor wire encrusted flaming c0ck of Shaitan for all eternity hopefully.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (HUco/)

87 Maybe this trend of leftist women wearing nose rings has something to do with them liking bulls sexually now?

Its like getting a tattoo or long hair way back, they do it because you hate it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (K32Fz)

88 Speaking of which, in the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie, Gaston is horrified by the book Belle is reading then she falls in love very rapidly with this monstrous thing in a castle. Was she reading monster romantasy?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (K32Fz)

SEE! The love of a woman can change any man...

TV and movies told them so!

Okay. Back to work.
Thanks all.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)

89 79 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme
......

I like the hair between his chesticles.
Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS
So regular people like you meet at Walmart?

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 04:15 PM (LHPAg)

90 He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

Uhhh

If I were an Oxford student assigned to his class, I would transfer the heck out. I suppose they can't do that because of lawsuits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (JrHfD)

91 Speaking of which, in the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie, Gaston is horrified by the book Belle is reading then she falls in love very rapidly with this monstrous thing in a castle. Was she reading monster romantasy?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (K32Fz)

lol, like this meme?
https://tinyurl.com/mtkrwemj

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (hbfWH)

92 And yes the response is the same chorus that the people who do not understand Per Capita always use.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (K32Fz)
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But per capita is definitely the more scientific model.

Otherwise, who CARES what might cure or palliate a rare disease--statistically the positive returns on any trial are insignificant given all the people who do not have that disease.

That would be dumb.

The pro-vax would hope for a situation where those that did not take a vax would be small. Creating a case where far more vaxed people succumb to a sickness than the insignificant non-vaxed, right?

So would the correction be "Actually the number of unvaxxed that succumb to the disease is insignificant in comparison to the vaxed"?

You can bet it wouldn't be.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (Fi81e)

93
Study shows! Settled science!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (O0L8i)

94 Or in a more pure times Belle could see the Beast's soul.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (HUco/)

95 SEE! The love of a woman can change any man...

TV and movies told them so!

Okay. Back to work.
Thanks all.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)

Only if said man has wealth and a humongous castle.

Otherwise, "short" kings need not apply by kidnapping women and locking them up until they "love" them.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (hbfWH)

96 So trannies attack?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (KGj36)

97 Its like getting a tattoo or long hair way back, they do it because you hate it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (K32Fz)

Which is of course pathology in itself.

Living for other people is dumb. Living to annoy or bother other people makes you into a pathetic loser.

I'm so clever I annoyed a stranger, is the Applause Comedy of human defects.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (vE0+H)

98 94 Or in a more pure times Belle could see the Beast's soul.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (HUco/)

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Beauty and the Beast is best in black and white.

And French.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (/PKja)

99 TJM, oui

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:18 PM (HUco/)

100 Every broken, messy, strange, crazy, or screwed up kid is being pushed into this category.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (K32Fz)
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That's because it's about getting people sterilized and making them think it was their idea.

This is the seed of 70-80s MENSA and other think tanks "solving" the overpopulation problem.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

101 Or in a more pure times Belle could see the Beast's soul.

Well that is the proper story but the Romantasy theory is funnier

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (K32Fz)

102 What do I like about the Beast? Well he's smart, and when you get to know him kind, and most importantly he has a 12 inch pe...uh...candelabra!

Posted by: Belle at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (sKqQm)

103 99 TJM, oui

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:18 PM (HUco/)

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Come on. You know I can't even read English.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (/PKja)

104 This is the seed of 70-80s MENSA and other think tanks "solving" the overpopulation problem.

Yeah and the "don't get married, and if you do, don't have kids" push in culture. At least, to white people.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (K32Fz)

105 Beauty and the Beast is best in black and white.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (/PKja)
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You can always turn down the color.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

106
The progression of this insanity has been observed. Euphemisms used:

1 - Live for the day when you can complete your transition so that finally, at last, blessedly, your body matches your soul and you can be happy and live as your true self

2 - Undergo irreversible medical processes

3 - Discover you're still miserable -- AND your body is destroyed AND everyone can "clock" you as your assigned-at-birth gender anyway after all that pain and expense AND you also have constant UTIs, scars, difficulty speaking from vocal feminization surgery, failure of neovagina, etc

4 - Hate everyone else for living normally and happily

5 - Bang-bang

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (mmrXZ)

107 I like the hair between his chesticles.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS

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Is there a market for tranny baby formula bottles with hairy nipples for "authentic" chest-feeders like Mayor Pete?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (9c4Eu)

108 105 You can always turn down the color.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

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Or, I can buy Nightmare Alley all over again to get the black and white version from Criterion.

Commerce makes he world go round!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (/PKja)

109 The left likes trannies because they are highly invested in the cause.

I mean your average lefty can realize they were wrong and change politics but if you cut your genitals off because leftwing ideology told you it was the right thing to do you will justify that narrative pretty much no matter what.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

110 Some movies are better in black and white.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (p3pWU)

111 Study shows! Settled science!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (O0L8i)
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The people who "settle Science" probably do not agree.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

112 FOIA request produced new documents that were released on the 1st anniversary of the Annunciation school shooting:

A search warrant in the documents showed the car Westman drove to the church that morning and in the days before the shooting had a dashcam. Officers described the videos recorded by that camera, writing that Westman seemed agitated after a visit with family and at times sobbed before driving by the church and school the night before the attack.

The records also include transcripts of police interviews with Westman’s father, ex-girlfriend, close friend and former co-workers, describing Westman as somewhat of a loner prone to depression. Many of those people had not previously spoken publicly about the shooting or about Westman.

While several said Westman had expressed suicidal ideations years earlier, they also said they had not seen signs that Westman was capable of hurting others. Westman’s father said he hadn’t seen a reason to be worried about his child before the shooting, noting only that Westman had been struggling to eat and had lost significant weight. Several relatives declined to speak with law enforcement altogether, according to the record release.

Posted by: beckster at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (kX27y)

113 Or, I can buy Nightmare Alley all over again to get the black and white version from Criterion.

That movie is so depressing.

It makes you want to scream at the TV: stop being an evil asshole you are going to screw yourself even if you don't care about anyone else

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

114 110 Some movies are better in black and white.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (p3pWU)

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"Not It's a Wonderful Life!"
-Ted Turner

I read an article shortly after Turner's death that asserted that the whole colorization thing he led was really just an excuse to help get funding to restore old movies. Colorization was the sizzle, but the base remasters were the steak and the central point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (/PKja)

115 5 - Bang-bang

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (mmrXZ)

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And in some cases:

Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (9c4Eu)

116 The book was "Ferme Laitière Belle-de-Jour," the shocking and transgressive of a woman, a castle, a box of wine, and a giant dog.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (BI5O2)

117 The gays are catching up with what the lesbians have been saying all along, finally. It’s an interesting plot twist- it wasn’t the conservatives trying to eradicate gay people / children, it’s coming from inside the house instead. The reality is Team Trans are doing their own conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

118 A "Trans gunman"? He changed firearms during a killing spree?

Related- why does it seem like high percentage of trannies, M to "F" are still wearing their facemasks?

Posted by: Rex B at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (LUIDu)

119 Some movies are better in black and white.
Posted by: dantesed

Can you imagine Casablanca in color? Yech.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

120 CNN - Same - their 650,000 viewers are frustrated this is still going on.

It must be a good day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (wOO3z)

121 113 Or, I can buy Nightmare Alley all over again to get the black and white version from Criterion.

That movie is so depressing.

It makes you want to scream at the TV: stop being an evil asshole you are going to screw yourself even if you don't care about anyone else

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

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The book goes even further.

Stan gets Molly into a position where she almost gets raped, and Stan knows it's going to happen.

The author was an alcoholic wreck who went from ideology to ideology looking for meaning and finding nothing. Nihilism gets tossed around too much as a descriptor to describe things that are dark and depressing but do actually point to things having meaning, but Nightmare Alley is full-on nihilistic. His wife also divorced him to marry CS Lewis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (/PKja)

122 Well the German brown shirts were apparently anti-leftists.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

They were anti competing leftists. They were socialists themselves. Once they won the street battles they absorbed the communist thugs into their ranks with no problems.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

123 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (mmrXZ)

Yes but they hated everyone else for how they were living to begin with. It's just that once the "process" is complete, that is all that's left.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (vE0+H)

124 The Maltese Falcon in color??

No thanks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (p3pWU)

125 122 Well the German brown shirts were apparently anti-leftists.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

They were anti competing leftists. They were socialists themselves. Once they won the street battles they absorbed the communist thugs into their ranks with no problems.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

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"Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (/PKja)

126 My favorite thing about the "transgender" society is that they take offense when you tell them they are mentally ill. And, the medical community backs them up by stating that they are NOT mentally ill. Instead they possess a built up stress internally as a result of confusion over their gender and indentity.

Which, by definition is "mental illness."

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)

127 It’s an interesting plot twist- it wasn’t the conservatives trying to eradicate gay people / children, it’s coming from inside the house instead. The reality is Team Trans are doing their own conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

The Left loves nothing more than to lift something up...... and then destroy it.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (vE0+H)

128 124 The Maltese Falcon in color??

No thanks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (p3pWU)

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Black and white isn't real. I must have real.

Now, excuse me while I watch my movie about a superman defeating an army of aliens devouring the earth single-handedly, but realistically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (/PKja)

129 I read an article shortly after Turner's death that asserted that the whole colorization thing he led was really just an excuse to help get funding to restore old movies. Colorization was the sizzle, but the base remasters were the steak and the central point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (/PKja)

Seems doubtful, he could have gotten a lot of detractors on side by telling that from the start.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)

130 Some movies are better in black and white.

Spider Noir was much better in black and white than color

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (K32Fz)

131 "Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.

What? That guy was the Top!

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

132 131 "Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.

What? That guy was the Top!

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

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"He loves Marx the wrong way. He's practically a Republican."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (/PKja)

133 "Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (/PKja)

He got the trains running on time, not made highways for individuals to go where they wanted.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

134 128 124 The Maltese Falcon in color??

No thanks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (p3pWU)

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Black and white isn't real. I must have real.

Now, excuse me while I watch my movie about a superman defeating an army of aliens devouring the earth single-handedly, but realistically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (/PKja)
_________________________

Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

135 And that's the world where "You have to make your own meaning". How, though? Because non-hierarchy-primacy would suggest that meaning is not necessarily better than "not having meaning".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)
*******
Have surgeons create fake meaning from fake vagina.

It's going to be glorious! What I was born for!

Spend the rest of the years before suicide dealing with ingrown hairs and boils that get infected with drug resistant staph.

This does not take away from the fact that there is chronic pain when not dealing with boils.

The inability to have sex again as a fake female; wishing every minute he still had the genitalia he started with and simply gay.

Orgasm is a thing of the past.

Then the he/she has to pee, which takes about 20min of concentration and pain.

Returns to regular pain after pee pain and time spent on the toilet.

Dat's life in a day of a trans' greatest wish!

Half commit suicide.

Trans supporters say it's working! Sort of by elimination!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

136 And, the medical community backs them up by stating that they are NOT mentally ill. Instead they possess a built up stress internally as a result of confusion over their gender and indentity.

Which, by definition is "mental illness."

Yeah. Mental illness isn't sin, its not a moral failure, it doesn't mean you are a bad person. But its a real thing, and thinking you are something you are not is crazy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (K32Fz)

137 Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

Welcome back, Zombie Piper. I'm beginning to think that it was kale, and not the Soup-transmitted tumor, that took you from us.

You did see that article, right?

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

138 Huh, I always read that as WARPATH

A can of woopath...

Posted by: Mike Tython at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (3arSl)

139 It’s an interesting plot twist- it wasn’t the conservatives trying to eradicate gay people / children, it’s coming from inside the house instead. The reality is Team Trans are doing their own conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

The Left loves nothing more than to lift something up...... and then destroy it.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (vE0+H)

Gays were last year's shock troops. Many of them are too content and are going mainstream instead of remaining outcasts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:29 PM (uhVAy)

140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

141 Trump's deporting Milo?!?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I gotta see what reddit thinks of this...

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)

142 Dat's life in a day of a trans' greatest wish!

Half commit suicide.

Trans supporters say it's working! Sort of by elimination!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

This contrasts with the half that commit suicide if they don't cut themselves to bits.

From what I recall though, the old school cross dressers only rarely shot up schools, or political rivals, because they weren't political.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:31 PM (uhVAy)

143 141 Trump's deporting Milo?!?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I gotta see what reddit thinks of this...

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)

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"Israel told him to."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:31 PM (/PKja)

144 https://twitterwebviewer.com/

Service discontinued
As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. All cached content has been deleted.
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Musk strikes again

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (hPgrk)

145 "Gender Affirmation" is not; it's the exact opposite, forcing the fake as the actual.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (l3cgK)

146 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

He's gonna need a new grifting source to maintain his previously "fabulous" appearance.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (hbfWH)

147 I WANT MY MALE CUNT AND MAN-BOOBS AND I WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS MY RIGHT AS A NON-BINARY ENTITY TO GET MY WISHES !!!!!!!!

IF NOT I WILL CRY TO BARRY O MY SAVIOR AND HERO !!

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (0/Zc3)

148 The left likes trannies because they are highly invested in the cause.

I mean your average lefty can realize they were wrong and change politics but if you cut your genitals off because leftwing ideology told you it was the right thing to do you will justify that narrative pretty much no matter what.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

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True.

As well as the fact that mental illness is the seed-corn of mass formation psychosis and cult membership, "meaning," advocacy, violence, & a lesser cause worth murdering and dying for.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (9c4Eu)

149 All things considered, I think I might go fishing in the morning.

With my .357 mag. sidearm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (SK+av)

150 Looks like Milo has been ridden hard and put away wet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)

151 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

When your lifestyle makes sitting down difficult...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

152 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)
Dang.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (LHPAg)

153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (uhVAy)

154 149 All things considered, I think I might go fishing in the morning.

With my .357 mag. sidearm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (SK+av)

I thought grenades and TNT were better for fishing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

155 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

He's gonna need a new grifting source to maintain his previously "fabulous" appearance.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (hbfWH)

I think he's more needed in the UK than here these days.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:34 PM (uhVAy)

156 Actually, Mussolini is the least objectionable to me of the three Axis bigwigs, of him, Hitler, and Tojo.

Mussolini was a fairly learned man whospoke several languages. When he came to power, he was widely praised, from the likes of Churchill to Gandhi.

And he was not onboard with the Shoah, but he had to acquiesce once he was firmly attached to Hitler's teat.

He came very close to allying with Britain and France before the war, until they forced him into Hitler's arms by disowning him over his stupid takeover of Ethiopia.

Dude, you could've just stayed out of Ethiopia. But nooooo...

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:34 PM (77rzZ)

157 153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

I think we should do a $10M Study to see if some the dinosaurs were either Gay or Non-Binary ....

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 28, 2026 04:35 PM (ZITfF)

158 I just keep thinking about millstones and a deep body of water when I read about this topic.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (yoYxH)

159 153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (uhVAy)

Fossilized colour-imparting melanosomes that were found in certain Archaeopteryx fossils imply at least some of their feathers were black...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (l3cgK)

160 I always hate to do this because it is so pedantic,

but maybe it's not a typo and some people don't know this...

It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

161
Yes but they hated everyone else for how they were living to begin with. It's just that once the "process" is complete, that is all that's left.
Posted by: ...

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They start by hating the world and hating their life for sure. "Transition will change it all!"

Then wake up with everything that can go wrong going wrong -- socially, medically, psychologically.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (mmrXZ)

162 160 I always hate to do this because it is so pedantic,

but maybe it's not a typo and some people don't know this...

It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

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I sometimes take proper spelling for granite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (/PKja)

163 Fossilized colour-imparting melanosomes that were found in certain Archaeopteryx fossils imply at least some of their feathers were black...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (l3cgK)

Haven't followed it for a while but some Chinese feathered fossils hinted at being reddish as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)

164 I think we should do a $10M Study to see if some the dinosaurs were either Gay or Non-Binary ....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff

Barney is gay as shit. The rest are dead.

I'll take my money now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 04:38 PM (wOO3z)

165 157 153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

I think we should do a $10M Study to see if some the dinosaurs were either Gay or Non-Binary ....

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 28, 2026 04:35 PM (ZITfF)

AFAIK, they've only found one pair of dinos mating, and they were male and female...I think it can be found in some museum in Spain...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)

166 If Italy stays neutral towards France in WWII, they probably still invade Greece and...lose.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)

167 162 160 I always hate to do this because it is so pedantic,

but maybe it's not a typo and some people don't know this...

It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

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I sometimes take proper spelling for granite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (/PKja)

That's a rock-solid position to take.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:39 PM (l3cgK)

168 Back in the day of strip joint row there was always one joint that featured "queens", it was considered an amusement side show.
The queens got off and got paid for it. The bands were good and everyone laughed - the performers and the audience.

New Orleans, naturally, had more of these eccentric clubs than most towns.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (hPgrk)

169 167 I sometimes take proper spelling for granite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (/PKja)

That's a rock-solid position to take.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:39 PM (l3cgK)

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Well, for all intensive purposes, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (/PKja)

170 Somebody should have done something about that pony-tailed freak long before he had the time to do what he did.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

171 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

172 It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

I'm not gonna argue against the Anglo Saxon / English / then American rigor in pruning out extra letters that add no value.

Mostly because it bugs the French.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (uhVAy)

173 146 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)
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A few days in the tank with real food and no drugs will do him good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (hPgrk)

174 >>>I thought grenades and TNT were better for fishing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

>It's true, many decades ago, we used dynamite to fish the yellowstone. Now the sidearms are for the frootloops and predators cruising the recreational areas.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (SK+av)

175 Mussolini was a disastrous failure of a leader. If there's one thing I can give him credit for, it's seeing that Antonio Gramsci was tormented to death in a squalid dungeon. He got that right. Sort of. He should have shot the man directly after trial and spared the world his prison writings.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 04:42 PM (BI5O2)

176 The media has a huge roll in the transgender's being lionized. I'm pretty sure some of the insanity on display is for attention. Not the good kind either.

But our media (traditional and online) is really an instigator for a lot of the violence perpetrated by those weirdos.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 04:42 PM (2Cry5)

177 Nood Blue Sh*thole post. (PHRASING!!!)

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (dIske)

178 That's a rock-solid position to take.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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My sediments exactly.

Posted by: The River Bottom at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (ImuKY)

179 90% of reddit is onboard with deporting Milo and want a list of other nominally right of center people deported (including citizens)

10% of reddit argues this is Trump trying to keep the "Anti-Trump right" from attacking him and Israel

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

180 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

You can't prove or disprove anything with emotion.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)

181 Had we not caved to the left and shuttered the insane asylums back in the 70's there'd be a possible solution. The entire sub-culture of trans is insane and should be institutionalized. Or euthanized.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (2Cry5)

I was only a disinterested teen back then but didn't the pharamaceutical and health insurance industries have a hand in this?

Posted by: Sumguy at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (X/gXX)

182 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)
*******
Just saw that mug shot!

He is missing his diamond earrings. I guess cashed in for some more poppers and whatever drugs cause those dead eyes and dark circles.

You've come a long way, faker! Remember when Ann Coulter thought he was fabulous? I do!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:44 PM (hzuYO)

183 I'm not gonna argue against the Anglo Saxon / English / then American rigor in pruning out extra letters that add no value.

Mostly because it bugs the French.
Posted by: Oldcat

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But it is named after a comic strip character, who was given a frenchy name because he was weak and timid.

So the French name is part of the gag. It caught on and became a word.

Posted by: The River Bottom at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (ImuKY)

184 Mussolini was a disastrous failure of a leader. If there's one thing I can give him credit for, it's seeing that Antonio Gramsci was tormented to death in a squalid dungeon. He got that right. Sort of. He should have shot the man directly after trial and spared the world his prison writings.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Agreed.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

185 He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.
So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

He should stay away from tall buildings in the presence of his future muslim overlords.

Posted by: Sumguy at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (X/gXX)

186 It's Friday at nearly 5 pm. I'm calling it.

Let Happy Hour(s) commence.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (viF8m)

187 180 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

Where's your God now!?

Posted by: chicks with dicks ... lol at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (2rCZb)

188 "Musk strikes again"

How dare that man wanting a name and a email addy from you to view his site.

Damn that man!

How dare he???

!!!

Posted by: Reginald Van Dough at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (rHvvN)

189 Another No Shit! study. Next you’re going to tell me that promoting the delusions of mentally ill people and scrambling their bodies with untested levels of cross sex hormones might not be a good idea. But I’m, like , not a biologist.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (Mzuzg)

190 All things considered, I think I might go fishing in the morning.

With my .357 mag. sidearm.

Don't drop it in the water. Happens a lot around here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (K32Fz)

191 It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)
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I could care fewer.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)

192 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

Where's your God now!?
Posted by: chicks with dicks ... lol at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (2rCZb)
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But "God didn't make junk" was the rally of the queers at one time.

Because the were "the way God made them".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

193 So proud to be from Minnesota where our Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanaga is moving from her success fighting fraud with Walz to running for Senate. She was photographed in a "Protect Trans Kids" t-shirt showing a huge knife.

Posted by: Dave at August 28, 2026 06:32 PM (sbsMc)

194 Lemme guess - in 40 years, murderous trannies will make up 65% of all professorships in academia.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (w6EFb)

John Ratcliffe's Secret Mission to Moscow: Don't Attack NATO, and You Had Better Strike a Deal While a Deal Is Still Possible, Mr. Putin

Ratcliffe told the head of the FSB that Russia must not attack NATO.

Is that a real fear? Yes, for several reason. First, intelligence warned of an attack on Poland by Russia, with Russia hoping to make Poland back away from its support of Ukraine.

And then months after that, a Russian missile fell in Poland. The missile hit an empty field and killed no one, but it seems likely that it was intended as a threat, especially since it had been predicted by intel sources.

And now their are fresh reports that Russia is planning another provocation attack.

Second: Russia is losing this war and one of the most basic reactions to losing on one front is to open another front. The CIA seems to fear that Putin will become desperate and escalate the situation to delay his defeat.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe's personal visit to Moscow this week saw him warn Russia against any strikes on NATO nations, multiple outlets have reported.
Ratcliffe visited Russia this week and met with intelligence officials, but not President Vladimir Putin. The meeting came amid reported concerns from Washington that Russia could attack one of the Baltic States, all of which are in NATO, according to the Wall Street Journal.

That wasn't the only point of the trip.

The other objective was to deliver the CIA's assessment that, despite the US previously figuring that Russia would eventually win the war due to their great advantage in population and war materiel, the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name.

Ratcliffe urged Russia to start seriously negotiating for a peace deal before Russia suffers military and economic damage that could take generations to repair.

For those of you who have, like me, been reading about the Ukraine-Russia war, and wondered if the news of Russia's bloody failure was just Ukrainian propaganda: It appears not. The CIA broadly confirms what we've been hearing from Ukrainian sources and independent analysts.

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia's War in Secretive Moscow Visit
John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, made a secretive visit to Moscow this week to privately share his bleak assessment of the state of the Russian war against Ukraine, and to urge the Russians to cut a deal before their military and economic situation gets worse, current and former officials said.
Mr. Ratcliffe delivered the message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia's F.S.B. intelligence service, and made no threats about potential consequences for the Russian side should President Vladimir V. Putin ignore the C.I.A. director's assessment and choose to continue fighting.
C.I.A. analysts have long questioned whether Mr. Putin's advisers have given him honest assessments of the war's trajectory and toll.

This is discussed a lot -- Putin is almost like Hitler in seeming to believe that he's winning this. People attribute this to the fact that generals and staffers who give Putin bad news tend to exit tall buildings from high windows.

The C.I.A. has long maintained communications channels with the F.S.B. and Russia's foreign intelligence service, which is known as the S.V.R.
Officials said Mr. Ratcliffe's intelligence channel with Bortnikov runs parallel to separate channels that President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, have established with other senior advisers to Mr. Putin.
Some officials said they hoped that Mr. Putin, a former intelligence officer himself, would see a message from the C.I.A. director as more urgent and credible than communications through normal diplomatic channels.
For much of last year, Mr. Trump and some of his top advisers appeared to hold the belief that a Russian battlefield victory over Ukraine was inevitable because of Russia's larger population and its nuclear arsenal.
But the Russians have suffered massive losses, and their battlefield gains have stalled.
It is not clear whether Mr. Ratcliffe's message presaged any change in U.S. policy toward Russia or Ukraine.
Mr. Ratcliffe's visit was the latest effort by the Trump administration to breathe new life into stalled negotiations. It has become increasingly clear that Ukraine is not going to give up its fight in the east, even with reduced U.S. military support.
Given what he presented as the bleak military and economic reality for Russia, Mr. Ratcliffe told Mr. Bortnikov that he believed it was time for Moscow to engage in serious negotiations to end the war.
Since Mr. Trump's return to office, the United States has scaled back its military support to the Ukrainians, forcing them to rely more heavily on European partners.
...
Last month, Mr. Ratcliffe spoke out pointedly about Russian troop losses during the war, and Moscow's inability to advance on the battlefield. He noted that the life expectancy of a Russian soldier on the front lines was less than 35 minutes.
And he added that Russia had gained only about 1 percent of Ukraine's total territory in the 18 months since he became C.I.A. director, a development he attributed to Ukraine's "mastery" of drone technology.

Ukraine is parlaying that drone mastery into more aid. They're striking deals with many countries, including the US, and trading their hard-won expertise at drone warfare and technology for additional weapons (including more drones and components for drones).

Drones have replaced artillery as the new king of the battlefield. They're the weapon responsible for the most battle deaths, knocking artillery off its long-held bloody throne.

The future of warfare will be, for good or for ill, all about drones and, crucially, anti-drone technology. (Not all counter-drone weapons are so high tech.)

America must be able to destroy drones if we want to keep our other advantages. (And the Ukraine war has shown that US weapons systems are very good and much better than Russian, and presumably Chinese, systems. In fact, most of NATO's weapons are superior to Russia's.)

US drone "mothership" carries other drones.

Related: Trump announced the US had cleared the sea lanes of Strait of America of all Iranian mines.

Among the weapons deployed to destroy the mines? Underwater drones.

US officials had confirmed the essential claim two days earlier. They said underwater drones had identified more than 100 suspected mines in recent months.
Private contractors then disposed of the devices, the officials said. President Donald Trump warned that American forces would destroy any Iranian vessel caught laying new mines.

Also in the fight: the surface sea drone, the Corsair:

On July 12, 2026, three Saronic Corsair one-way attack uncrewed surface vessels struck a submarine and a ship maintenance facility at Iran's Bandar Abbas Naval Base, in what U.S. Central Command described as the first American combat employment of sea drones.
The strike settled a question this profile left open in June, when the Corsair's offensive role existed in acquisition documents and company material with no combat instance behind it. It settled much less about the platform. The approach was reported as low-speed and uncontested, the launch point, transit distance and warhead were never disclosed, and the released video ends at the explosions.
Thirty-four days earlier the same vessel class had recovered two downed Army aviators near the Strait of Hormuz. Behind both events sits a company that has since selected Brownsville, Texas for a shipyard costing more than $3 billion, launched its first 52-foot Mirage, and carries a $9.25 billion valuation against roughly $200 million in estimated 2025 revenue.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

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1 536yhv35vyh35

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (mmrXZ)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (VJ0w/)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (EJE3y)

4
536yhv35vyh35
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That's the other thing that happened in Moscow.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (mmrXZ)

5
More proof Trump is in Putin's pocket.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (O0L8i)

6 I couldn't find an older video showing drones killing one Russian troop after another, even as they hid inside houses.

It's really, really important that America build a defense against this.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (1wjle)

7 Nukes are an Anti-Drone Weapon.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (Shi2G)

8 >>>More proof Trump is in Putin's pocket.

exactly. I heard Ratcliffe paid Russian prostitutes to poop on the American flag.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (1wjle)

9 i think of Ukraine as the first Sci-Fi War. So many robots, so many drones, with AI piloting the attack drones.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

10
Wow, how did Iran get/develop those Ghadir class subs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (mmrXZ)

11 >> I heard Ratcliffe paid Russian prostitutes to poop on the American flag.

That's false.

He paid the Russian prostitutes to shit on a Wig that was worn by Michele Obama.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (Shi2G)

12 I am alone with Vladimir

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (sFNX2)

13 >>>He paid the Russian prostitutes to shit on a Wig that was worn by Michele Obama.

The walls are closing in

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (1wjle)

14 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 02:35 PM (bX16E)

15 Ah, the reason there is a NATO.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (Fi81e)

16 What would Russia attack Poland with? Everything they have is tied up in Ukraine.

I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (4NO2D)

17
Nice exclave you got in Kaliningrad. Pity if something were to happen there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (O0L8i)

18 Did Radcliff meet Putin at the Ritz?

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (qgHp7)

19 Uh….. I simply don’t believe CIA assessments. That org has zero credibility with me. I won’t believe Russia lost this war until I see Zelensky dancing on Putin’s grave. I’m not holding my breath

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (geWO5)

20 Nooded, ya no-noodin' bastiges.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (NcvvS)

21 >>Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps.

Fuck'n A

It's about god damned time the unwashed masses took things into their own hands.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (Shi2G)

22 Nothing has changed.

We have always been at war with Russia and in solidarity with their people and entirely nazi-free military.

Noting has changed.

Russia bad ~~now~~ always.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (2ap+5)

23 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Hopefully, the goatrapers are in them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (VJ0w/)

24 Seriously, we're supposed to believe the CI f'n A?

Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (jo6FO)

25 So now we know what the CIA director's secret mission was. Got it.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (6VEkT)

26 Hahahaha, The IRGC placed 200 mines in the Strait. The US Naval forces have removed them all. Of the 200 only 10 were real mines.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (PbWRL)

27 Don't we want the Ukraine war to continue for the time being just to keep Russia occupied instead of backing Iran?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:38 PM (ImuKY)

28 long ago I saw an HBO movie called The Pentagon Wars. It was about the supposedly useless money-sink Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The movie portrayed the Bradley as comical in its uselessness and inability to take a single hit.

Anyway, if you watch those videos, it looks like the Bradley is highly effective and takes out Russian main battle tanks.

HBO is a leftwing propaganda organ. I know that shocks you.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:38 PM (1wjle)

29 John Ratcliffe's Secret Mission to Moscow: Don't Attack NATO, and You Had Better Strike a Deal While a Deal Is Still Possible, Mr. Putin

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No. I don't thinks so. Based on what I've seen and heard, there was a different reason for the visit. This type of strategic message that Euro based braniacs allege would not have been delivered by Ratcliffe. It is not his purview.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:38 PM (g47mK)

30 The other objective was to deliver the CIA's assessment that, despite the US previously figuring that Russia would eventually win the war due to their great advantage in population and war materiel, the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name.

Do we know that the CIA can do competent analysis now or are we still assuming that they miss everything important and are going to get blindsided by big events that woudl be plain to anyone on the Internet?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (vJrRc)

31 The big problem is the EU. They are doing everything they can to keep this conflict active. Recently, Zelenskyy was in the UK trying to work out a deal to create a major manufacturing factory in the UK to produce the Ukaine's drones. EU personnel are providing more direct assistance to Ukraine (via undisclosed personnel) that they should be. And, everytime the US makes a move to settle the conflict, the EU does something contrary to the goal.

The bottom line for the EU is they want escalation that requires US direct involvement, because that fills their treasure chests. They tried to lure us in previously by offering up peace troops, with the caveat that the US serve as an "insurance policy" and jump it if something occurs....which they would have been happy to covertly facilitate deceitfully. Trump didn't fall for that.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (dIske)

32 Ratcliffe told the head of the FSB that Russia must not attack NATO.

He had to fly there to do it, because a phone call could have been tapped and then everybody would know what he said.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (6VEkT)

33 Quibble: It's not a secret if everybody knows about it...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (PGK1w)

34 >>> Nothing has changed.
We have always been at war with Russia and in solidarity with their people and entirely nazi-free military.
Noting has changed.
Russia bad now always.

that's right, nothing has changed, despite the weird Russian-intel crafted effort to convince Americans that Putin is a really nice guy and just wants to defend Christianity against the gays.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

35
The CIA couldn't find it's own tallywhacker if Sydney Sweeney was holding the mirror.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (O0L8i)

36 1. So one of the most backward, basket-case countries in all Europe, that can't build a single mechanical product of sufficient quality to export, nevertheless has Heechee drone tech? Nah, not buying it.

2. Russia seized and controls at least 20% of Ukraine. But Russia is losing the war? I don't think that's how this works.

3. Can both these terrible countries lose?

4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

37 >>33 Quibble: It's not a secret if everybody knows about it...

well it was kind of secret earlier in the week

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

38 Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:41 PM (n5tGW)

39 The more likely story, to my mind, is some prisoner exchange. And not just any prisoner, a VIP that Russians grabbed in Ukraine.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

40 34 that's right, nothing has changed, despite the weird Russian-intel crafted effort to convince Americans that Putin is a really nice guy and just wants to defend Christianity against the gays.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

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Church attendance in Russia is lower than in France. Russia bombed a bunch of churches in Ukraine.

It's a weird stance to take, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:41 PM (/PKja)

41 On July 12, 2026, three Saronic Corsair one-way attack uncrewed surface vessels of the struck a submarine
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Yeah right. Sure they did. Because everything always goes exactly as planned.

Oh wait I thought that said Sardonic vessels.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (JunZe)

42 The UAE has built drone proof fencing around all of their oil facilities.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (PbWRL)

43 >>Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

Brutality Wins Conflict.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (Shi2G)

44 And here I thought the conversation in Moscow had more to do with UK providing nuclear-warhead capable missiles (or at least the license to build them) to Ukraine—who has escalated into attacking civilians, not just military targets.

If you were in Russia and saw a nuclear-warhead capable missile coming your way, what are you supposed to do? Let it land and then sift through the smoke and ruins to determine if the war has escalated?

The Islamo-fascist UK needs to be cut loose from NATO since they have demonstrated that they no longer want to be part of civilized society.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (a6PrB)

45 Interesting position Trump is in. He knows, and so does Putin, that not only was the Russia hoax completely fake and largely generated with fake information from Ukraine, the reason Russia invaded Ukraine was because the Obama/Biden administration including the CIA and others, ran a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and took down an elected government friendly to Russia.

Interesting place to negotiate from. Trump and Putin both know what really happened but exposing it to the world has implications for both and not good ones for the US. Good for Trump, not so good for the US on the world stage.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (viF8m)

46 14 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.
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I found it somewhat disturbing that the natives were largley dressed in shorts and t-shirts. Don't they know anything about dressing for combat? Jeez, even antifa does it better.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (sFNX2)

47 24 Seriously, we're supposed to believe the CI f'n A?
Posted by: logprof

I believe in the pictures of long gas lines there, and the worldwide price of diesel.

Ukraine is within reach of shutting Russian fuel off completely.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

48 Russia won't pick a fight with Poland. They've been hardening their army for a while, and are now spending damned near 5% of their GDP on it.

No one else in NATO comes close.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (wtvvX)

49 >>>38 Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

They have a gun with a computerized fire control that estimates where a drone will be by the time the bullet gets to it, and locks the trigger until it calculates the gun is aimed at the right place.

I don't know how effective that is.

I'm happily impressed at how well American war tech seems to be working so I'm hopeful we will figure this out.

Directed energy weapons are part of this. They just jam drones' communications and guidance. But AI is the answer to this, as an AI drone doesn't rely on communications with its operator and also doesn't need GPS guidance. They can fly by scanning the ground.

but also they'll probably be putting money into laser-trucks.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (1wjle)

50 Uh….. I simply don’t believe CIA assessments.

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I don't believe that online publication, or any outlet, got a hold of a real CIA assessment. Russia cut off Ukraine from any and all trade in the Black Sea. So much so, that Zelenskyi proposed a temporary ceasefire. And what gets disseminated ? That Ukraine is winning the Black Sea!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (g47mK)

51 4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

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Iran is now complaining that the US is committing terrorism, Bloomberg has admitted that the strait is effectively open (2/3 of pre-conflict oil getting through, plus all the redirects), the only ships "hit" by Iran these days are either made up or ships that were allowed through the blockade to deliver grain...to Iran, the rial is worth about 2 million to the dollar, and Iran has pretty much admitted that the Gayatollah is dead.

But other than that, Iran is dominating America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (/PKja)

52 and just wants to defend Christianity against the gays.
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I like to have my Christianity against the gays

Posted by: Talarico at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (JunZe)

53 43 >>Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

Brutality Wins Conflict.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (Shi2G)

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Mark Rober has a video about all this!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (/PKja)

54
generals and staffers who give Putin bad news tend to exit tall buildings from high windows.

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I know very little about Putin, but I'm surprised to see this. I thought the guy was more realistic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (mmrXZ)

55 The Russians are coming close to finishing the capture of the Donbas. They're pushing the Ukes back in other areas also
However they've lost a ton of men in this war. NATO has watched and learned from the development of drone warfare.
While Europe , except Poland are militarily not in good shape we still dominate and it wouldn't go well for the Russians.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (EZWVc)

56 >>>44 And here I thought the conversation in Moscow had more to do with UK providing nuclear-warhead capable missiles (or at least the license to build them) to Ukraine—who has escalated into attacking civilians, not just military targets.

lol

Russia has been sending missiles at Ukrainian cities since the beginning of the war.

Poor Russia! They invaded a country and that mean Nazi country fought back!

he just wants to defend Christianity from The Gays!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle)

57 Asymmetric warfare victory. USSR crushed a Hungarian revolt in 1956. Seventy years later, Ukraine is winning against Russia, a superpower.

I doubt that the USA has a defense against attacks by a large number of drones at this time

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (llBIB)

58 Check out some more news Elric. Drones are hitting deep into Russia now and almost daily in Moscow. Oil refineries and storage have been key targets for a while.

Either way, I am with you if both countries can lose.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (n5tGW)

59 46 14 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.
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I found it somewhat disturbing that the natives were largley dressed in shorts and t-shirts. Don't they know anything about dressing for combat? Jeez, even antifa does it better.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (sFNX2)

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"Well, at least they weren't in fucking jeans."
-George Will

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (/PKja)

60 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

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So now postpartum abortion?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)

61 Do we know that the CIA can do competent analysis now or are we still assuming that they miss everything important and are going to get blindsided by big events that woudl be plain to anyone on the Internet?

That would be funny if Ratliff went to Moscow to have counter-intelligence from the FSB to do a compare and contrast with the lies and propaganda coming from Deep State operatives at Foggy Bottom.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (NzX/y)

62 >>>That Ukraine is winning the Black Sea!

They are. Russia's ships have pulled back to the coasts and the ports.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

63 Poor Russia! They invaded a country and that mean Nazi country fought back!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle

I mean... The Ukes are where actual Nazis are.

Just like WW11, it's the Nazis fighting the Communists.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (PGK1w)

64 The more likely story, to my mind, is some prisoner exchange.

Is Snowden still over there?

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (6VEkT)

65 He noted that the life expectancy of a Russian soldier on the front lines was less than 35 minutes.
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This is bullshit. Doing the math, if only 1,000 Russians were manning what are called the front lines (which is obviously a ridiculous underestimate), then at a 35 minute life span they'd have 41,142 dead per day just to keep those positions manned.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (XvL8K)

66 Either way, I am with you if both countries can lose.

So what you are voting for is #1 and #2 exporters of wheat to both lose.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (NzX/y)

67 I am buoyed by the fact that we have a massive superiority in our nuclear arsenal -- yield, stealth, delivery systems, penetration, and targeting. I would bypass any conventional response to an attack on NATO by a full scale punitive deathstrike on Russian command and control

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (qwx/I)

68 . It has become increasingly clear that Ukraine is not going to give up its fight in the east, even with reduced U.S. military support.

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Wut?

There is no reduction in US support. The US is barely more than halfway done disbursing the aid passed under Biden, and added another $400m under Trump.

This is more lies from the lying media.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (BI5O2)

69 One of the best traits about Trump is that he's quick to recognize a mistake and backtrack, without being stuck on it. It's reassuring to see Trump himself now adopting all the arguments that those of us who were critical of the MOU at the outset were making.

I also believe that we have now settled into a sustainable low cost, low risk tactical posture that can crack Iran without much kinetic effort on our part. Most wars start off with bad battle plans that don't survive first contact with the enemy - the key to victory is adapting and improvising as it develops.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (edUvp)

70 Oh, and there's also this, regarding the Strait of Hormuz:

https://x.com/MorseReport/status/
2093384909461365040

"Recent satellite imagery suggests that the Department of War has conducted a covert dredging operation to open up a never-before-used shipping corridor through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz."

We just cut a new waterway that Iran can't even see if they still had their towers and binoculars, much less hit with missiles that they don't have anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (/PKja)

71 There is also some other stuff that casual observers don't follow. Putin brought back Gen. Surovikin. And several people with ...knowledge of that means, think that this is in preparation of some offensive.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (g47mK)

72 >>>I mean... The Ukes are where actual Nazis are.
Just like WW11, it's the Nazis fighting the Communists.

Uh huh. You mean that Ukranians wanted to be free of Russia and made the enemy-of-my-enemy choice to join Germany.

Yes that's bad.

Whose side of WWII was Ireland on? They made the same calculation and declared war on the UK.

Would we say the Irish are Nazis?

I mean, this is all silly nonsense.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

73 36 1. So one of the most backward, basket-case countries in all Europe, that can't build a single mechanical product of sufficient quality to export, nevertheless has Heechee drone tech? Nah, not buying it.

2. Russia seized and controls at least 20% of Ukraine. But Russia is losing the war? I don't think that's how this works.

3. Can both these terrible countries lose?

4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I'll address point 2. Germany held a greater part of France in WWI but yet ended up losing. Why. Its internal economy collapsed under Allied blockade. Its civilians were starving.

Gaining territory for territory's sake is what did in Shitler and that Froggie bloke. Same with launching attacks on Ukrainian cities rather than dispersed military targets.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

74 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (Mzuzg)

75 What if there are no good guys in this fight? Why do I have to be on anyone's side other than my own countries?

Is Putin a bad actor? Absofuckinglutely. Are the puppets running Ukraine any better? No.

Has nothing to do with the citizens who always get caught in the crossfire. The people running both countries suck.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (viF8m)

76 Ottawa is itching to do some culling.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (VJ0w/)

77 Ukraine has turned out the equivalent to the Spanish Civil War. Expect its lessons to play out in the next major conflict.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (OUMaO)

78 >>This is bullshit. Doing the math, if only 1,000 Russians were manning what are called the front lines (which is obviously a ridiculous underestimate), then at a 35 minute life span they'd have 41,142 dead per day just to keep those positions manned.

87% of the time, Statistics are Made Up 100% of the time.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (Shi2G)

79 46 I believe the locals are not dressed like Antifa because their cops will target them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (bX16E)

80 Gotta admit, I underestimated the Ukes and/or overestimated the Rooskies. I really thought Putin would stomp them like Godzilla and Bambi.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (vTZFs)

81 18 Did Radcliff meet Putin at the Ritz?

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (qgHp7)

SOOPER - DOOPER!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (wtvvX)

82 Russia needs to deploy battlefield nukes against the Ukes.

Number 1, to see if they work.
Number 2, to send a message.
Number 3, for the fun of it.

Posted by: Old Iron Pants at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (QRHoA)

83 The Anti-Lindsay Clancy

https://tinyurl.com/5b6y5dpm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (ndZc7)

84 >>>74 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.

oh they're already doing that. They've got all of this netting and fencing on top of their tanks.

I think I saw a weapon that deploys a net as it approaches a drone to drop it.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

85 They are. Russia's ships have pulled back to the coasts and the ports.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

Ace, Ukraine is dead without Black sea trade, not Russia. That is how Ukraine got their grain out. Now Russia cut them off, and nothing gets through.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)

86 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

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So now postpartum abortion?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)

That’s the only thing Lindsay Clancy is guilty of! — AWFL Karen’s everywhere

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (geWO5)

87 Russia as constituted was never going to be our "Ally" in recent decades, but insofar as possible cooperation and mutual areas of interest were concerned it was worth cultivating or maintaining good relations in those areas.

I believe the idea was to kneecap whatever good relations were possible, probably on the orders of Beijing, or adjacent. Ukraine is easily one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. It was astonishing to see how quickly they upload the new programming narrative.

"Freedom and Democracy! Let's give them Eleventy Gazillion Dollars RIGHT NOW, OR ELSE!"

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (rQ950)

88 While Europe , except Poland are militarily not in good shape we still dominate and it wouldn't go well for the Russians.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (EZWVc)

There are a plethora of online video's showing huge lines waiting for gas and diesel across Russia - in many cities, it's no longer available at any price. Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (edUvp)

89 I don't know how effective that is.

Posted by: ace

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I think the problem is that is is very expensive Like, 10s of k per shell.

The solution to drones is probably going to be ... more drones. Just like the solution to artillery was counter battery artillery.

What scares me is when AI replaces GPS for navigation and AI replaces the fiber optic or radio for targeting. Then these damn things wil be fully autonomous.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (ImuKY)

90 >>So what you are voting for is #1 and #2 exporters of wheat to both lose.

That's fine. New markets and all of that.

We'd be better off producing more Wheat than Corn, anyway.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (Shi2G)

91 Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (LHPAg)

92

Artillery, the Queen of the battlefield.

https://t.ly/kcPyA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

93 BTW, Russia was on the Nazis' side in WWII and conquered poland in coordination with hitler.

Had you forgotten?

Russia was great friends with the Nazis... until the Nazis invaded.

Like I said, this is all twitter-argument nonsense. It's silly.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (1wjle)

94 I like this, but I also don't trust the CIA.

Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, it turns out Iran just chucked a bunch of metal trash into the water and claimed it was mines, for the most part. There were 11 actual mines and an unholy large mess that wasn't dangerous.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (P9pDS)

95 91 Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (LHPAg)

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*looks off meaningfully in the distance*
-Andrei Rublev

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (/PKja)

96 71 There is also some other stuff that casual observers don't follow. Putin brought back Gen. Surovikin. And several people with ...knowledge of that means, think that this is in preparation of some offensive.
Posted by: runner

Doesn't change the logistics problem with declining petroleum refining and far better Ukrainian targeting. Putin has made this war into a war for his own survival as has Zelinsky. Neither can climb off the tiger or they will undoubtedly be eaten by who comes next.

Prediction, continued bloody stalemate until someone, probably Russia as long is Putin is in charge due to frustrations, does something incredibly stupid. He lost the moral justification for his war pretty early on and he is now losing strategically while he is winning scant yards of territory at a massive cost of lives.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

97 as "conservatives," we used to be aware that Hitler's first major power ally was Russia.

We used to know this. I guess we forgot it as it's inconvenient and hurts our dumb twitter arguments.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (1wjle)

98 33,000: that's how many drones China can synchronize in an aerial light show today.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (llBIB)

99 94 I like this, but I also don't trust the CIA.

Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, it turns out Iran just chucked a bunch of metal trash into the water and claimed it was mines, for the most part. There were 11 actual mines and an unholy large mess that wasn't dangerous.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (P9pDS)

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Most of the 11 weren't effective because they weren't properly deployed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (/PKja)

100 Uh huh. You mean that Ukranians wanted to be free of Russia and made the enemy-of-my-enemy choice to join Germany.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

No, actually. I mean today. There are actual, real-life Nazis fighting for Ukraine.

I'm not saying anything other than that. I draw no conclusions and take no moral positions because of it. I'm saying the Azov Battalion is real.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (PGK1w)

101 Ace, Ukraine is dead without Black sea trade, not Russia. That is how Ukraine got their grain out. Now Russia cut them off, and nothing gets through.
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)

Saw a piece today about how Ukraine is shipping grain overland to be transferred down the Danube, but this can only carry a fraction of what used to go by cargo ship. Predicted famine in parts of the middle east soon, which relies on Ukrainian grain imports.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (edUvp)

102 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.

Is the WNBA deploying anti-dildo countermeasures again?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (P9pDS)

103 74 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

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I always thought nets would fail -- all you need is a second drone to go through the hole.

But I don't see that happening -- I wonder why.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (ImuKY)

104 I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

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Make the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Great Again!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 28, 2026 02:55 PM (5yDGQ)

105 What is this? Some sort of smart milblog?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)

106 >> If you were in Russia and saw a nuclear-warhead capable missile coming your way, what are you supposed to do?

It’s pretty clear for whatever reason you feel a need to advance at least part of Putin’s sophism. But the fact is this is Putin’s war of choice. He started it and used NATO as a pretext to do it. He also thought, as Ace noted this would be over quickly. But the fact is Putin has single handily changed the face of warfare, and not to his advantage. He proved you no longer need to be a near peer actor to not just stay in the battle, but to win a war by virtue of perseverance. Ukraine is wrecking Russia’s economy and destroying what is otherwise a great country for his ego. He no longer has NATO to use as his pretext, and his casual belli is essentially gone. The Russian people see it. His top tier military leaders see it, and they’re also not very fond of what looks like subservience to the Chinese. This all has the danger of spiraling out of control, which is why the agency thinks he may make a desperate move.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 02:55 PM (7S15B)

107 2. Russia seized and controls at least 20% of Ukraine. But Russia is losing the war? I don't think that's how this works.

3. Can both these terrible countries lose?

4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I'll address point 2. Germany held a greater part of France in WWI but yet ended up losing. Why. Its internal economy collapsed under Allied blockade. Its civilians were starving.

Gaining territory for territory's sake is what did in Shitler and that Froggie bloke. Same with launching attacks on Ukrainian cities rather than dispersed military targets.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)
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Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

108 Yes, we have wheat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (n5tGW)

109 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)
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Ya know, that's one of the things that started breaking down my disbelief.

I outsmarted myself. I had been a Catholic. I had cited how abortion would result in a "decline of the value of life". And then I got "sophisticated". There didn't seem to be a irrefutable (that matters as an "atheist") interaction there.

But after it got to a certain point, I realized that I had "predicted" the decline in valuing human life much better as a Catholic, than as a non-believer.

We're here now, and this is probably not a nadir.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

110 Saw a piece today about how Ukraine is shipping grain overland to be transferred down the Danube, but this can only carry a fraction of what used to go by cargo ship. Predicted famine in parts of the middle east soon, which relies on Ukrainian grain imports.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (edUvp)

We have so much grain....

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (g47mK)

111 One thing the supplying the Ukes has done ( not including the graft for the elite) is that it has bled the Russians badly. They may end up victorious but economically and population wise they won't be in good shape in the long run

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (EZWVc)

112 I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

Something something "when the winged hussars arrived"...

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (P9pDS)

113 88 While Europe , except Poland are militarily not in good shape we still dominate and it wouldn't go well for the Russians.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (EZWVc)

There are a plethora of online video's showing huge lines waiting for gas and diesel across Russia - in many cities, it's no longer available at any price. Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Some folks here pretty early on decided to side with one or the other in that contest. To me, it is more like Iran-Iraq war, a pity that both could not lose which ironically is pretty much on point. Ukraine cannot win in a conventional contest like retaking its territory by defeating russians and moving its troops into the occupied regions.

Russia appears increasingly unable to win either--it has meager territorial gains while hollowing out and destroying its economy to the point that it is far more at risk from the Chicoms moving into a vacuum in the East.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

114 Predicted famine in parts of the middle east soon, which relies on Ukrainian grain imports.
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Betwee them, Russia and Ukraine represent about 10% of the global production of calories. Not good for anybody, the way I see it, if they are at war with each other.

Fertilizer, sunflower oil, wheat, petroleum, natural gas, etc. Russia still provides many aerospace materials and rare earths, as well as re-processing spent nuclear fuel rods. That fuckhead from Plains, Georgia decided we weren't going to do things like that. Well, somebody has to.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 02:57 PM (rQ950)

115 Artillery, the Queen of the battlmilligrams?

https://t.ly/kcPyA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

We need artillery drones.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (dK+Kv)

116 There was a lot of cool anti-drone stuff at some recent defense trade show in Europe. Benelli had an automated turret with 8 shot guns and there was another one with 4 machine guns.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (Mzuzg)

117 We burn our crops in the gas tank.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (n5tGW)

118 BTW, Russia was on the Nazis' side in WWII and conquered poland in coordination with hitler.

Posted by: ace
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And I've still never seen a satisfactory explanation for why Britain and France didn't declare war on Russia for doing the exact same thing Germany did. Whereas they had an expedition fitted out to help the Finns when Russia invaded. Makes no sense to me.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (XvL8K)

119 No, actually. I mean today. There are actual, real-life Nazis fighting for Ukraine.

I'm not saying anything other than that. I draw no conclusions and take no moral positions because of it. I'm saying the Azov Battalion is real.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (PGK1w)

And there are (or at least were) actual real life Nazi's running for Senator from Maine. I'm not that worked up about the significance of the designation anymore.

I have from the beginning taken the position that this is a fight between two organized crime gangs on the other side of the world, and there's no reason for me to cheerlead for either one. But the war has been worth following a little just to see the huge jumps in drone tech and tactics. 21st century warfare is here, old methods are obsolete now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (edUvp)

120 >>>>> If you were in Russia and saw a nuclear-warhead capable missile coming your way, what are you supposed to do?

They might do something like fund terrorist groups to attack the US and its allies. Oh wait they've been doing that for 70 years.

I guess they might give Iranian targeting information that Iran doesn't have itself so Iran can hit our bases in Jordan with missiles. Oh wait they've done that too.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (1wjle)

121 as "conservatives," we used to be aware that Hitler's first major power ally was Russia.

We used to know this. I guess we forgot it as it's inconvenient and hurts our dumb twitter arguments.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (1wjle)
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Why not?

Because it's verboten to know that this was a "Well, we're both socialists" type of affinity. Back then it seemed natural: authoritarian ideological socialist with authoritarian ideological socialist.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)

122 Someday we are going to need a long thread starting with the history of NATO, its broken promises and relentless move eastward, the Bucharest NATO Summit in 2008, the subsequent invasion of Georgia by Russia and the 2014 Maidan coup.

The war in Ukraine did not start in a vacuum and they aren't all good guys because Putin is a bad guy. It's not nearly as black and white as some try to paint it.

The CIA was invented to topple governments. That's what it does. Including our own. Does it seem just a bit of a coincidence that they tried to take down Trump by claiming he was a Russian asset a couple years after Hillary's failed "reset" button diplomacy in Russia and then got much of the dirt to frame Trump and his team from Ukraine?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

123 What is this? Some sort of smart milblog?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

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Not until Lt. Col. Bear Claw weighs in.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 28, 2026 02:59 PM (4HoLg)

124 Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

Germany did bomb Pearl Harbor, though, bringing America into the war.

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at August 28, 2026 02:59 PM (wVcYX)

125 124 Germany did bomb Pearl Harbor, though, bringing America into the war.

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at August 28, 2026 02:59 PM (wVcYX)

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Is he rolling?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:00 PM (/PKja)

126 >>Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

This guy is higher than anyone here and even he fucking gets it.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:00 PM (Shi2G)

127 I have from the beginning taken the position that this is a fight between two organized crime gangs on the other side of the world, and there's no reason for me to cheerlead for either one. But the war has been worth following a little just to see the huge jumps in drone tech and tactics. 21st century warfare is here, old methods are obsolete now.

Right. Anduril and other "neo-defense" companies have gotten thousands of hours of cheap beta testing for all manner of new technologies out of Ukraine, and for me that's the most interesting part of the war by far. Although the part where Zelensky's apparently in it to help further Soros' Great Replacement is a close second.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:00 PM (P9pDS)

128 Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM

I suspect that we will know that feeling very soon.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (4NO2D)

129 We burn our crops in the gas tank.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (n5tGW)
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Corn really isn't that digestible. We process the fructose out, and we can ingest fructose (to a degree).

That's why it often shows back up in your poop as round as it went in.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

130 There was a lot of cool anti-drone stuff at some recent defense trade show in Europe. Benelli had an automated turret with 8 shot guns and there was another one with 4 machine guns.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (Mzuzg)

I laid in a lot of shotgun supplies, including shotshell reloading equipment and supplies. That looks to be prescient.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (dK+Kv)

131 I'm not gonna stand here and let you bad mouth the Lake of America.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (n5tGW)

132 >> No, actually. I mean today. There are actual, real-life Nazis fighting for Ukraine.

And who is it that you think is fighting on the Russian frontlines, targeting civilians, burning villages, raping women and committing war crimes?

This war has been brutal on both sides. I can tell you in every war there are unsavory characters- that’s just the nature of war. It is insidious, destructive, inhumane and unforgiving. Probably by design and certainly by its nature.

BTW I make no excuse for either sides inhumane actions, tactics or philosophies.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (CKrQs)

133 82 Russia needs to deploy battlefield nukes against the Ukes.
Number 1, to see if they work.
Posted by: Old Iron Pants

This. The rumor of Russian nukes being non-functional through lack of proper maintenance has going been around for over a year now.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (Y8DZL)

134 Given the assessment about Russia vs. Ukraine here at the HQ, and the general feelings about the CIA, I'm not sure what to read into Ratcliffe's venture into Putin's house.

A "CIA assessment" is one thing. Ratcliffe's assessment is another... and I'll base that on whether or not he used a "CIA assessment" as a basis for his own.

Suffice to say there was something brewing over there that had someone's panties in a bunch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (2Cry5)

135 Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And it is not just Ukraine. A lot of their weapons enabling them to continue the fight came from massive transfers from the West. And sufficient ability to standoff initial Russian superior numbers and technology.

Territory means nothing, to win, you destroy armies and Russia failed to do that because from the beginning it was a political op like Putin used in Georgia with Abkhazia, taking the Crimea, Chechniya, etc. A modified Brezhnev doctrine dealing with ethnic Russians rather than communism.

Germany took Alsace and Lorraine after the Franco Prussian War which did little to help them win WWI either. Simply served as a continuing irritant to the French and caused the French to build up its military again which led to the stupid von Schiefflen plan. Germans were overconfident and stupid in their foreign affairs after Bismarck got dismissed much as Napoleon overreached in his time as well.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)

136 >>Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (1wjle)

This was the game.

No different than our actions in Afghanistan in the 70s and early 80s and in the Balkans after that.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:02 PM (Shi2G)

137 "The future of warfare will be, for good or for ill, all about drones and, crucially, anti-drone technology."

And we have to keep it cost-efficient. One unit of defense should cost no more than one unit of offense costs the enemy, if possible. No more gold-plated, over-engineered, over-featured, billion-dollars-per-copy weapons systems.

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

138 NY Times says Russia will lose. OK, I'll make bank on that.
Good morning all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (hPgrk)

139 >>Territory means nothing

Very often, Territory can be a liability.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (Shi2G)

140 They might do something like fund terrorist groups to attack the US and its allies. Oh wait they've been doing that for 70 years.

Like the Navy Sixth Fleet using underwater drone technology to blow up the Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines?

Or Victoria Nuland overthrowing Ukraine's presidential election and installing Zelenskyy?

There are no good actors. The Cold War just changed tactics.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (nCgQz)

141 128 Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM

I suspect that we will know that feeling very soon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (4NO2D)

California certainly will. They've been waging a war against their own refineries even more effective than the Ukraine's has been.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (edUvp)

142 I still want them both to lose. Ukraine is a bunch of crooks as much as the Russians are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

143 The Azov Brigade in the Ukraine are a neo-Nazi types. Their hero is Stefan Bandera who was a Nazi collaborator. There's an article at GP about two new commanders being Azov.
There's a large Ukrainian community sw of me and at one of their community centers they have a statue of Bandera

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (EZWVc)

144 109 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)
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Ya know, that's one of the things that started breaking down my disbelief.

I outsmarted myself. I had been a Catholic. I had cited how abortion would result in a "decline of the value of life". And then I got "sophisticated". There didn't seem to be a irrefutable (that matters as an "atheist") interaction there.

But after it got to a certain point, I realized that I had "predicted" the decline in valuing human life much better as a Catholic, than as a non-believer.

We're here now, and this is probably not a nadir.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

Gang violence, Islamofascism, antifa, transgenderism, pedophilia - it's all just different pages in the same book.

And it's titled "Life is Cheap to Too Many People".

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (wtvvX)

145 >>>NY Times says Russia will lose. OK, I'll make bank on that.
Good morning all.

as a commenter said, you can't fake the many videos of miles long lines for gas and angry Russians complaining that after they stood in line for hours, the station was out of gas before they could get it.

And these attacks are getting more effective.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (1wjle)

146 We burn our crops in the gas tank
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Just the starch. The remainder gets fed to hogs and cattle as silage, just like it always has for a couple hundred years now.

I'm no fan of corn-squeezins in our fuel, but this is a bit of lefty propaganda nonsense that just needs to die already. It's stupid, and implies that people are starving or something for lack of corn.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (rQ950)

147 I thought it was rumored that Russia was gonna use drones to attack Ukrainian aircraft in Germany or Poland

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (Spelz)

148 131 I'm not gonna stand here and let you bad mouth the Lake of America.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (n5tGW)

LOL! That's good, that's really good!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (edUvp)

149 Zelenskyy/Ukraine has no cards, as Trump would say. What does he have? Drones ? OK, but most get shot down by the Russian anti-drone systems. The few the get through hit something somewhere. How is that going to win the war? Russia can buy bodies in Africa, North Korea, the Middle east. Ukraine loses own people. What is Ukraine winning exactly? Russia is sitting exactly where they were sitting a year ago, in most of the energy rich east. And Ukraine is unable to gain any territory to speak of.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (g47mK)

150 My comment got eated.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (LHPAg)

151 "Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging."

Ukraine destroyed one third of Russia's strategic bomber force in a ferried drone attack. The attack ranged as far east as Irkutsk.

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

152 >>as a commenter said, you can't fake the many videos of miles long lines for gas and angry Russians complaining that after they stood in line for hours, the station was out of gas before they could get it.

This recently happened in Japan with McDonald's PokeMon Cards.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (Shi2G)

153 Per TGP: North Dakota mom calls husband and says "Say goodbye to your kids" and slits their throats. One year old survived. The other two didn't survive.

What the actual fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (VJ0w/)

154 Oh dear God. Yes, we blew up Nordstream. Biden made the call. Yup.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (CKrQs)

155 Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And it is not just Ukraine. A lot of their weapons enabling them to continue the fight came from massive transfers from the West. And sufficient ability to standoff initial Russian superior numbers and technology.

Territory means nothing, to win, you destroy armies and Russia failed to do that because from the beginning it was a political op like Putin used in Georgia with Abkhazia, taking the Crimea, Chechniya, etc. A modified Brezhnev doctrine dealing with ethnic Russians rather than communism.

Germany took Alsace and Lorraine after the Franco Prussian War which did little to help them win WWI either. Simply served as a continuing irritant to the French and caused the French to build up its military again which led to the stupid von Schiefflen plan. Germans were overconfident and stupid in their foreign affairs after Bismarck got dismissed much as Napoleon overreached in his time as well.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)
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Russia-Ukraine is not remotely WWI

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

156 And I've still never seen a satisfactory explanation for why Britain and France didn't declare war on Russia for doing the exact same thing Germany did. Whereas they had an expedition fitted out to help the Finns when Russia invaded. Makes no sense to me.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Because the UK called the shots and Chamberlain failed to support Czechslovakia when it would have been easier to stop Shitler. France quailed when a small German contigent of NotSees invaded the demilitarized Rhineland.

The French could have easily stomped them as even the NotSees admitted and Shitler would never have probably been able to retain power after.

The Fixx song, One Thing Leads to Another is exactly how political history reads.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)

157 Germans were overconfident and stupid in their foreign affairs after Bismarck got dismissed much as Napoleon overreached in his time as well.
Posted by: whig
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I don't think they were overconfident in 1914. The calculus was that it would be better to risk a general war in 1914 when they had some chance of winning, vs a war three of four years down the road when Russia would have completed its rearmament, and they had no chance of winning.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (XvL8K)

158 A heavy caveat to my enthusiasm for first use of nuclear weapons -- I believe the extraterrestrials that truly govern our planet have veto power and effectively have nullified their use.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (qwx/I)

159 Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)

**scoots further south, waits for massive lightning strike to hit Canada**

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (ZgwKJ)

160
The USS Rueben James was sunk by a German U-boat on Oct 31, 1941, more than a month before Pearl Harbor.

But Roosevelt was in Hitler's pocket, so he Epsteined the whole affair.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (Y8DZL)

161 >>>I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (1wjle)

162 Russia-Ukraine is not remotely WWI
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Casualties are right up there. Probably exceeded the total number of Iran Iraq war which was about eight years in length. Bloodiest war in decades leaving out civil wars.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)

163 "The future of warfare will be, for good or for ill, all about drones and, crucially, anti-drone technology."

And we have to keep it cost-efficient. One unit of defense should cost no more than one unit of offense costs the enemy, if possible. No more gold-plated, over-engineered, over-featured, billion-dollars-per-copy weapons systems.
Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

We don't think you quite understand the potential here.

Posted by: Cyberdyne Research Group at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (wVcYX)

164 I have never cared who won this. I just want us out of it. Billions of dollars are still flowing to Kiev. Our CIA director is skulking around in Moscow, for some reason (not whatever horseshit they fed the press in the columns above).

It's time to get out. What if Putin does something rash? What if he nukes Kiev? What if he attacks Poland? What if Poland gives Zelensky an old French warhead cobbled back together with pierogies, and Zelensky fires it at the Kremlin?

I literally couldn't give any less of a shit about any of them. Let the birds fly.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (BI5O2)

165 Corn really isn't that digestible. We process the fructose out, and we can ingest fructose (to a degree)

But what is cool about growing corn is that it is water intensive and destroys the soil requiring massive amounts of fertilizer.

So if you want to dry up the aquifers and wreck the soil, find stupid and wasteful reasons to grow corn.

The Left can be admired for their creativity in destroying a country.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (+4Cf6)

166 161 >>>I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (1wjle)

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*squees at the idea of the Knights Templar starting again in Poland and correcting the Papacy as I've predicted for years*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (/PKja)

167 Russian tanks in Lisbon in two weeks!!!!

Posted by: Overt60 at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (GdFaB)

168 The French could have easily stomped them as even the NotSees admitted and Shitler would never have probably been able to retain power after.

The Fixx song, One Thing Leads to Another is exactly how political history reads.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)

Churchill said that WW2 was the most unnecessary war in history; that it could have been prevented for a fraction of the cost in men and material at the point you mentioned.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (edUvp)

169 And it's titled "Life is Cheap to Too Many People".

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (wtvvX)
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Because that's essentially Darwinism.

Your life means little unless you "make it mean more". (??) Which, is nice rhetoric of a sort, but clinically void.

What's important is that the group survives, not the individual.

But most importantly: Life advances by the death of lesser forms "competing for survival".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

170 Ok, Ukraine is trying to disrupt critical energy infrastructure. SO what does that mean ? Production capacity decreased! Ok, by how much?? From 9.38 million in November 2025, to 9.009 million in May 2026...

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (g47mK)

171 i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM

Poland is a real country that I don't mind having in NATO. The Baltic States are not.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (4NO2D)

172 So you're saying corn pops and doritos wouldn't be cheaper with more corn available. You will take my nacho cheese doritos from my cold dead orange hands!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (n5tGW)

173 Corn is just food that hasn't been turned into steaks and pork chops yet

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (rQ950)

174 82 Russia needs to deploy battlefield nukes against the Ukes.
Number 1, to see if they work.
Posted by: Old Iron Pants

Obligatory: https://tinyurl.com/yem3bpt6

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (wtvvX)

175 Rueben James, the guy from the Kenny Rogers song?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (/OKHJ)

176 @156 -- cool Fixx reference...gonna go see them in Waukegan next month.

If you listen to Peter Zeihan, I'm sorry about the lost IQ points, but the prediction that does ring true are effectively that Russia will demographically die in a paroxysm of violence by 2040.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (qwx/I)

177 Things have gone so easily for Russia in Ukraine, and they have such an abundance of extra military resources that they think are a threat to seriously attack Poland?

I suppose they could lob a few missiles to start a panic, on the assumption that Poland wouldn't retaliate for fear of a nuclear reprisal.

Posted by: Lurkyloo at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (ort2b)

178 >>The Left can be admired for their creativity in destroying a country.

You can't lay 100% of the results of the Farm Bills on the Dems.

It's the Progressive Republican Caucus that is every bit as much responsible for this particular policy.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (Shi2G)

179 There was a note the day after on Ratcliff's #2 reason, which I can't remember and can't access f'king X to retrieve. Which is quite possibly the #1 reason.
What Putin does in the next few weeks will tell. Can't believe ace cited a commie paper as a source.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (hPgrk)

180 imo, Putin is a man who fears a coup at the first sign of weakness. If he strikes a deal and ends the Ukraine war, he's a dead man (so he thinks). In that case, why not fight here and there and everywhere. Keep fighting and you keep living, for now.

Posted by: Shenanigans at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (qmxL/)

181 And I've still never seen a satisfactory explanation for why Britain and France didn't declare war on Russia for doing the exact same thing Germany did.
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Churchill made a half-hearted push to go against the Soviets through Norway - he never saw a sideshow he did not like. But I think the western allies quietly expected the Nazis and Commies to turn on each other and so just waited for the inevitable. After France fell, Britain was in no shape to attack anyone, let alone Russia.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (sFNX2)

182 The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

stinks!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

183 I got an FAA drone pilots license. (Yes, ladies, I’m a pilot.) I can legally fly unmanned vehicles < 55 lbs in weight up to 400 ft above ground surface for commercial purposes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (Mzuzg)

184 It was predicted decades ago.

Push button warfare.

I hope we win. I have good reasons for hope. All three of my very intelligent, above average IQ children are working the problem.

Yeah, I am a proud dad. Yeah I am arrogant. Please forgive me for that. I am nothing. He is everything.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (36x1j)

185 >>imo, Putin is a man who fears a coup at the first sign of weakness. If he strikes a deal and ends the Ukraine war, he's a dead man (so he thinks). In that case, why not fight here and there and everywhere. Keep fighting and you keep living, for now.

i think you're right.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

186
182 The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

stinks!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

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Probably producer rights over original recordings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (/PKja)

187 Poland already has the largest army in the EU. Their SF is one of the best groups in NATO outside us, of course.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (zHdFR)

188 *squees at the idea of the Knights Templar starting again in Poland and correcting the Papacy as I've predicted for years*

When the Winged Hussars Arrive!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (n5tGW)

189 >> The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

This is why you need to have the original LPs.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (Shi2G)

190 North Dakota mom calls husband and says "Say goodbye to your kids" and slits their throats. One year old survived. The other two didn't survive.

What the actual fuck.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM

Feminism has reached the "you don't actually love your kids, they're symbols of your oppression by men" stage.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (UmGiD)

191 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)

192 I have long said human sacrifice is next. Then I said MAID is one way in. It doesn't surprise me that much they've gone straight to children and newborns for this phase. Old and infirm people aren't shocking enough to take society where they want it to go. And really less of a sacrifice where is the devil is concerned.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (JunZe)

193 Corn is just food that hasn't been turned into steaks and pork chops yet

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (rQ950)
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Grass-fed is better for Omega-3 balance.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

194 So you're saying corn pops and doritos wouldn't be cheaper with more corn available
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There's a reason it costs 7 bucks for a bag of corn, the bag, worth 70 cents, and it ain't goin' to corn farmers. I suspect SNAP and similar wealth distribution schemes have a lot to do with it.

"Welfare" really needs a weigh-in program, but I can't see how it could ever be done practically or effectively.

Whatever your problems, if you weigh 300 pounds, you don't need free food.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (rQ950)

195 JFC on linkedin there is sponsored content to learn what Islam is all about. On the heels of Girl Scouts giving out Muslim badges.

They’re upping their game in the colonization.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (iCp4l)

196 I don't think they were overconfident in 1914. The calculus was that it would be better to risk a general war in 1914 when they had some chance of winning, vs a war three of four years down the road when Russia would have completed its rearmament, and they had no chance of winning.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Nope. The Germans nearly unleashed forces over Morocco twice. TR won the Nobel Peace Prize for the first at the Algiciras Conference. The second time was in 1911 over the Panther gunship and Morocco which was under French 'protection'. French ceded some territory further south in Africa to resolve it.

The Germans were to blame for WWI because Bismarck's entire career was spent trying to keep the French and the Russians apart. And indeed both were strange bedfellows. But the von Schiefflen plan explicitly required violating Belgium neutrality from the get go and that violated a treaty post Napoleon forbidding Germany from doing that.

Most people focus on WWI in 1914 but the whole saga began in the Napoleonic wars and the Congress of Vienna period after.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

197 >>>191 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

oh that's one of the ones where it's this lame re-recording.

It's so bad. What a shame.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (1wjle)

198 Putin had told England, prior to Ratcliff's visit, to stop selling arms to Zelensky. Wonder how that part of the conversation went?

The only reason Ukraine is not ashes - Our weapons - he is fighting us by proxy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (hPgrk)

199 Fun fact: the Fixx were the backing musicians for Tina Turner's "Better Be Good To Me".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (UmGiD)

200 I thought it was rumored that Russia was gonna use drones to attack Ukrainian aircraft in Germany or Poland

The equivalent of hiding ordnance in the basements of mosques and hospitals.

"We Dare You To Go After It"

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (+4Cf6)

201 189 >> The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

This is why you need to have the original LPs.
Posted by: garrett
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I think the same reason as Taylor Swift. Has to do with royalties and former bad management percentage takes probably.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

202 Okay, so Saved by Zero, the original, is on Amazon.

It's Stand or Fall that has been replaced by a re-recording.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)

203 158 A heavy caveat to my enthusiasm for first use of nuclear weapons -- I believe the extraterrestrials that truly govern our planet have veto power and effectively have nullified their use.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

So... we've managed to bring peace between the Greys, Nordics and Reptilians?

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (Y8DZL)

204 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)
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The Fixx is one of the bands that seemed like they could not miss.

I mean okay, Deeper, was weird to some, but I ended up liking it just as much as their other stuff.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)

205 JFC on linkedin there is sponsored content to learn what Islam is all about. On the heels of Girl Scouts giving out Muslim badges.

They’re upping their game in the colonization.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Weblow goat badge

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (VJ0w/)

206 Okay, so Saved by Zero, the original, is on Amazon.

It's Stand or Fall that has been replaced by a re-recording.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)
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And one of the most infectious songs ever: One Thing Leads to Another.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)

207 Grass-fed is better for Omega-3 balance.
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Most all beef is "grass fed". It's going to be tough.

They finish off with corn for marbling. Fat. Fat is Flavor.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (rQ950)

208 >>I mean okay, Deeper, was weird to some, but I ended up liking it just as much as their other stuff.

I love that song.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (1wjle)

209 Churchill made a half-hearted push to go against the Soviets through Norway - he never saw a sideshow he did not like. But I think the western allies quietly expected the Nazis and Commies to turn on each other and so just waited for the inevitable. After France fell, Britain was in no shape to attack anyone, let alone Russia.
Posted by: Martin Tell
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It wasn't half-hearted. That expedition of like 150,000 was fitting out with plans to proceed when the Russo-Finnish war ended. So something changed between 1939 with Poland and 1940 with Finland.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (XvL8K)

210 If Ukraine were winning on the military front, why did they expand things? Most likely as the territory changes reflect, they continue to slowly lose.

Russia isn't in much of a position to add new fronts. Nor is Putin's position as fragile as has been claimed since the start of this war. There is a tendency to read Russia in western election cycle terms which is not really how they work.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (okun6)

211 180 imo, Putin is a man who fears a coup at the first sign of weakness. If he strikes a deal and ends the Ukraine war, he's a dead man (so he thinks). In that case, why not fight here and there and everywhere. Keep fighting and you keep living, for now.
Posted by: Shenanigans
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Don't discount ego. Twas always a problem for kings and other autocrats, you end up with an inner circle that tells you only what you want to hear, not telling you the horrid truth.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

212
Red Skies at night
Oh oh.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

213 191 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)

Reach the Beach, too.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:17 PM (wtvvX)

214 I am skeptical about all Uke war reporting....and double so if the CIA's smutty fingers are on it.

I'd rather Ukraine wins, I suspect Russia will attrit its way to victory. But I'm not prepared to put money on that.

I said it was gonna be a long war and it has been.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:18 PM (xcxpd)

215 Russia has pretty much all of the land it wants, and Ukraine is a dying country, since its population has been halved. The intelligence agencies can postulate all they want, but this war is only continuing due to support from NATO countries, who desperately want a wider war to cover for their economic suicide run.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:18 PM (0U5gm)

216 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)

Reach the Beach, too.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:17 PM (wtvvX)
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Now, I gotta bring up Spotify....

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

217 From Rubio Suspends:

I think it's great that Indians think that they're the best, smartest, greatest people on earth.

I just don't know why they feel like they have to come here to make money. Something wrong with the country full of Indians?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (/PKja)

Socialism. As I understand it, as soon as an Indian company hires its 100th employee, it becomes nearly impossible to fire any of them -- and the employees know it. So, Indians in India are (effectively) statutorily forbidden from growing even medium-size companies, let alone large ones. And they're also too commietarded to revoke the law that "everyone knows" has hard-broken their economy.

Further, it's a safe bet that if they go somewhere with a better economy and get enough political power to make public policy, then they will put the same idiotic law in place there. They will break the economy there, for the same reason they have not fixed it at home: because it's their nature. They can't help it.

Self-destruction is just irresistibly appealing to simpletons who cannot perceive 2nd-order effects.

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (ke3zm)

218 If you listen to Peter Zeihan, I'm sorry about the lost IQ points
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

TDS has been very hard on him. His first book was fun.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (Y8DZL)

219 The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

This is why you need to have the original LPs.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (Shi2G)
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It's a royalty issue. The original recordings are owned in part by the record companies, so any streaming of those is shared with the company. The per-song streaming royalties isn't enough to justify the band sharing them, at least in their view.

Streaming of newly or re-recorded versions of the songs isn't shared, so that's what's available.

Def Leppard had the same issue for a long time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

220 So you're saying corn pops and doritos wouldn't be cheaper with more corn available

Ain't the same corn. Ethanol corn is a different variety that is genetically engineered to be good feedstock for ethanol conversion.

Sweet corn is the stuff you recognize on your plate.
Processed field corn is the crap that makes Doritos
Dent corn feeds livestock and is used by ethanol distillers.

Its because they are turning cattle feed into Climate Change™ approved ethanol is part of the reason your beef costs more.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (xE0sV)

221 i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (1wjle)
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Yes, but Germany under Chancellor Merz has also announced a military build-up with the aim of establishing the Bundeswehr as the largest army in Europe (outside Russia). There are already German troops in Lithuania, and plans to cooperate with Ukraine on manufacturing missiles that will be fired into Russia.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (GdFaB)

222 And Cappy is an IC plant, THAT I'll put money on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

223 From a military standpoint it always looked to me that Ukraine - Russia was similar to our Civil War. Russia larger population, more industrial could cut off the Ukraine from a sea . Ukraine smaller population, more agrarian, fighting on their own territory. North v South

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (EZWVc)

224 222 And Cappy is an IC plant, THAT I'll put money on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

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*off to the side, whistling innocently*
-Clippy

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (/PKja)

225 Russia isn't in much of a position to add new fronts. Nor is Putin's position as fragile as has been claimed since the start of this war. There is a tendency to read Russia in western election cycle terms which is not really how they work.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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Authoritarian regimes, of which Putin's Russia certainly is, usually fall by internal coup like Gorbachev suffered at the very end.

I've been watching the Russian economy since the war began and it is getting sicker by the minute--the war is literally bleeding it, the attacks on logistics is causing the retrenchment of the internal russian economy, not just the oil refineries, but their civilian good delivery warehouses, and all their NATO countries surrounding them are rearming to the teeth.

Doesn't help that you have the Russians stirring up Trans Dneister that is close to causing Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine collaborating to expel the Russians from it.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

226 I mean okay, Deeper, was weird to some, but I ended up liking it just as much as their other stuff.

I love that song.

Posted by: ace

I ran across a CD with about 20 of their most popular songs, in extended versions. It is phenomenal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)

227 Socialism. As I understand it, as soon as an Indian company hires its 100th employee, it becomes nearly impossible to fire any of them

Now explain Global Resource Centers that Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, et al use for off-shore IT.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:22 PM (xE0sV)

228 223 From a military standpoint it always looked to me that Ukraine - Russia was similar to our Civil War. Russia larger population, more industrial could cut off the Ukraine from a sea . Ukraine smaller population, more agrarian, fighting on their own territory. North v South
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Now, imagine drones attacking key Northern munitions factories. The North benefitted from the South running an essentially defensive war. Had the safe factories in the rear been vulnerable to attack by air, suddenly not so similar after all.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

229 I ran across a CD with about 20 of their most popular songs, in extended versions. It is phenomenal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)
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A band of perennial quality until they ... gave it up?

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)

230 Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:13
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Totally disagree that the Germans almost totally unleashed forces over Morocco in 1905 and 1911. Especially 1905, when the Russians were embroiled with Japan and the Germans would have won, probably easily. They backed down anyway after losing the diplomatic battle because they weren't willing to unleash a war they would have won. In the 1911 Morocco crisis, they weren't so sure, and by 1914 the feeling of being encircled by France and a rearmed Russia had become overwhelming.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (XvL8K)

231 228 223 From a military standpoint it always looked to me that Ukraine - Russia was similar to our Civil War. Russia larger population, more industrial could cut off the Ukraine from a sea . Ukraine smaller population, more agrarian, fighting on their own territory. North v South
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Now, imagine drones attacking key Northern munitions factories. The North benefitted from the South running an essentially defensive war. Had the safe factories in the rear been vulnerable to attack by air, suddenly not so similar after all.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

You're not wrong but industry is resilient to bombing, WW2 demonstrated that. Unless you firebomb entire cities, the industry can be hardened, moved, rebuilt. And as long as China takes Russian rubles, they'll have cash to do it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (xcxpd)

232 Oh the CIA said so? Well we know they've never lied to us before.

What a joke this website has become.

Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (Ys9Hz)

233 225
Authoritarian regimes, of which Putin's Russia certainly is, usually fall by internal coup like Gorbachev suffered at the very end.

I've been watching the Russian economy since the war began and it is getting sicker by the minute--the war is literally bleeding it, the attacks on logistics is causing the retrenchment of the internal russian economy, not just the oil refineries, but their civilian good delivery warehouses, and all their NATO countries surrounding them are rearming to the teeth.

Doesn't help that you have the Russians stirring up Trans Dneister that is close to causing Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine collaborating to expel the Russians from it.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

Russia has long been ruled by something approximating an autocrat and a military aristocracy. When the autocrat is weak, the military deposes him and places in another. But that has historically had very little to do with their economy. While there are many instances of weak-willed leaders in Russia being replaced with more authoritarian ones, it was never driven by the economy.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:25 PM (okun6)

234 A band of perennial quality until they ... gave it up?

Posted by: Axeman

I have no idea what happened, other than they might have been typecast when grunge and other styles showed up. They were very creative.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:25 PM (0U5gm)

235 224 222 And Cappy is an IC plant, THAT I'll put money on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

======

*off to the side, whistling innocently*
-Clippy
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (/PKja)

I've got my eye on you...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

236 USA should stop selling arms to any country forwarding them to Ukraine.

We should not be involved, militarily, in that war.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (hPgrk)

237 The last I read, the Russians still have not committed their Category A land units to the Ukraine campaign. They have been sending conscripts and bounty-hungry civilians into the Uke meatgrinder. Not to mention the odd NK fodder unit. That may have changed over the year, but I doubt that. Putin has been very reluctant to send his best-trained troops Ukraine.

Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (rj6Yv)

238 The Fixx was always one of my guilty pleasures, as an original 80's metalhead. I'm going to see them next month for the first time.

I agree about the re-recorded stuff....I hate it. I still have my old CD collection for when i want to hear the good stuff, or I go on YouTube and put on the MTV videos from back then.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (lmFwW)

239 Hunter Biden's investment company was invested in a company called Metabiota. Their business was to track the spread of virus around the world. They were very active in Ukraine on government contracts because that's where we had a shitload of biolabs. Not a conspiracy theory, confirmed by none other than Victoria Nuland in testimony to Congress.

Metabiota was also busy tracking viruses in China. Largely because once again they were getting contracts from USAID which is just another way of saying the CIA.

Again, not a conspiracy theory. Fact.

They likely would have been busy in Kazakstan where we were also building a huge biolab had Putin not stepped in and stopped it claiming he was going to allow anymore "color revolutions", he said it plainly, on his border.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)

240 >>Streaming of newly or re-recorded versions of the songs isn't shared, so that's what's available.

Of the many reasons I don't utilize Streaming for listening...
this is one.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (Shi2G)

241 he Fixx was always one of my guilty pleasures, as an original 80's metalhead. I'm going to see them next month for the first time.

I agree about the re-recorded stuff....I hate it. I still have my old CD collection for when i want to hear the good stuff, or I go on YouTube and put on the MTV videos from back then.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat

Are they touring?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (0U5gm)

242 So you're saying that the Russian army won't be pouring through the Fulda gap on their way to Lisbon?

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (lmFwW)

243 Ukraine was supposed to roll over basically immediately

Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

instead? they've hung in there

also, Ukrainians are smart. they're not Indians. they are coming up with ways to fend off the Rus and me personally? I'm impressed

again I am biased being very close with expats here (whom yes, the US Gov brought over for nuclear science expertise originally - well their parents)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

244
"Welfare" really needs a weigh-in program, but I can't see how it could ever be done practically or effectively.

I can eliminate almost all Fraud with this One Simple Trick:

For as many months as is necessary, all entitlement recipients need to show up at regional centers, with their receipts (utility, grocery, bank statements) for the previous month and have AI ingest it.

Merely showing up eliminates the dead, illegals and the double dippers.

Failing to document gets rid of another

Failing a remedial Dave Ramsey test eliminates a whole lot more.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (rgGn5)

245 215 Russia has pretty much all of the land it wants, and Ukraine is a dying country, since its population has been halved. The intelligence agencies can postulate all they want, but this war is only continuing due to support from NATO countries, who desperately want a wider war to cover for their economic suicide run.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Putin doesn't appear to think that way from his public statements. And that is a problem when we analyze him--to him, it is his task to protect Russians everywhere and to restore Russia to great power status.

So he chose to go to war over Ukraine attacking marginally economically useful territories in the Donbas and retaking the mostly Russian Crimea (the entire cession to the supposed SSR Ukraine in 1954 by the USSR was to the Politburo, merely a paper thing).

Perhaps. Putin thought he would be able to decapitate the regime quickly and force a pro Russian peace. He failed. And the remainder of this war is due to climbing the tiger's back, you don't get off or risk being eaten. Zelinsky is in a similar war for his own survival.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)

246 > Private contractors then disposed of the devices,

I'm still hoping we revive letters of marque and reprisal.

A supertanker full of oil would be a sweet, sweet prize.

Unrelated: given that we were the first (and so far only) people on the Moon, it's been suggested that we rename it Moon of America.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (IG3/x)

247 Russia-Ukraine is not remotely WWI
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Casualties are right up there. Probably exceeded the total number of Iran Iraq war which was about eight years in length. Bloodiest war in decades leaving out civil wars.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)

I'd say Ukraine has not even gotten to the level of casualties of the Somme.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

248 Through both World Wars and the Cold War, interventionists always said "buh buh buh wuh bout muh Europe?! Europe is Very Important Continent!"

Well, now it's 2026, and Europe doesn't count for shit.

Explain why it matters what happens there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)

249 Now, imagine drones attacking key Northern munitions factories. The North benefitted from the South running an essentially defensive war. Had the safe factories in the rear been vulnerable to attack by air, suddenly not so similar after all.
Posted by: whig
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And the South was not constantly re-supplied by France or England.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (hPgrk)

250 Russia is also propositioning units and resources for an assault before the winter. One belief is they will go after power generation and utilities in order to create a humanitarian crisis. It’s a desperate move, and given the way Ukrainians have weathered the war, one that will eventually fail. But not before it’s killed a lot of civilians.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (zHdFR)

251 Found this out:
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Following the massive commercial breakthrough of their double-platinum 1983 album Reach for the Beach, The Fixx chose to make a more serious, moody, and experimental follow-up album, Phantoms (1984). This musical shift made them harder for radio programmers to categorize.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

252 246 > Private contractors then disposed of the devices,

I'm still hoping we revive letters of marque and reprisal.

A supertanker full of oil would be a sweet, sweet prize.

Unrelated: given that we were the first (and so far only) people on the Moon, it's been suggested that we rename it Moon of America.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (IG3/x)

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We are.

https://x.com/benjaminpenn/status/
2092692684427190703

"@benjaminpenn
SCOOP: Justice Dept. plans activating long-dormant maritime war court to streamline capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes. Legally uncertain plan intended to bolster blockade of Iran.
A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (/PKja)

253 Second: Russia is losing this war and one of the most basic reactions to losing on one front is to open another front. The CIA seems to fear that Putin will become desperate and escalate the situation to delay his defeat.
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1) That makes no sense. If you can't handle the fight you're in, deliberately expanding it is suicidal, and unlike our muslim enemies, Putin hasn't shown any evidence of suicidal tendencies.

2) Why in the world would we consider CIA opinions as credible?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (vSvIl)

254 I agree about the re-recorded stuff....I hate it. I still have my old CD collection for when i want to hear the good stuff, or I go on YouTube and put on the MTV videos from back then.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat

Pretty good set of the Fixx performing live online just previous to Covid, I think in a Portland studio or something. Some kind of corporate sponsored gig but on youtube.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

255 C.I.A. analysts have long questioned whether Mr. Putin's advisers have given him honest assessments of the war's trajectory and toll.

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Is Putin now also being advised by AutoPen Empire treasonous rejects like Gen. Milley Vanilli, $6-man Lloyd Austin, and other holdover scumbags from Trump 1.0's Pentagon?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (9c4Eu)

256 >>Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

They likely would've had they not been fighting NATO the whole time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

257 Through both World Wars and the Cold War, interventionists always said "buh buh buh wuh bout muh Europe?! Europe is Very Important Continent!"

Well, now it's 2026, and Europe doesn't count for shit.

WW2 ended Europe mattering for much, mostly by their own decision to go gay atheist Communist.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (UmGiD)

258 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

They hung in their with billions of our tax dollars and our munitions and our intelligence so fucking zelensky could snort coke off French hookers asses. After jailing the opposition, outlawing them and stopping elections.

I have not a whit of sympathy for those assholes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

259 Are they touring?

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Yes, the new tour begins next week. I'm seeing them on 9/11 at the Keswick theater outside of Philly.

It's a real "old guy" tour, the opening acts are Colin Blunstone and Peter Asher.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (lmFwW)

260 I found out that the Fixx are touring, but only in the northeast, apparently.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:31 PM (0U5gm)

261 The Fixx was touring in 23-24. Played a couple of Hard Rocks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:31 PM (EZWVc)

262 Officials said Mr. Ratcliffe's intelligence channel with Bortnikov runs parallel to separate channels that President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, have established with other senior advisers to Mr. Putin.

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Putin advisor Cucker Qatarlson hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 03:31 PM (9c4Eu)

263 1) That makes no sense. If you can't handle the fight you're in, deliberately expanding it is suicidal, and unlike our muslim enemies, Putin hasn't shown any evidence of suicidal tendencies.

Posted by: Methos
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Putin himself has threatened to use nukes both against Ukraine and obliquely against UK and others that are supplying and arming Ukraine.

One should always take such threats credibly. Not dismiss them. And by all accounts, due to fear of Ukrainian assassins/missiles and his own safety, Putin has deliberately isolated himself more and more from the public and even his own government.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

264 2) Why in the world would we consider CIA opinions as credible?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account

I think that's the heart of a lot here. Everyone expected the Russians to curb stomp Ukraine...just like everyone expected the Soviet Union to stay standing well into the 21st century...just like (and I honestly still think this) they believed Saddam had WMDs.

The CIA is incompetent. Or more to the point maybe they're just distracted playing domestic kingmaker. Either way, they are not fit for purpose, which means ultimately we've been flying...if not blind, then with a VERY distorted view of reality.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 03:32 PM (OUMaO)

265 243 Ukraine was supposed to roll over basically immediately

Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

instead? they've hung in there

also, Ukrainians are smart. they're not Indians. they are coming up with ways to fend off the Rus and me personally? I'm impressed

again I am biased being very close with expats here (whom yes, the US Gov brought over for nuclear science expertise originally - well their parents)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

That was the western assessment of Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia basically had the same type of military and doctrines, they were both part of the USSR and until 2014 Ukraine was a Russian buffer state. Culturally they aren't that distinct.

It made no sense to assert essentially similar forces would result in a one-sided conflict.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:32 PM (okun6)

266 > A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (/PKja)

Yeah, I knew about the prize courts coming back, but I haven't seen that we've actually started issuing letters of marque to privateers just yet.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (IG3/x)

267 They are playing Troy and Rochester in September. Hmm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (EZWVc)

268 Ukraine is not a NATO country. Not only do we not have a mutual defense agreement with them, most Americans couldn't even find it on a map if you spotted them Ukrain and circled in red.

So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (viF8m)

269 Explain why it matters what happens there.

Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini, BMW, MB, etc.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (rgGn5)

270 Russia isn't in much of a position to add new fronts. Nor is Putin's position as fragile as has been claimed since the start of this war. There is a tendency to read Russia in western election cycle terms which is not really how they work.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (okun6)

Not one IS has good intelligence on what goes on inside Russia.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (g47mK)

271
The fist will run, grasp metal to gun
The spirit sings in crashing tones, we gain the battle drum
Our cries will shrill, the air will moan and crash into the dawn
The pen won't stay the demon's wings
The hour approaches, pounding out the Devil's sermon

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (4NO2D)

272 Ok I have been properly educated. We are putting beef in our gas tanks!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (n5tGW)

273 But AI is the answer to this, as an AI drone doesn't rely on communications with its operator and also doesn't need GPS guidance. They can fly by scanning the ground.

but also they'll probably be putting money into laser-trucks.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (1wjle)
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Yes, AI in weapons is a great idea.

Posted by: Skynet at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (U/dC0)

274 So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?

The late Hal Lindsey Graham and the Disappearing Turtle both assured us that the $200B was distributed across US MIC recipients.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (rgGn5)

275 Oh the CIA said so? Well we know they've never lied to us before.
What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (Ys9Hz)
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This is what Russian shock and awe does to you.

The military-political leadership in Ukraine did not even have time to declare war.

They were FROZEN.

Troops were instantly demoralized.

Kiev was basically defeated in SHORTLY OVER AN HOUR.

Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (GdFaB)

276 I suppose it's also worth noting that they had low level conflict going on between 2014 and 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian forces had plenty of experience and familiarity with each other going in to 2022.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (okun6)

277 I have long said human sacrifice is next.

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https://tinyurl.com/y68k9ux5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (ndZc7)

278 Its because they are turning cattle feed into Climate Change™ approved ethanol
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Nope, nothing to do with that. The Feds require "oxygenated" gasoline. California has queer notions about what gasoline should be like as well. Boutique blends.

The Oxygenate of choice was formerly MTBE, but this was found to contaminate ground water. Nasty stuff.

Ethanol was the approved replacement.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (3cYpk)

279 Ukraine is parlaying that drone mastery

Does anyone actually believe this?

Ukraine is one of the poorest country's in Europe. Surely, this is someone else's mastery on display.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (QvNk9)

280 268 Ukraine is not a NATO country. Not only do we not have a mutual defense agreement with them, most Americans couldn't even find it on a map if you spotted them Ukrain and circled in red.

So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (viF8m)

Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

281 Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

instead? they've hung in there

It might well have worked it the Russians' attempt at a coup de main on Keev would have worked at the start.

Alas for them, little Russia let them down.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (4NO2D)

282 What Putin is afraid of, what goes on inside Kremlin is all a bit of a known unknown. The sources used for such analysis are most like from ex-Soviet republics or thosefrom countries that sat under the iron curtain. SO they view Russia a certain way. US does not have their problematic situation, and history.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (g47mK)

283 Kiev was basically defeated in SHORTLY OVER AN HOUR.
Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (GdFaB)

Ah, that explains why the war was over so fast.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

284 For general knowledge, the strains of corn used for food, cattle feed, and ethanol are not the same. Though, the land they can grow on is the same.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (0U5gm)

285 the US previously figuring that Russia would eventually win the war due to their great advantage in population and war materiel, the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name.

Makes sense. Russia could have ordered a general mobilization - which could easily zergrush Ukraine - but Tsar Putin chose not to do this. He just sent criminals, Islamic scum from the Caucasus, and North Koreans.
Drop a few old issues of Juggs on 'em and they're out of the fight.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (88C+u)

286 Trump is bringing back privateers
Bernie: the oligarchs will raise pirate crews and take over the seas. Ahhhh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (EZWVc)

287 >>I suppose it's also worth noting that they had low level conflict going on between 2014 and 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian forces had plenty of experience and familiarity with each other going in to 2022.

There was also the minor issue of the Donbas voting to leave Ukraine because it was culturally aligned with Russia.

How did the peaceful government of Ukraine respond to that? Didn't get a lot of western media coverage. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (viF8m)

288 What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM

Is this a proper flounce? The form seems off.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

289 256 >>Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

They likely would've had they not been fighting NATO the whole time.

Posted by: JackStraw

Not really Jack. Putin is not our friend, Ukraine ain't our friend either. Nor is the UK, France, Germany, and many other putative allies.

Despite the Deep State punkin Putin on Ukraine via the color revolution. Putin was pulling the same shit in Georgia prior to that with even GWB putting American planes on the ground there to prevent his sniveling and cowardly Abkhazian based invasion on hold.

Fuck Putin, Fuck Zelinsky, the common people of both nations deserve far better than those assholes and their regimes. And Fuck the IC and its ridiculous meddling as it causes more problems for common people in the long run than it solves.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

290 NATO was repurposed when the Soviets fell to subvert patriotic nations WITHIN Europe. That's when Clinton/Soros raped Serbia for the World Mafia.

Then we overthrew Ukraine and installed the Nazi Z-Bag. Which was a practice run for J6.

We--NATO, State, CIA, BabyLondon--started this war, not Putin.

Europe, especially London, are all trying to start WW III and drag us into it, not Russia. They need to keep the Money Laundering, Bio-Labs, Weapons Trafficking, Sex Trafficking and Child Trafficking going for their Endless War.

Zelesky sells his own people as Cannon Fodder. And everything out of the CIA is pure fucking horseshit.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 28, 2026 03:38 PM (cu1Xa)

291 Ah, that explains why the war was over so fast.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)
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Actual tweet from Pepe Escobar on February 24 2022.

Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:38 PM (GdFaB)

292 Putin himself has threatened to use nukes both against Ukraine and obliquely against UK and others that are supplying and arming Ukraine.
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And he is right to do so. The Europeans are supporting attacks against civilians in his territory and one way or another, as the leader of his country, he has an obligation to deter them.

We should have nuked Kabul and Kandahar after 9/11 for exactly the same reason.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:39 PM (vSvIl)

293 How did the peaceful government of Ukraine respond to that? Didn't get a lot of western media coverage. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: JackStraw

I can't recall seeing a lot of mainstream media showing the videos of Ukranian units shelling towns in the eastern provinces. They were doing it for years.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:39 PM (0U5gm)

294 So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?
Posted by: JackStraw

To launder $200 billion. They think their Big Reset is coming.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 03:39 PM (3arSl)

295 Actual tweet from Pepe Escobar on February 24 2022.
Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:38 PM (GdFaB)

ah

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:40 PM (xcxpd)

296 For general knowledge, the strains of corn used for food, cattle feed, and ethanol are not the same.
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A distinction without a difference for what's under discussion.

They feed the remainder to hogs and cattle. This product even has a name. "Distillers Dried Grains" or DDGs. It might be a different strain, but guess what? The fucking cattle don't give a shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:40 PM (3cYpk)

297 Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

Which is a funny comparison because:

George H. W. more or less told Saddam Kuwait was none of the US's concern beforehand, just like Sleep Joe said a little invasion of Ukraine would be no big deal beforehand. Why, it's almost like we wanted both of these conflicts to ripen.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (cpb9t)

298 Nood - study shows trannies are more likely to *gasp* get violent.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (hbfWH)

299 Does anyone actually believe this?

Ukraine is one of the poorest country's in Europe. Surely, this is someone else's mastery on display.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket

They have some really bright guys there just as the Russians do. And the fact that drones at the tactical level are pretty simple helped. What is clear though that while pilots on both airforces are pretty much grounded due to anti air to air missiles, robo guided ordnance has become king.

200 billion buys a lot of tooling, factories, and revenge for the Ukrainians.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

300 Ukraine and Russia basically had the same type of military and doctrines, they were both part of the USSR and until 2014 Ukraine was a Russian buffer state. Culturally they aren't that distinct.

True in AD 750 maybe but things have changed. I follow some linguistic channels on Youtube. They report that Ukraine came under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth where the prestige language was Polish. So they have a lot of Polish loanwords.
Russia came under the Mongols, and then Peter the Great moved to Leningrad. Prestige language here was French. Some German. These loanwords did not come to Ukraine.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

301 F*ck, watching that actual battlefield footage.

Do you remember how much smoke the U.S. could create on the battlefield in WWII? Surely smoke capabilities are even much better now?

For that Ukraine counter-offensive, if I was a soldier, I would want a sh*t ton of smoke until I got into a favorable position.

Likewise, when I see a drone chasing soldiers in the open, would popping off a big smoke canister protect the soldiers from a direct hit from an FPV drone grenade?

(Questions from a non-military Moron.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (HlyYF)

302 >>Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.

I don't agree with any war that was largely started by corrupt US politicians and our garbage intel community.

We knew for years that a further eastward expansion of NATO toward Russia was going to result in war. Not only did Putin clearly state it, he gave us a test run in Georgia.

The myths that people have been sold about what led to this war are largely just that, myths. This was a war we helped fuel so some jackoffs in foggy bottom could play their game of global Risk. And now tens and likely hundreds of thousands are dead, billions of our tax dollars have been lit on fire and nobody wins. Super.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)

303 297 Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

Which is a funny comparison because:

George H. W. more or less told Saddam Kuwait was none of the US's concern beforehand, just like Sleep Joe said a little invasion of Ukraine would be no big deal beforehand. Why, it's almost like we wanted both of these conflicts to ripen.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (cpb9t)

Korean war started the same way. The US Government could fuck up a wet dream. And then soldiers, sailors and Marines have to pay the price. And don't get me started on gas prices as well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (xcxpd)

304 Putin should hire Mossad to take out Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (hPgrk)

305 Fuck Putin, Fuck Zelinsky, the common people of both nations deserve far better than those assholes and their regimes. And Fuck the IC and its ridiculous meddling as it causes more problems for common people in the long run than it solves
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This guy gets it.

I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (3cYpk)

306 And now tens and likely hundreds of thousands are dead, billions of our tax dollars have been lit on fire and nobody wins. Super.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)

But hey, we crippled the Russian military and got to preview drone warfare.

Eh, I mostly agree with you. But there are layers and there are reasons to keep Russia from stomping its neighbors. Not saying the Ukes are saints tho.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (xcxpd)

307 I suppose it's also worth noting that they had low level conflict going on between 2014 and 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian forces had plenty of experience and familiarity with each other going in to 2022.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (okun6)

Right, Russia did not "start a war," they escalated one.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (vSvIl)

308 George H. W. more or less told Saddam Kuwait was none of the US's concern beforehand, just like Sleep Joe said a little invasion of Ukraine would be no big deal beforehand. Why, it's almost like we wanted both of these conflicts to ripen.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket

Well, that is whether April Glaspie, ambassador to Iraq understood that Saddam aimed at taking the Kuwaitis out. At the time, GHWB was preoccupied with the dying Soviet Union. You can dig up her wiki page which is ambiguous depending on which source you believe on transcription.

One has, "But we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. I was in the American Embassy in Kuwait during the late 1960s. The instruction we had during this period was that we should express no opinion on this issue and that the issue is not associated with America. James Baker has directed our official spokesmen to emphasize this instruction. We hope you can solve this problem using any suitable methods via Klibi (Chedli Klibi, Secretary General of the Arab League) or via President Mubarak. All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly." Continued,

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

309 300 "Ukraine and Russia basically had the same type of military and doctrines, they were both part of the USSR and until 2014 Ukraine was a Russian buffer state. Culturally they aren't that distinct."

True in AD 750 maybe but things have changed. I follow some linguistic channels on Youtube. They report that Ukraine came under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth where the prestige language was Polish. So they have a lot of Polish loanwords.
Russia came under the Mongols, and then Peter the Great moved to Leningrad. Prestige language here was French. Some German. These loanwords did not come to Ukraine.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

The PLC was partitioned. The language and religion remained far closer to Russia.

At any rate, the conflict is something closer to the same military fighting itself than Russia fighting a different power.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (okun6)

310 The war would be over if they stopped receiving US arms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (hPgrk)

311 Other has this transcription.

"One version of the transcript has Glaspie saying:

We can see that you have deployed massive numbers of troops in the south. Normally that would be none of our business, but when this happens in the context of your threats against Kuwait, then it would be reasonable for us to be concerned. For this reason, I have received an instruction to ask you, in the spirit of friendship — not confrontation — regarding your intentions: Why are your troops massed so very close to Kuwait's borders?

Later the transcript has Glaspie saying:[citation needed]

We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960s, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America.

April Glaspie meets Saddam Hussein in 1990 (Sadoun al-Zubaydi center)
"

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

312 Couldn't you make defensive drone swarms that can be released quickly as offensive ones approach. Could be really small. Stick onto the offensive ones and fire a 22 caliber bullet through it. Or release a spray of silly string crap to foul the propellers.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (/WHpM)

313 I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (3cYpk)

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Absolute Power Attracts Absolute Psychopaths.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (9c4Eu)

314 The main reason for Ratcliff's visit to broke Russia

STOP giving aid and intelligence to IRAN.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (hPgrk)

315 >>I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.

Because once people like Victoria Nuland get in power they start to believe their own bullshit and think they alone should decide how to reorder the world. It's not a uniquely American situation but we sure do have our share.

I mean the same people tried to run a coup against our own president and then rigged an election to keep out of office, tried to throw him in prison and then best case looked the other way when nut bags they likely radicalized tried to murder him. Our president. Does anyone really think they give a shit about wars in far away places when they know the media will turn it into a teevee special?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (viF8m)

316 At any rate, the conflict is something closer to the same military fighting itself than Russia fighting a different power.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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Unless one is Ukrainian, what we say as outsiders has scarce relevance to facts on the ground. It is what they believe to be true and nations are often founded by being forged in blood. Claim to Austrians that they are really Germans sometime. Or Swiss.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

317 What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM

Is this a proper flounce? The form seems off.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

A joke like funny? Funny like a clown? Do we make you laugh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

318 STOP giving aid and intelligence to IRAN.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Possibly. Probably a whole agenda to discuss. But like the idiotic mullahs in IRGC, they always get a say in what happens.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

319 I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (3cYpk)

Governments are populated by people who want power over other people.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (vSvIl)

320 304 Putin should hire Mossad to take out Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard

He was stupid, by his actions in Syria, he pissed off the Israelis and forced them to at least have some relations on the down low on strategic matters with the Ukrainians. Same with his embrace with Iran that is now biting him in the ass.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

321 317 What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM

Is this a proper flounce? The form seems off.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

A joke like funny? Funny like a clown? Do we make you laugh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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The proper flounce is similar to metaphorical defenestration. Except for comedic purposes.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:56 PM (E4rtv)

322 So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?
Posted by: JackStraw

To launder $200 billion. They think their Big Reset is coming.
Posted by: t-bird
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Don't forget 10% to the Big Guy.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

323 Calling TTLBS on this 1. sorriest propaganda so far today but it's early yet.

Posted by: jt at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (wXX2g)

324 NEW STUDY from "Orson's Medical Research Emporium and Kitchenware Outlet":

Most "transgenders" who truly believe their status are suffering from a severe lack of testosterone and are more susceptible to that lack. Most "transgenders" are cosplaying a trend for attention. The entire female born "transgender" society is made up of low self-esteem females (primarily plain and unattractive) looking for an alternative that forgives their appearance, and plays into feminist propaganda that we live in a purely patriarchal society.

The remaing .0005% are just still confused by the childhood song, "I'm a little Teapot."

File it.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

325 Whose side of WWII was Ireland on? They made the same calculation and declared war on the UK.

Would we say the Irish are Nazis?

I mean, this is all silly nonsense.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

Sorry, Ace, the Republic of Ireland declared official neutrality in WWII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (/MsWN)

326 Peter the Great moved to Leningrad.

Surely not. When was it called St. Petersburg, before or after Peter the Great moved there? Oh, and when did they start calling him the Great?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (/MsWN)

327 Sorry, Ace, the Republic of Ireland declared official neutrality in WWII.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (/MsWN)
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And the Republic of Ireland sent official condolences to the Third Reich on the death of Adolf Hitler.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 05:18 PM (+HNMe)

328 "....the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name."

You might want to reinterpret this. On 22 July, the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice reported 259,853 registered deaths in the first six months of 2026. Only about 40,000 of those deaths were females, about normal in a second world country with a population around 20 million. Do the math: about 180,000 male deaths were due to Russian military action, or about 25% of the UFA combat effectives. And this does not include the massive number of unrecovered MIA bodies being ground up by artillery strikes.

If the Russians are losing, God help the Ukrainians if they ever start to win.

The poor bastard in the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice who reported this data without filtering it is probably now leading an assault team in the Kramatorsk theater, if he is indeed still alive.

Posted by: 10x25mm at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (/obgY)

Rubio Suspends All H-1B Visa Processing

Rubio tried to ban visas for citizens of countries who tend to abuse our welfare system.

A Biden judge named Jeanette Vargas, get this, blocked this necessary measure.

federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration deemed likely to require public assistance in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, set aside the policy Friday as "contrary to law and in excess of statutory authority."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his authority by issuing the policy, which "runs afoul" of the Immigration and Nationality Act by mandating "the refusal of visas to eligible applicants without any basis in law," the judge ruled.
Judge says power lies with consular officers
Vargas said the policy also undermines the congressional requirement that puts consular officers at the forefront of any visa decision.

So the Trump Administration goes to Plan B: Stop all immigrant visas while they teach consular staff to vet the living hell out of applicants.

The Trump administration has paused immigrant visa appointments worldwide to carry out "in-depth training" for consular officers to screen out foreign applicants at risk of taking advantage of U.S. public assistance.
...
"A more prosperous American means ensuring that visa applicants are not likely to become a public charge, as defined under U.S. law and regulation, and not likely to become dependent on U.S. public benefits reserved for qualified Americans in need," a State Department spokesperson told The Hill in an email Wednesday.
The spokesperson said that a global, in-depth training initiative was launched in early August at all U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide and that "appointments for visa and services will be adjusted."
"Whenever there are changes to visa interview appointments, embassies and consulates communicate any changes directly to visa applicants," the spokesperson said.

The pause on visa applications coincides with Trump's hard-line tack on immigration, where the administration has boasted about revoking more than 175,000 visas from individuals it said had violated the terms by committing criminal offenses, but that largely relied on encounters with law enforcement. The administration announced on Monday it was working to revoke short-term visas from individuals who used them to enter the U.S. and then file asylum claims, with some reports claiming the administration has a goal of canceling 200,000 visas.
The administration has also prioritized revoking visas and permanent residency, or green cards, from people who it deems are a threat to U.S. national security, but advocates say officials are targeting people over protected free speech like political opinions and attending pro-Palestinian protests.

Palmer Luckey on H-1B visas:

"You would not believe what I saw in Silicon Valley. The H-1B abuse is insane. It is obviously a scam to replace US workers with, basically, slave labor that can’t ever escape." pic.twitter.com/SU8xZAoLuD
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 26, 2026

It used to…. not anymore. https://t.co/pOYJArjDbF pic.twitter.com/GCuSv0iwV0
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) August 28, 2026

Sargon pointed this out: they're complaining that this Cuban was deported to the Congo.

But they also tell us that the moment an MS-13 illegal alien coyote steps upon Maryland soil, he becomes a "Maryland Man."

So isn't this guy a Congo Man now? If not, why not?

He's Congolese now. Perhaps the most Congolese man alive. https://t.co/wsBZPiv6Um
— Wade Stotts (@wadestotts) August 26, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

Comments

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1 I VOTED FOR THIS!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (PGK1w)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

3 False.

Trump has imported all of India. Kamala would have done it better.

Nick Fuentes told me so.

Besides, Trump's deportation effort is too non-existent and way too mean at the same time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (/PKja)

4 What a bunch of nickel-fvcker bastards

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:21 PM (6LG2q)

5 Sargon pointed this out: they're complaining that this Cuban was deported to the Congo.

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"Trump is using tools that have been legal parts of the executive toolkit for decades. He's so lawless!"
-the CATO Institute

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:21 PM (/PKja)

6 For the 18,000th time, I spit upon John Marshall and his "judicial review."

Posted by: Dr. T at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (KKJEY)

7 ICE has deported a Cuban immigrant to the Congo.

Huh. Guess he should have left for Cuba when he had the chance.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

8 I also like this FAQ:
"When will the training be completed?" TBD"

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (3cUTc)

9 Little Marco!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (dpAEq)

10 Hi everyone! What have I missed?

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

11 Ahhh.... the "staff training day" gambit.

Well done Marco, well done.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 01:23 PM (2Cry5)

12 7 ICE has deported a Cuban immigrant to the Congo.

Huh. Guess he should have left for Cuba when he had the chance.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

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Usually this happens when the host country refuses the deportee. Most of the time because they're violent criminals.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:23 PM (/PKja)

13 A right-wing group is trying to have a meeting in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Hamilton cops respond:

Hamilton Police are aware the Dominion Club of Canada continues to seek an alternate Hamilton venue for its DomCon conference on Aug 29. Anyone with information about a recent venue booking in #HamOnt is asked to contact police at 905-546-4707. Read More:

Our future Antifa police force is a reality today in Hamilton.

Posted by: Michael Moore! at August 28, 2026 01:23 PM (aD4fx)

14 Man, it's a good Friday. I wish I could put the Sidney Sweeney commercial on loop, read this story, light up a nice cigar, and just let the afternoon pass. Alas....

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 28, 2026 01:23 PM (P9Ea3)

15 "The Trump administration has paused immigrant visa appointments worldwide to carry out "in-depth training" for consular officers"

Pause, hell! SHUT IT DOWN FOR GOOD!

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 01:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

16 "Trump is using tools that have been legal parts of the executive toolkit for decades. He's so lawless!"
-the CATO Institute
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:21 PM (/PKja)

Biden admitted 5M illegals. If Trump were a REAL conservative, he'd ensure that he admitted 5M illegals. He's an out of control communist who wants to take food out of the mouths of starving dreamers for his billionaire friends who almost entirely support his opponents. -- CATO after a couple more bong hits

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:24 PM (ExV1e)

17 RIP, Optimus Prime.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 01:24 PM (j9ddv)

18 I guess Marco's going to go right back to Amnesty in 2028, though.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (PGK1w)

19 15 "The Trump administration has paused immigrant visa appointments worldwide to carry out "in-depth training" for consular officers"

Pause, hell! SHUT IT DOWN FOR GOOD!

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 01:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

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Requires an act of Congress.

Gonna get Tillis, Murkowski, Mitch, Cassidy, and Cornyn to vote for it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (/PKja)

20 By the way, I saw an x post where the Indian government is complaining the H1-b thing is stranding people…in their own country. Also lots of posts about Indians being better. Rather than argue that point, we should ask it to be proved by cleaning up the country they are living in currently. Become better than the USA. Do it. Show us.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

21 Wait a minute. You can do this to Cubans? Now they tell me.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (/OKHJ)

22 This should have been done 30+ years ago.

The H1B visa was always a scam to replace Americans with more compliant foreigners willing to work for a fraction of the pay. Always.

And for rich guys to import foreign THOTs and whores.

It's long past the time to shut the whole racket down. But better late than never.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

23 Literally the Indian cabal forced this. They kept legally challenging any attempt to limit their graft and so Trump just said "fine, shut it all down"

I want to address something from the last thread though, as an answer:
Why haven't the wastelands of the West been turned into data center farms, with on-site nuclear power and solar for backup?

Data centers need two things and really want a third

1) Power, which a local nuke would definitely help with
2) Water, to cool the processors until they figure out a way to make them work without generating self-melting temperatures

Neither of those are available in the middle of the Nevada desert. Building your own power plant definitely would help but they take years and billions so its not exactly practical.

3) Being near civilization. Its not that they have to be, you can transmit the data and commands etc back and forth but the closer the safer and higher quality of transmission. Its just better that way.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (K32Fz)

24 I hope this visa pause policy turns into another "nothing more permanent then a government's temporary solution".

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (CYBB0)

25 As the Maryland Dad saga showed, they are given the option to return to their home country.

On the mal-advice of their lawyer, they think they are being cute and can avoid deportation by claiming they have a credible threat of bodily harm if they return to their home country.

Surprisingly, the law had anticipated this and give them the option to name a country to which they would be willing to be deported to.

On further mal-advice of his lawyer, he doubled-down on his gamesmanship, and thought naming a far-off country would forestall the deportation.

So, to be clear--he chose the Congo.
Not the US.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (3cUTc)

26 How close are we to the left finally admitting that "yea, this is to import a foreign slave class, and that's a Good Thing"?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

27 Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his authority by issuing the policy, which "runs afoul" of the Immigration and Nationality Act by mandating "the refusal of visas to eligible applicants without any basis in law," the judge ruled.
Judge says power lies with consular officers

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (aD4fx)

28 My first screening question:

Me: Name please:

VISA applicant: Abdul Mohammad Mohammad

Me: NEXT!

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (MWfyi)

29 Visa is no longer accepted?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (HUco/)

30 I guess Marco's going to go right back to Amnesty in 2028, though.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (PGK1w)

Of course not. Rubio is doing all of this with neither Trump's approval or direction. Frankly, we'd be better off with Nikki Haley who was great during her time in the first Trump Administration.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)

31 26 How close are we to the left finally admitting that "yea, this is to import a foreign slave class, and that's a Good Thing"?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

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Are not some of them pretty much saying this now?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:27 PM (/PKja)

32 By the way, I saw an x post where the Indian government is complaining the H1-b thing is stranding people…in their own country. Also lots of posts about Indians being better. Rather than argue that point, we should ask it to be proved by cleaning up the country they are living in currently. Become better than the USA. Do it. Show us.
Posted by: Piper

That's, like, hard and shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 01:27 PM (VJ0w/)

33 Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his authority by issuing the policy, which "runs afoul" of the Immigration and Nationality Act by mandating "the refusal of visas to eligible applicants without any basis in law," the judge ruled.
Judge says power lies with consular officers

It's **just** amazing how many members of the Executive Branch don't have to follow the dictates of the Executive Branch.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:27 PM (aD4fx)

34 We really are a nation just ruled by judges now.

Just going back to Earl Warren, once they realized they were untouchable, they just kept stepping over lines.

When's the last time a federal judge was impeached?

A total of 8 judges in US history have been removed from office.

Huge flaw in our Constitution.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (XKqRR)

35 State Department: "We are going to restrict visas from 75 countries that appear to be taking advantage of American beneficence."

Judge Vargas: "You can't do that."

State Department: "OK. Looks like we need to shut down visa processing in EVERY country so that we can train our consular officers best practices in vetting applicants to the United States. Could take months. Maybe years."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (FZ29D)

36 Talarico was all over X about how this 5 year old boy "instead of starting his first day of school, was deported by ICE!!!"

Complete with a picture of the tyke in a Texas Longhorns shirt.

What did he leave out?

Oh yeah, that his dad was here illegally and his dad CHOSE to take him back to Mexico with him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (3cUTc)

37 By the way, I saw an x post where the Indian government is complaining the H1-b thing is stranding people…in their own country. Also lots of posts about Indians being better. Rather than argue that point, we should ask it to be proved by cleaning up the country they are living in currently. Become better than the USA. Do it. Show us.

Ringy ringy ringy dingy dingy dingy

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (NtVYv)

38 Hmmm.... I wonder who supervises the consular officers that Congress put "at the forefront" of visa decisions. It isn't the Secretary of State, is it?

Posted by: Octochicken at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (oCS0o)

39 "Palmer Luckey on H-1B visas:

"You would not believe what I saw in Silicon Valley. The H-1B abuse is insane. It is obviously a scam to replace US workers with, basically, slave labor that can’t ever escape.""

Do you know who the first politician was that I heard make this very argument, back in 2014-15 or so?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, from the floor of the Senate.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (0CU3H)

40 How about we charge the prime minister of canada mark carney, one loonie for every goose that invades our border?

They call them canadian geese, we need a tariff on goose shit exports.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (SK+av)

41 more than 175,000 visas from individuals it said had violated the terms by committing criminal offenses, but that largely relied on encounters with law enforcement.

Uh, yeah? Guess who encounters the people breakng the law on a daily basis: LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Posted by: pookysgirl, Associate Professor in the Obvious Department at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (Wt5PA)

42 I saw an x post where the Indian government is complaining the H1-b thing is stranding people…in their own country. Also lots of posts about Indians being better.

Yeah Indians, at least the caste that H1B seems to consist of, are utterly, unshakably convinced that they are completely superior in every possible way to all others, particularly Americans and English. They cannot even begin to conceive that this might be questionable.

They post constantly about how they built America and America would be doomed without them, and how stupid Americans are and (this is the oddest one, but repeated a lot) wipe their rear ends with paper instead of washing with water.

Given what India looks like and how they crap in the street, I'm puzzled by this particular point but here you are.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (K32Fz)

43 40 How about we charge the prime minister of canada mark carney, one loonie for every goose that invades our border?

They call them canadian geese, we need a tariff on goose shit exports.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (SK+av)

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Canada Geese have been renamed Donald Ducks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (/PKja)

44 Also lots of posts about Indians being better.

H-1Bs allow the United States to import all of the world's super-geniuses.

It is purely coincidence that 80% of the world's super-geniuses are Indian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (aD4fx)

45 So the Trump Administration goes to Plan B: Stop all immigrant visas while they teach consular staff...
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That could take just forever if they do it right.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (vSvIl)

46 By the way, I saw an x post where the Indian government is complaining the H1-b thing is stranding people…in their own country. Also lots of posts about Indians being better. Rather than argue that point, we should ask it to be proved by cleaning up the country they are living in currently. Become better than the USA. Do it. Show us.

Ehhh, fuck, singh me a song

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (NtVYv)

47 "instead of starting his first day of school, was deported by ICE!!!"

His first day of school will be in Mexico. So what?

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (MWfyi)

48 They're upset a Cuban guy was sent to the Congo. The Congolese gotta eat too. Let them try Cuban food

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (EZWVc)

49 44 Also lots of posts about Indians being better.

H-1Bs allow the United States to import all of the world's super-geniuses.

It is purely coincidence that 80% of the world's super-geniuses are Indian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (aD4fx)

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I think it's great that Indians think that they're the best, smartest, greatest people on earth.

I just don't know why they feel like they have to come here to make money. Something wrong with the country full of Indians?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (/PKja)

50 I guess Marco's going to go right back to Amnesty in 2028, though.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:25 PM (PGK1w)

Of course not. Rubio is doing all of this with neither Trump's approval or direction. Frankly, we'd be better off with Nikki Haley who was great during her time in the first Trump Administration.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)

No. She wasn't. She was pretty garbage.

Rubio isn't though. Rubio's tearing this up like we all hoped it would get torn up.

You know his heart's not really in it, though. He DESPERATELY wants amnesty, but that meany Trump won't let him. As soon as Trump's gone, though, we're going to get Rubio from 15 years ago instead of Rubio from literally this week.

It is known.

I can't imagine being treated like I haven't learned anything over the past decade and a half.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (PGK1w)

51 Oh yeah, that his dad was here illegally and his dad CHOSE to take him back to Mexico with him.

Yeah I keep asking these people: do you want to separate children from their families or not? Pick a side here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (K32Fz)

52 47 "instead of starting his first day of school, was deported by ICE!!!"

His first day of school will be in Mexico. So what?

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (MWfyi)

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"Mexico is a shithole that deserves no human life. Also, we must import Mexico."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:31 PM (/PKja)

53 Indira Talwani should note that stopping the post office from processing some mail-in ballots might result in stopping all mail-in ballot processing. No one wants that, so maybe she should stop her one-woman crusade to write new laws.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 01:31 PM (FcAaq)

54 How close are we to the left finally admitting that "yea, this is to import a foreign slave class, and that's a Good Thing"?
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They've always maintained this. Illegals are "shoring up Social Security", because they pay in yet don't receive benefits. They really believe there is a net economic benefit to Americans. Or that's what they claim. Not that many are really that stupid. It's the same ole same ole, professing to not understand something to make rational discourse impossible.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:31 PM (6LG2q)

55 maybe i missed something but why wasn't cuban man sent back to cuba?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

56 You know his heart's not really in it, though. He DESPERATELY wants amnesty, but that meany Trump won't let him. As soon as Trump's gone, though, we're going to get Rubio from 15 years ago instead of Rubio from literally this week.

Yeah that is my take as well. People are real big on Rubio, because he takes orders really well but his true nature is not the same and he has no leadership skills on his own. Vance has been saying some really odd stuff lately but I still like him better than Rubio as president.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (K32Fz)

57 Visa hires are sometimes shipped right back to their home country after getting a US based job... typically in the IT field or a job that can be done remotely.

It's to avoid the costs associated with having the employee here. Health insurance in India is far cheaper than here. For example.

Plus, termination is way easier. Is the guy in India going to fly back to the US to fight his ouster? Probably not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (2Cry5)

58 H-1Bs allow the United States to import all of the world's super-geniuses.

It is purely coincidence that 80% of the world's super-geniuses are Indian.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (aD4fx)
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And yet their country is a shit hole.

You'd think a bunch of super-geniuses would be able to solve that problem...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (FZ29D)

59 These judges need to be brought under control.

Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)

60 It is purely coincidence that 80% of the world's super-geniuses are Indian.

Yeah they really think that. Odd how they can only be a useful super-genius in the USA and India continue to be a literal shit hole

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)

61 The H-1B thing would not have blown up quite as badly had a lot of people not been able to observe that generally speaking, Indians only hire other Indians.

It's amazing how the civil rights employment laws don't apply when a Silicon Valley tech firm decides to employ 80% Indians.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (aD4fx)

62 What's a Palmer Lucky?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (2Ez/1)

63
Goodbye Rubio.

Hello Mecharubio.

I fear he has not yet reached his final form.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (JunZe)

64 There are several African nations -- including Congo and Liberia -- that agreed to accept deportees from the USA. That's what's happening here.

I think the agreement includes from cash or aid for each deportee accepted. It's well worth the money for us to get rid of these degenerate parasites.

I assume foreign criminals and scumbags don't last long in Congolese jungles or Liberian death camps. So sad.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

65 Rubio isn't though. Rubio's tearing this up like we all hoped it would get torn up.

Rubio was bad on immigration. Really fucking bad on immigration. For years. He suddenly became not bad on immigration when it stopped being his decision.

Would he go back to being bad on immigration? I have no idea. But neither do you. At the very least, he should be required to answer when and why he flipped from very bad to good on the subject before we all line up to give him a tongue bath on the subject.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

66 You know his heart's not really in it, though. He DESPERATELY wants amnesty, but that meany Trump won't let him. As soon as Trump's gone, though, we're going to get Rubio from 15 years ago instead of Rubio from literally this week.

Yeah that is my take as well. People are real big on Rubio, because he takes orders really well but his true nature is not the same and he has no leadership skills on his own. Vance has been saying some really odd stuff lately but I still like him better than Rubio as president.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (K32Fz)

I guess I needed the /s on that one...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:34 PM (PGK1w)

67
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Canada Geese have been renamed Donald Ducks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August

100% better than lake America! Let’s do this. And ignore community notes on different species issues.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 01:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

68 You'd think a bunch of super-geniuses would be able to solve that problem

*horde high five*

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:34 PM (K32Fz)

69 55 maybe i missed something but why wasn't cuban man sent back to cuba?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

Cuba doesn't accept deportees back from the US.

Posted by: Octochicken at August 28, 2026 01:34 PM (oCS0o)

70 61 The H-1B thing would not have blown up quite as badly had a lot of people not been able to observe that generally speaking, Indians only hire other Indians.

It's amazing how the civil rights employment laws don't apply when a Silicon Valley tech firm decides to employ 80% Indians.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (aD4fx)

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People are tribal. Just a question of which tribe.

Indians are pretty overt about their tribes. They have a whole caste system about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:35 PM (/PKja)

71 Christopher, Boom Supersonic's CEO is claiming that his Symphony turbofans developed for the supersonic plane can work for generation as well when replumbed for natural gas. The are developing the first use for a Datacenter as of last January.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:35 PM (rbvCR)

72 re 10: it is reported that biden had a solid bowel movement after eating a bag of marbles

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 28, 2026 01:35 PM (CWTWj)

73 re 69: not even if he brought 20 dollars with him?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (CWTWj)

74 People are tribal. Just a question of which tribe.

Indians are pretty overt about their tribes. They have a whole caste system about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:35 PM (/PKja)
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Yup. And the further removed you are from a first-world nation, the more tribal you become.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (FZ29D)

75 Yeah they really think that. Odd how they can only be a useful super-genius in the USA and India continue to be a literal shit hole

It's because almost all the Indians in the United States are upper-caste. It's those filthy low-caste Indians that make India India in their view.

California briefly considered including caste discrimination in its definition of racial discrimination.

That got shut down real quick.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (aD4fx)

76 The H-1B thing would not have blown up quite as badly had a lot of people not been able to observe that generally speaking, Indians only hire other Indians.

It has been my observation having worked in half dozen offices, that the only group that doesn't obsessively and deliberately hire their own kind are white men. Women hire women. Hispanics hire hispanics. Blacks hire blacks. White guys hire anyone if they can do the job (or are at least hot).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (K32Fz)

77 immigrants aren't eligible for most public assistance. This is just Trump wasting public resources to play to his credulous base.

More lawless action ignoring the will of Congress in order to stop legal immigration. Hopefully a wake up call for all the people saying "do it the right way". Americans are now stuck without their loved ones for an indeterminate period of time solely because of fear, bigotry and a lack of imagination.

Our K1 application only worked as an immigrant visa. Our interviews were cancelled 3 days before, and we had to refund hotel tickets and stop all our travel plans before we lost everything. We are devastated.

This pause seems suspiciously timed with the judge throwing out the 75 country ban/pause. So they are just going to put everyone in procedural hell. Time for the courts to step in and smack Trump. Again.

As much as I despise Trump and MAGA, I'm down with severely limited H1B's. I've worked in tech for ~30 years. No H1B my teams have worked with where any better than an American. H1Bs wouldn't follow processes and procedures. Explaining complicated SOX compliance to an Indian pretending to not understand English..

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (FKi1y)

78 So...the people of Ceuta are apparently in open revolt against the Moroccan invaders.

Burned some temporary housing, kind of like how the Belfast boys burned some housing of migrants up in Northern Ireland.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (/PKja)

79 Vargas said the policy also undermines the congressional requirement that puts consular officers at the forefront of any visa decision.
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I.e. executive power isolated from the President/Cabinet.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

80 Neither of those are available in the middle of the Nevada desert. Building your own power plant definitely would help but they take years and billions so its not exactly practical.
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Lots of brackish water aquifers in the US.

Modular nuclear reactor will have plenty of power for desalination.
Hell, they may have enough spare power to fully evaporate it and sell the "Ancient Laramidia Sea Salt"

Goofy hippies will trip over themselves to buy the crystals.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (3cUTc)

81 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)

82 Name it Lake Vince Foster.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)

83 One could say "I voted for this."

And be correct.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)

84 Visa is no longer accepted?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Funny how that also stops the American Express.

Posted by: mikeski at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (VHUov)

85 I hope dude enjoys the Congo.

Would be great if we could send this Judge there to be his indentured servant.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (Shi2G)

86 I’d like one new “Marco has a new job” meme per day. I get almost endless amusement from that meme…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 01:37 PM (geWO5)

87 Flock cameras are another auspice of the surveillance state. They are tools designed to make you trust that government can take care of all your needs if you just let them intrude on every aspect of your life and you give up your liberties.

Government wants to be your god.
Posted by: Marcus

We’ve had traffic cameras for decades. We’ve had toll highways scanning plates for decades. Even flock has been around for almost 10 years. Every house has a Ring camera Nobody cared.

And then one day, all of a sudden out of the blue, it’s a thing and everyone is riled up about it. This is coordinated.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (iCp4l)
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Bentley Boys >>> Belfast Boys

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

88 Have the the Moroccan invaders crossed the Med?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)

89 Judge Excludes Key Confession in Sept. 11 Case
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

https://archive.is/AfMye#selection-3905.0-3933.0

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (2ap+5)

90 please to understand, Marco Rubio Secretary is of bad character, and will never fidelity have for laws.
He cannot understand the rules for work and must a judge be control.

Posted by: You can call me Kevin at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

91 77 This pause seems suspiciously timed with the judge throwing out the 75 country ban/pause. So they are just going to put everyone in procedural hell. Time for the courts to step in and smack Trump. Again.

As much as I despise Trump and MAGA, I'm down with severely limited H1B's. I've worked in tech for ~30 years. No H1B my teams have worked with where any better than an American. H1Bs wouldn't follow processes and procedures. Explaining complicated SOX compliance to an Indian pretending to not understand English..

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (FKi1y)

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1. Yes. No one has a right to come here not approved by the body politic as represented by our federal government. We can put them in as much procedural hell if they want to come here as we want.

2. This is the kind of thing that breaks through cognitive dissonance. "I despise Trump, but he's making progress on one of my key issues." It won't make the guy pro-Trump, but it'll end up opening eyes about which side is actually on his side. Maybe. Probably not.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (/PKja)

92 When's the last time a federal judge was impeached?

A total of 8 judges in US history have been removed from office.

Huge flaw in our Constitution.

It really was. And they knew better: they knew the political types would make a political class and protect their own wherever possible. The last federal judge to be impeached by congress? G. Thomas Porteous Jr. i 2010, and he was removed from office. A lot more recent than I thought, I have no memory of this happening and I was blogging at the time. Cannot remember if I covered it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (K32Fz)

93 Maybe Congo Man can build a new, advanced civilization over there.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 28, 2026 01:39 PM (dkZoh)

94 "immigrants aren't eligible for most public assistance. This is just Trump wasting public resources to play to his credulous base."

Yes, that's what the law says.

But California and other states just help them by not checking the box or don't care.

Because they indeed get food stamps etc.

Posted by: Harun at August 28, 2026 01:39 PM (IuIym)

95 Judge Excludes Key Confession in Sept. 11 Case
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

https://archive.is/AfMye#selection-3905.0-3933.0
Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (2ap+5)
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That doesn't sound good. Is anyone taking bets that KSM will be released with a slap on the wrist and a huge cash settlement for the inconvenience?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:39 PM (FZ29D)

96 If you’re not Indian you’re not working in IT in corporate America. There are still some small shops and startups that will hire non-Indians, but even that is slowly being colonized. And Asians have their own mafia in certain sectors.

In 10 years tech will be like construction, no white men need apply.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (iCp4l)

97 Burn the whole H1B apparatus to the ground and then nuke it from orbit.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (5yDGQ)

98 93 Maybe Congo Man can build a new, advanced civilization over there.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 28, 2026 01:39 PM (dkZoh)

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Trump increased Congo's diversity.

Trump should be celebrated for creating more diversity in third-world countries that really need it to flourish.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (/PKja)

99 So...the people of Ceuta are apparently in open revolt against the Moroccan invaders.

Burned some temporary housing, kind of like how the Belfast boys burned some housing of migrants up in Northern Ireland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:36 PM (/PKja)

The Spanish riot police are firing rubber bullets at the Spanish rioters, not the invaders.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

100 Yeah I keep asking these people: do you want to separate children from their families or not? Pick a side here.
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People respond to these sob stories with two memes:

Pic of adults and children:
"Big or small, deport them all."

And:
"look, picture of child crying--we must destroy democracy."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (3cUTc)

101 I.e. executive power isolated from the President/Cabinet.

It's in the unwritten part of the Constitution that consular officers don't have to accept direction from the President and Secretary of State.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (aD4fx)

102 94
Yes, that's what the law says.

But California and other states just help them by not checking the box or don't care.

Because they indeed get food stamps etc.

Posted by: Harun at August 28, 2026 01:39 PM (IuIym)

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It's state law in California that illegal immigrants are eligible for Medicaid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (/PKja)

103 For the 18,000th time, I spit upon John Marshall and his "judicial review."
Posted by: Dr. T
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What's the the alternative for settling whether or not an executive action or legislation is constitutional?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (XvL8K)

104 Technically it is Democratic Republic of the Congo Man or Republic of the Congo Man depending on which country they sent him to.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (/OKHJ)

105 The Spanish riot police are firing rubber bullets at the Spanish rioters, not the invaders.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

Which was predicted at the start of all this.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

106
As much as I despise Trump and MAGA, I'm down with severely limited H1B's. I've worked in tech for ~30 years. No H1B my teams have worked with where any better than an American. H1Bs wouldn't follow processes and procedures. Explaining complicated SOX compliance to an Indian pretending to not understand English..
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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"Everybody is conservative about what they know best"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (4HoLg)

107 immigrants aren't eligible for most public assistance. This is just Trump wasting public resources to play to his credulous base."

Most? Self goal retort retard.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (KC5Lt)

108 97 Burn the whole H1B apparatus to the ground and then nuke it from orbit.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (5yDGQ)

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Has to be done through an act of congress since the visa class was created by Congress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (/PKja)

109 That last video:

1. I don't think chipmunk cheeks there is Cuban. I'd guess Guatamalan.

2. No criminal record? Rather than take his word for it, I'll just point out entering a country without authorization, legal permission or documentation is illegal.

3. I'm aghast at the denigration and raw disapproval he is displaying towards The Congo. BIGOT!!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (dIske)

110 My first screening question:

Me: Name please:

VISA applicant: Abdul Mohammad Mohammad

Me: NEXT!
Posted by: fd

You need a button and trap door.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (VJ0w/)

111 96 If you’re not Indian you’re not working in IT in corporate America. There are still some small shops and startups that will hire non-Indians, but even that is slowly being colonized. And Asians have their own mafia in certain sectors.

that's for sure the case in fintech

for now anyway

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM (j+aD2)

112 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (K32Fz)

I did consider the whole desert thing, but my counter-argument is that smaller nuclear reactors are exploding (heh heh) in popularity and affordability; and that my understanding is that once the data center gets up and running, they don't need that much water.

But no one seemed to even explore building them out West, which makes me think that they thought it would be more profitable to get tax breaks from populated areas rather than trying to buy government land.

Posted by: pookysgirl, fending off kittens at August 28, 2026 01:42 PM (Wt5PA)

113 I.e. executive power isolated from the President/Cabinet.

It's in the unwritten part of the Constitution that consular officers don't have to accept direction from the President and Secretary of State.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (aD4fx)
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I'm guessing the same paragraph prevents both the President and Secretary of State from firing any and all consular officers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:42 PM (FZ29D)

114 In the early 90s on a road trip, I twice tried to enter Canada (different provinces). Each time they wanted me to prove that I had enough money to be there without needing assistance. The first time I got in by actually calling my bank and letting the border lady hear my checking account balance (having an Amex with no limit wasn't good enough). The second time they just refused our entry and turned us around.

The first lady explained that they didn't want us breaking down and getting stuck or staying longer than we intended and somehow requiring Canada to help us out. I thought it was pretty wild, but I wasn't outraged.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 28, 2026 01:42 PM (9ZFZd)

115 99 The Spanish riot police are firing rubber bullets at the Spanish rioters, not the invaders.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

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Sanchez has until August of 2027 to get in as many invaders to be loyal voters as possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:42 PM (/PKja)

116 Rubio was bad on immigration. Really fucking bad on immigration. For years. He suddenly became not bad on immigration when it stopped being his decision.

Would he go back to being bad on immigration? I have no idea. But neither do you. At the very least, he should be required to answer when and why he flipped from very bad to good on the subject before we all line up to give him a tongue bath on the subject.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

Rubio supported the Gang of 8 for about a year and a half before opposing it after opposing it in the first place.

2010: "I will never support any effort to grant blanket amnesty."
2012: "DREAM act can never be part of an effort to grant amnesty."
January 2013, comes out in favor of a 'pathway to citizenship,' aka Amnesty, saying the only way to get it was to leave and come back legally.
October 2013: Obama ruined any possibility of immigration reform so we're back to business as usual.

And we see him today.

A politician doing the right thing (smashing our shit immigration policies) for the wrong reason (to say in or get more political power) is still him doing the right thing.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:43 PM (PGK1w)

117 Cuba doesn't accept Cuban deportees back from the US
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Way past time to dispense with that bit of nonsense. Too bad so sad. Drop them off on the beach. Fuck these people with a rusty chainsaw.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:43 PM (6LG2q)

118 I don't understand how we got to a point where the judicial branch is a superior power over the other two branches. These activist judges are ridiculous. When can the executive branch just say "nope, not your area".

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

119 116 A politician doing the right thing (smashing our shit immigration policies) for the wrong reason (to say in or get more political power) is still him doing the right thing.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:43 PM (PGK1w)

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He's doing well in office now.

I just don't know what he would do when he's the boss.

If forced to pick between Vance and Rubio on immigration alone, I'd choose Vance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:44 PM (/PKja)

120 56 You know his heart's not really in it, though. He DESPERATELY wants amnesty, but that meany Trump won't let him. As soon as Trump's gone, though, we're going to get Rubio from 15 years ago instead of Rubio from literally this week.

Yeah that is my take as well. People are real big on Rubio, because he takes orders really well but his true nature is not the same and he has no leadership skills on his own. Vance has been saying some really odd stuff lately but I still like him better than Rubio as president.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:32 PM (K32Fz)
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Is it possible that Rubio has seen the light and grown up? Perhaps he has learned a thing or two in the last 15 years and realizes that leftism light is just diluted poison and has sworn it off like a bad habit . . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 01:44 PM (JNTt1)

121 But no one seemed to even explore building them out West, which makes me think that they thought it would be more profitable to get tax breaks from populated areas rather than trying to buy government land.
Posted by: pookysgirl, fending off kittens at August 28, 2026 01:42 PM (Wt5PA)

It is straight up state law in Oregon that nuclear power plants are illegal to build.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)

122 I love how Trump works.

"I want to remove one tiny brick from that building."

"No, you can't do that. I forbid it."

(Puts on hardhat, waves in gigantic wrecking-ball crane.) "OK boys, knock down the whole thing!"

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:44 PM (Av6i5)

123 96 If you’re not Indian you’re not working in IT in corporate America. There are still some small shops and startups that will hire non-Indians, but even that is slowly being colonized. And Asians have their own mafia in certain sectors.

In 10 years tech will be like construction, no white men need apply.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (iCp4l)

There is a difference though between tech and construction.

Posted by: Your soon-to-be AI Overlords at August 28, 2026 01:45 PM (9ZFZd)

124 IF Rubio was opposed to the things he is doing (quite well, I might add) wouldn't he resign in protest?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 01:45 PM (JNTt1)

125
Usually this happens when the host country refuses the deportee. Most of the time because they're violent criminals.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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It's also happened when the deportee screams that they'll be killed or oppressed if they're sent back to their country.

"Fine. Try Liberia."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ)

126 >>>Canada Geese have been renamed Donald Ducks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

>I hadn't heard that one. That's pretty amusing.

Canadians are asshoe. When the seasons are right we could have the ducks fly back there like drones sorties and drop poutine contaminated with cyclospora and hit them with waves of explosive diarrhea.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 01:45 PM (SK+av)

127 Trump increased Congo's diversity.

Trump should be celebrated for creating more diversity in third-world countries that really need it to flourish.
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And, as I understand the city folk, the Congolese ought to be thrilled they can get cubano sandwiches at 2am, right?

That's like a defining factor of civilization and sophistication--ethnic foods in the wee hours of the morning.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

128
ICE has deported a Cuban immigrant to the Congo.

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At least he's no longer in the hellhole that is the United States.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 01:46 PM (O0L8i)

129 6 For the 18,000th time, I spit upon John Marshall and his "judicial review."
Posted by: Dr. T
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For states, it is necessary for federal law in its particular areas to override the states and Gibbons v Ogden is actually pretty savvy in allowing both federal and state regulation to coexist on commerce.

For overturning other federal laws, it is notable that Scotus did not overturn another federal law until Dred Scott.

And you can blame Congress and the presidents in part. In many cases, judicial review is built into the statutes themselves such as the APA or criminal law. Neither Congress nor the executive have shown themselves to be willing to be limited by the Bill of Rights much either.

The problem is NOT judicial review so much as our judges are unaccountable to the ultimate sovereign, the people of the US and when they rule on policy matters, they usurp the role of popularly elected officials that are. Especially on spurious grounds like Resistance judges use.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

130 The Left have wanted KSM free for a long time.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 01:46 PM (JunZe)

131 128 And, as I understand the city folk, the Congolese ought to be thrilled they can get cubano sandwiches at 2am, right?

That's like a defining factor of civilization and sophistication--ethnic foods in the wee hours of the morning.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

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The point of diversity is the food, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:46 PM (/PKja)

132 Does any other nation have a -lese suffix for their people? Other than the Congo?

Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo at August 28, 2026 01:47 PM (JM9I6)

133 A total of 8 judges in US history have been removed from office.
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I wondered about that. Figured it could be counted on one hand. So, two hands anyhow.

It should be routine, and not cause for comment or concern. 8 a year sounds about right. At least until they get their head out of their ass. Congress has been derelict in their duties by appointing wholly unsuitable individuals.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:47 PM (6LG2q)

134 125 IF Rubio was opposed to the things he is doing (quite well, I might add) wouldn't he resign in protest?
Posted by: Bonecrusher
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Political ambition is a curious thing. Alexander Hamilton is one example.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv)

135 Trump appears to be approaching the midterms by actually doing real things in real life and not just talking about stuff.

Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 01:47 PM (q177U)

136 Talarico was all over X about how this 5 year old boy "instead of starting his first day of school, was deported by ICE!!!"

Complete with a picture of the tyke in a Texas Longhorns shirt.

What did he leave out?

Oh yeah, that his dad was here illegally and his dad CHOSE to take him back to Mexico with him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (3cUTc)
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The "longhorns" shirt isn't the flex this creep thinks it is. Whenever you see an illegal with a shirt or other clothing that seems out of character, it's because the shirt was given to the illegal. Taxpayers paid for it.

The kid isn't a fan of the LH. He's a fan of handouts paid for by us.

Same when you see an illegal in a heavy metal concert shirt. It's not that Manuel is a big fan of Slayer or Maiden. Manuel is a fan of free shit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

137 immigrants aren't eligible for most public assistance.

vs.

Americans aren't eligible for most public assistance.

One of these statements is true, one is false.

The left thinks the first is true.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)

138 Trump increased Congo's diversity.

Trump should be celebrated for creating more diversity in third-world countries that really need it to flourish.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Nobel Peace Prize material. I've been assured immigrants are what made America the great nation it is, and Trump is voluntarily sacrificing that advantage to enrich the Third World. He's a true humanitarian.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (FKi1y)

139 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (mBinc)

140 Rubio was opposed to the things he is doing (quite well, I might add) wouldn't he resign in protest?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 01:45 PM (JNTt1)

No. That's how you climb the R ranks. Fooling people into thinking you are fighting for them.

Nikki Haley was a good soldier in 2018. Hell so was Pence.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (JunZe)

141 Checkmate!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (g47mK)

142 He's doing well in office now.

I just don't know what he would do when he's the boss.

If forced to pick between Vance and Rubio on immigration alone, I'd choose Vance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:44 PM (/PKja)

Trump was a New York City Democrat. I didn't vote for him in 2016 because I KNEW he was just another big city leftist saying whatever he needed to say to get the Big Chair.

And now look at him.

More fool, I. And the Trump Experiences has forced me to consider that Rubio isn't who he was back when I was 14.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (PGK1w)

143 Also, Mexico City is very cosmopolitan. Why is going back to Mexico so bad, Talarico?

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

144
Ahhh.... the "staff training day" gambit.

Well done Marco, well done.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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Is this a thing? I think I get it. "Okay, now that we see your requirements, it is of dire importance that we pause everything and go back and train 100% of our personnel on it and make sure we do it right, so it could take months before we can get back to work per your guidance."

Is that it?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)

145 Literally everything Trump does was clearly spelled out in his book "Art of the Deal." The Democrats obviously never read it, because they are always taken by surprised and flabbergasted at his maximalist tactics. If he makes a small bet, they think they're clever and instead of folding (because they have q losing hand), they raise him double the amount. Assuming he'll panic and fold. But no -- he looks at their raise, pushes ALL his chips into the pot, and says, "All in, baby. Call or fold."

The Left is used to always winning by bluffing, because every other pseudo-conservative for the past 45 years has always folded.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (Av6i5)

146 140 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.

ha!

and I was already having a good Friday!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (j+aD2)

147 "Everybody is conservative about what they know best"

Its like people trust the media until they get to a story that the person is an expert about: the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect.

my understanding is that once the data center gets up and running, they don't need that much water.

One of the reasons Nevada looks like that is that it has virtually NO water.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (K32Fz)

148 I am torn on Marco. I like him personally, he seems sharp ... but I could see him "growing in office" in a very bad way

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (j+aD2)

149 140 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (mBinc)

Oh boy….

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 01:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

150 Is “Maryland Man” (or “Maryland Dad” whatever they called him)… is he still in the country. Lefties seemed obsessed with that scumbag staying here

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 01:51 PM (geWO5)

151 I am torn on Marco. I like him personally, he seems sharp ... but I could see him "growing in office" in a very bad way

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (j+aD2)

I think he's already grown in office. In a good way.

And if he's a pure political animal, he's also hearing how we talk about him now vice how we talked about him before and would like to maintain that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (PGK1w)

152 Aren't consular officials employees of the Executive, and so subject to orders from the President? And isn't foreign policy solely the domain of the Executive?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (4JFrI)

153 One of the reasons Nevada looks like that is that it has virtually NO water.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (K32Fz)
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I kinda hope someone builds a data center in Perfection, Nevada (fictional town from the movie Tremors, population 14).

Of course, there are "graboids" in the area...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (FZ29D)

154 The Left is used to always winning by bluffing, because every other pseudo-conservative for the past 45 years has always folded.
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They are in in on it. Assistant democrats. They'll bitch and moan about something for the TV, but never fight, or re-visit. Ratchet only turns one way.

"We Shall Never Speak Of This Again" is hard-wired into their political DNA.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (6LG2q)

155 More fool, I. And the Trump Experiences has forced me to consider that Rubio isn't who he was back when I was 14.

Its possible, but it would take a great deal of convincing to prove that to me. And you still have the problem of him not being a leader. A good bureaucrat, a good manager, but not a leader.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (K32Fz)

156 117 Cuba doesn't accept Cuban deportees back from the US
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Way past time to dispense with that bit of nonsense. Too bad so sad. Drop them off on the beach. Fuck these people with a rusty chainsaw.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:43 PM (6LG2q)
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That there video is likely a nice dose of poetic justice. That guy is claiming to be Cuban. I don't think he is. But, before Trump started setting up deals with other countries to take in deportees, NGO's advised illegals being processed to claim to be from Cuba, since that country doesn't accept returnees. I think the guy is Guatamalan based on his complexion and language "ticks". So, it's entirely possible he screwed himself over by taking NGO advice.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (dIske)

157 @AlArabiya_Eng
🔴 More than 200 mine-like objects have been swept from the main lane of the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reports, citing US officials

🔴 The officials say only 11 of them were actual mines and just a few were properly deployed

🔴 US officials believe shifting conditions in the strait give the Trump administration a stronger hand in any future negotiations with Iran

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Remember the hoopla about Iran mining the whole strait? Turns out it was bullshit, that third-world low on the totem poll guys who weren't wiped out in the first wave of bombing didn't even know how to deploy mines, and they mostly just threw trash into the water saying they were mines while people unironically and unquestionably believed it.

Weird, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (/PKja)

158 Maybe Congo Man can build a new, advanced civilization over there.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 28, 2026 01:39 PM (dkZoh)

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Trump increased Congo's diversity.

Trump should be celebrated for creating more diversity in third-world countries that really need it to flourish.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (/PKja)

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Isn't it time for Congo to embrace ex-pat troons? Maybe get a WNBA Franchise?

The "Mbuji-Mayi Ahi" has a nice ring to it ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (sEtpl)

159 Call me naive… I think Marco has changed. He’s watched Trumps success and wants to emulate that and he knows that won’t happen by going back to circa 2012 Marco…. People do sometimes learn

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (geWO5)

160 140 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

It was reported that his visa had expired. Guess showing up at an airport did him in.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)

161 140 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

Most people are UPSET if they require a cavity search. He was flagged when he demanded one.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (FKi1y)

162 Is “Maryland Man” (or “Maryland Dad” whatever they called him)… is he still in the country. Lefties seemed obsessed with that scumbag staying here
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Yeah, he is.
Last I heard, the DOJ was appealing the dismissal of the trafficking charges.

I've not heard anything further on the deportation, though.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (3cUTc)

163 I have no problem with deporting nonviolent illegals to Congo. Spend some money on some bots, and make sure every Latin American with a cell phone sees them making pitiful videos from a squalid cell block on an unpaved goat track somewhere in the darkest corner of the Dark Continent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (BI5O2)

164 f you’re not Indian you’re not working in IT in corporate America.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:40 PM (iCp4l)
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A pretty big overstatement. I have an IT job that I've had for 15 years. I work with Indians/Pakistanis, Arabs and other MEs and white men.

(We can't hold on to girl coders though. They either quit or transition to project management.)

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)

165 Aren't consular officials employees of the Executive, and so subject to orders from the President? And isn't foreign policy solely the domain of the Executive?

"I mean, TECHNICALLY yes but not in practice, could you imagine us taking any sort of direction or orders from the President of all people? I mean really"
--State Department

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (K32Fz)

166 And you still have the problem of him not being a leader. A good bureaucrat, a good manager, but not a leader.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (K32Fz)

This is my biggest concern about him. He is a soldier, and willing to fight, but not the absolute killer that Trump is.

Of course... nobody is or will ever be Trump, so how much should I hold that against Rubio?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (PGK1w)

167 I kinda hope someone builds a data center in Perfection, Nevada (fictional town from the movie Tremors, population 14).

Of course, there are "graboids" in the area...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:52 PM (FZ29D)

Love that movie.. Burt Gummer is my hero

Posted by: It's me donna at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (+gK6I)

168 More fool, I. And the Trump Experiences has forced me to consider that Rubio isn't who he was back when I was 14.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (PGK1w)

Where was this RUBIO, and what's happening to South America I think is Rubio's doing. I really think he saw the the Dems a capable of doing to this Country.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (mBinc)

169 1. Yes. No one has a right to come here not approved by the body politic as represented by our federal government. We can put them in as much procedural hell if they want to come here as we want.

2. This is the kind of thing that breaks through cognitive dissonance. "I despise Trump, but he's making progress on one of my key issues." It won't make the guy pro-Trump, but it'll end up opening eyes about which side is actually on his side. Maybe. Probably not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:38 PM (/PKja)

Good points. Also, the original Reddit poster wasn't wrong, that's a pretty standard political move by Trump. If the other side keeps blocking the things you want, then make everything hell for everyone and shut it all down and see if they like that, or if they want to talk about some more reasonable accommodations.

Shutting down all Visas is a pretty big move which is going to get a lot of attention from people who weren't really paying attention.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (edUvp)

170 I am torn on Marco. I like him personally, he seems sharp ... but I could see him "growing in office" in a very bad way
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (j+aD2)

I think he's doing a fine job as SoS. It's entirely possible that he'd be a fine President. If and when he announces his intent to run for that office, I will listen to what he has to say and weigh his history. I'm just not prepared to anoint him on the basis of his work as SoS.

For the record, I'd also want to hear the policy proposals from anyone else running as opposed to what they've done while working the The Donald.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (ExV1e)

171 149 I am torn on Marco. I like him personally, he seems sharp ... but I could see him "growing in office" in a very bad way
Posted by: Black Orchid

2028.

Staring down at the ballot in front of you.

Rubio -- or some communist dingbat like AOC.

Seriously, what is there even to talk about? Even Worst-Case-Scenario Rubio is 100,0000,000x better than any alternative they might put up.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (Av6i5)

172 151 Is “Maryland Man” (or “Maryland Dad” whatever they called him)… is he still in the country. Lefties seemed obsessed with that scumbag staying here

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 01:51 PM (geWO5)

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The Trump administration is keeping him here because they keep working to get the criminal charges against him through court. His deportation order is final, and there's no legal question about it anymore (there seems to be an open question about which country he'll go to which is unresolved, mostly because USCIS won't reveal it until they're deporting him).

The point of Maryland Man is to make an example of him...on both sides.

Plus, no one actually cares about him anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (/PKja)

173 It was reported that his visa had expired. Guess showing up at an airport did him in.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
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Visa is not always where you want to be.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)

174
Chop the H-1B program off at its ankles. Make Vivek cry.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (trSL4)

175
Does any other nation have a -lese suffix for their people? Other than the Congo?
Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo

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Senegalese off the top of my head. Sinhalese (an ethnicity, not a nationality, but).

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 01:55 PM (mmrXZ)

176 Politicians are politicians. They do what keeps them in power
If Marco is doing things which benefit the nation and US citizens I say more power to him. If not eff him. Right now on immigration he's kicking ass and taking no prisoners. Good on him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 01:56 PM (EZWVc)

177 Last I heard, the DOJ was appealing the dismissal of the trafficking charges.

The latest claim is that he offered to go to Costa Rica and they are fighting to send him wherever they choose and not a non-extradition country with porous borders and massive corruption.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:56 PM (K32Fz)

178 117 Cuba doesn't accept Cuban deportees back from the US
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Way past time to dispense with that bit of nonsense. Too bad so sad. Drop them off on the beach. Fuck these people with a rusty chainsaw.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 01:43 PM (6LG2q)

Congo is probably a safer place to go than Cuba right now, even if they do end up on the menu.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 01:57 PM (edUvp)

179 Of course... nobody is or will ever be Trump, so how much should I hold that against Rubio?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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As to who most closely approaches Trump between Rubio and Vance, I'd take DeSantis.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 01:57 PM (XvL8K)

180 Politicians are politicians. They do what keeps them in power
If Marco is doing things which benefit the nation and US citizens I say more power to him. If not eff him. Right now on immigration he's kicking ass and taking no prisoners. Good on him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 01:56 PM (EZWVc)

This.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 01:57 PM (dK+Kv)

181 Marco does not need to be a shadow to Vance. Marco's possible is a lot bigger that Vance's, and he does not pal around with the likes of Cucker and Theo Von, another failed "comedian" who thinks himself a policy kingmaker.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (g47mK)

182 Let those without singh stone the first caste.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (z9yxT)

183 Staring down at the ballot in front of you.

Rubio -- or some communist dingbat like AOC.

Seriously, what is there even to talk about? Even Worst-Case-Scenario Rubio is 100,0000,000x better than any alternative they might put up.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (Av6i5)
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Trump was a gamble. Rubio is a gamble but he might have learned from Trump. Vance, too.

But there was no contest with Clinton--or the Senator I depised the most, Biden--or Kamala--why would it?!. And as nothing can get as energized as DSA and DSA-lite candidates, it very likely won't be a contest in 28.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

184 Marco's possible coalition is what I meant to say.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (g47mK)

185 Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:50 PM (Av6i5)

He also likes putting them in a position where they have no good choice and so they make a bad one. If they didn't keep him adversarial he would handle them differently but they would end up doing things that benefit the country and that's the last thing they want.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (JunZe)

186 *lack of edit function is a minus to some of us

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (g47mK)

187 2028.

Staring down at the ballot in front of you.

Rubio -- or some communist dingbat like AOC.

Seriously, what is there even to talk about? Even Worst-Case-Scenario Rubio is 100,0000,000x better than any alternative they might put up.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (Av6i5)

1. The question isn't Rubio vs. Democrat, it's Rubio vs. other Republican.
2. Rubio has stated that he will not run against Vance. If Vance runs in 28 and Rubio suddenly decides that his fingers were crossed... well, I'd hold that against him (in the primaries) like I did when DeSantis took that tack in 2024.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

188 The first lady explained that they didn't want us breaking down and getting stuck or staying longer than we intended and somehow requiring Canada to help us out. I thought it was pretty wild, but I wasn't outraged.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 28, 2026 01:42 PM (9ZFZd)

There is no country I have had a harder time entering than Canada. The PRC was easier. The PRC didn’t search me at the border. Canada has.

Once when getting extra screening I was asked what I did for a living. When Insaid I was a USAF officer, next came “What do you do for them?” “Logistics”. Next: “What is that?” So I covered all the things I could be tasked with, including plans. Which I concluded with “I can plan out the invasion of Canada on the back of an envelope.”

Some Canadian friends asked me “I bet they were pissed!” Yeah, so pissed that I got a multiple entry visa for my trouble. Shame I couldn’t use that. (Hell, I was telling her the truth…

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (jPziU)

189
This is my biggest concern about him. He is a soldier, and willing to fight, but not the absolute killer that Trump is.

Of course... nobody is or will ever be Trump, so how much should I hold that against Rubio?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

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This (what we're commenting about) looks pretty killer to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (mmrXZ)

190 Yeah I am basically happy with what Rubio is doing now, and glad he has a sense of humor about being turned into every job on earth in that couch picture. I don't know how much of that is rubber stamping what trump appointees are handing him and how much is his idea or his initiative, but its working out well so far.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (K32Fz)

191 Does any other nation have a -lese suffix for their people? Other than the Congo?
Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo

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Senegalese off the top of my head. Sinhalese (an ethnicity, not a nationality, but).
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 01:55 PM (mmrXZ)
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Nepalese ... except native Nepalese don't like being called that. They prefer Nepali both for the nationality and the language.

And don't say they sound like an Indian accent no matter how much they do.

Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

192 the people of Ceuta are apparently in open revolt against the Moroccan invaders.

Burned some temporary housing, kind of like how the Belfast boys burned some housing of migrants up in Northern Ireland.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

That is going to prove to be the only viable solution, as no government on that side of the Atlantic will cooperate with their own people. If democrats gain some control again, the same will have to happen here.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (0U5gm)

193 184 Trump was a gamble. Rubio is a gamble but he might have learned from Trump. Vance, too.

But there was no contest with Clinton--or the Senator I depised the most, Biden--or Kamala--why would it?!. And as nothing can get as energized as DSA and DSA-lite candidates, it very likely won't be a contest in 28.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

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Negative partisanship will continue forever.

I think both Rubio and Vance can provide positive reasons to vote for themselves, and we're honestly probably going to get a ticket with both of them on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (/PKja)

194 I've been actively job hunting since January. Any time I get an unsolicited contact from a "recruiter" with an Indian name, I assume it's some kind of scam. So far, I've been right 100% of the time.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (vTZFs)

195 AOC is a likely VP to whoever clown DSA that runs Dem party will put up in 2028.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (g47mK)

196 Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

Trump was the easiest gamble in history if you listened and watched what he was saying and doing. Rubio is a mortal lock to fuck us but this is fun right now.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:00 PM (JunZe)

197 >>Remember the hoopla about Iran mining the whole strait?

Mid-Late 90s News:

"However, the US Forces have yet to come up against Iraq's Elite Republican Guard..."

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:00 PM (Shi2G)

198 Fyi, Critical Drinker did a nice video on Tremors. He said that he uses that script to show how movie scripts should be written.

https://tinyurl.com/mr87t6tt

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 28, 2026 02:00 PM (bkuEU)

199 188 2. Rubio has stated that he will not run against Vance. If Vance runs in 28 and Rubio suddenly decides that his fingers were crossed... well, I'd hold that against him (in the primaries) like I did when DeSantis took that tack in 2024.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

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Rubio and Vance are reportedly good friends in real life. They like each other.

If Rubio says he won't run against Vance, I suspect he's telling the truth.

Vance is going to walk into 2028 with Trump's and Rubio's endorsement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (/PKja)

200 193 That is going to prove to be the only viable solution, as no government on that side of the Atlantic will cooperate with their own people. If democrats gain some control again, the same will have to happen here.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (0U5gm)

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Spain's next election is no later than August of next year.

Should be interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (/PKja)

201 Rubio will not run against Vance, does not mean he will run with Vance as his "second".

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (g47mK)

202 This (what we're commenting about) looks pretty killer to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (mmrXZ)

It absolutely IS pretty killer.

It's also the Secretary of State taking an action at the direction of the President.

As best I can tell, Rubio didn't come up with this idea, he's just gleefully executing it. He gets credit for that, obviously, but the point being made about there being a question as to what Rubio will do when Rubio is the boss are fair.

I'm just someone who has answered that question to my own satisfaction on the topic of immigration.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (PGK1w)

203 Congo is probably a safer place to go than Cuba right now, even if they do end up on the menu.
Posted by: Tom Servo

If they're so worried they'll be killed if returned to their home nation, they should be stoked the US took the time and effort to find a different, 3rd nation to take them in. Truly generous of us.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (FKi1y)

204 Rubio has thrown down the gauntlet. Molon Labe!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (cWLG3)

205 The Congo is world famous for its rice exports.

They call it Congolesa Rice.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (JunZe)

206 I think both Rubio and Vance can provide positive reasons to vote for themselves, and we're honestly probably going to get a ticket with both of them on it.

I'm OK with that either way it's stacked. A couple of days ago I saw something from Ted Cruz that sounded like he was planning to run again. I (mostly) like Ted but he needs to realize that his window is closed and resolve to do the most good he can where he is.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (vTZFs)

207 And Trump will support whoever he thinks will win.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (g47mK)

208 This is exactly why Trump got my vote.

Posted by: sidney at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (Uy/WF)

209 196 AOC is a likely VP to whoever clown DSA that runs Dem party will put up in 2028.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (g47mK)

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I think Kamala will probably go with either Crockett (black girl magic and the white man screwed her over so she don't need to appeal to no white man no more) or Mark Kelly (fine...she'll try and appeal to the white man).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (/PKja)

210 Of all the three big options (Rubio, Vance, DeSantis) I like DeSantis most, because he walks the walk and has done wonders in Florida showing what a good governor can do when he just ignores the left.

However, he has all the personal charisma of a used dishrag and I think that hurts him in a national election.

Now, its possible after the bombastic chaos of "Lake America" Trump, voters will want someone a bit more calm and dull and analytical by contrast, so who knows. It could work for him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (K32Fz)

211 Trump was the easiest gamble in history if you listened and watched what he was saying and doing. Rubio is a mortal lock to fuck us but this is fun right now.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:00 PM (JunZe)

It took a little digging, but he was basically saying the same things since the '80s. That's how you could tell he believed in what he was promising.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)

212 Rubio and Vance are reportedly good friends in real life. They like each other.

If Rubio says he won't run against Vance, I suspect he's telling the truth.

Vance is going to walk into 2028 with Trump's and Rubio's endorsement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (/PKja)

In which case, I'd like to see either Rubio as VP with DeSantis as AG, or DeSantis as VP with Rubio remaining at State, depending on what works best.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (ExV1e)

213 >>Marco does not need to be a shadow to Vance. Marco's possible is a lot bigger that Vance's

I'm not a fan of JD.

But, I am also a huge McCain Hater. And Marco was a little too close to McCain and his cronies for me to be on the Marco Train until I get a very sincere apology from Marco re. Amesty.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (Shi2G)

214 33 Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his authority by issuing the policy, which "runs afoul" of the Immigration and Nationality Act by mandating "the refusal of visas to eligible applicants without any basis in law," the judge ruled.
Judge says power lies with consular officers

It's **just** amazing how many members of the Executive Branch don't have to follow the dictates of the Executive Branch.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 01:27 PM (aD4fx)

I'll bet he moved to LA and operates a bunch of taco trucks that are fronts for Tren de Aragua money laundering and human trafficking. LA "Street Vendors" are rarely given citations for operating without the numerous licenses brick-and-mortar restaurants are required to have. If fact, LA Mayor Bass recently ordered LAPD and city officials to not issue any citations or closure orders to unlicensed operators of 'street food vendors.'

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (5rh/l)

215 I don't think politicians on either side fully understand the anger the younger generations have regarding H1b visas.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (2UnvF)

216 >>>2) Water, to cool the processors until they figure out a way to make them work without generating self-melting temperatures

Most data centers now use a closed-loop cooling system. Something akin to a radiator on a car. Sure, it takes some water to initially load the system, but once it is running, the people working in the data center consume more water for their personal use than the data center's cooling system.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (8mulE)

217 Seriously, what is there even to talk about? Even Worst-Case-Scenario Rubio is 100,0000,000x better than any alternative they might put up.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 01:54 PM (Av6i5)

Yes but look at the damage that President McCain or Romney would have done to the brand for the next two decades. That shit matters. Look what traitor Bush left us with.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (JunZe)

218 >>I think Kamala will probably go with either Crockett (black girl magic and the white man screwed her over so she don't need to appeal to no white man no more) or Mark Kelly (fine...she'll try and appeal to the white man).

They won't run a woman again. They can't.
Nobody wants a female President.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Shi2G)

219 I want a good primary. Vance was an accidental VP, pushed by his very excitable Junior, and Kirk, who was not a very good judge of character, as it turns out.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (g47mK)

220 The "Maryland Man" saga is a prime example of what's wrong with the judiciary here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (2Cry5)

221 Spain's next election is no later than August of next year.

Should be interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I haven't paid attention to their parties, but is there any party running specifically on getting the invaders out? If not, the people will have to burn them out.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (0U5gm)

222 ...in the 2028 Cycle, I mean.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Shi2G)

223 196 AOC is a likely VP to whoever clown DSA that runs Dem party will put up in 2028.
Posted by: runner

She just renewed her DSA membership. That's not going to help with a national presidential run, but may help her take Schumer's seat.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (FKi1y)

224 But, I am also a huge McCain Hater. And Marco was a little too close to McCain and his cronies for me to be on the Marco Train until I get a very sincere apology from Marco re. Amesty.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (Shi2G)

Trump ended up getting along great with Lindsey Graham, even though Graham had been McCain's mini-me as long as McCain was around.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (edUvp)

225 But, I am also a huge McCain Hater.
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Who isn't?

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (JunZe)

226 By the time 2028 rolls around a lot of the heavy lifting will have been accomplished and it will be more a matter of continuing on the path that has already been established.

Trump is a one off, there will never be another like him in our lifetimes. But there doesn't need to be, at least not in the next term. Just keep the ship on course.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (viF8m)

227 213 In which case, I'd like to see either Rubio as VP with DeSantis as AG, or DeSantis as VP with Rubio remaining at State, depending on what works best.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (ExV1e)

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Rubio is good at State, and there's a very good argument that he should stay there, especially with the VP office being largely pointless.

He could be both at the same time, though. It's reportedly possible.

DeSantis as AG feels like fan-service, though. I don't think Vance has a relationship with DeSantis, and he'd probably pick some lawyer he's closer to. Dude did go to Yale.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (/PKja)

228 I think Kamala will probably go with either Crockett (black girl magic and the white man screwed her over so she don't need to appeal to no white man no more) or Mark Kelly (fine...she'll try and appeal to the white man).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (/PKja)

Kramola / Kelly is more likely , or Mr. Good Hair and AOC.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (g47mK)

229 I'm OK with that either way it's stacked. A couple of days ago I saw something from Ted Cruz that sounded like he was planning to run again. I (mostly) like Ted but he needs to realize that his window is closed and resolve to do the most good he can where he is.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (vTZFs)

Cruz should run for governor in 2030. If he does well there the window can open again.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (jPziU)

230 I'm OK with that either way it's stacked. A couple of days ago I saw something from Ted Cruz that sounded like he was planning to run again. I (mostly) like Ted but he needs to realize that his window is closed and resolve to do the most good he can where he is.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (vTZFs)

Cruz is really smart but he just can't get his head around the fact that he could never be elected to the big chair. I think that the same holds true for DeSantis, for different aspects of the same reason. DeSantis has no personality whereas Cruz actively pisses people off.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (ExV1e)

231 It wasn't just DeSantis' personal charisma, which I can take or leave (I will never be a woman).
DeSantis surrounded himself with some terrible advisors who went around pissing people off who might have been sympathetic. There's a lot of MAGA who distrust him as a result.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (88C+u)

232 219 They won't run a woman again. They can't.
Nobody wants a female President.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Shi2G)

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Someone should tell the Democrat primary electorate in South Carolina, which is now first in the nation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (/PKja)

233 Vance and Rubio were both US Senators.

Hard pass.

Same with my State's gubernatorial nominee.

Serving in that body is an automatic disqualifier, AFAIC.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (BI5O2)

234 they mostly just threw trash into the water saying they were mines while people unironically and unquestionably believed it.

Weird, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

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Did they throw trash in, or did the minesweepers find something they had to deal with, not know what it was from a distance, and log it as "mine like object."?

We may be giving them credit for "decoys" when in reality it was just the typical trash you encounter when looking for mines in a polluted gulf.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (ImuKY)

235 >>>2) Water, to cool the processors until they figure out a way to make them work without generating self-melting temperatures

Most data centers now use a closed-loop cooling system. Something akin to a radiator on a car. Sure, it takes some water to initially load the system, but once it is running, the people working in the data center consume more water for their personal use than the data center's cooling system.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (8mulE)

If you've seen these systems in operation, you'd find that claim dubious. The cooling towers absolutely are losing water to evaporation in the process of transferring heat away from the closed loop system.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)

236 219 They won't run a woman again. They can't.
Nobody wants a female President.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Shi2G)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Posted by: South Carolina at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (PGK1w)

237 They won't run a woman again. They can't.
Nobody wants a female President.

Right now that is the prevailing thought in the DNC as I see it. They ran a woman twice and they got demolished both times. They ran a white man and he won big (at least on paper). Until something major changes, I don't see them running a woman at the top of the ticket again.

And honestly I would not vote for a woman for president. Its not that a woman cannot be a good president, we've barely had any good male ones. Its that the odds are so miniscule and the historical evidence of disaster of having women in charge is so overwhelming that I am not taking that chance. I think most Americans -- women and men -- share this attitude.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (K32Fz)

238 234 Did they throw trash in, or did the minesweepers find something they had to deal with, not know what it was from a distance, and log it as "mine like object."?

We may be giving them credit for "decoys" when in reality it was just the typical trash you encounter when looking for mines in a polluted gulf.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (ImuKY)

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Fair.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (/PKja)

239 DeSantis bet that Donald Trump was done.

He bet wrong.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (JunZe)

240 There is no country I have had a harder time entering than Canada.

Same. They're jerks.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (aD4fx)

241 I don't think politicians on either side fully understand the anger the younger generations have regarding H1b visas.

Posted by: Duke Lowell

It is intense, and I hear it from every young person I encounter. They know that their dreams of a career and a house are being taken away from them, in order for some manager to get another half point on their stock ticker or another couple of grand executive bonus.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (0U5gm)

242
They won't run a woman again. They can't.
Nobody wants a female President.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Shi2G)

Not even a good female president?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (jPziU)

243 >>Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (BI5O2)

Not gonna argue with that at all.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (Shi2G)

244 I still think Cruz would be a fine Supreme Court Justice.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (88C+u)

245 Congo is probably a safer place to go than Cuba right now, even if they do end up on the menu.
Posted by: Tom Servo

If they're so worried they'll be killed if returned to their home nation, they should be stoked the US took the time and effort to find a different, 3rd nation to take them in. Truly generous of us.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (FKi1y)
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There are two Congos. The DRC is one of the worst places on Earth. Ebola, crime, warlords, drugs, communist revolutionaries, kidnaping, and AWFuLs in pink shirts supporting child murderers.

Level 4 travel advisory -- "don't fucking go!" -- and I don't think the USA allows direct flights back from there even for US citizens. Even US citizens are required to stay in another country for weeks before coming back to the USA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

246 We may be giving them credit for "decoys" when in reality it was just the typical trash you encounter when looking for mines in a polluted gulf.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (ImuKY)

We also would have accepted: "They're just retarded, sir."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:08 PM (PGK1w)

247 She just renewed her DSA membership. That's not going to help with a national presidential run, but may help her take Schumer's seat.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (FKi1y)

maybe; or they may make a deal, he supports her for VP and she leaves him alone in Senate seat

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:08 PM (g47mK)

248 >>Posted by: South Carolina at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (PGK1w)

One Primary State doesn't matter.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:08 PM (Shi2G)

249 Sheesh... compared to Rubio, what the heck did Condoleeza Rice accomplish?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (cWLG3)

250 If you've seen these systems in operation, you'd find that claim dubious. The cooling towers absolutely are losing water to evaporation in the process of transferring heat away from the closed loop system.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

And if they rely on grid power, the power plants use evaporative towers, Not insurmountable but ground loop cooling systems should be required by any local zoning for datacenters and no evaporative cooling transference.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

251 I still think Cruz would be a fine Supreme Court Justice.

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not out of the question

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (g47mK)

252 The 2028 primaries on both sides are going to be amazing. The Republicans have several MAGA-style possibilities, and the Establishment is going to try and regain control of the party (through a candidate or corrupting the process/MAGA candidates).

The Dems, well...it'll be a shit show of incompetents and special interest candidates.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (FKi1y)

253 >>Not even a good female president?

What...

like a smart Blonde?

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (Shi2G)

254 A couple of days ago I saw something from Ted Cruz that sounded like he was planning to run again.

My esteem of Ted Cruz has diminished greatly over time and the stupid stuff he says. I wouldn't mind him in some administrative role like Attorney General but not anything else.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (K32Fz)

255
248 >>Posted by: South Carolina at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (PGK1w)

One Primary State doesn't matter.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:08 PM (Shi2G)

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When it's first, when it's the voice of the black vote, and when the black vote is overrepresented in Democrat politics in general...yes, it does.

Every winner of SC in the Democrat primary has won the nomination for decades.

They weren't going to go with Biden because he was stupid and old and needed to appeal to the young.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (/PKja)

256
I assume foreign criminals and scumbags don't last long in Congolese jungles or Liberian death camps. So sad.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Congo looked damned dismal in that tweet. Now those foreign invaders get to live in the hell they wanted to create for us.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)

257 Posted by: South Carolina at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (PGK1w)

One Primary State doesn't matter.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:08 PM (Shi2G)

She's going to win 100% of the delegates in SC, and a majority of them in NV.

Harris will be the nominee.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (PGK1w)

258 Saying you're a McCain hater during his funeral is low class

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (EZWVc)

259 It's not gonna be Kamala unless the fix is all the way in. Then it can be anyone they want.

If they need someone to compete and win forget Kamala.

Democrats don't choose their own candidate and haven't for quite some time. The whole point of being a Democrat is doing what the Party tells you to do and it not matrering anyway.

And when it's not Kamala I hope those who guaranteed it will be won't say that no one saw "blah" coming. We're gonna get blah. Good and hard.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (JunZe)

260 DeSantis as AG feels like fan-service, though. I don't think Vance has a relationship with DeSantis, and he'd probably pick some lawyer he's closer to. Dude did go to Yale.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (/PKja)

Fans like to be serviced.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (ExV1e)

261 Here is an idea! Let's get through 2026 first! I hear Texas a bit wobbly....

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (g47mK)

262 252 The 2028 primaries on both sides are going to be amazing. The Republicans have several MAGA-style possibilities, and the Establishment is going to try and regain control of the party (through a candidate or corrupting the process/MAGA candidates).

The Dems, well...it'll be a shit show of incompetents and special interest candidates.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (FKi1y)

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The GOP primary is going to be as exciting as the 2024 primary. Probably less so.

The Democrat primary is going to be a series of "Not-Kamalas" until Kamala just wins everything anyway. That should be fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (/PKja)

263
A couple of days ago I saw something from Ted Cruz that sounded like he was planning to run again.

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He left the door open to it on Sean Hannity last night.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:11 PM (mmrXZ)

264 If you've seen these systems in operation, you'd find that claim dubious. The cooling towers absolutely are losing water to evaporation in the process of transferring heat away from the closed loop system.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)

Cooling towers do use a lot of water, but they are old tech and they are no longer in use in most data centers. Look into chillers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiller

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:11 PM (8mulE)

265 257 She's going to win 100% of the delegates in SC, and a majority of them in NV.

Harris will be the nominee.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (PGK1w)

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And at least half in Michigan (#3 in the calendar).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:11 PM (/PKja)

266 And if they rely on grid power, the power plants use evaporative towers, Not insurmountable but ground loop cooling systems should be required by any local zoning for datacenters and no evaporative cooling transference.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

The massive fans for the water to air radiators would consume additional power and real estate, too. That's likely why the water-water heat exchanger is the preferred cooling method.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:11 PM (dK+Kv)

267 210 196 AOC is a likely VP to whoever clown DSA that runs Dem party will put up in 2028.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 01:59 PM (g47mK)

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I think Kamala will probably go with either Crockett (black girl magic and the white man screwed her over so she don't need to appeal to no white man no more) or Mark Kelly (fine...she'll try and appeal to the white man).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (/PKja)

Mark Kelly /spit/ may be the VP pick by any Democrat in '28. He checks all the boxes the POTUS nominee will not. Male. Military veteran. Bravery and derring-do (astronaut). Sticks by his brain-damaged wife, who was targeted by a right-wing nutter (false but they will sell it that way). White. I'm sure the DNC will concoct several more attributes for him that are focus-group tested and confirmed to comfort non-crazy voters.

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 02:12 PM (5rh/l)

268 >>Every winner of SC in the Democrat primary has won the nomination for decades.

Moving it to the first Primary is the necessary step in stopping that.

That's why they did it.

Things change.
Remember what happened to Bernie.
Remember how Joe Biden got the nomination...
they WANT to end that.
Moving it to the first Primary of the season was done to allow the Party to crab on the SC result, imo.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:12 PM (Shi2G)

269 The massive fans for the water to air radiators would consume additional power and real estate, too. That's likely why the water-water heat exchanger is the preferred cooling method.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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True.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:12 PM (E4rtv)

270 Nobody wants a female President.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Shi2G)

I want Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (HwKLm)

271 If Kamala runs (very likely) and becomes their nominee...I don't know how Vance would be the R nominee...

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (g47mK)

272 I don't think politicians on either side fully understand the anger the younger generations have regarding H1b visas.

I'm fully 29, and retired, and H1b pissed me way the fuck off back when I was working. Offshoring also. And then upper management would tell us about how big their bonuses were and how they got to fly around on corporate jets.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)

273 >>Harris will be the nominee.

Sometimes, I really wish this was a Betting/Gambling Site.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (Shi2G)

274 Congo is probably a safer place to go than Cuba right now, even if they do end up on the menu.
Posted by: Tom Servo

If they're so worried they'll be killed if returned to their home nation, they should be stoked the US took the time and effort to find a different, 3rd nation to take them in. Truly generous of us.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 02:01 PM (FKi1y)
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It's straight-up Thunderdome only more mutants. Which is a shame, because the natural country is beautiful. The country once had a pretty good tourist industry, mostly catering to safaris for white Euros. Then, much like happened in South Africa, the country was turned over to racist black lunatics with machetes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (iFTx/)

275 Not sure there's going to be too many GOPe types around by the time the 2028 primaries come around
By the same token the Dem old timers will have died out or been taken out by DSA types.
2028 will be MAGA v DSA

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (EZWVc)

276 268 Moving it to the first Primary is the necessary step in stopping that.

That's why they did it.

Things change.
Remember what happened to Bernie.
Remember how Joe Biden got the nomination...
they WANT to end that.
Moving it to the first Primary of the season was done to allow the Party to crab on the SC result, imo.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:12 PM (Shi2G)

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No...pushing it back would be the counter to it.

SC was in open revolt at the very idea that it would get pushed back at all and not be the new first (NH's primary is in like April now).

You don't give Kamala 100% of the SC delegates from SC and then expect her to lose steam.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (/PKja)

277 Vance would need to perform as well as Trump with at least women (don't think so), and Hispanics (really don't think so).

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (g47mK)

278 >>If Kamala runs (very likely) and becomes their nominee...I don't know how Vance would be the R nominee...

Why?

She could be the worst presidential candidate since the last time she ran.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (viF8m)

279 In which case, I'd like to see either Rubio as VP with DeSantis as AG, or DeSantis as VP with Rubio remaining at State, depending on what works best.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (ExV1e)

I take the same position as Trump has in recent statements - it's way too early to be worrying about 28', get this years elections over with first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (edUvp)

280 I still think Cruz would be a fine Supreme Court Justice.

Probably. He's smart, he seems to have at least some respect for the Constitution, and he'd be able to piss people off with his opinions without it affecting his future.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)

281 Mark Kelly /spit/ may be the VP pick by any Democrat in '28. He checks all the boxes the POTUS nominee will not. Male. Military veteran. Bravery and derring-do (astronaut). Sticks by his brain-damaged wife, who was targeted by a right-wing nutter (false but they will sell it that way). White. I'm sure the DNC will concoct several more attributes for him that are focus-group tested and confirmed to comfort non-crazy voters.
Posted by: Gref
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No one votes for VPs anymore, you might lose votes by picking an POS but you don't gain votes that way. They are mainly a way to balance tickets for political insiders than for voters.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)

282 >>I want Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (HwKLm)

Well, at this point you are basically a Frenchman.

...so.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (Shi2G)

283 273 >>Harris will be the nominee.

Sometimes, I really wish this was a Betting/Gambling Site.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (Shi2G)

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I already put my money on her at PredictIt.

Should make a few thousand when she wins. Hell, my bet will 5x its size when she just announces.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:15 PM (/PKja)

284 *I read minds, that is why I answer questions before they are asked

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:15 PM (g47mK)

285 Harris will be the nominee.
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We don't know about that....

Posted by: Superdelegates of the Democratic Party at August 28, 2026 02:15 PM (Fi81e)

286 279 In which case, I'd like to see either Rubio as VP with DeSantis as AG, or DeSantis as VP with Rubio remaining at State, depending on what works best.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:02 PM (ExV1e)

I take the same position as Trump has in recent statements - it's way too early to be worrying about 28', get this years elections over with first.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Part of the invisible primary for 2028 is to see which potential candidates do as GOP surrogates in competitive races.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:15 PM (E4rtv)

287 Sheesh... compared to Rubio, what the heck did Condoleeza Rice accomplish?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 02:09 PM (cWLG3)

Different Presidents. What did she want to accomplish that W shot down and we never heard about. Probably nothing but we just don't know.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (ExV1e)

288 Mark Kelly /spit/ may be the VP pick by any Democrat in '28. He checks all the boxes the POTUS nominee will not. Male. Military veteran. Bravery and derring-do (astronaut). Sticks by his brain-damaged wife, who was targeted by a right-wing nutter (false but they will sell it that way). White. I'm sure the DNC will concoct several more attributes for him that are focus-group tested and confirmed to comfort non-crazy voters.
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 02:12 PM (5rh/l)

But he's gonna run for the top of the ticket...he may not want VP on a losing ticket...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (tOcjL)

289 Cooling towers do use a lot of water, but they are old tech and they are no longer in use in most data centers. Look into chillers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiller

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:11 PM (8mulE)

Sure, but you're ultimately rejecting all that processor heat to some medium, whether that is directly to the air, to some body of water, or via an evaporative cooler.

The data center that took over an old lumber mill site near here still uses evaporative coolers, although smaller modular units. They specifically cited the cites easy water availability and cheap power (along with established industrial power distribution) in their PRs as reasons why the site made economic sense. The site conversion is less than about five years old.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

290 285 Harris will be the nominee.
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We don't know about that....

Posted by: Superdelegates of the Democratic Party at August 28, 2026 02:15 PM (Fi81e)

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This idea is more than a decade out of date.

The superdelegates lost their power on the first ballot after 2016. It was a cop to Bernie's supporters.

They can vote as they want on the second ballot at the convention, but on the first ballot they have to vote with the voters of their state in the primaries.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (/PKja)

291
And honestly I would not vote for a woman for president. Its not that a woman cannot be a good president, we've barely had any good male ones. Its that the odds are so miniscule and the historical evidence of disaster of having women in charge is so overwhelming that I am not taking that chance. I think most Americans -- women and men -- share this attitude.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (mmrXZ)

292 *I read minds, that is why I answer questions before they are asked
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:15 PM (g47mK)
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I just wanted to get this in: nothing is going to happen.

Posted by: The Guy Who Says Nothing Is Going to Happen at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)

293 Can we get through 2026 before we start arguing over 2028?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

294 We need a national program to send data centers, the indian IT workers, and the tech bros all up to Greenland or the arctic. Send a big power cable and fiber bundle up there and let them have at it.

Naturally cool environment -- it will save a lot of money.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (ImuKY)

295 Vance will grab the "coveted" Woke Reich vote (3-6). Ok. great. And the given 39% who will vote Rpublican. That will not be enough. That is Romney city.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (g47mK)

296 293 Can we get through 2026 before we start arguing over 2028?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

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Bruh.

We've been arguing about 2028 since like November of 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (/PKja)

297 I would have voted for Condi Rice had she been the R nominee.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (W2Pud)

298 277 Vance would need to perform as well as Trump with at least women (don't think so), and Hispanics (really don't think so).
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (g47mK)

Vance would be better than Trump with women...almost any R candidate is. Trump won with the men vote coming hard and heavy for him...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (tOcjL)

299 The H1-B visa program, at least for tech workers, has always been a complete scam. I know this for a fact. While working for Merrill Lynch as a software developer I stupidly took a "promotion" to a higher-paying no-coding "management" position, and all it turned out to be was implementing the replacement of local nyc devs for Indian devs from an Indian "consulting" corporation named Tata Consultancy Services. There was no skill issue with the local workers. In fact the Indian replacements, who I had to tech out over the phone from India, did really stupid things like having the same guy named "John" take my interview while pretending he was different people. They used to even attempt to change their voice and expected me not to notice. It was a joke, a joke that I complained to management about and was told basically to ignore. I only lasted a couple of weeks before I got out of there and took a lower-paying job coding job.

Posted by: front toward enemy at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (TIizU)

300 295 Vance will grab the "coveted" Woke Reich vote (3-6). Ok. great. And the given 39% who will vote Rpublican. That will not be enough. That is Romney city.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (g47mK)

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The whole "Vance is in thrall to the woke right" thing is an online only phenomenon that won't go anywhere because it's all implication about, like, having Tucker's son on staff for a year and not much else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (/PKja)

301 As best I can tell, Rubio didn't come up with this idea, he's just gleefully executing it. He gets credit for that, obviously, but the point being made about there being a question as to what Rubio will do when Rubio is the boss are fair.

I'm just someone who has answered that question to my own satisfaction on the topic of immigration.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August

I am going to say this is not how it all works. They bring ideas to the President, or the President says “this is the goal, come tell me how to get there”. It is not Trump coming up with each and every thing and barking orders. That isn’t how CEOs operate, and Trump is still very much a CEO.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

302 Here is an idea! Let's get through 2026 first! I hear Texas a bit wobbly....
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:10 PM (g47mK)

Yeah. Those of us in Texas hear that every day. Every day we tell you that it isn't and then we get told that we're delusional.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

303 > Can we get through 2026 before we start arguing over 2028?
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LOL

No.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (2Cry5)

304 139 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (mBinc)

That's a shame. *munches a funyun*

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (88C+u)

305 I just wanted to get this in: nothing is going to happen.
Posted by: The Guy Who Says Nothing Is Going to Happen at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)

I knew you were going to say that!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (g47mK)

306 The real issue that everyone dances around with 2028 is that the Dems have no reasonable or sane candidates with even a possibility of being nominated.

They might as well nominate Der Oysterfuhrer, he'd do as well as any of the others would.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (edUvp)

307 Democrats are sheep. Democrats rig everything they can.

The media will pick whoever the DNC tells them to pick.

The D nominee is not gonna selected by something as antiquated as voting.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (JunZe)

308 302
Yeah. Those of us in Texas hear that every day. Every day we tell you that it isn't and then we get told that we're delusional.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

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Trump+14 state that hasn't elected a Democrat to statewide office in literally decades is going to not elect Paxton, who already holds statewide office, to a statewide office because Talarico said he loves trans-kids and hates Christianity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (/PKja)

309 So the Trump Administration goes to Plan B: Stop all immigrant visas

I could get used to Plan B.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (6VEkT)

310 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (mmrXZ)

The American equivalent to Margaret Thatcher.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (jPziU)

311 If Kamala runs (very likely) and becomes their nominee...I don't know how Vance would be the R nominee...
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:13 PM (g47mK)

By getting more votes in the primary? Are you basing your vote on who the Dems appear to be choosing?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (ExV1e)

312 I think the current priority on data centers is all about facilities. They want them up fast, so they need to power, water, zoning, roads already in place.

This is kind of understandable -- they have to make their returns before the bubble pops or the investors wise up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:20 PM (ImuKY)

313 225 But, I am also a huge McCain Hater.
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Who isn't?
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:05 PM (JunZe)

The Funeral is still going on, HOW DARE YOU

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 02:20 PM (mBinc)

314 Yeah. Those of us in Texas hear that every day. Every day we tell you that it isn't and then we get told that we're delusional.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah - this has all the hallmarks of an online/media op just like the one exposed as pushing the anti Data Center narrative.

The theory is that if everyone repeats and prints something that is obviously false over and over, then it will magically become true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (edUvp)

315 Canada is winning!

The Globe and Mail
@globeandmail
Canada’s tough response to Trump’s trade war is winning fans in China

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (ndZc7)

316 Can we get through 2026 before we start arguing over 2028?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

Signs point to no. -- Magic 8 Ball

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (ExV1e)

317 >>Vance would be better than Trump with women...almost any R candidate is. Trump won with the men vote coming hard and heavy for him...

Trump actually did pretty well with women despite the dire predictions. He got around 45% in 2024 which was up from 2020.

I mean he won every swing state and the popular vote. That wasn't all men.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (viF8m)

318 If my recollection is correct , Milo would enjoy being deported to the Congo. IYKWIM

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (EZWVc)

319 314 The theory is that if everyone repeats and prints something that is obviously false over and over, then it will magically become true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (edUvp)

========

"Well, I guess the electorate shifted 10 points in a week."
-late September/early October

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (/PKja)

320 The D nominee is not gonna selected by something as antiquated as voting.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (JunZe)
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Good thing, because it could mean an End to Our Democracy!

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e)

321 Trump was in Huston yesterday. Boosting Paxton. How much did they raise ?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:22 PM (g47mK)

322 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (mmrXZ)

I thought Tulsi has "it" but I'm not sure she would be with us. I don't see anyone else who could withstand the storm.

That said my father insisted the same as you're saying but like 40 years ago. You may both yet be right.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:22 PM (JunZe)

323 Trump+14 state that hasn't elected a Democrat to statewide office in literally decades is going to not elect Paxton, who already holds statewide office, to a statewide office because Talarico said he loves trans-kids and hates Christianity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:19 PM (/PKja)

Islamic mystics are crucial to his “faith journey”.
America is not a Christian nation for if we were we’d forgive all students loans and have “free” medical care.

Yeah. This goes down well in TX HD 50. Not the rest of the state.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 02:22 PM (jPziU)

324 Vance will grab the "coveted" Woke Reich vote (3-6). Ok. great. And the given 39% who will vote Rpublican. That will not be enough. That is Romney city.
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (g47mK)

Well... we're fucked. May as well learn the words to L'Internationale.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:22 PM (ExV1e)

325 If my recollection is correct , Milo would enjoy being deported to the Congo. IYKWIM

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (EZWVc)
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Unless he's since recanted recently, he's ex-gay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:22 PM (Fi81e)

326 304 139 LOOOOL Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE at the Airport.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 01:49 PM (mBinc)

That's a shame. *munches a funyun*
Posted by: 88C+u

The story has Milo being picked up in New Orleans where coincidentally Kanye West is playing. Suspected that Milo was trying to meet him. If I was MTG, I would quit thinking third party grift in 2028 and more moving to Costa Rico. He ass is hanging out over Milo being a former stealth employee to do shit for her.

Guy is one vile and damaged soul.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

327 325 If my recollection is correct , Milo would enjoy being deported to the Congo. IYKWIM

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (EZWVc)
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Unless he's since recanted recently, he's ex-gay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:22 PM (Fi81e)

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Did he manage to unsuck some dicks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (/PKja)

328 @316 Magic 8 ball . So you're saying the Dem nominee will be Hunter Biden

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (EZWVc)

329
Maybe Congo Man can build a new, advanced civilization over there.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta

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Well, he's now among people who literally flew at one time, so there's no telling how far they can go.

But srsly, I really wonder what Senor Cuba's new keepers think of him. MAN, I would not want to be some non-belonger rapist-age single male at the mercy of the Congolese.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (mmrXZ)

330 Trump is still in Texas. He's over at the Space Center right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (viF8m)

331 Me: NEXT!
Posted by: fd

You need a button and trap door.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 01:41 PM

Immigrant: I'm not dead, just horribly horribly injured.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (4NO2D)

332 >>Democrats are sheep. Democrats rig everything they can.

The media will pick whoever the DNC tells them to pick.

>>The D nominee is not gonna selected by something as antiquated as voting.

This. 1000x. This.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (Shi2G)

333 I don't know how Vance would be the R nominee...

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Safety Vance!

https://tinyurl.com/yk74tsjv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (ndZc7)

334 Unless he's since recanted recently, he's ex-gay.
Posted by: Axeman

Well, he pretty much resumed doing drugs, hanging out with sketchy people, and doing shit work for a bunch of political patrons. So that too was probably a lie.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

335 Sure, but you're ultimately rejecting all that processor heat to some medium, whether that is directly to the air, to some body of water, or via an evaporative cooler.
The data center that took over an old lumber mill site near here still uses evaporative coolers, although smaller modular units. They specifically cited the cites easy water availability and cheap power (along with established industrial power distribution) in their PRs as reasons why the site made economic sense. The site conversion is less than about five years old.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

Ok, I'll grant you that if you have water in abundance, it might make economic sense to use a lot of water. But, you don't have to. If you are in a location where water is a scarcity, or even if the local authorities want to treat it like it is scarce when it may not be, a closed loop system is definitely doable. Data centers don't *need* to use a lot of water in order to operate.

And, yes, the heat has to go somewhere. But, dispersing it into the outside air works nicely.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (8mulE)

336 The Globe and Mail
@globeandmail
Canada’s tough response to Trump’s trade war is winning fans in China
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (ndZc7)

Wow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (VJ0w/)

337 Its that the odds are so miniscule and the historical evidence of disaster of having women in charge is so overwhelming that I am not taking that chance.

The problem with a woman as supreme leader is that all the other countries with chauvinist men as leaders assume that a woman as leader will be weak and compliant, so in order to not have her country be steamrolled, she has to be more vicious at slapping down threats, and then she gets accused of being crazy hormonal and unusually evil by guys who routinely murder their political opponents.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (vJrRc)

338 Rubio tried to ban visas for citizens of countries who tend to abuse our welfare system.

***********

It's not a handout...

Old: It's a hand up!

New: It's a "hand it over"!

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:25 PM (qgHp7)

339 It's not a handout...

Old: It's a hand up!

New: It's a "hand it over"!

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:25 PM (qgHp7)

In Islamic countries it's a hand off

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:25 PM (JunZe)

340
I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (mmrXZ)

The American equivalent to Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Cow Demon

=================

Yes. An Iron Lady.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:26 PM (mmrXZ)

341 Well, he pretty much resumed doing drugs, hanging out with sketchy people, and doing shit work for a bunch of political patrons. So that too was probably a lie.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)
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I wasn't tracking him. I just knew the last time he was being talked about, he repudiated his gay lifestyle.

Sounds like anything for attention.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:26 PM (Fi81e)

342 I mean he won every swing state and the popular vote. That wasn't all men.

Yeah but that "grab them by the pussy" comment cost him (as unreasonable as the reaction was), and Vance doesn't have anything like that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:26 PM (K32Fz)

343 The Argentines grabbed the Falklands because they didn't think Thatcher had the stones to fight. Wrong
Thatcher was one of a kind however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (EZWVc)

344 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:16 PM (mmrXZ)
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Don't be so sure about that!

- Levine for America 2028 -

Posted by: Rachael Levine at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (Fi81e)

345 Vance would be better than Trump with women...almost any R candidate is. Trump won with the men vote coming hard and heavy for him...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 02:17 PM (tOcjL)

I missed that . And, no. Vance does terrible with the womens folks. SOrry to burst your bubble. And men...well are we talking about blue c? they will go back to Ds. And he will be left with the Romney "coalition".

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (g47mK)

346 Told you so.

>>@Donuncutschweiz
Translated from German
‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦New video footage has emerged of the US-organized Maidan coup.

>>February 2014, Maidan Square: John McCain films the protests and stands next to Geoffrey Pyatt, the US Ambassador to Ukraine. Behind him stands Victoria Nuland.

>>All of them relish their role in the ousting of the democratically elected Ukrainian President Yanukovych.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (viF8m)

347 Patrice Lumba, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (XeU6L)

348 Magic 8 ball . So you're saying the Dem nominee will be Hunter Biden
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:23 PM (EZWVc)

No, I'm saying that you won't get through 2026 before you start arguing about 2028. -- Magic 8 Ball

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

349 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.

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So Sophie Cunningham?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:28 PM (ndZc7)

350 *Lumumba, dammit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 02:28 PM (XeU6L)

351 It's not a handout...

Old: It's a hand up!

New: It's a "hand it over"!

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:25 PM (qgHp7)

In Islamic countries it's a hand off
Posted by: ...

Madge from Palmolive had a hand job.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:28 PM (VJ0w/)

352 Can we get through 2026 before we start arguing over 2028?
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LOL

No.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
___________

What difference is 26 really going to make, absent the very unlikely outcome of a non-GOPe majority in the house and senate? It's not like the current congress has done much of anything to help Trump's agenda.

24/7 impeachment theater and the dems letting their freak flag fly - all the while with a veto and impeachment proof numbers in the senate - may actually help us for 28.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 02:28 PM (XvL8K)

353 328 @316 Magic 8 ball . So you're saying the Dem nominee will be Hunter Biden
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28,

Sadly, he would be a much smarter candidate than Kamala. He would be able to debate.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 02:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

354 There is something about Tulsi. Don't know what her plans are but holy crap. I hate that she's not one of us because she would be my pick if she was. And I have never particularly liked her.

Some people just have "it". Her biggest problem is she is basically anthropomorphic CIA.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:29 PM (JunZe)

355 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.
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I'd settle for a Margaret Thatcher.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)

356 I missed that . And, no. Vance does terrible with the womens folks. SOrry to burst your bubble. And men...well are we talking about blue c? they will go back to Ds. And he will be left with the Romney "coalition".
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:27 PM (g47mK)

So, which campaign are you working for?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 02:29 PM (ExV1e)

357
The problem with a woman as supreme leader is that all the other countries with chauvinist men as leaders assume that a woman as leader will be weak and compliant, so in order to not have her country be steamrolled, she has to be more vicious at slapping down threats, and then she gets accused of being crazy hormonal and unusually evil by guys who routinely murder their political opponents.

Posted by: FeatherBlade

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Or instead of that convoluted Rube Goldberg scheme, she could announce firm policies and stand by her word. Done.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:29 PM (mmrXZ)

358 I'm pretty sure Congress mandates that immigrants are to be denied if they are a possible public support risk.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (DbmIv)

359 Madge from Palmolive had a hand job.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:28 PM (VJ0w/)
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Hand job
Hand job
Hand job
Doin' that crazy hand job.

Posted by: Rachael Levine at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

360 I wasn't tracking him. I just knew the last time he was being talked about, he repudiated his gay lifestyle.

Sounds like anything for attention.
Posted by: Axeman

Stories were around when he was doing stealth work for MTG and she and other House members like Massie were doing their version of the GOP resistance.

Unhinged types that are on the periphery of politics are often used for political scutwork and then disposed of when they become an embarrassment or no longer useful. I think Milo falls into that category as even his attempts to climb aboard team Candace Ovens floundered when all his past texts to others about her being a scummy scam artist came to view.

I think he has burned every 'friend' he has now and him being shipped back to the UK means probably finis in his stint in US politics.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)

361 355 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.
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I'd settle for a Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)

I'm still holding out hope for Sara Palin.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (8mulE)

362 The whole "Vance is in thrall to the woke right" thing is an online only phenomenon that won't go anywhere because it's all implication about, like, having Tucker's son on staff for a year and not much else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:18 PM (/PKja)

I've seen Vance do a couple of own goals when he tries to remind everyone he went to Yale and launches into some esoteric intellectual exposition that nobody gets and many misinterpret. For example, when he said Milton Friedman was obsolete now. If you worked to get his point, you could kind of understand it, but not many people did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (edUvp)

363 I would have voted for Condi Rice had she been the R nominee.

I might be able to find a counterexample if I looked hard enough but my default rule for voting in the general is

any R > any D

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (vTZFs)

364 - Levine for America 2028 -
Posted by: Rachael Levine
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Well, I mean, Admiral Levine has military experience, right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (XeU6L)

365 Or instead of that convoluted Rube Goldberg scheme, she could announce firm policies and stand by her word. Done.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

... okay I'm confused. What Rube Goldberg scheme?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (vJrRc)

366 Vance doesn't have anything like that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:26 PM (K32Fz)

Well number 1 you don't know that and number 2 they just make it up.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (JunZe)

367 The problem with a woman as supreme leader is that all the other countries with chauvinist men as leaders assume that a woman as leader will be weak and compliant

Posted by: FeatherBlade

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And yet it was the progressives in England who talked about living in "Fascist England" under Thatcher.

Posted by: Rachael Levine at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

368 I just saw that Florida banned this

BREAKING: Florida becomes the first state to block welfare cash from being spent on tattoos, theme park tickets, video games, vapes, & other non-essential purchases.

HOW JUST HOW and it really explains Carnival Cruise Lines downfall

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (mBinc)

369 Yes. An Iron Lady.

McMahon has the Iron Lady look, but I just see her in D of Ed posts. I like Tulsi as a "Golden Age" President.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (6VEkT)

370 Can we get through 2026 before we start arguing over 2028?
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LOL

No.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

It's not the Moron way.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (ndZc7)

371 If the GOP does not hold the House and Senate spending will be out of control and that will balloon the deficit.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (wGerL)

372 '26 doesn't matter. The legislature doesn't matter. Worry about '28. Presidents don't even matter much these days. But still, the Presidency = 10x the entire legislature.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)

373 >>BREAKING: Florida becomes the first state to block welfare cash from being spent on tattoos, theme park tickets, video games, vapes, & other non-essential purchases.

What this means is that 49 states do all welfare to be spent on tats, theme park tickets, video games, vapes and other non-essential purchases.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (viF8m)

374 And, yes, the heat has to go somewhere. But, dispersing it into the outside air works nicely.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (8mulE)

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The problem is getting it from the chip to the outside air.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (DbmIv)

375 It's not the Moron way.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (ndZc7)
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It would be like settling for crossbows when you can have long bows.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

376 354 There is something about Tulsi. Don't know what her plans are but holy crap. I hate that she's not one of us because she would be my pick if she was. And I have never particularly liked her.

Some people just have "it". Her biggest problem is she is basically anthropomorphic CIA.
Posted by: ...

Eh, we are in the stage where heritage Americans and their views are not really relevant here. Basically empires end up with the inner Praetorian Guard and wealthy donors calling the shots.

I think most of our politics since the Cold War has been shadows on the wall for the public and only the inner circles of the ruling class knowing a little of what is going on.

When a change agent like Trump shows up (as it did when you got a few competent emperors trying to address internal issues in Rome or the Byzantine Empire), the whole rotten insiders to the system revolt.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

377 It would be like settling for crossbows when you can have long bows.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

Surely you mean settling for long bows when you can have crossbows.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:35 PM (JunZe)

378
The Globe and Mail
@globeandmail
Canada’s tough response to Trump’s trade war is winning fans in China
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:21 PM (ndZc7)

Canada talking tough to the US is like the old Mouse Fucking An Elephant joke

"TAKE IT AAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL, BITCH!!!!!!"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 28, 2026 02:35 PM (y9nCu)

379 I predict the first female president will be Republican, and she'll be great.
------

I'd settle for a Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Catherine the Great and a stable of stallions?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:35 PM (ndZc7)

380 374 And, yes, the heat has to go somewhere. But, dispersing it into the outside air works nicely.
Posted by: No Name Today

Air is actually a shitty way to do it which is why it requires fans to disperse it. There is a reason dead air space is a pretty decent insulator.

Solids or liquids of the right sort are far better.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (E4rtv)

381 Well number 1 you don't know that and number 2 they just make it up

Well for one thing, did it surprise anyone to find out that Trump would say something like that in private?

Would it surprise you to find out that Vance did?

These are different men with different flaws.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (K32Fz)

382 Nood is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (NcvvS)

383 The problem with a woman as supreme leader is that all the other countries with chauvinist men as leaders assume that a woman as leader will be weak and compliant, so in order to not have her country be steamrolled, she has to be more vicious at slapping down threats, and then she gets accused of being crazy hormonal and unusually evil by guys who routinely murder their political opponents.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 02:24 PM (vJrRc)

Take the time to read Charles Moore’s bio of Margaret Thatcher.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (jPziU)

384 Tulsi's problem politically is that she's popular online, but she has no real constituency - there's not a single state she could rely on as a base of support in any national election, certainly not Hawaii. People in that position make good cabinet appointments, but almost never find electoral opportunities.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (edUvp)

385 These are different men with different flaws.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (K32Fz)

Point is they can figure out a way to turn women in particular off to someone. They have teams of people to do just that.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (JunZe)

386 Well for one thing, did it surprise anyone to find out that Trump would say something like that in private?

Would it surprise you to find out that Vance did?

These are different men with different flaws.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (K32Fz)

Vance is a Lance Corporal of Marines.

He has ABSOLUTELY said things like that in private.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (PGK1w)

387 Take the time to read Charles Moore’s bio of Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Thatcher's advantage was that UK had a parliamentary system. She was in effect elected by her colleagues, not the public. She got her advantage though and ran with it when she could have ended up like poor Liz Truss.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

388 380 374 And, yes, the heat has to go somewhere. But, dispersing it into the outside air works nicely.
Posted by: No Name Today

Air is actually a shitty way to do it which is why it requires fans to disperse it. There is a reason dead air space is a pretty decent insulator.

Solids or liquids of the right sort are far better.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (E4rtv)

Chillers work by running water pipes to inside CRAH units that direct the indoor hot air over the pipes, cooling the air. The pipes return to the chillers outside, where air is used again to take the excess heat.

I compared it earlier to a radiator in a car and it is very much like that.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (8mulE)

389 Canada’s tough response to Trump’s trade war is winning fans in China

LOL the trade clash is over Canada buying Chinese steel we are tariffing massively, then selling it to the USA disguised as Canadian. So China is fond of Canada in this? LOL what a shocker

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (K32Fz)

390 Point is they can figure out a way to turn women in particular off to someone. They have teams of people to do just that.

Yeah but there's "Binders full of women" slur that women roll their eyes at but repeat for political effect, and "HOW DARE HE???" that genuinely enrages women.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (K32Fz)

391 Problem with a woman leader?
When, in all of history, has a conqueror killed the wimmens?
And why not? Because they'd rather roll over.

Posted by: MkY at August 28, 2026 03:23 PM (q6tQZ)

392 Does any other nation have a -lese suffix for their people? Other than the Congo?
Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo at August 28, 2026 01:47 PM (JM9I6)

Sinhalese: you need a name that ends in a vowel.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (/MsWN)

X Safety Team: We Have Uncovered 200,000 Bots and Fake Accounts Created by Chinese Intelligence to Propagandize Against Data Farms

...so that China can win the AI race because the US just quit it.

Global Government Affairs
@GlobalAffairs

The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations:
We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy.
These posts contained claims that AI data centers are driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid. Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public's expense.
We remain committed to maintaining an open and authentic platform where people debate topics of public interest. We take seriously any attempts to undermine the integrity of the global town square and suspend accounts that violate our Authenticity policy.

AG
@AGHamilton29
Keep this in mind when you see posts with tens of thousands of likes that happen to fit with the information war positions of certain adversaries.
You think this is the only CCP bot farm? Any idea how many Iranian/Pakistani/Russian active bot farms currently exist on here and other platforms?

ZitoSalena
@ZitoSalena
Done right this is an industry that won't just remake blue-collar workers lives, it will also remake communities that have been on their knees for 40 years.
Always be curious. Always be skeptical. If something does a 180 & politicians are suddenly demonizing it in a short period time you have to ask yourself why? As I said yesterday, there's always bad actors in everything we do. But an entire industry?
We have all seen this playbook before.

Yes, we saw Russia paying "environmental groups" in the US to block fracking so that the price of Russian crude would remain high. We never saw the left-wing media, so keen to discover connections between Trump and Russia, note that Democrats were embracing a RUSSIAN AGENT propaganda effort.

And of course, it's Democrats doing the bidding of the Chinese communist government, banning data farms and pushing legislation to limit them, but you will never -- NEVER -- see a single media story about Democrats being CHINESE AGENTS under the control of Xi.

Two of the propaganda posts below, posted by bots with American-sounding names.

The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations:

We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate… pic.twitter.com/Mj0SqerdlH
— Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) August 28, 2026

In related Real Communism Has Never Been Tried news, immigrant bodega owners sued the communist jihadi Mamdani over his "free" grocery stores -- and, entirely coincidentally, started getting hit with city fines.

Members of an immigrant business group that has spoken out against Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans for government-owned supermarkets lately have been getting slapped with fines from the city's Sanitation Department -- and some say it looks like a case of retaliation.
Diana Larrazabal, who owns flower and gift shop Aroma D' Angel at 304 E. 116th St., said shops including hers in recent months have received a slew of citations from the New York City Department of Sanitation for garbage that isn't even theirs.
Her flower and gift shop was dinged with fines three times this year -- most recently for $350 in May. Many of her Spanish-speaking neighbors who are not bilingual lean on her to help them navigate the city's red tape, she said, adding that they also are forking over hundreds of dollars in fines.

"It's definitely more frequent," Larrazabal said at a Wednesday press conference held by the Multicultural Business Coalition -- which sued the mayor and the city on Monday over the city-owned supermarket strategy over fears it will pose unfair competition to their stores.
The coalition's chairman, Frank Garcia, says the fines ramped up about two weeks ago when the group began pounding the pavement to speak with local business owners to get support for its suit.

"When we started going door to door two weeks ago, that's when the fines started," Garcia told The Post, saying some have been served with penalties as stiff as $1,000. "The owners don't speak English."

pic.twitter.com/ThFYv9RZWx
— NovemberRain 🇺🇸 (@NovemberRain243) August 27, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (W2Pud)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (NcvvS)

3 Apparently Canadian geese have been renamed to be Donald Ducks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (W2Pud)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:11 PM (ccf/V)

5 I can get being against data centers, but data centers bubble will burst long before it becomes too much of a problem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:11 PM (Y/06r)

6 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!!

Glad to see the crows haven't gone all crow on ya.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:11 PM (ccf/V)

7 So, it's really true that everything is fake and gay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:12 PM (ccf/V)

8 So, NYC is dominated by the mob- it's just to commies now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:12 PM (Y/06r)

9 Apparently Canadian geese have been renamed to be Donald Ducks.

I enjoy that the Canadian official response is "the sacred Indians named it first and their name is what Gaia accepts, not the white man's". Makes me feel better for when we have to nuke Toronto.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:13 PM (QZThv)

10 7 So, it's really true that everything is fake and gay.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:12 PM (ccf/V)

Except that Sydney Sweeney video yesterday. No one's THAT gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:13 PM (Y/06r)

11 I'd like the NYC bagoda wars to be "spicy."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 12:13 PM (2Cry5)

12 Now that I am at home and doing this osha training, I need to find that video for further study. This is something that ace could provide a helpful sidebar link for, but he is too busy cutting mats out of his fur.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (Y/06r)

13 “Many of her Spanish-speaking neighbors who are not bilingual lean on her to help them navigate the city's red tape, she said, adding that they also are forking over hundreds of dollars in fines.”

America continues to ache for its own Quebec. Or to take after Belgium.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (jPziU)

14
In related Real Communism Has Never Been Tried news, immigrant bodega owners sued the communist jihadi Mamdani over his "free" grocery stores -- and, entirely coincidentally, started getting hit with city fines.

Counter-revolutionary elements and kulaks must be suppressed ruthlessly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (O0L8i)

15 It's easy to be wary of AI and Data Centers considering how often things get turned against we the peasants.

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (Q+gd/)

16 There should be a disclaimer that SpaceX, also an Elon Musk company, also runs AI and data farms, under the common refrain that that's what the AI and data farm companies would want you to believe about Chinese plans for dominance in AI and data farms.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (dK+Kv)

17 >>Apparently Canadian geese have been renamed to be Donald Ducks.

Was corrected a while back after using the phrase 'Canadian geese', with a most solemn, 'Canada Geese'. The corrector was 10 years old.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (NcvvS)

18 Congrats!

You voted for this. Reap away!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (ccf/V)

19 What a punk-ass ultrafaggot little commie bitch.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (wtvvX)

20
Except that Sydney Sweeney video yesterday. No one's THAT gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:13 PM (Y/06r)

Seems I missed something.

I haz sadz.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (ccf/V)

21 10 7 So, it's really true that everything is fake and gay.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:12 PM (ccf/V)

Except that Sydney Sweeney video yesterday. No one's THAT gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:13 PM (Y/06r)

I missed a Sydney video? Link?

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (Q+gd/)

22 No.

My account has been ghost banned for over a month. I have been posting frequently against data centers because I work in tech and I know about this stuff. I am not paid by the Chinese. I am very very anti-Chinese. But I am also anti-data center.

I managed to avoid getting banned during covid, but this one did me in.

Posted by: sunny-dee at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (uS0pW)

23 1. By now, I assume that 99% of X accounts whining and crying about The Current Thing are foreign bots.

2. The two identified bots shilling for China against datacenters posted the lamest, cheesiest propaganda. I can't imagine that garbage would change any minds. But maybe.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

24 5 I can get being against data centers, but data centers bubble will burst long before it becomes too much of a problem.

Your lips to God's ears.

Posted by: sunny-dee at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (uS0pW)

25 One of the cobs on here made a good point about good vs. bad data centers. It had something to do about native power plants and tax incentives but I forget the details.

Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (q177U)

26 There should be a disclaimer that SpaceX, also an Elon Musk company, also runs AI and data farms, under the common refrain that that's what the AI and data farm companies would want you to believe about Chinese plans for dominance in AI and data farms.

And SpaceX's data farms generate their own power, because Elon ain't got time to wait for Democrat-run utility monopolies.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:17 PM (QZThv)

27 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 12:17 PM (8AEVc)

28 Not on X, but if I were, "Ok, CCP bot" would be my refrain to many posts.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 12:17 PM (bX16E)

29 I'm not completely on the side of an industry that hyperscales by buying up all the chip manufacturing such that regular joes cannot afford to purchase or upgrade their own computers (including desktops and laptops) for work or entertainment. The open source software that drives the internet wasn't built on cloud computing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:17 PM (cWLG3)

30 Why is the mayor presenting a bunch of unripened bananas to the media cameras? Shouldn't he be fixing potholes, collecting refuse and shoveling snow?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 12:18 PM (SK+av)

31 The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations:

We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate

===

I look forward to X uncovering 2,000,000 Qatar-Tukey-Indonesial-Phakistan bot accounts!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 12:18 PM (g47mK)

32 Chinese have infiltrated groups here, fight Data Centers and they will build them there.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 12:19 PM (8AEVc)

33 The two identified bots shilling for China against datacenters posted the lamest, cheesiest propaganda. I can't imagine that garbage would change any minds. But maybe.

The Saudis got excellent mileage from cheesy lame anti-nuclear power propaganda in the 70s and 80s, and then again in the 2000s for cheesy anti-fracking propaganda. "I turned on my kitchen sink and fire came out! Gaia is angry!" Can't blame Xi for trying things known to work.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv)

34 "Her flower and gift shop was dinged with fines three times this year -- most recently for $350 in May. Many of her Spanish-speaking neighbors who are not bilingual lean on her to help them navigate the city's red tape, she said, adding that they also are forking over hundreds of dollars in fines."

Immigrants welcome...time to pay up, suckas!

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 12:19 PM (Z5BUl)

35 Mamdani is really a terrible man and Mayor and I can't stand that fake smile of his. First his speechwriters ( I assume ) said " Dolly Parton was a great friend to the working class " and then he said he was sorry for the death of the criminal at Riker's Island who had killed two people. Now this with lawfare against business owners. Mamdani- winning friends and influencing people daily./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 12:19 PM (xPsv8)

36
I look forward to X uncovering 2,000,000 Qatar-Tukey-Indonesial-Phakistan bot accounts!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 12:18 PM (g47mK)

"Are you trying to destroy us?"

- - - - - - Candace, Tucker, Nick

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V)

37 "...so that China can win the AI race because the US just quit it."

This assumes that the proposed data centers are all intended to "win" the AI race. What about the ones being built to destroy our privacy by means of Flock cameras and other spying?

Some data centers may be worthy.

Some data centers may be morally neutral.

Some are almost certainly evil.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:21 PM (1z8ji)

38
"Dolly Parton was a great friend to the working class"

When a DemSoc refers to the "working class", they mean themselves. Actual working class people despise DemSocs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:21 PM (O0L8i)

39 I missed a Sydney video? Link?
Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (Q+gd/)

I am looking for it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (Y/06r)

40 23 1. By now, I assume that 99% of X accounts whining and crying about The Current Thing are foreign bots.

2. The two identified bots shilling for China against datacenters posted the lamest, cheesiest propaganda. I can't imagine that garbage would change any minds. But maybe.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

X and other social media have a large problem with bots that no one wants to do much about it. X is having to do it on this topic because Elon has big plans for his datacenters but most comment sections now on unregulated or loosely regulated websites are shit shows of paid trolls, mentally ill losers, and bots. Fake and gay influence op shit.

And the percentage of original posts on X and elsewhere that are AI crap, often foreign sourced claiming to be US, are getting worse.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

41 Anyone who sez "Canadian Geese" deserves to be covered in their rancid green droppings!

Posted by: Barry Brant at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (JM9I6)

42 Afternoon Ace.
Gee I never heard that communists are thugs. This must be a furst

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (EZWVc)

43 What, exactly, are all these fucking "data centers" doing?

Right now we seem to be in the "let's get an internet page and collect cash from stupid investors" phase.

Also, this guy is clearly lurking here to get material:
The Horrible Truth About the World's Worst Vegetable
Stephen Green
12:49 PM on August 27, 2026
https://shorturl.at/MWwZ8

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (+fdRY)

44 Dang.. The Canadian tariffs just got another victim...My drug from there cost 60 dollars more than last time...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (+gK6I)

45 I am looking for it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Rodrigo Borgia posted it yesterday, try ONT for a repost that he did.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

46 I enjoy that the central feature of the "new Twitter" that Democrats are funding is that it won't post anything that isn't approved by "fact checkers". Imagine if the HQ had that. "The Washington Post does not believe that garrett is gayballs, post rejected".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QZThv)

47

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Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (Cqx++)

48 Socialism is compulsion. These idiot lefties don't seem to realize what their political leaders, people like Madmani and AOC, will do once in charge. Right up until it is too late.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (AzCH9)

49 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney, but it you have to have X since it has been flagged as sensitive content:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

50 Trying to find a ewetub link...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

51 44 Dang.. The Canadian tariffs just got another victim...My drug from there cost 60 dollars more than last time...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 28, 2026 12:22 PM (+gK6I)

Sorry, I should have said OT/Didn't mean to hijack the thread

Posted by: It's me donna at August 28, 2026 12:24 PM (+gK6I)

52 Was corrected a while back after using the phrase 'Canadian geese', with a most solemn, 'Canada Geese'. The corrector was 10 years old
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Sky Carp

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:24 PM (6LG2q)

53 “Many of her Spanish-speaking neighbors who are not bilingual lean on her to help them navigate the city's red tape, she said, adding that they also are forking over hundreds of dollars in fines.”

America continues to ache for its own Quebec. Or to take after Belgium.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (jPziU)

And what fraction of those Spanish-only speakers are illegal aliens?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:24 PM (1z8ji)

54 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:21 PM (O0L8i)

Yes, I thought that it was very inauthentic quote and this highly appropriate for Mamdani's speechwriters.😕

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 12:24 PM (xPsv8)

55 This assumes that the proposed data centers are all intended to "win" the AI race. What about the ones being built to destroy our privacy by means of Flock cameras and other spying?

Some data centers may be worthy.

Some data centers may be morally neutral.

Some are almost certainly evil.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:21 PM (1z8ji)

End the Flock cameras. Problem solved. And who said you need local data centers for spying?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:25 PM (jPziU)

56 37 "...so that China can win the AI race because the US just quit it."

This assumes that the proposed data centers are all intended to "win" the AI race. What about the ones being built to destroy our privacy by means of Flock cameras and other spying?

Some data centers may be worthy.

Some data centers may be morally neutral.

Some are almost certainly evil.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---------
Like most technology, neither good or evil, but obviously we cannot let the government nor Big Tech wag the dog (citizens). Flock camera resistance is beginning to roll back and diminish its abilities aided by the inevitable scandals of po po doing bad shit with them.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:25 PM (E4rtv)

57 Mamdani is an invasive plant.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 28, 2026 12:25 PM (rJ48h)

58 BTW, don't miss Scott Jennings unloading on the idiot Propagandist Press mouthpiece Abby Phillips. It is a good one.

https://tinyurl.com/4725pkaj

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:25 PM (AzCH9)

59 Was corrected a while back after using the phrase 'Canadian geese', with a most solemn, 'Canada Geese'. The corrector was 10 years old.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (NcvvS)

They winter on the Gulf of America. Could have just as easily been named "The Lousiana Goose".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:25 PM (1z8ji)

60 There is no datacenter bubble. Compute and storage is moving out of the endpoints and into datacenters and that's not going to stop. Companies aren't building out on-prem server farms anymore because it's expensive, it doesn't scale, and you are forever on the obsolescence treadmill of replacing hardware.

AI/LLMs are also here to stay. Overhyped? Maybe, but also not going anywhere anytime soon. The upshot is that Claude is replacing the H1B asshats and Indian code farms that crank out crap. There are far too many efficiencies to be gained by the correct and competent use of AI, especially Agentic AI, for companies to look back now.

I do think that we should not let building datacenters be the wild west, which it sort of is right now. It would be prudent for us to slow our roll and take a breath.

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (oqH4h)

61 Bots are one thing, but have you ever considered who is bankrolling all the opposition litigation on every single presidential executive order? Every single one is challenged. More times than not, a leftist Judge pops up and puts the kaibosh on Executive orders.

So, I was curious how hard it would be for China to bankroll each challenge by working in tandem with some of the known lawfare primary firms. Apparently, not very hard at all since most of the law firms involved have satellite offices in China. AND, there is no obligation for the plaintiff to provide documentation as to where their financing comes from. So a foreign country (China) could easily be behind every single legal challenge on immigration, and the like. They could even be the ones challenging the White House ballroom for kicks and giggles. Just a thought to ruin your Friday.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (dIske)

62 Members of an immigrant business group that has spoken out against Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans for government-owned supermarkets lately have been getting slapped with fines from the city's Sanitation Department -- and some say it looks like a case of retaliation.
=====

It is what it is.
-my Uncle Tony

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (RIvkX)

63 I'd like to see the Hispanics in NYC revolt against Mamdani. He would have no idea how to deal with brown people attacking him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (EZWVc)

64 End the Flock cameras. Problem solved. And who said you need local data centers for spying?
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Phones and IOT devices are just as omnipresent for spying on you internally as Flock is externally.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

65 Also, this guy is clearly lurking here to get material:
The Horrible Truth About the World's Worst Vegetable
Stephen Green
--Helena Handbasket
Is it the cucumber? Cats hate cucumbers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (LHPAg)

66 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney, but it you have to have X since it has been flagged as sensitive content:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

Used a twitterviewer........Holy moly.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (ccf/V)

67 Members of an immigrant business group
====

Wreckers and Kulaks!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (RIvkX)

68
And what fraction of those Spanish-only speakers are illegal aliens?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:24 PM (1z8ji)

A good number but the number of legit immigrants who don’t learn English would surprise people.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (jPziU)

69 Every link I have found so far has been age restricted. Lol.

Here are some stills from the uk Sun write up:

https://tinyurl.com/y6v94cze

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (Y/06r)

70 >>Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney, but it you have to have X since it has been flagged as sensitive content

Fortunately, I'm a sensitive guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (viF8m)

71 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney, but it you have to have X since it has been flagged as sensitive content:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

It's worth the trouble to sign up, and I'm not even a Sweeney fan.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

72 OK, now how many Bots are being used to uncover the Chinese Bots.... because now anyone anti Data Center is suddenly a communist.

Note, this MORNING, the LG TV I use as a monitor for my computer said if I did not agree to a NEW Privacy Policy, something with ACR, my TV would be unusable until I did.

This is after using this same TV as a monitor for 3 years.

Note, ACR monitors even STREAMED Data... and sends that back to LG so they can sell it.... you CAN turn it off in settings, but by default it is on.

Which is exactly what all the new data centers are for... not to make you safer, but to monetize your existence.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (mP0Kj)

73 Phones and IOT devices are just as omnipresent for spying on you internally as Flock is externally.

Most TVs are doing more spying than Flock now, but ain't nobody gonna mention that.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv)

74 The bot percentage on Twixxer is shocking and obvious. Every movie that comes out from major studios is met with an absolutely tsunami of bot accounts praising it and attacking anyone who dares disagree. There are literal businesses who do nothing but post on social media to promote your product, and at least claim that huge companies use their services.

Compounding things are the many accounts that post only for clicks: its a business, getting responses, shares, and likes that will earn them money from Twixxer. All they do is post slop that will get a response. The entire site was so much more fun and so much more interesting before Trump won in 2016 and the left lost their minds.

I had conversations with Nick Searcy about how cute Erica Tazel was in Justified, I talked to Kate Upton about how many polar bears are in the arctic. I had major celebs following my account not because I was so special and interesting, but people just would follow people they found interesting. That's just all dead now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:28 PM (K32Fz)

75 >X Safety Team: We Have Uncovered 200,000 Bots and Fake Accounts Created by Chinese Intelligence to Propagandize Against Data Farms
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and to 'follow' me, apparently

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 12:29 PM (ZxPkt)

76 Ok, clean link:

https://tinyurl.com/4bmdpzz2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r)

77 See at Legalinsurrection.com a Commissar Judge struck down the US Mail voting rules

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 12:29 PM (8AEVc)

78 Data centers are an important issue to the average voter across party lines, regardless of what should be done to minimize impact on communities and natl security. It seems likely it will be a deciding factor, along w gas prices, in the upcoming election. However, I don’t really hear much positioning from politicians about it in ads, mostly just about Medicare cuts (in Ohio at least).

Posted by: H at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (ZEDPq)

79 49 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney, but it you have to have X since it has been flagged as sensitive content:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

I don't know what SYRN is, but their ads featuring Sweeney are *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (cWLG3)

80 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney, but it you have to have X since it has been flagged as sensitive content:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

Used a twitterviewer........Holy moly.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (ccf/V)
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Be sure JJS gets this excellent birthday card tomorrow. It's his birthday.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (AzCH9)

81 I have been posting frequently against data centers because I work in tech and I know about this stuff.
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Very impressive credentials.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (RIvkX)

82 --
Phones and IOT devices are just as omnipresent for spying on you internally as Flock is externally.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

Flock cameras are expressly used by people with the power to deprive you of your liberty or kill you. And the Flock CEO is not an American. OK, he might be a citizen but attitudinally and culturally he is not of this country. If I could send him back to, say, the GDR of 1970 he would be extremely comfortable there.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (jPziU)

83 So, I was curious how hard it would be for China to bankroll each challenge by working in tandem with some of the known lawfare primary firms. Apparently, not very hard at all since most of the law firms involved have satellite offices in China. AND, there is no obligation for the plaintiff to provide documentation as to where their financing comes from. So a foreign country (China) could easily be behind every single legal challenge on immigration, and the like. They could even be the ones challenging the White House ballroom for kicks and giggles. Just a thought to ruin your Friday.
Posted by: Orson
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Pretty sure Trump won't cross the Rubicon but whoever as president if the GOP wins in 2028 is going to have to do end foreign meddling in the US politics and society or implode the nations that are meddling here to end them.

A small measure why I think DeSantis would do it, dunno about Rubio as Rubio 2.0 is Terminator while Rubio 1.0 was not, and have doubts about Vance from the whole Iranian deal.

The rub is going to be the hordes of domestic ruling class types that have become wealthy by taking the coin of foreigners to do their bidding here. They won't go quietly.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

84 ==================
Be sure JJS gets this excellent birthday card tomorrow. It's his birthday.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (AzCH9)

But I already wished him a happy birthday THIS morning.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (ccf/V)

85 I don't know what SYRN is, but their ads featuring Sweeney are *chef's kiss*.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (cWLG3)

As far as I can tell, it is her new lingerie line.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

86 And what fraction of those Spanish-only speakers are illegal aliens?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Have President Trump thank Mamdani for pointing out the rule breakers and that ICE is on the way to sort it out.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (M0V4/)

87 22 No.

My account has been ghost banned for over a month. I have been posting frequently against data centers because I work in tech and I know about this stuff. I am not paid by the Chinese. I am very very anti-Chinese. But I am also anti-data center.

I managed to avoid getting banned during covid, but this one did me in.
Posted by: sunny-dee at August 28, 2026 12:16 PM (uS0pW)

I'm pro-data center (terrestrial). The thing I'm finding it hard to fully understand is that if the CCP 'wins' the AI race, what does that actually mean for the world? At the end of the day, the inputs to the tech are compute power and math. There's no way you can close off the knowledge about AI. If you try to create a closed system an open one will always form - info wants to be free. Yes, the CCP want a very closed system, but they can't censor all knowledge. Heck, the Dems tried in the US and Musk and his allies are doing all they can to open it up. Besides, if data centers go into space, then this whole controversy becomes moot.

It's a bit of a ramble, but I just want to be convinced that the AI arms race we're worried about is really something we should worry about.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (0CU3H)

88 77 See at Legalinsurrection.com a Commissar Judge struck down the US Mail voting rules
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 12:29 PM (8AEVc)

Again ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (+gK6I)

89 Which is exactly what all the new data centers are for... not to make you safer, but to monetize your existence.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (mP0Kj)

Matrix.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (LHPAg)

90 But you can tell what the bots are and what they want. They are all about certain topics, mostly "data centers will kill us all" and "Iran is about to win"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (K32Fz)

91 7 So, it's really true that everything is fake and gay."

Yeah, pretty much

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:32 PM (cGjQu)

92 90 But you can tell what the bots are and what they want. They are all about certain topics, mostly "data centers will kill us all" and "Iran is about to win"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (K32Fz)

So The Dems are Bots ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (+gK6I)

93 The average leftist will hear about the 200000 anti data center bots from China and say "see even the Chinese know they suck"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (EZWVc)

94 81 I have been posting frequently against data centers because I work in tech and I know about this stuff.
=====

Very impressive credentials.

I like eating and drinking, so I am a gourmand and a sommelier.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

95 Ugh, willowed.

ABC: Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

WTF? Why? This far after the conviction and sentencing?

This seems contrived.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:07 PM (ccf/V)

This actually lines up with the facts more than you realize. Sandusky was investigated and cleared A LOT before he was convicted. I'm not saying he's innocent, but without the context, Paterno and PSU look worse than they were.

In 1998, Sandusky was investigated by PA Child Welfare after receiving a complaint about him. The state hid an agent in the child's closet while he was alone with Sandusky, talking about their 'relationship.

The DA then fully exonerated Sandusky, saying there was no evidence whatsoever, and told Paterno and PSU's president that Sandusky was cleared of all charges.

Sandusky retired from Penn State in 1999 and started the Second Mile Foundation he used to groom kids.

In 2002, Paterno reported Sandusky again, and he was cleared again.

In 2008, Sandusky was investigated again, and left Second Mile.

In 2011, he was arrested and convicted.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (PGK1w)

96 Most TVs are doing more spying than Flock now, but ain't nobody gonna mention that.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv)

Flock cameras are expressly used by people who can deprive you of your liberty or kill you. Many of whom sadly are inclined to “just follow orders”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (jPziU)

97 Oh the other really big thing bots fixate on is the Israel-palestinians war, and boy are they pushing this.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (K32Fz)

98 >I don't know what SYRN is, but their ads featuring Sweeney are *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO

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ladies' unmentionables

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 12:34 PM (ZxPkt)

99 it's a take-off on 'siren'

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 12:34 PM (ZxPkt)

100 I literally work inside a data center. Most of what they're putting out there about DC's is bullshit. Large amounts of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:34 PM (ccf/V)

101 87

I'm pro-data center (terrestrial). The thing I'm finding it hard to fully understand is that if the CCP 'wins' the AI race, what does that actually mean for the world?

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Ad revenues perhaps? It's not really clear what "winning" looks like and it seems unlikely that we'd end up outsourcing AI in a military capability to China.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (okun6)

102 Flock cameras are expressly used by people with the power to deprive you of your liberty or kill you. And the Flock CEO is not an American. OK, he might be a citizen but attitudinally and culturally he is not of this country. If I could send him back to, say, the GDR of 1970 he would be extremely comfortable there.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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What you say about CEOs is pretty much all of them now. The very promotion structure that the big consulting, big finance have put on US corporations dictates that.

And the weakness to blame is that technology in the US has superceded the current reasonable expectation of privacy just as phones overturned the even older standard in law of trespass.

Katz decision, which set our current reasonable expectation of privacy standard in 1967 is not up to the task. And the justices know that but yet allow it to go on.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

103 Canadians may have mixed views on a trade war with the US, but the Globe and Mail could care less. They know where their true fan base is,

https://tinyurl.com/52thvzry

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (AzCH9)

104 The DataCorps is mother. The DataCorps is father.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (Cqx++)

105 I was in the tech field for years and helped found a company that build data centers. Data centers themselves aren't evil anymore than a computer is evil. They are inanimate objects.

What goes in the data centers is what should be the focus. Some is useful, some is evil. Same as always.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)

106 Which is exactly what all the new data centers are for... not to make you safer, but to monetize your existence.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (mP0Kj)

The Internet does that already.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (jPziU)

107 I'm pro-data center (terrestrial). The thing I'm finding it hard to fully understand is that if the CCP 'wins' the AI race, what does that actually mean for the world?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (0CU3H)
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The AI arms race isn't truly about AI itself. The real arms race is quantum computing. The AI race is the predecessor - if someone gets AI to solve for how to make quantum computing truly work at scale, they will own the world because they can break any existing encryption, and thus will know everyone's darkest secrets.

If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

108 Regarding bodega owners... this will change the way they vote, right. Right?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (ftFVW)

109
I'd like to see the Hispanics in NYC revolt against Mamdani. He would have no idea how to deal with brown people attacking him
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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It's odd because I saw one of his cross-eyed they/thems announcing subsidies for the independent grocers who have to compete with the commie stores. The whole thing is following an unbelievably ludicrous trail.

Reminds me of a kid I used to babysit who got scared when I got out of his sight but he liked to play hide and seek. "Just call out and tell me where you are!" he said cheerily.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (mmrXZ)

110 76 Ok, clean link:

https://tinyurl.com/4bmdpzz2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r)

I'll be back later... much later...

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (Q+gd/)

111 I’m not bothered at all by AI and/or data centers. In fact I’m finding more and more utility in using AI both personally and professionally. A very powerful tool…. We definitely don’t want to fall behind the Chinese… or anyone.

Can’t put the genie back in the bottle. Technology marches on

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (geWO5)

112 Most TVs are doing more spying than Flock now, but ain't nobody gonna mention that.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv)

Well, I don't have a TV, and will not be getting one. And I just bought a phone with the Graphene OS, so Gurgle's spyware is out of it. I can still be tracked by geofencing based on which cell towers it pings, but that is unavoidable if the phone is to work at all. It's not spying for the sake of spying.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (1z8ji)

113 Ad revenues perhaps? It's not really clear what "winning" looks like and it seems unlikely that we'd end up outsourcing AI in a military capability to China.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

Welp, it turns out that DoW contractors no less, are doing searches on AI models and then sharing the results with the CCP. That in turn is used as data for AI training models for the Chicoms. Easy way to piggyback on the tremendous expense of frontier models.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)

114 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney"

Meh. Elbows, again...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (cGjQu)

115 And the Flock CEO is not an American. OK, he might be a citizen but attitudinally and culturally he is not of this country. If I could send him back to, say, the GDR of 1970 he would be extremely comfortable there.

He's a guy whose house got robbed by Democrat client groups and the city government said there was nothing they can do. Making money solving a problem like that is the most American thing on the planet.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (QZThv)

116 Hey, we gotz a New King of Norway, who has a pretty Hawt 22 year Old Daughter who is first in line of succession...

Is Baron Trump dating anyone?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (mP0Kj)

117 I'm pro-data center (terrestrial). ...if data centers go into space, then this whole controversy becomes moot.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Why are you not a space-based data center enthusiast? Yes, there are technical problems to be overcome (heat dissipation and latency) but I think it will be the way of the future.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)

118 114 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney"

Meh. Elbows, again...
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (cGjQu)

Objection! She also has a fine set of legs and ass!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (Y/06r)

119 I wanna join the Anti-Chinese League

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (ZxPkt)

120 200,000 bots.
Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (2Ez/1)

121 81 I have been posting frequently against data centers because I work in tech and I know about this stuff.
=====

Very impressive credentials.

I like eating and drinking, so I am a gourmand and a sommelier.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, but are you circumsized?

Posted by: Senator Abdul "The al-Qaeda guy" El-Sayed at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (AzCH9)

122 Katz decision, which set our current reasonable expectation of privacy standard in 1967 is not up to the task. And the justices know that but yet allow it to go on.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

Katz…wiretapping, right?

And that was done 50 years after phone usage became widespread.

Courts move slowly.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:37 PM (jPziU)

123 cheekily.
Regarding bodega owners... this will change the way they vote, right. Right?
Posted by: She Hobbit

===============

Different commies next time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 12:38 PM (mmrXZ)

124 WHY in this OSHA module do they put record keeping at the end?

This is like bureaucratic hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:38 PM (Y/06r)

125
Meh. Elbows, again...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (cGjQu)

But, they ARE a mighty fine, voluptuous example of them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:38 PM (ccf/V)

126 2 Wongs don't make the data center right.

Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (FhXTo)

127 Meh. Elbows, again...

She has elbows?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (QZThv)

128 114 Dammit, found the link for Miss Sweeney"

Meh. Elbows, again...
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (cGjQu)

https://tinyurl.com/msh3svah

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (cWLG3)

129 You think this is the only CCP bot farm? Any idea how many Iranian/Pakistani/Russian active bot farms currently exist on here and other platforms?

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"Here, hold our hammers & sickles."

/The Democrat Communists of America

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (EPw5O)

130 Remember all the people warning that illegal immigration was going to create a group of second-class citizens dependent on the whims of criminal gangs and the corrupt politicians who enabled them? Yeah, anyone with two brain cells to rub together could have seen this coming.

Posted by: pookysgirl might have more than two brain cells at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (Wt5PA)

131 Regarding bodega owners... this will change the way they vote, right. Right?"

Well, Hispanics have been turning out for more right wing candidates...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (cGjQu)

132 The AI arms race isn't truly about AI itself. The real arms race is quantum computing. The AI race is the predecessor - if someone gets AI to solve for how to make quantum computing truly work at scale, they will own the world because they can break any existing encryption, and thus will know everyone's darkest secrets.

If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

Thank you, ballistic. THIS makes a ton of sense. Interestingly enough, I've never heard that particular argument made in public yet.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (0CU3H)

133 The dirty little secret with a lot of these datacenters is they have no "tenants" to lease or use the datacenters.

The centers are being pushed by datacenter builders who want to suck up investment while it's available. They'll get paid and leave the investors holding the bag if no tenant can be found.

It's a mad rush of "build it and they will come." It's a very risky strategy that will surely end up with empty multi-billion centers.

Sorta like all those yuge malls that were build before they had tenants.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)

134 This is VA...

"A report by Environment America says more than 25% of the state’s power now goes to data centers, and a report last year by the General Assembly’s investigative arm said that unrestrained growth of data centers could triple electricity demands by 2040."

Thus, why it's 80-20, and the only popular thing Spanburger has done...tax them and slow this growth down...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (tOcjL)

135 Is Baron Trump dating anyone?

He's like 6'7", rich, and in a college environment that's 65/35 female. Even the liberal chicks are reportedly throwing themselves at him.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (QZThv)

136 He's a guy whose house got robbed by Democrat client groups and the city government said there was nothing they can do. Making money solving a problem like that is the most American thing on the planet.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (QZThv)

Instead of advocating for better gun laws or learning to handle a gun himself, he decides to invite the police to become the Stasi. You know, for safety.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (jPziU)

137 Most TVs are doing more spying than Flock now, but ain't nobody gonna mention that.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv)

Except he didn't solve that problem. at.All.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (1z8ji)

138 Speaking of data centers.

>>@KatieDaviscourt
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1h
>>Breaking: Portland Antifa’s terror site, “Rose City Counter-Info,” has been taken offline following State Dept expose.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (viF8m)

139 The AI arms race isn't truly about AI itself. The real arms race is quantum computing. The AI race is the predecessor - if someone gets AI to solve for how to make quantum computing truly work at scale, they will own the world because they can break any existing encryption, and thus will know everyone's darkest secrets.

If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

"Too Many Secrets."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (ccf/V)

140 Flock and other security/surveillance systems might have started with reasonable intentions. But when it became possible to view live video, search archived video and photographs, in many cases without a warrant, it became a privacy issue.

Because people are sometimes evil. Governments surely are too. And it's just too tempting to use the surveillance for their own ends.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (2Cry5)

141 Nuclear power is masculine - infinitely powerful and a threat to all life without the courage of the bespectacled, pocket-protectored engineer with nerves of steel singlemindedly stopping the reaction in time to prevent meltdown.

Data centers are whiny and weak unless they put nuclear behind the meter.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (2ap+5)

142
I literally work inside a data center. Most of what they're putting out there about DC's is bullshit. Large amounts of it.
Posted by: Sponge

Just a bunch of rack mounted computers and storage, right?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (Cqx++)

143 Well, I don't have a TV, and will not be getting one. And I just bought a phone with the Graphene OS, so Gurgle's spyware is out of it. I can still be tracked by geofencing based on which cell towers it pings, but that is unavoidable if the phone is to work at all. It's not spying for the sake of spying.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Graphene can keep your info safe on your phone but not whenever you use it to communicate.

Plus, new surveillance tech allows imeis and other identifiers to be picked up on the fly, sometimes with cameras attached, sometimes not.

This sobering article for 2013 shows how using metadata can lead to identification of individuals.

https://tinyurl.com/Paul-Revere-Network-Analysis

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)

144 139 The AI arms race isn't truly about AI itself. The real arms race is quantum computing. The AI race is the predecessor - if someone gets AI to solve for how to make quantum computing truly work at scale, they will own the world because they can break any existing encryption, and thus will know everyone's darkest secrets.

If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

"Too Many Secrets."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (ccf/V)

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LLMs aren't going to solve quantum computing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)

145 He's like 6'7", rich, and in a college environment that's 65/35 female. Even the liberal chicks are reportedly throwing themselves at him.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (QZThv)

He'd better be vigilant, or else some leftist chick might do horrible things to him just to "own" his father.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 12:42 PM (Z5BUl)

146 It's a mad rush of "build it and they will come." It's a very risky strategy that will surely end up with empty multi-billion centers.

Sorta like all those yuge malls that were build before they had tenants.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)

That right there is literally my only concern about them.

Not “they use too much power, they use too much water, they threaten privacy, they chew up farmland…”. Build them, but use them and make damn sure there is a use for them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (jPziU)

147 2000 YO EBT Scam

Rome handed out free grain to 40,000 citizens in 73 BC. By 46 BC, Julius Caesar found 320,000 people lining up for their monthly ration. That eight-fold expansion happened in under three decades.
No Roman senator stood up and announced a plan to addict a third of the city to government bread. It happened incrementally, through political competition. Each magistrate who wanted votes expanded eligibility. Each expansion normalized the next one.

The citizen who once considered the dole shameful eventually expected it, then demanded it, then organized politically to protect it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (/+uur)

148 LLMs aren't going to solve quantum computing.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)
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Not all AI is LLMs.

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (oqH4h)

149 report by Environment America says more than 25% of the state’s power now goes to data centers, "

So all electrical power flows from the munificence of the State?

Sure, why not? Doesn't everything already belong to the state?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (cGjQu)

150 Data centers are whiny and weak unless they put nuclear behind the meter.

The Trump Energy Department and half a dozen startups are working on it. One of them is building modular reactors in shipping containers - drop it off, plug it in, zero-carbon power for 30 years. That'll revolutionize "off-grid" stuff if they shrink it a bit more.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (QZThv)

151 Thus, why it's 80-20, and the only popular thing Spanburger has done...tax them and slow this growth down...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (tOcjL)

The Calif Government is all in on building Data Centers...

At the same time it limits how large of a power supply I can have in my Home Computer.

/scratches head

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:44 PM (mP0Kj)

152 @144 Though I should add that the CCP, being the intellectual property and research thieves that they are will be hoovering up all the relevant stolen information and use AI models to make sense of it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:44 PM (cWLG3)

153 X Safety Team: We Have Uncovered [*A* bot farm of] 200,000 Bots

Do you want a cookie? I don't think I'd tell the world how bad I was at allowing bots.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 12:44 PM (Jl/ju)

154 >>> 136 He's a guy whose house got robbed by Democrat client groups and the city government said there was nothing they can do. Making money solving a problem like that is the most American thing on the planet.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:36 PM (QZThv)

Instead of advocating for better gun laws or learning to handle a gun himself, he decides to invite the police to become the Stasi. You know, for safety.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (jPziU)

He could have even moved out of the city and told them why they were losing his tax revenue, but muh Thai food at 3am???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (+fdRY)

155 149 report by Environment America says more than 25% of the state’s power now goes to data centers, "

So all electrical power flows from the munificence of the State?

Sure, why not? Doesn't everything already belong to the state?
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (cGjQu)

Rain, and Water... and the make Legislation about Air... and you have to pay rent (property taxes) for your own land...

So... yeah... pretty much.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (mP0Kj)

156 151 Thus, why it's 80-20, and the only popular thing Spanburger has done...tax them and slow this growth down...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (tOcjL)

The Calif Government is all in on building Data Centers...

At the same time it limits how large of a power supply I can have in my Home Computer.

/scratches head
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 12:44 PM (mP0Kj)

Funny enough, new numbers are out...VA dropped to #2 electricity importer...CA is now #1...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (tOcjL)

157 140 Flock and other security/surveillance systems might have started with reasonable intentions. But when it became possible to view live video, search archived video and photographs, in many cases without a warrant, it became a privacy issue.

Because people are sometimes evil. Governments surely are too. And it's just too tempting to use the surveillance for their own ends.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (2Cry5)

And this is happening right now in TX. Cops have gotten busted using them to stalk people here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (jPziU)

158 There are 200,000 bots in 1 China server farms serving up FAKE AI Data Center News.

95% of all AI Data Center news is fake.

1 Book oft quoted misstated the water use by %100,000
AI Data Center water is lifecycled every 10 Years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 12:46 PM (/+uur)

159 139 The AI arms race isn't truly about AI itself. The real arms race is quantum computing. The AI race is the predecessor - if someone gets AI to solve for how to make quantum computing truly work at scale, they will own the world because they can break any existing encryption, and thus will know everyone's darkest secrets.

If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic

Not helped by most of the original quantum computing 'breakthroughs" were in fact bullshit.

From comp security specialists on quantum computing.
https://tinyurl.com/Quantum-of-Flapdoodle

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

160 148 LLMs aren't going to solve quantum computing.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)
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Not all AI is LLMs.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (oqH4h)
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Right, the rest is machine learning and expert systems. However, LLMs are still being marketed as a first step towards AGI, which they are not.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:46 PM (cWLG3)

161 Gangster government in action.

"Nice little flower shop ya got here. Would be a shame if the wiring and HVAC weren't up to code..."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)

162
Her Majesty is in Amana, Iowa this weekend. She was telling me how startlingly different the area is. Clean streets. Well-maintained houses. Nice farms. Like another world.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (O0L8i)

163 149 report by Environment America says more than 25% of the state’s power now goes to data centers, "

So all electrical power flows from the munificence of the State?

Sure, why not? Doesn't everything already belong to the state?
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (cGjQu)

This referred to all power used in the borders of the state...within the borders, data centers as a singular business, use 25% of all the power anyone and anything in the state uses (residents, other businesses, government, schools, etc)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (tOcjL)

164 NYC has always been corrupt and oppressive, but in the hands of a Commie Islamist-the sky's the limit.

Posted by: Sanitation Police! at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (JM9I6)

165 "Too Many Secrets."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (ccf/V)
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A "Sneakers" reference? Well played, sir.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (Tr0Ci)

166 Who is Environment America? Why would I listen to them? Are they funded by China?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (2ap+5)

167 If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

"Too Many Secrets."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:41 PM (ccf/V)

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LLMs aren't going to solve quantum computing.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)

I am thinking about this line of argument some more. One thing that AI would (or should, in theory) be able to do is program in whatever language quantum hardware would work in. If the world's computer scientists have worked in the binary (or hex?) system for decades, there probably aren't more than a handful of humans on earth that can even conceive or work within the constraints of a quantum programming environment. You'd probably need a computer to program another computer.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (0CU3H)

168 The Trump Energy Department and half a dozen startups are working on it. One of them is building modular reactors in shipping containers - drop it off, plug it in, zero-carbon power for 30 years. That'll revolutionize "off-grid" stuff if they shrink it a bit more.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 12:43 PM (QZThv)

At Fort Hood they will be experimenting with SMRs to take the base off grid.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (jPziU)

169 Ah and now we talk about how great and necessary OSHA is because people were dying by the millions because employers did not care.

Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (Y/06r)

170 "& energy policy," because green energy is a scam. Like I've been saying all along, the entire "green energy" agenda, as pursued by the left, is a CCP scam. It's an archetypical misapplication of engineering resources to fuel government funded get rich quick schemes and to hobble our competitiveness while propping up the murderous Chinese Communist regime.

"Polymarket reports X reports thing and that proves anyone who disagrees with me is a foreign agent!" It's okay. You oppose advancement and progress and want nothing but stagnation. You want the US weaker, stupider, and poorer because you genuinely hate it and its people.

Texas is eagerly pursuing renewable energy and is building it at a faster rate than California is. Why? Because its just good business.

If green energy is a scam made up by China why is China building solar at much faster rate than the US?

Being against green energy is one of the dumbest positions someone can have. If the US invested, we'd have energy independence, which would strengthen the economy and national defense.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (t19vo)

171 Not helped by most of the original quantum computing 'breakthroughs" were in fact bullshit.

From comp security specialists on quantum computing.
https://tinyurl.com/Quantum-of-Flapdoodle
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)
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I work for a company that is putting quite a bit of money and R&D hours into post-quantum cryptography. This is a company you've definitely heard of before and it's been around since the beginning of the internet. People who know, know that quantum isn't bullshit. A lot of the stuff on the periphery of it is, though.

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (oqH4h)

172 ==================
A "Sneakers" reference? Well played, sir.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (Tr0Ci)

*phew*

I thought I was on an island out here in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (ccf/V)

173 170 "& energy policy," because green energy is a scam. Like I've been saying all along, the entire "green energy" agenda, as pursued by the left, is a CCP scam. It's an archetypical misapplication of engineering resources to fuel government funded get rich quick schemes and to hobble our competitiveness while propping up the murderous Chinese Communist regime.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (t19vo)

=======

Let's be fair now and give the USSR its due.

It directly funded the Sierra Club for decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (/PKja)

174 Who is Environment America? Why would I listen to them?

They used to be Environment Ontario.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 12:49 PM (Jl/ju)

175 I am thinking about this line of argument some more. One thing that AI would (or should, in theory) be able to do is program in whatever language quantum hardware would work in. If the world's computer scientists have worked in the binary (or hex?) system for decades, there probably aren't more than a handful of humans on earth that can even conceive or work within the constraints of a quantum programming environment. You'd probably need a computer to program another computer.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (0CU3H)
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This is exactly the correct line of thinking.

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:49 PM (oqH4h)

176 The Pentagon used AI, specifically "Claude" to game out possible actions Venezuela might take when planning the Maduro snatch and grab operation. Some believe its use was why the operation was so successful.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 12:49 PM (2Cry5)

177 I don't know what SYRN is, but their ads featuring Sweeney are *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:30 PM (cWLG3)

As far as I can tell, it is her new lingerie line.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

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Sydney Yields Rigid Netherregions?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 12:50 PM (EPw5O)

178 I am ambivalent on data centers: they are a technological device that are neither good nor ill, and have their drawbacks and their benefits.

Its a mistake to think that they are only about AI (they have existed for decades, before the rise of artificial "intelligence"). They are about data storage as well, especially videos. The internet is huge and keeps getting more gigantic every second. All that has to be stored somewhere. Processed somewhere.

I am not convinced that AI is an arms race or has any similarity to previous conflicts or struggles. If someone comes up with a really great AI, its literally not possible to keep it to yourself. Anything major anyone comes up with in computer tech ends up global no matter what rules or laws are in place or how careful someone is, because of its very nature.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:50 PM (K32Fz)

179 Her Majesty is in Amana, Iowa this weekend. She was telling me how startlingly different the area is. Clean streets. Well-maintained houses. Nice farms. Like another world.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Amanas are fine, but Maytags are more dependable and trouble-free.

Posted by: Lonely Jesse White at August 28, 2026 12:50 PM (JM9I6)

180 170 If green energy is a scam made up by China why is China building solar at much faster rate than the US?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (t19vo)

====

lol

"China does it, so it's objectively good."

Also, it's untrue. China's energy is mostly fed by many, many new coal fired plants.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 12:50 PM (/PKja)

181 Her Majesty is in Amana, Iowa this weekend. She was telling me how startlingly different the area is. Clean streets. Well-maintained houses. Nice farms. Like another world.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (O0L8i)
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a very nice place indeed

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:51 PM (Tr0Ci)

182 *phew*

I thought I was on an island out here in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (ccf/V)

Nah, I got it, I am just stuck in bureaucratic hell. Plus, that movie gets worse the older I get. Fucking hippy commie shits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

183 I'm pro-data center (terrestrial). The thing I'm finding it hard to fully understand is that if the CCP 'wins' the AI race, what does that actually mean for the world?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:31 PM (0CU3H)
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The AI arms race isn't truly about AI itself. The real arms race is quantum computing. The AI race is the predecessor - if someone gets AI to solve for how to make quantum computing truly work at scale, they will own the world because they can break any existing encryption, and thus will know everyone's darkest secrets.

If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

Yeah, this. Exactly.

Within minutes (seconds?) the country that has functional AI and quantum computing could pretty much infiltrate, poison, and destroy any country's economy and probably defense...maybe isolated nuclear subs might be immune from take-over if receiving...well, just about nothing.

A true nightmare.

And whoever gets it first, would almost have to use it, to destroy other nations ability to use it on them. If you can do it, they can do it too.

Posted by: Another Pop Song Not About Love at August 28, 2026 12:51 PM (iJfKG)

184 They used to be Environment Ontario.
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 12:49 PM (Jl/ju)

Hah! Well played.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:52 PM (1z8ji)

185 176 The Pentagon used AI, specifically "Claude" to game out possible actions Venezuela might take when planning the Maduro snatch and grab operation. Some believe its use was why the operation was so successful.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 12:49 PM (2Cry5)
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"said some sources."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:52 PM (cWLG3)

186 1 Book oft quoted misstated the water use by %100,000
AI Data Center water is lifecycled every 10 Years.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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One of the issues that gets buried is in fact a problem.

Power generation offsite like fossil fuel plants, nuclear, etc. requires massive cooling towers so most if not all are located by rivers and the water from those rivers goes into the atmosphere as water vapor. Back in the water wars between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, the battle over that river water included the problem that the largest leak in the water ecosystem stemmed from water vapor being evaporated in those cooling towers. Crop irrigation, drinking and septic uses of water, were largely dealt with by water treatment and recharging native aquifers. Not so for cooling tower evaporation.

So if the datacenter uses gobs of electricity or evaporation towers for any heat transference, then they are 'using' water that would not be otherwise used.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

187
Amanas are fine, but Maytags are more dependable and trouble-free.
Posted by: Lonely Jesse White at August 28, 2026 12:50 PM (JM9I6)

_________

Yes, it's actually Amana Colonies and, yes, that's where the brand name comes from and, yes, they still have a plant there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:52 PM (O0L8i)

188
Nah, I got it, I am just stuck in bureaucratic hell. Plus, that movie gets worse the older I get. Fucking hippy commie shits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

I saw it a LONG time ago. Robert Redford has long since alienated me to where I won't watch anything with him in it, so I haven't seen it again.

And yeah. OSHA training. Time spent where you'd rather hit yourself in the foot repeatedly with a 4lb drilling hammer.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (ccf/V)

189 Her Majesty is in Amana, Iowa this weekend"

Within RadarRange?

*ducks

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (cGjQu)

190
Portland Antifa’s terror site, “Rose City Counter-Info,” has been taken offline following State Dept expose.
Posted by: JackStraw

=====================

State Dept. Interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (mmrXZ)

191 My two biggest problems with people who attack data centers is that they are largely either lies or shockingly ignorant... and that they are missing the problem.

1) water is not destroyed by power plants, they use it, some even recycle the water they take in over and over. The water is not polluted or blighted by being used to cool tech. They cannot be built in super remote place like antarctica because they need the water and power to run.

2) we need more power plants. Complaining that data centers take up too much energy is accurate, but miguided; that means we have too little energy for the demand, not that data centers are evil.

Thankfully this will solve its self: just like how all these silicon valley guys dumped climate change the instant they realized it would limit their development, they will push for power plants and have the clout to make it happen.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:54 PM (K32Fz)

192 190
Portland Antifa’s terror site, “Rose City Counter-Info,” has been taken offline following State Dept expose.
Posted by: JackStraw

=====================

State Dept. Interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (mmrXZ)

======

Trump's political appointees in his second term are very different from his political appointees in his first term.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 12:54 PM (/PKja)

193 Texas is eagerly pursuing renewable energy and is building it at a faster rate than California is. Why? Because its just good business.

-----------

"Political grift is always the best business to be in, comrades!"

/Should sock this as "Minnesommalians"

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 12:54 PM (EPw5O)

194 180 170 If green energy is a scam made up by China why is China building solar at much faster rate than the US?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 12:48 PM (t19vo)

====

lol

"China does it, so it's objectively good."

Also, it's untrue. China's energy is mostly fed by many, many new coal fired plants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 12:50

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Exactly!
"If green energy is a scam made up by China [insert BS that you don't expect anyone to fact-check]?"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:54 PM (cWLG3)

195 Ah and now we talk about how great and necessary OSHA is because people were dying by the millions because employers did not care.

Fucking hell."

Hey, that's how we sold it!

/NHS

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:55 PM (cGjQu)

196 Within RadarRange?

*ducks
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (cGjQu)

https://youtu.be/H-uWqXqk5vs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:55 PM (ccf/V)

197 If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)
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We'll get there first, but China will steal it.

Same outcome, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 12:55 PM (FZ29D)

198 158 There are 200,000 bots in 1 China server farms serving up FAKE AI Data Center News.

There are 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville.

Posted by: Nashville Cats at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (JM9I6)

199 "When we started going door to door two weeks ago, that's when the fines started," Garcia told The Post, saying some have been served with penalties as stiff as $1,000. "The owners don't speak English."

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How the fuck can you own a business and not speak English? Does NYC print all of its regulatory bullshit in every language on Earth?

Posted by: The_Hoser at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (H4qGm)

200 2) we need more power plants. Complaining that data centers take up too much energy is accurate, but miguided; that means we have too little energy for the demand, not that data centers are evil.

Thankfully this will solve its self: just like how all these silicon valley guys dumped climate change the instant they realized it would limit their development, they will push for power plants and have the clout to make it happen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 12:54 PM (K32Fz)

Well, til the power fix happens here, I'll be happy to let the other 49 states catch up on data center developments...VA has plenty for now, probably more than we need or want...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (tOcjL)

201 Social Media isn't real

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (xcxpd)

202 https://youtu.be/H-uWqXqk5vs"

That'll do...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (cGjQu)

203 I think I need to retire. Just dropped the ball massively at work. I can't carry out complex projects anymore, I've been noticing the tendency elsewhere for a while now, but told myself it was just stress...it's not going away. It's not going to go away under these circumstances. I don't know what else to do and I'm terrified of what it may be considering what happened with dad.

Sorry for the OT, but pray for me, please.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (OUMaO)

204
That'll do...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (cGjQu)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

205 I’m not so sure quantum computing would be such a huge threat. Yes it’d be powerful; yes, today’s internet would be vulnerable. But… we know that symmetric encryption would be secure against quantum computing and we have runway to adopt. An actual deployable quantum computer is not something on the near term horizon. In 15 years maybe… the world will have time to get ready. Quantum computing and AI are two different domains

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 12:57 PM (geWO5)

206 Social Media isn't real
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (xcxpd)

But it's on the internet.....and you KNOW what they say about things on the internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

207 189 Her Majesty is in Amana, Iowa this weekend"

Within RadarRange?

*ducks
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (cGjQu)

wow. A deep, deep pull from the 1970s. I remember those Touchmatic commercials.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:57 PM (0CU3H)

208 There are 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville."

And 16,000 plus mothers...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:58 PM (cGjQu)

209 If China gets to quantum computing before we do, we are El Fucked-o.
Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)

Yeah, this. Exactly.

Posted by: Another Pop Song Not About Love
________

I just watched a youtube by some sciencey type saying that IBM, Google etc. have been claiming for almost ten years that quantum computing would have real world uses shortly, but that we're actually no closer to it now than were were then. And that it's probably at least decades away.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 12:58 PM (XvL8K)

210 I work for a company that is putting quite a bit of money and R&D hours into post-quantum cryptography. This is a company you've definitely heard of before and it's been around since the beginning of the internet. People who know, know that quantum isn't bullshit. A lot of the stuff on the periphery of it is, though.
Posted by: ballistic
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You might be interested in Jerry Pournelle and his co-author Stefan Possony plus Francis Kane.
The Strategy of Technology.

I am not discounting quantum computing but putting a lot of investment into it is no marker of whether a return will result. We have ideas that it CAN work and demonstrated some examples of breaking cryptography keys for example, but like AI frontier models, I think it is a bit oversold for now. Ten, twenty years from now, it might or might not be ubiquitous but it might not too.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:58 PM (E4rtv)

211 Does this mean I can shotgun splatter as many invading geese as I like now? No bag limit?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 12:59 PM (sFNX2)

212 A deep, deep pull from the 1970s"

Yeah. Now offa my lawn, kids

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:59 PM (cGjQu)

213 Someone needs to start a company that builds high performance desktop computers using parts acquired at bargain basement prices from AI data center hardware refreshes. They could easily undercut Dell's consumer pricing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 01:00 PM (cWLG3)

214 Sorry for the OT, but pray for me, please.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (OUMaO)
=====

Give yourself a minute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 01:00 PM (RIvkX)

215 Now imagine someone using a bot farm to target an individual. Rush Limbaugh had that problem way back when, and eventually he had the brains to look into it and the backbone to ignore it.

The problem with the botfarms now is that they don't just attack, they also praise. Imagine getting 10K likes for a certain class of posting but also being beaten on for taking "wrong" positions? It could edge the usual normie with an X account and the wish to be an influencer with a following into acting like Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)

216 There is a dangerous and growing coalition of forces aligned against our country. Some of those forces are in our country, and in our government. They are no longer shy or opaque about what they want to do. Their goals are evil, their tactics have no boundaries, and they will lie, coerce, cheat and murder their way in an attempt to be victorious. They are all bound by one final goal- to destroy.

That anyone is even thinking about voting for the Democrat Party after what they have demonstrably done in the past, and are promising for the future is truly born of ignorance, malice or an embrace of what is to come- and it doesn’t end well.

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”

Ephesians 6:10-11

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (zy41W)

217 207 189 Her Majesty is in Amana, Iowa this weekend"

Within RadarRange?

*ducks
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 12:53 PM (cGjQu)

wow. A deep, deep pull from the 1970s. I remember those Touchmatic commercials.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 12:57 PM (0CU3H)
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I'm pretty sure those buttons required a little more than a "touch" to operate.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (cWLG3)

218 [by: Christopher R Taylor]

1) water is not destroyed by power plants, they use it, some even recycle the water they take in over and over. The water is not polluted or blighted by being used to cool tech. They cannot be built in super remote place like antarctica because they need the water and power to run.

------------

"... US corn farming uses more water in a single day than every American data center consumes directly in a year."

-- from "Which Industries Use the Most Water in America [7/9/26]
https://tinyurl.com/36vz5htj

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (EPw5O)

219 215 The problem with the botfarms now is that they don't just attack, they also praise. Imagine getting 10K likes for a certain class of posting but also being beaten on for taking "wrong" positions? It could edge the usual normie with an X account and the wish to be an influencer with a following into acting like Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)

========

If we don't nominate Nick Fuentes to be president in 2028, Pakistan won't vote GOP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (/PKja)

220 Pig farms > data farms > bot farms

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (UjdFS)

221 It's kind of convenient that a major data center enjoyer suddenly exposes a Chinese anti-data center conspiracy.

Doesn't much matter, in about 10 years or so the tech will be advanced enough to run on user hardware and the data centers will be white elephants. They will have a grand future as roller rinks and laser tag playgrounds.

Posted by: Sid Blysters at August 28, 2026 01:02 PM (Q4iuB)

222
Within RadarRange?

*ducks
Posted by: man

The original commercial RadaRange cost $5,000 in 1947.
The original consumer one cost $500 in 1967.

Posted by: Off the Radar at August 28, 2026 01:02 PM (JM9I6)

223 There are 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville.
Posted by: Nashville Cats at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (JM9I6)

We have seven real musicians and 10 well known bands.

Posted by: Australia at August 28, 2026 01:02 PM (/+uur)

224 Socialism is compulsion. These idiot lefties don't seem to realize what their political leaders, people like Madmani and AOC, will do once in charge. Right up until it is too late.
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Oh, they know.
They all know.
They all just think they will be the ones holding the guns and getting the loot.
And not the ones facing the guns and getting looted.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:03 PM (3cUTc)

225 Quantum theory is a scam
I came to this conclusion when I read about 'entanglement'

Science guys: if you don't know, just say you don't know

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 01:03 PM (ZxPkt)

226 "If green energy is a scam made up by China [insert BS that you don't expect anyone to fact-check]?"

Twixxer is packed with this kind of thing, usually accompanied by an AI image of 1000 square miles of solar panels on the ocean or something.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (K32Fz)

227 >We have seven real musicians and 10 well known bands.
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do they do it the way Hank did it?

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (ZxPkt)

228 I wouldn't worry about Barron too much he's his mom's son and she's a Slovenian so likely to stand down many a golddigger because that part of the world is known for such ferocious warrior women types.....

Posted by: paulnjax at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (PPnyU)

229 If we don't nominate Nick Fuentes to be president in 2028, Pakistan won't vote GOP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (/PKja)

Don't threaten me with a good time

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (xcxpd)

230 Now imagine someone using a bot farm to target an individual. Rush Limbaugh had that problem way back when, and eventually he had the brains to look into it and the backbone to ignore it.

The problem with the botfarms now is that they don't just attack, they also praise. Imagine getting 10K likes for a certain class of posting but also being beaten on for taking "wrong" positions? It could edge the usual normie with an X account and the wish to be an influencer with a following into acting like Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)

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AKA "A Brief History of Podcastistan"

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (EPw5O)

231 213 Someone needs to start a company that builds high performance desktop computers using parts acquired at bargain basement prices from AI data center hardware refreshes. They could easily undercut Dell's consumer pricing.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 01:00 PM (cWLG3)

Interesting idea as these could probably run 20 to 30 semi-AI agents for local plumbers and other services.
Answer phone and text schedule appts etc.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (/+uur)

232
DATA CENTERS GIVE YOU CANCER !

I haven't seen this yet, but I'm sure it will be coming

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (NtVYv)

233 229 If we don't nominate Nick Fuentes to be president in 2028, Pakistan won't vote GOP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (/PKja)

Don't threaten me with a good time

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (xcxpd)

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*holds up copy of Twins of Evil threateningly*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (/PKja)

234 >>State Dept. Interesting.

Just the other day the State Dept. sanctioned and went after a group in Italy that has been providing secure, encrypted communications for antifa around the world.

They know what's up.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 01:05 PM (viF8m)

235
It will be disillusioning to make it at last to a TXMoMe and find the Horde is just a bunch of bots.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 01:05 PM (O0L8i)

236 A bunch of Republicans bought into the Chinese data center op, including Abbot in Texas. They should be embarrassed at their lack of leadership and cogency.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:05 PM (zy41W)

237 *holds up copy of Twins of Evil threateningly*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:04 PM (/PKja)

First I have to watch your Mel Brooks vid, then tonight....Twins! of Evil!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 01:05 PM (xcxpd)

238 213 Someone needs to start a company that builds high performance desktop computers using parts acquired at bargain basement prices from AI data center hardware refreshes. They could easily undercut Dell's consumer pricing.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Eh, I have seen a couple of stories where people have done so but simply most people don't have a need for it.

The AI hardware models nowadays are basically GPU derived and are not designed for ordinary hardware or tasks that they might run. Overkill in some facets, incapable in others.

What some are proposing to avoid the datacenter notion is that companies place these AI distributed units in homes that have good internet connections and they pay rent to the householder.

An AI stack in the basement might serve as a pretty good space heater in northern climates for winter.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

239 The City run grocery store is going to be entertainment at its finest. I'll predict that the first thing that will happen is that private store owners across the city are going to dominate the client base. They are going to purchase everything they possibly can and clean off the shelves, then return to their own store, mark up the price, and sell it for profit. It will cut out the supplier (who will make a lot of noise)...and eventually they will put limits on total purchases (or better yet, weekly alottments). Essentially, the city will be in control of your grocery purchasing power.

Next, private store owner customers will have relatives, acquaintances, employees and strangers purchasing off the shelf from the City run store, with the same result. This is going to be a hoot.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)

240 End the Flock cameras. Problem solved. And who said you need local data centers for spying?
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There are already laws against the police abusing their powers.
And yet, the police still abuse their powers.

the problem isn't the technology or the laws--the problem is the people.
And enforcing the law.

And, as I've lamented before, the hard-on of hate the courts have had for automobiles (how DARE those peons think they have a right to go where they want when they want?!!) has lead to a shitton of really crappy law that has nearly gutted the 4th Amendment.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (3cUTc)

241 Science guys: if you don't know, just say you don't know

This plays into my theory that science is a the limits of what it can understand and accomplish based on what it understands and until we get a real breakthrough of some new understanding, all we get are increasingly bizarre theories.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (K32Fz)

242 235
It will be disillusioning to make it at last to a TXMoMe and find the Horde is just a bunch of bots.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 01:05 PM (O0L8i)

Let me tell you a story about Your Devious Uncle Palpatine...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (xcxpd)

243 I only wish that Piper had lived to see the demise of Kale as a supposed healthy food choice.

Posted by: Memento Mori at August 28, 2026 01:07 PM (JM9I6)

244 No sympathy. I'm 99% sure all of these foreign language-speaking bodega owners voted for Mad Mani.

Posted by: Angel at August 28, 2026 01:07 PM (3Nsid)

245 Trump Releases His Ranking Of U.S. Presidents … And You’ll Never Guess Who’s At The Top.

Epic troll, but ... he comically over-rates FDR and Wilson (Wilson was hot garbage) and drastically under-rates Coolidge.

https://tinyurl.com/39dsmufe

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

246 245 Trump Releases His Ranking Of U.S. Presidents … And You’ll Never Guess Who’s At The Top.

Epic troll, but ... he comically over-rates FDR and Wilson (Wilson was hot garbage) and drastically under-rates Coolidge.

https://tinyurl.com/39dsmufe

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

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It's a photoshop of a ranking from LIFE from decades ago.

The Bushes aren't even on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:08 PM (/PKja)

247 Read up on the quantum study that has initially concluded that all things, every molecule, can change instantaneously, as if by Godly design and power.

It’s not a surprise to some of us.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:08 PM (zy41W)

248 Epic troll, but ... he comically over-rates FDR and Wilson (Wilson was hot garbage) and drastically under-rates Coolidge.

the word is he just grabbed someone's list from before he was president and stuck himself at the top for lulz, without caring about the rest

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:08 PM (K32Fz)

249 Interesting idea as these could probably run 20 to 30 semi-AI agents for local plumbers and other services.
Answer phone and text schedule appts etc.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Just no. Please in the Lord's name no. We don't want to be the meat puppet for the AI model agents and the fact that most of enshittification involves putting computers into tasks that actually they are mediocre or worse such as customer service, tech service, etc. is a huge problem.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

250 If we don't nominate Nick Fuentes to be president in 2028, Pakistan won't vote GOP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (/PKja)

It’s Go Time Donald? That you?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (jPziU)

251 I’ll bet a large sum of money it’s the same bots pushing anti-Flock hysteria too. The campaigns were started around the same time.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (iCp4l)

252 Gangster government in action.

"Nice little flower shop ya got here. Would be a shame if the wiring and HVAC weren't up to code..."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)

Mamdani is the peace maker. He will make food deserts and call it a peace.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)

253 Trump Releases His Ranking Of U.S. Presidents … And You’ll Never Guess Who’s At The Top.

Epic troll, but ... he comically over-rates FDR and Wilson (Wilson was hot garbage) and drastically under-rates Coolidge.

https://tinyurl.com/39dsmufe

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

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It's a photoshop of a ranking from LIFE from decades ago.

The Bushes aren't even on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:08 PM (/PKja)
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I know, but still ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

254 the word is he just grabbed someone's list from before he was president and stuck himself at the top for lulz, without caring about the rest
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

1948 list by Arthur Schlesinger.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)

255

It looks like the chinks recruited the most deranged and loudmouth dumbasses across the rural areas to create FUD about datacenters.

It's all a lie.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 28, 2026 01:10 PM (och2J)

256 I read that 87% of existing shopping malls will be closed in the next few years. now there's some place for Data Centers.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 01:10 PM (bX16E)

257 250 If we don't nominate Nick Fuentes to be president in 2028, Pakistan won't vote GOP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:01 PM (/PKja)

It’s Go Time Donald? That you?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (jPziU)

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"Young people vote at historic numbers every midterm."
-Its Go Time Donald, probably

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:10 PM (/PKja)

258 "Nice little flower shop ya got here. Would be a shame if the wiring and HVAC weren't up to code..."

"Kaark!!! NO SNEEZE GUARD!!"
--Khan Noonien Singh

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:10 PM (K32Fz)

259 Sigh. Time for the Floyd Ferris quote again:

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 28, 2026 01:10 PM (NlEaG)

260 This plays into my theory that science is a the limits of what it can understand and accomplish based on what it understands and until we get a real breakthrough of some new understanding, all we get are increasingly bizarre theories.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (K32Fz)
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The latest batch of space telescopes has been uncovering some really weird stuff in the past few years. Things that the standard model of physics says shouldn't be possible.

Yeah, we're a long, long ways from really understanding how the universe works.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:11 PM (FZ29D)

261 243 I only wish that Piper had lived to see the demise of Kale as a supposed healthy food choice.
Posted by: Memento Mori
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Alas, too much fiber and not enough digestible protein brings a sad end.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

262 It took only about a year to go from 'AI is bunkum, it's all GIGO!' to 'We are in a race for our lives against China to build out AI!'

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 01:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

263 Flock cameras are another auspice of the surveillance state. They are tools designed to make you trust that government can take care of all your needs if you just let them intrude on every aspect of your life and you give up your liberties.

Government wants to be your god.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:11 PM (zy41W)

264 Just no. Please in the Lord's name no. We don't want to be the meat puppet for the AI model agents and the fact that most of enshittification involves putting computers into tasks that actually they are mediocre or worse such as customer service, tech service, etc. is a huge problem.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

My insurer’s love on AI for phone calls makes me long for the days of some annoying voice listing options “To make a claim press 1”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:11 PM (jPziU)

265 I’ll bet a large sum of money it’s the same bots pushing anti-Flock hysteria too.

No, that one is entirely organic and rose long after the huge well of anti-data-center bots. Its just people sick of being photographed and spied on everywhere, and finally doing something about it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:12 PM (K32Fz)

266 263 Flock cameras are another auspice of the surveillance state. They are tools designed to make you trust that government can take care of all your needs if you just let them intrude on every aspect of your life and you give up your liberties.

Government wants to be your god.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:11 PM (zy41W)

It’s for your safety. Quit whining about freedom. Safety comes first.

Posted by: Garrett Langley, Flock CEO at August 28, 2026 01:13 PM (jPziU)

267 I just realized something about the Floyd Ferris quote - even Ayn Rand wasn't so cynical to think that the Boy Scouts would not survive the culture so were no longer able to be held up as models of moral standards.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 28, 2026 01:13 PM (NlEaG)

268 Government does want to replace God.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:13 PM (jPziU)

269 carry out complex projects anymore, I've been noticing the tendency elsewhere for a while now, but told myself it was just stress...it's not going away. It's not going to go away under these circumstances. I don't know what else to do and I'm terrified of what it may be considering what happened with dad.

Sorry for the OT, but pray for me, please.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 12:56 PM (OUMaO)

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Will do, Brother.

[This has been my greatest fear for awhile, and why I've proctively worked at continually exercising my brain (reading, commenting here, solving puzzles, et. al.) and body (physical stress and nutrition) for the past decade.

It's a hell of a thing having had a tremendous short-term memory ... once.]

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 01:13 PM (EPw5O)

270 No, that one is entirely organic and rose long after the huge well of anti-data-center bots. Its just people sick of being photographed and spied on everywhere, and finally doing something about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:12 PM (K32Fz)
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I agree. I think a critical mass of disgruntled citizens has been reached, at least in this one area.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (FZ29D)

271 Odd to see an outpouring of support for bodegas.

These are not the small ethnic delis or groceries some of us fondly remember as kids.

They are now mostly criminal enterprises selling fenced/stolen goods. Massive SNAP and welfare fraud. Many have their own resident gangbangers and drug dealers. They are usually filthy, staffed by illegals, and it's mostly illegals shopping there.

There's a reason bodegas are overwhelmingly in poor neighborhoods. In wealthier neighborhoods, they have been replaced with chain groceries and supermarkets.

Sure, there are still a few legit small groceries owned and operated by small business owners. But those aren't really bodegas and are the exception rather than the rule.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

272 >> It’s for your safety. Quit whining about freedom. Safety comes first.

As long as I am armed and breathing air, I don’t need the government for safety.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (zy41W)

273 Flock Cameras are just one more in a long, long line of abuses of power and liberty that law enforcement engages in until stopped because it makes their job easier. Now, I don't blame them for wanting to do so, I do so with my work too: I use anything new I can to make my job easier.

But its happened repeatedly where law enforcement jumps on something new, uses it until a court says "my brothers in Christ, you cannot violate peoples' rights like that even if it helps you get bad guys"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (K32Fz)

274 Quantum theory is a scam
I came to this conclusion when I read about 'entanglement'

Science guys: if you don't know, just say you don't know
Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 01:03 PM (ZxPkt)

Einstein famously said God doesn’t play dice. His instinct was that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics was wrong. But he understood how very good it is at scientific prediction. It’s great science… as to whether it depicts ultimate reality that’s a philosophical question

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (geWO5)

275 The problem is not that AI will take away jobs, the problem is that AI is not suitable for doing the jobs it will be assigned, and it will cause massive problems and failures, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED ANYWAYS

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (rbvCR)

276 Flock cameras are another auspice of the surveillance state. They are tools designed to make you trust that government can take care of all your needs if you just let them intrude on every aspect of your life and you give up your liberties.

Government wants to be your god.
Posted by: Marcus

We’ve had traffic cameras for decades. We’ve had toll highways scanning plates for decades. Even flock has been around for almost 10 years. Every house has a Ring camera Nobody cared.

And then one day, all of a sudden out of the blue, it’s a thing and everyone is riled up about it. This is coordinated.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (iCp4l)

277 251 I’ll bet a large sum of money it’s the same bots pushing anti-Flock hysteria too. The campaigns were started around the same time.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:09 PM (iCp4l)

Except I’m no bot. And I have never been a fan of the surveillance state.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (jPziU)

278 This plays into my theory that science is a the limits of what it can understand and accomplish based on what it understands and until we get a real breakthrough of some new understanding, all we get are increasingly bizarre theories.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

You have just restated Thomas Kuhn's thesis. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Widely read in social sciences but ironically mostly ignored by STEM types. Pees in their cornflakes a bit much is why.

Separates out normal science and revolutionary science. And it is when the contradictions in normal science (which is additive, procedural in nature, and consensus building) cause a crisis which a new revolutionary theory addresses successfully, then that new revolutionary theory settles down to becoming normal science all over again. Cyclic theory of science. Brought the use of paradigm into popular consciousness.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

279 "The problem is not that AI will take away jobs, the problem is that AI is not suitable for doing the jobs it will be assigned, and it will cause massive problems and failures,"

It think the problem will be that, after all of our economy comes to depend fully on AI, the AI providers will suddenly jack up their per token prices by 10X.

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

280 And then one day, all of a sudden out of the blue, it’s a thing and everyone is riled up about it. This is coordinated.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (iCp4l)

Perhaps. No need to be an apologist for the surveillance state.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 01:17 PM (j9ddv)

281 Quantum theory is a scam
I came to this conclusion when I read about 'entanglement'

Science guys: if you don't know, just say you don't know
Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 01:03 PM (ZxPkt)

Einstein famously said God doesn’t play dice. His instinct was that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics was wrong. But he understood how very good it is at scientific prediction. It’s great science… as to whether it depicts ultimate reality that’s a philosophical question

I studied QM for many years, and concluded it was bunk due to the utter lack of turtles all the way down.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

282
Was corrected a while back after using the phrase 'Canadian geese', with a most solemn, 'Canada Geese'. The corrector was 10 years old
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Sky Carp
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:24 PM (6LG2q)

Cobra Chickens

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 28, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)

283 I don't know what else to do and I'm terrified of what it may be considering what happened with dad.

Sorry for the OT, but pray for me, please.

Three things to consider (I am in the same kind of boat).

1) As we age, our abilities diminish. We cannot do what we once did, we lose our sharp focus, our energy, and our tolerance for hardship and strain. Its a natural part of life on this earth, as evil as it is.

2) This does not mean you are falling into dementia or alzheimer's. I just lost my mom a few year ago to dementia and was her primary caretaker for the last two years. I live with that horror and worry about it too, but it is not abnormal to be less able and forget more as we age.

3) You sound like someone who needs to take a break. Not just a vacation but regularly. If you are not, take at least one day off a week: no work. NO WORK. don't think about it, don't do just a little, don't just set things up. Just take that day off, and do only the minimum you need to survive and care for your family.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:18 PM (K32Fz)

284 There used to be a small bodega in upper manhattan that I would stop at every morning. The proprietor was a guy from the DR. He worked his ass off, and spent most of his time fighting off the criminal element. He made the best El Pico, which I would drink while we had a pleasant five minute conversation about life.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:18 PM (zy41W)

285 The Internet is dead.

Posted by: Put a fork in it at August 28, 2026 01:19 PM (2Ez/1)

286 I AM NOT A BOT.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 01:19 PM (MWfyi)

287 Let me tell you a story about Your Devious Uncle Palpatine...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 01:06 PM (xcxpd)

Whatever happened to that guy?

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 28, 2026 01:19 PM (1g6sz)

288 X is convinced that I'm a bot, so I'm not sure I believe their assertion.

Their bot that reviewed the first bot's determination also decided that I'm not real.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 01:19 PM (vSvIl)

289 Government does want to replace God.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:13 PM (jPziU)

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There is rampant & recent historical evidence demonstrating this ... and resulting in a concomitant hundreds of millions murdered and mass graves.

I haven't been calling it A Death Cult most of my life for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 01:19 PM (EPw5O)

290 > The latest batch of space telescopes has been uncovering some really weird stuff in the past few years. Things that the standard model of physics says shouldn't be possible.

I would like to know more.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 01:19 PM (mkw2N)

291 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

292 275 The problem is not that AI will take away jobs, the problem is that AI is not suitable for doing the jobs it will be assigned, and it will cause massive problems and failures, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED ANYWAYS

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 01:14 PM (rbvCR)

I'll bet AI agents are being designed right now to disseminate cover-ups of AI-caused problems, failures of AI to control to-spec everything from stocking grocery stores to large aircraft, you name it. I'd do this if I sold usage of AI engines that are to do anything.

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (5rh/l)

293 Nood Rubio.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (mkw2N)

294 Nood Marco

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (PGK1w)

295 Flock cameras are another auspice of the surveillance state. They are tools designed to make you trust that government can take care of all your needs if you just let them intrude on every aspect of your life and you give up your liberties.

Government wants to be your god.
Posted by: Marcus

We’ve had traffic cameras for decades. We’ve had toll highways scanning plates for decades. Even flock has been around for almost 10 years. Every house has a Ring camera Nobody cared.

And then one day, all of a sudden out of the blue, it’s a thing and everyone is riled up about it. This is coordinated.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (iCp4l)
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I think more likely, it reached a tipping point and people started noticing it.

Ring cameras were also an outrage du jour back when they started to pop up everywhere.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

296 I have believed they are using AI to help develop the latest ops. the attempt to split MAGA, the DNC-DSA bs "clash", etc

They don't actually need it but it has some hallmarks.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 01:21 PM (JunZe)

297 Can we please just stop building data centers on good farmland? Why haven't the wastelands of the West been turned into data center farms, with on-site nuclear power and solar for backup?

Posted by: pookysgirl, not quite a farmgirl at August 28, 2026 01:21 PM (Wt5PA)

298 Quantum electrodynamics (QED - Richard Feynman) makes predictions that are verified in experiments where the agreement is in the parts-per-trillion range. That is remarkable science. But again does it accurately describe fundamental reality? That’s not a scientific question

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (geWO5)

299 Driving down a highway and getting your license plate scanned, or running a red light camera so the local government can collect more graft to hand out to their voters is one thing. Glock is specifically focused on surveillance of people. Period.

Not saying I agree with any of that. But Flock and surveillance cameras of people engaged in ordinary activity is quite a bit different and in my opinion unconstitutional.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (zy41W)

300 Separates out normal science and revolutionary science. And it is when the contradictions in normal science (which is additive, procedural in nature, and consensus building) cause a crisis which a new revolutionary theory addresses successfully, then that new revolutionary theory settles down to becoming normal science all over again

You can see it down through history, science pushes to its limits and starts getting ridiculous and silly as it tries to explain what it cannot know, yet. I am certain we are up against one of those limits and you can tell by how increasingly ridiculous the theories and explanations get, and how little science does any practical, useful stuff any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (K32Fz)

301 We’ve had traffic cameras for decades. We’ve had toll highways scanning plates for decades. Even flock has been around for almost 10 years. Every house has a Ring camera Nobody cared.

And then one day, all of a sudden out of the blue, it’s a thing and everyone is riled up about it. This is coordinated.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (iCp4l)
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The difference has been pointed out here repeatedly.

Toll booths/highway scanners are situational.

Flock is omnipresent and builds a heatmap of your movements over time. Toll cameras don't create a dossier on every person driving through them the way Flock cameras do.

I don't get why that distinction is difficult for you to understand.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 01:23 PM (PGK1w)

302 We’ve had traffic cameras for decades. We’ve had toll highways scanning plates for decades. Even flock has been around for almost 10 years. Every house has a Ring camera Nobody cared.

And then one day, all of a sudden out of the blue, it’s a thing and everyone is riled up about it. This is coordinated.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 01:16 PM (iCp4l)

Nope. And you are all wet here.

Ring cameras are used by private citizens. Flock cameras are expressly designed to be used by people who can either 1) deprive you of your liberty or 2) kill you.

And I suggest looking into the whack job who runs Flock. He thinks his cameras can end crime, and has said so.

Think of me as the puppet of some Svengali all you want if it makes you feel better though. And if a surveillance state is what you want, just move to the PRC, DPRK or Cuba. You won’t be missed.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:24 PM (jPziU)

303 Hey I don't know from quantum

quarks gluons spin flavors bosons
will it lead to a better mousetrap? Who TF knows

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (ZxPkt)

304 You can see it down through history, science pushes to its limits and starts getting ridiculous and silly as it tries to explain what it cannot know, yet. I am certain we are up against one of those limits and you can tell by how increasingly ridiculous the theories and explanations get, and how little science does any practical, useful stuff any more.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Welp, it happens in our social and economic theories as well.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)

305 299 Driving down a highway and getting your license plate scanned, or running a red light camera so the local government can collect more graft to hand out to their voters is one thing. Glock is specifically focused on surveillance of people. Period.

Not saying I agree with any of that. But Flock and surveillance cameras of people engaged in ordinary activity is quite a bit different and in my opinion unconstitutional.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 01:22 PM (zy41W)

Even the TX Legislature ended red light cameras seven years ago. Not legal in the state, and that’s includes Balcones Heights.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM (jPziU)

306 Alas! This mechanical eye, this Flock'd sentinel, hath caught my transgression. A digital scribe records my shame: I walk with a dame not my wedded wife. Now doth the cold lens betray my heart, and a silent witness shall summon the storm of my lady's wrath!

Posted by: Old Bill Shakespeare at August 28, 2026 01:28 PM (2Ez/1)

307 297 Can we please just stop building data centers on good farmland? Why haven't the wastelands of the West been turned into data center farms, with on-site nuclear power and solar for backup?
Posted by: pookysgirl, not quite a farmgirl at August 28, 2026 01:21 PM (Wt5PA)

Data centers on good farmland is bad. Commercial development and subdivisions on good farmland is GREAT and WONDERFUL and MUST NOT EVER BE STOPPED!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:29 PM (jPziU)

308 "Glock is specifically focused on surveillance of people. Period."
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM

Ummm...is this Glock loaded?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

309 Wow, sounds like China is bad. Maybe Trump shouldn't let in 600K of their students?

Posted by: UA113 at August 28, 2026 01:33 PM (iojh6)

310 308 "Glock is specifically focused on surveillance of people. Period."
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 01:26 PM

Ummm...is this Glock loaded?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

all guns are always loaded

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 01:34 PM (xcxpd)

311 Not saying I agree with any of that. But Flock and surveillance cameras of people engaged in ordinary activity is quite a bit different and in my opinion unconstitutional.
Posted by: Marcus T

It is my originalist take on the 4th but the justices on Scotus are not there yet. Stare decisis is why plus the unpleasant reality that fedgov relies on what should be regarded as illegal interception of communication traffic with foreigners to protect the nation.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 01:35 PM (E4rtv)

312 Can we please just stop building data centers on good farmland?
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Eat ze bugs.

Posted by: Klaus at August 28, 2026 02:03 PM (Fi81e)

313 Ummm...is this Glock loaded?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

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Do interns get glocks?

Posted by: Klaus at August 28, 2026 02:04 PM (Fi81e)

314
Gonna rock around with a glock tonight.
Gonna glock, glock, glock till it's broaddaylight.
Gonna rock, gonna rock around with a glock tonight.

Posted by: Klaus at August 28, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

315 Hmmm. Well, if we quit the AI race, then the PRC will have nothing to steal. And they ain't as advanced as many say they are.

Posted by: RobertM at August 28, 2026 02:14 PM (btIS/)

316 293 Nood Rubio.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (mkw2N)

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (odBC9)

317 Perhaps this is why I have lost access to Twitter. They activated a security check to ensure I am a real person, which involves giving Twitter my picture and fingerprints.

Posted by: MikeN at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (XON5m)

THE MORNING RANT: “Polite conservatism” didn’t put woke corporations on the defensive - conservative activists did; This time the target is the Big Four Accounting Firms

There is more good news in the war on woke capital – this time it’s the Big Four accounting firms in the cross hairs of 16 red-state Attorney Generals: “16 state AGs call out Big Four accounting firms for prioritizing climate goals, ESG” [The Center Square – 8/25/2026]

Many of these same conservative AGs have also been involved in the battle against the giant investment banks’ ESG policies, in which those companies betrayed their fiduciary duty with customers’ securities entrusted to them. Vanguard has already capitulated, as I documented here, and BlackRock and State Street are now playing defense.

Robby Starbuck has famously made himself the most feared journalist among C-Suite denizens. Mr. Starbuck caused a management crisis at Tractor Supply when he revealed the depth and vulgarity of its DEI/ESG programs. Facing a Bud Light-level existential crisis, the company soon made a very public repudiation of those practices. By continuing to target corporate DEI/ESG at corporations with a broad, middle-American customer base, all it takes now is a call from Mr. Starbuck to get them to start backtracking. The companies who publicly repudiated their prior DEI/ESG policies thanks to Mr. Starbuck’s activism include McDonald’s, Walmart, Boeing, Lowe’s, John Deere, Ford, Jack Daniels, and many others.

Those companies never would have retreated from pushing the pathologies of the left under the legacy conservative mindset that was worshipful of corporations while also sniffing “we don’t do boycotts.” Well, the threat of consumer boycotts is what it took to make corporate CEOs more afraid of its regular consumers than of the radical left they were kowtowing to.

Circling back to the Attorney Generals’ lawsuit against The Big Four accounting firms, here is a link to the actual letter. It is long, but the Conclusion captures the essence of it:

The Big Four’s climate commitments…conflict with core professional accounting standards of materiality, neutrality, and error avoidance. These commitments create an appearance that the Big Four have agreed to compromise their independence in favor of pursuing climate-related goals external to the audit. The Big Four’s climate commitments also create potential conflicts of interest that may violate the duties of integrity and objectivity by imposing climate-related disclosure obligations that benefit the Big Four at the expense of their clients. Furthermore, the Big Four’s advertising about their independence, integrity, and objectivity, without disclosure of their climate-activist commitments and actions to impose additional regulatory burdens on their customers, may constitute deceptive and unfair acts and practices under state law.

For now, the process is the punishment by the AGs. Each of the four accounting firms must reply to 32 questions and requests, which will require massive documentation and retrieval of historical corporate records. Here are just a couple of examples of what the woke accountants must provide:

4. Provide copies of all training materials and written guidance for auditors that were created, issued, provided, or used by your firm since 2020 that are related to climate-related disclosures and reporting in company statements, including (a) all documents related to the materiality or lack of materiality of climate-related information, and (b) all documents related to any International Sustainability Board standards or to the Bulletin.
10. Is it your firm’s position that disclosures of climate-related risks are material for every company you audit or provide assurances for? Describe your approach to determining whether such disclosures are material. Provide copies of all internal policies, guidance, and similar documents you have created, issued, or provided since 2020 to guide your auditors on this issue.

Each of the four accounting firms must also specifically explain how they can advertise to customers that they are independent, while simultaneously pledging fealty to global agencies committed to an anti-carbon climate agenda that is harmful to many of the Big Four’s clients.

Corporate America and the left-wing executives (they/them) who were so willing to shove cultural communism down our throats are in the uncomfortable position of defending their indefensible actions. Polite conservatives did not make this happen. It was activists like Robby Starbuck and conservative Attorney Generals. Much gratitude to them.

*****

Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “The $40 Trillion National Debt and the ‘Budget Hawk’ Ruse That Led to MAGA” discusses how false-flag conservative “budget hawks” used the “budget crisis” for decades as a reason to never advance other conservative agenda items, while never actually cutting spending either.

Even worse, the “fiscally conservative budget hawks” wouldn’t even cut obvious targets of waste, such as aid to foreign despots or funding for NPR, because those appropriations were just “drops in the ocean.” However, if there was ever “drop in the ocean” spending that was a priority to the conservative base, the budget hawks suddenly found religion, and would oppose it as an unacceptable increase in federal spending. Five billion dollars for a border barrier was a “budget buster,” while at the same time Congress was still appropriating billions of dollars to the PLO, and hundreds of millions of dollars to abortion mills.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My latest piece at The American Spectator: “The $40 Trillion National Debt and the ‘Budget Hawk’ Ruse that Led to MAGA”https://t.co/cSmZMbs6dH
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) August 26, 2026

*****

Dolly Parton

As the unofficial Opry correspondent and country music historian for this blog, and as a resident of East Tennessee, Dolly Parton’s death was an absolute sucker punch, both personally and to this part of the country.

There have been so many great tributes regarding Dolly’s charitable heart, loving nature, and amazing book of songs she wrote. I can’t add anything to those great tributes.

The only original thought I have to add to the Dolly discussion is that she also consistently made songs better when she sang tunes written by other superstars. Johnny Cash may have written “I Still Miss Someone” but Dolly perfected it.

Here is Dolly doing the best version I’ve ever heard of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 I'd have thought the DEI horseshit had run its course by now. It obviously leads to poor financial results.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (2Cry5)

4 I see Judge Indira Talwani has issued yet another ruling stopping the Post Office from establishing ballot mail standards. This is at least her third, or maybe fourth, stoppage, despite being slapped down twice by SCOTUS. The woman is a law unto herself, divorced from the legislatures and higher courts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (kV76K)

5 When you rent a car through Enterprise it gives you the option to throw money away on carbon offsets.

LOL.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

6 Thanks for the recording of Dolly singing Dylan. Outstanding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:06 AM (kV76K)

7 The Federal Employee's Thrift Savings Plan is run by BlackRock, and explicitly still employs DEI, regardless of what that means to my rate of return. Blackrock is legally able to do this, but that doesn't mean they are the only ones who can run the fund. It will not stop until someone else is brought in to run this multi-trillion dollar fund. I hope Trump orders that immediately.

https://tinyurl.com/3557yfw8

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

8 Are PwC's "thought leadership" reports still being authored by AI?

https://archive.ph/KtBlW

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 11:07 AM (2ap+5)

9 The woman is a law unto herself, divorced from ~~the legislatures and higher courts~~ reality.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (kV76K)
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FIFY

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D)

10 However, if there was ever “drop in the ocean” spending that was a priority to the conservative base, the budget hawks suddenly found religion, and would oppose it as an unacceptable increase in federal spending. Five billion dollars for a border barrier was a “budget buster,” while at the same time Congress was still appropriating billions of dollars to the PLO, and hundreds of millions of dollars to abortion mills.

It's like refusing to buy a padlock for your bike in a high crime area because they cost a few bucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

11
If any of those firms sell stock holding in their company,

they should have the Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwiches sued out of them for-

ignoring their fiduciary duty to their holders.

And go to jail if that can be managed as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 11:07 AM (iJfKG)

12 Willowed:

276
*banjo plays*
*singing*

Two lions are loose
in the cornfields of Indiana
The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks
If they need lights.
Then light them lions on fire
And the cornfields'll burn
With all their might

(chorus)
There's corn inside of whiskey
And whiskey's corn inside of me
I'm the one
Who let loose the lions
And now I'm hangin' from a tree

...
...

Posted by: Another Pop Song Not About Love at August 28, 2026 11:08 AM (iJfKG)

13 I'd have thought the DEI horseshit had run its course by now. It obviously leads to poor financial results.

*shrugs*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (2Cry5)

It's become a core social structure going back more than a decade now. It's gonna take time. There are a couple hundred million people accustomed to this regime.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 11:10 AM (BI5O2)

14 Not knowing much, I sure didn't know Miley Cyrus can sing. But she did a nice job saying good by to her godmother.

https://tinyurl.com/yedn95j6

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:11 AM (kV76K)

15 The woman is a law unto herself, divorced from the legislatures and higher courts.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (kV76K)

Not so. A sufficient percentage of the legislature smiles on her actions else she'd have been removed. They use the courts to stymy good governance efforts while avoid blame, as they use enabling acts to place blame on the executive for rules made possible by the legislature.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

16 "Circling back to the Attorney Generals’ lawsuit against The Big Four accounting firms, here is a link to the actual letter."
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I knew you were thinking about me. *wink*

Posted by: Jen Psaki at August 28, 2026 11:12 AM (cWLG3)

17 This Buck fella writes good. Who tosses around words like "fealty" with such precision?

Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at August 28, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

18 I see Judge Indira Talwani has issued yet another ruling stopping the Post Office from establishing ballot mail standards. This is at least her third, or maybe fourth, stoppage, despite being slapped down twice by SCOTUS. The woman is a law unto herself, divorced from the legislatures and higher courts.

She and Boasberg are almost singlehandedly ensuring that the removal of rogue judges will become a major issue in '28. We know that if she was removed, the left would then try to remove judges on the right. The entire legal system is in mortal peril, all because the Dems can't win without judges assuming the right to legislate.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

19 New lawsuit

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 28, 2026 11:14 AM (Cz6Yh)

20 The entire legal system is in mortal peril, all because the Dems can't win without judges assuming the right to legislate.

But, you know, No Kings!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

21 18
She and Boasberg are almost singlehandedly ensuring that the removal of rogue judges will become a major issue in '28. We know that if she was removed, the left would then try to remove judges on the right. The entire legal system is in mortal peril, all because the Dems can't win without judges assuming the right to legislate.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

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If this manifests, I think it manifests in reforms of the Judicial Act, not impeachment of individual judges.

There's never going to be 67 votes in the Senate for conviction for judges who have signaled support of one party over the other except in, perhaps, the most egregious of corruption circumstances...maybe.

But a modification to the act that makes district judges have limits on their tenure? That may be possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:15 AM (/PKja)

22 “Woke corporations”on the defensive?

Surely you jest, as my experiences in the trenches of woke corporations can attest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 11:15 AM (jPziU)

23 I'd have thought the DEI horseshit had run its course by now. It obviously leads to poor financial results.

*shrugs*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (2Cry5)

It's become a core social structure going back more than a decade now. It's gonna take time. There are a couple hundred million people accustomed to this regime.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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The educational institutions are at the heart of this. All of what's happen in industry, etc., is just treating the symptom.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 11:15 AM (XeU6L)

24 The problem is, if I become a conservative activist, who is paying me? Do I have to finance my own activities? This is a big problem for the "conservative movement".

Go get them, tiger!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 11:16 AM (SK+av)

25 Most of the Big Four issues are tied with the E side of ESG, which is Environmental. DEI was the S side, Social.
These goals happen to be opposed, but are cobbled into an alliance against [left as an exercise to the reader]

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 11:16 AM (88C+u)

26 Wonder if Paul Ryan knows that his 'budget hawk' treachery as SotH was a major instigator of the advent of President Trump.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:16 AM (NcvvS)

27 which those companies betrayed their fiduciary duty with customers’ securities entrusted to them"

Funny. No, these firms duty is to ensure their large city employees get mega likes on antisocial media.

Once you understand this, it all makes sense

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 11:16 AM (j0Tky)

28 If this manifests, I think it manifests in reforms of the Judicial Act, not impeachment of individual judges.

There's never going to be 67 votes in the Senate for conviction for judges who have signaled support of one party over the other except in, perhaps, the most egregious of corruption circumstances...maybe.

But a modification to the act that makes district judges have limits on their tenure? That may be possible.

I'm not sure that would work. It seems like it would simply amplify the ideological swings we now have in elected positions. Maybe.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

29 I often could not tell if the Respectable Republicans (especially the 65+ crowd) are really that afraid of being called racists.
Or if they fake it because it allows them to advance leftist policy goals while still pretending to be Republican.

But, either way, the way they scream and run in fear at any suggestion of being called a racist--no matter how specious and malevolent the claim--is embarrassing.

After 10 years of them constantly calling Trump a racists over anything and everything, their only motivation that can remain is:
They want to advance leftist policies.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 11:18 AM (3cUTc)

30 Thanks for the recording of Dolly singing Dylan. Outstanding.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:06 AM (kV76K)

Too bad the mix is so muddy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 11:18 AM (1z8ji)

31 10 However, if there was ever “drop in the ocean” spending that was a priority to the conservative base, the budget hawks suddenly found religion, and would oppose it as an unacceptable increase in federal spending. Five billion dollars for a border barrier was a “budget buster,” while at the same time Congress was still appropriating billions of dollars to the PLO, and hundreds of millions of dollars to abortion mills.

It's like refusing to buy a padlock for your bike in a high crime area because they cost a few bucks.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

Five billion dollars to the defense of national sovereignty - a legit purpose of government - is horrifying. Those other causes are just fine as they are not legit purposes of government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 11:18 AM (jPziU)

32 The entire legal system is in mortal peril, all because the Dems can't win without judges assuming the right to legislate."

Hmm. I wonder if this sort of issue has popped up in, say, the past hundred years or so?

Beuller?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 11:18 AM (j0Tky)

33 I just saw video of the men in Ceuta tearing up the invaders camp. Great stuff. I recommend they blast Hells Bells (turn it up to 11) in future incursions

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 11:19 AM (hypP/)

34 26 Wonder if Paul Ryan knows that his 'budget hawk' treachery as SotH was a major instigator of the advent of President Trump.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:16 AM (NcvvS)

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The House has all the power in the federal government, if it chooses to accept shutting things down to get its way.

It initiates every budget bill. It can shut down departments as a whole through appropriations bills, send them to the Senate, and then just go home for the rest of Congress.

Paul Ryan chose to slow down some spending on the edges so that in 50 years we might balance the budget. He was a man without vision, at best.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:19 AM (/PKja)

35 They want to advance leftist policies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 11:18 AM (3cUTc)

They want to run them BETTER!

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 11:19 AM (jPziU)

36 Related:
How much of the push to replace Americans with jeets was due, not just to save on payroll, but to boost their DEI scores?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 11:20 AM (3cUTc)

37 28 I'm not sure that would work. It seems like it would simply amplify the ideological swings we now have in elected positions. Maybe.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

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It might work, it might not.

But I think it's the only way any reform is coming to the judiciary. Impeachment is a non-starter, and I'm not sure what other reforms could make it through 60 votes in the Senate in the next few years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:20 AM (/PKja)

38 I'm not sure that would work. It seems like it would simply amplify the ideological swings we now have in elected positions. Maybe.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

Just make it legal to shoot rogue judges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 11:22 AM (1z8ji)

39 Impeachment is a non-starter, and I'm not sure what other reforms could make it through 60 votes in the Senate in the next few years.

And therefore this rogue judge has concluded there's no down side to ignoring the law and SCOTUS, and just letting her freak flag fly.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

40 If anyone wants to read a short account of Talwani's single handed efforts, RedState has one:

https://tinyurl.com/5y9m3xu5

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:23 AM (CtByK)

41 Thx Buck , great post.
While I read it all I could think of was the GOPe saying "that's not who we are". And that's why you're becoming extinct

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:23 AM (EZWVc)

42 I would pay good money to chuck rotten cabbages and tomatoes at Paul Ryan.

Posted by: Former Porter On The Romney/Ryan Express at August 28, 2026 11:23 AM (JM9I6)

43 Just make it legal to shoot rogue judges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 11:22 AM (1z8ji)

Didn’t work out so well for me. I was just a hard ass. Look what happened to me.

Posted by: Maximum John Wood at August 28, 2026 11:24 AM (jPziU)

44 38 I'm not sure that would work. It seems like it would simply amplify the ideological swings we now have in elected positions. Maybe.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

Just make it legal to shoot rogue judges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 11:22 AM (1z8ji)

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A defined removal process for ruling on matters outside their jurisdiction.

District judges have no authority, by statute that created the district courts, over immigration matters. It's explicit in the statute.

So, something like, "The president can appeal to Congress to have Congress remove judge with bare majority votes, with required approval from SCOTUS" or something. I dunno. I'm winging it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:24 AM (/PKja)

45 39 Impeachment is a non-starter, and I'm not sure what other reforms could make it through 60 votes in the Senate in the next few years.

And therefore this rogue judge has concluded there's no down side to ignoring the law and SCOTUS, and just letting her freak flag fly.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

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Pretty much!

But Trump is playing the long game and getting wins over time.

TPS is canceled for everyone now, despite the efforts to stop his ending of the status.

The mail in ballot thing was always mainly for 2028, not 2026. Getting it in time for 2026 would be good, but 2028 is the real goal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:25 AM (/PKja)

46
So, something like, "The president can appeal to SCOTUS to have Congress remove judge with bare majority votes, with required approval from SCOTUS" or something. I dunno. I'm winging it.

That's an interesting thought, but then it would have to go through Justice Roberts spine of tofu. He'd never bite.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

47
46
So, something like, "The president can appeal to SCOTUS to have Congress remove judge with bare majority votes, with required approval from SCOTUS" or something. I dunno. I'm winging it.

That's an interesting thought, but then it would have to go through Justice Roberts spine of tofu. He'd never bite.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

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I typoed, and meant it to involve all three branches, so the initial appeal would go through Congress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:26 AM (/PKja)

48 Robert's

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

49 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V)

50 What's more terrifying these days - getting a call from Robby Starbuck or seeing a tweet from Datarepublican that starts with "Hello" and your name?

Posted by: Octochicken at August 28, 2026 11:26 AM (oCS0o)

51 3 I'd have thought the DEI horseshit had run its course by now. It obviously leads to poor financial results.

*shrugs*
Posted by: Martini Farmer

======
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham in 1941 should be read as the correct prophesy that it is.

Brave AI Summary,
"The Managerial Revolution is a 1941 book by James Burnham that argues capitalism is being replaced not by socialism, but by managerialism—a system ruled by a new class of managers, technocrats, and bureaucrats.

Burnham posits that ownership and control have separated in modern industrial societies, allowing a managerial elite to seize power through state ownership and economic planning. He identifies Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, and New Deal America as early examples of this shift, where managers control production for administrative efficiency rather than capitalist profit. "

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)

52 I'm really feeling wore out today. Down, drained and just overall dumpy.

I'm sure I'll not add much to anything today.

I'm sure that shocks most of you........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (ccf/V)

53 9/25 should be a National Dolly Parton Day.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (2WIwB)

54 Burnham posits that ownership and control have separated in modern industrial societies, allowing a managerial elite to seize power through state ownership and economic planning. He identifies Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, and New Deal America as early examples of this shift, where managers control production for administrative efficiency rather than capitalist profit. "

Managerialism sounds a lot like fascism.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

55 Dolly's "Trio" album with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou came out in the spring of 1987, believe it or not, long before my 29th birthday.

Here's Dolly, Linda and Emmylou singing together

https://tinyurl.com/3ry3kx7m

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (CtByK)

56 I'm really feeling wore out today. Down, drained and just overall dumpy.

I'm sure I'll not add much to anything today.

I'm sure that shocks most of you........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (ccf/V)

Sounds like the Sponge is wrung out.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (2WIwB)

57 argues capitalism is being replaced not by socialism, but by managerialism—a system ruled by a new class of managers, technocrats, and bureaucrats.

"You're welcome!"

- - - - - Your Local HR Department.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (ccf/V)

58 What ever you think of Bob Dylan's voice, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright is a great song. And that was a great version by Dolly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (EZWVc)

59
Sounds like the Sponge is wrung out.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 11:28 AM (2WIwB)

I'm sure I could use a good cleansing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)

60 I'm sure I'll not add much to anything today.

I'm sure that shocks most of you........

Dude! At least give us a chance to make the cutting remark!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

61 The judiciary is squarely aligned with the left. There are holdouts, but they are few. Congress has zero interest in fixing this.

It's not going to ever get resolved unless methods outside the existing guardrails are used.

Or it remains a completely biased system for one ideological group of people.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (2Cry5)

62 What ever you think of Bob Dylan's voice, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright is a great song. And that was a great version by Dolly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (EZWVc)

Whomever told Dylan he could sing should be shunned for eternity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)

63 61 The judiciary is squarely aligned with the left. There are holdouts, but they are few. Congress has zero interest in fixing this.

It's not going to ever get resolved unless methods outside the existing guardrails are used.

Or it remains a completely biased system for one ideological group of people.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (2Cry5)

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Actually, it's the opposite.

Almost all the injunctions and actions against Trump are like a couple of dozen judges in 2-3 district courts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (/PKja)

64
Dude! At least give us a chance to make the cutting remark!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

Fire away! Wait....cutting......En Guard!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (ccf/V)

65 One way to try and rein in judges is to fight a successful revolution, write a new Constitution, and then explicitly limit judicial authority, and make it subordinate to the legislature and executive.

It was tried once before and didn't work. But that's what beta-testing is for.

For v2, I suggest cages and muzzles for judges, when not on the job, and then 7-day liberty for them afterward. They can go among the people, eat prepared food instead of raw meat, attend concerts, and so forth. A reward for good behavior, in the kennel and on the bench.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (BI5O2)

66 Whomever told Dylan he could sing should be shunned for eternity.

Right?

Posted by: Tom Waits at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

67 62 Whomever told Dylan he could sing should be shunned for eternity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger movies are bad because he can't act.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (/PKja)

68 Burnham posits that ownership and control have separated in modern industrial societies, allowing a managerial elite to seize power through state ownership and economic planning. He identifies Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, and New Deal America as early examples of this shift, where managers control production for administrative efficiency rather than capitalist profit. "
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)

Oh there's plenty of profit to be made. Cut the content of your product, jack up the price, inflating the "value" of the stock, which you sell before the company implodes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 11:31 AM (1z8ji)

69
Arnold Schwarzenegger movies are bad because he can't act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (/PKja)

But they're at least, usually, entertaining as can be.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:31 AM (ccf/V)

70 >>What ever you think of Bob Dylan's voice, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright is a great song. And that was a great version by Dolly

Bob Dylan is one of two superb songwriters who should never have been allowed near a microphone. Leonard Cohen is the other.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:32 AM (NcvvS)

71 A good friend of mine is running for State of Nevada AG. Adriana-Guzman Fralick. If any Nevadans are in here please vote for her. Trump endorsed her a few months ago. Thanks.

Posted by: JROD at August 28, 2026 11:33 AM (Qcqjd)

72 Burnham continues with his thesis that essentially the managers in private sphere are basically the same people running the governments. And like the actual shareholders got displaced in business decisions by their supposed managers, the same happens in the political sphere with voters/citizens and their supposed public servants of President, Congress, courts, and the bureaucracy.

Brilliant thesis proven true by events since the book was first published in 1941.

Burnham went on to write for NR back when they actually had intellectuals writing for them and published his Suicide of the West in 1964. Again predictive of our current plight as liberalism of his day turned inevitably into leftism.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

73 Dylan's voice is an acquired taste but it brings a lot of his songs to life. The album Blood on the Tracks really shows that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:33 AM (EZWVc)

74 What ever you think of Bob Dylan's voice, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright is a great song. And that was a great version by Dolly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (EZWVc)

Whomever told Dylan he could sing should be shunned for eternity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)

***

In my church, the Pastor is always calling for more men in the choir. Then he points to me and says, "Not so fast Diogenes, we need you doing other things."
And I sing better than Dylan.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 11:33 AM (2WIwB)

75
Bob Dylan is one of two superb songwriters who should never have been allowed near a microphone. Leonard Cohen is the other.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:32 AM (NcvvS)

*Kris Kristofferson has entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:33 AM (ccf/V)

76 where managers control production for administrative efficiency rather than capitalist profit. "

And which one of those choices answers to customers... those who pay the freight.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 11:34 AM (j0Tky)

77 >>*Kris Kristofferson has entered the chat.

And Archimedes tagged Tom Waits, as well.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:35 AM (NcvvS)

78 Oh there's plenty of profit to be made. Cut the content of your product, jack up the price, inflating the "value" of the stock, which you sell before the company implodes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That is not profit in the traditional economic meaning, that is looting by insiders which is a very different thing. See principal (shareholder) agent (mgmt) theory and defection.

Again, Brave AI has a pretty good summary for gray box purposes.
"Defection in Principal-Agent Theory refers to an agent's decision to abandon a relationship or contract, typically driven by asymmetric information and misaligned incentives where the agent acts in their own self-interest rather than the principal's. This behavior is often exacerbated by moral hazard, where the agent takes hidden risks or exerts low effort because the principal cannot fully monitor their actions. "

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

79 The House has all the power in the federal government, if it chooses to accept shutting things down to get its way.
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This is absolutely true, but only in a technical sense. They abdicated their authority, or refuse to exercise it. It's easier to act like spectators. America has been desensitized and trained to accept that "nothing can be done" and/or "our hands our tied" and golly oh gee, some obscure department buried in the bowels of some unknown bureaucrat office has decreed what sort of light bulb is acceptable.

When they outlawe Booze, at least they recognized it required an amendment passed by both chambers of congress, and passed by a majority of state legislators. Now? Some unelected whack job can decree what kind of oven you're allowed to own.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:35 AM (6LG2q)

80 The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham in 1941 should be read as the correct prophesy that it is.

Brave AI Summary,
"The Managerial Revolution is a 1941 book by James Burnham that argues capitalism is being replaced not by socialism, but by managerialism—a system ruled by a new class of managers, technocrats, and bureaucrats.

Burnham posits that ownership and control have separated in modern industrial societies, allowing a managerial elite to seize power through state ownership and economic planning. He identifies Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, and New Deal America as early examples of this shift, where managers control production for administrative efficiency rather than capitalist profit. "

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)

Efficiency is a bit of a stretch, but bureaucratic decay is natural in large organizations. You gain uniformity but have the following issues
1. Poor interest alignment (and corresponding factionalism)
2. Low information availability
3. Inflexible and slow to implement changes

Large franchises fix a good bit of this by having local owners function as local management.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 11:36 AM (okun6)

81 36 Related:
How much of the push to replace Americans with jeets was due, not just to save on payroll, but to boost their DEI scores?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 11:20 AM (3cUTc)

Probably both, but also remember: other cultures have no problems being racist and tribal as hell. Once they get into HR, they ONLY hire members of that tribe- whatever it is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 11:36 AM (Y/06r)

82 Not to disparage Dolly Parton in any fashion, but it seems like improving on a Bob Dylan song shouldn't be that hard.

Posted by: Octochicken at August 28, 2026 11:37 AM (oCS0o)

83 79 This is absolutely true, but only in a technical sense. They abdicated their authority, or refuse to exercise it. It's easier to act like spectators. America has been desensitized and trained to accept that "nothing can be done" and/or "our hands our tied" and golly oh gee, some obscure department buried in the bowels of some unknown bureaucrat office has decreed what sort of light bulb is acceptable.

When they outlawe Booze, at least they recognized it required an amendment passed by both chambers of congress, and passed by a majority of state legislators. Now? Some unelected whack job can decree what kind of oven you're allowed to own.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:35 AM (6LG2q)

========

Congress abdicated its responsibilities something like a century ago.

The Imperial presidency has just grown to the point where the only power that matters is the executive branch.

But, a House run by a real bastard could do a whole lot on its own. YD for Speaker.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:37 AM (/PKja)

84 > Almost all the injunctions and actions against Trump are like a couple of dozen judges in 2-3 district courts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (/PKja)
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I wasn't referring to injunctions or judgements against only Trump. The bias is clearly against anything, or anyone remotely right of center. Your point about the districts/judges going against Trump is true, however.

The bias is something noticed and discussed here almost daily.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 11:37 AM (2Cry5)

85 *Kris Kristofferson has entered the chat.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:33 AM (ccf/V)
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He could do just about anything, but singing might not have been his strongest point.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:37 AM (sOsrI)

86 Music-wise, I'm a Tanya Tucker man.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 11:38 AM (BI5O2)

87 Never heard a cover of a Dylan song that was worse than the original. Only one cover of Cohen song that should never have been recorded: Bono's version of 'Hallelujah'.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:39 AM (NcvvS)

88 Some unelected whack job can decree what kind of oven you're allowed to own.

As trivial an example as that might seem, it was so absurd that I think it persuaded a lot of people the government was too big, needed to STFU, and mind the things it's tasked with. You never know what will start the preference cascade.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

89 Once the interest on debt outpaces tax receipts, then we default, which makes t-bills worthless and people stop buying, which then ends all government borrowing.

But our entitlement spending is "mandatory" which means we'll have no choice but massive tax hikes, which of course, won't raise the needed revenue.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at August 28, 2026 11:39 AM (GD2xa)

90 Large organizations are beset by the Peter Principle, wherein people rise up through the organization to their level of incompetence and then they do great damage.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:39 AM (sOsrI)

91 He could do just about anything, but singing might not have been his strongest point.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 11:37 AM (sOsrI)

I believe he was the one, during his military career, commandeered a helo and flew to Johnny Cash's ranch to get him to listen to his songs.

Johnny figured anyone with the balls to fly over and land on his property without fear of getting shot deserved a listen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:39 AM (ccf/V)

92 Key positions will never be filled by anyone who isn't willing to play ball, for the most part. This has been obvious for a long time. It would be glorious, however.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:39 AM (6LG2q)

93 And which one of those choices answers to customers... those who pay the freight.
Posted by: man

Ideally but instead you get the managers running the company for their own incentives which is why you see them glomming onto new companies, stifling innovation, and engaging in cartel like operations to stop competing.

Airlines are a perfect example--their local hold on gates at airports as 'property' means that travelers must go through the shrunken field of airlines to get from a to b and like ancient travel, are divested of their riches to do so.

And it is killing travel for all but the well heeled. Antithesis of Herb Kelleher and SW Airlines founding which has after his death turned into the perfect oligopolistic member of the big US airlines club.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

94 And I sing better than Dylan"

So does my Shih Tzu

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 11:40 AM (j0Tky)

95 Never heard a cover of a Dylan song that was worse than the original.

Peter, Paul, and Mary practically made a career out of turning his nasal whining into harmonious muzak.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

96 Eh, Cohen's a dork. I don't like Hallejuah. Or much of anything he did.

But, Everybody Knows is a good song, and it has a lot of lousy covers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 11:41 AM (BI5O2)

97 I, for one, am sad that companies and investment firms will no longer have an ESG score.

If I don't know that a company has a high ESG score, how will I know to not buy it?

I might have to do research!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 11:41 AM (vJrRc)

98 Never heard a cover of a Dylan song that was worse than the original.

The decision by Tom Petty to make his own voice an impression of Dylan is a questionable one at best.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:42 AM (ccf/V)

99 Airlines are a perfect example--"

Indeed. The future isn't a boot on the face - it's a gate agent with it's own agenda...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 11:43 AM (j0Tky)

100 >>Peter, Paul, and Mary practically made a career out of turning his nasal whining into harmonious muzak.

There's a story that The Byrds hit with 'Hey Mr Tambourine Man' was almost derailed - another band from the late 50s-early 60s was trying to mount a comeback and wanted to use that song, but there were legal reasons they couldn't release it. Then The Byrds did and the other band faded away.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:44 AM (NcvvS)

101 For v2, I suggest cages and muzzles for judges, when not on the job, and then 7-day liberty for them afterward. They can go among the people, eat prepared food instead of raw meat, attend concerts, and so forth. A reward for good behavior, in the kennel and on the bench.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 11:30 AM (BI5O2)

What? No duty at the Dignity Canal?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)

102 89 Once the interest on debt outpaces tax receipts, then we default, which makes t-bills worthless and people stop buying, which then ends all government borrowing.

But our entitlement spending is "mandatory" which means we'll have no choice but massive tax hikes, which of course, won't raise the needed revenue.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

If you read economic history, outright defaults are rare unless you don't control your currency (like the EU nations), instead is a soft default of inflation that erodes the value of money to buy things. Green Nude Eel was such a shock--in essence, the Biden years made holders of US debt take a 25-30 percent haircut in the value of those bonds. We never see debt listed other than nominal but it too is deflated by inflation.

A better measure then is debt to GDP and we aren't great there but others are far worse including China, many nations in the Eurozone, the UK, and Japan.

We have the less shitty house in a bad neighborhood.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

103 >>Eh, Cohen's a dork. I don't like Hallejuah. Or much of anything he did.

But, Everybody Knows is a good song, and it has a lot of lousy covers.

Don Henley's version is pretty good.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:45 AM (NcvvS)

104 Once HR is captured, the company is done. They have VAST power. They can turn small issues into fireable ones. Decide who is hired and who is not.

They can OWN a company- no matter who started and runs it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 11:45 AM (Y/06r)

105 What? No duty at the Dignity Canal?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 11:44 AM (g8Ew8

I mentioned reward, not punishment.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

106 >>>Not to disparage Dolly Parton in any fashion, but it seems like improving on a Bob Dylan song shouldn't be that hard.

Posted by: Octochicken

>We used to tune in a different FM station.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 11:45 AM (SK+av)

107 In a column at the NY Post, Julian Epstein a Dem calls Schumer and Jefferies " invertebrate castrato". That's gonna leave a mark

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:46 AM (EZWVc)

108 How much of the push to replace Americans with jeets was due, not just to save on payroll, but to boost their DEI scores?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Most of it, probably. There aren't enough minorities of any sort in the US to fill the ESG quotas for "representation"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 11:46 AM (vJrRc)

109 Howdy folks, it's a beautiful day!

I think the interview went really well. I want the job more than I thought I would. Not going to stop searching until I have a firm offer in hand, they still might pick someone else. I should hear back next week. I don't know if there will be a second interview round or not.

On topic items:
Yay for AGs doing their job! More of this!

Dolly was a treasure. I have a plastic 'boot mug' that I use as a pencil holder, from when we went to the Dixieland Stampede in Branson.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:46 AM (aJQbY)

110 @103 Concrete Blonde's version of Everybody Knows is great. Mostly because Johnette Napolitano has an awesome voice

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:47 AM (EZWVc)

111 The Byrds made bank on "Tambourine Man" and "Eight Miles High", the latter isn't a Dylan tune but both are corporate machine schlock with syrupy vocals and the rest of it. It is true Dylan is an acquired taste.

It took me a while to realize music is a product, a business, even something as personal as music. Never the twain shall meet, but they did get good at producing hits over the years.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:47 AM (6LG2q)

112 Howdy folks, it's a beautiful day!

I think the interview went really well. I want the job more than I thought I would. Not going to stop searching until I have a firm offer in hand, they still might pick someone else. I should hear back next week. I don't know if there will be a second interview round or not.

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!!!

Posted by: Kasey Kasem at August 28, 2026 11:47 AM (ccf/V)

113
These two do a nice job with Don't Think Twice:

https://youtu.be/kzzCFlMTZGU

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

114 DEI horseshit had run its course by now. It obviously leads to poor financial results. --Martini Farmer

Sure it does, but I think the 'efficient' way to attack it has always been that it causes so much harm to those it purports to help.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 28, 2026 11:48 AM (zdLoL)

115 Efficiency is a bit of a stretch, but bureaucratic decay is natural in large organizations. You gain uniformity but have the following issues
1. Poor interest alignment (and corresponding factionalism)
2. Low information availability
3. Inflexible and slow to implement changes

Large franchises fix a good bit of this by having local owners function as local management.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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Burnham at the time was writing as a Trotskyite. Before his conversion to conservatism. And his term of efficiency meant more that according to the criteria that the managers themselves chose, the operation of a firm was much more efficient in carrying out those criteria than allowing shareholders to meddle in professional matters.

He later wrote a book arguing that managers, public and private, would do well to emulate Machiavelli--essentially the rehashed Plato Noble Lie bullshit where only the true insiders can see what must be done. At that stage, Burnham was in transition a bit.

But it wasn't until Suicide of the West that Burnham realized his errors that the system he thought he was describing was actually full of horrors and alien to Western thought.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)

116 My company used Vanguard to administer the 401(k) plan. As soon as I retired, I rolled it all over to another company that doesn’t use my money to further their political agenda. Baird and a local advisor has grown my retirement investment far better in the last 3 years than Vanguard in the previous 10.

Posted by: Advo at August 28, 2026 11:50 AM (jO4mz)

117 Who are the other two ladies on screen with Dolly in the video?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 11:50 AM (wzUl9)

118 I'm not sure that would work. It seems like it would simply amplify the ideological swings we now have in elected positions. Maybe.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

Just make it legal to shoot rogue judges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We could start by making only natural-born US citizens eligible for judgeship.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 11:51 AM (vJrRc)

119 Looks to me like the government put four corporations back on their heels, no organized "unpolilte" conservatives.

How much of the push to replace Americans with jeets was due, not just to save on payroll, but to boost their DEI scores?

Partly, but once an executive gets an idea in their heads, no matter how retarded, they will push for it in the face of all evidence and reason. Ego is involved: they cannot be wrong or admit they were wrong. Plus most of them despite being good at business are not very smart. Same with politicians, although they are mostly driven by sloth: my staffers say I should do this.

So all it took was Indian voice getting the right execs in the right places or staffers in the right place a with the right politicians and getting the ball rolling. Once its in motion, its extremely hard to get businesses to change their minds

That's the main reason the DEI thing took off; these guys don't give a single damn about it personally but they were convinced it would make them more money and get more support from politicians and bureaucrats.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 11:51 AM (K32Fz)

120 EZWVc)

111 The Byrds made bank on "Tambourine Man" and "Eight Miles High", the latter isn't a Dylan tune but both are corporate machine schlock with syrupy vocals and the rest of it. It is true Dylan is an acquired taste.

It took me a while to realize music is a product, a business, even something as personal as music. Never the twain shall meet, but they did get good at producing hits over the years.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:47 AM (6LG2q)

Speaking of music, I've been trying to remember the a cappella men's quartet back in the late fifties/early sixties that sang Till the End of Time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)

121 The decision by Tom Petty to make his own voice an impression of Dylan is a questionable one at best.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:42 AM (ccf/V)

Some people have never learned to assume a pleasant singing voice. -- Geddy Lee

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)

122 One of the other things that is helping to end DEI is the threat of shareholder lawsuits. It actually hurts corporate value and the activist investors led a rebellion

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 11:54 AM (EZWVc)

123
Some people have never learned to assume a pleasant singing voice. -- Geddy Lee
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)

He's actually gotten more tolerable with age as his vocal chords no longer allow him to squeal like a pig.

Posted by: Kasey Kasem at August 28, 2026 11:54 AM (ccf/V)

124 Damn, although appropriate in the music category.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:54 AM (ccf/V)

125 Baird and a local advisor has grown my retirement investment far better in the last 3 years than Vanguard in the previous 10."

Mrs and I decided on a local firm years ago - and they regularly outperform the "national brands"

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 11:54 AM (j0Tky)

126 121 The decision by Tom Petty to make his own voice an impression of Dylan is a questionable one at best.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:42 AM (ccf/V)

Some people have never learned to assume a pleasant singing voice. -- Geddy Lee
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)

As if all the sulfurous pits of Hell were filled with kittens.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 11:55 AM (Y/06r)

127 Speaking of music, I've been trying to remember the a cappella men's quartet back in the late fifties/early sixties that sang Till the End of Time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026

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The Four Lads?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 11:55 AM (wzUl9)

128 108 How much of the push to replace Americans with jeets was due, not just to save on payroll, but to boost their DEI scores?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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We had someone here describe why they wanted H1Bs (standin for all foreign work visas) at their place of employment. Easy to dismiss outside of US and state employment laws. Made the books look marginally better on DEI but it might be said that DEI was as much a cover for outsourcing US jobs to uncredentialed and cheaper foreigners than it was to give jobs to native minorities.

For entry level jobs, the same goes for hiring illegals, they are easy to get rid of, cannot really complain about being cheated at work, violations of safety laws, etc.

For managers, it is ideal to have a compliant and easily dismissed workforce when any trouble happens, they can be flushed away. And the fact that local, state, and federal governments are subsidizing illegals by welfare means that they work for less.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:55 AM (E4rtv)

129 I heard a quote in a RUSH documentary that that said Geddy Lee's voice sounded like a cat with a blowtorch up its ass.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 28, 2026 11:56 AM (2CeDH)

130 Congress abdicated its responsibilities something like a century ago.

The Imperial presidency has just grown to the point where the only power that matters is the executive branch.

But, a House run by a real bastard could do a whole lot on its own. YD for Speaker.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 11:37 AM (/PKja)
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I dunno.

Seems like lower-court judges believe THEY call the shots now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 11:56 AM (FZ29D)

131
Seems like lower-court judges believe THEY call the shots now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 11:56 AM (FZ29D)

Because the SC won't do a f*cking thing to them for overstepping their bounds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V)

132 We could start by making only natural-born US citizens eligible for judgeship.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Not unless you push through a constitutional amendment. And I doubt any such can be done at this stage. Same with states electing senators, etc. Unless we return to become a more homogeneous nation, fundamental changes to the rules become impossible unless imposed by victors in a Civil War (see 13th through 15th amendments).

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)

133 Dolly Parton singing He's Alive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DQfthEHVc4

Posted by: jen the original at August 28, 2026 11:59 AM (EiUt/)

134 Not unless you push through a constitutional amendment. And I doubt any such can be done at this stage. Same with states electing senators, etc. Unless we return to become a more homogeneous nation, fundamental changes to the rules become impossible unless imposed by victors in a Civil War (see 13th through 15th amendments).
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)

And also does not fix the problem. Modern liberals are going all in on not changing the constitution, but simply saying it says that which it does not say.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 11:59 AM (Y/06r)

135 Not unless you push through a constitutional amendment. And I doubt any such can be done at this stage. Same with states electing senators, etc. Unless we return to become a more homogeneous nation, fundamental changes to the rules become impossible unless imposed by victors in a Civil War (see 13th through 15th amendments).
Posted by: whig

How about approaching it from the other angle and forbidding anyone who holds foreign citizenship from holding public office?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 12:00 PM (vJrRc)

136 How about approaching it from the other angle and forbidding anyone who holds foreign citizenship from holding public office?
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Blame Scotus for a bad decision in the 1960s that allowed dual citizenship which was ahistoric and deadly to a country that claimed to base its acceptance of a creed rather than blood and soil.

No man can serve two masters.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)

137 >>110 @103 Concrete Blonde's version of Everybody Knows is great. Mostly because Johnette Napolitano has an awesome voice

Had never heard that version. Remedied, and thanks for the recommendation.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 12:02 PM (NcvvS)

138 Arnold Schwarzenegger movies are bad because he can't act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026

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Dunno about later in his career, but (the story goes) at the time of Terminator, Cameron originally wanted Arnold to play Reese the human soldier. Arnold declined and said he wanted the Terminator role, because he knew his acting range was limited. (Also, possibly, because it was the title role -- and because he knew that even when the machine is off screen, the audience is wondering what the hell it's doing!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 12:02 PM (wzUl9)

139 Posted by: jen the original at August 28, 2026 11:59 AM (EiUt/)
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Beautiful

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:04 PM (+l7X8)

140 (Also, possibly, because it was the title role -- and because he knew that even when the machine is off screen, the audience is wondering what the hell it's doing!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 12:02 PM (wzUl9)

Banging the help, of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:04 PM (1z8ji)

141 138 Arnold Schwarzenegger movies are bad because he can't act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026

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Dunno about later in his career, but (the story goes) at the time of Terminator, Cameron originally wanted Arnold to play Reese the human soldier. Arnold declined and said he wanted the Terminator role, because he knew his acting range was limited. (Also, possibly, because it was the title role -- and because he knew that even when the machine is off screen, the audience is wondering what the hell it's doing!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 12:02 PM (wzUl9)

His acting is good in a few. Terminator 2, True Lies and especially Predator.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:04 PM (Y/06r)

142 As if all the sulfurous pits of Hell were filled with kittens.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 11:55 AM (Y/06r)

My kitten is actually very quiet unless he's hurt unexpectedly (someone sits on him because he hopped up on the couch too fast and got his his claws caught. I don't think kittens go to hell unless they're a special torture for bad people who don't like cats . J/K

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 12:04 PM (rHgXV)

143 President Trump must have just finished reading this. His 11:59am Truth ("troot"?):

“The Department of Justice secured a $22 million settlement with Deloitte concerning False Claims Act violations in connection with Deloitte’s use of DEI policies in hiring and employment.”

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 12:04 PM (Jl/ju)

144 Modern liberals are going all in on not changing the constitution but simply saying it says that which it does not say
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And claiming it doesn't say what it clearly does. It's really super duper complicated, you understand. Let's leave this stuff to the "experts" who went to Deah Old Hahvahd. They'll tell you what the Constitution really means.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:05 PM (6LG2q)

145 And also does not fix the problem. Modern liberals are going all in on not changing the constitution, but simply saying it says that which it does not say.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Ignoring the law is what got us into trouble and why the left may be sorry if that is what they plan to do. And their idiotic and repulsive Resistance law based on external imported ideas of oppressed and oppressor that is absent totally in common law is simply Calvinball. That is why I predict trouble in the future as in the Spanish Civil War type trouble. Urban globo homo leftists versus the countryside.

The nightmare comes in when you realize Spain had no nukes floating around in its Civil War which would not be true of the US.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

146 ABC: Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

147 -----
And claiming it doesn't say what it clearly does. It's really super duper complicated, you understand. Let's leave this stuff to the "experts" who went to Deah Old Hahvahd. They'll tell you what the Constitution really means.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:05 PM (6LG2q)

Because The constitution is a living, breathing document, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (ccf/V)

148 ABC: Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

WTF? Why? This far after the conviction and sentencing?

This seems contrived.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:07 PM (ccf/V)

149 141 138 Arnold Schwarzenegger movies are bad because he can't act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026

***
Dunno about later in his career, but (the story goes) at the time of Terminator, Cameron originally wanted Arnold to play Reese the human soldier. Arnold declined and said he wanted the Terminator role, because he knew his acting range was limited. (Also, possibly, because it was the title role -- and because he knew that even when the machine is off screen, the audience is wondering what the hell it's doing!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 12:02 PM (wzUl9)

His acting is good in a few. Terminator 2, True Lies and especially Predator.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:04 PM (Y/06r)

I thought Twins wasn't bad either.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (cWLG3)

150 How about approaching it from the other angle and forbidding anyone who holds foreign citizenship from holding public office?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 12:00 PM (vJrRc)

You’ll still need a Constitutional amendment.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (jPziU)

151 And claiming it doesn't say what it clearly does. It's really super duper complicated, you understand. Let's leave this stuff to the "experts" who went to Deah Old Hahvahd. They'll tell you what the Constitution really means.
Posted by: Common Tater

Appeal to expert authority is not wise for the left anymore as they took it behind the barn and shot it in the head and propped up a zombie Weekend at Bernies version.

The age of the anti experts is upon us and the peasants are the ones with pitchforks and torches parading up to Frankenstein's castle (Harvard) for some rough justice. After all, the creator (Harvard and the other Ivies) have unleashed Frankensteinian monsters to ravage the countryside under the guise of the doctor (professors) can do no wrong.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)

152 146 ABC: Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

Accuser #10 to be specific. Accusers 1-9 are still very sure of what he did.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (pwuuY)

153 146 ABC: Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

Interesting. Everyone but the purported victims are dead at this point, right (Sandusky and JoPa?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (Y/06r)

154 >>>The companies who publicly repudiated their prior DEI/ESG policies thanks to Mr. Starbuck’s activism include McDonald’s, Walmart, Boeing, Lowe’s, John Deere, Ford, Jack Daniels, and many others.

Goodyear is another early repudiator. I don't know how they are now, but they had some woke-DEI BS leak.

I immediately contacted investor relations and let them know I can spend $1500 on tires elsewhere if my race was a problem for them. It didn't take Goodyear long to publicly rebuke such nonsense. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (dK+Kv)

155 I thought Twins wasn't bad either.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (cWLG3)

I liked it, sort of.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:09 PM (Y/06r)

156 Interesting. Everyone but the purported victims are dead at this point, right (Sandusky and JoPa?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (Y/06r)

Just happened to look this up not long ago. Sandusky is still rotting in jail.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:09 PM (ccf/V)

157 My father in law was an appellate lawyer with great respect of the judicial process, but district judges today lack that respect. People like Indira Talwani to James Boasberg appear to regard themselves all too often as effecting societal corrections they individually think are needed and the Congress, for whatever reason, has not delivered. And they regard contrary rulings from superior courts as impediments, not bars to action.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 12:09 PM (5T19r)

158
Circling back to the Attorney Generals’ lawsuit against The Big Four accounting firms, here is a link to the actual letter.

*polite cough*

Attorneys General

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (O0L8i)

159 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (NcvvS)

160 Just happened to look this up not long ago. Sandusky is still rotting in jail.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:09 PM (ccf/V)

*fistbump on having to check periodically if well known people are dead or alive*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (Y/06r)

161
I immediately contacted investor relations and let them know I can spend $1500 on tires elsewhere if my race was a problem for them. It didn't take Goodyear long to publicly rebuke such nonsense. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 12:08 PM (dK+Kv)

I stopped buying GoodYear long ago when I paid attention to Nascar and saw what a shitty tire they provided for the series.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:10 PM (ccf/V)

162 Ted Nugent posed a YT video of he and Dolly performing together on the Mike Douglas Show.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 12:11 PM (bX16E)

163 Don’t get me started on PwC. They were the auditors at an oil company where I worked and had some newbie who was Chinese and you literally couldn’t understand one word she said. I talked to the PwC manager and asked why they hired someone who has no grasp of the English language. Granted, the manager and I were covertly on the same conservative page so I could speak freely. She said they had a quota they had to meet. (You know you’re over 29 when it was the Big 8 back in the day).

Posted by: TxAnn at August 28, 2026 12:12 PM (SjAWL)

164 Wokeness took root because the leftists made it their business to punish businesses (heh) who dared refuse to put all their DEI LGTBSDYFSDL++++ nonsense front and center.

Businesses that weren't run by woke wankers made the (correct at the time) decision that refusing to bend the knee to leftists would significantly hurt their business, and more importantly, possibly lead to them personally suffering consequences, while they calculated that conservatives and normies would just accept it.

Now that is no longer true. At every turn wokeness is a proven loser, leading to MASSIVE losses from multiple companies.

So now wokeness is being driven underground.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 28, 2026 12:12 PM (setIA)

165 It's a scam of the worst kind. The left has a well oiled machine that winnows any decent people out, regardless of sex or race or any other metric. "We need more brown people in charge".

Not if they are whacked out leftist idiots. Those are culturally the only choices available. It's insidious and pervasive. They insist on keeping their pets on the reservation, that much is clear. Trump broke through the log-jam. I'm convinced they stole 2020 for precisely this reason.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (6LG2q)

166 If you want to quell the worst of district court misbehavior, you require panels of three judges like in the days of old. Important cases were not heard by one judge sitting alone and federal district judges were more like magistrates at the time rather than considered equal of circuit judges--so you had circuit judges (and even Scotus judges when out of session) on the ridings to sit on panels with a district judge or two.

Put three judges on a panel where someone can squeal in a dissent, it keeps the other judges more honest. And trial judges less imperious as behaving like an asshole in a format that requires some collegiality is a good way to lose other votes on the panel (also see Action Jackson).

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

167 162 Ted Nugent posed a YT video of he and Dolly performing together on the Mike Douglas Show.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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Does TJM know?

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

168
Because The constitution is a living, breathing document, silly.
Posted by: Sponge

That's really cool! Look! Right *points* here, it clearly says being a Commie is a death sentence to be carried out by vigilante justice.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (XqYRq)

169 Ted Nugent posed a YT video of he and Dolly performing together on the Mike Douglas Show.
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Wha?? The 70s wasn't just a different place, it was a different planet.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:15 PM (6LG2q)

170 She said they had a quota they had to meet.
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This supposes that people are interchangeable meat-sticks. That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 12:18 PM (6LG2q)

171 Just end American dual citizenship unless born in a foreign country by American parents. Like it used to be.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 28, 2026 12:19 PM (xvV+O)

172 Stealing Chickens

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/
2093306806269350133

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 12:26 PM (/+uur)

173 "The Big Four’s climate commitments…conflict with core professional accounting standards of... error avoidance."

Sort of euphemistically defines the entire Left, whose missions not only conflict with "error avoidance" but willfully court error, or rather, mendacity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 28, 2026 12:29 PM (F8UH0)

174 ABC: Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

WTF? Why? This far after the conviction and sentencing?

This seems contrived.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 12:07 PM (ccf/V)

This actually lines up with the facts more than you realize. Sandusky was investigated and cleared A LOT before he was convicted. I'm not saying he's innocent, but without the context, Paterno and PSU look worse than they were.

In 1998, Sandusky was investigated by PA Child Welfare after receiving a complaint about him. The state hid an agent in the child's closet while he was alone with Sandusky, talking about their 'relationship.

The DA then fully exonerated Sandusky, saying there was no evidence whatsoever, and told Paterno and PSU's president that Sandusky was cleared of all charges.

Sandusky retired from Penn State in 1999 and started the Second Mile Foundation he used to groom kids.

In 2002, Paterno reported Sandusky again, and he was cleared again.

In 2008, Sandusky was investigated again, and left Second Mile.

In 2011, he was arrested and convicted.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 12:32 PM (PGK1w)

175 Sandusky retired from Penn State in 1999 and started the Second Mile Foundation he used to groom kids.

2nd Mile was much, much older than that.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (Jl/ju)

176 Sandusky retired from Penn State in 1999 and started the Second Mile Foundation he used to groom kids.

2nd Mile was much, much older than that.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 12:40 PM (Jl/ju)

You're correct - I should have said 'joined' Second Mile.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (PGK1w)

177 I'd add to Dolly's perfect covers "After the Gold Rush" with Linda L and Emmy Lou H. Either the studio version or on the Letterman show.

Posted by: Snoopy (soon to be Zombie Snoopy) at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (sFNX2)

178 You're correct - I should have said 'joined' Second Mile.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 12:45 PM (PGK1w)

Or perhaps, 'solely worked at'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 12:46 PM (PGK1w)

179 I have to correct one thing: many of these companies did NOT abandon DEI. They just changed names and shifted from having DEI departments to requiring all departments to "do the work". If you want to know more, Kirsche (a vtuber, but one of the cool ones) has been doing deep dives on BRIDGE (the entity behind much of the DEI stuff and now pushing the move to metastasize it while fooling people into thinking it has gone away) for years trying to get people to listen.

Posted by: Cortillaen at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (1cPuw)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

St. Catherine and Mary Magdalene
Konrad Witz

Early Renaissance? Late Middle Ages? Who knows, but it is this sort of art that shows us the bridge between the two-dimensional art of the pre-Renaissance world and the glories of the Renaissance.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

2 I like it though not sure why. Looks like the sort of painting I’ve seen at the Huntington Library

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (geWO5)

3 superb color.
you can almost see the midget squirming around under there.
amazing how she can remain so composed. you'd think it would be more of a distraction.
jaded.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

4 would hang

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

5 or maybe calloused.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

6 Meh. Boring.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)

7 Funny hats

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 28, 2026 09:34 AM (x0zYr)

8 Season 1, Episode 1 of The Chosen is entitled I Have Called You By Name and is all about Mary of Magdala.
It is excellent.

Posted by: Come And See at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

9 Theater stage curtains as ladies fashion. Glad it didn't catch on.

Posted by: Better Living With Asbestos at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)

10 7 are those halos suggested? i mean, if you were there you wouldn't see them, eh?

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

11 Did we just have this one, or another on the perspective issue? Having some serious deja vu here.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (XvL8K)

12 Alternate title:

"Well, Dear Catherine You Were a Martyr...Once. But, Our Dear Lord's Kale Smoothie Thursdays Every Thursday Were No Bargain Let Me Tell you"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

13 I assume Magdalene is reading "50 Shades of Pewter"

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 09:37 AM (88C+u)

14 9 but the sheen! maybe the midget is named martin. young girl patiently waiting her turn.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

15 I didn't know women wore medieval type dresses in the Biblical times. It makes the painting seem really dumb. Definitely would not hang.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 09:37 AM (g8Ew8)

16 I would have contributed to buy these ladies chairs, maybe a nice recliner. Looks very uncomfortable.

Posted by: Ashley Home Store at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

17 I think the girl in green is getting tired of holding up whatever it is in her left hand.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (2Cry5)

18 Enormous penny for your thoughts?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (NYInA)

19 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

20
Not really hanging material but...Wholley Kau!

The Artist grabbed his paint brush and practically screamed,

"Challenge accepted! You want 3 dimensionality! You can't handle all the 3 dimensionality I'm gonna give you!!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

21 Which is which?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (lFFaq)

22 I assume Magdalene is reading "50 Shades of Pewter"
Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 09:37 AM (88C+u)
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Or the romantasy of Chretien de Troyes...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

23 Catherine was from Siena, which is in the central part of Italy.
She drove a minivan made by Toyota.
Which is in Japan.

Posted by: Thus concludes today's map lesson at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Nice arched ceiling there. I'm not sure what a buttress is, but one may be flying about there.

Posted by: Costanza Architectural Firm at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

25 Love the ceiling.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

26 Roman Catholics make sure they have a saint for every day of the year, plus multiple saints for special occasions. Can never have too many saints, as they say.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 09:42 AM (g8Ew8)

27 Nice hair on the little ginger, I'll give him that.

Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at August 28, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

28 24 me church has similar. and that same three legged round window is repeated through the building.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:42 AM (Bep7s)

29 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

Possibly because St. Katherine is associated with a wheel. How she was martyred? The fireworks that spin are named for her.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 09:42 AM (lFFaq)

30 24 Nice arched ceiling there. I'm not sure what a buttress is, but one may be flying about there.

Posted by: Costanza Architectural Firm at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

I think flying buttresses were the UFO's of the Middle Ages

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:43 AM (5rh/l)

31 Per Wiki:
"Witz rendered surfaces and textures with great precision, and was adept at creating depth with the use of cast shadows. According to Detlef Zinke, Witz was "one of the great innovators in northern European painting", whose "sturdy, monumental figures" enact scenes that are dignified and static, in contrast to the emotive style of earlier German painters. Nevertheless, he had little influence on the course of German art, and was largely forgotten until the publication of a monograph by Daniel Burckhardt in 1901"

Posted by: Tuna at August 28, 2026 09:44 AM (lJ0H4)

32 Weird - AI?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 09:44 AM (X8xt3)

33 Is this vibrant, or should I head over to Hot Air?

Posted by: Art Cretin at August 28, 2026 09:44 AM (JM9I6)

34 St. Catherine and Mary Magdalene
Konrad Witz

would hang
Posted by: Gref

*************

Gref, Some Fatherly Advice - a limerick

I'm not quite sure what we would do without you
And I really have no reason for to doubt you
If you buy his works to hang 'em
Put them in your inner sanctum
'Cause you should always keep your Witz about you!

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)

35 Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 09:42 AM (g8Ew

The lords and important people weren't supposed to fight on most saint's days. It was church policy to load the calendar as thoroughly as possible with them to give the normal people a break.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 09:45 AM (lFFaq)

36 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

37 Everything about this painting seems off........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

38 29 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM

Thursday night roulette.

Posted by: It's a fundraiser at August 28, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

39 >>I think flying buttresses were the UFO's of the Middle Ages

I saw Flying Buttresses open for Toad the Wet Sprocket at Red Rocks in '93!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 09:46 AM (X8xt3)

40 I take it that the lady in red is Mary Magdalene. I love expression on her face.

Posted by: Tuna at August 28, 2026 09:46 AM (lJ0H4)

41 Not really hanging material but...Wholley Kau!

The Artist grabbed his paint brush and practically screamed,

"Challenge accepted! You want 3 dimensionality! You can't handle all the 3 dimensionality I'm gonna give you!!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)
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LOL!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:46 AM (Rln0i)

42 Has anybody tried deploying flying green buttresses at a WNBA game?

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

43 I always found the holy plates (er halos) to be distracting in these religious paintings.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:47 AM (cWLG3)

44 Those dresses must be heavy and uncomfortable to walk around the room.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

45 Nice arched ceiling there. I'm not sure what a buttress is, but one may be flying about there.

Posted by: Costanza Architectural Firm at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

I think flying buttresses were the UFO's of the Middle Ages
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:43 AM (5rh/l)

I thought a flying buttress was a fallen female angel.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)

46 I don't even know the difference between a column and a pillar.

Posted by: Column Of My Community at August 28, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)

47 Those clothes on Mary Magdalene are historically anachronistic, therefore the painting is wrong.

The highest form of artistry is strict recreation of fact, therefore this painting is bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 09:49 AM (/PKja)

48 46 A pillar is what you rest your head on when you sleep.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

49 46 I don't even know the difference between a column and a pillar.

Posted by: Column Of My Community at August 28, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)

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What about plinths?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 09:49 AM (/PKja)

50 I don't even know the difference between a column and a pillar.
Posted by: Column Of My Community at August 28, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)

You need to column down and rest your head on a pillar.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 28, 2026 09:49 AM (PSEDc)

51 @46 Pillars are an actual supporting structure. Columns are just decoration or part of a facade that makes you wonder, "like, hey, does the Pope live here?"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)

52 These two ladies lived 400 years apart ….

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (6iuvY)

53 I saw The Flying Buttresses open for the B-52s at the Aerodrome in '06.

Posted by: Music Nerd at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

54 Wheel on the floor keeps on turnin'.

Posted by: Rejected Journey Lyrics at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (JM9I6)

55 Pillars are an actual supporting structure. Columns are just decoration or part of a facade that makes you wonder, "like, hey, does the Pope live here?"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Owebama at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)

56 I like the colors and the shadows on the walls and the ceiling.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (JrHfD)

57 Perspective tricks. Eye is drawn down the corridor.

By definition, renaissance. The figures representation is very OG though.

It honestly looks like the guy wanted to play with perspective and then had some other guy do the figures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r)

58 Fur cuffs and collar, I note, on the gal in green (Catherine?).

It's nice. Not something I'd hang, but it's nice.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 09:51 AM (aJQbY)

59 52 These two ladies lived 400 years apart ….
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Pfffft. Details.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 09:51 AM (yEz+x)

60 These two ladies lived 400 years apart ….
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (6iuvY)

Early on, man lived for thousands of years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:51 AM (ccf/V)

61 29 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

Possibly because St. Katherine is associated with a wheel. How she was martyred? The fireworks that spin are named for her.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 09:42 AM (lFFaq)

Was she executed by 'breaking on the wheel'?

The condemned is spread-eagled on a large wagon wheel, arms and legs tied to spokes, hands and feet positioned on the wheel rim. The executioner uses a large, heavy iron bar to successively break the leg and arm bones, and smash the feet and hands. Extremely painful; is done in a prolonged manner. The condemned eventually due to internal bleeding from the many ruptured arteries.

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:51 AM (5rh/l)

62 Having dresses that drag on the ground must have stunk in the before times when the world was covered in horse shit.

Posted by: To The Manure Born at August 28, 2026 09:52 AM (JM9I6)

63 Wheel on the floor keeps on turnin'.
Posted by: Rejected Journey Lyrics

Floor wheel keeps on turnin'
Carryin' home to see my kin...

Posted by: Leonard Skinnered at August 28, 2026 09:52 AM (sn5xH)

64 60 These two ladies lived 400 years apart ….
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 09:50 AM (6iuvY)

Early on, man lived for thousands of years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:51 AM (ccf/V)
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*nods wisely* Ah, you mean the Elves.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:52 AM (cWLG3)

65 Did we just have this one, or another on the perspective issue? Having some serious deja vu here.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
___________

CBD, please tell me you briefly posted this one on Monday before swapping for the Konstantin Yuon. Because I've got Konrad Witz in my search history for Monday at 9:31 am and there's no other possible reason it would be there.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (XvL8K)

66 Columns are written by columnists.

Posted by: Like and subscribe at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Which is which?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026

***
I'd guess left to right, so Catherine then Mary.

The crinkling and textures of the gowns are well done.

Catherine looks like she's holding out one of those Bialetti Italian coffee makers. I hope it's not just off the top of the stove.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

68 44 Those dresses must be heavy and uncomfortable to walk around the room.
Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

But they allowed the women to sit with their legs splayed (see: the one on the left) and guys could do the rest using their imaginations.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (J4Dwc)

69 I am really coming to hate OSHA training.

Half of the committed time for this darn thing is just waiting for the timer to count down so I can go to the next section.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (Y/06r)

70 Catherine's hands are massive, while Mary's hands a tiny. Catherine has MASSIVE thighs while you can't tell Mary even has legs. The pillars are all off and the hallway twists off to the right........

Dude was high as a kite when he did this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:54 AM (ccf/V)

71 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026

***
Wheel of Life?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

72

Early on, man lived for thousands of years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man.. at August 28, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

73 The have fans attached to the back of their heads.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 09:54 AM (sn5xH)

74 64 *nods wisely* Ah, you mean the Elves.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:52 AM (cWLG3)

=======

The elves are not men! They are their own race, who never die but their fëa goes to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor for rest, healing, and contemplation! They can then reclaim their physical form, their hröa and return to Middle-Earth!

It's like schools don't even teach anything anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 09:55 AM (/PKja)

75 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?
Posted by: Gref

Bust a deal, face the wheel.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:55 AM (eZjn+)

76 The Wheel is turning and you can't slow down
You can't let go and you can't hold on

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

77 Catherine was from Siena, which is in the central part of Italy.
She drove a minivan made by Toyota.
Which is in Japan.
Posted by: Thus concludes today's map lesson at August 28, 2026

***
And Burnt Sienna was her favorite Crayola.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

78 75 what in the world does the wheel on the floor symbolize?
Posted by: Gref

Bust a deal, face the wheel.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:55 AM (eZjn+)

=====

Yeah, but how many men leave?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 09:55 AM (/PKja)

79 My Pillar never really caught on as a sleep aid.

Posted by: Mike Lindell at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

80 Catherine looks sort of familiar -- an actress from the '60s or '70s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

81 I am really coming to hate OSHA training.

Half of the committed time for this darn thing is just waiting for the timer to count down so I can go to the next section.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (Y/06r)

I used to listen to Rush Limbaugh when doing compliance training on the computer.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (g8Ew8)

82 Early on, man lived for thousands of years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (eZjn+)

83 but the sheen! maybe the midget is named martin. young girl patiently waiting her turn.
Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026

***
Whatever you do, don't let Charlie anywhere near these two!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

84 So Witz was a whiz at perspective.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

85 Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Retire at 65. Collect Social Security for another 904 years.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:57 AM (eZjn+)

86 Nice groin vault.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 09:58 AM (6/7Fs)

87 48 den wut's a branckit?

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 09:58 AM (Bep7s)

88 Half of the committed time for this darn thing is just waiting for the timer to count down so I can go to the next section.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 09:53 AM (Y/06r)

====

We know you are fooling around on that smart milblog.

Posted by: Relias Training Systems at August 28, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

89 82 Early on, man lived for thousands of years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (eZjn+)
---
Over 800 years, and for what, to be known as the oldest man?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (cWLG3)

90 *nods wisely* Ah, you mean the Elves.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026

***
I'd hang a painting of a saint who looked like the young Liv Tyler!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

91 I would never have thought this was from the 1400s. The expressive facial expressions, not wooden, the perspective, not flat, and the brilliant color. I could spend a lot of time just studying it and what it reveals about the time and place. I wonder if his use of 3D perspective was an influence on later art.

Totally unimportant but The woman on the right looks amused by what she is reading. I thought of her looking at a velum edition of 101 Elephant Jokes that I had, and laughed at, in grade school.

Posted by: JTB at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

92 80 Catherine looks sort of familiar -- an actress from the '60s or '70s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Glynnis O'Connor?

Posted by: TV Guide at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (JM9I6)

93 I'm practising playing and singing Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans," a really great piece of songwriting.

My favorite snippet: "and the sons of pullman porters, and the sons of engineers, ride their father's magic carpet made of steel"

The entire lyric isn't syncopated, but segments like this in the prechorus is, and that is what helps make the song great. An American classic.

Posted by: M. Gaga at August 28, 2026 10:00 AM (veWuN)

94 86 Nice groin vault.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 09:58 AM

The Paolo, he, how you say, gets that a lot.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 28, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

95 58 do they match?

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:00 AM (Bep7s)

96 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. They sure dressed up nice back then.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:01 AM (2WIwB)

97 Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man
*
Retire at 65. Collect Social Security for another 904 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026

***
SS went bankrupt when Methuselah was 624.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

98 That wheel does not appear to have proper guarding. The ladies dresses could become entangled and they could be pulled into energized equipment.

*makes furious note on clipboard*

We are going to have to shut you down. Why the hell is the wheel on the floor?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:01 AM (Y/06r)

99 60 then animals were domesticated.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

100 Wrinkly.

Posted by: red speck at August 28, 2026 10:01 AM (Ve/HL)

101 100

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (yEz+x)

102 Missed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (yEz+x)

103 Hey. Guys. Don't stick you fingers into a moving saw blade.

*nods*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (Y/06r)

104 Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (eZjn+)
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Over 800 years, and for what, to be known as the oldest man?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (cWLG3)

Just think on how big your birthday cake would have to be to hold all those candles.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (g8Ew8)

105 103 Hey. Guys. Don't stick you fingers into a moving saw blade.

*nods*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (Y/06r)

========

YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (/PKja)

106 Catherine looks sort of familiar -- an actress from the '60s or '70s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Glynnis O'Connor?
Posted by: TV Guide at August 28, 2026

***
Had to look her up. No, Glynnis was much cuter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (wzUl9)

107 They had a side business doing wagon wheel retreads. Just out of frame is a hydraulic lift operated by a donkey.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 10:03 AM (6/7Fs)

108 What about plinths?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026

***
"Plinths" always sounds like something you'd clean your teeth with. Or your horse's teeth.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

109 Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (eZjn+)
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Over 800 years, and for what, to be known as the oldest man?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (cWLG3)

Just think on how big your birthday cake would have to be to hold all those candles.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Globul warmening!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:04 AM (eZjn+)

110 Actually I'm a spittoon.

Posted by: The wheel on the floor at August 28, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

111
108 What about plinths?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026

***
"Plinths" always sounds like something you'd clean your teeth with. Or your horse's teeth.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

======

First time I heard the term was a year or two ago, on Taskmaster.

It was a word contestants couldn't say in a task. No idea what it meant. Through context clues, I realized what it meant over time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:04 AM (/PKja)

112
Just think on how big your birthday cake would have to be to hold all those candles.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026

***
Wax candles were expensive. They'd probably just put one for each 100 years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)

113 YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (/PKja)

*makes note to fire TJM for wearing a fake mustache that could be trapped in moving machinery*

*hesitates*

No, go ahead man- you're good. Have you seen the wheel on the floor?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:05 AM (Y/06r)

114 Wheel on the floor keeps on turnin'.
Posted by: Rejected Journey Lyrics

Floor wheel keeps on turnin'
Carryin' home to see my kin...
Posted by: Leonard Skinnered

**************

All I want is my water an' coal,
An' look outside my window
see those floor wheels roll...

Posted by: Mississippi John Hurt mumbles his lyrics at August 28, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

115 Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Sixty NINE!!!!

*wails on air guitar*

Posted by: Bill and Ted at August 28, 2026 10:05 AM (ccf/V)

116 ---
Over 800 years, and for what, to be known as the oldest man?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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But, known, nonetheless. The grandfather of Noah. Few of us will be remembered in stained glass.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:05 AM (XeU6L)

117 115
Sixty NINE!!!!

*wails on air guitar*

Posted by: Bill and Ted at August 28, 2026 10:05 AM (ccf/V)

=====

Excellent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:06 AM (/PKja)

118 >>Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.

Don't worry. We'll take you to Mouseville.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:06 AM (viF8m)

119 Meh. I don't think either one of these broads rate above a PTA 4.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 10:06 AM (SK+av)

120 0 Actually I'm a spittoon.
Posted by: The wheel on the floor at August 28, 2026

***
The Justin Wilson comedy routine?

"They's four doors in this place, yah. Front door, back door, Isadore, and cuspidor."

"Damn spittoon cost me forty dollars already today!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

121 Good news, everyone!

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy says the invasion Democrats allowed of criminal illegal aliens — who have committed violent crimes against Americans — into our country is “a fake problem, that is not a real problem.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

122 106 Catherine looks sort of familiar -- an actress from the '60s or '70s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Mary Grace Canfield?

Posted by: The Monroe Brothers at August 28, 2026 10:07 AM (JM9I6)

123 Wax candles were expensive. They'd probably just put one for each 100 years.

---------

They could get by with eight

MCLXVIII

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 10:07 AM (6/7Fs)

124 Hey. Guys. Don't stick you fingers into a moving saw blade.

*nods*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:02 AM (Y/06r)

You can.......

https://youtu.be/9Re9TPbBBvQ

Posted by: Bill and Ted at August 28, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)

125 rassafrasssafricknfrack......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)

126 Looks like that Star Trek episode....

Posted by: Spock's Dingleberries at August 28, 2026 10:09 AM (QRHoA)

127 93 at least four violations this morning. must be leniant friday.
that train ride is 18hrs from chickagoo. get the sleeper, bring a bottle and some sammies. laptop, book. they feed you pretty well, too.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:09 AM (Bep7s)

128 Since we're past 100:

My little daughter figured out who Dolly Parton is last night and started crying. She knows nothing of her film and recording careers
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

Someone else's daughter started crying, knowing only that she was the nice lady who always sent her books.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

I think I read that, in addition to sending books, Dolly would also send a personal message to each child on their birthday. If that's true, the woman was a true angel.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)

129 First time I heard the term was a year or two ago, on Taskmaster.

It was a word contestants couldn't say in a task. No idea what it meant. Through context clues, I realized what it meant over time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Commonly used concerning architectural and structural matters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:10 AM (XeU6L)

130 98 not to worry- they have a guarding angel.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

131 129 First time I heard the term was a year or two ago, on Taskmaster.

It was a word contestants couldn't say in a task. No idea what it meant. Through context clues, I realized what it meant over time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Commonly used concerning architectural and structural matters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:10 AM (XeU6L)

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The context clues amounted to one person pointing to the plinth and saying, "There's a plinth."

To laughter because she couldn't say the word.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:11 AM (/PKja)

132 Catherine looks sort of familiar -- an actress from the '60s or '70s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Mary Grace Canfield?
Posted by: The Monroe Brothers at August 28, 2026

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Had to look her up too!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:13 AM (wzUl9)

133 121 Good news, everyone!

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy says the invasion Democrats allowed of criminal illegal aliens — who have committed violent crimes against Americans — into our country is “a fake problem, that is not a real problem.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

Natch, because to Democrats, crime by everyone in the US, except Republicans, is not a problem. Does not exist. Crimes in America are all fake, just agit-prop by Trump and Fox news.

On the other hand, Republicans are to be relentlessly prosecuted for what 25 years ago everybody would have called fake crimes.

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 10:14 AM (5rh/l)

134 I'm not a mackeral snapper, but I think Catholic doctrine holds that Catherine kept a plastic Jesus on the dashboard of her Toyota Sienna.

She don't care if it rains or freezes...

Posted by: Heretic at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

135 I've thought about the living forever thing. As long as you're not sick, it seems like a decent deal. You probably would stop forming families after a couple hundred years or so, just because of all the grief. But there'd still be a lot of stuff to see and do. And, I bet after 1000 years or so, you'd probably see so much that you could basically see the future, and it would get really boring. Then you could go on an all-Chipotle diet and end it in a month or so.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

136 Are you missing a couple of lions?

Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana and nobody knows where they came from

https://tinyurl.com/dttv36tk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

137 In personal news, I had a job interview this morning. First one in a while (I'd honestly kind of given up). A friend from an old workplace reached out to me saying he'd heard that a mutual from the old company, now at a new company, had reached out to him, but he had just started a new job and thought of me instead.

So, I interviewed with the old PM who is now a director of a small consulting firm alongside her PM, both of whom also worked at the old company, and the conversation was good.

I got an email for a second interview about fifteen minutes later.

I haven't told Dolley about these because every time I lose out on a position she gets more depressed than I do.

So, fingers crossed.

And even if I do get the job, I'll keep making the YT videos because that's where the real money's at.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (/PKja)

138 Who braided Catherine's pigtails for her?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)

139 I guess the big golden sand dollars behind the ladies' heads are supposed to be halos?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

140 Don't know if anyone saw this, but...

"@DefiyantlyFree
Christmas has come early for me.

“Bessent’s inner circle is drafting a blueprint that could ultimately strip non-compliant organizations of their 501(c)(3) status, according to two of the people familiar with the plans. The reviews could result in massive back payments and civil penalties, the same sources said”

If the NY Post story is accurate and the administration is going to go after all these NGOs it will be the most consequential thing this administration has done. 😎"

I'm pretty sure Kamala's presidency would have been no different and probably better than Trump's by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:17 AM (/PKja)

141 >>I'm practising playing and singing Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans," a really great piece of songwriting.

Arlo almost didn't play the song. Heard him in an interview say so many people brought him songs and most were bad that he got tired of it. He was in a bar and Goodman asked him to listen to his song. Guthrie said he would give him until he finished his beer.

Must have been a good beer.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:17 AM (viF8m)

142 Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana and nobody knows where they came from

They belong to us. Bring them right back!

Posted by: NY Public Library Lions at August 28, 2026 10:17 AM (JM9I6)

143 Are you missing a couple of lions?

Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana and nobody knows where they came from

https://tinyurl.com/dttv36tk
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026

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I was going to bring up Second Hand Lions, but the poster beat everybody to it. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

144 What is the one on the left holding in her hand?

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 10:18 AM (Oy/m2)

145 139 I guess the big golden sand dollars behind the ladies' heads are supposed to be halos?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

Yeah, indication of Sainthood. They've seen the bright Heaven Lights.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:18 AM (Y/06r)

146 Sorry, no, Methusaleh lived to be 969, that's the record.
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man

Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (eZjn+)
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Over 800 years, and for what, to be known as the oldest man?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 09:59 AM (cWLG3)
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If you do a little bit of number crunching on Genesis 5, it turns out Noah was the only ancient patriarch who was born after Adam's death. Lamech (Noah's father) was 56 years old when Adam passed. The rest of the patriarchs were still alive and kicking for many, many years afterwards. Noah built the Ark the year Methuselah died.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:18 AM (FZ29D)

147 135 makes sense. sort of like why i'm not getting a 9th pooch.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:19 AM (Bep7s)

148 143 Are you missing a couple of lions?

Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana and nobody knows where they came from

https://tinyurl.com/dttv36tk
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026

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I was going to bring up Second Hand Lions, but the poster beat everybody to it. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

I was thinking more Ghost and the Darkness direction. In indiana though, you'd have around a 1000 guys wanting to hunt THEM.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:19 AM (Y/06r)

149 139 I guess the big golden sand dollars behind the ladies' heads are supposed to be halos?

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FUN FACT: Back in those days the well-to-do exhibited their wealth by attaching Bradford Exchange Limited Edition Collectors Plates to the back of their heads, often trimmed in genuine 14-karat gold leaf.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 10:19 AM (6/7Fs)

150 136 stayed lions?

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:19 AM (Bep7s)

151 Before bed, I read an account of the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity. Their deaths were part of the fun the Roman emperor arranged for his son's birthday celebration. Perpetua was a new mom and Felicity gave birth two days before she was scheduled to be killed by wild beasts. Rome enthusiastically killed babies, especially girls, but would not allow execution while pregnant. So it's not like they were amoral. The beasts could not finish the girls, and the birthday boy was getting bored, so the emperor had a gladiator kill them. Perpetua had to help the guy out by steering his wavering sword to her throat.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 10:20 AM (2ap+5)

152 I've thought about the living forever thing. As long as you're not sick, it seems like a decent deal. You probably would stop forming families after a couple hundred years or so, just because of all the grief. But there'd still be a lot of stuff to see and do. And, I bet after 1000 years or so, you'd probably see so much that you could basically see the future, and it would get really boring. Then you could go on an all-Chipotle diet and end it in a month or so.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

Or move to Canada.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:21 AM (g8Ew8)

153 I'm practising playing and singing Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans," a really great piece of songwriting.

Arlo almost didn't play the song. Heard him in an interview say so many people brought him songs and most were bad that he got tired of it. He was in a bar and Goodman asked him to listen to his song. Guthrie said he would give him until he finished his beer.

Must have been a good beer.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026

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One of the finest pop songs ever written. The imagery of the old men passing the bottle, "freight yards full of old black men," "mothers with their babes asleep," and "Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee; halfway home and we'll be there by morning, through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea" are all superb stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)

154 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9)

155 I’m still gonna call it Lake Ontario.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

156 142 Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana and nobody knows where they came from

They belong to us. Bring them right back!
Posted by: NY Public Library Lions at August 28, 2026 10:17 AM

You put on a pair of shoes when you come into a New York Public Library, mister!

Posted by: Lt. Bookman at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

157
And even if I do get the job, I'll keep making the YT videos because that's where the real money's at.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (/PKja)

Good luck!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)

158
If the NY Post story is accurate and the administration is going to go after all these NGOs it will be the most consequential thing this administration has done. 😎"

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I noted earlier that, curiously, for the first time since 2012, we've had an election year with no attacks on major cities in the US.

I think dismantling USAID and so on may be yielding this outcome. The other possibility is a tactical retreat by the enemy - but that's not like them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (BI5O2)

159 Kurt Schlichter: It’s Always Cute When Canada Thinks It Matters

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

160 157
Good luck!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)

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Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (/PKja)

161 154 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM

*polite cough*

Posted by: The Wabash Cannonball at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

162 148 the tsavo sisters at the field museum are dusty stuffed and dead looking.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (Bep7s)

163 Mary is reading the latest hardcover NYT bestseller. It's about regimes and nazis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (SK+av)

164 Before bed, I read an account of the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity. Their deaths were part of the fun the Roman emperor arranged for his son's birthday celebration. Perpetua was a new mom and Felicity gave birth two days before she was scheduled to be killed by wild beasts. Rome enthusiastically killed babies, especially girls, but would not allow execution while pregnant. So it's not like they were amoral. The beasts could not finish the girls, and the birthday boy was getting bored, so the emperor had a gladiator kill them. Perpetua had to help the guy out by steering his wavering sword to her throat.
Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026

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Which emperor? Philip the Arab, maybe?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

165 TJM - Hang tough on the job front. Sounds hopeful. Shall cross my fingers for you also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (XeU6L)

166 Tyrone, PA, 1893, the Walter L. Main Circus Train crashed, killing six people, injuring 20. More than 70 draft horses, performing horses, exotic animals, freed or injured. A lady was hanging out wash and was confronted by a Bengal Tiger. She ran in the house, but two dairy cows were killed by the tiger. Eventually the animals were recaptured or mostly killed, we think.

Posted by: PA Lore at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (JM9I6)

167 >>I think dismantling USAID and so on may be yielding this outcome.

Well yea. That was the whole point.

It turns out Trump actually knows what's going on.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (viF8m)

168 Which emperor? Philip the Arab, maybe?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

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The emperor was Septimius Severus.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (2ap+5)

169 I’m still gonna call it Lake Ontario.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

TRAITOR!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (ccf/V)

170 158 I noted earlier that, curiously, for the first time since 2012, we've had an election year with no attacks on major cities in the US.

I think dismantling USAID and so on may be yielding this outcome. The other possibility is a tactical retreat by the enemy - but that's not like them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 10:23 AM (BI5O2)

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When have they tactically retreated in the past 18 years? The Chicago machine ethos doesn't include tactical retreats.

Trump 2.0 is attacking the pillars of power that Democrats have held for decades now. And losing the House wouldn't change that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (/PKja)

171 Before bed, I read an account of the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity. Their deaths were part of the fun the Roman emperor arranged for his son's birthday celebration. . . .
Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026

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Okay, I looked it up. It was under Septimius Severus, some time after Commodus was assassinated.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)

172 Train songs aren’t generally about love.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

173 You can really see the difference in the rendering of depth of field and the folds in the robes between today and yesterday's art.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM (wGerL)

174 165 TJM - Hang tough on the job front. Sounds hopeful. Shall cross my fingers for you also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:25 AM (XeU6L)

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Thanks. I do like not having a job and focusing all of my energies on making stupid YT videos, but $3 a day doesn't buy much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM (/PKja)

175 Missing Lions? I immediately thought of the movie Grandma's Boy!

Posted by: Georgia Jarhead at August 28, 2026 10:27 AM (9so2h)

176 153 there are a number of mississippi stops- half a dozen- and they drive home just how poor that state is.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:27 AM (Bep7s)

177 Before bed, I read an account of the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity.
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Pretty much what Islam has in mind for 'Infidels'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:27 AM (XeU6L)

178 Tyrone, PA, 1893, the Walter L. Main Circus Train crashed, killing six people, injuring 20. More than 70 draft horses, performing horses, exotic animals, freed or injured. A lady was hanging out wash and was confronted by a Bengal Tiger. She ran in the house, but two dairy cows were killed by the tiger. Eventually the animals were recaptured or mostly killed, we think.
Posted by: PA Lore at August 28, 2026

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There was a Have Gun -- Will Travel episode about a tiger roaming loose, which turned out to be an escapee from a circus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

179 TJM, since you're a cruise fan, I heard Isaac is retiring on the Pacific Princess. Can you mix cocktails and smile for the camera?

Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at August 28, 2026 10:28 AM (JM9I6)

180
Thanks. I do like not having a job and focusing all of my energies on making stupid YT videos, but $3 a day doesn't buy much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM (/PKja)

"For just $0.63 a day, we'll send you this ADDOOWWWABLE blanket......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:28 AM (ccf/V)

181 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM

*polite cough*
Posted by: The Wabash Cannonball at August 28, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

I was thinking The Battle of New Orleans:

We fired our guns
But the British kept a'comin'.......

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:28 AM (g8Ew8)

182 lake america ont(ario)

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:28 AM (Bep7s)

183 And this just happened. Turns out antifa is just a bit more than an idea.

>>Italian extremist group provided encrypted tech services for US Antifa cells, State Department says

https://tinyurl.com/mputxdh9

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

184 Train songs aren’t generally about love.
Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026

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Train songs are normally found on country music radio, though.

"I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison . . ."

(Also written by Steve Goodman, I think)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)

185 Rome enthusiastically killed babies, especially girls, but would not allow execution while pregnant. So it's not like they were amoral.

Neither would they kill virgins. If one was sentenced to die, she would be deflowered by the executioner before death.

Save for Vestal Virgins - their punishment was to be buried alive.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/)

186 And I wish you good luck, TJM!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/)

187 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

A cultivation series I'm reading introduced a near-immortal character just yesterday. He took to drink after his mind and heart were broken by "Seeing the faces of dead friends on living bodies." I thought that was evocative, but also a tragic way to interact with the descendents of those he'd cared about.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (lFFaq)

188 Okay, I looked it up. It was under Septimius Severus, some time after Commodus was assassinated.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)

By that guy whose name was removed from the arch of Septimius Severus.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (Oy/m2)

189 179 TJM, since you're a cruise fan, I heard Isaac is retiring on the Pacific Princess. Can you mix cocktails and smile for the camera?

Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at August 28, 2026 10:28 AM (JM9I6)

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Smiling is for fakers!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:30 AM (/PKja)

190 Attempting to read Samuel R. Delany's seminal work has lead to martyrdom for centuries.

Posted by: Ongo Gablogian at August 28, 2026 10:30 AM (dm1n3)

191 172 Train songs aren’t generally about love.
Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:26 AM

No kidding.

Posted by: The Wreck of the Old 97 at August 28, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)

192 Philip the Arab was actually quite tolerant of Christianity. So much so, that some later writers considered him the first Christian emperor. He wasn’t, of course, just mistakenly thought to be.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

193 186 And I wish you good luck, TJM!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/)

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Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:30 AM (/PKja)

194 By that guy whose name was removed from the arch of Septimius Severus.
Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026

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Right. Caracalla was no believer in brotherly love. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:30 AM (wzUl9)

195 Along with a co-ordinated effort against data centers I think CCP is also co-ordinating attacks on cars. There have always been left wing lunatics who hated cars. But I feel it has ramped up recently on social media. Out of nowhere there are “influencers” pushing for not just more efficient cars but outright bans on cars. No cars, no single family homes, everyone crammed into apartments in cities. This shit, like the data center stuff, came out of nowhere. It builds on the Green bullshit but takes it into overdrive.

And gullible imbecile Americans drink the kool aid by the gallon. As do elected politicians.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (iCp4l)

196 Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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May your channel and your job search succeed.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (E4rtv)

197 “Then Kolokolo Bird said, with a mournful cry, ‘Go to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, and find out.’

That very next morning… this ‘satiable Elephant’s Child… said to all his dear families, ‘Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.’”

Okay, that's all for today. Tomorrow, we'll start Beowulf.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (zi7oe)

198 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM

**'Sink The Bismarck' has entered the chat**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (qRla/)

199 ...All of the chil'en, and all of their names.

And EVERY handout in every town...

Posted by: Sharing the Earworm at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (JCLJi)

200 196 Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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May your channel and your job search succeed.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (E4rtv)

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Yeah, but how many here have liked and subscribed?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (/PKja)

201 Did Commodus die on the throne, like Elvis?

Posted by: In Toto at August 28, 2026 10:32 AM (JM9I6)

202 There is 'something' about this image that transmits as 'Escher'-ian … can't quite figure out what it is, tho' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 28, 2026 10:32 AM (ayRl+)

203
Yeah, but how many here have liked and subscribed?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (/PKja)

Can't. I refuse to log into youtube.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:32 AM (ccf/V)

204 One of the finest pop songs ever written. The imagery of the old men passing the bottle, "freight yards full of old black men," "mothers with their babes asleep," and "Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee; halfway home and we'll be there by morning, through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea" are all superb stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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It's a good 'un. Always triggers 'Wabash Cannonball' in my head.

"She came down from Birmingham
One cold December day
As she rolled into the station
You could hear all the people say
There's a girl from Tennessee
She's long and she's tall
She came down from Birmingham
On the Wabash Cannonball

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:32 AM (XeU6L)

205 A cultivation series I'm reading introduced a near-immortal character just yesterday. He took to drink after his mind and heart were broken by "Seeing the faces of dead friends on living bodies." I thought that was evocative, but also a tragic way to interact with the descendents of those he'd cared about.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026

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When Time Enough for Love opens, Lazarus Long has reached the end of his tether and doesn't care if he goes on living. His descendants mount a project to get him interested in *something* -- which turns out to be his memoirs, and then time travel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:33 AM (wzUl9)

206 195 Along with a co-ordinated effort against data centers I think CCP is also co-ordinating attacks on cars. There have always been left wing lunatics who hated cars. But I feel it has ramped up recently on social media. Out of nowhere there are “influencers” pushing for not just more efficient cars but outright bans on cars. No cars, no single family homes, everyone crammed into apartments in cities. This shit, like the data center stuff, came out of nowhere. It builds on the Green bullshit but takes it into overdrive.

And gullible imbecile Americans drink the kool aid by the gallon. As do elected politicians.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

X just did a major purge of Chicom bots on data centers.

"
Global Government Affairs
@GlobalAffairs
The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations:

We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy."

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:33 AM (E4rtv)

207 "There's a plinth."

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No Longer Clueless - a limerick

There was a detective named Menth
"Here's our victim, I think it's the tenth
But we'll catch this bedroom killer.
There's a bloodstain on the pillar.
And on the bed post some clear finger plinth!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 10:33 AM (qgHp7)

208 Did Commodus die on the throne, like Elvis?
Posted by: In Toto at August 28, 2026

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Strangled in his bath, I think. On New Year's Day yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:33 AM (wzUl9)

209 I was watching a video where a feminist was sure she had a gotcha moment.

So imagine some minority woman has sex and accidentally gets pregnant...well then abortion is murder and should be banned right?

Now imagine instead its the underage girl you are cheating on your wife with? Hmm? Now its NOT murder and should be legal right?!?!

And the left really, really just doesn't even bother to try and understand the other side does it? Also, as a caveat if you don't allow abortion for the latter case you are way more likely to identify the child rapist to jail him.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 10:33 AM (sKqQm)

210 Mystery Train - Elvis

Train I ride, 16 coaches long
Train I ride, 16 coaches long
Well, that long black train got my baby and gone

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:34 AM (viF8m)

211 I was thinking more Ghost and the Darkness direction. In indiana though, you'd have around a 1000 guys wanting to hunt THEM.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:19 AM (Y/06r)

Looks like a lioness and her cub from the photos. Hope they can be captured and integrated into a zoo so they don't have to be killed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 10:34 AM (lFFaq)

212 North to Alaska

Posted by: Sourdough Sam at August 28, 2026 10:34 AM (PVUR/)

213 There is 'something' about this image that transmits as 'Escher'-ian … can't quite figure out what it is, tho' …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 28, 2026

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The beams of the groin vault overhead, maybe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:34 AM (wzUl9)

214

Well, that long black train got my baby and gone

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:34 AM (viF8m)

This is about me, isn't it......

Posted by: Long Dong Silver at August 28, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)

215 @ 198 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM
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"Key to the Highway" by Little Milton kinda fits, too …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 28, 2026 10:35 AM (ayRl+)

216 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM

**'Sink The Bismarck' has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (qRla/)

Also: The Day That Music Died.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:35 AM (g8Ew8)

217 When Time Enough for Love opens, Lazarus Long has reached the end of his tether and doesn't care if he goes on living. His descendants mount a project to get him interested in *something* -- which turns out to be his memoirs, and then time travel.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Dreadful noodling by Heinlein that marked his retreat from hard sci fi into mushy crap that dominated his writing output in his later life. Resembles his first unpublished novel (which was finished by Spider Robinson) where he put out his lame brained EPIC based socialism on paper.

Only Moon is a Harsh Mistress stands out as a return to form.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:35 AM (E4rtv)

218 **'Sink The Bismarck' has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins
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Johnny Horton? 'The Battle of New Orleans'

'In 1814 we took a little trip...'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:35 AM (XeU6L)

219 identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy."
Posted by: whig

The bald Shark Tank guy called this out a few months ago, said the opposition to the proposed Utah data center was Chinese led. He was mocked for saying that. After all lol at all the “regular Americans” who showed up in opposition.

Anyone with an IQ above room temperature knew he was right. Those regular Americans are idiots who are easily manipulated by CCP bots on Instagram and X.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (iCp4l)

220 168 the patron saint of tacklebox face?

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (Bep7s)

221 Caracalla was the one who got stabbed when taking a whiz. He was on campaign at the time.
Elagabalus was killed in a latrine but he'd been hiding there.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (88C+u)

222 216 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM

**'Sink The Bismarck' has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (qRla/)

Also: The Day That Music Died.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Snoopy v. Red Baron.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

223 **'Sink The Bismarck' has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026

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That, "North to Alaska," and "Battle of New Orleans" were all by Johnny Horton, and got airplay on country stations as well as Top 40.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (wzUl9)

224 The blue light was my baby,
The red light was my mind.

Posted by: Jagger/ Richards at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)

225
All aboard for Calaforn-i-a.
On The Atchison,
On The Atchison, Topeka,
On The Atchison, Topeka, and,
On The Atchison, Topeka, and The Santa Fe.

Posted by: Judy Garland at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1)

226 The AI datacenter debate is frankly amusing because you have American controlled leftwing orgs all in on them fighting with Chinese controlled leftwing orgs opposing them.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)

227 173 what a difference a day makes.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

228 Don't take Elagabalus if you're allergic to Elagabalus.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at August 28, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

229
The terrible truth about Kale exposed!

https://tinyurl.com/2bmcbc37

Zombie Piper hardest hit.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

230 228 Don't take Elagabalus if you're allergic to Elagabalus.
Posted by: Big Phat Pharma

Everyone be taking Elagabalus, to read the Historia Augusta

Posted by: speaking of a book to bring to the latrine at August 28, 2026 10:39 AM (88C+u)

231 FWIW, for a better treatment of longevity, F. Paul Wilson and his Healer cycle of short stories deals with it a bit better.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:40 AM (E4rtv)

232 I miss Piper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:40 AM (ccf/V)

233 Dreadful noodling by Heinlein that marked his retreat from hard sci fi into mushy crap that dominated his writing output in his later life. Resembles his first unpublished novel (which was finished by Spider Robinson) where he put out his lame brained EPIC based socialism on paper.

Only Moon is a Harsh Mistress stands out as a return to form.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026

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Overall, yes, it's longer than it needs to be. But the memoir stories are all fascinating; we get "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long"; and LL's jaunt to 1916 America is (despite the incest stuff) vigorous and impossible to put down.

The Number of the Beast -- was dull and worse, and we all thought RAH had lost it. But he had a brain tumor, and after his recovery he came roaring back with Friday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)

234
Hey TLM,

Did you go on cruise for your vacation?

If so, where?

Did you catch covid or leprosy or How Chan's Exploding Gall Bladder Flu?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

235 226 The AI datacenter debate is frankly amusing because you have American controlled leftwing orgs all in on them fighting with Chinese controlled leftwing orgs opposing them.
Posted by: 18-1
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Also fighting bots on bots online is the coming thing. Agent traffic of bots is now over a majority of internet traffic versus live humans.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (E4rtv)

236 TLM?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (ccf/V)

237 232 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Same here!

Posted by: The Kale Lobby at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (JM9I6)

238
Hmm.

TLM = TJM

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

239 Longtime District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn - Sevier County TN, think Dollywood area (4th Judicial District) was arrested on August 27, and charged with multiple felonies, including: Official oppression, official misconduct, retaliation for past action, coercion of a state witness and civil rights intimidation.

An assistant district attorney, William Marsh, was also charged in connection with the same matter. The charges stem from allegations that Dunn and Marsh arranged a “premature and unlawful” arrest in May 2023 of a Sevier County businessman, Erik Cooper.

A few days after Dolly passes? C'mon people!! It's right in front of you!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (zi7oe)

240 I'm on a plane, escaping California, thank the Lord

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 10:43 AM (iI58+)

241 Groin vaulting. Is that like fierljeppen?

Posted by: Notmuchofanything Bagel at August 28, 2026 10:43 AM (dm1n3)

242 In a bit I need to shower and get cleaned up in prep for my jaunt with Miss Linda to my former employer's campus. We will get a free luncheon and be regaled with an academic lecture about . . .

. . . vasectomies and sterilization.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)

243 Man. Imagine. All your friends died 900 years ago.
And here you are. Still banging around.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (eZjn+)

Sucks to be them. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 10:43 AM (S41Gd)

244 234
Hey TLM,

Did you go on cruise for your vacation?

If so, where?

Did you catch covid or leprosy or How Chan's Exploding Gall Bladder Flu?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

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We did back to back cruises. We had one scheduled, then Dolley found a deal for another that came back the day before the original one left.

I got sick on the last day of the first cruise, spent most of the day in between in bed (after managing to survive a few hours at the Kennedy Space Center), and felt better through the second. Junior has the best immune system and the sickness bypassed him completely. Second Junior dealt with a sore throat for a bit, but was fine. Dolley got hit hard with it a few days after me and we're both just a bit snotty for a few days.

But, ate decent food. Watched the ocean. Watched a few movies (The Mandalorian and Grogu is...perfectly fine and forgettable).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:44 AM (/PKja)

245 Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

Inspector will feel vindicated. He has a horrible reaction to kale.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 10:44 AM (lFFaq)

246 222 216 And "City of New Orleans" is a rare example of a pop song that is not about love in some form.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM

**'Sink The Bismarck' has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (qRla/)

Also: The Day That Music Died.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Snoopy v. Red Baron.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

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Is big 10 inch record a love song?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 10:44 AM (2ap+5)

247 These two ladies lived 400 years apart

That's why the one on the left is looking at all the cobwebs in the vaulted ceiling.

Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2026 10:45 AM (FhXTo)

248 Circa 1440

In Konrad Witz's painting Saint Madeleine and Saint Catherine (c. 1440), Saint Madeleine (Mary Magdalene) is on the left and Saint Catherine (of Alexandria) is on the right.

Saint Madeleine (Left): She wears a green gown and holds her traditional attribute, an ointment jar/vase used to anoint Christ. Saint Catherine (Right): She wears a red dress and sits near her traditional attribute, the breaking wheel (or fragments of it) associated with her martyrdom.

Wikipedia, in part: In spite of the sumptuosity of their costumes and jewels, and the preciosity of their golden halos, Witz depicts them with the realistic faces of young peasant women and in a stiff attitude that reminds of play acting.[2][1] Both saints are sitting in a cloister that is thought to have belonged to Basel Cathedral, and Witz opens his tentative perspective towards a street scene, again depicted with noticeable realism.[3][1]

The painting may have belonged to an unfinished altarpiece (probably a triptych) but it could also have been autonomous from the start.[3][1]

Lovely & very interesting but likely wouldn't hang.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

249 Yeah, indication of Sainthood. They've seen the bright Heaven Lights.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 10:18 AM (Y/06r)

But have they seen the bright lights of Memphis?

Posted by: zombie Lowell George at August 28, 2026 10:47 AM (oCio0)

250 Why do they have billboards for AI, here?

Not even electronic billboards, the old fashioned wood ones?

Seems a bit ironic.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 10:47 AM (iI58+)

251 That, "North to Alaska," and "Battle of New Orleans" were all by Johnny Horton, and got airplay on country stations as well as Top 40.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (wzUl9)

And let's not forget The Legend of Bat Masterson.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:47 AM (g8Ew8)

252 We have Mrs. Miniver to watch on DVD this weekend, and Dark Wind, one of the modern TV adaptations of Tony Hillerman's New Mexico Navajo Police stories. The latter will probably be photographed in dim, dreary cinematography -- amazing how they do that in a setting like sunny NM.

I haven't been there to see their wild landscapes for too long.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:47 AM (wzUl9)

253 The Number of the Beast -- was dull and worse, and we all thought RAH had lost it. But he had a brain tumor, and after his recovery he came roaring back with Friday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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It wasn't a brain tumor, his carotid artery was blocked and he produced his worst novel while he had it. I Will Fear No Evil.

Don't care much for Job nor Friday. Read once, discarded. And part of it was that RAH developed odd ideas about human sexuality that he fixated upon from his first wife, Leslyn when he fixated on swinging. And he bought into the ludicrous ideas that are now shown to be false of the Margaret Meade school of sociology. Outside of hard science, Heinlein proved an easy mark for bad economics (To Us the Living), bad sociology (Glory Road, Time Enough for Love, I Will Fear No Evil) etc.

His official biographer had to put it delicately but his obsession ended up tainting his writings when publishing went into all sex all the time. It is pretty grotesque to read Heinlein admission to Ginny that he could not be faithful to her and by implication wanted her to be as perverted as he was.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 10:47 AM (E4rtv)

254 You rarely see "sumptuosity" in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at August 28, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

255 That, "North to Alaska," and "Battle of New Orleans" were all by Johnny Horton, and got airplay on country stations as well as Top 40.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026
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And let's not forget The Legend of Bat Masterson.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026

***
"Big Iron" by Marty Robbins!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)

256 Yeah, but how many here have liked and subscribed?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (/PKja)

Ooooooh, I did!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 10:48 AM (PGK1w)

257 256 Yeah, but how many here have liked and subscribed?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:31 AM (/PKja)

Ooooooh, I did!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 10:48 AM (PGK1w)

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Because you are an erudite scholar and gentleman with a YT account, and I would expect no less from you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:49 AM (/PKja)

258 n a bit I need to shower and get cleaned up in prep for my jaunt with Miss Linda to my former employer's campus. We will get a free luncheon and be regaled with an academic lecture about . . .

. . . vasectomies and sterilization.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
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How is that a suitable topic for a luncheon?

Hopefully they will not be showing any graphic details...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:49 AM (FZ29D)

259 Yeah, but how many here have liked and subscribed?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

*raises hand

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:49 AM (eZjn+)

260 Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana

The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks if they need lights.

Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2026 10:49 AM (FhXTo)

261 And let's not forget The Legend of Bat Masterson.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:47 AM

I was a man.
A big man.

Posted by: Daniel Boone at August 28, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

262
259 Yeah, but how many here have liked and subscribed?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

*raises hand

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:49 AM (eZjn+)

========

Another man of learning and esteem.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 10:51 AM (/PKja)

263 n a bit I need to shower and get cleaned up in prep for my jaunt with Miss Linda to my former employer's campus. We will get a free luncheon and be regaled with an academic lecture about . . .

. . . vasectomies and sterilization.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
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How is that a suitable topic for a luncheon?

Hopefully they will not be showing any graphic details...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Huevos rancheros & scrambled eggs are a brunch topic.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:51 AM (eZjn+)

264 I loved Friday and Job: A Comedy of Justice. Say what you will, but I quote Spider Robinson: "Heinlein is incapable of writing dull," even if you disagree with his philosphy. (Yes, I Will Fear No Evil is pretty awful.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)

265 260 Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana

The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks if they need lights.
Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2026 10:49 AM (FhXTo)
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Are all the smoke detectors chirping too?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 10:51 AM (cWLG3)

266 I'm on a plane, escaping California, thank the Lord
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla
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Triggers song lyrics (again) in my head, 'East bound and down...'

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:52 AM (XeU6L)

267 We will get a free luncheon and be regaled with an academic lecture about . . .

. . . vasectomies and sterilization.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026
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How is that a suitable topic for a luncheon?

Hopefully they will not be showing any graphic details...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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I don't think it's a hands-on demonstration! Maybe something about social reaction and resistance to the idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

268 Big Iron" by Marty Robbins!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)

The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:53 AM (g8Ew8)

269 I was a man.
A big man.
Posted by: Daniel Boone at August 28, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

...pffft

https://shorturl.at/nzp5e

Posted by: Big John at August 28, 2026 10:53 AM (oCio0)

270 The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks if they need lights.
Posted by: DaveA

Are all the smoke detectors chirping too?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:53 AM (eZjn+)

271 Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana
*
The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks if they need lights.
Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2026

***
"What did Gary residents use before candles?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)

272 The Green Berets.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 28, 2026 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

273 Hopefully they will not be showing any graphic details...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Huevos rancheros & scrambled eggs are a brunch topic.
Posted by: rickb223
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Mountain oysters

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:54 AM (XeU6L)

274 Triggers song lyrics (again) in my head,

I've had Lion King Circle of Life stuck for two days.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:54 AM (eZjn+)

275 The Ballad of Davy Crockett

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 10:55 AM (SK+av)

276
*banjo plays*
*singing*

Two lions are loose
in the cornfields of Indiana
The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks
If they need lights.
Then light them lions on fire
And the cornfields'll burn
With all their might

(chorus)
There's corn inside of whiskey
And whiskey's corn inside of me
I'm the one
Who let loose the lions
And now I'm hangin' from a tree

...
...

Posted by: another Pop Song Not About Love at August 28, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)

277 As we've discovered here, there were indeed quite a few pop and country songs about other things besides human love.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:55 AM (wzUl9)

278
Triggers song lyrics (again) in my head, 'East bound and down...'

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:52 AM (XeU6L)
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Mine was leaving on a jet plane...

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM (Rln0i)

279 274 Triggers song lyrics (again) in my head,

I've had Lion King Circle of Life stuck for two days.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 10:54 AM (eZjn+)
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*ejects *Circle of Life"*
*loads *Candle in the Wind"*

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM (cWLG3)

280 "What did Gary residents use before candles?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Firelight:

On July 28, 1968, riots in Gary's Midtown section resulted in gunfire, looting, and burning.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM (XeU6L)

281 I was king of the wild frontier!

Posted by: Davy. Davy Crockett at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

282 >>As we've discovered here, there were indeed quite a few pop and country songs about other things besides human love.

There is a song, co-written by a friend of mine and recorded by a number of artists, about two dogs screwing.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 28, 2026 10:58 AM (J4Dwc)

283 I've had Lion King Circle of Life stuck for two days.
Posted by: rickb223
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Could be worse, I once had 'Another One Bites the Dust' stuck for three days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 10:58 AM (XeU6L)

284 Mine was leaving on a jet plane...
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM

It's a big ol' jet airliner...

Posted by: Steve Miller at August 28, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

285 281 I was king of the wild frontier!
Posted by: Davy. Davy Crockett at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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Why do people get us mixed up?

Posted by: Daniel Boone at August 28, 2026 10:58 AM (cWLG3)

286 Something about this is jarring. The halos look like they were added afterwards. It's because the background is oddly modern, maybe.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 28, 2026 10:59 AM (w6EFb)

287 Mine was leaving on a jet plane...
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 10:56 AM
*
It's a big ol' jet airliner...
Posted by: Steve Miller at August 28, 2026

***
Check your watch, Steve. Time keeps on slippin' into the future. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)

288 Human love?

Dammit. Leaves me out.
— Muskrat Love

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

289 The power is back on in Gary after 2 weeks if they need lights.
Posted by: DaveA

Are all the smoke detectors chirping too?

I've got 2 winters worth of pre-stacked oak in my back yard. Lots of spots in Gary have lumber yards for lawns now.

Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2026 10:59 AM (FhXTo)

290 269 I was a man.
A big man.
Posted by: Daniel Boone at August 28, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

I'll take "Something Caitlyn Jenner would say" for $600, Alex.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 10:59 AM (N39Ws)

291 No kidding. --Posted by: The Wreck of the Old 97

Oh contrary, Moe Nammy.

"Come all ye railroad wives, with true-loving husbands
and from me this lesson learn:
Do not say harsh words to your true-loving husband
He may leave you, and never return."

Seemingly unrelated to the rest of the text, but the last verse for sure, and it's never performed without it.

Posted by: Scalded to Death by The Steam at August 28, 2026 10:59 AM (zdLoL)

292 Rodeo Song

Well, it's 40 below and I don't give a fuck
Got a heater in my truck, and I'm off to the rodeo

And it's an allemande left, and allemande right
C'mon you fuckin' dummy, get your right step right
Get off stage, you goddamn goof, you know, piss me off

You fucking jerk, get on my nerves

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 11:00 AM (eZjn+)

293 I have no desire to see Gary, IN, now or at any other time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 11:00 AM (wzUl9)

294 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

295 Big man? Jimmy Dean's "Big John" is about heroism.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 11:01 AM (wzUl9)

296 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 11:01 AM (wzUl9)

297 Chances are has been in stuck in my head since 1958.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 11:02 AM (2ap+5)

298 *Oh contrary, Moe Nammy*

And all that remains
Is the faces and the names
Of the wives, and the sons, and the daughters.

Posted by: G. Lightfoot at August 28, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)

299
Mine was leaving on a jet plane...
Posted by: SMH
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Conversely, Lightfoot, 'Early Morning Rain':

"Out on runway number nine
Big 707's set to go
And I'm stuck here in the grass
With a pain that ever grows
Now the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend
She'll be rolling down at last"

BTW, howdy. A while back I posted a question for you. I Sent you a pic of a couple of troops working on a tracked vehicle. Do you recall what that was. An M88?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 11:03 AM (XeU6L)

300 Two lions are loose in the cornfields of Indiana and nobody knows where they came from

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

If only they had Flock Safety AI surveillance cameras

Posted by: Now at Home Depot! at August 28, 2026 11:04 AM (NFX2v)

301 283 "menomonee"

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 11:08 AM (Bep7s)

302 264 I loved Friday and Job: A Comedy of Justice. Say what you will, but I quote Spider Robinson: "Heinlein is incapable of writing dull," even if you disagree with his philosphy. (Yes, I Will Fear No Evil is pretty awful.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

His official biography provides a clue. Job came from Heinlein's childhood as he adopted the remnants of the Millerite heresy (they were the cult that believed the world would come to an end circa about 1850."

And Ginny, for whatever reason, did not mention to Robert that he was infertile, not her as he supposed and preachy Heinlein, which he was in Job and a few other books was never appealing at all. So no, having read the real Book of Job, I found his attempt to redo it both juvenile and unlikable. Friday was simply forgettable and his attempts to put controversy in it like the rape of the main character was a nasty trick not integral to the plot.

If you want a better allegory, try John Myers Myers book, Silverlock which cribs Bunyan.

I outgrew Heinlein and his obsessions--if I read anything of his, it is classic Heinlein era now where he did not lean on the prurient to sell an idea like he did in his later years.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

303 Ahahahahahaha dearest Dims: this isn't about Trump. Never had been. In 2016 he was the only viable alternative to another Shrub or Hitlery. Neither of those were acceptable.

At the same time he was able to harvest enough tears.

We have only just begun to be deplorable

Posted by: the country place that no one knows about at August 28, 2026 11:32 AM (LOZbR)

The Morning Report — 8/ 28 /26

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Good morning kids. Meh, I don't know why I'm so cheesed off about this.

Possibly because were it not for dumb luck I'd have been at Ground Zero just as the planes struck, or that I lost a schoolmate who was stuck on the 108th floor of the South Tower, or that my wife who at the time was barely a mile away and just recently was diagnosed with scar tissue on her lung due to asbestos exposure, or merely the fact that I'm just a sane, thinking, feeling rational human being?! In any case I rather expected a move like this to have come from the BBC, years ago already. But then again, after all, Canada has declared war on us, so what can you expect?!

Vive Lake ~~Ontario~~ America!!!

Of course the American — that is the ANTI-American Left and its epicenter in and of the Democrat Party have always been at war with America as founded. Just take a look at the links and you'll note a veritable Borgasmord or in this case morgue (to sort of quote my old friend and 1970s icon Mason Reese) of hypocrites, criminals, racists, antisemites, perverts, pedophiles and terrorists. So to hell with Canada we're up to our necks that the aforementioned's allies of convenience, the head chopping, brother-boffing/clitoris clipping Muslims are eager ready and able to chop off. Speaking of brother-boffers, is he his own uncle?!...

Police executed a search warrant Tuesday night at a Minneapolis apartment reportedly shared by Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s adult son and a man arrested earlier that day on a weapons charge, according to multiple law enforcement sources. . . The raid adds another unusual chapter to the political and personal controversies surrounding Omar and her family. Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, has become a prominent far-left activist. Hirsi was arrested and suspended from Barnard College in 2024 after participating in an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University. Omar publicly praised her daughter after the arrest, saying she was “enormously proud” of Hirsi for standing up for her political beliefs.

At least on a positive note, The President and his team recognize not only the threat from abroad to our allies and how that hits us directly, right here at home.

The State Department on Wednesday announced that a foreign tech group provides online infrastructure to U.S. domestic terror groups to conduct violence across the country. The department formally recognized Italy-based Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group and subsequently sanctioned it.
According to the State Department, Autistici/Inventati, or the A/I Collective, is a “hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encrypted communications, calls, and web-hosting services — all concealed from law enforcement. The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization.”

Yes, the State Dept. is for sure going after Leftists abroad who destabilize our allies, and are beside themselves as the Donroe Doctrine initiates a reverse Domino effect as one by one seemingly intractable and perpetual Socialist nations are rejecting socialism for freer and more truly little "d" democratic in the truest sense of the word governments, while we here at home seem to be embracing it. Well, if one pallet of bricks is prevented from being delivered to a center city business district in the middle of the night then bravo. Because you just know they're itching to recreate Firestorm 2 Dresden boogaloo!

As you know by this point, Minnesota has been showing absolute fury against ICE agents. Ever since President Donald Trump ordered agents to enter the state to arrest violent illegal immigrants, Mayor Jacob Frey has been pushing back, riling up his citizens to angrily protest their every move. . . arlier this year, an arrest warrant was issued for ICE officer Christian Castro by the state, who was taken into custody shortly thereafter in Cameron County, Texas. He was formally charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime after being accused of firing into a Minneapolis home and striking a Venezuelan national’s leg. Now, this is an incident that could’ve easily been put under investigation by the Department of Justice, but Minnesota decided to push the matter into overdrive. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had been demanding the extradition of Castro to the state, and even making such demands as public as possible to look good for his audience. . . “I don’t trust Tim Walz on anything,” Abbott noted last week, a statement I very much agree with. “While they’re making demands, I have a demand of my own: it’s time for Minnesota to step up and repay the United States of America and Americans for all the fraud that they’ve committed in their state through federal programs.”

Nothing like a good riot in Minnesota to push El-Sayed over the finish line one state away in Michigan (not that with Whitmer and Benson running the elections there, the fix isn't in already)
Or delude themselves into thinking Texas will go insane and elect that freakazoid Talarico!

But be all that as it may, I bid you all to have a great weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

The memo, first reported by an astonished Warren Kinsella at the Toronto Sun, used boldface type to emphasize the directive to CBC employees.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp Tells Staff Not to Refer to 9/11 as ‘Terrorist Attack’

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

The A/I Collective website is open about its desire for unrest and the destruction of Western civilization.
US Sanctions Foreign Tech Group For Providing Infrastructure For Left-Wing Domestic Terror
“These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence.”
Study Finds Shocking (Not Really) Connection Between Trans Beliefs and Violence
Nixon, Florida's Democrat Senate nominee, praised CAIR as the 'right vehicles' to secure electoral victories for the party during fundraising events for the pro-Hamas advocacy group
'We Are in Chains': Florida Socialist Angie Nixon Rants Against 'False Capitalistic American Dream,' Praises Marxist Cop-Killer on CAIR Speech Circuit
The hypocrisy of Wasserman Schultz shifting districts to represent a majority-minority district was not lost upon black Democrats.
Democrats’ Racial Grievances Are Just A Cynical Grift
Israel, Third Worldism, and the politics of grievance
Mamdani’s Moral Universe
No, they don't.
Biden Judge Claims College Students Have a ‘First Amendment’ Right to Disrupt Events
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“I will not stay silent while ICE terrorizes our communities.”
New Mexico Governor Hopeful Deb Haaland Rages at ICE, Omits Illegal Alien’s Criminal History
Shortly after arresting the group of illegal aliens, agents checked immigration and criminal databases to determine if any members of the group had prior arrests for immigration or criminal offenses. Agents quickly determined 52-year-old Alexis Suarez-Trejos, a Cuban national, is a registered sex offender in the state of Nevada.
EXCLUSIVE: Deported Cuban Child Predator Busted While Crossing Texas Border
After he was arrested, ICE agents lodged a detainer against Zamorano-Burciaga, seeking custody of him before state officials release him from jail.
Spanberger’s Virginia: DACA Illegal Alien Charged with More than 20 Counts of Child Pornography
Minnesota has been fighting for the longest time to override Texas' laws surrounding the incarceration of ICE agent Christian Castro. But a judge just reminded it that all the requests in the world from Gov. Tim Walz will fall on deaf ears when they don’t make any sense.
Minnesota Just Got Handed a Loss Following Its Absurd Request Over ICE Agent Christian Castro
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
A decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend trade relations with Iran last week kick-started the White House’s latest attempt to isolate Tehran into submission. Iran entered the war with its foreign commerce concentrated among a relatively small group of countries, leaving it with fewer places to turn now.
Iran scrambles to sustain trade as US threatens to sanction countries that refuse to break ties
“The seized goods would then be sold with proceeds transferred to the treasury.”
Report: U.S. Mulls Reviving Wartime ‘Prize Courts’ to Seize Iranian Tankers
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
A new U.N. report undercuts claims of famine in Gaza.
Is Anything We’ve Been Told About Gaza True?
If President Trump goes ahead with the designation, it will result in lifetime bans on the group’s founders and supporters entering the U.S. It will also freeze the group’s U.S. assets, such as bank accounts and properties. The new designation also means that U.S. citizens will be prohibited from engaging with Palestine Action, including donating money, goods, or services. This designation reflects a similar ban imposed in Britain last year.
Trump Moves to Designate ‘Palestine Action’ Network as Global Terrorists.
An American president's blind spot.
Trump, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood
. . .honoring a Hamas terrorist leader who worked for schools funded by the notorious U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The U.N. refused to apologize on Tuesday, shrugging off the terrorist’s inclusion as an innocent mistake.
WATCH: U.N. Caught Holding Event Memorializing Hamas Terrorist Commander as ‘Colleague’

* * * * *
From LA to Washington and Sydney, an ominous pattern of violent Jew-hate emerges.
How the Gaza Genocide Lie Became a License to Harass and Kill Jews
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Trump: “Now, all we need is an ocean. So, maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific.”
Trump Signs Order Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America
Barger speaks bluntly about the quality of the state’s insurance commissioner. ‘When you politicize an office like this,’ she says, ‘this is what you get.’
Altadena’s Post-Fire Rebuild Proves You Can Have Woke Or Effective Leaders But Not Both
“We’ve got jobs that would be lost. Living wages will be affected. But what’s also important is the future growth of the city.”
California High-Speed Rail Route Blocked by 1,200-Home Development
Why should America’s most successful suburbs take their cues from cities struggling to preserve the very qualities suburban families value?
Suburbs Import Policies That Ruined American Cities And Expect Different Results
While pretending he is dedicated to fiscal restraint.
One Place Schumer Sends Your Money
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Even the left-wing magazine The Nation called them out on the intimidation tactics. What is going on here?
Peter Schweizer: NYT Killed Story Exposing How Democrat Spam PACs Target Gullible Grannies

* * * * *
If we would like to destroy ourselves, what we should do is free up social media and restrict AI.
How America’s War On Technology Is About To Backfire
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier calls the settlement a “weak payoff attempt.”
Meta Agrees to $17.1 Billion Multistate Settlement Over Alleged Harm to Young Users
Parents remain responsible for what they put into their children’s hands. Meta did not sneak into anyone’s house and leave an iPhone on a child’s nightstand, nor does Instagram require parents to permit their 13-year-olds to open accounts.
Meta’s $18B settlement and new restrictions are vital — but it wasn’t them who put $1,000 phones in kids’ hands
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The remarks have underscored the growing influence of Islam in America. It also shows that prominent religious leaders in the Muslim community in the United States are seeking to politically and culturally transform the country to align with Islam, raising questions about integration.
Dearborn Sheikh Declares America Has ‘No Civilization,’ Urges Muslims to Rebuild it on Islamic Foundations.
But there’s a catch. There always is.
Detroit Public Radio Claims Rise in ‘Islamophobia’
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
“Please ignore the virulent antisemite we all let in the house and who is now wrecking everything.”
Desperate Democrats Try Running Away From Hasan Piker as Controversies Grow
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
A tax code that punishes waiting gets less patience, and far fewer Nvidia’s, in return.
Patience Isn’t Just a Virtue. It’s a Business Model Washington Wants to Outlaw.
That is the institutional world the critics of QE warned about. It’s something that concerned Warsh himself when he was a Fed governor two decades or so ago. The Fed performed fiscal-style functions for so long that the financial commentariat forgot where those functions originally belonged. The confusion over Bessent’s buybacks may be one of QE’s most enduring legacies.
Warsh and Bessent Are Not at Odds Over the Bond Market
Nixon, who stunned both the Florida and national Democrat establishment by defeating impeachment hoaxer Alexander Vindman, joined the Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) during the primary campaign and said she favored federal “rent stabilization.”
Democrat Socialist Angie Nixon Admits ‘Rent Stabilization’ Just Means Price Controls: ‘Tomayto, Tomahto’
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
William Lawrence, a former Democratic Socialist, held up the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as an example of 'economic protest against fossil power'
Michigan Democrat House Candidate Called Fatal Baltimore Bridge Collapse a 'Climate Activist's Dream' (and Praised the Houthis) in Bizarre Podcast
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly mourned an accused career criminal killer who died on Rikers Island this week — and the family of the victim killed in the sick, unprovoked attack is now livid, The Post has learned.
Mourning gory Mamdani posts emotional message mourning accused knife-wielding killer —and is slammed by victim’s family
“Quite candidly, sir, I feel duped."
Criminal Court Judge Has “Nothing To Be Ashamed Of” After Taking $765,000 House From Man Who Stole $712,000
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
XX≠XY is too controversial for Colorado Springs school district.
Teacher Reprimanded for Wearing T-Shirt Stating Biological Reality
A New York State teachers’ union president invokes old arguments against religious education to derail a scholarship program that would cost the state nothing.
Private Schools Are No Threat to Democracy
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITIC RINO SCUM
Same playbook, same coalition.
Repeating the Tea Party Takedown Process on the America First Coalition
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The raid adds another unusual chapter to the political and personal controversies surrounding Omar and her family.
Bro-Fo Omar’s Son Linked To Apartment Raid That Seized Guns, Ammo
The hypocrisy of Wasserman Schultz shifting districts to represent a majority-minority district was not lost upon black Democrats.
Democrats’ Racial Grievances Are Just A Cynical Grift
"It pretty much left me penniless at 65."
Only California Winery to Get Fire Payout Belongs to Gov. Newsom
POLITICS
Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins has said Piker’s praise helps him frame the Georgia race. “This race is simple: It’s America vs. the people who hate it.”
Ossoff Condemns Hasan Piker Days After Streamer Called Him 2028 Pick
After a decade of trying to strong-arm Americans into accepting terms like "Latinx" and "intersectionality," some Democrats have decided that their nomenclature needs a new coat of paint. As 2028 looms in the background, some contenders, real and would-be, are trying to lead the charge to renormalize the Democrat Party.
For Midterms, Democrats Will Make an Extreme Effort to Sound Like Normal People
But a new Echelon Insights poll raises the question: Just how inevitable is this menacing Blue Wave? According to the survey, Democrats’ once impressive enthusiasm gap is now nearly nonexistent.
It’s the socialism, stupid: The DSA may cost Dems their blue wave
Larry Elder: You may not have wanted this candidate - but vote for him anyway.
Obama to Tell ‘the Brothers’ to Vote for El-Sayed
The announcement has heightened speculation about Ocasio-Cortez’s Presidential ambitions. Rejoining the DSA, whose most prominent elected official is currently New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, allows Ocasio-Cortez to position herself as an outsider and challenge the Democrat establishment.
TItty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez Rejoins Democratic Socialists of America.
The ruling represents a procedural victory for Georgia Republicans, as it allows the redistricted maps to stand, at least for now. It also sets a higher legal bar for future challenges to redistricted maps, requiring plaintiffs to meet stricter standards under the new Callais framework.
Blow to Dems as Federal Appeals Court Overturns Ruling Against Redistricting.
MAGA Inc., the President's personal super PAC has announced a rally in Michigan, featuring candidates for a number of offices headlined by JD Vance.
MAGA Inc.’s $400 Million War Chest Is Finally Hitting The Campaign Trail
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Tibet’s colonial overlord, the Chinese Communist Party, is reportedly monitoring rapidly rising waters in a lake in the region that could soon overflow and cause even more devastation, potentially harming search and rescue teams working as rapidly as possible to find survivors in the mud.
Nepal/Tibet Landslides: Over 1,000 Missing, Entire Villages Buried as Rescuers Fear More Flooding
Norway’s King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on Friday.
Royal loss King Harald, Norway’s reform-minded head of state, dead at 89
“Autistici/Inventati (A/I Collective) is an Italy-based extremist group that builds and operates the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other far-left militants across the world.”
State Department Designates Antifa Linked Group as Global Terrorists
But like the United States, Colombia has its fair share of leftist loons who can't accept that they lost an election, and one of them is named Viviana Marín. She's currently the political secretary of the Communist Youth of Colombia (JUCO), a group connected to the Communist Party of Colombia.
State Department to Communist Activist: You Won't Be Vacationing In the U.S.
Thousands of residents marched through Ceuta carrying Spanish flags and chanting "Ceuta se defiende" before parts of the crowd turned their attention to the migrant camps.
Ceuta protests erupt as residents storm, burn down migrant camps following Moroccan migrant invasion of 80,000
And soon Muslim migrants from Ceuta will enter Europe.
Crime Up 1000% in Ceuta After Invasion
The perpetrator has since been identified by the BBC and several outlets as a 26 year-old man born in Russia. The man was arrested about 12 miles away from the town of Ouistreham after he fled from the scene.
France: Two Dead, 10 Injured After Man Rams Car Into Crowd in Caen
Antisemitic content removed from textbooks.
Welcome News From Saudi Arabia
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The recent surge in Russian attention on The United Kingdom’s part in aiding Ukraine, manifested in a series of threats ranging from dark allusions to nuclear war to warnings of hybrid warfare attacks on weapons factories on British soil, continues again with fresh comments from Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Britain ‘Playing With Fire’ by Aiding Ukraine, Faces ‘Unpredictable’ Consequences, Warns Russian Foreign Ministry
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Attorney General Todd Blanche framed the seizure as part of a broader campaign against Chinese hacking operations. “State-sponsored malicious hackers preying on America’s critical infrastructure will be stopped and prosecuted.
DOJ: Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Breached Senate, Federal Reserve, Multiple Agencies
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
"Highly relevant classified documents, material that should have been disclosed, stashed, and hidden"
What Was the Biden Junta Hiding About Afghanistan?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
I say poppycock! I also say that these decisions by SpaceX and Musk are not simple business decisions designed to help SpaceX. They are also designed to jump start the rest of the American rocket industry, which in turn will help the payload industry.
Musk’s other unstated reasons for shutting down Falcon 9 in Florida
These features are unique to Mars, and though they resemble avalanches, they produce no change in the topography, have no debris pile at their base, and more resemble stains that appear suddenly and then fade with time.
Slope streaks in the Martian southern cratered highlands
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Women who have given birth to a stillborn baby are no longer called a "mother" but are instead referred to as a "postpartum individual."
Democrat Governor Wants To Remove ‘Mothers’ And ‘Pregnant Woman’ From State Health Code
The ruling is a significant setback for Texas Republicans’ efforts to shield children from exposure to sexually oriented performances, and could limit similar legislation in other states if judges continue to claim such laws are overly broad.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Law Protecting Children from Sexualized Drag Shows.
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Ruffalo laced into an Israeli-American Paramount board member, accusing her of reveling in genocide
Major Hollywood Talent Agency Stands Behind Marvel Star Mark Ruffalo After His Unhinged, ‘Antisemitic’ Rant
Christian Toto: In Hollywood, ideology determines who gets canceled.
Disney Fired Gina Carano … but Not Mark Ruffalo?
Toto too: 'Comics Unleashed' rerun smokes far-Left showcase, anti-Trump monologue
Colbert’s Replacement Beats Jelly Roll-led ‘Kimmel’ in Key Demo
“The performance was just as disheartening.”
The Downfall of Shakespeare in the Park
Sam R. OYKEN’s ‘The Pickle Factory,’ is a wildly original, very funny, and sadly accurate satire of the CIA.
Laughter Of Recognition Echoes From The Realest Spy Novel In Years
HITHER & YON
The accuser, known as Victim 10, alleges that prosecutors coached him to steer his testimony, asking him to reframe and revisit his allegations, according to a sworn affidavit obtained by the outlet.
Jerry Sandusky accuser to recant testimony against convicted child sex abuser and ex-Penn State football coach
Thanks to professional carnivore Sama Hoole, I just learned that kale only "became a superfood because a publicist in New York invented a trade association that did not exist."... Devoid of the iron and protein Melissa thought we were getting and with all the chewability of a truck tire, kale is just celery for masochists. As soon as this column goes live, I'll forward it to my lovely bride with the note: "Never again."
The Horrible Truth About the World's Worst Vegetable (No this isn't a Joe Biden story - jjs)

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1 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

2 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:20 AM (ExV1e)

3 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:21 AM (Ia/+0)

4 HaPPY fRIDAY

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:22 AM (/+uur)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

6 Hey, JJ, willowed from Pixy's:

https://tinyurl.com/4dw5h96c

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 07:25 AM (QNSrI)

7 Great weekend to you, too, JJ, and Gut Shabbes!

thanks for all that you do !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 07:25 AM (VyBeY)

8 Leftists are ramping up to Civil War II

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:26 AM (Ia/+0)

9 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 07:27 AM (cpFbA)

10 The good news to start the day was Rosasharn twirled! on the Pixy thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

11 I’m genuinely confused… if 9/11 wasn’t a terrorist attack then what was it? How would the CBC label the intentional murder of 3000 people to achieve political goals? Is that not the textbook definition of terrorism? Would they prefer: “Some people did some things”??

Idiots

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 07:27 AM (geWO5)

12 The Horrible Truth About the World's Worst Vegetable

Paging Dr. Piper.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

13 Skip

Need that doormat that has " Are those Level 4 Plates?" on it.

Got the planning for the L-shaped greeting for any insurgent bitter enders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

14 >Canadian Broadcasting Corp Tells Staff Not to Refer to 9/11 as ‘Terrorist Attack’
----

then what was it?

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

15 IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 07:31 AM (JNTt1)

16 I’m genuinely confused… if 9/11 wasn’t a terrorist attack then what was it?

A series of remarkably coincidental airline crashes which took place after a series of totally unrelated hijackings by persons whose motives are completely unknown. -- CBC

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

17 Also in the world of technology, X announced yesterday that they have found a network of over 200,000 X accounts that were being run by the CCP to push anti data center and AI content on the American public.

You can probably guess why China wants the US to abandon AI and data centers.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (viF8m)

18 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

19 Van Nuys forecast 109.
ONE OH NEIN!!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (VLqFi)

20 Van Nuys forecast 109.
ONE OH NEIN!!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (VLqFi)

Sounds like a song . . .

Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at August 28, 2026 07:34 AM (wVcYX)

21 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 07:35 AM (2Cry5)

22 Van Nuys forecast 109.
ONE OH NEIN!!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (VLqFi)

Sounds like a song . . .
Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at August 28, 2026 07:34 AM (wVcYX)

99 luft balloons?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 07:36 AM (geWO5)

23 I used to have a different nic

Wow. Canada has gone full governmental WEF controlled death spiral.

Too bad the leaders can't be MAID.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

24 Friday fapping material.

>>@nypost

>>Trump admin set to target George Soros nonprofit, Southern Poverty Law Center and CAIR in major tax crackdown: sources

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:37 AM (viF8m)

25 Writing for the Wall Street Journal in May 2026, Professor Eugene Kontorovich, an eminent expert in international and maritime law, had recommended that the U.S. could “put teeth” in the Iranian blockade “by reviving the law of prize, which governs ships seized during war, and by authorizing privateers to attack enemy shipping.”

We need to get to work on building our own AOS privateer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 07:37 AM (cpFbA)

26
Elon has a vision. It's not about the money or the power for him one little bit. It's all about that vision of us becoming interplanetary ASAP.

Elon knows he needs money to accomplish the vision, of course, and to that extent he cares about it. But not one wit for his his own wealth.

Somebody like him (and like Trump) only comes along rarely.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 07:38 AM (w6EFb)

27 Bon matin (et bon jour) to all our Quebecois hordians, and everyone else. May you have a healthy and productive day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 07:38 AM (gpE5W)

28 JackStraw

I for one do not worry about China and AI.

If input with the thoughts and policies of XI -- collapse is faster.

If output recommends policies like remove Xi for a better country, or Capitalism as a solution, then all money in AI is wasted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

29 Elon has a vision. It's not about the money or the power for him one little bit. It's all about that vision of us becoming interplanetary ASAP
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No question. He's building tunnel tech, useful on the Moon and Mars, he's building robots, also needed for early work, an AI to manage the place and the robots, rockets to get there, and medical tech to fix people who get injured. He's got a long way to go but I cheer him onwards.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 07:41 AM (nGP1k)

30 I think any group with any kind of connection to islam, whether it be membership or stated purpose or source of funding, should be designated a terrorist organization and targeted for destruction.

All muslims should be persona non grata in the US and its territories.

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 07:42 AM (ZxPkt)

31 Who names their company after Autism?
It's like they don't care and want everyone to know it.

Posted by: Kruger Industrial Smoothing at August 28, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

32 99 luft balloons?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 07:36 AM (geWO5)

Too Teutonic.

Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at August 28, 2026 07:43 AM (wVcYX)

33 Call it, "An Islamist Attack."

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 07:43 AM (Q+gd/)

34 "Ossoff Condemns Hasan Piker Days After Streamer Called Him 2028 Pick"

That's a no no for a Dem. They may off Ossoff.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:43 AM (MWfyi)

35 Rate Trump in D&D terms.

Does he have a very high constitution, surviving 7 assassination attempt, and outworking Rubio? Intelligence, for upending the Deep State even a bit?

He has a high charisma, holding on to Melania, with two previous stunning wives.

Low dexterity, for fumble mouth?
Wizard? Bard? What spells can he cast?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

36 Weather forecast: windy (except maybe where you live)

https://tinyurl.com/4r2kb4ck

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 07:44 AM (nGP1k)

37 {Salty} I saw your kind inquiry about Mrs. F. and with gratitude can tell you she is doing well b"h for good health.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

38 San Franpsycho

Excellent. May you two lovebirds hug it out today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

39 Sounds like a song . . .
Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at August 28, 2026 07:34 AM

Rested and ready!

Posted by: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena at August 28, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)

40 Salty, while there are legitimate concerns about the rapid expansion of both AI and data centers, much of it is ridiculous hype being pushed by our adversaries, most notably China.

Whether we like it or not, AI is coming and it will affect virtually all walks of life including national security. China is not slowing down on their development which largely means stealing from us and doing whatever they can to disrupt our own development of AI.

We need adult conversations about governance and restrictions on AI just like all technology but the overheated claims that AI is inherently evil is just dumb.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:46 AM (viF8m)

41 Deb Haaland, candidate for gov in NM, will probably win. She's big on free stuff and a Dem. Also Indian (feather). One problem she might have is with the Navajo Nation. As Biden's Interior Secretary she shut down oil exploration and drilling on Navajo lands, leaving them heap big PO'd. Something strange about that state. Anytime I go to AZ or NV I fill up in OK, get on I 40, and don't stop until I hit AZ. Last time I stopped in NM was during Covid and it was a full blown police state.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2026 07:47 AM (gm9Sb)

42 I used to have a different nic

Wow. Canada has gone full governmental WEF controlled death spiral.

Too bad the leaders can't be MAID.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

In fairness, that 'CBC' quote was something I made up, imagining what they would say.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:47 AM (ExV1e)

43 Huck Follywood

Windy is a day ending in Y in Kansas. Unlike the song, rangeland here rarely gets dusty.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

44
Elon is shooting for the capability of launching several Starships *per day* out of all the facilities.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 07:47 AM (w6EFb)

45 You can probably guess why China wants the US to abandon AI and data centers.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:32 AM (viF8m)
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It is remarkable how fast this contagion spread via agitprop.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

46 Rested and ready!
Posted by: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena at August 28, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)

Watch out fellas, 'cause there's nobody meaner.
She'll give you a length, then shut you down.

Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at August 28, 2026 07:48 AM (wVcYX)

47 Angie Nixon should visit the Socialist paradise that is North Korea.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 28, 2026 07:49 AM (36x1j)

48 The U.N. refused to apologize on Tuesday, shrugging off the terrorist’s inclusion as an innocent mistake.
================
I'd like to go to his birthday dinner!

Posted by: President For Life Barack I at August 28, 2026 07:49 AM (nR+Sx)

49
Would you believe 30 Starship launches per day? That's what capability Elon is shooting for. That $100B facility in Louisiana is all about this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 07:50 AM (w6EFb)

50 Morning all!

Got my walk in, time to prep coffee and shower before the interview. Then I'll read the more interesting articles

Managed to time it so the sun was just rising on the second half of the walk - still below the treeline but lots of beautiful red lighting the sky, and the full moon still in the west in plain sight

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 07:50 AM (aJQbY)

51 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 07:50 AM (eZjn+)

52 JackStraw

You are right. AI is a tool. One trained on AoSHQ comments would be fun to watch.

We can develop solutions to the infrastructure requirements. These solutions will leave us better off as a country.

I expect Scandinavia will be similarly blessed.

I see the corruption in China as so severe they get limited good out of their AI investments.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

53 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

If Elon moves AI into space, he could potentially undercut running costs on Earth.

Maybe AI around Mars?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

54 "One trained on AoSHQ comments would be fun to watch."

You don't need AI for this gig.

Posted by: Guy who always says "nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 28, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)

55 "Would you believe 30 Starship launches per day?"

The Paolo, he, how you say, can relate to this.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 28, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

56 >>It is remarkable how fast this contagion spread via agitprop.

If you look back over the last decade or so it is remarkable how much the country and the world for that matter has been guided by fake information. The Russia collusion hoax which not only almost took down a duly elected US president not to mention the damage it did to US-Russia relations, all fake. The Ukraine phone call, fake, Russia attacking poor Ukraine for no reason, lie. And on and on.

The old saying about a lie traveling halfway around the world before the truth can put its shoes on is outdated. Now lies go all the way around the world before the truth even wakes up.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:54 AM (viF8m)

57 Happy Friday to all.

May your day and weekend be as enjoyable as going to Surf City, Catching A Wave, and interacting with The Girls On The Beach.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)

58 I used to have a different nic

You developed a deeper truth, because to deny 9-11 was a terrorist attack and put it in the memory hole takes a certain mind-set.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

59 > You can probably guess why China wants the US to abandon AI and data centers.
Posted by: JackStraw
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China lags behind. Their datacenter infrastructure sucks. Their AI coding sucks. So does their IC manufacturing.

They've been on a tear trying to steal every LLM model out there. Of course they want the US to quit the race for AI and datacenters to leverage it.

The possibilities for military use are huge. It was reported that Anthropic's AI client "Claude" was used to plan some of the Maduro snatch and grab operation.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 07:55 AM (2Cry5)

60 47 Angie Nixon should visit the Socialist paradise that is North Korea.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 28, 2026 07:49 AM (36x1j)

Visit = Forced to live there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 28, 2026 07:55 AM (x0n13)

61 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 07:56 AM (ccf/V)

62 May your day and weekend be as enjoyable as going to Surf City, Catching A Wave, and interacting with The Girls On The Beach.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 07:54 AM

I'm in my room picking up good vibrations!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

63 God Bless you, JJ. I hope and pray all is going well for you and your wife.

Thank you for what you do.

And Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 07:56 AM (ccf/V)

64
It hit me what Elon is thinking. The sheer amount of energy available from the Sun in our immediate area is mind boggling. Don't hold me to it, but I was looking at some numbers. 10^20 Watts flying past us through empty space continuously.

Now, the problem is getting stuff up there to catch it, which ain't no little thing, but that's what he's thinking. To get to the interplanetary level, we're going to have up our energy levels by orders of magnitude.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (w6EFb)

65 Debbie Wassercunt Shitz shifting "districts" is another example of what is wrong with the USA's election process. She is a carpet bagger and a scalawag and a white interloper all rolled into one.

Why is there still such as thing as a "black" district in 2026? Besides being rayciss, I don't think having "black" districts has turned out like the "blacks" in the "black" district imagined.

Posted by: Money In The Freezer at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (QRHoA)

66 J.J. Sefton

Prayers up for your wife, and for you. Keep thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

67 As expected, the cartel judge issued an injunction against the USPS ballot rules--without even reading the lawsuit let alone giving the defendant a chance to respond.

Trump should appeal this directly to SCOTUS.
Because, as the Court noted, improper injunctions against the government are themselves a form of irreparable harm.

And note the basis for her injunction is exactly the same basis she gave in the injunction they just struck down; she just changed the date and a few words.

And I'd also note, the only additional basis for the injunction was due to that illegal injunction; the delay that was caused by her preventing them from posting the rules.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (3cUTc)

68 Got my walk in, time to prep coffee and shower before the interview. Then I'll read the more interesting articles

Good Luck! Or break a leg! Whichever is more relevant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (ccf/V)

69 Interviewer: “And how would that differ from rent control?”

Nixon: “Whatever, tomato, tuhmato, at the end of the day.”

There are a known 60,000 apartments NOT for rent in NYC because of Big Govt Rent Controls.
So double or triple that to get the real number.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)

70 Sponge

F**K Cancer!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

71 China is great at stealing.
China is lousy at integrating.

Posted by: And it shows at August 28, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

72 California had an appointed insurance commissioner until 1988, when a ballot measure made it an elected position. So the state now gets a Democrat to regulate insurance, and Californians have been liberated from the burdens of knowledge. The current insurance commissioner is proud that he was raised by immigrants, and he’s really proud that he’s “the first openly gay person elected to statewide office in California’s history.” Ricardo Lara has a degree in journalism and Chicano studies, but no professional background of any kind in insurance. Also, infamously, he’s quite fond of lavish foreign travel, and seems to drop by his state office mostly as a visitor.

“When you politicize an office like this,” Barger told The Federalist, “this is what you get.”
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Excellent article about the reconstruction of Altadena. Thanks JJ.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 07:59 AM (IEUYY)

73 {Salty} I saw your kind inquiry about Mrs. F. and with gratitude can tell you she is doing well b"h for good health.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

Good to hear.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:00 AM (ccf/V)

74
Elon's vision, I think, is to get us well on the way to Type I civilization level (Type II, well that's a big far off, Star Trek level).

And I think he realized there are two great obstacles to us getting there. Wokeism and Islam.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 08:00 AM (w6EFb)

75 Sponge

F**K Cancer!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:00 AM (ccf/V)

76 Rate Trump in D&D terms.

Does he have a very high constitution, surviving 7 assassination attempt, and outworking Rubio? Intelligence, for upending the Deep State even a bit?

He has a high charisma, holding on to Melania, with two previous stunning wives.

Low dexterity, for fumble mouth?
Wizard? Bard? What spells can he cast?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

I don't know about the rest of it, but Trump can cast STUPIFY like a motherfucker.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 08:01 AM (PGK1w)

77 Canadian Broadcasting Corp Tells Staff Not to Refer to 9/11 as ‘Terrorist Attack’

--

I know we're not in Canada, but this is utterly disgraceful. Immediately, the saying went through my head, paraphrasing, "if you want to know who controls you, look at who you're not allowed to criticize."

My mind couldn't conjure up a more upside down world than the one we're living in now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 28, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

78 Congratulations on the first, NaCly, and thanks JJ. Good morning Horde! God’s blessings to you all.

Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:01 AM (z6ONu)

79 I know the real target of the USPS rules are 2028, that they absolutely will be in place by then.

The Dems know that as well.

Tells you a lot how important this year is--and how close they really know it is.

As the old saying goes, they can't cheat if it's not close.
But also, if it's not close, they don't need to cheat.
And the Democrat really, really, REALLY need to cheat a lot this year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 08:02 AM (3cUTc)

80 There are a known 60,000 apartments NOT for rent in NYC because of Big Govt Rent Controls.
So double or triple that to get the real number.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)
=====

Javier Milei, Zombie Milton Friedman, and Thomas Sowell weep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

81 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

His other agenda is to start the process of most of humanity, in 200 years, having his genes as part of their heritage. Like Genghis Khan in Asia.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

82 And I think he realized there are two great obstacles to us getting there. Wokeism and Islam.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 08:00 AM (w6EFb)
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One group wants to conquer the Earth and keep us in a perpetual seventh century mentality until the end of time.

The other group wants to eradicate humanity entirely.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:02 AM (FZ29D)

83 > As expected, the cartel judge issued an injunction against the USPS ballot rules--without even reading the lawsuit let alone giving the defendant a chance to respond.

Trump should appeal this directly to SCOTUS.
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I think the administration should ignore these rulings. Arrest the judge. Hang said judge and be done with it.

Else, this shit continues.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 08:02 AM (2Cry5)

84 Buck

Good to see you posting. Got any stories for the Horde?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

85 Martini Farmer

Uh, if Trump goes full Cromwell, I have a list. A very long list.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

86 Something strange about that state. Anytime I go to AZ or NV I fill up in OK, get on I 40, and don't stop until I hit AZ. Last time I stopped in NM was during Covid and it was a full blown police state.

It's the dry heat. Most of the residents of New Mexico, like Mexico itself, have a lower IQ than normal, that the dry heat, over time, dissipates what little brain power they do have and you see the results first hand.

Like having beef jerky for a brain.

Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at August 28, 2026 08:05 AM (QRHoA)

87 Only one wine company has received compensation from Hundred Acre and its owner, Jayson Woodbridge. PlumpJack Group, co-founded by Gov. Gavin Newsom
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Illegal alien starts a fire and burns 90 vineyards to nothing, People are penniless as a result.

All, this is, except for one owner, who got paid back speedily.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:05 AM (4NfdL)

88 Got any stories for the Horde?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:03 AM
******

It all began in a five thousand watt radio station...
In Fresno, California.

Posted by: Ted Baxter at August 28, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

89 I’m genuinely confused… if 9/11 wasn’t a terrorist attack then what was it?

Former MA guv Deval Patrick called it 'a failure of understanding.'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 08:06 AM (qRla/)

90 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. Happy Friday!
Debbie Dingell yelling that she doesn't want to answer any more questions about Piker brought a good response. I usually don't listen to Ben Shapiro, but his comment "when you say you don't want any more questions b, you've answered the question" is spot on .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:07 AM (TbVRb)

91 >>Deb Haaland, candidate for gov in NM, will probably win. She's big on free stuff and a Dem.

Mornin', Horde. 61 degrees and sunny in Kentuckiana, going up to mid-80s.

Speaking of New Mexico, don't think Alteria Pilgrim has been around here lately. Anybody seen him?

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 08:07 AM (NcvvS)

92
I don't know about the rest of it, but Trump can cast STUPIFY like a motherfucker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 08:01 AM (PGK1w)

You asked for it.........

https://youtu.be/GVcY--XzeIc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:07 AM (ccf/V)

93 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 08:08 AM (SRRAx)

94 >if 9/11 wasn’t a terrorist attack then what was it?

An act of war.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

95 Love that Cheers clip about Kale. I’ve grown kale, but only as an ornamental in the winter. Some varieties have a nice purple color and are quite cold resistant. I wouldn’t eat it, though. Tried it a couple times - kind of like bitter construction paper.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 08:10 AM (GWwCk)

96 {{{ Teresa in Fort Worth}}}

Glad to see you and yours survived the anniversary party.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

97 Has realclearpolitics been captured by lefties? I look at their poll summaries and they have El-Sayed winning in MI, Susan Collins losing in ME, and Talarico winning in TX… amongst other absurdities. I used to think their averages were useful indicators but that’s just nuts

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (geWO5)

98 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 72 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

I've been fighting off depression, lethargy and anhedonia for the last week and haven't been able to stir myself to do much of anything, even come on here and comment.* I'm going to do my best to work on final edits of my book today - I doubt I'll get all the way through, but I do want to at least get to the midpoint. We shall see.

I hope you all have a lovely day.

*and there was much rejoicing

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (qRla/)

99 "Ossoff Condemns Hasan Piker Days After Streamer Called Him 2028 Pick"
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Ossoff is not campaigning like a guy whose internals show him with a 6 point lead, like all the public polls say.

This, the nasty attack on Trump's aide, then he has this goofy obsession claiming Collins employs a neo-Nazi.

Those are all appeals to the base of the party, not the center or swing voters.
Kind of like how Harris kept doing the same thing, which also seemed odd for someone who the polls said was winning.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (3cUTc)

100 So you've eaten construction paper?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

101 All, this is, except for one owner, who got paid back speedily.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:05 AM (4NfdL)
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It's Good To Be King!

Now, get back to work.

Posted by: Governor Dumbfvck at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

102 Interesting post at HotAir. It pointed out that the WNBA has already had a trans person. Lashyia Clarendon a woman who had top surgery and was taking hormones to become a "man" played in the league for several years before retiring in 2024. How can they ban a "woman " like Enes?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (TbVRb)

103 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

May a glimpse of sunshine brighten up your day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

104 FFS, AOC has always been DSA. She won a literal DSA beauty contest to get their backing to win her seat in 2018. She was a dues paying member at the time but went on the down load after she took her seat. Now she's publicly declaring her allegiance.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2026 08:12 AM (dtajH)

105 So you've eaten construction paper?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at August 28, 2026 08:12 AM (PGK1w)

106 There was a piece at PJMedia yesterday about kale. It was proclaimed the worst vegetable ever.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (sn5xH)

107 World's Worst Vegetable-Piper Hardest Hit!

Posted by: Veggie Tales at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (JM9I6)

108 Has realclearpolitics been captured by lefties? I look at their poll summaries and they have El-Sayed winning in MI, Susan Collins losing in ME, and Talarico winning in TX… amongst other absurdities. I used to think their averages were useful indicators but that’s just nuts
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (geWO5)

GIGO

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

109 Has realclearpolitics been captured by lefties? I look at their poll summaries and they have El-Sayed winning in MI, Susan Collins losing in ME, and Talarico winning in TX… amongst other absurdities. I used to think their averages were useful indicators but that’s just nuts
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (geWO5)

Texas Southern University (an HBCU) has released its first poll and has Talarico DESTROYING Paxton.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

110 Democrat Party have always been at war with America as founded.

I would argue that they have been against humanity since expulsion from The Garden—they just went by different collective names.

In Romans 1, Paul talks about alienation from God drive society mad and into social collapse. Many elements in the former United States are at Stage IV Reprobation.

• Humanity knows God (creation reveals Him; Genesis 1–2)
• Humans reject gratitude and worship (Exodus 32; Psalm 106)
• They replace God with created things (Deuteronomy 4; Jeremiah 2)
• Their thinking becomes corrupted (Genesis 6; Isaiah 5)
Their relationships and society deteriorate (Genesis 6; Judges; Proverbs)
• God allows them to experience the consequences of rebellion (Jeremiah 2; Proverbs 1)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (PVBkQ)

111 Nixon, Florida's Democrat Senate nominee, praised CAIR as the 'right vehicles' to secure electoral victories for the party during fundraising events for the pro-Hamas advocacy group

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And there you have the quiet part out loud as to why there has been an avalanche of incandescent support for islam and its nurturing thereof rolling right into the Demorat Party in America.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

112 Love that Cheers clip about Kale. I’ve grown kale, but only as an ornamental in the winter. Some varieties have a nice purple color and are quite cold resistant. I wouldn’t eat it, though. Tried it a couple times - kind of like bitter construction paper.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 08:10 AM (GWwCk)

Frasier had to hypnotize Woody into liking Veggie-Boy to appease his conscience for appearing in the commercials. Frasier took a sip and said: you can really taste the kale 😂

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (geWO5)

113 In 1957, just before the NCAA final game in Kansas City, I got to spend almost a full hour talking to Louis Armstrong. I will never forget that night, although I was a Jayhawk supporter.

Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:13 AM (z6ONu)

114 We have 10x the population of Canada. Rough math says that the effects of a trade war will hit your average Canadian 10x that of an American.

This tells me that Carney doesn't have the best interests of his people in mind.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2026 08:14 AM (dtajH)

115 Interesting post at HotAir. It pointed out that the WNBA has already had a trans person. Lashyia Clarendon a woman who had top surgery and was taking hormones to become a "man" played in the league for several years before retiring in 2024. How can they ban a "woman " like Enes?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (TbVRb)

Because they know that even with hormones and the top surgery, Clarendon is STILL a woman, and therefore eligible for the WNBA.

Just like they know a man can never BECOME a woman, and therefore Enes isn't.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 08:14 AM (PGK1w)

116 I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at August 28, 2026 08:12 AM (PGK1w)

That's not really the sick burn anyone thinks it is.

"You eat shit, for breakfast?"

Well played, Mr. Sandler.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:14 AM (ccf/V)

117 Real Clear Politics polls are an aggregation of a bunch of other polls. Many of the polls are absolute crap, so you get skewed numbers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:15 AM (TbVRb)

118 FFS, AOC has always been DSA. She won a literal DSA beauty contest to get their backing to win her seat in 2018. She was a dues paying member at the time but went on the down load after she took her seat. Now she's publicly declaring her allegiance.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2026 08:12 AM (dtajH)
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Night of the Long Knives is gonna be lit!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

119 Trump's MAGA PAC is sitting on war chest of over $400 million and growing. The first ever Republican midterm convention is coming up in a couple weeks in Texas and we are just about to hit Labor Day when the real campaigning begins.

Let's see where we are at the end of September.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:16 AM (viF8m)

120 Those needs certainly were the main motive, but based on Elon Musk’s passionate dream of making the human race multi-planetary, as well as his repeated willingness to help his competitors when they needed SpaceX to launch their satellites, I believe he recognized that SpaceX’s dominance could be hurting the rest of the rocket industry, and that the instant it made business sense to clear the field for these competitors, he was quite willing to do so.

You see, he likes competition
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Still finding this hard to believe, since many self-described capitalists are often closet monopolists, while Elon is very different.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:16 AM (+l7X8)

121
Because they know that even with hormones and the top surgery, Clarendon is STILL a woman, and therefore eligible for the WNBA.

Just like they know a man can never BECOME a woman, and therefore Enes isn't.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 08:14 AM (PGK1w)

They called Freedom and White out for the stun they're playing, which is correct. However, the fact that they still haven't defined what a woman actually is and their guidelines ACTUALLY ALLOW for those 2 to enter their draft and they're being denied, hopefully they sue the crap out of the league if for nothing else, to get them to define 'woman.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:16 AM (ccf/V)

122 "I used to think their averages were useful indicators but that’s just nuts
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM"

Me, too.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 28, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

123
This tells me that Carney doesn't have the best interests of his people in mind.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2026 08:14 AM (dtajH)

Carney want Fang Fang bang bang........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)

124 "Trump admin set to target George Soros nonprofit, Southern Poverty Law Center and CAIR in major tax crackdown: sources"

They've already brought charges against the the SPLC and its executive Heidi Beirich for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering related to secretly funneling donor funds to extremist groups.

These are RICO predicates. Just sayin'

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2026 08:17 AM (dtajH)

125 Lindsay Clancy Verdict is in: Trump guilty of 3 counts of first degree murder. All other men guilty of manslaughter.

Posted by: Tes Torgerson at August 28, 2026 08:18 AM (R86kT)

126 Still finding this hard to believe, since many self-described capitalists are often closet monopolists, while Elon is very different.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:16 AM

Yeah, but he's still not taken a massive penis into the outer atmosphere. With William Shatner inside, to boot!

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at August 28, 2026 08:19 AM (ccf/V)

127 Posted by: Paul at August 28, 2026 08:18 AM (peU3O)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 28, 2026 08:20 AM (ccf/V)

128 Gee. Paul is lying again. Go figure.

Are you stupid or do you just have "stupid f*cker" written all over your face?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM (ccf/V)

129 Salty, while there are legitimate concerns about the rapid expansion of both AI and data centers, much of it is ridiculous hype being pushed by our adversaries, most notably China.
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Insty has a story on how some 200k anti-data center accounts are just Chinese bots.
And that's before we get to the slew of paid promoters.*
And this is a big issue, but not a very big issue; imagine how many are brought to bear on a very big issue?

One thing a lot of people have not heard is that China has scraped the entire US social media.
And they are running massive AI to "game" how to manipulate the US public.
Everything on social media is an op, it's not organic.

* recently was dozens of influencers all reading roughly the same script "I thought living in [red state] was going to be cheaper. But the price of [item] is way up. Even with 2 jobs, I can't afford [item/food/gas /rent/etc.]"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM (3cUTc)

130 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM (sn5xH)

131 Posted by: Paul at August 28, 2026 08:18 AM (peU3O)

But it WAS the left, in Bill Clinton, who absolutely refused to kill bin Laden when they had opportunities (plural) to do so years and years before.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM (PGK1w)

132 9 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

Ahhhh! Runs in terror!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie Fan Club at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM (JM9I6)

133
I've been fighting off depression, lethargy and anhedonia for the last week

For guys, the anhedonia is the worst part because its natural for a man to find comfort and refuge, when everything else fails, in doing things he loves to do.

And when that is gone...

Praying for you. Seriously.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 08:22 AM (/TiS1)

134 One of the few houses around here with Talarico signs in the front yard has added a No Datacenter sign with some other guy's name on it.........

Because if there's one place you want the world, especially China, to be ahead of the curve in, it's computing technology.........

F*cking braindead idiots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:23 AM (ccf/V)

135 "Everything on social media is an op, it's not organic."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM

We're not here.

Posted by: Russian bots at August 28, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

136
Lindsay Clancy Verdict is in: Trump guilty of 3 counts of first degree murder. All other men guilty of manslaughter.
Posted by: Tes Torgerson at August 28, 2026 08:18 AM (R86kT)

That's the sickness of all this. Woman kills her kids and it's the fault of all men. No wonder the AWFLs are crazy for Lindsay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 08:23 AM (O0L8i)

137 Hasn't Spinach also been downgraded as a food, because initial estimates of it's nutritional value were inflated by a factor of ten?

Posted by: Little Debbie at August 28, 2026 08:24 AM (JM9I6)

138 Polls are going for perception hijacking now.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 08:25 AM (PbWRL)

139 People's Hippo Voice

Well then, the long tradition of local and national leaders ignoring the populous will work in our favor then. Because bribes work on building stuff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

140 I've been fighting off depression, lethargy and anhedonia for the last week

I know this feeling......well.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:25 AM (ccf/V)

141 I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I eats my spinach.

Posted by: Popeye at August 28, 2026 08:26 AM (Q+gd/)

142 Kale is a super accumulator of heavy metals. It really should not be eaten by humans.
https://tinyurl.com/33n3w3h8

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 08:26 AM (JNTt1)

143 137 Hasn't Spinach also been downgraded as a food, because initial estimates of it's nutritional value were inflated by a factor of ten?
Posted by: Little Debbie at August 28, 2026 08:24 AM

I begs ta differ...

https://youtube.com/shorts/ik2HwK9jajk

Posted by: Popeye The Sailor Man at August 28, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

144 Reading about what Carney and his party are doing in the tariff fight is amazing. Even Canadians realize they're lying through their teeth. They alleged that Trump wanted to stop Canadians from speaking French, when it was just a fight over censorship of Netflix and other content.
Ford the Ontario premier and Carney didn't seem to realize that the oil and gas from Alberta goes through pipelines in the US before it reaches Montreal. Cut it off Montreal freezes this winter
Carney is an idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:27 AM (TbVRb)

145
But it WAS the left, in Bill Clinton, who absolutely refused to kill bin Laden when they had opportunities (plural) to do so years and years before.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 08:21 AM (PGK1w)

Ah, who can forget the launching of a few billion dollars worth of missiles at a tent in the desolate sands of Afghanistan.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:27 AM (ccf/V)

146 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 28, 2026 08:28 AM (53oGX)

147 Populous is an adjective that describes a place with a large population, while populace is a noun that refers to the people living in a specific area.

Posted by: Word Nerd at August 28, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

148 Rx for anhedonia. Performing acts of charity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

149 I don't think Carney wants to get cute.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 08:30 AM (sn5xH)

150 Word Nerd

Yup. Screwed up there. Knew it was wrong, and posted anyway. But I'm not going to the Barrel over it.

OK, I'm over it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

151 I happened to click by Hannity’s show last night and watched for 5 minutes because he was talking about the Lindsay Clancy case. I hadn’t seen him in a long time…. What happened?? His face is all pudgy/puffy, his hair is a mess and very gray. I know we all age but the guy looks 20 years older than the last time I saw him…. Good grief. Does he have a known medical issue ongoing? He doesn’t look healthy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:31 AM (geWO5)

152 If you want to really see how scared China is of US beating them in AI, look at the posts against Musk building data centers in space.

Whoo-boy, are they throwing everything they can against that.
Because they know they will never, ever be able to compete against that.

And it's funny, 'cause all their ground-based anti-data center rhetoric doesn't work on space-based.
So they come up with goofy arguments about how it won't work.
That just sound dumb if you have more than a nominal understanding of science.
One gal I saw earlier was on a tear how the physics don't work because there's no way to dissipate all the heat.
Is it more difficult than on Earth? yes. Is it impossible? No.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 08:31 AM (3cUTc)

153 Carney is a buffah, he don't call the shots.

Posted by: Cicci at August 28, 2026 08:31 AM (Q+gd/)

154 147 Populous is an adjective that describes a place with a large population, while populace is a noun that refers to the people living in a specific area.
Posted by: Word Nerd

And just where does pustulous fit in?

Posted by: On My Buttocks? at August 28, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

155
It's Friday. None of my music for me today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 08:31 AM (O0L8i)

156 Populous is an adjective that describes a place with a large population, while populace is a noun that refers to the people living in a specific area.
Posted by: Word Nerd at August 28, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

Populous was an addictive game I first discovered on the Sega Genesis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:32 AM (ccf/V)

157 Shabbat Shalom to all those of The Tribe both here, in Israel, and abroad.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 08:32 AM (JNTt1)

158 Kale is a super accumulator of heavy metals. It really should not be eaten by humans.
https://tinyurl.com/33n3w3h8
Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 08:26 AM (JNTt1)
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Devil weed...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:33 AM (FZ29D)

159 Devil weed...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:33 AM (FZ29D)

Right up there with okra.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:33 AM (ccf/V)

160 Carney is just playing tough guy to excite his idiot base. They want him to fight Orange Man Bad so he will, for a while.

Canada needs the US market a hell of a lot more than we need Canada and he knows it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

161
117 Real Clear Politics polls are an aggregation of a bunch of other polls. Many of the polls are absolute crap, so you get skewed numbers
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:15 AM (TbVRb)

RCP’s theory is that some polls are high, some are low, and if you average them all you get a reliable result. BUT if all polls have a built in bias in the same direction, then all you can get from that method is a consensus wrong answer.

It’s much like answering the question of “what is 2 + 2?” by averaging a group of answers that range from 5 up to 12.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 08:34 AM (GWwCk)

162 Devil weed...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Okra enters the arena...

Posted by: Glyphosate Gary at August 28, 2026 08:34 AM (JM9I6)

163 151 I happened to click by Hannity’s show last night
......

He's a Great American™.

Posted by: Pre-programmed response at August 28, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

164 I kind of hope Ontario follows through and starts playing with electricity supplies to the northeast grid. All the states that forced local power plants to shut down will suddenly discover the value of permitting new electricity generation, instead of relying on Canadian power.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:35 AM (3hr0T)

165 Don’t mess with gumbo you okraphobes

Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:36 AM (z6ONu)

166 Good grief. Does he have a known medical issue ongoing? He doesn’t look healthy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 08:31 AM (geWO5)

I suspect studio make up artists, who were quite good at disguising an ongoing process until there just was no point in trying anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 08:37 AM (GWwCk)

167 We're almost to September. Canada will soon be frozen tundra again. Ignore the hosers.

Posted by: Way Below The 49th Parallel Here at August 28, 2026 08:37 AM (JM9I6)

168 Mornin, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 08:38 AM (77rzZ)

169 Carney is just playing tough guy to excite his idiot base. They want him to fight Orange Man Bad so he will, for a while.
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Carney convinced himself he could weaken PDJT politically with a well-timed fight, especially if he could provoke Trump into personal attacks. It's an attack aimed at the midterms, and Carney thinks he will have a weaker Trump to deal with after the elections. Really, really bad bet.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:38 AM (iuLJm)

170 Friday I'm in Love

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

171 Don’t mess with gumbo you okraphobes
Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:36 AM (z6ONu)

The okra slime ruins everything it touches.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:39 AM (ccf/V)

172 zerohedge.com:

Britain's Biggest Council Pushes Two-Year Jail Term For Flying National Flags

Treats the country's colors as a public-order problem...

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

173 Broccoli?
Vile weed!!

Posted by: Newman at August 28, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

174 TGIF, all!!

>>Yes, the State Dept. is for sure going after Leftists abroad who destabilize our allies, and are beside themselves as the Donroe Doctrine initiates a reverse Domino effect as one by one seemingly intractable and perpetual Socialist nations are rejecting socialism for freer and more truly little "d" democratic in the truest sense of the word governments, while we here at home seem to be embracing it. Well, if one pallet of bricks is prevented from being delivered to a center city business district in the middle of the night then bravo.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:40 AM (X8xt3)

175 The British will eventually go the way of the aliens on Vendikar.

They will all march themselves willingly into the disintegration chambers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

176 >>Britain's Biggest Council Pushes Two-Year Jail Term For Flying National Flags

How many actual Brits on the council?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:41 AM (X8xt3)

177 Mornin, All. Happy Friday.
Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 08:38 AM (77rzZ)
___

Very happy indeed!

Today is younger daughter's b-day.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:41 AM (Rln0i)

178 The Public, which sponsors Shakespeare in the Park, is a massive fundraising operation with bloated administrative costs; its artistic director, Oskar Eustis, receives a salary of almost a million dollars a year, even as the actors had to fight through their union just to gross about a thousand dollars a week.

All public art is a giant ripoff.
It makes United Way look like a charity.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:41 AM (/+uur)

179 Salmonella Eggs Recalled.

Posted by: This House Sure Gone Crazy at August 28, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

180 I suspect studio make up artists, who were quite good at disguising an ongoing process until there just was no point in trying anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 08:37 AM

See also: Biden, Joseph Robinette.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

181 Kale is a super accumulator of heavy metals. It really should not be eaten by humans.
https://tinyurl.com/33n3w3h8
Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 08:26 AM (JNTt1)
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And thanks to you I just went to Google for the first time in years and years. Ah well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM (iuLJm)

182 >>Friday I'm in Love

Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)

183 Today Is National Bow Tie Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

184 Had China not been a player to the degree they are in Canada's affairs, I seriously doubt Carney would have done, or said a thing about trade with the U.S.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 08:44 AM (2Cry5)

185 With Talarico and Al Sayed, much as with the Data Centers, I see evidence everywhere of a massive online op pushing a completely false narrative.

With Talarico, it’s aided by the fact that John Cornyn and his political allies are backing it as well, because of personal hatred.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 08:44 AM (GWwCk)

186 Posted by: redridinghood at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

Tucker dickhead ruined it

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 08:44 AM (KC5Lt)

187 And thanks to you I just went to Google for the first time in years and years. Ah well.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM (iuLJm)

Yeah. Trusting google AI to give you anything data wise is foolish.

Stop using google. It is the Devil and is only there to do you harm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 08:45 AM (ccf/V)

188 I'D choose Root Canal over Commie Shakespeare in the Park anytime. What a grift!

Posted by: Homeo and Juliet at August 28, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)

189 177 Happy Birthday to Younger SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

190
Today Is National Bow Tie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

Bow ties only look good on 7-year-old boys and puppies. And certain women. Otherwise they should be abolished.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 08:46 AM (O0L8i)

191 >>This tells me that Carney doesn't have the best interests of his people in mind.

"his people" is doing a lot of work there.
He holds three passports, lived in the UK the 10 years prior to running for Canadian PM.

He is a globalist elite, and "his people" are his fellow WEF members.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:47 AM (X8xt3)

192 183 Today Is National Bow Tie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 28, 2026 08:43 AM

I once plunked down $35 on Cameo for The History Guy to make a personalized video congratulating a friend for finishing a Masters degree. It was cool.

https://thehistoryguy.com/

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

193 Don’t mess with gumbo you okraphobes
Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:36 AM (z6ONu)

Wise man say, "He who use filé powder no need dildos of slime to thicken gumbo."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

194 I spotted the danger of Facebook close to the beginning when people still thought it was a good way to talk to grandma. Probably posted about it here.

The clue to me was two things: the blue color they chose for it and the fact that you couldn't change your layout like MySpace or anything before it.

The layout was chosen for you - and it's color was the "safest" most innocuous and trustworthy looking blue color there ever was.

I hated it and it made my skin crawl. At the time I explained that it was done that way for one reason and one reason only. They needed it laid out like that to A/B test engagement (and other things) so they could ramp up what works, and discard what didn't.

They could also use it to "control" how the people on the platform thought and to a degree what they felt. Through A/B testing. So whatever they're admitting to now, it was 10,000 times more nefarious.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (xZzaD)

195 Bow ties only look good on 7-year-old boys and puppies. And certain women. Otherwise they should be abolished.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
________

Penguins?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (XvL8K)

196 "Before all that," Hoole continued, "the biggest kale buyer in America was Pizza Hut. Not for the menu. They bought it by the ton, fourteen thousand pounds of it in 2012, and laid it round the salad bar to hide the ice."

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

197 What Cornyn thinks doesn't matter otherwise he would still be a Senator.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (PbWRL)

198 >>There was a piece at PJMedia yesterday about kale. It was proclaimed the worst vegetable ever.

Duh. It is landscaping, not food.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (X8xt3)

199 I wore a bow tie once on a date to a comedy show.

The comic loved the tie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

200 According to the State Department, Autistici/Inventati, or the A/I Collective, is a “hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encrypted communications, calls, and web-hosting services — all concealed from law enforcement. The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization.

===

Yeah, that was great work, taking them down. Who was funding this abomination, I wonder.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:50 AM (g47mK)

201 Penguins?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (XvL8K)

You missed the Opus sox

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:50 AM (/+uur)

202 I'm in my room picking up good vibrations!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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Battery powered?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 08:50 AM (JNTt1)

203 CNN forced to apologize to Dolly Parton's family for using photo of Vegas impersonator in covering icon's death

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

204 One gal I saw earlier was on a tear how the physics don't work because there's no way to dissipate all the heat.

Is it more difficult than on Earth? yes. Is it impossible? No.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Considering the temperature between earth & the moon is -270C, it shouldn't be too hard.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 08:50 AM (eZjn+)

205 Dildos Of Slime was the garage band name for Steely Dan before they got an agent.

Posted by: Music Nerd at August 28, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

206 San Franpsycho

You were in the front row of a comedy show?

Wow. Brave.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

207 It's hard to say how effective the attacks on the USAID apparatus have been, and I generally tend to be less sanguine than others about these things - these are yuuuge, luxurious edifices of corruption and they're hard to besiege with any degree of success.

BUT, this is an election year, and we're very nearly through an entire summer without any major assaults on even one city by the enemy.

Now, that may be a tactical decision on their part - they may have decided that discretion is the better part of valor in 2026, and to wait out Trump, and marshal their forces for a real horror show in 2028.

Even with that caveat, I'm hopeful that the siege on their treasury has weakened them too much to attack during this campaign season - discretion isn't one of their virtues, and "de l'audace, encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace!" is their standing order at all times.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

208 >>Managed to time it so the sun was just rising on the second half of the walk - still below the treeline but lots of beautiful red lighting the sky, and the full moon still in the west in plain sight

Same - how gorgeous was that full moon today?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:51 AM (X8xt3)

209 Penguins?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (XvL8K)

You missed the Opus sox
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Or Tennessee Tuxedo

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 08:51 AM (XvL8K)

210 Might want to rethink file powder. Could be worse than kale.

Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:52 AM (z6ONu)

211 There was a piece at PJMedia yesterday about kale. It was proclaimed the worst vegetable ever.

Duh. It is landscaping, not food.
Posted by: Lizzy

It's landscaping on a salad bar so you don't see all the ice.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 08:52 AM (eZjn+)

212 Why did Pizza Hut feel the need to hide the ice?

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

213 runner

I expect there are those in government who know. Pondering why no action.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

214 >>Even with that caveat, I'm hopeful that the siege on their treasury has weakened them too much to attack during this campaign season - discretion isn't one of their virtues, and "de l'audace, encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace!" is their standing order at all times.

I'm hoping Trump clearing out the USAID building, removing its signage, then filling it with an entirely different federal agency has helped!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:53 AM (X8xt3)

215 merely the fact that I'm just a sane, thinking, feeling rational human being?!

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Well, there's your problem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

216 Narrative: "Black man lynched in NC"

Popular YouTuber Ms. Rachel is speaking out and urging people to listen to and support the Black community.

Don’t be mistaken, the left is upset about this.

This has nothing to do with truth-seeking, they want to be able to blame white people.

Turns out, police found CCTV footage of the man hanging himself

I don’t understand. Miss Rachel told me black people absolutely do not hang themselves. She said this was definitely White people doing this. I don’t know whether to trust her or the cameras. I’m confused.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

217 In today’s WSJ two AWFL authors wrote that Democrats are coming for Republican donors when they retake the majority. So those companies are helping to fill Democrats coffers with donations that were lost when Republicans cut off their fraud pipeline.

Just a reminder about fair weather friends.

Oh and the Democrats agenda according to Jefferies is to investigate Republicans “corruption” and impeach the president. Again. So I guess that’s what people want.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 28, 2026 08:53 AM (JW6Az)

218 >>CNN forced to apologize to Dolly Parton's family for using photo of Vegas impersonator in covering icon's death

Anyone fired for this obvious prank/FU to normies and Southerners?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:54 AM (X8xt3)

219 People eat at Pizza Hut?

That pizza is repulsive. Horrid shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 08:54 AM (sn5xH)

220 Duh. It is landscaping, not food.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:49 AM (X8xt3)

LOL you would like my white bean and kale soup

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 08:54 AM (xZzaD)

221 Might want to rethink file powder. Could be worse than kale.
Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 08:52 AM (z6ONu)

Scientific testing has confirmed that sassafras leaves contain virtually undetectable levels of safrole, making the dried and ground leaves used in file powder safe to eat. Major health authorities and culinary experts agree that file powder does not pose a carcinogenic risk when used as a seasoning or thickening agent in dishes like gumbo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

222 "Popular YouTuber Ms. Rachel is speaking out..."
+++++++++

Define popular.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

223 Why did Pizza Hut feel the need to hide the ice?
Posted by: Bulg

Because all the salad bar fixings dropped on the ice would look unappetizing after a while. But if it drops into leafy greens, it's not seen as much.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 08:55 AM (eZjn+)

224 🚨 GLENN CLOSE JUST POSTED A “GOODBYE” VIDEO — AND THE INTERNET IS SPIRALING THAT SHE’S NEXT

Glenn Close just posted a short video from home and it's sending the internet into a spiral.

No glam.
No red carpet.
Just her standing outside in her late mother’s shirt, letting the wind move through her white hair, watching the sun go down.

“I’m home. Calming down. I feel blessed. Hi to you all. Bye.”

That last word is what's breaking everyone.

This is hitting after a brutal stretch of celebrity deaths, and fans are already bracing for the next name.

Some started posting RIP messages.
Others said they cannot take another legend dying this soon.

“That ‘bye’ gave me CHILLS.”
“Please don’t let her be next 😭”
“Why did that feel so FINAL?”

When this many stars have died in a short window, even a quiet sunset video starts to feel like a warning.

Are fans just traumatized… or did that “bye” come at the worst possible time?

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

225 You were in the front row of a comedy show?

Wow. Brave.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)
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We saw Brad Garrett in Vegas and I paid extra to sit front and center. After the show he gave Mrs. F. a key chain that said "Brad Garrett Made Me Cry in Vegas"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

226 Bow ties only look good on 7-year-old boys and puppies. And certain women. Otherwise they should be abolished.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 08:46 AM (O0L8i
*****
True.
Although, I do like them with tuxedos at weddings.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 28, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)

227 Ms Rachel said black folks don't commit suicide after a black guy in NC was found hanging. Then the black police chief said there is a video of the guy hanging himself. Ms Rachel didn't just jump the shark , she's fellating the shark

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:56 AM (TbVRb)

228 You were in the front row of a comedy show?

Wow. Brave.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Doubly so at a Gallagher show.

Posted by: Homeo and Juliet at August 28, 2026 08:56 AM (JM9I6)

229 >>Popular YouTuber Ms. Rachel is speaking out and urging people to listen to and support the Black community.

Don’t be mistaken, the left is upset about this.

Gosh, juuuuuuust in time to GoTV for midterms!
Amazing how they manage to exacerbate some race-related crime/hoax every dang election year, huh?!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)

230 SMOD

Wonder how many Vax boosters she got? Are the effects linear with dose?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 08:57 AM (u82oZ)

231 It’s a good thing that Piper’s not around to see that kale article.

I miss Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 08:57 AM (77rzZ)

232 People eat at Pizza Hut?

That pizza is repulsive. Horrid shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Back in the 80s, maybe into the 90s, they had the pan pizza crust nailed. It was perfect most of the time.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 08:57 AM (XvL8K)

233 I think the administration should ignore these rulings. Arrest the judge. Hang said judge and be done with it.

Else, this shit continues.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 08:02 AM (2Cry5)
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IMPEACH THIS JUDGE! If this behavior doesn't qualify as misbehavior - especially after having been warned by SCOTUS - THEN WHAT DOES?!?
Remember: Federal judges shall serve a lifetime appoint WHILE IN GOOD BEHAVIOR. Most people omit the last part.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 08:58 AM (JNTt1)

234 CNN forced to apologize to Dolly Parton's family for using photo of Vegas impersonator in covering icon's death
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)
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As someone said on X, "The most CNN thing, ever", meaning it's emblematic of how false even their easy editorial decisions are. How do you screw up an obit? Let's watch CNN!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 08:58 AM (SuK7W)

235 I chose not to waste precious moments on celebrity shit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 08:58 AM (PbWRL)

236 Are fans just traumatized… or did that “bye” come at the worst possible time?

I have to admit, when Glenn Close dies my entire world will be... pretty much unaffected. Probably even less than the grief I feel when any other celebrity I've never met dies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

237 I love the smell of banhammer ozone in the morning.

Posted by: Col Kilgore at August 28, 2026 08:58 AM (Q+gd/)

238 >>“I’m home. Calming down. I feel blessed. Hi to you all. Bye.”

That last word is what's breaking everyone.

Or maybe it was just out of habit to close the selfie video with "bye?"

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

239 "...AND THE INTERNET IS SPIRALING THAT SHE’S NEXT..."
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By what measure is the internet spiraling?

*taps side of monitor*

I'm not experiencing any spiraling.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

240 Bow ties only look good on 7-year-old boys and puppies. And certain women. Otherwise they should be abolished.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And certain weathermen giving the nightly forecast.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 08:59 AM (eZjn+)

241 Ms. Rachel usually spends her time promoting trans people and drag shows to little kids. Good to see her expanding to BLM and broadening her horizons.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (SuK7W)

242
People eat at Pizza Hut?

That pizza is repulsive. Horrid shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I had a pepperoni one a couple of months ago. It's difficult to figure out how to make a pepperoni pizza completely tasteless, but they managed. Never again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (O0L8i)

243 NM is a state I wish the Republicans would focus next on flipping back to red.

Recall, Bush won it in 2000.

Yes, the desert around the capital area is horror-scape.
But the mountains are very nice.

The rural areas are solid conservative but are overwhelmed by the soy, granola and fems of the cities.

Blue states I'd retire in if they were red:
CA
CO
NM

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (3cUTc)

244 The only thing I think Shakespeare In The Park was good for was the rethought Kevin Kline / Linda Ronstadt version of The Pirates of Penzance.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

245 Bowties are better than blue jeans you Phillistines. - George Will , has been

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (TbVRb)

246 I'D choose Root Canal over Commie Shakespeare in the Park anytime. What a grift!
Posted by: Homeo and Juliet at August 28, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)
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I'm still suffering the lingering effects of my root canal procedure yesterday...

Yet I find your argument strangely compelling.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (FZ29D)

247 Glenn Close just posted a short video from home and it's sending the internet into a spiral.

Who?

Posted by: Only Fitting at August 28, 2026 09:01 AM (QRHoA)

248 Well, bye.

Posted by: bunnies at August 28, 2026 09:01 AM (Q+gd/)

249 Pizza Hut used to have a thick , tangy Italian dressing. Much better than the pizza

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 09:02 AM (TbVRb)

250 “That ‘bye’ gave me CHILLS.”
“Please don’t let her be next 😭”
“Why did that feel so FINAL?”

When this many stars have died in a short window, even a quiet sunset video starts to feel like a warning.

Are fans just traumatized… or did that “bye” come at the worst possible time?

May her god, Harvey Weinstein, have mercy on her soul...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V)

251 Ms. Rachel.

Who?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

252 Chloe the Bengal Klutz is sitting in front of my computer monitor, watching the mouse pointer move around the screen...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 09:04 AM (FZ29D)

253 “God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”

Psalm 46:1-3

Blessed is the Lord our God, who protects, heals, and comforts us. He is our salvation, out hope and the reason we overcome all challenges.

May God bless you all, this day and always.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:04 AM (c9rBD)

254 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 28, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

Great production which featured the wonderful actress and trained singer ( who also played Hyacinth Bucket ), Patricia Routledge .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:04 AM (3OyJk)

255 Glenn Close was wooden as the head of Zandar Prime in Guardians of the Galaxy.
She was on Letterman on night after she was In Sarah, plain and tall. He said what was it called Sarah, Tall and Stupid?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 09:05 AM (TbVRb)

256 XX≠XY is too controversial for Colorado Springs school district.

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I remember when Colorado Springs was a conservative hot spot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)

257 Ms. Rachel.

Who?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

This is my question.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:05 AM (ccf/V)

258 Who named her Glenn?

Posted by: Glen or Glenda at August 28, 2026 09:05 AM (JM9I6)

259 I sorta' thought Glenn Close was already mort.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 09:06 AM (2Cry5)

260 Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:04 AM (c9rBD

Thanks for your witness, Marcus T. Same to you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:06 AM (3OyJk)

261 OYKEN’s tall tale about Andre B. KRAY shows the Agency as a sort of USAID without the sense of mission. KRAY is a clandestine service officer under Non-Official Cover, an NOC, recalled to Langley after a decade abroad.
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Looking forward to reading this one. Thank you for the link, JJS.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:06 AM (q7yvH)

262 >>Ms. Rachel.

Who?

Some weirdo who has a kids show on the internet.
I've only heard of her because she says some random, incredibly woke think every few months and then it's all over X. Think the last scandal was she had Mamdani on her show doing woke sh#t.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)

263 Glenn Close is one of those celebrities where i can recall the name, and that she's a blonde, but basically nothing else. You'd have to name one of her TV shows for me to place the face.

Nothing against her, and if she's dying then I hope it's not too painful.

But I can't imagine this one is as big a deal as all that. I mean, I'm not a big Tim Curry fan but I know he's the guy from Home Alone 2. I doubt the world is spiraling into depression over this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:07 AM (BI5O2)

264 Only California Winery to Get Fire Payout Belongs to Gov. Newsom

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Helluva coinky dink.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 09:07 AM (ndZc7)

265 Miss Rachel told me black people absolutely do not hang themselves. She said this was definitely White people doing this. I don’t know whether to trust her or the cameras. I’m confused.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

White people made him do it. I am sure the "logic" will retreat to something like that.

Posted by: Oggie Ben Doggie at August 28, 2026 09:07 AM (dK+Kv)

266 Fatal Attraction walked so that Obsession could also walk.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at August 28, 2026 09:08 AM (qCwnW)

267 Close will be 80 in March. She must see the writing on the wall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 09:08 AM (TbVRb)

268 That's the sickness of all this. Woman kills her kids and it's the fault of all men. No wonder the AWFLs are crazy for Lindsay.
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I mentioned it yesterday, one gal, in response to men breaking up or divorcing over finding out their girl supports Clancy, was to ... blame the men.

See, it was their fault they didn't know she had those views before.
And it's their fault for not finding out sooner, before they got into a relationship with her.

Not hers for harboring secret filicidal sympathies or desires.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 09:08 AM (3cUTc)

269 Close will be 80 in March. She must see the writing on the wall
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 09:08 AM (TbVRb)

Either that or she's taking her own life for all the evil, horrendous things she's taken part of as a part of the hollywood elite over the years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:09 AM (ccf/V)

270
Turns out, police found CCTV footage of the man hanging himself

I don’t understand. Miss Rachel told me black people absolutely do not hang themselves. She said this was definitely White people doing this. I don’t know whether to trust her or the cameras. I’m confused.

I remember when Clinton's go-between with Epstein was found hung by the neck with a shotgun blast to the chest and no shotgun anywhere to be found on a remote farm and the FNM told me it was obviously a run of the mill suicide.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 09:09 AM (sKqQm)

271 Roll’s monologues this week relentlessly targeted President Donald Trump while ignoring Democrats, per the Kimmel playbook. The blowback for the country crooner was so strong he responded on-air, suggesting Trump fans who didn’t like his barbs should stop listening to his music.
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Telling people not to buy your records. Good plan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:09 AM (q7yvH)

272 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:06 AM (3OyJk)

Of course.

We fear nothing because He is with us. He is our rock, and our salvation. There is nothing greater than Him. His will be done.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:09 AM (i14TE)

273 Emmet Till's Dad was hanged, but he had help.

Posted by: Rope Is Still Quite Affordable. at August 28, 2026 09:09 AM (JM9I6)

274 "That last word is what's breaking everyone."
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My next target after successfully defrocking Facebook is the FOMO Writing.

"Whats breaking everyone" = three emotionally unstable idiots got upset

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:10 AM (xZzaD)

275 More:

CBC says 9/11 was 'hijackings that led to passenger jet crashes'

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)

276
When this many stars have died in a short window, even a quiet sunset video starts to feel like a warning.

Are fans just traumatized… or did that “bye” come at the worst possible time?
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

Glenn Close hasn't been the same since the bunny was boiled.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:10 AM (N39Ws)

277 >>I mentioned it yesterday, one gal, in response to men breaking up or divorcing over finding out their girl supports Clancy, was to ... blame the men.

You broke the code: a feminist is NEVER responsible for bad things that happen to her. It is always the patriarchy, misogyny, etc..

You're looking for logic in a black hole with these dumb gals.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3)

278 See, it was their fault they didn't know she had those views before.
And it's their fault for not finding out sooner, before they got into a relationship with her.

Not hers for harboring secret filicidal sympathies or desires.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 09:08 AM (3cUTc)

First rule of Wife Club is not killing the kids. It's kind of important, ladies.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (dK+Kv)

279 11 I’m genuinely confused… if 9/11 wasn’t a terrorist attack then what was it? How would the CBC label the intentional murder of 3000 people to achieve political goals? Is that not the textbook definition of terrorism? Would they prefer: “Some people did some things”??

Idiots

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 07:27 AM (geWO5)

A desperate effort by freedom fighters to end genocidal American Imperialism?

A righteous guerilla attack designed to make Americans feel what peaceful Muslims experience every day from genocidal American attacks on Islamic nations?

Muslim martyrs implementing the dictates of Allah against non-believers, recorded by Muhammed (PBUH) in the Religion of Peace's Book of Peace called the Koran?

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (5rh/l)

280 Roll’s monologues this week relentlessly targeted President Donald Trump while ignoring Democrats, per the Kimmel playbook. The blowback for the country crooner was so strong he responded on-air, suggesting Trump fans who didn’t like his barbs should stop listening to his music.

1. No problem.
2. He's not a country singer, regardless of what he calls himself.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (eZjn+)

281 I've only heard of her because she says some random, incredibly woke think every few months and then it's all over X. Think the last scandal was she had Mamdani on her show doing woke sh#t.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)
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Shamefully, I have a SIL who tried promoting her show to the kids, but I believe my daughter finally put a stop to that crap.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (q7yvH)

282 The Clancy thing is a classic motte and bailey

The motte is we just need to provide more mental health resources to women...even though she had every mental health resource they say should be provided.

And the bailey is that if women kill their kids it is never their fault.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

283 >Glenn Close is one of those celebrities where i can recall the name, and that she's a blonde, but basically nothing else.
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Fatal Attraction

ignore her, and she will cook your bunny

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:12 AM (ZxPkt)

284 278
First rule of Wife Club is not killing the kids. It's kind of important, ladies.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (dK+Kv)

And Clancy will probably be found not guilty. She'll still have to spend time in the state mental hospital, but not a day in prison for what she did to her kids.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:12 AM (N39Ws)

285 The only movie I’ve seen Glenn Close in was Mel Gibson’s Hamlet. She played Gertrude.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:13 AM (77rzZ)

286 Oh, please.

If you're dressing your child for school while the news is talking about the psycho kid-killer mom and your wife is like "ya know what, this family annihilator is the real victim here," then drop that kid off at grandma's instead of school, tell her head up to the family cabin, and immediately go file for divorce.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:13 AM (BI5O2)

287
1. No problem.
2. He's not a country singer, regardless of what he calls himself.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (eZjn+)

He used to weigh 400 lbs. Then he got Big Pharma to help him lose 250 or so lbs.

Now he's a leftist asshole, alienating 1/2 his fanbase.

Coincidence? I think not......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:13 AM (ccf/V)

288
Fatal Attraction

ignore her, and she will cook your bunny
Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:12 AM (ZxPkt)

She was also horrible in that significantly overrated Deer Hunter movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:14 AM (ccf/V)

289 'Morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

Carney and Canada. Eh. But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's annual State of the European Union (SOTEU) address will take place on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 in Strasbourg, France, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend the address as a special guest of von der Leyen. (Politico, 'Canada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union')

Reportedly, Canada has also struck independent defense deals. Rather than dealing with Brussels' bureaucracy, Canada is signing direct deals with European partners, such as purchasing sub-hunting submarines from a German-Norwegian venture and drones from Poland.

Further, Arctic security | NATO Topic, Jul 24, 2026. Canada and the Nordic countries with a closer Arctic security and defense coalition, it seems.

Like there's not enough to worry about within the US, and so close to the 25th Anniversary of 9/11.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 09:14 AM (NFX2v)

290 Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:09 AM (i14TE

And here's a quote back 'atcha:

"The Lord is my strength and my shield."

Psalm 28:7

It was given to me by a man from a church and he was handing out elastic bracelets with this quote at the recent 4H fair I went to.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:15 AM (JrHfD)

291 At some point, we all go home.
That place and time isn’t up to us, as much as some fool themselves into thinking that.
We all end up standing before God, our creator.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:15 AM (i14TE)

292 I’m genuinely confused… if 9/11 wasn’t a terrorist attack then what was it? How would the CBC label the intentional murder of 3000 people to achieve political goals? Is that not the textbook definition of terrorism? Would they prefer: “Some people did some things”??

See you have to understand lefty "logic". From the left's perspective colonized people have a right to resist by any means necessary. So jihadis flying planes into American commercial buildings, or raping and murdering a minor Israeli pop celebrity at a peace concert is justified and acceptable.

However, before you can in any way impede a jihadi you must give him a full western style trial and find him guilty because you, the American that doesn't want his country Islamified, are the evil colonizer.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

293 Muslim martyrs implementing the dictates of Allah against non-believers, recorded by Muhammed (PBUH) in the Religion of Peace's Book of Peace called the Koran?
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (5rh/l)

Some PEOPLE did someTHING....

- - - - - 11han 0mar

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:15 AM (ccf/V)

294 France: Two Dead, 10 Injured After Man Rams Car Into Crowd in Caen

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The plan was for the Brits to capture Caen on the first day of the D Day invasion but instead it was not captured until two months later and, I guess, there's Nazis there still.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)

295 Fen, they have 4H in New Jersey?

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

296 >She was also horrible in that significantly overrated Deer Hunter movie.

Posted by: Sponge

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Is that your final answer?

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:16 AM (ZxPkt)

297 “God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”

Psalm 46:1-3
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Amen and God Bless, Marcus!

That with all the b.s. in the world, God is still in charge, and He is never slack when it comes to us and our sinful foolishness.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:17 AM (Rln0i)

298 Celebrity deaths don’t affect me… there was one exception for me: Walter Payton was a childhood hero. When he died relatively young I had some tears. He had seemed like an indestructible Superman on the football field and he died IIRC in his 40s. Of course I was still youngish when he died so had little conception of my own mortality, so it jolted me. I don’t think it would affect me as much today…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:18 AM (geWO5)

299
Is that your final answer?

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:16 AM (ZxPkt)

I mean, that's about all I have on the career of Glenn Close.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)

300 Oh, Fatal Attraction, with Michael Douglas. I know who it is now. I assumed TV because I don't watch TV, but I know who this is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

301 Britain ‘Playing With Fire’ by Aiding Ukraine, Faces ‘Unpredictable’ Consequences, Warns Russian Foreign Ministry

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Not fair! Everyone knows the Brits are retarded and fighting with both hands tied behind their back!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7)

302 Ruffalo reposted a tweet that claimed "Jewish troops will be looking for Muslims" in its fight against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

In an extraordinary response for a major studio, Paramount, which is now controlled by the Ellisons, accused the actor of spreading "antisemitic tropes," an allegation he vehemently denied.
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As weird as he is, Ruffalo is my personal canary on the coal mine: Whatever crazy shit he promotes is the latest thing among the wackiest acting lefties.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:18 AM (q7yvH)

303 >> Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:17 AM (Rln0i)

Amen, and I hope you are well.

I’ve seen and experienced enough to know He is in charge.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:19 AM (imkMW)

304 How's a barrel these days? Been cleaned lately?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:19 AM (q7yvH)

305 Muslim martyrs implementing the dictates of Allah against non-believers, recorded by Muhammed (PBUH) in the Religion of Peace's Book of Peace called the Koran?
Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (5rh/l)
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A religion based on the pedophilic mutterings of an evil man can only turn out one way.

And it ain't good. Nor is it from God.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (Rln0i)

306 😂😂😂😂

Canadian geese are now called Donald Ducks.

😂😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (eZjn+)

307 Fen, they have 4H in New Jersey?
Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)
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Sure do.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (q7yvH)

308 Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

Mostly they just want us arguing over it.

Because if there's an argument it means there must be another perspective.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (xZzaD)

309 It really saddens me that hollywood continues to think it's a good idea to put Mark Ruffalo in anything.

I mean, not that I could boycott hollywood any more, but they do make it easier for me to select movies that I'll NEVER see, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

310 >I mean, that's about all I have on the career of Glenn Close.

Posted by: Sponge
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Okay.
Glenn Close was not in The Deerhunter.

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

311 Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ

Yes, we do have farms and farmers in the rural/
or some suburban counties and we actually do know what a sheep looks like . 😉 and no, for the jokesters here, I have never had sexual relations with any farm animals nor do I intend to, but I like looking at the 4H kids and their animals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (JrHfD)

312 I’ve seen and experienced enough to know He is in charge.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:19 AM (imkMW)
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Yep, same here. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (Rln0i)

313 102 Interesting post at HotAir. It pointed out that the WNBA has already had a trans person. Lashyia Clarendon a woman who had top surgery and was taking hormones to become a "man" played in the league for several years before retiring in 2024. How can they ban a "woman " like Enes?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (TbVRb)
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Don't forget about the dude who goes by the name Brittany Griner

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (JNTt1)

314 My little daughter figured out who Dolly Parton is last night and started crying. She knows nothing of her film and recording careers - but her face is emblazoned prominently on the neurosurgical clinic she goes to, because she paid for it.

When six year olds know you're important, it's not because of a song or movie.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

315 Meryl Strrep was in the Deerhunter.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 09:22 AM (Oy/m2)

316 It really saddens me that hollywood continues to think it's a good idea to put Mark Ruffalo in anything.

He's like Pedro Pascal, he has a career because he's politically reliable.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 09:22 AM (OUMaO)

317 >> Yep, same here. : )
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (Rln0i)

I mean, even the E-4 Mafia knows this. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 09:22 AM (imkMW)

318 309 It really saddens me that hollywood continues to think it's a good idea to put Mark Ruffalo in anything.

I mean, not that I could boycott hollywood any more, but they do make it easier for me to select movies that I'll NEVER see, I guess.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

And when/if they do, they have to have a fulltime crew to keep him hidden and his mouth shut.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (N39Ws)

319 Here's a deeply profound thought. Maybe Glenn Close was just saying "Goodbye" at the end of her video and it had no meaning other than that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (JrHfD)

320 > It is remarkable how fast this contagion spread via agitprop.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

The ChiComs have years worth of social media data and (by applying their own AI) it's easy for them to figure out who the gullible witch-burners are so they can focus on them.

When I note that an acquaintance is subject to one of these moral panics, I make a mental note to not trust that person ever again.

> your wife is like "ya know what, this family annihilator is the real victim here,"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:13 AM (BI5O2)

Also prima facie evidence for not starting or breaking off relationships before they get to the wife stage.

"Don't stick it in murderous" should probably even be ahead of "don't stick it in crazy" on the list of things for young men to avoid.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (IG3/x)

321 When six year olds know you're important, it's not because of a song or movie.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

90% of the reaction to her passing has not been about her career, but the kind of person she was. I can't imagine any higher tribute to give a person than that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (OUMaO)

322 How can they ban a "woman " like Enes?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 08:11 AM (TbVRb)

The Left does whatever they want. Why anyone still believes there are rules is beyond me.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (xZzaD)

323
Okay.
Glenn Close was not in The Deerhunter.

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

Oh, you're right. That was Meryl Streep.

How horrible a mistake of me, confusing those 2.

Please forgive me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (ccf/V)

324 Of course they'll be looking for Muslims, you retard.

Who do you think staffs Hezbollah? Buddhists? Zoroastrians?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:25 AM (BI5O2)

325 How's a barrel these days? Been cleaned lately?

Posted by: Huck Follywood

The Barrel cleaned? You must be joking.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 09:25 AM (OUMaO)

326 What is a “Mark Ruffalo”??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:25 AM (geWO5)

327 I miss Glenn Close.

Posted by: Buck at August 28, 2026 09:25 AM (z6ONu)

328 Interesting post at HotAir. It pointed out that the WNBA has already had a trans person. Lashyia Clarendon a woman who had top surgery and was taking hormones to become a "man" played in the league for several years before retiring in 2024. How can they ban a "woman " like Enes?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

If, according to the left, if just saying you are a man makes you a man, why fid they allow him to play in the wnba?

And if they allow men to play, why can't Enes play without having to identify as a woman?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 28, 2026 09:26 AM (eZjn+)

329 >Please forgive me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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nonsense
I regret my pedantry

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:26 AM (ZxPkt)

330 Have always hated Canada Geese.

Posted by: Much Prefer Brant at August 28, 2026 09:26 AM (JM9I6)

331 It really saddens me that hollywood continues to think it's a good idea to put Mark Ruffalo in anything.

I mean, not that I could boycott hollywood any more, but they do make it easier for me to select movies that I'll NEVER see, I guess.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)
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God's mercy at work.

Being able to watch horses from my porch instead of people who play pretend preach to me is a true blessing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:26 AM (Rln0i)

332 Have always hated Canada Geese.
Posted by: Much Prefer Brant at August 28, 2026 09:26 AM (JM9I6)

Canada must pay reparations for Americans having to put up with their noise and shitting everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:27 AM (ccf/V)

333 Fatal Attraction was not a good movie… the actress who played Michael Douglas’ wife was much prettier than Glenn Close so the premise that Douglas wandered off to cheat with her didn’t strike me as plausible

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:27 AM (geWO5)

334 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Open Season hunting. And recipes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

335
Being able to watch horses from my porch instead of people who play pretend preach to me is a true blessing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:26 AM (Rln0i)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:28 AM (ccf/V)

336 > 326 What is a “Mark Ruffalo”??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:25 AM (geWO5)

Hybrid farm animal. Part reindeer, part buffalo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:28 AM (IG3/x)

337
Its a new day. The sun is rising, the birds are singing.
It is Norming in America

youtu.be/dcOGANCLrRo

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 28, 2026 09:28 AM (rbvCR)

338 LinusVanPelt

Bezos has entered the chat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)

339 >>First rule of Wife Club is not killing the kids. It's kind of important, ladies.

Last month MA implemented law allowing abortion up to the point of birth. Now women are defending a mom's post-birth abortion of her 3 kids.

There's a throughline there, if you dare to see it: women are their own Gods who get to decide if their kids live or die. They've already negotiated that they can do this for any reason while the kid is inside them, so is it really that surprising there's been scope creep on the rationale?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3)

340 What is a “Mark Ruffalo”??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:25 AM (geWO5)

A hollywood retard who thinks because he makes millions pretending to be someone else, everyone needs to hear and abide by the ravings of a lunatic in real life.

In other words, typical hollywood leftard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:29 AM (ccf/V)

341 333 Wasn’t that Anne Archer? She was a beauty back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

342 Where's Bulg to pronounce Fatal Attraction, and thus Glenn Close, as overrated?

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (ZxPkt)

343 > the premise that Douglas wandered off to cheat with her didn’t strike me as plausible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:27 AM (geWO5)

Sadly, I have no trouble believing this.

Remember, we live in a world where Hugh Grant cheated on Elizabeth Hurley with an ugly street hooker.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (IG3/x)

344 Didn't she play Cruella DeVil?

Posted by: Too lazy to look it up at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

345 Fatal Attraction was not a good movie… the actress who played Michael Douglas’ wife was much prettier than Glenn Close so the premise that Douglas wandered off to cheat with her didn’t strike me as plausible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 09:27 AM (geWO5)

Have you met many men?

Posted by: Biology at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (iCp4l)

346 Reminder:

Goodbye is an abbreviation of "God be with ye"

(I don't know if it's really true, internet tells me it's true. And I would like to be in a society where that was the departure phrase)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (3cUTc)

347 I'll give Glenn Close credit for not having a nose job, because she sure needed one.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (J4Dwc)

348 Reportedly, Canada has also struck independent defense deals. Rather than dealing with Brussels' bureaucracy, Canada is signing direct deals with European partners, such as purchasing sub-hunting submarines from a German-Norwegian venture and drones from Poland.

Further, Arctic security | NATO Topic, Jul 24, 2026. Canada and the Nordic countries with a closer Arctic security and defense coalition, it seems.

Like there's not enough to worry about within the US, and so close to the 25th Anniversary of 9/11.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 09:14 AM (NFX2v)

It is argued that this agreement, along with the Albertan Carbon Capture plan will be used to launder seized Russian assets, which along with some dicey Duma elections coming up that may elect some fire-eaters, is going to piss the Russians off to no end

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (rbvCR)

349 284 278
First rule of Wife Club is not killing the kids. It's kind of important, ladies.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 09:11 AM (dK+Kv)

And Clancy will probably be found not guilty. She'll still have to spend time in the state mental hospital, but not a day in prison for what she did to her kids.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:12 AM (N39Ws)

She'll be found not guilty. At the subsequent hearing to determine if she should be committed to a mental institution for treatment, her lawyers will bring in psychiatrist expert witnesses,. Who will testify she currently has no DSM-5 mental illness(es); thus committing her to a mental hospital will be cruel and unusual punishment. The judge will find for the defense. Free as a bird, guilty as sin. You read it here first.

Posted by: Gref at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (5rh/l)

350 Prayers up for you and your wife.

My worst bout of kidney stones was when I was deployed in '06. Pain like that is truly worse than childbirth, imho.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Rln0i)

351
youtu.be/dcOGANCLrRo
Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 28, 2026 09:28 AM (rbvCR)

LOL.

If only that were true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

352 Didn't she play Cruella DeVil?
Posted by: Too lazy to look it up at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)
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Yes.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:32 AM (Rln0i)

353 Where's Bulg to pronounce Fatal Attraction, and thus Glenn Close, as overrated?

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:30 AM (ZxPkt)

He mentioned earlier he'd only seen her in one thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

354 This is a picture of Glenn Close trying to unscrew her head

https://tinyurl.com/y9kdfjmf

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

355 342 I’ve never seen Fatal Attraction. I only bestow the overrated label on movies I’ve actually seen, like Citizen Kane.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

356 The “how could he cheat on her she’s so hot” question is often asked. Answer is some dudes will just cheat with anyone any time. Hot, ugly, tall, short. Doesn’t matter. If there is available pussy he’s getting it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 09:34 AM (iCp4l)

357 Democrat Senator Chris Murphy disgustingly smears President Trump and says Americans elected him because they are “spiritually adrift.”

Reminder: @ChrisMurphyCT cheated on his wife & left her & their kids for a much younger activist. He got attention, used his position of power to manipulate a young woman into bed and ditched his life for a more attractive side-piece. Let him lecture you about morality.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

358 My worst bout of kidney stones was when I was deployed in '06. Pain like that is truly worse than childbirth, imho.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Rln0i)

Doc spoke with her yesterday and mention she couldn't believe it's actually moved as far as it has considering the size.

She's waiting for a call from a specialist to get in and discuss options.

She's not in pain currently, but is also not taking the new script to assist in passing it as due to it's size, she doesn't want to cause a clog somewhere requiring emergency action.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

359 We'll see. I think most people look at these crazy bitches and think "wow, those are some crazy bitches."

I'm putting my nickel on a guilty verdict, and then life in prison because MA has serious murder sentencing, unlike TX.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:34 AM (BI5O2)

360 > Oh, you're right. That was Meryl Streep.

How horrible a mistake of me, confusing those 2.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:23 AM (ccf/V)

Dude... how can you possibly confuse a scrawny blonde who always plays the same whiny character with another scrawny blond who always plays the same whiny character?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (IG3/x)

361 My little daughter figured out who Dolly Parton is last night and started crying. She knows nothing of her film and recording careers - but her face is emblazoned prominently on the neurosurgical clinic she goes to, because she paid for it.

When six year olds know you're important, it's not because of a song or movie.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)
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Beautiful tribute. God bless your little daughter.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (z8t9l)

362 My worst bout of kidney stones was when I was deployed in '06. Pain like that is truly worse than childbirth, imho.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Rln0i)

I was in the ER with them doubled over not knowing what it was.

On my way out, dude on the desk said "kidney stones, huh? How were you not crying?"

I said "I thought it was a Crohns flare up and that was kind of mild I'm comparison to those."

It's true too.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (xZzaD)

363 Democrat Senator Chris Murphy disgustingly smears President Trump and says Americans elected him because they are “spiritually adrift.”

Yes. Because when I want spiritual guidance, I go to a spawn of Satan.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

364 Dude... how can you possibly confuse a scrawny blonde who always plays the same whiny character with another scrawny blond who always plays the same whiny character?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (IG3/x)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (Rln0i)

365 Prayers sponge. They are no fucking fun.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (xZzaD)

366 I watched deer Hunter a few years ago. I’d heard all this praise for it, it won all the awards. I was bored to tears. I kept waiting for something to happen. It never did.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (iCp4l)

367 There's a throughline there, if you dare to see it: women are their own Gods who get to decide if their kids live or die. They've already negotiated that they can do this for any reason while the kid is inside them, so is it really that surprising there's been scope creep on the rationale?
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I don't care what anyone says, witchcraft is a real, deadly sin.

There's a reason the satanic rituals include the women making child sacrifices.

Everything Satan does is a mockery, an evil mirror of the holy.
These are not things that give him power--they are things to drive souls away from God.

Abortion is witchcraft.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (3cUTc)

368
Dude... how can you possibly confuse a scrawny blonde who always plays the same whiny character with another scrawny blond who always plays the same whiny character?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (IG3/x)

I go sit in the box.

I feel shame.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:37 AM (ccf/V)

369 Democrat Senator Chris Murphy disgustingly smears President Trump and says Americans elected him because they are “spiritually adrift.”

Yes. Because when I want spiritual guidance, I go to a spawn of Satan.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)
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Just another antichrist at S'tan's disposal.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:37 AM (Rln0i)

370 Prayers sponge. They are no fucking fun.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (xZzaD)

Thank you.

This ride just won't end........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

371 > My little daughter figured out who Dolly Parton is last night and started crying. She knows nothing of her film and recording careers
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

Someone else's daughter started crying, knowing only that she was the nice lady who always sent her books.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

372 I've been telling you human sacrifice is next. The Clancy thing would seem to be an appetizer.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (xZzaD)

373 This ride just won't end........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

Sorry man

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:39 AM (xZzaD)

374 370 Prayers sponge. They are no fucking fun.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (xZzaD)

Thank you.

This ride just won't end........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

Sponge - So sorry to hear the First Lady is battling health issues again. Prayers for a quick and pain free resolution. Praying that you two can finally catch a break -- you two deserve it with everything you've gone through.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:39 AM (N39Ws)

375
Sorry man
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 09:39 AM (xZzaD)

Not your fault.

But, we're being tested, for sure. Not sure why, but who am I to question? I just keep trying to stay positive and supportive.

It is wearing me down, tho. I really need to buck up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (ccf/V)

376 371 > My little daughter figured out who Dolly Parton is last night and started crying. She knows nothing of her film and recording careers
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

Someone else's daughter started crying, knowing only that she was the nice lady who always sent her books.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

We all wonder how our conversation with God will go when we stand before Him. I can only imagine God looking at Dolly saying "Well done, good and faithful servant!".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (N39Ws)

377 Sponge - So sorry to hear the First Lady is battling health issues again. Prayers for a quick and pain free resolution. Praying that you two can finally catch a break -- you two deserve it with everything you've gone through.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 28, 2026 09:39 AM (N39Ws)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 28, 2026 09:41 AM (ccf/V)

378 I don't care what anyone says, witchcraft is a real, deadly sin.

There's a reason the satanic rituals include the women making child sacrifices.

Everything Satan does is a mockery, an evil mirror of the holy.
These are not things that give him power--they are things to drive souls away from God.

Abortion is witchcraft.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 09:36 AM (3cUTc)
___

The Greek word for sorcery is...pharmakeia.

With more abortions being done by merely taking a pill, it's more than fitting.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:43 AM (Rln0i)

379 Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers,’ Dies at 85

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 09:45 AM (RHGPo)

380 I thought it would be difficult to come up with someone more useless than Justin Trudeau but Canada didn't disappoint me with Prime Minister Mark Carney. This guy should be collecting loonies at the carnival water gun game.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 09:56 AM (SK+av)

381 Speaking of Adnan Hirsi. Reportedly, he's a Home Care Client Assistant with Millennium Health Care (LLC), Minneapolis, MI.

The (main?) facility is an upscale, small-scale community with five licensed beds. It specializes in providing customized, 24-hour long-term care plans for seniors and individuals living with physical or mental health conditions. Care is delivered by certified nurses and professionally trained medical support staff to assist residents with daily living activities, medications, and chronic disease management. 🤨

The Ithan Omar/Hirsi family has had quite a foot in medical care in & around Minneapolis, MN.

WHNZ, I-heart radio, The Joe Pags Show, 'Sister’s Health Clinic Got Millions Through Ilhan Omar’s Efforts' March 2026

As more color for the above stories, here's yesterday's possibly no. 1 AWFL defender of Ithan Omar:

Christina Lorey
11h
Ilhan Omar IS the American dream.
Her mom died when she was two.
She was raised entirely by her dad and grandpa.
She and her family fled Somalia to escape the Somali Civil War and spent four years in a Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 10:16 AM (NFX2v)

382 Omar's family secured asylum in the U.S. and arrived in New York in 1995, then lived for a time in Virginia, before settling in Minneapolis, where her father worked first as a taxi driver and later for the post office.
But, even as they put in 12 hour days, her dad and grandpa emphasized the importance of DEMOCRACY.
At just 14, she stared accompanying her grandpa to caucus meetings and served as his interpreter.
At 17, she became a citizen.
At 33, she ran for (and won) her first election.
And the rest is literally American history!
In 2019, she became the FIRST Somali American and one of the first two Muslim women to serve in the US Congress 🇺🇸
And her dad — the hardworking, democracy-loving man who achieved the American dream right alongside her — was standing by her side.
(He sadly died of complications from Covid the following year.)
--
Kind compared to her most recent (1 hr post citing John Fugelsang regarding Turning Point USA):

(It begin) Reminder: Just because a person or group SAYS they’re “religious,” doesn’t mean they actually ARE.

And then the Fugelsang quote: Turning Point USA, I go to their website, and I don't see a single teaching of Jesus Christ. (Much more)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 10:16 AM (NFX2v)

383 Reading all suggested. Hell, read her public Facebook postings. She's off the leash with TDS. BTW, she has more than one Facebook & one active GoFundMe page. 😜

GoFundMe: Who is Christina Lorey? Help Transition to Full-Time Community Journalism, 95%, $9,419 raised of
$10K, 461 donations

LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT: Last week, I lost my job as editor of UpNorthNews — BUT I plan to keep this page going, as it’s something I’ve always operated outside of regular work hours *for free* anyway!

However — I NEED YOUR HELP.

I’m hoping to transition THIS into a full-time job, so I need to make money somehow…

I’ve looked into adding a subscription option or ads, but neither seem appropriate for the time! What if someone can’t afford to “subscribe,” but still wants the news? What if there’s an ad for a person/political party/business I wouldn’t support?

yada yada yada.

Christine Lorey, Organizer, Madison, WI, Created July 7th, 2025 Business
--
Good weekend. 😊

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 10:17 AM (NFX2v)

384 348. It is argued that this agreement, along with the Albertan Carbon Capture plan will be used to launder seized Russian assets, which along with some dicey Duma elections coming up that may elect some fire-eaters, is going to piss the Russians off to no end
Posted by: Bill Hominy

Wow! And I thank you for the response.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 28, 2026 10:22 AM (NFX2v)

385 Do not forget that the Globalist banking cartel - centered in the lawless City of London and the Bank of International Settlements - is behind ALL negative actions against us. They are all broke and our American(Hamilton) system is the only one working. They are working with China to steal our wealth because we are cutting their control over the middle east, et al.

Support our president and his highly competent Cabinet, sans Mullins, at all costs.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 28, 2026 10:29 AM (vGw+K)

386 Yes, we do have farms and farmers in the rural/
or some suburban counties and we actually do know what a sheep looks like . 😉 and no, for the jokesters here, I have never had sexual relations with any farm animals nor do I intend to, but I like looking at the 4H kids and their animals.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 09:21 AM (JrHfD)

Dairy and other farms 10 minutes from my house. Contrary to what many Morons believe, NJ ain't what you see from the NJ Turnpike. Not even close.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 28, 2026 10:36 AM (hmYU4)

387 Good point. When you fly in and out of NJ from Newark airport or only drive up the turnpike , it gives a warped view of what NJ is like . I attended two 4H fairs in two different counties . Both had farm animals and both have farms

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 11:00 AM (W90Ou)

388 I like what you guys are up too. Such clever work and reporting!
Keep up the good works guys I've added you guys to
blogroll.

Posted by: bokep videos at August 28, 2026 11:07 AM (B4OWY)

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Daily Tech News 28 August 2026

Top Story

Hugging Face has announced a new robot duck. (The Register)

$13 billion for this?

Tech News

Intel's 270K CPU - an honestly pretty good processor that you definitely shouldn't buy - is now down to $200, putting it at the launch price of its slower sibling the 250K. (WCCFTech)

The 270K and its entire platform will be replaced by the end of the year, and its bargain price is dwarfed by the cost of memory right now.
AI coding tools like Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex installed unowned code inside corporate networks. (Ars Technica)

Text files. These fuckers are talking about text files. Not programs of any kind.

Now there is a real problem in that the text files tell other AI agents to do dumb shit, and the AI agents promptly do it, because they are being run by dumb people.

Also the first comment on that article calls it out as AI slop itself, which I agree with. Ars Technica has been caught with their pants down and on fire that way before.
A new Twitter has launched, claiming that X abandoned the trademark. (Ars Technica)

Betting you can outlast a trillion-dollar company in court is certainly a choice.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Database is did.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

2 uh-oh

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 04:43 AM (odBC9)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 04:43 AM (AdHga)

4 NASA tech news from the ONT

506 The Nancy Grace Roman telescope is scheduled for launch on Sunday. I'm really looking forward to the cosmological data it will provide. A sanctified shit ton, in fact. This is going to answer a lot of questions over the years of just what the Universe is doing.

Well, put it this way. There are questions that a lot of the models are wrong, but not enough data to know for sure. Roman will provide that, and show if they models are wrong, or if the discrepancies so far have just been some measurement artifact errors.

So, it will tell if we're wrong. If we are, it won't tell us what's right, but will provide clues maybe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Have flat tire, filled it back up here but will need to go to tire shop, that opens at 8am.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Hi, Skip

Glad you got your truck fixed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 04:49 AM (xSAlF)

8 From last thread:
>>How long a dry spell? Inquiring 29-yo minds want to know.

The next full lunar eclipse visible across the US will be Jun 26, 2029. And that will be a deep and thus long one, peak magnitude 1.84.

We will get a piss-poor partial lunar eclipse on Jan 12, 2028, but that will be just the slightest sliver, less than 10% diameter.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 04:52 AM (w6EFb)

9 "$13 billion for this?"

I feel kind of foolish for thinking $100 is the new $20.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 28, 2026 04:54 AM (LBYNq)

10 So, it's the "Hugging Face" people back again- this time with a robot duck. Just what I was missing in my life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 04:54 AM (JrHfD)

11 Fen actually didn't. Have a nice Mazda car. Way better for driving, just can't carry all the toools daily I use to.
Its the car I wanted when I retired, just happened I got it while still working.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 04:56 AM (Ia/+0)

12 Belated BOING!

Sashimi and herring prepped, chicken grilling. Hot in the kitchen - and outside.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 04:57 AM (QNSrI)

13 "Betting you can outlast a trillion-dollar"

My thinking $100 Is the new $20 doesn't seem so foolish after reading this. I should just name the company Nitwits.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 28, 2026 04:57 AM (LBYNq)

14 Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 04:56 AM (Ia/+0)

I'm sorry. I was unclear . I meant that you got whatever was in your tire out of it , but glad you have a nice Mazda tool to carry the tools.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:01 AM (JrHfD)

15 If you've ever been to the scablands in Washington state and wondered what the Lake Missoula floods that created them at the end of the last ice age looked like the disaster in Nepal should clear that up. Partially.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 28, 2026 05:01 AM (LBYNq)

16 Today , 113 years ago the naturalist Roger Tory Petersen was born. I had a dear friend who died several years ago and was a great birdwatcher . He gave me one of his signed books on field guides to birds. If you school down at the link you'll also find some information about an astronomer- William Herschel who discovered moons of Saturn over 225 years ago:

https://tinyurl.com/5f4ru5hw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:06 AM (W90Ou)

17 Typo -Scroll, not school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:06 AM (W90Ou)

18 From last thread:
>>How long a dry spell? Inquiring 29-yo minds want to know.

The next full lunar eclipse visible across the US will be Jun 26, 2029. And that will be a deep and thus long one, peak magnitude 1.84.

We will get a piss-poor partial lunar eclipse on Jan 12, 2028, but that will be just the slightest sliver, less than 10% diameter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 04:52 AM (

-----

Good, even a 29-yo ought to make it to 2029. ;-)

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 05:08 AM (llBIB)

19 Yesterday, m mentioned " twitterwebviewer.com " (found via Hacker News).

So I started playing with the appropriate wildcard settings in an add-on called "Redirector", so it would do automatic redirection from X to twitterwebviewer.

Redirector is available for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, or Opera. Homepage is here:
https://tinyurl.com/5n97p8c3

Now, how to configure it:

Edit the Redirects.
Duplicate some other example setting

Set the "Example URL" and "Include pattern" to:
https://x.com/*/status/*

Set the "Redirect to" to:
https://twitterwebviewer.com/?tweet=$2

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

21 The courage that God gives . 2nd Samuel
23:11-12. Our Daily Breac devotional

https://tinyurl.com/ycy7np6s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:10 AM (W90Ou)

22 I was laughing the other day. Guy had vids on EweToob where he confuses AI phone spammers and real-life scammers.

https://youtu.be/lk3jCuITwcE

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 05:12 AM (l3cgK)

23 Well, have time to kill.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)

24 An a reflection on Deuteronomy 28:52. Here, the rabbi's daughter from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews writes on "the courage God gives.":

https://tinyurl.com/8wxdcj83

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:18 AM (W90Ou)

25 Remember that August 5th incident when Marine One carrying the President came way too close to a passenger plane?

https://tinyurl.com/5d4m3hn4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 05:19 AM (QNSrI)

26 Another of his vids...

https://youtu.be/OgxdAaCwKMg

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 05:19 AM (l3cgK)

27 Well, have time to kill.
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)
-

https://youtu.be/3H-9ePp4pWs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 05:21 AM (QNSrI)

28 Maybe they have someone on the inside who can conveniently lose the trial for them.
Anyway, I don't think the goal is to make money, but to punish Musk for not collaborating with the left-wing machine. They will launch a thousand such trials in the hope that ten succeed. Their backers have deep pockets.

Posted by: PG at August 28, 2026 05:21 AM (/Exkx)

29 22 I was laughing the other day. Guy had vids on EweToob where he confuses AI phone spammers and real-life scammers.

https://youtu.be/lk3jCuITwcE
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 05:12 AM (l3cgK)

Aagghh! Very funny.
Maybe he could tell it to never talk again.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)

30 Yesterday I was having a difficult early morning . We went for a walk by the old mill ( now a house) and in the pond was a great blue heron fishing. I am so grateful to the Lord that I can see things in nature , because it made the rest of the day much better!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:25 AM (W90Ou)

31 >> end of the last ice age looked like the disaster in Nepal should clear that up. Partially.

Reading up on that now. Wow. USGS says their seismic data indicates glacier collapse, not an initial earthquake.

Piece of a glacier broke off, with a landslide and melting ice. That then blocked and diverted a river in a short order, and this was the result. Absolutely no warning this was coming.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:26 AM (w6EFb)

32 @25/Biden's Dog: Seems like a breakdown in radio protocol then.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

33
Man, some of those videos are hard to take. Dozens and hundreds of poor people running for their lives and then absolutely consumed by water and debris. Huge structures just wiped away in a instant.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:31 AM (w6EFb)

34
A chunk of glacier 2000' wide broke off and probably fell 4000' right then and there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:32 AM (w6EFb)

35 The modification to my nickname is based on yesterday's thread by Ace:

Communist Candada's National Broadcaster CBC: Do Not Call the 9/11 Attack "Terrorism"

Where he wrote:

"I am just about ready to begin treating Canada as an enemy state."

I really can't fault that perspective and position, so...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

36
twitterwebviewer.com

So far it works great.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:35 AM (odBC9)

37 33 Man, some of those videos are hard to take. Dozens and hundreds of poor people running for their lives and then absolutely consumed by water and debris. Huge structures just wiped away in a instant.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:31 AM (w6EFb)

Yikes.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:36 AM (odBC9)

38 It probably would be rather amusing in a dark way to think of stupid names we could give the 9/11 terrorist attacks instead of terrorist attacks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:37 AM (dom7w)

39 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

A robot duck, eh? Does it lisp and slobber like Daffy Duck?

"You're dethpicable!!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

40 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 28, 2026 05:39 AM (Hbeqj)

41 31 >> end of the last ice age looked like the disaster in Nepal should clear that up. Partially.

Reading up on that now. Wow. USGS says their seismic data indicates glacier collapse, not an initial earthquake.

Piece of a glacier broke off, with a landslide and melting ice. That then blocked and diverted a river in a short order, and this was the result. Absolutely no warning this was coming.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:26 AM (w6EFb)

Could there be satellite photos of this?

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:39 AM (odBC9)

42 >> Could there be satellite photos of this?

Yes, just saw a before and after. Just search on the Nepal flood event and you'll find a bunch. Far too much to try to link here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:40 AM (w6EFb)

43 33 Man, some of those videos are hard to take. Dozens and hundreds of poor people running for their lives and then absolutely consumed by water and debris. Huge structures just wiped away in a instant.
Posted by: publius,

On par with the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 05:41 AM (AdHga)

44 41 Could there be satellite photos of this?
Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:39 AM (odBC9)

Found a yes online!

An initial study of satellite imagery from Planet Labs showed a large section of the lower end of a glacier breaking away at an altitude of about 5,200m and falling roughly 1,200m onto the valley floor, gathering rock and debris as it went.

--The Independent

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:42 AM (odBC9)

45 Rapid fire one liners comedy. I don't like the captions, but I think the guy is funny. Tho is part of a whole genre of clean comedy "Dry Bar comedy" you can find on the internet:

https://tinyurl.com/ujx8rdc4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:42 AM (dom7w)

46 42 >> Could there be satellite photos of this?

Yes, just saw a before and after. Just search on the Nepal flood event and you'll find a bunch. Far too much to try to link here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:40 AM (w6EFb)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:42 AM (odBC9)

47 @36/m: "twitterwebviewer.com

So far it works great."

Agreed, the site works well. Did you try the "Redirector" settings?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

48
Just watched a video of them pulling survivors out of the mud in various places. Covered with mud, and all with that "thousand yard stare".

The terror of that is unimaginable. I'm just thinking of the noise, the roar of all that coming as they ran for their lives.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:43 AM (w6EFb)

49 The Independent

https://tinyurl.com/mt6pukvm

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:43 AM (odBC9)

50 47 @36/m: "twitterwebviewer.com

So far it works great."

Agreed, the site works well. Did you try the "Redirector" settings?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

That's way outside my level of expertise! I'm happy with the out-of-the-box version.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

51 Last night we finished watching a 1997 BBC production, a mystery called Painted Lady, with Helen Mirren, Franco Nero, and a cast of other British actors I don't know. She plays a 50-year-old former rock singer living in the guest house on an English estate. Her benefactor, the man who was the father she never had, is murdered in a robbery at his home, and she sets out to find out who and why.

It's kind of slow, except when it's abrupt in transitions and quick on explanations, but Helen is as marvelous as always.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

52 @36/m: "twitterwebviewer.com

So far it works great."
*
Agreed, the site works well. Did you try the "Redirector" settings?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026

***
Is it an extension, or should we have it open and paste a given Twatter link into it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

53 Wow. The Independent has done itself proud on this story. Kudos.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

54 Peaceful saxophone cover of "Because he lives", an old time hymn:

https://tinyurl.com/mtatdyfr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:47 AM (dom7w)

55 G'mornin' everyone!

if the robot duck could say "You're dethpicable!!" it might almost be worth the $

Nice, G&R!

coffee is imperative, brb

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 05:48 AM (VyBeY)

56
Piece of a glacier broke off, with a landslide and melting ice.

Glacier breaking off = Global Warming = Trump's fault.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 05:49 AM (O0L8i)

57 Anyway! I'm up about the time I planned. It's warmer today than yesterday morning, but not too bad for here, and I still have in mind to go work out.

Later this morning Miss Linda is dragging me to a luncheon-lecture, something about vasectomy and sterilization (?), at my former employer. I agreed because it's (a) free lunch, (b) not a bad drive and no-hassle parking nearby, and (c) did I mention "free"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

58 Well, the commenters under the Independent article are slamming it. 24-hour rule, maybe!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)

59 56
Piece of a glacier broke off, with a landslide and melting ice.

Glacier breaking off = Global Warming = Trump's fault.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 05:49 AM (O0L8i)

China is one of the largest carbon emitters in the world...and is nearby...
AND, they're asshoe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 05:50 AM (l3cgK)

60 (Or maybe: 48-hour rule.)

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 05:51 AM (odBC9)

61
Busy day awaits. Pick up dry cleaning, then get my monthly haircut, then buy some chicken for Diana, maybe mow the yard if I feel up to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 05:54 AM (O0L8i)

62 "Betting you can outlast a trillion-dollar company in court is certainly a choice."

I still call them Twitter/X, like SpaceX but different. I'm pretty sure you need to wait for people to stop doing that before you try to muscle your way in on the name. They could just quote one of my comments and say, "You see here where SciVo still refers to our social network in this manner."

Well, they would more likely quote Twitchy, which I believe does something like that too. Then add their continued use of twitter.com URLs in links and redirects, and I think that would suffice. They use the word, and people associate it with them and no other.

Admittedly, IANAL. Yet every American absorbs a certain amount of copyright, trademark, and patent law almost by osmosis, because it's so important to business. And the business of America is business, as someone said.

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 05:54 AM (ke3zm)

63
Ah yes, globull warmuning the idiots are screaming now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:54 AM (w6EFb)

64 Hadrian, my morning will be busy too; I have to hit the grocery for some important items. I wasted yesterday -- could have gone to the store, the rain was never heavy here, but I didn't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

65
Those idiots need to read up on the Younger Dryas -- orders of magnitude more "rapid climate change" than anything these morons go on about. The Erf reset itself, and humans had fuck all to do with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 05:56 AM (w6EFb)

66 Younger Dryas -- weren't those the cute forest spirits who frolicked with humans on occasion?

Oh. Wait. "DryADs." Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

67
earthsky.org

https://tinyurl.com/yr8ud28f

Nahel Belgherze
@wxnb.bsky.social

An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)

68
Early judging time for The Big Dummy at today's show. Why superintendents have heavily-coated breeds in the ring at 8:00 is a mystery. Have to call Her Majesty at 6:00 instead of the usual 7:00.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:08 AM (O0L8i)

69 USGS

United States Geological Survey

2026 Nepal Debris Avalanche and Flash Flood

https://tinyurl.com/4uxzzmcp

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

70 Cats are pretty smart. When it's time to feed my five cats, each one goes to their designated feeding station in my house (different room) to await their food.

Hexie - Kitchen
Kaylee - Living room
Allie - Bedroom
Penny - Office
Chloe - Library

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:10 AM (FZ29D)

71 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9

I don't know why, ( probably because I'm really tired ) but this strikes me as funny- that you are going to a lecture on vasectomies as part of. a free luncheon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:12 AM (pOTTH)

72 USGS
Overview

What we are doing

USGS geologists are mapping the inundation boundary of the debris flow and flood by using satellite imagery. By comparing images taken before and after the event, geologists can identify newly affected areas, trace the limits of inundation, and disturbed surfaces from undisturbed terrain.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

73 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at August 28, 2026 06:12 AM (PzBTm)

74 Five year old was instructed to just cross his arms at the communion rail. He perceived that snacks were being given out and decided he wasn’t going to pass that up! Priest/ preacher just went with the flow and gave him the Jesus body.
I guessed what would happen next time he would go to the communion rail.
Ten second rule for Jesus!

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 28, 2026 06:13 AM (1FEc1)

75 Thank you, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 06:15 AM (VyBeY)

76 for believing things, I tend towards the 168 hour rule lately ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 06:16 AM (VyBeY)

77 38 It probably would be rather amusing in a dark way to think of stupid names we could give the 9/11 terrorist attacks instead of terrorist attacks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:37 AM (dom7w)

9/11 midair landings
9/11 nonconsensual plane-in-tower
9/11 guerrilla war crimes
9/11 standard Muslim baseline

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 06:16 AM (ke3zm)

78 76 for believing things, I tend towards the 168 hour rule lately ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 06:16 AM (VyBeY)

; )

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

79 I have just started a hardcover book, " God in American History" compiled by Benjamin Weiss. It is a documentation of America's religious heritage . My son borrowed it from the library at the evangelical church which he attends.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:17 AM (pOTTH)

80 Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 06:16 AM (ke3zm)

Thanks. I particularly liked the second one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:18 AM (pOTTH)

81 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: He's did, Jim.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2026 06:19 AM (amcLV)

82
Speaking of show superintendents, I have to write a note to the Toy Dog Club of Houston with some suggestions for next year's shows. They all have to do with the super.

One is if there are sweepstakes, they should be held in the same ring as the regular classes. I had people asking for armbands and had to tell them that those were at another ring. I didn't have a judging program and couldn't tell them where. Since everyone shows up at the last second anyway, some became quite dramatic.

The second is that for these shows, which have both breed-specific specialties as well as Toy Group competition, there ought to be a hard copy of the premium list included in the ring bag. Nobody reads premium lists except to find out where the show is and if there's reserved grooming, but they do contain the definitive information that can answer questions during the show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:20 AM (O0L8i)

83
It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at August 28, 2026 06:12 AM (PzBTm)

Now it's official.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:21 AM (O0L8i)

84 I don't know why, ( probably because I'm really tired ) but this strikes me as funny- that you are going to a lecture on vasectomies as part of. a free luncheon.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026

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I hope and presume, Fen, that it's not going to be part of a push to get one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

85 USGS
Overview

On Wednesday morning (local time), 26 August 2026, a catastrophic debris flow and flood was likely triggered by a glacial collapse in Langtang National Park, Nepal, near the border with China.

This debris flow and flooding travelled nearly 100 km and impacted populated areas downstream along the Trishuli and Bhote Koshi Rivers, including Gyirong Port, China.

Preliminary media reports and imagery analysis indicate many buildings and infrastructure have likely been buried or destroyed, including a vital highway connecting China and Nepal.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:29 AM (odBC9)

86 Fear of a secondary flood in Nepal:

https://tinyurl.com/4kcp9phs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 06:30 AM (QNSrI)

87 USGS
2026 Nepal Debris Avalanche and Flash Flood

https://tinyurl.com/4uxzzmcp

Overview

Our primary focus is supporting response and recovery efforts through hazard mapping using satellite imagery.

This landslide event page serves as an event summary to communicate timely science information to our partners.

This information includes what is currently understood about the event and ongoing activities of the USGS and partner agencies and may be subject to change. 

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)

88 Thought of napping a little, but doubt that can happen

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:32 AM (Ia/+0)

89
I'm going through Delilah's show career spreadsheet, putting result links into the show names. Lila was shown in 2020 and as I come across those dates, I feel a very deep pang of humiliation and embarrassment at what they put us through then. It's a time I'd like to blot from my mind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:33 AM (O0L8i)

90 27 Well, have time to kill.
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)
-

https://youtu.be/3H-9ePp4pWs
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 05:21 AM (QNSrI)

That was just 00:35!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:40 AM (odBC9)

91 Waiting close to time tire shop opens

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:41 AM (Ia/+0)

92 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

It probably is, but I trust after the luncheon they will not escort men into a side room for the snipping procedure right then😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:43 AM (r8sd+)

93 mornin yall. I had the moving dream again. I dream I have to move and there is a deadline and I can't get all my stuff out and have to triage what stays and what goes and then I wake up and it's such a relief.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 06:47 AM (MWfyi)

94 USGS

HOW TO KNOW A LANDSLIDE IS COMING
FEEL Landslides are noisy and can cause the ground to shake and feel like a freight
train is passing.
HEAR
- CRACKING WOOD
- FALLING TREES
- SHAKING BRUSH
- KNOCKING ROCKS
- THUNDER OR SOUNDS LIKE A LOW-FLYING JET
SEE
/ MUDDY WATERS If a creek suddenly becomes muddier it could mean a large amount of dirt and new material has entered upstream.
/ NO STREAMFLOW If a stream stops flowing it could mean the channel was blocked by debris, creating a natural dam. If the dam fails, all the stored material could rush downstream.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)

95

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 28, 2026 06:48 AM (NjHwp)

96
It probably is, but I trust after the luncheon they will not escort men into a side room for the snipping procedure right then😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:43 AM (r8sd+)

Tutored and neutered.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:49 AM (O0L8i)

97 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 28, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)

98 LOL, Hadrian

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:51 AM (DiLbP)

99 "Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering "

Had to leave it behind.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 06:53 AM (MWfyi)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

101 89- Hadrian, why are you feeling embarrassed.?You didn't do anything wrong, did you? I appreciate your humility, but you're quite a good fellow and need to not to be so hard on yourself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:56 AM (m6Eem)

102 " Landslides are noisy and can cause the ground to shake and feel like a freight
train is passing.
HEAR
- CRACKING WOOD
- FALLING TREES
- SHAKING BRUSH
- KNOCKING ROCKS
- THUNDER OR SOUNDS LIKE A LOW-FLYING JET"

It could just be that meal from Taco Bell taking effect.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 06:57 AM (MWfyi)

103 " ... after the luncheon they will not escort men into a side room for the snipping procedure right then ... "

there was a time when the idea would have seemed humorously absurd ... but here we are in 2026 ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY)

104 Have a good day, everyone. Time for the walk with dear FenSpouse. May the Lord bless your day and remember that you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:59 AM (1fvy3)

105 Happy day, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 07:02 AM (VyBeY)

106 First Lake Ontario. Next?

https://tinyurl.com/43vwrxt9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 07:08 AM (QNSrI)

107 Wolfus,

If you have to sit through a lecture on that topic, it better be one helluva fine free lunch.

Morning, Horde.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 28, 2026 07:09 AM (q3u5l)

108 Learn to code, they said! Learn to code!!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/4dw5h96c

ahahahahahahaha

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 28, 2026 07:11 AM (QNSrI)

109 thank you, Biden's Dog, that hilarious story made my day!

LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

110 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

111 nob logs dot org now returns 502 - server timed out

LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 28, 2026 07:16 AM (VyBeY)

112 This is going to make it a long day

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:16 AM (Ia/+0)

113 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

114 Is the lake formerly known as Ontario now a US territory?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 07:18 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Hillary Clinton

You fought hard for DSA and their policies, and the win is turning to ash in your mouth. Sucks to be you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

116 I thought the Left would be aghast at dead naming a lake that transitioned.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 07:19 AM (2GVsD)

117 J.J. Runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

118 I'm just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

119 Present

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 07:22 AM (ZxPkt)

120 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi. *

And big finish - * Crash, Bang, Boom, sounds of metal plates hitting the floor. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

121 Final score from last night:

Los Angeles 20, Los Angeles 18

Posted by: Don Black at August 28, 2026 07:26 AM (ZxPkt)

122 Wolfus,

If you have to sit through a lecture on that topic, it better be one helluva fine free lunch.

Morning, Horde.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 28, 2026

***
It's free. And the previous two or three times we went, the food was fine. The tough part was keeping my mouth shut while some academic lectures me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 28, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

123 116 I thought the Left would be aghast at dead naming a lake that transitioned.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 07:19 AM (2GVsD)

haha took me a minute to make my way through the libtalk that you've replicated

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:42 AM (odBC9)

124 Lake Dolly!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:43 AM (odBC9)

125 TwitterWebViewer is now returning this:

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FFS.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (O7YUW)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - August 27, 2026

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

[Top photo: Pilbara, Western Australia]

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Get out there and take a look at the moon!

On the night of 27 August 2026 the Earth's shadow will slide across a full Moon and turn it copper for more than an hour, a partial lunar eclipse visible from the Americas without any equipment except a clear sky

...weather permitting, the full Moon over the Americas is going to do something it will not do again for more than two years. Beginning in the late evening of Thursday, August 27, Earth’s shadow will creep across the lunar surface until, a little after midnight on the East Coast, 96 percent of the Moon sits inside it, glowing a dim, rusty copper with only a bright sliver left along one edge.
Technically it is a partial lunar eclipse. Practically, it is about as close to a total one as a partial can get, and astronomers are calling it the best lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year’s Eve 2028.
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For viewers in the eastern half of North America, the timeline runs like this. The subtle penumbral shading begins around 9:24 pm Eastern time on the 27th. The real event, the partial phase, starts at 10:34 pm, when the curved edge of Earth’s dark inner shadow, the umbra, takes its first visible bite out of the Moon. The shadow advances for the next hour and a half until maximum eclipse at 12:12 am Eastern, when 96.3 percent of the disk is immersed and the Moon hangs copper-red in the sky. The shadow then slides off, with the partial phase ending at 1:52 am and the whole affair over by 3 am.
Subtract the hours for other zones: maximum comes at 11:12 pm Central, 10:12 pm Mountain, 9:12 pm Pacific. West Coast viewers see the Moon rise with the eclipse already underway, low in the southeastern sky, which is a gift for photographers who want a shadowed Moon hanging over a skyline.

Please share your respective moon-gazing experiences tonight. If you get any good photos, please send them my way - you may see them on a future ONT!

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Black spray paint has many uses

These facts may or may not be related.
1. You can buy cans of black spray paint at Walmart for under 3 bucks.
2. Paint on a solar panel is a bad idea, it will block all the light and make the panel useless.
3. From a distance a panel sprayed with black paint would look just fine.
4. Flock Cameras are solar powered and the area of their panel surface is 595 square inches
5. A single can of spray paint can fully cover 2880 square inches.
6. 2880 divided by 595 is 4.84
See kids math is a valuable skill you really will need it in the real world.

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Pushback against Flock in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

A police chief in Oshkosh, Wisconsin caught Flock lying to his city council, and killed the $8 billion surveillance company's contract less than a day after the council had approved it.
Here's how it happened.
The night before, Oshkosh's council was set to renew its deal with Flock Safety, the license plate camera company backed by a16z and Tiger Global.
One council member asked the Flock rep a plain yes-or-no question. Does this system build a heat map of everywhere a specific car travels over time?
Flock's rep said no.
The council believed him and voted 5 to 2 to renew. By the next morning, Chief Dean Smith's own officers had told him that answer was false.
So he pulled up the system himself. He watched it generate the exact heat map Flock had just sworn it couldn't make.
Then he walked into an emergency meeting and said it out loud: "Because of this misrepresentation, I can no longer recommend Flock."
Understand what a heat map is, because it's the whole trick.

Hit the link to read the whole thing

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Flock being used as a revenue generation tool.

e.g. Ticketing overweight trucks on restricted roads.

Photos at the link

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Dolly Parton will be remembered accurately!

��BREAKING: Netflix has announced DOLLY, a new biographical film chronicling the life and career of country music legend Dolly Parton. pic.twitter.com/VlA6OfAIyK
— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) August 26, 2026

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Asshoes

Felony charges dropped against Golden Gate Bridge protesters

A two-year legal battle over a dramatic protest against the war on Gaza came to an end on Friday as seven protesters who’d blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge received 30-day sentences and $1,000 fines.
Over two dozen activists halted several lanes of traffic on the bridge on April 15, 2024, six months into Israel’s war in the Palestinian territory that has been widely recognized as a genocide. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged 26 of them with crimes. Most were offered diversion, in the form of fines and community service, but Jenkins hit seven protesters with a raft of serious charges, including felony conspiracy.
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After a two-and-a-half-week trial, jurors deadlocked in June over the most serious charges but convicted the protesters on several misdemeanors, including obstructing a thoroughfare, unlawful assembly, and four counts of false imprisonment related to trapped commuters.
Jenkins’ office had considered a new trial on the conspiracy charges, but assistant district attorney Angela Roze announced on Friday that the remaining charges would all be dropped.

Emphasis mine.

Screw you, AP. "Widely recognized"?? Again - screw you. Oh there are links in that article. Go ahead and check them out - if you dare.

The protesters are asshoe, and the AP is asshoe.

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Comments

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1 who knew?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:06 PM (+UcOf)

2 Ah, my friends, we meet again!

Let's just start off with my favorite meme I've run across today.

https://bit.ly/so-many-questions

Posted by: mindful webworker - generically at August 27, 2026 10:06 PM (11R8D)

3 Good evening! Job search update/reminder, I've got an interview tomorrow morning. I'd have to move if they make the offer, so praying that God make His preference clear during this.

Still hoping for something closer to come along, honestly, but praying for the ability to accept wherever God wants me to be, too.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)

4 I have nothing to say but hurray!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:07 PM (DuPSD)

5 I look away for just one second and Braenyard wins the Furts prize.

Posted by: mindful webworker - almost but not quite at August 27, 2026 10:07 PM (11R8D)

6 Does anyone miss Joe Biden?

Posted by: Minuteman at August 27, 2026 10:08 PM (47/pr)

7 FJB! Hi Doof. Evenin, Horde.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 27, 2026 10:09 PM (kOluj)

8 Legit?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 27, 2026 10:10 PM (wxsGM)

9 Ah, my friends, we meet again!
Let's just start off with my favorite meme I've run across today.
https://bit.ly/so-many-questions
Posted by: mindful webworker

And why did they keep it under wraps for 8 months?

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

10 Wait a sec... Oshkosh Wisconsin was going to spend eight BILLION on cameras?

That seems.... strange

Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 10:11 PM (XuXeR)

11 Ooh, I haven't missed the good umbra yet. I'll try to take pics but... cellphone cameras oversaturate and ruin that ruddy red gleam.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 10:11 PM (aJQbY)

12 Just went outside and looked.

Some giant is devouring the moon!

Panic now! Sacrifice a Democrat.

Just kidding.

Probably

Posted by: mindful webworker - the sky is disappearing at August 27, 2026 10:11 PM (11R8D)

13
And it's cloudy here. There are breaks in the clouds and the full Moon just peaked through for about 1 minute. Now totally obscured.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:12 PM (w6EFb)

14 Thanks for the ONT, Doof.

This Flock stuff is disturbing on several levels. The SC will no doubt become involved because of the money involved. We are back to definitions of "privacy" when "in public". How does freedom of movement, a specific item mentioned in basic American documents play?

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

15
Those of you on the west coast will see a eclipsed moon rising.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)

16 Great ONT Doof!

The username rules at the university used to work at resulted in a very respected female professor having the username 'fkinghor'

True story

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 10:13 PM (/2KcO)

17 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 10:14 PM (AdHga)

18 was going to spend eight BILLION on cameras?

Substandard sentencing. The company is mentioned as being worth $8B.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:15 PM (Jr+re)

19 Damn it’s dry tonight. 80 degrees and I’m a little chilly. Dewpoint is in the 20s.

Mountain west summer weather for the win!!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:15 PM (Vvm2m)

20 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde. Looks like ancient red granite there is Oz.

And anyone who says Israel is committing genocide in gaza should be placed in a huge glass aquarium and gassed with phosgene, while a crowd looks on and cheers.

I would be perfectly OK with Mossad doing gory hits on anyone, anywhere in the world, committing blood libel against Israel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:15 PM (1z8ji)

21 10 Wait a sec... Oshkosh Wisconsin was going to spend eight BILLION on cameras?

That seems.... strange
Posted by: man

Oshkosh has 8 Billion to spend?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 10:15 PM (AdHga)

22 Will get right on that, Dave.

Did we get an update on Garret's dad today?
Thanks for the eclipse reminder- I'll try to stay up for that.

Posted by: sal at August 27, 2026 10:16 PM (f+FmA)

23 that has been widely recognized as a genocide.

They've been "genociding" them for almost 80 years. Either Israel really sucks at genocide, or there's a factory somewhere cranking out new paleostinians by the thousands per day.

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

24 Look, it's not just the cameras, it's all of the correlation with other data (that companies will sell, the government will just take (or buy if that is easier)). Combined with a Central Bank Digital Currency, the fed.gov can completely control you, and make it look like technical glitches that occur randomly. Like that idea when Trump is in office? What about AOC or whatshisface in Kaleeforneeuh?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 10:17 PM (PBKu+)

25 Good evening good people.

Good news abounds today - a previous contractor said I owe them $x,xxx from a project two years ago.

Did some digging - Nope! I have the cancelled checks. Bite me!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2026 10:17 PM (he2p7)

26 Oshkosh has 8 Billion to spend?
Posted by: Puddleglum

There's a lotta money in the toddler-clothes market, by gosh.

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

27 They've been "genociding" them for almost 80 years. Either Israel really sucks at genocide, or there's a factory somewhere cranking out new paleostinians by the thousands per day.
Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

If Hitler had been as incompetent at genocide as the Israelis are, there would have been 40 million Jews in Europe in May of 1945.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:18 PM (1z8ji)

28 that has been widely recognized as a genocide.

Widely = AP Newsrooms. Well, any newsroom.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 10:18 PM (AdHga)

29 *top pic*

I'm feelin' a bit parched

Posted by: Miklos heads toward the Watering Trough at August 27, 2026 10:18 PM (4RYRd)

30 Howdy everyone! I just looked at the moon outside here at the Northern Command. Definitely a full moon, but I don't see any eclipsing going on.

Posted by: Doof at August 27, 2026 10:19 PM (QLC6i)

31 Widely = AP Newsrooms. Well, any newsroom.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Good Night, and Good News

Posted by: Ted Baxter, the last honest newreader at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (4RYRd)

32 Did we get an update on Garret's dad today?
Thanks for the eclipse reminder- I'll try to stay up for that.
Posted by: sal at August 27, 2026 10:16 PM (f+FmA)

His Dad is home from the ER. A bout of diverticulitis, apparently. He's taking antibiotics.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (1z8ji)

33 This eclipse nonsense is just lunacy!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (he2p7)

34 Thanks for TONT, Doof!

Sun hasn't set & moon hasn't risen here yet...

Posted by: JQ at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (rdVOm)

35 I've won.

Posted by: Megatron, half an issue before blowing up the space bridge at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (vSvIl)

36 There's a good storm outside my hotel in Casper, WY tonight. I can't see any moon. Look out nebraska... this is headed your way

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 10:21 PM (hypP/)

37 I just looked at the moon outside here at the Northern Command. Definitely a full moon, but I don't see any eclipsing going on.
Posted by: Doof

You wanna moon?

Posted by: Pants Optional Miklos double dog dares ya at August 27, 2026 10:21 PM (4RYRd)

38 Thank you Doof!
Best of luck Dave.

Fingerme was hilarious. Worth the price of admission right there. It has to be gone now if it ever existed.

I have to get back to work but this came up and I had Chat double-check.

The Juneau fact is real, but your instinct caught the wording issue.

Juneau absolutely has local roads.

The City and Borough of Juneau says Glacier Highway extends about 40 miles north of downtown, but there are no roads out of Juneau. Alaska DOT describes Juneau as the largest North American community not connected to the continental highway system; outside access is by air or water/ferry.

So I changed the production wording to the more precise:

“No road connects Juneau to the continental highway system.”

The Alaska fact also checks out: Alaska is larger than Texas + California + Montana combined. Federal material explicitly makes that comparison, and current Census area figures support it.

Hmmm. Interesting. Learning is fun.
Good night all.
Back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

39 Sorry I'm late, I got rhythm and I got music, but I should have asked for a working clock to go with it.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 27, 2026 10:21 PM (K+2Av)

40 Report from the DC metro area:
Current conditions cloudy. The moon is obscured by the clouds although one can locate it. Rain expected at midnight.
Sorry, no pics from here.

Oh, and meow.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 27, 2026 10:22 PM (w3u3d)

41 The cat doesn't seem too interested in the fish.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 10:22 PM (Cqx++)

42 I am at the far end of the Mountain Time Zone. Gonna have to wait a bit for the eclipse.

I may have retired before then. We shall see.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 10:22 PM (0aYVJ)

43 Welp, the moon has cleared the ridge out back and is starting to visibly dim and has a faint tinge.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 27, 2026 10:23 PM (iIyc0)

44 >> Definitely a full moon, but I don't see any eclipsing going on.

The penumbral phase has well begun, but you can't really see the difference in brightness. Well trained less than 29 yr old eyes can detect the subtle change in brightness.

Umbral phase will begin in about 10 minutes, at 10:33 EDT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

45 Those of you on the west coast will see a eclipsed moon rising.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Is it a Good Moon, or a Bad Moon?

Posted by: Billie Burke in best John Fogerty voice at August 27, 2026 10:23 PM (4RYRd)

46 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers seems coordinated. The left is on a Crusade against both of them. Which makes me suspicious of the entire movement.

We’ve had data centers for decades. Nobody gave a fuck. Now it’s an existential threat to our lives? Interesting. We’ve also had traffic cameras forever. Nobody noticed nobody cared. Now these cameras are the biggest issue in the land Al of a sudden? Not to mention that every house has a ring camera pointing at the street. Cops have used those for the same purpose they use flock.

Somethings fishy how these two issues burst onto the scene out of the blue like that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:23 PM (Vvm2m)

47 33 This eclipse nonsense is just lunar see!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (he2p7)

FIFY

Begun, the Moon Pun Wars have.

Posted by: Pro Bono means Not Guilty or your money back! at August 27, 2026 10:24 PM (r7+Q7)

48 The penumbral phase has well begun, but you can't really see the difference

I tell Darleen that sometimes

Posted by: Miklos has a hard time communicating at August 27, 2026 10:24 PM (4RYRd)

49
For all interested, go to timeanddate.com, put in your location, and get moonrise and set times, then click on the eclipse link. It will have all the timings.

Note that lunar eclipses timing are absolute. Phases occur at the same time for everybody.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

50 Evening all,

We have a medal ceremony in the morning.

Artemis II Congressional Space Medal of Honor Ceremony
Date: Aug 28, 2026
Time: 11 A.M. EDT/10 A.M. CDT

https://youtu.be/tGjffGccQig

Posted by: Joyenz at August 27, 2026 10:25 PM (2F0/Y)

51 Sorry, Megan.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 27, 2026 10:25 PM (wxsGM)

52 The cat doesn't seem too interested in the fish.
_-_
Yeah, well, the lazy bastard is also watching idly by while the birds steal most of the cat food I put in his dish, whining for more every time I come outside.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 10:25 PM (PBKu+)

53 Begun, the Moon Pun Wars have.
Posted by: Pro Bono means Not Guilty

Cheesy moon puns

Posted by: Miklos does not like green cheese, Sam I Am at August 27, 2026 10:25 PM (4RYRd)

54 I tell Darleen that sometimes

I'm not sure why, Miklos, but that is funny!

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr+re)

55
Raining here in SW Wyoming so no moon.

Thank God we are getting some rain though.

62 wonderful degrees

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 10:26 PM (/QHx4)

56 >> Is it a Good Moon, or a Bad Moon?

It's a Blood Moon. Well a partial Blood Moon. Also this lunation is the Sturgeon Moon. So, a Blood Sturgeon Moon on the rise.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

57 Evening Horde.

Exhausting day, I'm ready for bed

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 27, 2026 10:26 PM (qogc6)

58 Great ONT, Doof! And spectacular photo up top, as usual.

Thanks for the Flock updates. A camera near us was installed, then uninstalled a month or so later. The camera was then reinstalled and promptly "uninstalled" by some teenagers in the middle of the night. Those teenagers managed to get caught in the act and are facing charges. The Flock camera is still down.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 27, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

59 Joyenz, WHAT is a Congressional Space Medal of Honor?

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:27 PM (Jr+re)

60 The username rules at the university used to work at resulted in a very respected female professor having the username 'fkinghor'

True story

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 10:13 PM (/2KcO)

Poor Meghan Dickinson.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 27, 2026 10:27 PM (dK+Kv)

61 >> I'm not sure why, Miklos, but that is funny!

He's been making a lot of Darleen astronomical jokes. Go back and check out the last few ONTs. They're just funny, I don't care who you are.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

62 Sorry Megan!

Posted by: Merlin Blow at August 27, 2026 10:28 PM (n5tGW)

63 46 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers seems coordinated. The left is on a Crusade against both of them. Which makes me suspicious of the entire movement.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:23 PM (Vvm2m)

Yup, no doubt. China is behind it.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 27, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)

64 Thanks, AOP! Was hoping he was okay.

Posted by: sal at August 27, 2026 10:29 PM (f+FmA)

65 Poor Meghan Dickinson.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 27, 2026 10:27 PM (dK+Kv)
-------
Professor Kinghorn actually had a great sense of humor about it which makes it even better in my opinion

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 10:29 PM (hypP/)

66 Also this lunation is the Sturgeon Moon.
Posted by: publius

8 million animal species, and we can't do better than "Sturgeon Moon?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

67 Exhausting day, I'm ready for bed
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla

Rest up

Need Analytic Election Prognostifications

Posted by: Miklos trusts Daves (both Florida and Wierd) at August 27, 2026 10:29 PM (4RYRd)

68 Never mind, Joyenz. I looked it up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:31 PM (Jr+re)

69 Coming this November, from the Walt Disney Company, "The Life of Dolly Parton", staring Will Smith as Dolly Parton, like you've never seen her!

Posted by: a.moron at August 27, 2026 10:31 PM (X5Jzz)

70 Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:27 PM (Jr+re)

The Congressional Space Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest award for astronauts, authorized by Congress in 1969 to honor exceptional contributions to the nation and humanity.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 27, 2026 10:31 PM (2F0/Y)

71

I'm on a first name basis with my Amazon delivery guy.

I don't know my neighbors names.

Life in The Crazy Years...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at August 27, 2026 10:32 PM (BAF/o)

72 No eclipse for me tonight.

Stupid clouds.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 27, 2026 10:32 PM (K+2Av)

73 Begun, the Moon Pun Wars have.

Posted by: Pro Bono means Not Guilty or your money back! at August 27, 2026 10:24 PM (r7+Q7)

That's no moon pun.

Posted by: Oggie Ben Doggie at August 27, 2026 10:32 PM (dK+Kv)

74 8 million animal species, and we can't do better than "Sturgeon Moon?"
Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

Sings: "Like A Sturgeon"

Posted by: tired old skank Madonna at August 27, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)

75 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers seems coordinated.
---------
Yup, no doubt. China is behind it.

If so, that and General Tso's Chicken will make two things they're right about. But it seems more reasonable to me that China would encourage Flock so there will be more data for them to steal.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 10:33 PM (vTZFs)

76 The Man in the Moon is getting his stubble, no beard or blood yet. I'll check again in a few minutes.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 10:33 PM (aJQbY)

77 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers
_-_
NOT sudden in my case, and I am _seriously_ not a leftist. Voted for Trump 3 times (plus primaries).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 10:34 PM (PBKu+)

78 8 million animal species, and we can't do better than "Sturgeon Moon?"
Posted by: mikeski

Sounds fishy.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2026 10:34 PM (he2p7)

79
Moon names (from the Injuns):

Jan, Feb, Mar: Wolf, Snow, Worm
April, May, June: Pink, Flower, Strawberry
July, August, Sept: Buck, Sturgeon, Corn
Oct, Nov, Dec: Hunter's, Beaver, Cold

Now, the Full Moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox is called the Harvest Moon.

I group them in threes in the above because of the alternative seasonal naming convention. The list goes, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.

In the seasonal convention, this Moon would be a Corn Moon, the last full Moon of Summer.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

80 Crud, a raft of clouds just floated over.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 27, 2026 10:36 PM (iIyc0)

81
Son works for the Forest Service here in Wyoming. Got called out tonight because some guy from the East died on a trail here today.

Also they have closed some trails because of safety reasons and they are getting nasty phone calls and emails.

Fucking idiots. It is all about me,me, I am so important.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 10:37 PM (/QHx4)

82 Sings: "Like A Sturgeon"
Posted by: tired old skank Madonna

Sod off, ye auld bitche

Posted by: Nicola Sturgeon, for mer First Minister of Scotland at August 27, 2026 10:37 PM (4RYRd)

83 I think data centers should generate their own power and use cooling systems that do not put an inordinate burden on water sources. They will provide construction jobs for a while, and they will provide longer lasting jobs for a skeleton crew to oversee them. Then, over time, they will wear out the memory banks and when there is no money to replace them, they will go out of operation.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:38 PM (DuPSD)

84 Moon just rose over the Sapphire Mtns. Very beautiful.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 27, 2026 10:38 PM (2NHgQ)

85 No Moon to be seen here at Peon Manor. Sky is clear, but hazy. The combines are running, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)

86 “No road connects Juneau to the continental highway system.”

The Alaska fact also checks out: Alaska is larger than Texas + California + Montana combined. Federal material explicitly makes that comparison, and current Census area figures support it.

Hmmm. Interesting. Learning is fun.
Good night all.
Back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

No roads connect most of SE AK to anything. Juneau, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, etc. The only close spot is Haines, and you can only get there on the highway if you go through Canada. Hence, the Marine Highway, which is various ferries that connect most of Southeast.

AK is... different.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 27, 2026 10:40 PM (dEHLq)

87 In the seasonal convention, this Moon would be a Corn Moon, the last full Moon of Summer.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

https://tinyurl.com/bdr9nvu5

Posted by: Classy, Luxurious Musical Interludes with Miklos at August 27, 2026 10:40 PM (4RYRd)

88 Then, over time, they will wear out the memory banks and when there is no money to replace them, they will go out of operation.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:38 PM (DuPSD)

Dolly Parton never wore out her mammary banks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:41 PM (1z8ji)

89 Dolly Parton never wore out her mammary banks.

She was too young to inspire the Bob Hope classic song . . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:41 PM (Jr+re)

90 combines are running
_-_
and THAT is good news.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 10:41 PM (PBKu+)

91 75 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers seems coordinated.
---------
Yup, no doubt. China is behind it.

If so, that and General Tso's Chicken will make two things they're right about. But it seems more reasonable to me that China would encourage Flock so there will be more data for them to steal.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 10:33 PM (vTZFs)

For Moi? Its like they never watched any Sci Fi flicks at all...

AI... check... lots of data centers to process cameras... Robot Olympics (faster than Human 440)... and add in all the drones that are now DECIDING whether to kill or not...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (mP0Kj)

92 Partial eclipse. 1 1/2 hours til full eclipse. I won’t be seeing it.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (2NHgQ)

93
Lo and behold, cleared off. I see a little chunk appearing.

You won't see the reddish color until the sunlit part gets relatively small small.

About. 12% (diameter fraction) now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (w6EFb)

94 Oshkosh has 8 Billion to spend?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 10:15 PM (AdHga)

Children's overalls must be a lot more popular than I thought.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (K+2Av)

95

Thomas Hayden Church is killing "Tires"

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (Y8DZL)

96 Moon's starting to git et. Camera doesn't show it though, too much light amplification even when I put all the 'tone it down' filters I can figure out onto it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (aJQbY)

97 Tonight's ONT brought to you by unfortunate contact info

The oldest story like that I know..... Wake Forest student, when their email/UNIX logins were their last name (or the first 6 letters of it if it was longer), plus their first & middle initials.

Mary Emily Cummins was not a happy camper.

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:43 PM (VHUov)

98 Don't know if I'll be up when the moon gets interesting here. It was very orange and nearly full when I drove to work this morning.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 27, 2026 10:43 PM (ftFVW)

99 Flock cameras are another thing entirely. We are all now precriminals: dossiers are generated at government request on any of us, just in case we might commit a crime. This is in violation of the 4th amendment: the government must have probable cause to investigate a crime. They can’t just assume we might be criminals: there has to be a crime first.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:43 PM (DuPSD)

100 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:38 PM (DuPSD)

It is somewhat amusing the Calif puts a LIMIT on how big of a power supply a normal person can have in their Computer... but also wants Yuge data centers..

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 27, 2026 10:44 PM (mP0Kj)

101 No roads connect most of SE AK to anything. Juneau, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, etc. The only close spot is Haines, and you can only get there on the highway if you go through Canada. Hence, the Marine Highway, which is various ferries that connect most of Southeast.

AK is... different.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 27, 2026 10:40 PM (dEHLq)

Most of coastal British Columbia is exactly the same. The coastal highway ends a few miles beyond Powell River. It's the fjords. Too wide near the mouth to bridge, often too steep-sided to build a road around, and not enough potential traffic to make such a construction worthwhile. But roads from the heads of the fjords into the interior are possible, and exist in some places.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)

102 99 Flock cameras are another thing entirely. We are all now precriminals: dossiers are generated at government request on any of us, just in case we might commit a crime. This is in violation of the 4th amendment: the government must have probable cause to investigate a crime. They can’t just assume we might be criminals: there has to be a crime first.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:43 PM (DuPSD)

This is why these cameras must be banned. Demand your state legislators do so.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 27, 2026 10:45 PM (jPziU)

103 Evening all,

We have a medal ceremony in the morning.

Artemis II Congressional Space Medal of Honor Ceremony
Date: Aug 28, 2026
Time: 11 A.M. EDT/10 A.M. CDT

https://youtu.be/tGjffGccQig
Posted by: Joyenz at August 27, 2026 10:25 PM (2F0/Y)

We're sending Congress into space to give astronauts a medal? Cool. Congress gets to ride Starship and the Artemis crew a Dragon, right?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

104 Why was I suddenly reminded of this?

https://youtube.com/shorts/-PAfiOgtoZM

Posted by: tankdemon at August 27, 2026 10:46 PM (K+2Av)

105 A quick and imperfect mental inventory indicates that about 31.3% of all recorded music with lyrics involves a moon somehow.

People should ask Doof about this, because he has more music than the Library of Congress.

Posted by: Claire de Lune Mikleuse at August 27, 2026 10:47 PM (4RYRd)

106 Several data centers have also built power stations along side it. And the water issue is way overblown.

This is a CCP op to slow down our AI development and give them an advantage. It’s obvious.

Remember the mania against fracking? That was an op by the Saudis as it was a threat to them. They generated the hysteria pushed along by gullible American leftists.

Same playbook.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:47 PM (Vvm2m)

107 Nice pic of Ben Grimm up top.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 27, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

108 Dang. Clouds rolled in and have obscured the moon.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 27, 2026 10:47 PM (2NHgQ)

109 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers seems coordinated. The left is on a Crusade against both of them. Which makes me suspicious of the entire movement.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:23 PM (Vvm2m)

Yup, no doubt. China is behind it.
Posted by: Joemarine at August 27, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)

Good for China, if so.

And fuck the vermin in government that want to put us all under constant surveillance.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 27, 2026 10:48 PM (vSvIl)

110 And props to the Oshkosh Police Chief and his department for uncovering Flock “Safety” bullshit. Clearly, they care about the law and the Constitution.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 27, 2026 10:48 PM (jPziU)

111 Tonight's ONT brought to you by unfortunate contact info

The oldest story like that I know..... Wake Forest student, when their email/UNIX logins were their last name (or the first 6 letters of it if it was longer), plus their first & middle initials.

Mary Emily Cummins was not a happy camper.
Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 10:43 PM (VHUov)

If it allowed 8 characters for the last name, Megan Finger might have to complain about the email address to Brenda Utthead.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

112 46 The sudden hate for flock cameras and data centers seems coordinated. The left is on a Crusade against both of them. Which makes me suspicious of the entire movement.
...
We’ve had data centers for decades. Nobody gave a fuck. Now it’s an existential threat to our lives? ... Interesting. ...

Somethings fishy how these two issues burst onto the scene out of the blue like that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
----

They've always had control and they see it slipping away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:49 PM (+UcOf)

113 I just nipped outside to have a look at the Moon, 9:34 pm Central. The Moon is up in the eastern sky. A piece has been bitten out of the lower left quadrant.

I won't stay up until midnight to see it all, and it'll be over by 2 a.m. So this was pretty neat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 10:50 PM (wzUl9)

114 AI... check... lots of data centers to process cameras... Robot Olympics (faster than Human 440)... and add in all the drones that are now DECIDING whether to kill or not...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 27, 2026 10:42 PM (mP0Kj)

If there are no “safety cameras” there’s just more legit data for the data centers to process.

Get on your state legislators’ cases to get the cameras banned.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 27, 2026 10:50 PM (jPziU)

115 AK is... different.
Posted by: tcn in AK

For some reason, I think that all Zip Codes in AK should begin with 47

Posted by: The Miklos model is relatively easy to clean and maintain at August 27, 2026 10:51 PM (4RYRd)

116 110 And props to the Oshkosh Police Chief and his department for uncovering Flock “Safety” bullshit. Clearly, they care about the law and the Constitution.

Posted by: Cow Demon
---

Billions? Those Oshkosh trucks aren't cheap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:51 PM (+UcOf)

117 This is why these cameras must be banned. Demand your state legislators do so.
-
In the meantime, it's good to see so many of those cameras being destroyed in place.

It's important for government to be reminded that We the People own them and not the other way around.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 27, 2026 10:53 PM (vSvIl)

118 Mary Emily Cummins was not a happy camper.
Posted by: mikeski

The best random hash I ever got was courtesy of South Carolina State Parks

Posted by: Miklos, briefly PnisU at August 27, 2026 10:53 PM (4RYRd)

119 RandomDave!

Glad I "caught" you here! Job-related... I hope it doesn't come down to this, but... when I applied to be a USPS carrier, it took 'em a MONTH to respond (and the response was, When Can You Start)

Posted by: Steck at August 27, 2026 10:53 PM (LlRQB)

120 Mickey Rourke and Axl Rose meme. You really need this visual to get it.

https://youtu.be/DvMEBEETk_g?t=133

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

121 Cheesy moon puns
Posted by: Miklos does not like green cheese, Sam I Am
......

They're out of my orbit. Most of them will crater.

Posted by: wth at August 27, 2026 10:54 PM (oq9dX)

122
8 million animal species, and we can't do better than "Sturgeon Moon?"
Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026

***
Do you want the Tasmanian Devil Moon? Because this is how you get the Tasmanian Devil Moon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

123 Mickey Rourke and Axl Rose meme. You really need this visual to get it.

https://youtu.be/DvMEBEETk_g?t=133
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

The meme after it reminds me of Bulg.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 10:55 PM (qx7Zg)

124 This is a CCP op to slow down our AI development and give them an advantage. It’s obvious.

Remember the mania against fracking? That was an op by the Saudis as it was a threat to them. They generated the hysteria pushed along by gullible American leftists.

Same playbook.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:47 PM (Vvm2m)

Fracking gives us affordable fuel from formations that were long thought to be worthless. It is far from clear that AI is worth a bucket of warm spit. Apples and road apples. Having said that, data centers, and proposed data centers should be examined on their merits. Will they do anything useful for society as a whole? Or are they a means of expanding the surveillance state?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

125 Honestly I don’t really give a fuck if the police knows I’m out driving around. It’s a public highway since when do we have an expectation of privacy on those?

If flock cameras start popping up outside my yard filing my property, ok that’s a problem. Obviously. But on a public highway? Whatever.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:56 PM (Vvm2m)

126 Fl0ck Kamera too high to reach as you sneak up behind it?

Spray can Extension Pole Adaptor,Adjustment Sprayer Bracket Adaptor, 4.24.2 out of 5 stars (469) 400+ bought in past month
Price, product page$18.90

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:56 PM (+UcOf)

127 Think how harmful Flock cameras would have been during the COVID lockdown.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:57 PM (DuPSD)

128 LOL:

"Jelly Roll makes music for people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 10:57 PM (kpS4V)

129 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8j

AI military applications is the issue.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

130 Dolly looks great with a tan.

Posted by: wth at August 27, 2026 10:58 PM (oq9dX)

131 It's not just the one set of sensors...it's the correlation of ALL data behind the scenes...credit card data, license plate reader data (all of it, not just this week in your county), bank transactions, vendor data from various sources, social media posts...combine all that with a central bank digital currency, and what could you NOT control? "I'm sorry, ma'am. We've been seeing this randomly all week (when your wife, whom you love,is attempting to buy groceries for your children...) Again, not with Trump at the helm, but some Joe Biden equivalent...don't think China is involved here...they are sitting on the sidelines, doubled-over in a belly-laugh.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 10:58 PM (PBKu+)

132 Tu’qr Quarlson is a big hater of data centers. Ask yourself why. It’s not over environmental concerns I can assure you.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:58 PM (Vvm2m)

133 I going to have to look into starting a distillery and name my signature offering of whiskey, Trouble Home.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 10:58 PM (FR9Sb)

134 Thank you for he lunar eclipse info. We're watching it from a campground just west of Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 27, 2026 10:59 PM (+im5a)

135 Steck - thanks for the info. Hoping it doesn't come to that, but good to know.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 11:00 PM (aJQbY)

136 Personally I don't care about Flock cameras but understand the slippery slope argument even if I don't necessarily agree fully.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

137 I still don’t get what people have got against old Jelly Roll:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=Rnu8RFyx70k&ra=m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 11:00 PM (DuPSD)

138 Think how harmful Flock cameras would have been during the COVID lockdown.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:57 PM (DuPSD)

They existed then.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 11:01 PM (Vvm2m)

139 Is now Season Harvest in small quiet village Novdu.

Grandfathers are bring many grapes, Grandmothers are make pickles, youngs are frolic.

Grapes become wine under delicate feet of girls, boys are see and discuss future wife for attractiveness of toes and stomp capacities.

Same like the grandfathers of the grandfathers!

Now Grandmothers ask why Grandfathers still are play cards at such hour. Grandfathers pour from last vintage and are disregard such speakings.

Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at August 27, 2026 11:01 PM (4RYRd)

140 >>>Again, not with Trump at the helm, but some Joe Biden equivalent...don't think China is involved here...they are sitting on the sidelines, doubled-over in a belly-laugh.

Posted by: Don in SoCo
--

Or trying to buy or steal it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:01 PM (+UcOf)

141
It's about 36% now. Note this is the fraction of the Moon's diameter in shadow, not the fraction of the disc area, which is a more complex calculation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:01 PM (w6EFb)

142 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 11:01 PM (Vvm2m)

All toll roads have had plate readers for decades.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:02 PM (KC5Lt)

143 I was looking at the full moon through the neighbor's window, but some guy keeps blocking the view.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 27, 2026 11:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

144 "Jelly Roll makes music for people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 10:57 PM (kpS4V)

??? Jelly Roll Morton made a lot of music. Music that is still played today.

https://youtu.be/iikgGshcfhU

(a piano roll that he recorded in 1924)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

145 Here's a finger for you, and a finger for you and a finger for you!

Posted by: Jackie Mason at August 27, 2026 11:03 PM (JM9I6)

146 Say we have three or four dozen data centers up and running in the US. Does the government THEN decide a need for a data center of data centers? It seems unlikely any one center will be more perfect or adept than the others - and to what purpose? Are the digital folks planning on becoming a side government or on selling the info they get TO the government?

We will be required to pay to have our data collected, too. Bet on it.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 11:03 PM (Jr+re)

147 It's not JUST the Flock cameras, Sandy...By themselves they are nothing. The correlation with other data behind the scenes is EVERYTHING.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:03 PM (PBKu+)

148 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8j

AI military applications is the issue.
Posted by: polynikes

Military Intelligence >>>><<<<AI

Posted by: Miklos expects a big boom noise at August 27, 2026 11:03 PM (4RYRd)

149 Yup, I can see the shadow across the moon. More like a fuzzy burnt umber blob than pumpkin spice.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 11:04 PM (kpS4V)

150 It was clear at 7PM, overcast by 8PM.

Posted by: Report From The Pool at August 27, 2026 11:04 PM (JM9I6)

151 AK is... different.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 27, 2026 10:40 PM (dEHLq)

That was a really cool fact to learn.

And that Alaska was bigger than Texas, California and Montana combined.

Okay, back to work for another hour or so.
Puppy's mostly quiet.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 11:05 PM (Sco7b)

152 toll roads have had plate readers for decades.
Posted by: polynikes

Yep. As well as traffic cameras.

The mania over flock is a mania over something nobody has cared about for decades. Until all of a sudden we are told it’s the thing to be freaked out over.

This doesn’t just happen organically. It’s a coordinated effort. Who and why?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 11:05 PM (Vvm2m)

153 "Jelly Roll makes music for people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 10:57 PM (kpS4V)

??? Jelly Roll Morton made a lot of music. Music that is still played today.

Culturally Appropriatin' from a BLACK MAN

Posted by: 152 year old Eubie Blake at August 27, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd)

154 We will be required to pay to have our data collected, too. Bet on it.
_-_
Uh, yeah...cellphones are NSA collection devices, straight up. Search your feelings. You know this to be true. You even pay INSURANCE to make sure they don't fail!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:07 PM (PBKu+)

155 There's a Sturgeon Moon in my pants!

Posted by: President Emeritus! at August 27, 2026 11:07 PM (JM9I6)

156 Moon check = fuzzy from about 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock. Is that about right or am I seeing a cloud/haze?

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

157 Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:07 PM (PBKu+)

You take out the insurance?

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:08 PM (KC5Lt)

158 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

I linked some Jelly Roll Morton in the previous thread.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 11:08 PM (kpS4V)

159 toll roads have had plate readers for decades.
Posted by: polynikes

Yep. As well as traffic cameras.

The mania over flock is a mania over something nobody has cared about for decades. Until all of a sudden we are told it’s the thing to be freaked out over.

This doesn’t just happen organically. It’s a coordinated effort. Who and why?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 11:05 PM (Vvm2m)

Flock is part of the Panopticon, The other cameras are situational only. Huge difference. Flock makes it dead easy for an evildoer in the police apparat, to stalk somebody. The other cameras are only really useful (to some extent) after the fact of a crime.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:09 PM (1z8ji)

160 No offense, Sandy, but I HAVE been yelling about this shit for DECADES.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:10 PM (PBKu+)

161 I thought Flock Cameras only filmed birds.

Posted by: Marlin Perkins at August 27, 2026 11:10 PM (JM9I6)

162
Griffith Observatory live feed here:
https://t.ly/G0Y8K

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:10 PM (w6EFb)

163 I think Disney's Dolly Parton would be played by Dylan Mulvaney.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:11 PM (4Je4D)

164 *Yup, I can see the shadow across the moon. More like a fuzzy burnt umber blob than pumpkin spice.*
======

Raw umber.
Burnt Umber.

Is there NO ONE who knows how to cook a good umber?

Posted by: Snooty Food Critic at August 27, 2026 11:11 PM (2Ez/1)

165
We've now hit 50%.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

166 You take out the insurance?
_-_
No, but it is constantly offered, so I assume (yeah, I know how that is spelled) that some people do.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:12 PM (PBKu+)

167 Posted by: 152 year old Eubie Blake at August 27, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd)
---

The MST3K guys would make Eubie Blake or Rose Kennedy jokes when there was an ambulatory skeleton on the screen. Rose said she didn't mind; she herself was surprised at how old she was.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 11:12 PM (kpS4V)

168 There's a Sturgeon Moon in my pants!
Posted by: President Emeritus!

You remember

Posted by: Reggie Love, Body and Sturgeon man at August 27, 2026 11:12 PM (4RYRd)

169 For some reason, I think that all Zip Codes in AK should begin with 47
Posted by: The Miklos model is relatively easy to clean and maintain at August 27, 2026 10:51 PM (4RYRd)

460-470 are Indiana area zip codes

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)

170 Folks on the Left are glomming on to the Flock issue because they're desperate to find something normal people might agree with them on, and hating Flock and the scum behind the cameras, was already popular.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 27, 2026 11:14 PM (vSvIl)

171 You remember

Posted by: Reggie Love, Body and Sturgeon man at August 27, 2026 11:12 PM (4RYRd)
-------
Jean Luc?

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 11:14 PM (hypP/)

172 Moon is up here. Getting nibbled on in the 8:00 area.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)

173 Raw umber.
Burnt Umber.

Is there NO ONE who knows how to cook a good umber?
Posted by: Snooty Food Critic

Colors in the J. Crew catalogue are not necessarily related to edible food.

Posted by: Miklos, dubious about the Burnt Sienna appetizer at August 27, 2026 11:15 PM (4RYRd)

174 Will they do anything useful for society as a whole? Or are they a means of expanding the surveillance state?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

If they will source and purify water for resale to the nearby community, or put in a Small Modular Reactor and sell power like a utility, then yes, they would be useful by just existing.
Too many of them are the equivalent of the just-pre-Dotcom bust companies buying Superbowl commercial time, however.

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR)

175 Last time I was in England I noticed a particularly sinister and pernicious version of traffic camera.

There's one at the start of a length of highway, then a second one several miles down the road. If your license plate arrives at the second camera sooner than it should have given the posted speed limit, it's an automatic speeding ticket.

An England that tolerates this kind of bullshit is not the England that ROSE UP and rebelled against the tyranny of Richard II.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:16 PM (4Je4D)

176
Some discussion in Nevada about building data centers on public land. It will be interesting to follow.

I do not them built on public lands. Our tax money pays for public land.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

177 I think Disney's Dolly Parton would be played by Dylan Mulvaney.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:11 PM (4Je4D)

Rachel Zegler needs a job. She already has the boobs and the blonde hair.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)

178 A few brief breaks in the clouds. Yep, past 50% now.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 27, 2026 11:18 PM (iIyc0)

179 The partial eclipse is nice. Too bad my phone doesn't photograph it well. I probably should get to bed soon, gotta get up, take my walk, shower, and get ready for the interview. Maybe even fix some coffee if I don't sleep well.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 11:18 PM (aJQbY)

180 Raw umber.
Burnt Umber.

Is there NO ONE who knows how to cook a good umber?
Posted by: Snooty Food Critic

You should ask CBD how to do it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:18 PM (qx7Zg)

181 Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 27, 2026 11:14 PM (vSvIl)

They also don't like law enforcement more than The libertarians here.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:18 PM (KC5Lt)

182 I have to say, the black Dolly Parton thing is offensive on so many levels.

Especially when you look at what she accomplished in her life.

And double especially when you ask the forbidden question, "What have black people accomplished for the greater good (ie beyond grifting, demanding unearned rewards, and shielding themselves from criticism) in the past 50 years?"

Sure go ahead and ban me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 27, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

183 If your license plate arrives at the second camera sooner than it should have given the posted speed limit, it's an automatic speeding ticket.

That method was being used on the Florida toll roads back in the late 60's, early 70's. No pictures or videos, just checking the time stamps leaving and arriving at booths. Slow people (not drivers) paid to learn that.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (Jr+re)

184 An England that tolerates this kind of bullshit is not the England that ROSE UP and rebelled against the tyranny of Richard II.
_-_
And here? Will it be dismissed as opposotion by leftists and the CCP?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (PBKu+)

185 Some weather days are windier than others

https://tinyurl.com/4r2kb4ck

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (1FJsD)

186 Some discussion in Nevada about building data centers on public land. It will be interesting to follow.

I do not them built on public lands. Our tax money pays for public land.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

Build them in blighted urban areas. They claim "latency" is an issue. The way to reduce latency is to build them as close to the backbone as possible. Blighted urban areas fit the bill. Farmland out in the sticks does not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (1z8ji)

187 Tu’qr Quarlson is a big hater of data centers. Ask yourself why. It’s not over environmental concerns I can assure you.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:58 PM (Vvm2m)

Tucker is like Hassan or a bunch of other faces. He gives midwits and losers permission to hate something or someone. Often not for any real reason, but to just show in-group identity.
Childish fears, childish insults, no real argument, just arglebargle hate repeated endlessly. Just listen to the bluehaired tattooed losers talk about how capitalism is terrible to justify their inability to do anything.

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)

188 I resisted carrying the spy on me device all the time for a long time, but eventually I started having the smart phone in a pocket almost always. I guess government, local to fed level is even more sinister than google, samsung, et al having a heat map of my travels.

But the government managed to go after 'J 6 adjacent' folks just based on their smart phones and social media, so its hard for me to get worked up about the flock cameras. Is Flock even the first to be using AI to turn the cameras from passive data that someone would have to comb through to find you were at such and such location at time xx

x, to the "show us where this car was?" model?

Posted by: PaleRider at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (PV+Zw)

189 Some discussion in Nevada about building data centers on public land. It will be interesting to follow.

I do not them built on public lands. Our tax money pays for public land.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

Why on public land when the Fed government owns 85% of the land?

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (KC5Lt)

190 Rachel Zegler needs a job. She already has the boobs and the blonde hair.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)

---------

You call those boobs?

*SNORT*

Now THESE are boobs.

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (4Je4D)

191
60% now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

192 @Osint613 ·
Our 2nd episode, UNIT 4000, is officially out.

Inside the IRGC’s secret unit tasked with recruiting assets abroad for sabotage operations.

We reconstruct how the network operates and a plot this year targeting an embassy and a major energy pipeline, using open source material.

https://tinyurl.com/53trhhhc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (+UcOf)

193 Umber? Sous vide that stuff!

CBD equivalent.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 11:21 PM (Jr+re)

194 And double especially when you ask the forbidden question, "What have black people accomplished for the greater good (ie beyond grifting, demanding unearned rewards, and shielding themselves from criticism) in the past 50 years?"

Sure go ahead and ban me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 27, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

Why ban you? The image is sarcasm, directed against Disney, a despicable organization.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:22 PM (1z8ji)

195 Nevermind. That was you point.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:22 PM (KC5Lt)

196 heh, my x's for hh:mm made a frown emoji.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 27, 2026 11:23 PM (PV+Zw)

197 Good night, horde!

Thanks for the ONT, Doof.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 11:24 PM (Jr+re)

198 Pilbara, Australia....let's see, how many things in that picture are hiding and just waiting to kill me:

Probably a few King Browns, maybe a Gwarbar, the lovely Gilbara Death Adder, and perhaps a Redback spider. So, I have a chance.

Posted by: Orson at August 27, 2026 11:24 PM (dIske)

199 Build them in blighted urban areas. They claim "latency" is an issue. The way to reduce latency is to build them as close to the backbone as possible. Blighted urban areas fit the bill. Farmland out in the sticks does not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

And you can have our water for FREE

Posted by: Flint, MI at August 27, 2026 11:25 PM (4RYRd)

200 Rachel Zegler needs a job. She already has the boobs and the blonde hair.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)

---------

You call those boobs?

*SNORT*

Now THESE are boobs.

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (4Je4D)

I guess I need to use the /sarc tag more often.

I can't see the link because I don't have/want/need an X account.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:25 PM (qx7Zg)

201 For once, a celestial phenomenon is not obscured for us. There it is, the full moon, half off.

Posted by: mindful webworker - by half the light of the silvery moooon at August 27, 2026 11:25 PM (11R8D)

202
Now at 66%. The shadow is now moving over Tranquility Base.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)

203 President trumps latest post, he ranks US presidents from “the greatest” to “failures”
---

difficult

https://tinyurl.com/3j58uxhd

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:27 PM (+UcOf)

204 I resisted carrying the spy on me device all the time for a long time, but eventually I started having the smart phone in a pocket almost always. I guess government, local to fed level is even more sinister than google, samsung, et al having a heat map of my travels.

But the government managed to go after 'J 6 adjacent' folks just based on their smart phones and social media, so its hard for me to get worked up about the flock cameras. Is Flock even the first to be using AI to turn the cameras from passive data that someone would have to comb through to find you were at such and such location at time xxx, to the "show us where this car was?" model?

Posted by: PaleRider at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (PV+Zw)

I just bought a new smart phone; put it on line yesterday. It's a google Pixel 6a, but the Android OS was wiped and replaced by Graphene OS, which is focused upon user privacy and security. So far, so good. Any cellphone can be tracked by how it it pings the towers, and that is unavoidable, if the the phone is work at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)

205 Now THESE are boobs.
https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney

X says that's "sensitive content."

They usually are.

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

206 Build them in blighted urban areas. They claim "latency" is an issue. The way to reduce latency is to build them as close to the backbone as possible. Blighted urban areas fit the bill. Farmland out in the sticks does not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

And you can have our water for FREE
Posted by: Flint, MI at August 27, 2026 11:25 PM (4RYRd)

More targets!
-- gangs in Gary, IN.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)

207 Also, research a concept called "parallel concstruction". (If they even knew we did this, we would be in serious trouble, let alone have it admissible as evidence...but now that we KNOW this information, let's find a pseudo-plausible way that we could have happened upon it.)

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:27 PM (PBKu+)

208 Still hazy here, but moon is above the thickest layer now. Red, got an huge **chomp** out of it.

I have to walk out into the yard so see, because of tall trees

Posted by: JQ at August 27, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)

209 Wait until those camera systems begin withdrawing money from your account automatically for recorded violations. That will get your dander up. They have the means.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 11:28 PM (FR9Sb)

210

FUN FACT

The Hungarian word for breast is "mell"

Now go back and think about Mel's Diner and Flo

Posted by: Mellifluous Miklos at August 27, 2026 11:29 PM (4RYRd)

211 89 Some discussion in Nevada about building data centers on public land. It will be interesting to follow.

I do not them built on public lands. Our tax money pays for public land.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)
________________________

I'm more concerned about the usual government refusal to consider consequences. I can see them allowing the building all these data centers and suddenly realizing....Oops, our electrical grid isn't up to the challenge. Well, I guess we're going to run some brown outs. I'm sure everyone will understand.

Posted by: Orson at August 27, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)

212 Folks on the Left are glomming on to the Flock issue because they're desperate to find something normal people might agree with them on, and hating Flock and the scum behind the cameras, was already popular.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 27, 2026 11:14 PM (vSvIl)

It's also the backlash to cameras breaking through their mysticism. 20 years ago every criminal that died was "police brutality", but now the bodycam footage frequently exonerates the police and shows the true colors of many supposed victims.

Same for gunshot detectors which worked too well and resulted in more unfortunate statistics against their narrative.

It's a lot easier to call a random cop racist than the camera system tracking a criminal who's trying to play GTA in real life.

Posted by: Sjg at August 27, 2026 11:30 PM (i8HNq)

213 Well, Trump can't get 'em all right. Coolidge should be swapped with Wilson. And the two Roosevelts should be swapped.

Aaaand....oh. Buurn. Bushes not mentioned *at all*.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 11:30 PM (aJQbY)

214 I don't care about flock cameras. There are cameras all over the place anywhere you go. Don't want to be on a camera, stay in your house. Drones are flying over you taking pictures, your neighbors have cameras up all around their homes, it goes on everywhere. If you see a camera watching you, flip 'em the bird and go on about your business. I'm not getting upset about it.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 11:30 PM (VrYHL)

215 Went out to see/howl at the Moon.

Unfortunately, like my Brainthoughts, obscured by cloudy-type thingies

Posted by: Miklos decides this Wagon is not to be on at August 27, 2026 11:31 PM (4RYRd)

216 Moon is better than 50% occulted here now, Still not red.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

217
And you can have our water for FREE
Posted by: Flint, MI

Lead pipe cinch!

Posted by: Pb 82 at August 27, 2026 11:32 PM (JM9I6)

218 Oh, from insty:
Okay, Trump’s Tier List just being a 1948 poll of 55 top historians historians conducted by Arthur Schlesinger Sr with his own picture slapped on top as “The Greatest” and Biden, Obama, and Carter added to the bottom as “Failures” along with Grant and Harding is objectively funny

https://t.co/HET7P7yPpX

pic.twitter.com/Rt784mxHgF

— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) August 27, 2026

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 11:33 PM (aJQbY)

219
We're at 73% now, and the red color should start being apparent to the nekkid eye soon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)

220 Moon is red here, but that's due to wildfire smoke.

Posted by: JQ at August 27, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

221 FUN FACT

The Hungarian word for breast is "mell"

Now go back and think about Mel's Diner and Flo

Posted by: Mellifluous Miklos at August 27, 2026 11:29 PM (4RYRd)
-

Hence mellons?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2026 11:34 PM (QNSrI)

222 220 Moon is red here, but that's due to wildfire smoke.
Posted by: JQ at August 27, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

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That's no moon.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at August 27, 2026 11:35 PM (4Je4D)

223 X says that's "sensitive content."

They usually are.
Posted by: mikeski

damn straight

Posted by: trans-Miklos cannot explain to you men why he can't find a bra that fits at August 27, 2026 11:35 PM (4RYRd)

224
The Apollo 11 site is the only landing site with an official IAU name (although other named small features around the others are official). The official name is Statio Tranquillitatis.

Anyway, standing at Statio Tranquillitatis, you would be seeing a full solar eclipse now. And go into Stellarium desktop and choose that as your viewing location and you'll see what it looks like.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)

225

Orson,

The water issue is a problem here in Wyoming. A lot of people don't realize that a lot of Wyoming has a desert like environment, for lack of a better word.

We have a data center that might be built in Evanston. We are in the midst of a severe drought here in SW Wyoming and have been on strict water restrictions since early spring.

Boy Howdy, let's suck up the remaining water to build data centers. No gardens and landscaping were banned right at planting time at the beginning of spring.

A great site to keep up with Wyoming news is Cowboy State Daily.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)

226 , flip 'em the bird and go on about your business. I'm not getting upset about it.
_-_
I like yer attitude, all right...but again, it's not just the cameras...it is the correlation with all of the other data. "I'm not doing anything illegal, why do I care?" Then they redefine "illegal" to encompass your activities.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:37 PM (PBKu+)

227 Clear skies and lunar eclipse totalizing over here, boss!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 27, 2026 11:37 PM (nbLIj)

228 Hence mellons?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

gettin' close, kid

gettin' close

*looks around, nervously loosens tie*

Posted by: Miklos as Rodney Dangerfield as Thornton Melon at August 27, 2026 11:38 PM (4RYRd)

229 But the government managed to go after 'J 6 adjacent' folks just based on their smart phones and social media, so its hard for me to get worked up about the flock cameras. Is Flock even the first to be using AI to turn the cameras from passive data that someone would have to comb through to find you were at such and such location at time xxx, to the "show us where this car was?" model?

Posted by: PaleRider
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Take the government out of the equation. By and large the government doesn't GAS about any one of us. But Corporate does and so do the phishers and hackers. Flock owns the information.
Flock could sell your information or be hacked.

Do you get phishing calls? I assiduously avoid putting my information online but somehow, in the last 4 months, I get at least four to five texts or phone calls about a loan application - approval only one click away. Flock can extrapolate that type of problem exponentially. Heat maps are real. Cross referencing is easier and easier.

The potential danger from outliers or corporate is much more, in the near future, than from the government.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:38 PM (+UcOf)

230 I can't see the link because I don't have/want/need an X account.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

https://twitterwebviewer.com/

Tedious but it works.

Posted by: mindful webworker - x b evil at August 27, 2026 11:39 PM (11R8D)

231

We can't control the weather of course. We are rural and people grow vegetables to can or freeze to get through winter. Also, there is no feed for the cattle ranchers unless they have a well.

It is such a divisive issue in many places in our country.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:41 PM (/QHx4)

232 Cloudy here in the second capitol of Californistan. Caught a dim glimpse of the moon but it'll be in fullest eclipse in less than half an hour so maybe there'll be a break in the overcast. Our bedroom faces east so any time there's a full moon, it shines right in our faces. Had to put translucent glass into the clerestory window to cut down on the light. Along with blackout drapes on the big window below, which also keeps the heat out as that side of the house gets sun all frickin' day. Not to self: bring a compass when buying the next house and make sure the master bedroom isn't on the south/southeast side.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 27, 2026 11:41 PM (NtoJk)

233 If they have a closed cooling system the amount of water needed is reduced greatly but it's still a lot relatively speaking.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:42 PM (KC5Lt)

234
The water issue is a problem here in Wyoming. A lot of people don't realize that a lot of Wyoming has a desert like environment, for lack of a better word.

We have a data center that might be built in Evanston. We are in the midst of a severe drought here in SW Wyoming and have been on strict water restrictions since early spring.

Boy Howdy, let's suck up the remaining water to build data centers. No gardens and landscaping were banned right at planting time at the beginning of spring.

A great site to keep up with Wyoming news is Cowboy State Daily.
Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)

The water "consumption" issue is a Red herring. It is quite possible to recycle the cooling water, and the only losses are to evaporation. And the cooling water need not be potable, or fit to be used for irrigation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:42 PM (1z8ji)

235 A great site to keep up with Wyoming news is Cowboy State Daily.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)
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Agreed with the caveat that a good many of the 'local' stories have pretty broad impact beyond the state and the west as a whole. It is a great read every day

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 11:44 PM (hypP/)

236 It's raining here so I guess no lunar show for me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 27, 2026 11:44 PM (4NO2D)

237 I have a solution for everyone's telecommunications privacy concerns.

Just still working on adding voice mail to our innovative twine/soup can based core technology.

Posted by: MiklosLabs, got the white smock and everything at August 27, 2026 11:44 PM (4RYRd)

238 https://cowboystatedaily.com/

Posted by: 496 at August 27, 2026 11:44 PM (hypP/)

239 All the data centers around here are being built away from metropolitan areas because metro bitched about their blight and noise and stink so they moved out.

Data centers around here are providing their own electricity via natural gas fired generating plants and planned nuclear plants.
They are using closed loop cooling that daily water usage is no more than a golf course.

I don't understand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:45 PM (+UcOf)

240
I see the eclipse!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 27, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

241 A lot of people don't realize that a lot of Wyoming has a desert like environment,

What part of the human anatomy would you say Wyoming is shaped like?

Posted by: Prevert Psychologist at August 27, 2026 11:46 PM (4RYRd)

242 I look like a zombie right now. I was sanding yuge globs of Bondo off the the dune buggy body that I am working on. Dust got all over me. Some dillweed figured that half an inch of Bondo with some glass cloth embedded in it was structurally sound.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (1z8ji)

243

AOP,

I understand that. I do wish we could get reliable information about water consumption about the data centers. If people were informed with reliable information there might not be so many objections to the data centers.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)

244 The Moon is angry, or maybe just disappointed in our sacrifice. Now, when we left the Virgins with you Morons the night before the sacrifice, did you guys notice anything? What could have gone wrong with the Virgins?

Posted by: High Priest Verta Kals Mile, Moon Cult Inc. at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (r7+Q7)

245 I have a solution for everyone's telecommunications privacy concerns.

Just still working on adding voice mail to our innovative twine/soup can based core technology.
Posted by: MiklosLabs, got the white smock and everything at August 27, 2026 11:44 PM (4RYRd)

If you're on it's equivalent of a party line, you can use a sound-activated voice recorder to store what's yelled in your direction.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

246
I'm starting to see red now. Wispy clouds obscuring things a bit. That bright sliver is still a little too bright.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)

247 237 I have a solution for everyone's telecommunications privacy concerns.

Just still working on adding voice mail to our innovative twine/soup can based core technology.

Posted by: MiklosLabs, got the white smock and everything
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For superior function weave a fine copper wire in with the twine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (+UcOf)

248 What part of the human anatomy would you say Wyoming is shaped like?
Posted by: Prevert Psychologist at August 27, 2026 11:46 PM (4RYRd)

Pancreas

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

249 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 11:45 PM (+UcOf)

When there is a drought golf courses are restricted on use.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:48 PM (KC5Lt)

250

Yay! The sky cleared here and we see half of the moon. No red though. Is that what we should be seeing?

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:48 PM (/QHx4)

251 Flock owns the information.
Flock could sell your information or be hacked.
_-_
All of the entities who have your information are statistically likely to sell it unless it is EXPLICITLY illegal to do so, and even then, if the likelihood of getting caught is low, and the penalty is light, they might do it anyway. And the fed.gov...you think we have sent all those billions to the NSA and they did NOTHING with the money?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 27, 2026 11:48 PM (PBKu+)

252 Just in from moon-watching. Only a sliver remained at peak. W. NC

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 11:48 PM (XeU6L)

253 Partly cloudy here following some evening pop up thunderstorms. The 4/10 inch of rain was welcome.

Going outside to check on lunar eclipse visibility. brb

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 11:50 PM (wVcYX)

254 Some discussion in Nevada about building data centers on public land. It will be interesting to follow.

I do not them built on public lands. Our tax money pays for public land.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

Build them in blighted urban areas. They claim "latency" is an issue. The way to reduce latency is to build them as close to the backbone as possible. Blighted urban areas fit the bill. Farmland out in the sticks does not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (1z8ji)

Nevada is 90% public land, it's almost impossible to not build on public land in that state.

Yes, improving latency means you want servers near people using them. If two AI services are competing and one takes a few milliseconds to respond because it's located 30 miles away and the other takes 3 seconds because it's based in Greenland then most people are going to very strongly prefer to use the first option. Especially when you scale to to thousands or even millions of requests for things like AI coding.

Blighted urban areas are usually blighted for a reason. Putting a bunch of very expensive equipment that needs reliable utilities is not going to go well.

Posted by: Sjg at August 27, 2026 11:50 PM (i8HNq)

255 252 Just in from moon-watching. Only a sliver remained at peak. W. NC

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*fistbump*

Posted by: Three Wolves at August 27, 2026 11:51 PM (4Je4D)

256

496,

I don't know how long you have lived in Wyoming. We have been here for 12 years now, moved from South Carolina because our grandchildren are here.

Wyoming is such a great state. We love it here.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)

257 Just in from moon-watching. Only a sliver remained at peak. W. NC
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

You oughta come visit some time

Posted by: Climax, NC at August 27, 2026 11:53 PM (4RYRd)

258 Nope. Night sky is fully clouded over. Can see a bright glow where the Moon probably is, but that's all.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 11:53 PM (wVcYX)

259 Moon down to a sliver. Still mostly white.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:53 PM (1z8ji)

260
Darn. Everything's behind a cloud now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 27, 2026 11:54 PM (mmrXZ)

261 Darn. Everything's behind a cloud now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 27, 2026 11:54 PM (mmrXZ)

Technically, you are.

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 11:55 PM (rbvCR)

262
Clouds moving back in, dammit. About 89% now, and I can see red pretty well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:55 PM (w6EFb)

263 South Carolina because our grandchildren are here.

Wyoming is such a great state. We love it here.
Posted by: four seasons

The grandchildren may have already discovered that SC is one of the easiest states in a puzzle of all the states.

Posted by: Miklos likes both pizza and pie at August 27, 2026 11:55 PM (4RYRd)

264
Peak will be 93% at 12:14 AM EDT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

265 About 89% now, and I can see red pretty well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Mind yer own damn bidnis

Posted by: Red, pissin' on his own damn proppity at August 27, 2026 11:56 PM (4RYRd)

266 It's a nice Thursday. Good night Horde, love you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 27, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

267 Wyoming is such a great state. We love it here.
Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)

Wyoming is cool. My great grandpa moved there from NY before the turn of the PREVIOUS century and was an attorney, but also a gentleman farmer in Laramie. My dad lived there until the middle of WWII, when they could no longer support the diary operation. There remains Corthell Street and I believe a Corthell Hall at the U. My dad went to the University School, which was an experimental elementary school on the campus. Learned all sorts of things nobody teaches anymore. My great grandpa settled the mineral rights laws before the Supreme Court that still governs all of Wyoming, which is kinda cool. But he was also a teetotaller who voted for Prohibition, so it's a mixed bag.

Anyway, Wyoming has very interesting history.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 12:01 AM (dEHLq)

268 Just in from moon-watching. Only a sliver remained at peak. W. NC
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

You oughta come visit some time
Posted by: Climax, NC
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Well, the French Broad is only 5 minutes away.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 12:02 AM (XeU6L)

269 21:05 MST and just a sliver, but definitely a rosy cast.
My dinky little snapshot camera is not up.to.the task, but I'll take a run at it - 4X optical, 6X digital and it actually takes upm30% of the frame. Holding it steady without a tripod, though...

Posted by: buddhaha at August 28, 2026 12:02 AM (7x9jd)

270 Now THESE are boobs.

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at August 27, 2026 11:20 PM (4Je4D)
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The line about 'concupiscent curds' never hit home so hard

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:02 AM (hypP/)

271 Well, the French Broad is only 5 minutes away.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 12:02 AM (XeU6L)

Lots of French broads in Montreal, so I am told.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)

272

Miklos,
This might interest you or not, lol.

Hubby was born and grew up in Columbia. Graduated Citadel and USC Law School.

He told me tonight he is reading a book that Trey Gowdy is co-authoring with some other person, I can't remember who.

We lived in Columbia for 15 years to take care of his parents.

One character in his book is a waitress who works at Lizard's Thicket in Columbia. Oh my, we got takeout from there twice a week. We were talking about how much we miss the fried catfish from there.

The only fish we have here in our small town is goldfish, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:03 AM (/QHx4)

273 Grabbed from some news releases - The TVA is planning major increases in generation capacity, driven by expected growth from data centers locally. Data center load has already grown substantially and is projected to double by 2030. TVA has also adjusted its wholesale rate structure to create higher rates for data centers so that the costs of serving these newer loads are not born by residential rate payers.

And, equally as important, we have huge amounts of surface water available for cooling needs. Don't even have to drill for it.

Of course, we'll see how they all manage to mess this up.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 12:03 AM (he2p7)

274 264
Peak will be 93% at 12:14 AM EDT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 27, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

Not here. It's not even above the horizon, and it is still plenty light out. I think we miss this one. Oh well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 12:04 AM (dEHLq)

275 Moon is above the trees now-- just a bit of bright sliver left. Can see the red shadow, now that it's above the smoke layer.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

276 they could no longer support the diary operation.

"These words, these thoughts....the costs of pen and ink...Alas and Farewell"

Posted by: the final entry at August 28, 2026 12:04 AM (4RYRd)

277 Every time we go out and in to look at the moon, we seem to be letting in a half-dozen skeeters and other annoying flying gnits. Not worth it.

This house needs an airlock.

Posted by: mindful webworker - when the moon hits your face like a big spray of mace that's ramora at August 28, 2026 12:04 AM (11R8D)

278
University of Ghent allows Nathan Cofnas to stay.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

279 Four Seasons - I moved here from Vermont 4 years ago. I went from the bluest state to the reddest. It felt like I was behind enemy lines back there. I always wanted to move back west, and am very glad I had the chance

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:05 AM (hypP/)

280
8 minutes till peak. And the timings are the same for everybody with a lunar eclipse. No parallax to worry about.

Can see a nice red glow, and getting red limb brightening ring effect now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

281 University of Ghent allows Nathan Cofnas to stay.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

The Trans-dean changed?

Posted by: Inconceivable! at August 28, 2026 12:08 AM (4RYRd)

282 Lots of French broads in Montreal, so I am told.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Spent a portion of my squandered youth in Montreal .

Ian & Sylvia - 'The French Girl'

So you may find above thе border
A girl with silver rings, I never knew her name
You're bound to lose, she's too much for you
She'll leave you lost some rainy morn, you won't be the same

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 12:08 AM (XeU6L)

283

496,

We love it here. The feeling of freedom is absolutely wonderful.

We are very close to the Badlands where you can go and shoot and the grandchildren are being raised on the safe way to learn about firearms and freedom.

Don't tell anyone how great it is here unless it is Morons and Ettes who want to live in a free state, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)

284 University of Ghent allows Nathan Cofnas to stay.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 28, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

They should be assiduously kissing his ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:09 AM (1z8ji)

285 Resharing this for the nightwalkers.

Sydney Sweeney is not at the top of my list (though obviously she's very pretty), but nevertheless...

As I said this afternoon, this video could make David Hogg turn heterosexual.

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 12:09 AM (IG3/x)

286 Of course, we'll see how they all manage to mess this up.
_-_
Do what you will. Again, it's not about power usage, locations of cameras, potential for misuse. It is the intended use.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:09 AM (PBKu+)

287 > As I said this afternoon, this video could make David Hogg turn heterosexual.

Never mind. I see it's already been posted. :-)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 12:10 AM (IG3/x)

288 The US ambassador leaned on the University of Ghent...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 12:11 AM (iIyc0)

289 Don't tell anyone how great it is here unless it is Morons and Ettes who want to live in a free state, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)
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As a friend of mine says "Wyoming is not your daddy"

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:11 AM (hypP/)

290 Oh, cool... the Space Station just went by! Not quite directly overhead, going SW to NE, guessing 70 degrees high.

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

291 8 minutes till peak. And the timings are the same for everybody with a lunar eclipse. No parallax to worry about.
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That's just what he wants you to think.

Posted by: Hal Jordan at August 28, 2026 12:13 AM (vSvIl)

292 As a friend of mine says "Wyoming is not your daddy"
_-_
We just fell about the place. Great line.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:13 AM (PBKu+)

293
lol 496

Oldest son works for the Forest Service here.

He was called out tonight because some stupid man from the East died on a trail today.

Why in the world people don't prepare for their hiking trips here we don't understand.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:14 AM (/QHx4)

294 They should be assiduously kissing his ass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

OOOOoooOOOO

project APPROVEE

Posted by: Bruges Trans-Dean in Floyd the barber voice at August 28, 2026 12:14 AM (4RYRd)

295 Thanks to y’all who posted about the lunar eclipse. Good viewing tonight in my area. Very cool!

Posted by: NCDave at August 28, 2026 12:15 AM (1oAd9)

296 some stupid man from the East died on a trail today.
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If he's dead, what's the rush? He'll be there in the morning.

Kidding, of course

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:16 AM (hypP/)

297 The Man in the moon has a shiny pate.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 12:16 AM (XeU6L)

298 Had another look at the Moon. Just a sliver left at the top; occulted part is visible, gray, not red. Windy out. Even leaned up against the Suburban, the wind was making my binoculars shaky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:18 AM (1z8ji)

299 The US ambassador leaned on the University of Ghent...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
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Hope he took a shower afterwards.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 12:18 AM (XeU6L)

300
Pas the peak now, the clouds allowed a nice viewing window here.

And now, boom, 12:18 AM EDT. This is the exact instant of the full Moon. Everybody howl.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

301 Everybody howl.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)
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My hair is nowhere near perfect

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:19 AM (hypP/)

302 https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I showed that to Marleen and asked her to explain it to a man from a woman's perspective.

DAMN

Should not have left that wrench out in plain sight

Posted by: Miklos is waiting on an ice pack from Charleen at August 28, 2026 12:19 AM (4RYRd)

303 > a few milliseconds to respond because it's located 30 miles away and the other takes 3 seconds because it's based in Greenland

This can matter for things like high-frequency trading, but not for anything that operates on a human scale.

The distance from Nuuk, Greenland to Los Angeles is about 3,000 miles, or 0.016 seconds at the speed of light.

What *can* increase lag is net congestion or (especially) satellite hops, but the terrestrial fiber optic delay to anywhere on the planet is probably not going to be noticeable by a human being. If you go all the way to the antipodes of wherever you are, it's still only going to be about a tenth of a second.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 12:19 AM (IG3/x)

304

496 lol,

It is unfortunate the man died.

However it does create tons of paperwork for the people who have to take care of the situation.

A lot of trails here have been shut down because of safety reasons. Son said they are tired of the phone calls and emails telling them it sucks some of the trails are closed down.

Hello, they are trying to keep people from dying because maybe it is not safe.

It's all about me, me, me. I am important.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)

305 The US ambassador leaned on the University of Ghent...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 12:11 AM (iIyc0)

Threatened to give them the Aix.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)

306 An eclipse just for America. Maybe God is blessing us for supporting Israel. Maybe we should hurl Piker and El-Sayed into a volcano to keep the vibe going.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at August 28, 2026 12:20 AM (tRYqg)

307 Lunar Eclipse is going full bore right now.
Glad it cleared up here long enough to see it.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 12:20 AM (Shi2G)

308 I made it pretty far this week before running out of patience with dumb shit because I had a cold and slept for a couple days, but nope

Had to read a bunch of retarded comments somewhere about a news story of a cop shooting a dude they were looking for in a kidnapping. Cop rolls up, guy sees him and executes the kidnap victim, shoots at cop... cop shoots back, chases him, long gunfight, shooter tosses their gun but doesn't surrender. Cop of course blasts his ass.

"that's murder! he was unarmed! he shot at him too many times!". Oh get the fuck outta here, smooth brained oxygen thieves.

Schools need to teach basic legal concepts around use of force. There is no time outs when you start killing people.

Posted by: heya at August 28, 2026 12:21 AM (TfRuS)

309 Even leaned up against the Suburban
_-_
Yeah, when the wind make the Sunurban waddle, it's prolly time to head indoors...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:21 AM (PBKu+)

310 I am doing osha certification.

1) Did not have much notice. Has to be complete by 4pm tomorrow.

2) You cannot read ahead. Each of these damn pages has to be stayed on for a specified amount of time. So, I do a quiz in 15-30 seconds and then have to wait 6 more mins... just waiting for the button to go to the next page is uncovered.

Thanks for the ONT.

Fucking hell. FWP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2026 12:21 AM (Y/06r)

311 This thing with the moon is not good right now!

Posted by: Arawaks of Jamaica, mon at August 28, 2026 12:22 AM (R0XxO)

312 Everybody howl.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

Arroooo!!

Posted by: Count de Monet goes full Tex Avery at August 28, 2026 12:22 AM (wVcYX)

313 The US ambassador leaned on the University of Ghent...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
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Hope he took a shower afterwards.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

"Howard Gutman, the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium during the Obama administration (2009–2013), faced a major scandal in June 2013 when a State Department Inspector General memo revealed he was investigated for allegedly ditching his security detail to solicit sexual favors from prostitutes and minor children."

Posted by: Miklos wishes he had a worse memory at August 28, 2026 12:22 AM (4RYRd)

314
Everybody howl.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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My hair is nowhere near perfect
Posted by: 496

The hairy headed gent leaned on the Dean of Ghent.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 12:23 AM (Cqx++)

315

Just a little dot of the moon here now.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:24 AM (/QHx4)

316 > Should not have left that wrench out in plain sight
Posted by: Miklos is waiting on an ice pack from Charleen at August 28, 2026 12:19 AM (4RYRd)

I found out later that this is apparently her own lingerie brand.

I expect this will shift a lot of skimpy merch... if not to women, to their husbands and bfs.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 12:24 AM (IG3/x)

317 HEY

Who order arra dis food?!

YU PAY NAOW

Posted by: Lee Ho Fook at August 28, 2026 12:25 AM (4RYRd)

318 Aaawwoooooooo!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)

319 The hairy headed gent leaned on the Dean of Ghent.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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lol

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 28, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

320 Scoots out to take another look at the Moon...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:26 AM (1z8ji)

321 The hairy headed gent leaned on the Dean of Ghent.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

And said

get bent

Posted by: Amendations by Miklos at August 28, 2026 12:26 AM (4RYRd)

322 Four Seasons - it sounds like the US Forest service IS your daddy. My perception of Wyoming is that they wouldn't stop you from hiking. They'd tell you it was a stupid idea and they'd laugh at you when you'd gone, but if you want to hike you can hike. Just don't come whining to 'em later

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:26 AM (hypP/)

323 200,000 Chinese bots found on X, astroturfing against data centers, among many other things.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 12:27 AM (IG3/x)

324 Had another look at the Moon. Just a sliver left at the top; occulted part is visible, gray, not red. Windy out. Even leaned up against the Suburban, the wind was making my binoculars shaky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:18 AM (1z8ji)

Sliver here. Maybe too much light pollution, as the shaded area is not visible at all.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 28, 2026 12:27 AM (nbLIj)

325 Shadow has passed the maximum point.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:28 AM (1z8ji)

326 Sweet! Just like Publius, the skies opened back up and I got a good look at it. Even got the wife to pop out and view it.

Not a lot of color but a nicely demarcated bright line at top.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 12:29 AM (iIyc0)

327

Normally here we are infested with flies. This year with drought, no snow, no rain we haven't had an issue with flies.

We have a bit of rain the last couple of weeks and the nasty bastards are everywhere.

The grandchildren were here tonight and they had such a great time with our salt gun shooting the flies. They did a great job, no flies in the house tonight.

The salt guns are awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:30 AM (/QHx4)

328 Not a lot of color but a nicely demarcated bright line at top.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

I remember girls with tube tops in the summer

Posted by: Miklos has maybe one good 70s memory at August 28, 2026 12:31 AM (4RYRd)

329 And...just like with the Northern Lights it's cloudly.

I stood out on the deck, looking for the moon. Heard something in the trees then raindrops plopped on my face.

I miss EVERYTHING!

Otherwise a great day.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 12:31 AM (hzuYO)

330 I remember girls with tube tops in the summer
Posted by: Miklos has maybe one good 70s memory at August 28, 2026 12:31 AM (4RYRd)

Tube tops still exist here. And they are awesome.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 12:32 AM (1z8ji)

331 Shadow has passed the maximum point.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The chair is against John's moustache

Posted by: Miklos calling at August 28, 2026 12:32 AM (4RYRd)

332 Tube tops still exist here. And they are awesome.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You don't have to sell me on it

Posted by: Miklos ratifies Albertan Statehood as North South Carolina at August 28, 2026 12:34 AM (4RYRd)

333

496,

It's crazy. There are signs everywhere about the trails being closed but the assholes ignore them. Then they call, text and email because they are self absorbed.

Oh, and some people die.

A lot of government is whack a doodle but there are lots of the government that works.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)

334 Shadow has passed the maximum point.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The chair is against John's moustache
Posted by: Miklos calling at August 28, 2026 12:32 AM (4RYRd)

The eagle has shit in the woods.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 12:35 AM (vSvIl)

335 It was cooler today and I've been craving 'comfort food' so made cabbage rolls tonight. Yum!

Had to freeze about 3/4 of the batch, didn't realize how much it would make. Hooray for freezer & easy dinners this fall!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

336
Clouds are messing up Griffith big time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)

337 The eagle has shit in the woods.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot

*impatiently awaits signal*

Posted by: Team Pope at August 28, 2026 12:37 AM (4RYRd)

338 Shadow has passed the maximum point.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The chair is against John's moustache
Posted by: Miklos calling at August 28, 2026 12:32 AM (4RYRd)

The eagle has shit in the woods.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 12:35 AM (vSvIl)

The bear thought the AWFLs were tasty.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 28, 2026 12:37 AM (qx7Zg)

339 Clouds are messing up Griffith big time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

bad cracker

Posted by: A. Griffith at August 28, 2026 12:38 AM (4RYRd)

340 The eagle has shit in the woods.

They rejected that as the film's title, you know

Posted by: Michael Caine has landed at August 28, 2026 12:40 AM (4RYRd)

341 We showed up to deal with the grands and put them to bed tonight. The baby was glad to see us (well, they all were) and crawled as fast as she could to me. DIL had a meet the teachers thing at their school, and son is on a plane home.

Big girlie asked me if I'd ever heard of nits. She thinks nits are gross and I agree. We never know what she's going to say. I was too busy to ask her why she knows about nits. I assume I don't have them now and DIL would have warned me. Gross.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 12:41 AM (hzuYO)

342
We're back to 81% now, and the bright sliver is getting big enough that the red is getting swamped out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

343 She thinks nits are gross and I agree.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

That's why X cease-and-desisted nitter.net?

Posted by: mikeski at August 28, 2026 12:43 AM (VHUov)

344

JQ,

We love our freezer. It's only the two of us now but when we cook we make a lot of whatever recipe. It's so great to have a stocked freezer.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:43 AM (/QHx4)

345 200,000 Chinese bots found on X, astroturfing against data centers, among many other things.
_-_

Data centers themselves are a side issue. The real issue is the overall building-out of the control grid. CBDC combined with data collection, use by the government.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:45 AM (PBKu+)

346
NASA animation of the Moon's path through the Erf's shadows:

https://t.ly/WYmfv

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:45 AM (w6EFb)

347 As I mentioned above, the Sydney Sweeney video brought to mind the phrase 'concupiscent curds'. I was mistaken about its source thought. It's from an old Wallace Steven's poem. I thought it was from a short story by John Updike called A&P. It's about these young girls who walk into a store in a beach town in the 50's wearing just their bathing suits. The guy telling the story is a cashier. The pretty one pulls the money out from the pink nibbled top from between the two most lovely scoops of vanilla he'd ever seen (paraphrasing). I really thought that scene used the curds line. Oh well - it's a great line anyway

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:45 AM (hypP/)

348 This can matter for things like high-frequency trading, but not for anything that operates on a human scale.

The distance from Nuuk, Greenland to Los Angeles is about 3,000 miles, or 0.016 seconds at the speed of light.

What *can* increase lag is net congestion or (especially) satellite hops, but the terrestrial fiber optic delay to anywhere on the planet is probably not going to be noticeable by a human being. If you go all the way to the antipodes of wherever you are, it's still only going to be about a tenth of a second.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 12:19 AM (IG3/x)

You aren't getting a single fiber optic hop to anywhere in Greenland. The speed of light is the theoretical best case, your practical ping to isolated reaches of the world is much much slower.

Yes 3 seconds was an exaggeration, but there are plenty of use cases in computing outside of HFT where a 150ms ping to the server is not tolerable.

Posted by: Sjg at August 28, 2026 12:45 AM (i8HNq)

349 It's so great to have a stocked freezer.
Posted by: four seasons

Amen!

It was great for the two of us, and now for just myself... and occasional treats for hubby. Glad the care home lets me bring his favorite foods. (Their menu is "ok" but institutional food is so bleh)

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

350 stocked freezer
_-_
Same here. Sometimes have actually used duct tape to close the door/lid. Good times.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:49 AM (PBKu+)

351 Blue Moon of Kentucky
Keep on shinin'

Come on everybody! Sing and dance with me!

Posted by: Sing Along with Mitch at August 28, 2026 12:49 AM (4RYRd)

352 I am somehow able to read reddit again without registering! This is huge news since that ho Markle just invaded the UK again and I can read the snark on the subreddit.

The general thought is they fled due to investigation into Hazard's Visa as he lied about stuff (like drugs) and/or fleeing taxes. Back to the raciss country with their dogs as no one knows if the kids made the flight. The chickens did not.

I hope people ignore them or moo.

I do hope South Park ticks them off again.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 12:50 AM (hzuYO)

353

JQ,

We figure if we are chopping up vegetables or whatever why not do a lot and put the stuff in the freezer. Plus our son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren are 4 blocks from us so it helps them.

Intuitional food in most places does suck. People might recover quicker if they were fed decent food.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:51 AM (/QHx4)

354 If you go all the way to the antipodes of wherever you are, it's still only going to be about a tenth of a second.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

sez you, mate

Posted by: Pixy's Unionized Hampsters at August 28, 2026 12:51 AM (4RYRd)

355 Put on my shoes, pants, and cordless holepuncher. Drove to a dark spot a few miles from town. Had scattered clouds, but managed to watch to the peak.

Yep, there was just a sliver of light left.

Came home and started a load of laundry. Life goes on.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 28, 2026 12:52 AM (WGGwz)

356

No one wants to hear me sing or see me dance, lol.

I would be locked up and the food would suck, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:52 AM (/QHx4)

357 Intuitional food in most places does suck. People might recover quicker if they were fed decent food.

Posted by: four seasons

All I wanted was a Pepsi

Posted by: Instititionalized at August 28, 2026 12:53 AM (4RYRd)

358 "Antipodes" just sounds so negative.
Can't we all just get along?

Posted by: Podes at August 28, 2026 12:54 AM (1z8ji)

359 Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: Podes

H8r

Posted by: Transpodes at August 28, 2026 12:55 AM (4RYRd)

360

Podes,

No, we must have division.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:56 AM (/QHx4)

361 All I wanted was a Pepsi

Posted by: Instititionalized at August 28, 2026 12:53 AM (4RYRd
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Great callback

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:56 AM (hypP/)

362 Blue Moon of Kentucky
Keep on shinin'

Come on everybody! Sing and dance with me!
Posted by: Sing Along with Mitch
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Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash...

Posted by: Paul Dresser at August 28, 2026 12:57 AM (XeU6L)

363 Does nobody think of poor u clepodes?

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:57 AM (hypP/)

364 ...and what fun it was to hear her do this ol' Jimmie Rodgers tune:
youtube.com/watch?v=orfuTrKsYyM

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:57 AM (PBKu+)

365
All roads lead to your antipode.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

366 Propodes

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 12:58 AM (Cqx++)

367

No, we only think about ourselves. We matter and everyone should realize how important we are.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 12:58 AM (/QHx4)

368 Does nobody think of poor u clepodes?
Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 12:57 AM (hypP/)

Australia, right? That is where they have u clepsis trees

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 28, 2026 01:01 AM (rbvCR)

369 Antipodes was right up there with Orangecrates as the most underrated philosopher in Athens

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 28, 2026 01:01 AM (rbvCR)

370 Australia, right? That is where they have u clepsis trees

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 28, 2026 01:01 AM (rbvCR)
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Nah - my thumbs screwed up. I meant unclepodes. I ruined the joke!

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 01:02 AM (hypP/)

371 everyone should realize how important we are.
_-_
I personally believe that I am the center of the universe...plays bloody hell with the equations of motion, though.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:02 AM (PBKu+)

372

shit happens, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:02 AM (/QHx4)

373
Testicles was the greatest of the Ancient Greek Homos.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

374 Hubby likes most of the food there, and I supplement with small portions of his favorites from home. Sometimes, just a banana or avocado, seedless grapes... little things like that.

Been bringing little bottles of "Power Ade" on recco from kidney Dr. I must thicken it slightly, but that's easy enough. *Thick-it* is cheap & get it from Amz.

I grilled ribeye (rare, then cut up in bits) & corn (cut off from) cob, reheated and brought him a portion of it-- he *really* liked that!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

375 Happy Thursday Horde, I just watched a Betty Davis movie that I hadn't seen before, A Catered Affair, it was a great movie.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 01:03 AM (ibDUx)

376 ...and what fun it was to hear her do this ol' Jimmie Rodgers tune:
youtube.com/watch?v=orfuTrKsYyM
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 12:57 AM (PBKu+)

Her yodel is other-worldly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 01:03 AM (1z8ji)

377

Don,

YOU are important!!! Your opinions should shape the world, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:04 AM (/QHx4)

378 When Old Mama was halfway persuaded by ladies of her acquaintance that Senior Paradise XYZ was a great way to go, the Covid craziness started.

The ladies were not happy, and Old Mama forgot any idea of Luxury VIP Senior Shady Acres. As they said-

-Like being in prison-restricted to apartments, unless fuck you we are going out

-masks stupid uncomfortable and unhygienic

-no social anything-exercise. movies, meals, shopping, nothing

-strict limits on visitors (Death Row gets more!)

-and the formerly excellent food went way downhill

From current reports, the institutional "Chef Prepared" food at those not-at-all-cheap places remains subpar.

Posted by: Miklos Reports at August 28, 2026 01:05 AM (4RYRd)

379 Hi, Debby! Were you able to see the lunar eclipse?

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

380 JQ, he got a good catch when he married you.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:05 AM (PBKu+)

381 Four seasons- there are times I feel that NPC theory is real and going on in my life right now

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 01:06 AM (hypP/)

382

JQ,

You are taking such great care of your hubby.

I have so much respect for you.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:06 AM (/QHx4)

383 Testicles was the greatest of the Ancient Greek Homos.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

and me?

Posted by: Testicles' twin brother at August 28, 2026 01:06 AM (4RYRd)

384

Hi Debby!

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)

385 From current reports, the institutional "Chef Prepared" food at those not-at-all-cheap places remains subpar.
Posted by: Miklos Reports

No shit, Miklos-- for what the places charge, they should offer ribeye & lobster! Fk... don't get me started..

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)

386

I thought the twin testicle was chopped off.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:08 AM (/QHx4)

387 Folks keep bragging about Wyoming you may get people that you won't like moving to your state. Colorado at one time was a nice state, look at them now. Too many people from California and the northeast moved there and the state is bluer than blue. And it happened to New Mexico too. These liberals will take over your state government and ruin what you loved about your state. Don't let that happen.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 01:08 AM (VrYHL)

388 The Rust Belt has plenty of places to put Data Centers. Just build them where the steel mills used to be. They were often along rivers and power isn't an issue. Lots of gas and coal. Droughts are rare.

At least, that's what my lizard brain thinks.

I guess I'm for them but I still don't trust the tech overlords. Bunch of Creepy Utopians. I loath the Bernie Saunders of the world though, and if he is against it, it's probably a good idea.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 01:09 AM (AdHga)

389 I personally believe that I am the center of the universe...plays bloody hell with the equations of motion, though.
Posted by: Don in SoCo
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You are a fluke of the universe
You have no right to be here
Deteriorata! Deteriorata!

[Verse 1]
Go placidly, amid the noise and waste
And remember what comfort there may be
In owning a piece thereof
Avoid quiet and passive persons
Unless you are in need of sleep
Rotate your tires

Posted by: Nat Lamp at August 28, 2026 01:09 AM (XeU6L)

390 Don't let that happen.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 01:08 AM (VrYHL)
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Amen

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 01:10 AM (hypP/)

391 Her yodel is other-worldly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

'other"?

Posted by: Zeta Reticuli IV at August 28, 2026 01:10 AM (4RYRd)

392

My mother in law was in a rehab place for a few years. The food sucked and the family tried to take her good food.

Nutrition is so important to help people recover. If they are on their last legs why in the world should they have to eat healthy food?

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:10 AM (/QHx4)

393 Don't let that happen.
Posted by: Case

Idaho is currently being overrun with... interlopers. Wish we could keep them from voting for at least a decade after moving in from blue areas! (Pug & spouse excepted! Also sifty boones)

Anyway-- property prices have skyrocketed due to the influx. Can't buy a shithole for less than 200k. Sucks.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

394 JQ - I was in Boise about a year ago. I'm not sure if the rest of the state drives like them but they're crazy. It seems if you don't take every corner on two wheels, you're not trying hard enough. Yikes!

Posted by: 496 at August 28, 2026 01:16 AM (hypP/)

395 There are 375 Giant Flying Cockroaches swarming me right now but I have to deal with the gators and the ziphead armed felon crackheads that moved here from Baltimore on Section 8

Posted by: Miklos would also mention that SC has many many mosquitoes at August 28, 2026 01:17 AM (4RYRd)

396 Huh. Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe just reported that Strait of Hormuz oil exports are at 2/3rds pre hostilities levels. Over the last week I've seen reports that started at 10%, next day was 20%, then 25% the next. A day or two goes by and I hear 40%, now this.

I think this is Bloomberg's source:

"Goldman Sachs said that although the estimates focus on total Gulf flows, the upward revisions indicate oil transits through the Strait of Hormuz are likely close to U.S. officials’ estimate of 8 million to 10 million barrels per day."

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 28, 2026 01:18 AM (r7+Q7)

397 ziphead armed felon crackhead
_-_
Having trouble conjuring a mental picture there, but I'm good with you keeping the specimens contained.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:20 AM (PBKu+)

398 JQ - I was in Boise about a year ago. I'm not sure if the rest of the state drives like them but they're crazy. It seems if you don't take every corner on two wheels, you're not trying hard enough. Yikes!
Posted by: 496
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Boise is blue & insane (birm)

Take the long way around, whenever possible!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

399 Silly me! I woke up around midnight and so I decided to watch the eclipse. But I'm in the Central time zone so the peak was an hour ago. I missed it!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 28, 2026 01:27 AM (OlzlW)

400 _-_
Having trouble conjuring a mental picture there, but I'm good with you keeping the specimens contained.

Posted by: Don in SoCo
---

https://tinyurl.com/4pxdmz63

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 01:28 AM (+UcOf)

401 Last time I drove through Boise, was evening rush hour and I got stuck behind a UPS truck that had no brake lights! Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

402

Our four grandchildren are growing up in rural Wyoming.

You want McDonald's? Drive an hour and a half. They have no idea what fast food is like. No starbucks no drive thrus.

They are smart of course, lol. They are being raised to be conservative and hopefully they will have a positive impact in our country.

If only more children would be raised with great values.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:29 AM (/QHx4)

403
1:31 AM EDT. High Loon here, and 29% eclipsed.

The Moon is crossing the meridian. Repeat, the Moon is crossing the meridian. You know what to do.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 01:31 AM (w6EFb)

404 Uh, yeah...I see what you mean.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:31 AM (SR2gK)

405 Here is a great video featuring the late Pinetop Perkins. 96 years old, and still paying boogie-woogie piano. I met him some 30 years ago, and bought him a Jack Daniels. He said, "this stuff is going to kill me." Took a long time, though. RIP, Pinetop!

https://youtu.be/8SwtO4ZDB1s

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 01:31 AM (1z8ji)

406 Hi JQ, yes I did get a glimpse of the eclipse after the movie when I had a smoke out on the steps.

Hi four seasons.

{{{Emmie}}} good to see you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 01:32 AM (ibDUx)

407 rural Wyoming
_-_
I know several really good families like you describe up there...and in the big MT for that matter.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:33 AM (PBKu+)

408 Hi Debby! I saw signs for awhile that you were succeeding at your efforts to be diurnal.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 28, 2026 01:35 AM (OlzlW)

409 News You Can Use

NOAA issues geomagnetic storm watch as CMEs head toward Earth — northern lights possible Aug. 27-28

Posted by: Miklos will illuminate the Drinking Lamp irregardless at August 28, 2026 01:35 AM (4RYRd)

410 All I wanted was a Pepsi
Posted by: Instititionalized at August 28, 2026 12:53 AM (4RYRd)

Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 01:36 AM (DuPSD)

411 Moon still appears to have a *bite taken out of it* heh.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

412

Miklos, It is the 27th and we don't see shit here.

Oh, except the backyard. I guess we need get the pooper scooper out tomorrow, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:37 AM (/QHx4)

413 The Moon is crossing the meridian. Repeat, the Moon is crossing the meridian. You know what to do.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

The trousers are on the floor

Repeat

The trousers are on the floor

Posted by: Over to Panty Gravity Control at Tequila Base at August 28, 2026 01:38 AM (4RYRd)

414

My boobs are on the floor. Shit, it sucks to be old.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:39 AM (/QHx4)

415 Miklos, It is the 27th and we don't see shit here.

Oh, except the backyard. I guess we need get the pooper scooper out tomorrow, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

I didn't say HOW you could use it

Posted by: in Miklos' defense at August 28, 2026 01:40 AM (4RYRd)

416
lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:40 AM (/QHx4)

417 I hope AOP buys me a drink when I am 96

Posted by: Miklos prefers Pinetop to pine box at August 28, 2026 01:41 AM (4RYRd)

418 Pinetop Perkins
_-_
I guess when you're that good, and you're 96, when you're ready to play...it's time. Great story, AOP.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:42 AM (PBKu+)

419 Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

You old Billy Goat

Posted by: King Leka Miklos I notes that John Belushi is America's most famous Albanian at August 28, 2026 01:44 AM (4RYRd)

420 Doggo has been gone so long, any poops we missed are also now long gone. I keep the gates closed so there are no new surprises, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

421 https://youtu.be/wPtVCw24fWE

Rosco Gordon. Whose music was heard in Jamaica by way of clear-channel AM radio, and the folks there dug the rhythm. And the rest is history.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 01:45 AM (1z8ji)

422 I guess when you're that good, and you're 96, when you're ready to play...it's time. Great story, AOP.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:42 AM (PBKu+)

Pinetop was a cool old man. Very sharp. It was an honor to meet him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

423

JQ,

Years ago we had Great Danes. You can imagine the amount we had.

One day a retired guy showed up at the door and his business was scooping poop. We hired him on the spot.

We think the neighbors must have called him to offer his service to us, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:47 AM (/QHx4)

424 Whose music was heard in Jamaica by way of clear-channel AM radio, and the folks there dug the rhythm. And the rest is history.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Like Bob Marley and many others

WWL from New Orleans

After dark

Posted by: Miklos be propagatin' some AM radio waves up in theah at August 28, 2026 01:51 AM (4RYRd)

425 >>Years ago we had Great Danes. You can imagine the amount we had.
One day a retired guy showed up at the door and his business was scooping poop. We hired him on the spot.
---------

Hahahahaha, good move! I'd do the same! LOL.

Our doggo was german shepherd, aussie shepherd, heinz 57 mix... about 75# and so very smart!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

426 Emmie, I didn't make it here at all last night, and I had a most restorative sleep, it is very much a work in progress.

Love the Pinetop, AOP.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 01:52 AM (ibDUx)

427 This Thursday is now eclipsed. Moving on to the next one.

https://youtu.be/yyP8tew0OUQ

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the inside of the moon at August 28, 2026 01:52 AM (11R8D)

428 ps

Doggo had 2 favorite areas of the yard to do her bidness. It wasn't difficult to keep up.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

429

The pooper scooper guy was making lots of money.

Some people are creative about making jobs.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:54 AM (/QHx4)

430 Ran across this guy in Green Mountain Falls a few years ago:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPrMrIXybg
Still doing shows a couple of times a week.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 01:54 AM (PBKu+)

431 Google Earth says there's a lot of wide open spaces in Wyoming.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 01:54 AM (+UcOf)

432 Like Bob Marley and many others

WWL from New Orleans

After dark
Posted by: Miklos be propagatin' some AM radio waves up in theah at August 28, 2026 01:51 AM (4RYRd)

Thing is, they acknowledged the influence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 01:55 AM (1z8ji)

433 Braenyard, those "wide open spaces" in WY, are that way for goooood reason!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

434 I am suspicious about this whole "Great Dane" thing.

Huge dogs

Tiny country

I looked at a map and one dog is bigger than the whole place

Posted by: Miklos from Internets U at August 28, 2026 01:56 AM (4RYRd)

435
Braenyard,

Yep and it's wonderful.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)

436 Great Danes are cool. Very sweet dogs. But pets are always gone too soon, and Danes have very (comparatively) short lives.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)

437

lol Miklos

We've been married almost 50 years, scary, lol. Anyways we had five Danes and they were all awesome.

I like big things.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:58 AM (/QHx4)

438 Thing is, they acknowledged the influence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

which is...brrzppp...mqubrrpppp...raci...bzzznm...st.....

*system shutdown*

Posted by: White error 101-fault Always found at August 28, 2026 01:58 AM (4RYRd)

439
JQ,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 01:59 AM (/QHx4)

440

The ONTs are fun. We can yak about stuff and there is so much less arguing happening.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 02:01 AM (/QHx4)

441 Hubby & I drove to Green River in 2024. Wow, what a tiny town!

Trip was originally planned as a visit to his jr. high BFF, but she passed away just days before we could go. And so, it became a funeral visit with her (adult) children. So sad.

Interesting place, but I wouldn't want to live there. Don't care how cheap the properties are.

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

442 which is...brrzppp...mqubrrpppp...raci...bzzznm...st.....

*system shutdown*
Posted by: White error 101-fault Always found at August 28, 2026 01:58 AM (4RYRd)

Well, Rosco Gordon was definitely a black guy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 02:03 AM (1z8ji)

443 Google Earth says there's a lot of wide open spaces in Wyoming.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 01:54 AM (+UcOf)

Been through some of it on a motorcycle. Yeah, a lot of it looked like nobody lives there. Beautiful though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 02:03 AM (S41Gd)

444 I think that ScaryMary had Great Danes too at one time, I miss her and hope that she and Mr. Scary are okay.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 02:05 AM (ibDUx)

445 Gosh, Debby... yeah, haven't seen BSM in a long time.

Or Irongrampa.

Hope they're all ok!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

446 a lot of wide open spaces in Wyoming.
_-_
Knew a guy up there with a (small) 7,000 acre ranch. His father had a bigger place over toward Laramie (21,000 acres), but lost it in a foreclosure after his wife died and he started boozing it up too much..

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 02:08 AM (PBKu+)

447 There are no trees.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 02:08 AM (+UcOf)

448 Well, Rosco Gordon was definitely a black guy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

How dare anyone assume my racesexgenderthinkings!

*listens to Al Green from before he was a Rev.*

Posted by: Miklos is One of a Kind, which is probably a Good thing at August 28, 2026 02:08 AM (4RYRd)

449

Green River is small. We go there sometimes to shop. Rock Springs is just a little way past Green River and we go there to shop also.

Rock Springs has a very small airport which is mostly to take a flight to connect to a larger airport.

We used to catch the very early morning flight out of there to fly to Denver and get a flight from there East.

It was hilarious. It was always dark driving up the road off I-80 to the airport. You had to be very careful to dodge the cows in the road.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)

450 There are no trees.

_-_
Nothing to stop the wind.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 28, 2026 02:11 AM (SR2gK)

451 My dad's parents lived in a tiny town up North.. unincorporated & just a whistle stop with between 50-100 residents +/- over the years.

Train tracks have since been removed from there.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

452 Well, Rosco Gordon was definitely a black guy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Artemus Gordon could have passed himself off as one

Probably did

Posted by: Miklos idoes not recall every episode of the Wild Wild West at August 28, 2026 02:11 AM (4RYRd)

453 And I want to know what THEY have done with the REAL Miklos!

As the REAL Miklos, I need the TRUTH

Not THEIR "TRUTH"

Posted by: Miklos, having a Nitecap with my buddy Art Bell at August 28, 2026 02:19 AM (4RYRd)

454

Screw their truth, lol.

Miklos is real and spectacular.

Sleep well everyone.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 02:22 AM (/QHx4)

455 Hey Miklos, getta gander at the Geological Formations on that chick

Posted by: randy drinking buddy Randall Carlson at August 28, 2026 02:22 AM (4RYRd)

456 Truth be told Miklos, I kind of miss Art Bell on the sleepless nights, if you could just pour me a nitecap I would be most grateful.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 02:24 AM (ibDUx)

457 “I would absolutely prohibit Sharia Law!”

“It is happening in this country a little bit, and where we see it, we take it out.”

“We have one system!” — Trump.
_GellerReport

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 02:27 AM (+UcOf)

458 Art Bell... yeah, used to listen to *Coast to Coast AM* on the drive to work. Always interesting!

If Miklos is asleep, I'll serve you a Chivas, Debby.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

459 Evening, Debby, hope all is well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 02:28 AM (+UcOf)

460 Been awake for a hour, have to get up in a hour.
And too much to do when I do get up.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 02:29 AM (Ia/+0)

461 One last tune, before I call it a night. King Biscuit Boy doing Blue Light Boogie. The photo is a good likeness. I met him in Calgary, and for some reason, we spent the better part of an evening getting drunk. He was very accomplished at that. A couple of years later, I was saddened to learn he had taken his own life life in his fortress/home in Hamilton, Ontario. He was a very talented guy. Terrible waste.

https://youtu.be/Bj84SZzi5-s

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 02:31 AM (1z8ji)

462 Dearborn is supposedly already done for, maybe a few other places as well.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 02:31 AM (Ia/+0)

463 One Debby Special (AKA the dog that bites) coming right up

By the way, Brother Art left all his audio archives that he owned in the Public Domain, so they are free and accessible from anybody who wants to host a site

Posted by: Art Bell's bartender at August 28, 2026 02:32 AM (4RYRd)

464 Been awake for a hour, have to get up in a hour.
And too much to do when I do get up.
Posted by: Skip

Be ready for the school bus at 7:25!

Posted by: Aunt Miklos at August 28, 2026 02:35 AM (4RYRd)

465 Dearborn is supposedly already done for, maybe a few other places as well.
Posted by: Skip at

"The United States possesses a total inventory of approximately 5,042 to 5,177 nuclear warheads, comprising both active stockpiles and retired weapons awaiting dismantlement."

Posted by: Miklos just randomly thinking about stuff at August 28, 2026 02:37 AM (4RYRd)

466 He was a very talented guy. Terrible waste.

https://youtu.be/Bj84SZzi5-s
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Somehow reminds me of Root Boy Slim

Posted by: Miklos still enjoys Root Boy and the Rootettes at August 28, 2026 02:38 AM (4RYRd)

467 Sad end and talent I mean

Musically somewhat not the same

Posted by: Miklos still enjoys Root Boy and the Rootettes at August 28, 2026 02:39 AM (4RYRd)

468 You had to be very careful to dodge the cows in the road.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)

You have to do that in democrat cities too, but the blue hair helps with visibility.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 02:41 AM (S41Gd)

469 When the moon shines bright, can you say that it is illunanated?

Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at August 28, 2026 02:42 AM (4RYRd)

470 Somehow reminds me of Root Boy Slim
Posted by: Miklos still enjoys Root Boy and the Rootettes at August 28, 2026 02:38 AM (4RYRd)

he was an amazing harp player, and no slouch on guitar, either. I hear a New Orleans influence in many of his records, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 02:42 AM (1z8ji)

471 You have to do that in democrat cities too, but the blue hair helps with visibility.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Or target acquisition

Posted by: Miklos needs his dad's big-ass old '89 Coupe de Ville with longhorns on the hood at August 28, 2026 02:43 AM (4RYRd)

472
The Moon is over halfway out of the penumbra now. You can't really tell the difference with penumbral vs. normal, it's just too bright.

However, they assure me that trained observers can detect the difference in brightness. I won't argue, but I can't see it by a long shot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 02:45 AM (w6EFb)

473 Well, getting late. Time for tired Peons to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2026 02:45 AM (1z8ji)

474 he was an amazing harp player, and no slouch on guitar, either. I hear a New Orleans influence in many of his records, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I remember hearing the guy on the radio in NOLA

Posted by: Miklos has an old "OZ sticker around here somewhere at August 28, 2026 02:45 AM (4RYRd)

475 Well, getting late. Time for tired Peons to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

But who will pick the Free Range Organic non-GMO sustainable lettuce while I do many drugs and then pass out?

Posted by: Formerly famous resident of Tinseltown at August 28, 2026 02:48 AM (4RYRd)

476 AOP, you introduced me to King Biscuit many years back, I really like that song.

LOL Bers, I deal with the same problem around here.

Thanks JQ and Miklos, I now have two drinks to sip on before bed.

We used to have a local am station that broadcast all night long, I used to listen to that a lot too but they took it off the air a while back.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 02:49 AM (ibDUx)

477 Wakey wakey..

youtu.be/nLlzrMtDxT8

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

478 but they took it off the air a while back.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

of course THEY did

THEY

I keep telling you people

Posted by: Miklos the Apprenctice Rosicrucian at August 28, 2026 02:51 AM (4RYRd)

479 Watched the moon for a while, out on the deck with Cat. He wanted rubbys... silly critter. So wild, but soooo lovey sometimes.

Feels like the end of summer. Yay!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

480 Boys, I've got a mission

@ABC7 1h
A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen in Montclair in what may be the biggest beer heist ever.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 28, 2026 03:01 AM (diia5)

481
And now that it's over, the sky has cleared nicely. Still some on the horizon, but higher up it's perfectly clear.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 03:03 AM (w6EFb)

482 I think doggie has had enough moon watching for one night. Considering that she only has one eye and all that hair, not sure what she can see anyway.

Ta-ta

Posted by: Miklos does note that Moon Doggie was a character in 60s movies at August 28, 2026 03:05 AM (4RYRd)

483 Hi Braenyard, I meant to say that up thread a bit.

weft-cut loop, if my hubs was still alive I would consider him a suspect on the Pabst heist!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 03:06 AM (ibDUx)

484 Night, Miklos!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

485 A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen in Montclair in what may be the biggest beer heist ever.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

You know nothing

You say nothing

Got it?

Posted by: Marleen, Darleen, Charleen and Bubba Jr. as the getaway driver at August 28, 2026 03:07 AM (4RYRd)

486 Night, Miss Dixie Doodle!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

487 Night, Miss Dixie Doodle!
Posted by: JQ

*vaguely indicates desire for bedtime belly rub*

*and treat*

Posted by: Miss Dixie Doodle, distinguished Dandie Dinmont at August 28, 2026 03:10 AM (4RYRd)

488
Hope you all enjoyed this, as this is last decent lunar eclipse we'll get here in the US for quite a while.

We had a string of some nice one the past few years, but after this, we get a long dry spell.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 03:10 AM (w6EFb)

489 Saw that lunar eclipse, sort of. Its cloudy here in DC but it's a thin layer of clouds. So, not a clear look but good enough.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 03:12 AM (AdHga)

490 Some of the staff at hubby's facility, have *technicolor* hair and tats.. it was off-putting at first, but most are decent folks. (a few are... "suspect" imo, but have so far proven harmless)

The face-pierced lady is now gone, although she didn't seem threatening in any way.

:shrug:

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)

491 They always come in 9's

@disclosetv 2m
JUST IN - King Harald V of Norway has died aged 89.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 28, 2026 03:14 AM (diia5)

492 *belly rub and treat for Miss Dixie Doodle*

Who's a good girl?!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

493 In 1933 Germany's Fuhrer ordered every cities main street or town square to be named after him.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 28, 2026 03:17 AM (3gKmr)

494 Sweet dreams Horde, just got a call from the home that my brother fell and they have taken him to the hospital, I've got to go.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 28, 2026 03:17 AM (ibDUx)

495 How many schools & streets got re-named, in honor (spit) of BHO?

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

496 Prayers up, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:20 AM (rdVOm)

497 Ugh. You try to keep living life, when a loved one is "in care." You do the best you can to keep them comforted and happy, or at least not discouraged.

And then, you get a phone call in the middle of the night.

It's NEVER good news.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)

498 Barack Obama Elementary School Closed Due To Mold And Rodents

How many schools & streets got re-named, in honor (spit) of BHO?
Posted by: JQ

Thursday, Aug 27, 2026 - 07:45 AM

Barack Obama Elementary school closed indefinitely due to mold and rodent infestation

The school was originally built in 1922 and is over 100 years old. It was once called J.E.B Stuart Elementary.

Posted by: Even later Nite Miklos Doodle at August 28, 2026 03:26 AM (4RYRd)

499 Mold and rodents. Fitting for BHO.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

500 @495 So you think Obama and Hitler are the same?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 28, 2026 03:30 AM (3gKmr)

501 Now really off to bed and extra prayers for Debby

Posted by: Miklos out at August 28, 2026 03:30 AM (4RYRd)

502 @500

Did I say that?

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

503 Glad its Friday

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 03:38 AM (Ia/+0)

504 18 was going to spend eight BILLION on cameras?

Substandard sentencing. The company is mentioned as being worth $8B.
Posted by: LRob in OK at August 27, 2026 10:15 PM (Jr+re)

haha

"substandard sentencing"

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 03:47 AM (odBC9)

505 More Scorps:

youtu.be/hnJnWgkDh0Y

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

506
The Nancy Grace Roman telescope is scheduled for launch on Sunday. I'm really looking forward to the cosmological data it will provide. A sanctified shit ton, in fact. This is going to answer a lot of questions over the years of just what the Universe is doing.

Well, put it this way. There are questions that a lot of the models are wrong, but not enough data to know for sure. Roman will provide that, and show if they models are wrong, or if the discrepancies so far have just been some measurement artifact errors.

So, it will tell if we're wrong. If we are, it won't tell us what's right, but will provide clues maybe.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)

507 fingermegan wouldn't have been much better either...

Reminds me of Patricia Enis, whose email was penis@...
Or Betty East, who was beast@...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 03:53 AM (l3cgK)

508
Nancy Grace is being launched to L2 on Sunday by a Falcon 9 Heavy. I like the sound of that. :-)

Seriously, here's NASA animations of the trajectory and to an orbit around L2:

https://t.ly/Fsa-i

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 04:00 AM (w6EFb)

509 And a flat tire on the car

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

510 Flat tire? Oh, no! Sorry Skip! What a PITA...

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

511 A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen in Montclair
——-
Beer is not sold by the pound. It should be roughly 25,000 twelve packs, in case you were wondering.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 04:04 AM (UX21q)

512 509 And a flat tire on the car

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

I found a screwdriver bit in my tire once...it was worn on one side...
A Firestone I went to had a collection of the strangest stuff they pulled out of tires...the Christmas mug took the cake...broken with two sharp points. Whatever tire took that was royally screwed, so to speak.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:05 AM (l3cgK)

513 It should be roughly 25,000 twelve packs, in case you were wondering.
Posted by: Common Tater

LOL, because I'm not a beer-drinker! And, it's PBR-- hipster beer anyway. Pfft.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:06 AM (rdVOm)

514 Last time I had a flat tire, was a couple days after some union did a "push" at my employer... I had refused some BS literature (in view of the watchers up the hill from their lackey what was passing out flyers as we left the plant)

A nice big drywall screw into the top of *the* tire that was out of view from house... fkers...

Oh, yeah, they were *all about* wimmens and equality, and helping the "under-represented" in the workforce.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)

515 514 Last time I had a flat tire, was a couple days after some union did a "push" at my employer... I had refused some BS literature (in view of the watchers up the hill from their lackey what was passing out flyers as we left the plant)

A nice big drywall screw into the top of *the* tire that was out of view from house... fkers...

Oh, yeah, they were *all about* wimmens and equality, and helping the "under-represented" in the workforce.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)

Find their cars, put Trump bumper stickers on them...
J/K. That could technically be considered vandalism.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:14 AM (l3cgK)

516 This seems way wrong. No Math allowed, but Arithmetic is OK, right? Supposedly a standard 53 foot trailer holds about 3000. It shall remain a mystery, depending on the form of the beer. Kegs?
—-

I’m on a national forest road. Not too far from a highway, but it is not in very good shape. It gets worse farther down. Not super bad, but I didn’t feel like tearing stuff up.

The other day I saw a big freightliner tractor trailer and a 50 foot empty flatbed drive by bright and early. Where is he going? Guess he knows what he’s doing. Or, he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Cause the road is bad.

A couple hours later I hear the truck. Wonder what he’s carrying? Turns out he was backing up. Which has to suck on a twisty turny rutted road. Better than a tow, I guess. Sure is strange.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 04:14 AM (UX21q)

517 516
...
A couple hours later I hear the truck. Wonder what he’s carrying? Turns out he was backing up. Which has to suck on a twisty turny rutted road. Better than a tow, I guess. Sure is strange.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 04:14 AM (UX21q)

There was a time maybe 25+ years ago that one of the local freeways extended from the east and from the west, but didn't meet in between (bureaucratic holdups on it's completion), but there WAS a tiny dirt road. I drove it once just to see if it met...turned out it ended at a small housing development with fully established homes in it...and if you drove through that, it'd meet with the other side of the freeway. Road sucked, was full of dips and potholes that I had to drive very, very carefully on. Good thing it hadn't been raining...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:18 AM (l3cgK)

518 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:14 AM

LOL, it was many years ago-- I got a ride to work from (then BF) hubby.

It's funny, they (the union demo crew) sent a checker afterward.. it's creepy.. always surveillance.. and I'd gotten my tire fixed and remounted by the time the checker drove by that evening.

Too bad, so sad fellas-- this gal got her shit fixed and didn't miss any work. Fk you!

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

519 Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

These days cameras make it harder for folks to get away with stuff like that...although they do like wearing masks, don't they?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:28 AM (l3cgK)

520 I think Maps and Goo Gull get people into trouble. This road doesn’t look too bad from satellite imagery. Every now and then some wag will get a big RV stuck. A huge rental RV got stuck at Valley of the Gods in Utah. Nice British couple with the cutest kids. Guy had borrowed an entrenching tool to dig out. That ain’t gonna work. LOL.

I allowed to his wife that a tow for a car was about $500 “but that was twenty years ago”. She wasn’t a happy camper. “Think of the stories you can tell your kids.”

“But first we have to get out of here before any stories can be told”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 04:33 AM (UX21q)

521 Jim in Kali-- I'm talking ~20 years ago.

Glad I don't need to deal with that shit any more!

There's more than a few cameras covering my area now, not just my own, and not counting any Flock or govt units.

Posted by: JQ at August 28, 2026 04:34 AM (rdVOm)

522 We had a string of some nice one the past few years, but after this, we get a long dry spell.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026

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Damn. Slept through it. Call of nature wake-up. How long a dry spell? Inquiring 29-yo minds want to know.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 04:35 AM (llBIB)

523 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)

524 >> How long a dry spell? Inquiring 29-yo minds want to know.

Next full one will be on the evening of Dec. 31 2028 to Jan 1, 2029. A New Years Eve eclipse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 04:44 AM (w6EFb)

525
Scratch that. The New Year's Eve one will just visible in AK. The next one visible across all the US will be Jun 25, 2029.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 04:47 AM (w6EFb)

526
And that will be a deep and thus long one, peak magnitude 1.84

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 04:50 AM (w6EFb)

527 Good. Making it to 2029 should be ok.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 05:03 AM (llBIB)

528 Stop with the crap about vandalizing Flock cameras. It is a CRIME, and there is nothing wrong with businesses wanting to have surveillance of their parking lots.

It's actually a good thing. The fewer places criminals can get away with assaulting people, robbing people, stealing cars, stealing merchandise, committing murder, the safer the country is.

The thing to fight is their inappropriate use. If they are being accessed by law enforcement without a warrant when a warrant is constitutionally required, that needs to be stopped, but NOT by criminal action.

A lot of sweeping surveillance will not be stopped, because the surveillance cameras are privately owned, and are located on private property, with the approval of the property owners.

I'm hoping they can be used to crack down on shoplifting, especially the organized retail theft that requires large scale data collection.

All power to Home Depot etcetera if they can refine indoor and outdoor surveillance to the point where shoplifters just can't get away with it anymore.

When the government starts using them to ticket everyone who slow-rolls a right-turn-on-red, we need to vote out the government, not blame the cameras.

Posted by: Alec Rawls at August 28, 2026 05:03 AM (aoNZT)

529 Thank you.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 05:04 AM (llBIB)

530 it doesn't always work very well, but that was a great batch of tunes to listen to simultaneously.

Posted by: cmeat at August 28, 2026 01:20 PM (Bep7s)

Mouthy Puppies Cafe

Interior of house looks like black and white sketch.

Rescued baby raven is a mischief-maker.

Rapid Tail Movement sleep.

It's not just that this bear is sitting in someone's deck furniture. It's that she also has her foot up on the table. Out of control.

Time for a walk?

Crow plays with a volleyball.

Peeping-tom peacock.

One groundhog is very upset seeing his friend's nails getting trimmed.

Diva cat.

Cthulhu, that u?

Neat: Romans used huge siphons in their aqueducts.

Cheetah just wants to cool off in your car, NBD.

The "King" of the Jungle? He's not even the "king" in his own home.

🎥 🇨🇿 At Prague Zoo, polar bears and gorillas nibble on fruit-filled ice cream and roll on ice chips as a second heatwave of the summer reaches its peak, with national temperatures hitting a near-record 41.5 degrees pic.twitter.com/C7hoRQoLbz
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 5, 2026

There were attempts..🐈🐾🐦😅 pic.twitter.com/35IQqUF5Sk
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 27, 2026

Goofy pups..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/3QDKeAuHPY
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 27, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

Comments

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1 St

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 27, 2026 07:22 PM (dK+Kv)

2 I could have been first but I was spinning my bean.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Good evening, horde!

The person in the top pic needs a book, and then it will be perfect.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 27, 2026 07:28 PM (zYpTz)

5 The person in the top pic needs a book, and then it will be perfect.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 27, 2026 07:28 PM (zYpTz)
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And a loaf of bread and a jug of wine.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 07:29 PM (amcLV)

6 Penguin Facts has been inexplicably banned from X. The truth about penguins is being suppressed. The power of Big Penguin has never been more on display.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 27, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

7 80% there! We are sooooooooo close!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

8 Flounder!

Hi handsome! How are you and the younger flounders? I expect They are now taller than you are.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 07:31 PM (qG4SX)

9 "The person in the top pic needs a book, and then it will be perfect.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 27, 2026 07:28 PM (zYpTz)
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And a loaf of bread and a jug of wine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea"

And maybe some bug spray.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)

10 Is this what diversity and inclusion looks like?

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 27, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)

11 Dogs and cats are a gift from God imo.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:34 PM (KC5Lt)

12 Dogs and cats are a gift from God imo.

Yep

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 07:36 PM (aJQbY)

13 For you who threatened to stop listening to have Jelly Roll's music over what he's said about President Trump, you now have his permission to do so:

"So for those who threatened to STOP listening to my music based on my comments last night, I just wanna say with conviction, GO RIGHT AHEAD!"

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at August 27, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

14 I'm fascinated by the squid-cicle. Did it get frozen into the 'berg somehow or is it just chilling?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 27, 2026 07:36 PM (vJrRc)

15 this is hilarious. Ubisoft sold NOTHING on Steam
youtu.be/NMYx5vXwcgE
people paid for the Might & Magic 3 Complete Edition and didn't get the game files. they downloaded 20 KB of who-knows.
I think they fixed it, later, but this is some colossal incompetence from the French rape company.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 27, 2026 07:36 PM (88C+u)

16 And a loaf of bread and a jug of wine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 07:29 PM (amcLV)

Oh, definitely. That, too!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 27, 2026 07:37 PM (zYpTz)

17 I'm afraid Jelly Roll is about to enter another period of self destruction. I hope I'm wrong as I don't wish that on anyone.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:38 PM (KC5Lt)

18 Penguin "waste"lands can be seen from Earth's orbit. They're pink.

Fortunately, in space no one can smell them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1)

19 Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

whitehouse.gov

https://tinyurl.com/2xa6dfh8

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 07:38 PM (Rln0i)

20 And maybe some bug spray.
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)
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Don't think Khayyam mentioned that...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 07:40 PM (amcLV)

21 I'm afraid Jelly Roll is about to enter another period of self destruction. I hope I'm wrong as I don't wish that on anyone.
Posted by: polynikes

Yep. Did it to himself.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 07:40 PM (IivNP)

22 Having never listened to Jelly Roll, I can easily go back to never listening to Jelly Roll. That doesn't mean though that I can't hope he chokes on a jelly roll.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi)

23 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 07:38 PM (Rln0i)

Okay Trump has managed to get me angry at him. Why should I have to give any of my personal info to read what the Whitehouse has to say? That's may seem minor but I hate that.

Okay the anger has passed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:42 PM (KC5Lt)

24 "Don't think Khayyam mentioned that...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea"

Well maybe next time he will plan better.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)

25 >>>Romans used huge siphons in their aqueducts.
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No 440v hydroelectric pumps? hrumph

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:42 PM (+UcOf)

26 He's no Jelly Roll Morton.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)

27 Jelly Roll made the comments when he was guest hosting for Jimmy Kimmel . That would make sense.

It wouldn't have been a big deal if he hadn't been two faced since Trump treated him with respect when they previously met.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:45 PM (KC5Lt)

28 Evening, Horde...

Today's fun root canal procedure was deemed a "success."

But I got to discover whole new levels of pain.

Yes, they used anesthetic, but the inflammation was so bad they had to dig down to the nerve itself and inject anesthetic directly into the nerve. Whee!

Now I get to experience a week or so of post-operative pain management with my new best friends Tylenol and Advil.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 07:45 PM (FZ29D)

29 Okay Trump has managed to get me angry at him. Why should I have to give any of my personal info to read what the Whitehouse has to say? That's may seem minor but I hate that.

Okay the anger has passed.
Posted by: polynikes

que?

*tries in another browser*

Oh, the email signup popup? Should be skippable...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 07:46 PM (aJQbY)

30 Perfessor, when I had my wisdom teeth out, they put me out and cut 'em out of my jaw (long roots). I basically don't remember anything until the next day and it was a couple days later before I could eat solids.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 07:48 PM (aJQbY)

31 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 07:46 PM (aJQbY)

Yes after a couple of attempts it no longer required the e mail. Go figure.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:48 PM (KC5Lt)

32 Perfessor, when I had my wisdom teeth out, they put me out and cut 'em out of my jaw (long roots). I basically don't remember anything until the next day and it was a couple days later before I could eat solids.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 07:48 PM (aJQbY)
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It's not my first rodeo, but it's never fun.

They try to preserve the structure of the tooth as much as possible--especially the back molars, which are pretty important. I've already had a couple of teeth extracted back there so I don't want to lose any more.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 07:49 PM (FZ29D)

33 Wait. We are supposed to listen to jelly rolls? The strawberry ones or the raspberry ones.

What do they sound like?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 07:50 PM (GUnoj)

34 Living inside that black and white house would be fun for all of 10 minutes.

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 07:50 PM (TN0g+)

35 Jelly Roll does have a pleasant unique voice.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:52 PM (KC5Lt)

36 Don't think ever seen any groundhogs go to the salon around here

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

37 Now I get to experience a week or so of post-operative pain management with my new best friends Tylenol and Advil.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 07:45 PM (FZ29D

I'm glad it went well. For stuff like that, it helps me to consider it a new hobby for awhile.

I brought Ralphy outside, Snowflake meowed, they sniffed each other and rubbed against each other. Very cute. I need to bring my camera out with me.

CNN - Your first name in news. Kate from smalldeadanimals.

CNN was forced to apologize to Dolly Parton’s family for mistakenly using a photo of a Las Vegas impersonator of the country music legend while reporting on her death.

The cable news network aired an image of tribute artist Kelly Vohnn as it covered Parton’s Tuesday death from cancer — leaving the 58-year-old Vohnn stunned as friends began bombarding her with messages.

The errant image were broadcast during “Laura Coates Live” some 12 hours after Parton’s death was announced by her family.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 07:53 PM (Sco7b)

38 Okay the anger has passed.
Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:42 PM (KC5Lt

I was able to view the whole thing without being asked for info. There is a little email symbol in the lower left corner that, when clicked, brings up a form to enter email.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 27, 2026 07:53 PM (OlzlW)

39 Had an interesting afternoon yesterday. Decided to play hooky and join some friends cruising around Newport Harbor, checking out the boats and drinking beer.

Eventually we came upon a group of flashing police lights on a police boat, more cop cars at the base of the dock and cops on the dock and standing on a Hinckley Bermuda 40 that was tied to the dock. We started to cruise over and see what was up and the cops aggressively told us to stay back.

Found out later that some 20 something boat worker from Newport had stolen the Hinckley in NJ, sailed it to Newport and then got into a gunfight with the cops. He lost. Permanently. Not something you see every day around the harbor.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)

40 Last post

I hope Hasan Piker is so radioactive he glows more than a Fibbie in Kirsche's chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 07:53 PM (2GVsD)

41 I was able to view the whole thing without being asked for info. There is a little email symbol in the lower left corner that, when clicked, brings up a form to enter email.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace
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Wonder how many people would read an email before it got to Trump.
If ever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:56 PM (+UcOf)

42 Okay the anger has passed.
Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:42 PM (KC5Lt

I was able to view the whole thing without being asked for info. There is a little email symbol in the lower left corner that, when clicked, brings up a form to enter email.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 27, 2026 07:53 PM (OlzlW)
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Even using Brave I was asked TWICE if I wanted to provide an email address to receive a newsletter. Fortunately, I could "X" out of them and they weren't too intrusive, but I still find that behavior annoying.

This is exactly why the internet in general has become such a cesspool of advertising. THEY CRAM IT RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!

Ace's website is tame compared to some.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 07:56 PM (FZ29D)

43 Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m

Crazy people seem to be popping up more frequently though it could just be a false perception.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:58 PM (KC5Lt)

44 What do they sound like?

"nom-nom-nom"

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 07:58 PM (vTZFs)

45 whitehouse.gov

https://tinyurl.com/2xa6dfh8

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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What Chinese escapades into 100 systems last month.
Remote access to controllers from China.
What could go wrong?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:59 PM (+UcOf)

46 Crazy people seem to be popping up more frequently though it could just be a false perception.

I don't think there are more crazy people, they just have internet access now to make themselves more conspicuous.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 07:59 PM (vTZFs)

47 >>Crazy people seem to be popping up more frequently though it could just be a false perception.

I can't figure out what his plan was. Stealing a very well known and easy to identify boat and then hiding in one of the biggest sailing harbors on the east coast? And they getting into a gun battle with the cops?

He must have had a death wish.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

48 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the ugly alien in a box.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:01 PM (MWfyi)

49 We don't ever get to see it but I think they have Whoopie's head in there.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:02 PM (MWfyi)

50
I saw that groundhog video on 9gag the other day, I felt so sorry for the trauma it was going through. I also larfed my a$$ off.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 27, 2026 08:02 PM (+EypJ)

51 He must have had a death wish.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)
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Yeah, he probably did.

Maybe he watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and thought he was CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:03 PM (FZ29D)

52 He was more of a pirate than I'll ever be.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

53
This is exactly why the internet in general has become such a cesspool of advertising. THEY CRAM IT RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!

Ace's website is tame compared to some.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Or you are reading an article and an A/V news item pops up.
Search for the X, continue reading, scroll a bit and another
A/V news item pops up.
Don't know who things this crap is productive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:04 PM (+UcOf)

54 I like going to a web site to read something and a video pops up over it. That makes me happy.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)

55 Are we going to get into a Four Yorkshiremen contest of bad dental experiences?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 27, 2026 08:06 PM (zZSxi)

56 Or you are reading an article and an A/V news item pops up.
Search for the X, continue reading, scroll a bit and another
A/V news item pops up.
Don't know who things this crap is productive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:04 PM (+UcOf)
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Whoever thought that was a good idea should be stashed away in The Barrel for all eternity, with their head on a pike outside The Barrel, as a warning to everyone that some advertising is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:06 PM (FZ29D)

57 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Dental experiences? Luxury! We had one tooth we had to share. We could never have a family dinner together.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

59 Is jelly roll the fat guy married to the porn lady?

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 08:09 PM (enNUy)

60 We used to have to gum our dirt until we figured out how to make smoothies.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

61 Maybe he watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and thought he was CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Captain Jack would have taken that baby out to sea.

Bahama, here I come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:10 PM (+UcOf)

62
Jelly Roll does have a pleasant unique voice.
Posted by: polynikes

Definitely. But I'm waaaaaaayyy past the point where I let any entertainment whore, with face tats too, tell me what to think or do.

He can have a coke and a smile and shut the fvck up.
# Eddie Murphy back in the 80s

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 27, 2026 08:11 PM (+EypJ)

63 Are we going to get into a Four Yorkshiremen contest of bad dental experiences?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Luxury!

Posted by: A Yorkshireman at August 27, 2026 08:11 PM (l26NL)

64 We had five minutes of rain today.

That's like getting a lapdance.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:12 PM (KC5Lt)

65 Whoa, those little puppies are sissies!

Posted by: Felix the Cat at August 27, 2026 08:12 PM (JM9I6)

66 This immigration thing is out of control:

"Two workers at Germany’s busiest airport die of malaria after mosquitoes arrive on plane"

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

67 He can have a coke and a smile and shut the fvck up.
# Eddie Murphy back in the 80s

Posted by: BifBewalski
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Face tats and felony prison go together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:13 PM (+UcOf)

68 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the ugly alien in a box.
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:01 PM

That's kind of disrespectful to refer to Captain Pike that way, you know.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)

69 6 Penguin Facts has been inexplicably banned from X. The truth about penguins is being suppressed. The power of Big Penguin has never been more on display.
Posted by: Penguin Facts

We are on a roll! Best to get in line and stifle!

Posted by: Penguin Pool Petey at August 27, 2026 08:13 PM (JM9I6)

70 Ten years from now I can imagine some poor guy on the news explaining how he got neural implants to cure his paralysis.

But now, whenever he blinks, he sees ads for pron and gambling websites.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 08:14 PM (Sco7b)

71 Ten years from now I can imagine some poor guy on the news explaining how he got neural implants to cure his paralysis.

But now, whenever he blinks, he sees ads for pron and gambling websites.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 08:14 PM (Sco7b)
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The show Futurama ran with this idea in several episodes.

In one, people who go online in a Matrix-like environment are physically attacked by aggressive ads.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:16 PM (FZ29D)

72 Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 27, 2026 08:11 PM (+Ey

I'm right there with ya.

On that note, I started my Nike boycott in 2018 without caring if it had any effect or not just like all my boycotts. It's just personal. I think this is probably the first where I saw an actual significant effect.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:16 PM (KC5Lt)

73 We are on a roll! Best to get in line and stifle!
Posted by: Penguin Pool Petey at August 27, 2026 08:13 PM

Shouldn't you be adding some "fresh"ness to the penguin wastelands visible from space?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)

74 This immigration thing is out of control:

"Two workers at Germany’s busiest airport die of malaria after mosquitoes arrive on plane"
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)
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When I lived in Germany, I'd get freaked out by the crane flies or "mosquito eaters." They looked like giant mosquitos.

Turns out they don't actually eat mosquitos and are completely harmless.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:18 PM (FZ29D)

75 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:16 PM (FZ29D)

Dave Chappell did it first and was the funniest.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:18 PM (KC5Lt)

76 Shouldn't you be adding some "fresh"ness to the penguin wastelands visible from space?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

That's one!

Posted by: Penguin Pool Petey.. at August 27, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

77 Turns out they don't actually eat mosquitos and are completely harmless.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:18 PM

You know what does eat mosquitoes? By the hundreds of thousands?

Bats!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2026 08:19 PM (0sNs1)

78 Turns out they don't actually eat mosquitos and are completely harmless.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:18 PM (FZ29D)

Same with what we called mosquito hawks in Louisiana. I think everyone else calls them dragon flies, right.

Wasn't until I was in college before I became aware they didn't eat mosquitoes.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:20 PM (KC5Lt)

79 You know what does eat mosquitoes? By the hundreds of thousands?

Bats!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

That's two!

Posted by: Penguin Pool Petey.... at August 27, 2026 08:21 PM (JM9I6)

80 In one, people who go online in a Matrix-like environment are physically attacked by aggressive ads.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:16 PM (FZ29D)

I remember that one.

Okay, puppy's down here and caregiving should be slowing down now. Everyone have a good night. Work to do.

Getting there.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 08:22 PM (Sco7b)

81 Ubisoft sold NOTHING on Steam

-
Think of the profit margin!

Ubisoft used to be one of my favorite developers but the last several years they've repeatedly pulled some bone head moves.p

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 08:22 PM (ndZc7)

82 Barn Swallows eat more mosquitoes than Purple Martins.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:23 PM (+UcOf)

83 I'm watching How the Universe Works TV series. If I go by this show, I think the STEM field where women are most prominent is astrophysics.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:24 PM (KC5Lt)

84 A Canadian on DU is touting a graphic reputedly shown on MSNOW:

"New polling shown on MSNOW graphic right now is very encouraging!

A Survey Center at Texas Southern University Poll from Aug. 18-21 shows:

Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2026 08:24 PM (0sNs1)

85 I just saw some idiot at the gym put a water bottle in the Pringles holder on the treadmill.

Posted by: clarence at August 27, 2026 08:25 PM (YM6op)

86 Typical for the Bat Lobby. Fanciful tales of eating gobs of mosquitoes, when all they aspire to is breaking into your attic spreading fleas and rabies. Oh, and nesting in ladies bouffant hairstyles. They are worse than Somalis!

Posted by: Penguin Alliance For Truth And Justice at August 27, 2026 08:26 PM (JM9I6)

87 A Survey Center at Texas Southern University Poll from Aug. 18-21 shows:

Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.

Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Texas Southern University, hmmmmm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:26 PM (+UcOf)

88 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:26 PM (+UcOf)

Makes sense if they are polling just black voters.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:27 PM (KC5Lt)

89 Groundhogs are asshoe. It always brightened my day when Moose the lab would get ahold of one.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 08:27 PM (IivNP)

90 13 For you who threatened to stop listening to have Jelly Roll's music over what he's said about President Trump, you now have his permission to do so:

"So for those who threatened to STOP listening to my music based on my comments last night, I just wanna say with conviction, GO RIGHT AHEAD!"
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at August

I'd have to start first.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 08:32 PM (AdHga)

91 Star Wars: Bass Windu feat. Obi Dawg, "I Got the High Ground Now" --

https://tinyurl.com/34ex7xpr

"I'm slappin' base, you're slappin' younglings ...".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 08:32 PM (kpS4V)

92 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the ugly alien in a box.
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 08:01 PM
=====

Diana Muldaur.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 08:35 PM (RIvkX)

93 Here's some Jelly Roll Morton instead:

https://tinyurl.com/m6zkm922

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 27, 2026 08:39 PM (kpS4V)

94 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 51 He must have had a death wish.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)
----
Yeah, he probably did.

Maybe he watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and thought he was CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Did this pirate at least make it to 40?

youtu.be/1o0Oft05oFE

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 08:41 PM (AdHga)

96 Makes sense if they are polling just black voters.

Posted by: polynikes
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Upon reflection, conservatives with numbers that high is very interesting. Tells me that there are more blacks not participating in the role of the culturally adverse than the media and world of artists are projecting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:43 PM (+UcOf)

97 When I lived in Germany, I'd get freaked out by the crane flies or "mosquito eaters." They looked like giant mosquitos.

Turns out they don't actually eat mosquitos and are completely harmless.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The UK had those things too. Would turn up enmasse when the farmers would cut or burn there fields. They were everywhere. Annoying bugs, but harmless.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 08:43 PM (AdHga)

98 I thought we would never hear of Johnny Somali again, for at least six months or his death came about.

Chances of his death in prison I think just increased 100%.

It seems Johnni scammed his best friend and defender Hank Yoo out of $40K with bogus investments.

"A fool and their money are soon parted."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 08:46 PM (2GVsD)

99 Bet they don't let farmers burn fields anymore.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:46 PM (+UcOf)

100 Ten years from now I can imagine some poor guy on the news explaining how he got neural implants to cure his paralysis.

But now, whenever he blinks, he sees ads for pron and gambling websites.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 08:14 PM (Sco7b)

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
However in that one, the ads were due to a hack, and they were all in Hindi

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR)

101 Ten years from now I can imagine some poor guy on the news explaining how he got neural implants to cure his paralysis.

But now, whenever he blinks, he sees ads for pron and gambling websites.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 08:14 PM (Sco7b)

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
However in that one, the ads were due to a hack, and they were all in Hindi

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR)

102 Is Jelly Roll Bearclaw Vindaloomon's other brother?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 08:47 PM (2GVsD)

103 99: yea, this was early 90s.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 08:47 PM (AdHga)

104 The UK had those things too. Would turn up enmasse when the farmers would cut or burn there fields. They were everywhere. Annoying bugs, but harmless.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 08:43 PM (AdHga)

Those are crane flies, and we have them here as an invasive pest. The maggots eat the roots of seedling grasses and some other crops. The one benefit the starlings have is that they prey on those maggots in the ground

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

105 Bill Hominy

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.

Elon should fund this, individualizing it using AI. Replace the entire group of teachers that belong to unions. .../Profit.

Steven Jobs was heading this way when he died.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 08:49 PM (u82oZ)

106 Braenyard

In the Flint Hills we can burn fields. I did it this spring.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 08:51 PM (u82oZ)

107 Old dude in the video referred to the Gulf Coast as carcinogenic row. We've got refineries all over the place.

~GP-5.6 luna
Midwest refineries configured to process substantial quantities of Canadian oil product: BP, Marathon Petroleum, Phillips 66, Cenovus, ExxonMobil, CITGO, Flint Hills/Koch, CountryMark, Valero, and HF Sinclair.

Canadian crude supplied about 73% of Midwest refinery inputs in 2024, these facilities do not necessarily use exclusively Canadian oil, but they are configured to process substantial quantities of it.
kansascityfed.org - .eia.gov/ - wiki/List
----

If Canada stops exporting oil to us what happens to those Midwest jobs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:53 PM (+UcOf)

108 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 08:49 PM (u82oZ)

Musk's Neuralink.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 08:54 PM (KC5Lt)

109 98 I thought we would never hear of Johnny Somali again, for at least six months or his death came about.

Chances of his death in prison I think just increased 100%.

It seems Johnni scammed his best friend and defender Hank Yoo out of $40K with bogus investments.

"A fool and their money are soon parted."
Posted by: Anna Puma

Seems a lot of these 'pest' vloggers are now in the FO stage of life. Good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 08:54 PM (AdHga)

110 The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.

Elon should fund this, individualizing it using AI. Replace the entire group of teachers that belong to unions. .../Profit.

Steven Jobs was heading this way when he died.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 08:49 PM (u82oZ)
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Believe it or not, *I* was working a project heading in this direction over 25 years ago. And yes, The Diamond Age was my inspiration.

We never got any funding, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 08:56 PM (FZ29D)

111 Marmots!

Posted by: gp at August 27, 2026 08:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

112 "Crow plays with a volleyball."

I say that's a magpie.

Posted by: gp at August 27, 2026 08:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

113 Elon should fund this, individualizing it using AI. Replace the entire group of teachers that belong to unions. .../Profit.

Steven Jobs was heading this way when he died.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 08:49 PM (u82oZ)

I think there is a call for paid lecturers for home schoolers, remote classes that have proctored tests.
I can imagine the delight of a Chemistry teacher, teaching a full load of classes to motivated kids, without having to deal with staff meetings or have to teach remedial math and Health.

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 09:00 PM (rbvCR)

114 Crane flies are common in IL.

Posted by: gp at August 27, 2026 09:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 So Professor Squirrel wanted to be the Alchemist?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 09:01 PM (2GVsD)

116 Big 'ol moon out tonight. Guess lots of folks may be watching.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 09:02 PM (VrYHL)

117 >>I think there is a call for paid lecturers for home schoolers, remote classes that have proctored tests.
I can imagine the delight of a Chemistry teacher, teaching a full load of classes to motivated kids, without having to deal with staff meetings or have to teach remedial math and Health.

Posted by: Bill Hominy
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Professor's assistants at organized areas for lab work?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:03 PM (+UcOf)

118 JackStraw
Perhaps he just wanted to sail a beautiful boat. Could never afford it. Could never qualify to charter. But needed to be at sea in heaven.

And then knew the repercussions would mean misery. And just wanted to sail. So. Maybe, to him, it was the price he was willing to pay.

Just a thought.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:03 PM (0OOCL)

119 Canada stops sending us oil, no one in North America will have a job.

Posted by: Accomack at August 27, 2026 09:04 PM (GbONR)

120 Another T-storm coming through

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 09:05 PM (Ia/+0)

121 Daily Mail

Police raid the home of Ilham Nur's son to find ammo and guns.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 09:06 PM (2GVsD)

122 Now I get to experience a week or so of post-operative pain management with my new best friends Tylenol and Advil.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

alternating heat and ice (or maybe just heat) might also help

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 27, 2026 09:07 PM (C0Nlv)

123 We are starting the back end of the Maximum Solar cycle. I'm surprised this hasn't been more of an issue so far.

It brings up the fact that Climate alarmists never mention the Sun.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 09:12 PM (KC5Lt)

124 119 Canada stops sending us oil, no one in North America will have a job.
Posted by: Accomack at August 27, 2026 09:04 PM (GbONR)

But we can still get maple syrup?

Posted by: Rex B at August 27, 2026 09:12 PM (R0XxO)

125 "Most Jobs Will Disappear Forever": Bill Gates Calls For Taxes On AI And Robots To Protect Jobs For Humans
_zh
--

Just take him to Africa and inoculate him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:14 PM (+UcOf)

126 A Survey Center at Texas Southern University Poll from Aug. 18-21 shows:

Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.

Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Texas Southern University, hmmmmm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 08:26 PM (+UcOf)

Exactly. I doubt they care, or can find a polling place, or have ID.

Posted by: LASue at August 27, 2026 09:15 PM (lCppi)

127 >>>124 119 Canada stops sending us oil, no one in North America will have a job.
Posted by: Accomack at August 27, 2026 09:04 PM (GbONR)
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It's not a hair on fire question. There are refineries all over the Midwest, big one's. Reading the article I thought, that's many jobs. It's a valid question.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:17 PM (+UcOf)

128 I never saw the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates. Seems like a good one to watch now in light of the current interest in robots and AI.

Anyone have an opinion on the movie?

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 09:18 PM (KC5Lt)

129 85 I just saw some idiot at the gym put a water bottle in the Pringles holder on the treadmill.
Posted by: clarence

👍🏼 😉

Posted by: Moderation is the game for mid-term elections at August 27, 2026 09:20 PM (NFX2v)

130 Canada stops sending us oil, no one in North America will have a job"

Texas laughs

Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 09:21 PM (XuXeR)

131 It's not a hair on fire question. There are refineries all over the Midwest, big one's. Reading the article I thought, that's many jobs. It's a valid question.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:17 PM (+UcOf)

Or maybe more jobs are created to pump more of our own oil to refine. Our Strategic Oil reserve is the lowest it's been in decades.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 09:22 PM (KC5Lt)

132 Texas laughs
Posted by: man

I really REALLY hope Texas shows up to vote in November. Because if y’all don’t, you’re fucked. Don’t be complacent. Vote like it’s your livelihood on the line. Because it is.

My state is lost.

Don’t lose yours.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:24 PM (yEz+x)

133 Surrogates/

Well, everyone can afford a better looking android duplicate that supposedly has bio-metric locks to prevent hijacking. These androids can go and do the person's job because the person's thoughts are controlling the android.

Everyone has turned into a shut-in.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 09:25 PM (2GVsD)

134 Trump administration is said to be on the brink of a massive deal to gain ownership stake in the countries vast oil resources.
...
"The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves ...
The deal would give the U.S. an ownership stake in Venezuela's oil fields and more than double American oil reserves...
_Axios
...
Over a dozen productive oil fields are said be central to the "talks", with Trump officials

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:26 PM (+UcOf)

135 Pringles holder on the treadmill.
Posted by: clarence

I was at the bank today and, out of the blue, the teller asked me if I knew they now offer banana pudding Oreos. I said I didn't and she said they're good. I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 09:27 PM (ndZc7)

136 >>>
Or maybe more jobs are created to pump more of our own oil to refine. Our Strategic Oil reserve is the lowest it's been in decades.

Posted by: polynikes
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That pipeline that Canada just jinxed would have been a boon.
Don't know what kind of oil fields they have in the Mid West.
Pumping Venezuelan oil up there from the coast?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:29 PM (+UcOf)

137
was at the bank today and, out of the blue, the teller asked me if I knew they now offer banana pudding Oreos. I said I didn't and she said they're good. I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Why didn't she give you one?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 09:32 PM (Cqx++)

138 refineries that process significant volumes of Canadian crude include:

BP — Whiting Refinery, Indiana
Marathon Petroleum — Detroit, Michigan; Robinson, Illinois; St. Paul Park, Minnesota; Canton, Ohio; and Lima, Ohio
Phillips 66 — Wood River, Illinois, operated through a joint venture with Cenovus
Cenovus Energy — Wood River, Illinois, and Toledo, Ohio
ExxonMobil — Joliet, Illinois
CITGO Petroleum — Lemont, Illinois
Flint Hills Resources, owned by Koch Industries — Pine Bend, Minnesota
CountryMark — Mount Vernon, Indiana
Valero Energy — especially its refinery in Lima, Ohio
HF Sinclair — refineries in the broader Midwest/Great Plains region, including Tulsa and nearby Oklahoma facilities

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:32 PM (+UcOf)

139 Braenyard

Oil boom from the '30s is over in Kansas. Still some wells, at a slow pace of extraction.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 09:33 PM (u82oZ)

140 "Star Trek is on. It's the one with the ugly alien in a box."

She who was elected a Congressperson in MN?

Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 09:33 PM (Q+gd/)

141 What you got against old Jelly Roll?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=Rnu8RFyx70k&ra=m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 09:34 PM (DuPSD)

142 I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie
---

Pudding and missed opportunities.
mmmm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 09:35 PM (+UcOf)

143 I was at the bank today and, out of the blue, the teller asked me if I knew they now offer banana pudding Oreos. I said I didn't and she said they're good. I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Perhaps that was the first half of the secret code that gets you into the sex dungeon in the secret vault? Wonder what the proper response is.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 09:36 PM (VHUov)

144 Canada stops sending us oil, no one in North America will have a job"

Texas laughs
Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 09:21 PM (XuXeR)

Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Alaska too!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 09:36 PM (DuPSD)

145 I was at the bank today and, out of the blue, the teller asked me if I knew they now offer banana pudding Oreos. I said I didn't and she said they're good. I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 09:27 PM (ndZc7)

She saw the size of your . . . uh . . . bank account.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 27, 2026 09:36 PM (dK+Kv)

146 Braenyard

Add CHS Refinery at McPherson. Diesel and gasoline.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 09:39 PM (u82oZ)

147 The other day I was walking with my wife along a river trail, and we passed a woman, about my age, who looked me in the eye and did a sideways smile.

I thought, did she find me attractive, or was it some kind of derisively snide thing?

Been a long time since a woman not my wife ever found me attractive. My wife is legally obligated to find me attractive. Heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

148 Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic

A friend of mine asked his wife:

"When I get older and less attractive, will you still love me."

She said "Already do that."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 09:43 PM (u82oZ)

149 Canada is still pissed off at the US over that hockey game the US won against them. They still hold a grudge. Sore LOSERS!

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 09:44 PM (VrYHL)

150 My wife is legally obligated to find me attractive.
The legal staff here does not comprehend that phraseology
presented in that linguistic sequence.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 27, 2026 09:45 PM (zdLoL)

151 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

Maybe she's just a person who likes to smile at people, because smiling derisively at someone one had never meet seems a bit odd.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 09:45 PM (gsYaF)

152 Been a long time since a woman not my wife ever found me attractive. My wife is legally obligated to find me attractive. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Nonstandard wedding vows?

"To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, for hot or for fugly....."

Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 09:46 PM (VHUov)

153 Has anyone figured out what Trump is actually doing that he doesn't want to debate?

I've learned that any time he does something of little real effect, but is guaranteed to cause retards everywhere to chimp out, it's to distract said retards from something important.

In this case, the distraction is "Lake America".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 09:46 PM (IG3/x)

154 A friend of mine asked his wife:

"When I get older and less attractive, will you still love me."

She said "Already do that."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 09:43 PM (u82oZ)

Bazinga!

I am often astonished about how tolerant Mrs. Mahon is about me and my numerous foibles. 38 years and going strong.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

155
3 I was at the bank today and, out of the blue, the teller asked me if I knew they now offer banana pudding Oreos. I said I didn't and she said they're good. I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
-----
Perhaps that was the first half of the secret code that gets you into the sex dungeon in the secret vault? Wonder what the proper response is.....
Posted by: mikeski

OMG!!! how did you know I just lurve me some banana pudding oreos? When do you go on break so we can try them together?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 27, 2026 09:49 PM (P+jBU)

156 > 149 Canada is still pissed off at the US over that hockey game the US won against them. They still hold a grudge. Sore LOSERS!
Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 09:44 PM (VrYHL)

A Canadian team hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1993.

That's gotta be a major embarrassment for them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 09:51 PM (IG3/x)

157 I was at the bank today and, out of the blue, the teller asked me if I knew they now offer banana pudding Oreos. I said I didn't and she said they're good. I guess she thought I looked like a banana pudding Oreos kind of guy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Perhaps that was the first half of the secret code that gets you into the sex dungeon in the secret vault? Wonder what the proper response is.....
Posted by: mikeski at August 27, 2026 09:36 PM (VHUov)

The response: "They must be dipped in chocolate milk."
Then the spy code is unlocked and the secret door opens.

Posted by: LASue at August 27, 2026 09:51 PM (lCppi)

158 Pug,
Good on both you and your bride.

I really wish I had made better choices. But then, I wouldn’t have my boys. And I am so very proud of them.

Good for you! Hold her hand and close your eyes and be loved.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:52 PM (/79St)

159 >
I thought, did she find me attractive, or was it some kind of derisively snide thing?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

For many women, nothing makes you more attractive than being with another woman (or wearing a wedding ring, or having pictures of the wife on your desk, or...).

It is known.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 09:53 PM (IG3/x)

160
JackStraw
Perhaps he just wanted to sail a beautiful boat. Could never afford it. Could never qualify to charter. But needed to be at sea in heaven.
And then knew the repercussions would mean misery. And just wanted to sail. So. Maybe, to him, it was the price he was willing to pay.
Just a thought.
Posted by: nurse ratched
-----

I have no idea how you just did this, but you totes channeled the regret for his actions of Colridge's Anchient Mariner.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 27, 2026 09:55 PM (P+jBU)

161 And the most offensive thing a woman can do to another woman is to make a play for her man.

It’s disgusting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:55 PM (/79St)

162 Boy that Jelly Roll really cared deeply about doing a good job hosting for the likes of Kimmel.

And then he hides behind a tribute to Dolly Parton made to show he's solidly in the entertainment game.

So much for his redemption story. He's a groveling puss, too.

Posted by: Moderation is the game for mid-term elections at August 27, 2026 09:57 PM (NFX2v)

163 CHS Refinery at McPherson primarily sources its crude oil from local Kansas producers, not Canada,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:00 PM (+UcOf)

164 It's facility in Laurel, Montana, who knew, does Canadian oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:01 PM (+UcOf)

165 Nyah.

Jya ne

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 10:03 PM (2GVsD)

166 Braenyard

Yes, but there is incoming crude of Canada to Kansas via pipeline as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2026 10:03 PM (u82oZ)

167 It's facility in Laurel, Montana, who knew, does Canadian oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 10:01 PM (+UcOf)

It is a very stinky refinery. (Lived in Billings for many years)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)

168 I have nothing to say but hurray!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 27, 2026 10:06 PM (DuPSD)

169 Good for you! Hold her hand and close your eyes and be loved.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:52 PM (/79St)

Thank you for the kind words. We raised two good boys into good men. Elder son is newly married and hopes to be a dad. Fingers crossed. his bride is so perfect for him.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 10:07 PM (0aYVJ)

170 LAST!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

171 BifB

I read that one. Long ago. And held it in my heart.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 10:12 PM (aGb4i)

172 > 161 And the most offensive thing a woman can do to another woman is to make a play for her man.

It’s disgusting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:55 PM (/79St)

I noticed a distinct downturn in the number of women flirting with me when I stopped wearing my wedding ring (around 5 years after the late Mrs. Borgia passed on).

I even thought about putting it back on, but nah, those aren't women I would want anyway.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 10:20 PM (IG3/x)

173 >>>I noticed a distinct downturn in the number of women flirting with me when I stopped wearing my wedding ring (around 5 years after the late Mrs. Borgia passed on).

I even thought about putting it back on, but nah, those aren't women I would want anyway.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

>Stop going to strip clubs and go to church once in a while.

The dating scene with this social media mindfuck is a cruel mistress unless you're a millionaire.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 10:32 PM (FR9Sb)

174 My crazy ex resued a Raven in GE, it was a really interesting animal that I got to love, but it had an annoying habit of pecking my wife’s rescue Rotty (perhaps from jealousy) near the tail stub. One day, after years ot torment the usually peaceful dog ended the Raven’s life with a quick mouth movement that drew no blood. Perhaps a life lesson some trolls should consider.

Posted by: epador at August 27, 2026 10:43 PM (TRnzq)

Democrats Begin to Worry About Going All-In on the Great Male Hope Hasan Piker

It wasn't just the Democrats. It was the Democrats of the media, that have spent a year pushing Hasan Piker as "the left's Joe Rogan," claiming he has a "progressive mind in a MAGA body" (true, he has a progressive mind, he's borderline mentally retarded) and running one glamour-shot thrist-trap picture of him after another.

And now the Democrats, and the Democrats of the media, are asking: Why won't you guys stop talking about the guy we heavily promoted for a year as the left's solution to the Male Voter Deficit?

The Bulwark's professional homosexual Tim Miller is scolding other leftwing politicos, pressuring them to stop talking about the Left's Joe Rogan, a progressive mind in a MAGA body.

Ludicrous grifter and male gold-digger Ro Khanna also commands you to stop talking about Hasan Piker and Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed:

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
Too many demotivated Democrats stayed home in 2016 and 2024. We can't repeat past mistakes. In this upcoming election, we need to:
Quit calling @BernieSanders an "antisemite."
Stop wasting time attacking Hasan Piker instead of Trump's robber baron corruption.
Don't put Israel hawks out of touch with our voters in charge of our Middle East policy.
It is time for a reckoning: are we a party that represents corporate interests and super PACs, or will we represent the American people?

Why is it a waste of time to talk about Hasan Piker? Is he not the Left's Joe Rogan? Is he not the male Twitch Influencer you guys promoted to lead young men to the DSA?

I have been reliably informed, again and again, that he has a progressive mind in a MAGA body. Was I misinformed? If so, who misinformed me, and will they be called to account for their misinformation?

David Hogg, who himself knows something about media overpromotion of a leftwing male influencer, also demands we all stop talking about the guy the media insisted we talk about until three minutes ago.

Activist David Hogg on Sunday said he finds recent media focus on left-wing streamer Hasan Piker "kind of weird."
"To be honest with you, I find it kind of weird. Like he's a streamer. This guy is not an elected official, and there's a lot of elected officials out there that are saying incredibly horrible thing[s]," Hogg told left-wing media personality Jack Cocchiarella, discussing the recent national spotlight on Piker.
Hogg added later that he believed "that it's fascinating that people are so obsessed with a streamer that the median voter knows nothing about."
"You know, that's not to diss Hasan, I think he would probably agree with me, generally, that like they don't -- they don't know who he is," Hogg continued.
"And I think it speaks to the fact that a lot of moderates in our party don't have an actual vision that they are fighting for other than the center, because they're constantly repositioning themselves on the political spectrum to say, 'You know, I'm going to be in the middle,' but the middle is always changing," he said. "And instead, what people are looking for is somebody that actually offers a new vision."

Number of people who have said David Hogg has a progressive mind in a MAGA body: Zero. Zero point zero.

By the way: It turns out Abdulrahman El-Sayed's middle name is Mohamed, not Hussein. Sorry to lead you down a crooked path. I blame who I always blame, a commenter for telling me something which I did not then spend a single second checking.

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is now saying he will no longer campaign with Hasan "the Left's Joe Rogan" Piker, after having repeatedly appeared with him, knowing full well he is a terrorist-supporting anchor baby who says "America deserved 9/11" and excusing Hamas's murder of babies by saying "There are baby settlers" and Jewish settlers, of course, should be massacred.

Even if they're babies.

And Jewish female "settlers," of course, deserve to be raped.

Michigan Senate Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed on Wednesday indicated he would no longer campaign with Hasan Piker after stoking scrutiny for associating with him due to controversial positions the Twitch streamer holds.
Throughout his campaign, el Sayed has repeatedly appeared with Piker, including during campus rallies at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan in April, and at a Detroit event earlier this month. Their relationship has raised eyebrows due to accusations that Piker employs antisemitic rhetoric.
After moving to distance himself from Piker following his primary win on Aug. 5, el Sayed told Semafor on Wednesday evening he has "no plans" to campaign with him. The shift comes roughly two months ahead of the general election, where the Senate hopeful must amass majority support in one of the country's tightest races to clinch a victory over former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers.

Meanwhile, a Soros fake media supporting Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed falsely claimed -- WITHOUT EVIDENCE -- that Abdulrahman Mohamded El-Sayed is a "veteran."

A left-wing dark money network funded by the Democratic megadonor George Soros sent voters in Michigan unsolicited mailers resembling a newspaper that falsely identified Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as a "veteran."
The mailer, from the Michigan Independent--part of a national left-wing organization founded by the Democratic operative David Brock, the American Independent--is designed to look like a nonpartisan local newspaper. Partisan content aimed at propping up Democrats is peppered amid recipes for "Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake" from "The Mitten Kitchen." The partisan content includes a piece on El-Sayed's primary win headlined, "El-Sayed -- veteran, doctor, and former health official -- is Democratic Senate pick." El-Sayed has never served in the military, and while he attended medical school and has described himself as a "physician," he has never been licensed to practice medicine, Politico reported.

...

Joe Conason, the president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Independent Foundation, which founded the Michigan Independent and received $500,000 from Soros's Open Society Foundations in 2022, confirmed that the group sent the mailer calling El-Sayed a "veteran." He said the error was a typo rather than an attempt to deceive voters.
"The error occurred when a new headline was written for the print edition," Conason told the Free Beacon. "It was supposed to say that he was a 'veteran doctor and public health official,' ie, 'veteran' modifying those two terms." Asked whether it was accurate to call El-Sayed a "veteran doctor," Conason said, "Well he's been a physician for a long time." When the Free Beacon noted that El-Sayed has never been a licensed physician, Conason said, "Whether he's a physician or not, he's a doctor."

We didn't mean to tell that lie, we meant to tell this other lie.

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed has repeatedly, falsely called himself a doctor and a physician. He did get a medical degree, but seems to have gotten it only for purposes of entering the corrupt health bureaucracy. He was never licensed as an actual physician and never treated a patient.

As the official in charge of Michigan's highest-kill dog shelter, he did oversee the euthanasia of thousands of dogs, though. Does that count? Grok AI answer: No, that does not count.

CNN: Why can’t I ask you about Hasan Piker when he has campaigned with Abdul El-Sayed?

DINGELL: “Everywhere I have gone for the last ten days, someone throws a camera in my face, or a phone in my face, and asks me questions…” pic.twitter.com/XHFmRr30zT
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 27, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed refers to Egypt as his "home" pic.twitter.com/rKelZyGBIr
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) August 27, 2026

TOP: Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed says that we should spend US tax dollars in the U.S.

BOTTOM: Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed says that we should send your tax dollars to the Middle East pic.twitter.com/FCUteSbz0d
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) August 27, 2026

The Woke Warrior Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed wants to know why politicians should be forced to "denounce" their key surrogates' speech.

Abdul El-Sayed on Hasan Piker:

"Here’s this one thing that Hasan said. Do you now condemn him and everything he stands for? And I’m like, in what fucking world does the world work this way?"

"In what world would you condemn somebody for something that they’ve said?" pic.twitter.com/KRAVc3IlkK
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) August 27, 2026

The same media who spent years trying to tie President Trump to David Duke, are ignoring Abdul El-Sayed's connections to terrorist sympathizer Hasan Piker.

Lisa Marie Boothe calls out the media over their hypocritical coverage of President Trump vs. Abdul El-Sayed. pic.twitter.com/QvKRhz61N2
— MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) August 27, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:15 PM

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1 "Too many demotivated Democrats stayed home in 2016 and 2024. We can't repeat past mistakes. In this upcoming election, we need to:"

You need to dump the dsa freaks or you are going to have the exact same problem in 2026 and 2028.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 06:18 PM (cpFbA)

2 I am never first because I can never think of anything to say

Posted by: Bill Hominy at August 27, 2026 06:19 PM (rbvCR)

3 I have no way of understanding Hasan Piker.

He has zero appeal to me. I don't get it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:20 PM (RIvkX)

4
I was talking to myself last thread!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026 06:21 PM (mmrXZ)

5 You don't hate these assholes enough.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 06:22 PM (O0YTm)

6 Piker might SAY what most of them think....

But publically.....we don't agree with him talking him about how we really feel.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

7 It was the Democrats of the media, that have spent a year pushing Hasan Piker as "the left's Joe Rogan,

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they already have Joe Rogaine ..

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2026 06:22 PM (g47mK)

8 But I do enjoy watching the candidate dance.

Dance for me, clown! Dance!

He is not nearly as bright as he thinks he is. That's fun to watch too. "Do you want to have this conversation?"

Yeah, douchebag, let's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:22 PM (RIvkX)

9 That's not a "typo".

A typo is something like "He's a beteran" or "a He's veteran".

"Typo" and "lie": not actually the same thing.

The "doctor" thing has a little more wiggle room. If he graduated from medical school, he's an MD.

My guess: he skated through medical school with the bare minimum (What do you call a medical student with the lowest grades in his class? "Doctor.") then blew his USMLE exams.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:23 PM (IG3/x)

10 "It is time for a reckoning: are we a party that represents corporate interests and super PACs, or will we represent the American people?'
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And this right here is a money quote.

From Ro Fvcking Khanna? What was his trading volume last year? $145 million?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:24 PM (RIvkX)

11 I have no way of understanding Hasan Piker.

He has zero appeal to me. I don't get it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:20 PM (RIvkX)

you are not a gay man, that's why

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2026 06:24 PM (g47mK)

12 Ro Khanna is urging Democrats to “stop wasting time attacking Hasan Piker” to ensure progressives aren’t “demotivated” to stay home this election cycle. “Too many demotivated Democrats stayed home in 2016 and 2024. We can’t repeat past mistakes," “Quit calling @BernieSanders an ‘antisemite.’ Stop wasting time attacking Hasan Piker instead of Trump’s robber baron corruption.”

Reading this thread is so depressing. In the wake of el-Sayed's victory, I was initially very optimistic. Now I see Dems would rather fight a civil war with their left flank than consolidate their strong odds against a flailing MAGA. Conceding to right-wing framing, hysterics about anti-semitism accusations, fracturing the base and sowing public discord when unity is needed most. This is a party that wants to win in only one way, and they'd rather lose if they can't achieve that one way.

There is a reason why Republicans never disavow all the reprehensible people that support them. If you waste time disavowing, you're losing. Cases and point: 2016 David Duke endorsed Trump, who didn’t condemn, much less acknowledge Duke: won all 3 branches 2024 Trump’s association with Epstein...same

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2026 06:26 PM (otzbu)

13 Taqiyya ! Taqiyya !!

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2026 06:26 PM (g47mK)

14 I don’t think Deb Dingel-Berry would score too well on an IQ test…. Moron (not the good AoS kind) range?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 06:27 PM (M+uMR)

15 The Democrat party has nominated a parade of total freaks to the US Senate, one weirder and more radical than the next.

I remember you too Nazi tattoo guy. Are you happy having famous nips?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:27 PM (RIvkX)

16 These people can all suck my balls.

I'm old enough to remember that any time David Duke opened his man-pleaser the media would rush out to every Republican they could find within minutes and demand that they denounce David Duke.

Now that same media is throwing itself in front of every bus it can find to keep people from bothering Democrats about this obvious faggot and anti-american retard Hasan Fucknuts.

Posted by: ballistic at August 27, 2026 06:27 PM (oqH4h)

17 I’m, are we pretending that Hasan Piker didn’t start his career on a bigtime lefty, Google promoted , podcast named after a group who committed genocide against Christian’s in Turkey?!

Have none of these Democrats ever bothered to look up the origins of “the Young Turks?”!?!?!

They can GFY.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 06:27 PM (4KUe5)

18 Debbie Dingell says that this election isn't about Piker. Yes it is about commies and jihadists. She's too stupid to realize that either group would kill her.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 06:28 PM (TbVRb)

19 you are not a gay man, that's why
Posted by: runner

Or a sexually frustrated middle aged wine AWFL.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at August 27, 2026 06:28 PM (otzbu)

20
I happen to be a veteran... Social Security card holder. I got my card when I was a kid and I've held it consistently ever since.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026 06:29 PM (mmrXZ)

21 That poor doggeh.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:30 PM (RIvkX)

22 >
Have none of these Democrats ever bothered to look up the origins of “the Young Turks?”!?!?!

They can GFY.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 06:27 PM (4KUe5)

The really scary thing is that Ana Kasparian is (or maybe was) one of them.

Kasparian is an Armenian. Her first language was Armenian. Her great-grandparents actually survived the genocide.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:30 PM (IG3/x)

23 There is a reason why Republicans never disavow all the reprehensible people that support them. If you waste time disavowing, you're losing. Cases and point: 2016 David Duke endorsed Trump, who didn’t condemn, much less acknowledge Duke: won all 3 branches 2024 Trump’s association with Epstein...same
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

They can't even come up with original complaints about their politicians. Just crib all of ours and pretend it true of their side.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 27, 2026 06:30 PM (vJrRc)

24 It won't be too long before democrat propagandists start to float the lie that Hasan Piker is really a MAGA republican and has nothing to do with the democrat communists of America nor the democrat-communist part.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 27, 2026 06:30 PM (xvV+O)

25 Blonde Morticia, I was still reading you!

Posted by: DanMa'am at August 27, 2026 06:30 PM (8uzBS)

26 I am worried. I am expecting all of these communists to win including macho man Talarico here in TX. AOC will be the historic first. Truly depressing.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 27, 2026 06:31 PM (gN+5I)

27 It's a mark of just how far off in the weeds the Dems are that Lumpy Fetterman is now the voice of sanity in the party.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:31 PM (IG3/x)

28 To Al-Sayed: Welcome to Alinsky #4

Your rules.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 06:31 PM (4KUe5)

29 4
I was talking to myself last thread!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Ahhhh, but were you carrying both sides of the conversation?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 06:32 PM (W2Pud)

30 Is there some buried Michigan law where Dems can swap out Al Sayed? Looks inevitiable at this point.

The dems of course have a blank check to put anyone they want on that ballot at any time, even dead people.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:32 PM (jOAc7)

31 Ro Khanna @RoKhanna
Too many demotivated Democrats stayed home in 2016 and 2024. We can't repeat past mistakes. In this upcoming election, we need to:

Quit calling @BernieSanders an "antisemite."
-----

I call Bernie lots of things. "Antisemite" isn't usually the first thing I think of since he's unrelenting wrong and evil about so many issues important to his evil communist and corrupted soul.

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

32 Hasan Chop!

Posted by: The DNC at August 27, 2026 06:33 PM (J5viO)

33 Is there some buried Michigan law where Dems can swap out Al Sayed?
===

there is precedent!

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2026 06:34 PM (g47mK)

34 To be honest with you, I find it kind of weird. Like he's a streamer."

Steamer, you mean steamer

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 27, 2026 06:34 PM (NtVYv)

35 I am expecting all of these communists to win including macho man Talarico here in TX.
----

That won't happen. For some reason the Dems seem hell-bent on spending a FORTUNE on getting trounced.

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 06:34 PM (TN0g+)

36 > The really scary thing is that Ana Kasparian is (or maybe was) one of them.

Looked it up. She's not only a panelist, she's one of the producers, and has been since the beginning.

I've heard of self-hating Jews, but this is the first time I've run across a self-hating Armenian.

Not to mention that this takes self-hate to a whole new level. I mean, you'd never see a Jew producing and appearing on a show called "Hitlerjugend".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:35 PM (IG3/x)

37 4
I was talking to myself last thread!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026 06:21 PM

That is still a much higher collective IQ compared to if you were having a conversation with four Democrats!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 06:35 PM (HlyYF)

38 HASAN CHOP !!!!!!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/mpfzjn4k

Posted by: Orson at August 27, 2026 06:35 PM (dIske)

39 I am expecting all of these communists to win including macho man Talarico here in TX.
----

I'm pretty cynical, but I'm not seeing that at all.

Dems will probably win the House, but it will be a muted midterm for them overall.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:35 PM (jOAc7)

40 I am worried. I am expecting all of these communists to win including macho man Talarico here in TX. AOC will be the historic first. Truly depressing.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 27, 2026 06:31 PM

I got $100 that says donkey chompers will "win" the 2028 democrat primary for president. 2028 is gonna be lit!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (cpFbA)

41 26 I am worried. I am expecting all of these communists to win including macho man Talarico here in TX. AOC will be the historic first. Truly depressing.
Posted by: Billythesquid at August 27, 2026 06:31 PM (gN+5I)

Be encouraged. Talarico will never be a senator. AOC will never be prez; nor will Hillary. Three reasons to celebrate! A fourth: El-Sayed will lose

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (M+uMR)

42 I remember (not the name though) there was some pastor who had some not-so-great views who endorsed McCain and the media tried it's hardest to tie them together. It was a "big deal" and I think McCain didn't even know him, certainly not like Barry's "G-d damn America" pastor.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (9ZFZd)

43 Is "veteran choad smoker" a thing?

Just want to clarify that before my next run for President.

Posted by: Pete Buttjizz at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (IG3/x)

44 Yeah, Ana Kasparian co-hosting with people who call themselves young Turks is a testament to how stupid she is.

Somewhat related: Funny how Al Sayed is pretending to want to protect Jews and Muslims, but hasn’t said anything about Christians.
Has he and I’ve missed it, or is it that no one even expects him to bother pretending to support the American Christians right to exist and practice their religion.
Probably because NO Democrat believes that.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (4KUe5)

45 I happen to be a veteran... Social Security card holder. I got my card when I was a kid and I've held it consistently ever since.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026

***
Me three!

(Just getting in ahead of the crowd)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)

46 I would just like to point out that the one thing islam does get right is everyone from babies to old people in the enemy culture in a war is your enemy. This is now why we are losing everywhere.
We knew this still in WW2 when we firebombed cities and when we nuked the Japanese.
This is why every islamist in America from babies to doddering elderly need to be sent back to the hell hole that is the Middle East.

Posted by: 42 at August 27, 2026 06:36 PM (khqLW)

47 Activist David Hogg on Sunday said he finds recent media focus on left-wing streamer Hasan Piker "kind of weird."
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In fairness, Hogg should know weirdness when he sees it.

Posted by: Hogg's mirror at August 27, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)

48 "the left's Joe Rogan,"

What's stupid about that is the left had there 'Joe Rogan'. His name is Joe Rogan. The left are now the Khmer Rouge wing and now Joe is 'rightwing' even though he hasn't changed any position.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 27, 2026 06:37 PM (AdHga)

49 I am expecting all of these communists to win including macho man Talarico here in TX.

I have to assume that you live on 6th Street in Austin and that all the alcohol fumes have affected your thinking.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 06:38 PM (ExV1e)

50 >>That won't happen. For some reason the Dems seem hell-bent on spending a FORTUNE on getting trounced.

I don't get the black pilling on our side. If you ignore the polls and look at the candidates how can you not see Democrats are running a pack of babbling retards? And we aren't the ones who can see it.

I'm not predicting a red wave but I think we're in a pretty good spot right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 06:38 PM (viF8m)

51 To be honest with you, I find it kind of weird. Like he's a streamer."

One of the streamers on your handlebars?

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2026 06:38 PM (Py+sj)

52 > Activist David Hogg

Speaking of "veteran choad smokers".

Posted by: Pete Buttjizz at August 27, 2026 06:38 PM (IG3/x)

53 Not to mention that this takes self-hate to a whole new level. I mean, you'd never see a Jew producing and appearing on a show called "Hitlerjugend".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026

***
Not unless it was an out-and-out comedy like The Producers or Hogan's Heroes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 06:38 PM (wzUl9)

54 But David does know something about wanting to be trapped in a MAGA body.

*rimshot*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 27, 2026 06:39 PM (zZu0s)

55 Ana Kasparian loves talking about dem joos.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)

56 Activist David Hogg on Sunday said he finds recent media focus on left-wing streamer Hasan Piker "kind of weird."

"They should be paying attention to me!"
- Hogg, probably

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 27, 2026 06:40 PM (vJrRc)

57 Lol, USPS says the new ballot rules are in effect.

So, this means, technically, the courts are not supposed to block them under Purcell.

I know the cartel judges won't care.
But they'll lose on appeal.
Trump will have it in front of SCOTUS within 2 weeks

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 06:40 PM (3cUTc)

58
AOC has renewed her DSA membership after a 7 year lapse

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 06:40 PM (/QHx4)

59 As the official in charge of Michigan's highest-kill dog shelter, he did oversee the euthanasia of thousands of dogs, though.

Piker has electrocuted a dog on camera. So, they at least share a hobby.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 27, 2026 06:40 PM (aOQyQ)

60 From aces’ post, per ace - “ By the way: It turns out Abdulrahman El-Sayed's middle name is Mohamed, not Hussein. Sorry to lead you down a crooked path. I blame who I always blame, a commenter for telling me something which I did not then spend a single second checking.”.

Sadly, you trusted us.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 06:40 PM (Gqar8)

61
Does anyone know what these Somalis are doing in MN? Some kind of dance/ritual???

https://tinyurl.com/2hkj7u3j

Posted by: beckster at August 27, 2026 06:41 PM (kX27y)

62 A Muzzie in charge of animals. What could go wrong???

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Gqar8)

63 I'm old enough to remember that any time David Duke opened his man-pleaser the media would rush out to every Republican they could find within minutes and demand that they denounce David Duke.

Posted by: ballistic at August 27, 2026 06:27 PM

I also remember well the "God Hates Fags" protestors from Westboro Baptist Church. They would escalate their outrageous conduct until they made it onto the TV coverage.

The talking heads would then ask the Republicans why they made common cause with such stupid bigots.

When a Republican responded that they were a family of Democrat lawyers trying to file nuisance suits, the story would then be dropped. (Or the Republican response edited out the media coverage prior to the blogosphere.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 06:41 PM (HlyYF)

64 Been waiting for someone to mention David Duke.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Cqx++)

65 Dems will probably win the House, but it will be a muted midterm for them overall.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:35 PM (jOAc7)
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You say that, but what GOP seats are they going to flip, and will it be enough to offset the "safe" seats that got wiped out after the SCOTUS decision?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)

66 > AOC has renewed her DSA membership after a 7 year lapse
Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 06:40 PM (/QHx4)

The old joke about commie groups was that you could spot the FBI agents because they were the only ones up-to-date on their membership dues.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (IG3/x)

67
I'm not predicting a red wave but I think we're in a pretty good spot right now.
Posted by: JackStraw

==

Same.

I think what should have been a blue wave will be a mildly okay night for Dems. Too many crazies on tickets to nationalize. hard left DSA direction.

Establishment Dem, anti-Trump type unified message would have done well. That ship has sailed.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (jOAc7)

68 Gee, I wonder if we should vote to destroy the country? We'll be ok, I'm sure.

Posted by: Susan from the Safe Suburbs in her SUV at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (qUkBO)

69 > When a Republican responded that they were a family of Democrat lawyers trying to file nuisance suits,

One of them was actually a Gore delegate to the DNC, I believe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (IG3/x)

70
Lol Rodrigo

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (/QHx4)

71 You know who else had a progressive mind in a MAGA body?

Posted by: Eyegore at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (MWfyi)

72 Is there some buried Michigan law where Dems can swap out Al Sayed? Looks inevitiable at this point.
The dems of course have a blank check to put anyone they want on that ballot at any time, even dead people.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:32 PM (jOAc7)
*****************

Ready, willing, and able to serve in office!

Posted by: Zombie Torricelli at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (olMIp)

73 Another Christian church burned down in Michigan on Saturday.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

74 When a Republican responded that they were a family of Democrat lawyers trying to file nuisance suits, the story would then be dropped. (Or the Republican response edited out the media coverage prior to the blogosphere.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 06:41 PM (HlyYF)
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They were almost certainly paid for by USAID. One of the first ops, perhaps a test case.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 27, 2026 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)

75 You say that, but what GOP seats are they going to flip, and will it be enough to offset the "safe" seats that got wiped out after the SCOTUS decision?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

==

I'm going off history, party out of power gains seats. Exceptions occur, but it's like 10% of the time.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:44 PM (jOAc7)

76
The identity game is going to make it extremely hard for the Dems to dump the DSA. My little ol' prediction is that they'll unite under Medicare For All, which just might appeal to over 50% of the country thanks to our current messy system.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026 06:44 PM (mmrXZ)

77 Meanwhile, a Soros fake media supporting Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed falsely claimed -- WITHOUT EVIDENCE -- that Abdulrahman Mohamded El-Sayed is a "veteran."

-----------------

"One man's terrorist is another man's 'veteran,' h8r!"

/Stolen Valor >>>>> Stolen Pallor

Posted by: ShainS at August 27, 2026 06:44 PM (BsjPb)

78 I got $100 that says donkey chompers will "win" the 2028 democrat primary for president. 2028 is gonna be lit!
Posted by: Mister Scott

58 AOC has renewed her DSA membership after a 7 year lapse
Posted by: four seasons

Yeah, I mentioned that (off-topic) a few threads ago. The Reddit speculation (probably correctly) assumed that meant she may be considering a senate run against Schumer, as it would probably hurt her in a general election for President.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2026 06:45 PM (otzbu)

79 Almost time to feed the furry thugs, and then me. Though I'll have to keep an eye on Stirling to make sure he doesn't steal Dagny's food. No wonder the big black furball is 15.5 lbs. when he should be about 14 at the outside.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 06:45 PM (wzUl9)

80 Perhaps Debbie Dingbat better sleep this one out.

Posted by: Debbie Dingell (ZZZZZ - MI) at August 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qUkBO)

81 One of them was actually a Gore delegate to the DNC, I believe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM

Yep, exactly the kind of conduct you would expect from a rock-ribbed Republican!

/Rachel Maddow dumba$$ tag off

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 06:47 PM (HlyYF)

82 I think what should have been a blue wave will be a mildly okay night for Dems. Too many crazies on tickets to nationalize. hard left DSA direction.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 06:42 PM (jOAc7)
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I hate feeling this optimistic, but I think it's going to be a Dem bloodbath. They are going to lose senate seats and the GOP will gain seats in the House. Remember, the old rules no longer apply. The old coalitions are gone, the old conventions have been destroyed.

The Dems have engineered the most electorally toxic candidates on record because they have gotten so used to cheating but this time they are going to be doing it under a microscope.

Oh, and it's not even Labor Day yet. Much, much worse is yet to come.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 27, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

83 Dem experts say that Hasan Piker is just a couple more dog-tortures away from widespread acceptance by mainstream voters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 06:48 PM (guGkK)

84 "I got $100 that says donkey chompers will "win" the 2028 democrat primary for president. 2028 is gonna be lit!
Posted by: Mister Scott"

I will take that bet.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2026 06:48 PM (36x1j)

85 Hussein is a veteran of Al Zutt. QED.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 27, 2026 06:49 PM (diia5)

86 Dems will probably win the House, but it will be a muted midterm for them overall.
--
The best indicator of the House is generic ballot and President approval.
Dems need a +5% on the generic and Trump below 40.

They're only +0.8% and falling on the generic.
And Trump is holding in the 40s.

They are not flipping the House.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 06:49 PM (3cUTc)

87 As the official in charge of Michigan's highest-kill dog shelter, he did oversee the euthanasia of thousands of dogs, though. Does that count? Grok AI answer: No, that does not count.

---------------

@grok: "I am alone with an Islamic terrorist who calls me and my kind 'dogs' and has a documented past that includes having overseen a canine genocide."

Posted by: ShainS at August 27, 2026 06:49 PM (BsjPb)

88 Meanwhile, a Soros fake media supporting Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed falsely claimed -- WITHOUT EVIDENCE -- that Abdulrahman Mohamded El-Sayed is a "veteran."

I was at the D-Day landings with him!

Posted by: Zombie Jason Arday at August 27, 2026 06:49 PM (guGkK)

89 Odds? To be be generous I will take 1:1.

$100 to your $100.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2026 06:50 PM (36x1j)

90 "the old rules no longer apply"

Modern society is going to crap and crap will be the rule.

Posted by: Guy who says everything is going to crap at August 27, 2026 06:51 PM (MWfyi)

91 Third day of school here and a mom pulled a gun on another mom in the drop off line. If women ran the world, y'all.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 06:51 PM (enNUy)

92 Did we post this one already?

@lizcollin
🚨NEW: Multiple law enforcement sources say a search warrant was conducted Tuesday night on the apartment where Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s son lives in Minneapolis. Guns and ammunition were recovered from the scene.

In response to our questions about what took place at the apartment, MPD confirmed another man, who is not the Congresswoman’s son, was arrested earlier in the day.

Abdulrahman Abdi was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on a weapons charge.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 27, 2026 06:52 PM (diia5)

93 I am alone with Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed

Posted by: Snoopy (soon to be Zombie Snoopy) at August 27, 2026 06:52 PM (sFNX2)

94 Third day of school here and a mom pulled a gun on another mom in the drop off line. If women ran the world, y'all.
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 06:51 PM (enNUy)

TUCK n ROLL, KID!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 06:52 PM (guGkK)

95 Great Lakes HQ
@GreatLakes_HQ
Abdul on Hasan Piker. "Here’s this one thing that Hasan said. Do you now condemn him and everything he stands for? And I’m like, in what f*cking world does the world work this way?"

"In what world would you condemn somebody for something that they’ve said?"

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In DSA, Democrat, streamer, university, journalism world.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 06:52 PM (ndZc7)

96 One for the Sweeney fans:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

I'm not a total Sydney fanboy (obviously she's very pretty, but not at the top of my personal rankings), but this video could turn David Hogg heterosexual.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:53 PM (IG3/x)

97 Taqiyya ! Taqiyya !!
Posted by: runner

Butt the shits don't lie ~

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 27, 2026 06:53 PM (diia5)

98 Not too late for that bullet proof bookbag

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 06:53 PM (enNUy)

99 71 You know who else had a progressive mind in a MAGA body?
Posted by: Eyegore

Jesse "The Mind (or Body)" Ventura?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2026 06:53 PM (otzbu)

100 Clown nose on, clown nose off.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 27, 2026 06:53 PM (iIyc0)

101 Third day of school here and a mom pulled a gun on another mom in the drop off line. If women ran the world, y'all.
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 06:51 PM (enNUy)

TUCK n ROLL, KID!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Serpentine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 06:54 PM (ndZc7)

102 Third day of school here and a mom pulled a gun on another mom in the drop off line. If women ran the world, y'all.
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026

***
Gee. And the most exciting thing I ever had happen on the third day of school was a hurricane or a fire drill, or the rumor that Brenda Such-and-Such wasn't back this year because she was preggers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 06:54 PM (wzUl9)

103 In what world would you condemn somebody for something that they’ve said?

What if Hasan Piker had said pussy?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

104 Has everyone forgotten Republicans put a bunch of seats that were held by Democrats in play this election?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)

105 In two years $100 might be like 50s. I go the the ATM and they want to dispense 50s.

Either way, it's a fun bet.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2026 06:54 PM (36x1j)

106 "You know who else had a progressive mind in a MAGA body?"

Oh but what a BODY!

Posted by: zombie Dr Frankenfurter at August 27, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

107 The best indicator of the House is generic ballot and President approval.
Dems need a +5% on the generic and Trump below 40.

They're only +0.8% and falling on the generic.
And Trump is holding in the 40s.

They are not flipping the House.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Between Platner, Hong, Michigan Hamas guy and Hasan Piker, they're really doing their best to let their freak flag fly and tarnish the whole party. Once the Republicans unleash their media money and blitz the airwaves and it becomes mainstream enough, the Dems could be in a very bad position.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2026 06:56 PM (otzbu)

108 Just outwardly, inside they are cheering

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 06:56 PM (Ia/+0)

109 Sydney Sweeney has a great rack. For faces, I prefer Evangeline Lilly.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2026 06:56 PM (36x1j)

110 One for the Sweeney fans:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

Woof.

I noticed someone in the comments complained that she wiped flour on her butt. It may have been Rick Wilson.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 06:56 PM (guGkK)

111 Remember when David Duke gave an unsolicited endorsement to Trump and Democrats and the media (birm) went nuts about it for a month?

Good times.

But, an antisemitic stooge appears onstage with a Democrat candidate and we're not allowed to talk about him?

Posted by: 29Victor at August 27, 2026 06:57 PM (0MjtC)

112 Abdulrahman Abdi was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on a weapons charge.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 27, 2026 06:52 PM (diia5)

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Will Abdulrahman ever surpass Mohammad as the most popular boy's name in the Western Europistan Caliphate?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at August 27, 2026 06:58 PM (BsjPb)

113 I'm not a total Sydney fanboy (obviously she's very pretty, but not at the top of my personal rankings), but this video could turn David Hogg heterosexual.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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You sir, are a Great American!!!

Posted by: Sean Nahnnity at August 27, 2026 06:58 PM (E4rtv)

114 The best indicator of the House is generic ballot and President approval.
Dems need a +5% on the generic and Trump below 40.

They're only +0.8% and falling on the generic.
And Trump is holding in the 40s.

They are not flipping the House.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 06:49 PM

And they have zero chance of flipping the senate as well. Granted we are 2 months out from the election but from what it looks like now republicans will pick up at least 2 seats in the senate and possibly 4 in the house.

At this point every single poll out there has the democrats winning both the house and senate, plus they have talerico winning the senate seat here in Texas against paxton by 6 points. Those numbers will tighten up and start facing reality in the next month or so.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 06:58 PM (cpFbA)

115 https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

I'm not a total Sydney fanboy (obviously she's very pretty, but not at the top of my personal rankings), but this video could turn David Hogg heterosexual.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:53 PM

Hogg is such a low IQ, noodle-armed Soy Boy, that it would take Clockwork Orange levels of treatment to make him into a heterosexual male.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 06:59 PM (HlyYF)

116 David Duke was a little before my time...I vaguely remember him, but don't recall Republican candidates holding joint events with him and saying how great he was, and how they have the same policy goals.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2026 07:00 PM (otzbu)

117 Glenn Close is a lunatic:

https://tinyurl.com/hntvupf7

Posted by: beckster at August 27, 2026 07:01 PM (kX27y)

118 One for the Sweeney fans:

https://tinyurl.com/54s4n6jd

I'm not a total Sydney fanboy (obviously she's very pretty, but not at the top of my personal rankings), but this video could turn David Hogg heterosexual.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

But can she make a sandwich?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)

119 ...but this video could turn David Hogg heterosexual.

Ironically, as a soy Lefty thought leader, I bet Hogg has the opportunity to be swimming in poon. What a waste...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 27, 2026 07:02 PM (otzbu)

120 Third day of school here and a mom pulled a gun on another mom in the drop off line. If women ran the world, y'all.
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 06:51 PM (enNUy)

TUCK n ROLL, KID!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 06:52 PM (guGkK)

SERPENTINE! DONT GIVE THE BITCH AN EASY SHOT!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 27, 2026 07:02 PM (zZu0s)

121 The old joke about commie groups was that you could spot the FBI agents because they were the only ones up-to-date on their membership dues.
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There was some truth to that. Another rule-of-thumb was "the guy who offers to buy the dynamite, *that's* the F.B.I. agent"

Posted by: Common Tater at August 27, 2026 07:02 PM (6fjjH)

122 There may (or may not) have been a Republican mid-carder who appeared with David Duke, but he wasn't running around making appearances with Gerald Ford. We weren't racist in the '70s and '80s because we genuinely believed people of all backgrounds and ethnicities could behave, and there was no "market" for the David Dukes of the time.

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 07:02 PM (TN0g+)

123 I noticed someone in the comments complained that she wiped flour on her butt. It may have been Rick Wilson.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 06:56 PM

Bride of PI frequently wipes flour on the backside of her dress while cooking.

Through a long set of experimental trials, I have determined that several gentle, but firm pats in that area are the most effective way to dislodge the flour.

[I am after all a giver.]

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 07:03 PM (HlyYF)

124 Remember when David Duke gave an unsolicited endorsement to Trump and Democrats and the media (birm) went nuts about it for a month
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Maybe he was on the payroll. These aren't sophisticated ops, but they are just complex enough to get the job done, particularly with a wholly captured leftist media.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 27, 2026 07:05 PM (6fjjH)

125 Glenn Close is a lunatic:

https://tinyurl.com/hntvupf7
Posted by: beckster at August 27, 2026 07:01 PM (kX27y)

No audio becuz of new X rules, but she looks like Greg's dad in Dharma and Greg. No disrespect to Greg's Dad. he was the funniest guy on the show.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 27, 2026 07:05 PM (0aYVJ)

126 Jeez guys- im at work. I had to click off after... 45 secs or so. And it still had another 45 to go!

She makes me feel all funny.

Gal certainly is cashing in. More power to her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 27, 2026 07:05 PM (zZu0s)

127 You'll never guess who women are blaming for those men breaking up with or divorcing when they find out she supports Lindsey Clancy.

If you guessed the man, you're right.

See, it's his fault he didn't know she was a subhuman, murder-excusing psychopath.
He should known that from the beginning.
And it's his fault for not finding out.

Not hers for being a subhuman, murder-excusing psychopath.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 07:05 PM (3cUTc)

128 117 Glenn Close is a lunatic:

https://tinyurl.com/hntvupf7

Posted by: beckster at August 27, 2026 07:01 PM

When they wanted to cast a "bunny boiler" in Fatal Attraction, they decided to go with type casting to fill the role.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 07:06 PM (HlyYF)

129 124 Remember when David Duke gave an unsolicited endorsement to Trump and Democrats and the media (birm) went nuts about it for a month
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Maybe he was on the payroll. These aren't sophisticated ops, but they are just complex enough to get the job done, particularly with a wholly captured leftist media.
Posted by: Common Tater

The more accurate, modern equivalent to Hasan Piker would be someone like Nick Fuentes. I don't recall seeing him campaign with many mainstream Republican candidates though...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 27, 2026 07:07 PM (otzbu)

130 Didn't she murder the kids, one by one, in front of each other, while talking to him on the phone?

These people are just fucking evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 27, 2026 07:07 PM (zZu0s)

131 ***Abdul El-Sayed refers to Egypt as his "home"
----

Trump pulled an emissary to Israel out because he incorrectly referred to the Golan Heights.

They should pull him out of the race.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:07 PM (+UcOf)

132 These people are just fucking evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's what the authorities allege, but it was actually the husband, after being mind-controlled by time traveling French Foreign Legionnaires under orders of Bibi Netanyahu to frame Palestinians.

Posted by: Candace Owens at August 27, 2026 07:09 PM (otzbu)

133
It can be said in Kamala Harris's favor that all she was was a feather-headed dunce.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

134 Golem Heights > Golan Heights.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 07:09 PM (ndZc7)

135 No audio becuz of new X rules, but she looks like Greg's dad in

Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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https://twitterwebviewer.com

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:10 PM (+UcOf)

136 "Lisa Marie Boothe calls out the media over their hypocritical coverage of President Trump vs. Abdul El-Sayed."

But they don't care. Even AI Overview or other AI formats acknowledge The Left's Strategic Deplatforming and Mainstream Pressures:

The Democratic and Republican parties win elections using entirely different structural strategies, which dictates how they treat extreme voices.

The Left's Coalition Strategy: Democrats rely on a broad coalition of moderate swing voters, suburban voters, and diverse minorities. Extreme or highly polarizing figures are viewed by party leaders as liabilities that can alienate the moderate voters needed to win general elections. Therefore, the Left aggressively polices its own boundaries.

The Right's Base Mobilization Strategy: The modern Republican strategy relies heavily on maximizing the turnout of its deeply enthusiastic, populist base. Provocative media figures excel at firing up this base and driving voter turnout. Because these figures operate outside the formal party structure, Republican politicians rarely have the leverage—or the desire—to cast them aside.

That's the Left's story & it's sticking with it.

Posted by: Moderation is the game for mid-term elections at August 27, 2026 07:10 PM (NFX2v)

137 I hold out no optimism but if the GOP holds the house and senate I hope in the last two years PDT goes medieval on these muthafuckers.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:11 PM (MWfyi)

138 76
The identity game is going to make it extremely hard for the Dems to dump the DSA. My little ol' prediction is that they'll unite under Medicare For All, which just might appeal to over 50% of the country thanks to our current messy system.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Pretty much too late for national messaging now. Dems rely on early voting and absentee heavily and that will start in about two to three weeks. And it might scare the hell out of seniors that currently HAVE Medicare.

You might see such messaging in specific races but Dems are pretty much stuck with muh socialism, Orange Man Bad, and muh troons, illegals, and criminals. Not a particularly appealing package which is why they trotted out affordability in the Spring but I see little sign of traction on that message or a helluva lot of Dems are off message in their ads.

Posted by: Sean Nahnnity at August 27, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

139 Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed of the Jakarta Soetoros?

Posted by: wth at August 27, 2026 07:13 PM (UjdFS)

140 Never in the military and never a licensed physician but he can run as a veteran and a doctor. Hey! I have never had a flying license or played football. Does that mean I can run for office as a fighter ace and former NFL quarterback?

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 27, 2026 07:14 PM (3/XaG)

141 137 I hold out no optimism but if the GOP holds the house and senate I hope in the last two years PDT goes medieval on these muthafuckers.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:11 PM

Myth Busters did a segment on throwing humans over a border wall using a trebuchet.

That is Moron stuff on several levels.

Perhaps Trump should give it a try "pour encourager les autres"!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 27, 2026 07:15 PM (HlyYF)

142 Correction, Boss-

Ro Khanna married most of his grift.

Didn't even do that himself

Posted by: Ace Reporter Miklos at August 27, 2026 07:16 PM (4RYRd)

143 More than ever we need the Jawa Report.

Posted by: Reforger at August 27, 2026 07:16 PM (xacZR)

144 >>>76
The identity game is going to make it extremely hard for the Dems to dump the DSA. My little ol' prediction is that they'll unite under Medicare For All, which just might appeal to over 50% of the country thanks to our current messy system.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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They've got two months, voters are forgetful and love those campaign ads. It's up to the Pubbies to keep this in their frontal lobes the last half of October.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:17 PM (+UcOf)

145 90% of Dems would vote for the Devil if he was running against a Republican.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:18 PM (KC5Lt)

146 It can be said in Kamala Harris's favor that all she was was a feather-headed dunce.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

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"Back off, bitchez!"

/Senator Fauxcahantas

Posted by: ShainS at August 27, 2026 07:19 PM (arzIt)

147 I'm not a big fan of Joe Rogan. I don't have a problem with him either. He seems to be rather low IQ. Too many blows to the head.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 07:19 PM (FR9Sb)

148
A.I. is a fun source of "Did regulation X hurt fill-in-the-industry- Y?"

Seems the answer is always no.

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 07:20 PM (Y8DZL)

149 "90% of Dems would vote for the Devil if he was running against a Republican.
Posted by: polynikes"

They all bend over for Stan.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:21 PM (MWfyi)

150 It can be said in Kamala Harris's favor that all she was was a feather-headed dunce.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

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"Back off, bitchez!"

/Senator Fauxcahantas
Posted by: ShainS

My shoes have EZ velcro

Posted by: Senator Mom in Sneakers (Ditz-WA) at August 27, 2026 07:21 PM (4RYRd)

151 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 07:19 PM (FR9Sb

The guy was a huge Bernie supporter.

Yeah not too bright.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 07:21 PM (KC5Lt)

152 Nood cafe

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 27, 2026 07:23 PM (dK+Kv)

153 I hold out no optimism but if the GOP holds the house and senate I hope in the last two years PDT goes medieval on these muthafuckers.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 07:11 PM

It's possible, three of his enemies in the senate will be gone, mcconnel, coryn and cassidy and they will be replaced with real actual republicans.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 07:23 PM (cpFbA)

154 It's possible, three of his enemies in the senate will be gone, mcconnel, coryn and cassidy and they will be replaced with real actual republicans.
Posted by: Mister Scott

You forgot me

Typical

Posted by: Thom T-T-T-Tillis at August 27, 2026 07:25 PM (4RYRd)

155
Third day of school here and a mom pulled a gun on another mom in the drop off line. If women ran the world, y'all.
Posted by: nckate

================

Which day of school was it when a guy did a drive-by on a dad walking his daughter to school in NYC? If men ran the world, y'all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026 07:25 PM (mmrXZ)

156 "Their relationship has raised eyebrows due to accusations that Piker employs antisemitic rhetoric."

Just accusations, you see. Right wingers pounced all over that what with their accusations and all. They might seize on that shortly, too.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 27, 2026 07:29 PM (oji8u)

157 137 I hold out no optimism but if the GOP holds the house and senate I hope in the last two years PDT goes medieval on these muthafuckers.
Posted by: fd

I pray, but given that most of what the he continues to do well for the country isn't codified into law from his original Executive Orders, they'll come on like gangbusters that last year to firm up their 2028 platform. And after 20 solid years of maneuvering, it might be a doozy.

Posted by: Moderation is the game for mid-term elections at August 27, 2026 07:29 PM (NFX2v)

158 Hasan Piker 1.0 was a crazy time, wasn't it? Hoo boy. But Hasan Piker 2.0 is OK. Just a normal dude with the pulse on the people.

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional-Cortex at August 27, 2026 07:31 PM (oji8u)

159 That's what I thought.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 07:33 PM (+UcOf)

160 Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

whitehouse.gov

https://tinyurl.com/2xa6dfh8

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 07:37 PM (Rln0i)

161 Yabba Dabba El Sayed may have been a veteran.
Where was he serving on 10/7/2023?

Posted by: Idiocracy was a documentary at August 27, 2026 08:06 PM (P5+26)

162 Al sayed *IS* a veteran.
...
of the colonic wars.

Posted by: malaking baboy at August 27, 2026 08:10 PM (BqxGs)

163 > The really scary thing is that Ana Kasparian is (or maybe was) one of them.

Looked it up. She's not only a panelist, she's one of the producers, and has been since the beginning.

I've heard of self-hating Jews, but this is the first time I've run across a self-hating Armenian.

Not to mention that this takes self-hate to a whole new level. I mean, you'd never see a Jew producing and appearing on a show called "Hitlerjugend".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 06:35 PM (IG3/x)

Yeah no way she doesn't know, enough people have told her since she was on there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 27, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)

164 The more accurate, modern equivalent to Hasan Piker would be someone like Nick Fuentes. I don't recall seeing him campaign with many mainstream Republican candidates though...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 27, 2026 07:07 PM (otzbu)

Fuentes isn't right wing. He's just cleverer than the college commies and terrorist simps.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 27, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)

165 Anyone else reminded of that week when Corporate Disinfotainment very effectively called Trump a Nazi because he held a rally at Madison Round Garden and actual Nazis held a rally at a facility with the same name but at a different location only like nine decades before?

And then a comic made a joke about Puerto Rico that didn't land and Corporate Disinfotainment effectively linked Trump to that failed joke?

And then Senile Bribehim opened his idiot mouth and called Trump supporters garbage, and Trump's people hired a garbage truck, and everyone laughed and Trump won. Thanks Bribehim!
(I do wonder if he did it on purpose...)

Posted by: Philip Nolan at August 27, 2026 09:48 PM (1kQia)

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