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THE MORNING RANT: Election Prediction Markets Are Now Push-Poll Mechanisms, not Gauges of Likely Election Results

Kalshi Prediction Market - GA Supreme Court.png

As Ace wrote about a few days ago, voters in the state of Georgia chose two state Supreme Court justices in Tuesday’s election. Although the “non-partisan” candidates couldn’t identify by a political party, in each race there was a clearly defined conservative and liberal. The conservative candidates won both races. While the big election takeaway is that Georgia is not going to get a “Wisconsin court” that will serve as a left-wing super-legislature, there is another big takeaway - the election prediction markets are now total garbage that should be completely dismissed.

Polymarket and Kalshi are among the biggest “prediction markets,” making it possible to trade/gamble on the likelihood of a specific candidate winning an election. In recent years these prediction markets have been treated as a form of polling. The assumption is that people gambling on election outcomes have their finger on the pulse of the electorate, and that they will rationally put their money on the candidate mostly likely to win.

Apparently these prediction markets were relatively accurate in predicting some prominent races in recent years. But political partisans are not rational, and liberal political obsessives have started putting money on their favored candidates so as to move the prediction market odds in their favor. They somehow believe those distorted odds will become real-world outcomes.

This is analogous to when I was a little child going fishing with my dad, and he told me that when the bobber goes under water it means I’d caught a fish. My little brain soon discovered that if I reeled the line in toward the rocks of the jetty we were fishing from, the bobber would go under water! That must mean I caught a fish! No, I merely had an underwater snag. But every time I snagged my line and the bobber was pulled under water by the resistance against my reeling, I still wanted to believe I had a fish on the line.

The Lightbringer himself, Barack Obama, had involved himself in these Supreme Court races, and left-wing political observers were very excited that trading at Kalshi showed the Supreme Court races to be breaking overwhelmingly in favor of the liberal candidates.

In the race between conservative Sarah Warren and liberal Jen Jordan, Ms. Jordan was maintaining about a 55% odds of winning until a few days before the election, when suddenly the odds broke further in her favor. By election day her odds of winning exceeded 90%. Once upon a time this might have meant that traders could sense the election was breaking Jordan’s way and they were therefore gambling heavily on the likely winner.

But the conservative candidate won. In fact, Sarah Warren crushed Jen Jordan by winning 61% of the vote to Jordan’s 39%. In the other race, won by conservative Charles Bethel, traders at Kalshi had his opponent, Miracle Rankin, as the likely winner at odds exceeding 80%.

At this point, using prediction markets to measure voter sentiment is as worthless as relying on candidate-produced push-polls, whose purpose is to influence voter sentiment, not measure voter sentiment.



*****

Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “There’s No Reason to Fear an Invasion of Chinese Electric Vehicles” discusses the preposterous media narrative that Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share.

Volkswagen’s U.S.-made ID.4, an all-electric car, was such a sales flop that when VW became desperate to unload its glut of unsold units, it offered a $99 lease promotion. But even at $99 per month, Americans still found the price to be about $99 too high, as the unsaleable ID.4 became America’s slowest-selling car. If Americans will not drive an electric Volkswagen for $99 per month, there is zero chance they will buy a Chinese EV of dubious quality at any price. (U.S. production of VW’s ID.4 has since been permanently suspended.)

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




Comments

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1 Hey!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 I think they realized they could form opinion in news (or were already doing it after Cronkite and the Kennedy-Nixon debate.) And so they went the final rat cage step and decided to TELL you what the opinion was.

And you do not want to be the odd man out, do you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)

4 >>My latest at the American Spectator: “There’s No Reason to Fear an Invasion of Chinese Electric Vehicles”


As long as the US taxpayers aren't subsidizing it!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)

5 4 >>My latest at the American Spectator: “There’s No Reason to Fear an Invasion of Chinese Electric Vehicles”


As long as the US taxpayers aren't subsidizing it!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)

The new Yugo! For 2026!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)

6 All polls, regardless of type, are commissioned by people who have a narrative or agenda they want to push.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)

7 Betting markets have no special knowledge.

They are, at best, second order knowledge based on overall narratives and polling. They're also small markets making them easy to manipulate by people with money and incentive, like campaigns.

And the overall vibes that directly feed into them can be very wrong.

The switch on the Massie primary fight, which happened literally the evening of the election, is the most recent ground zero. It was actually a fairly decently sized market for this sort of thing, and it relied more on Baris' bullshit poll and the online vibe than anything about the actual district.

Honestly, it's just a place to make money against braindead white progressives.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (46HP8)

8 Build a speculation market, and there will be speculators manipulating it.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (iXqHn)

9 I don't know if it's an "election prediction market" or just a poll, but polls indicate the terrorist sympathizer Muslim is ahead for Congress in NJ. I hope he loses by a large margin.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (n3VHW)

10 It's all bots.

Posted by: The person who thinks it's all bots at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)

11 >>And so they went the final rat cage step and decided to TELL you what the opinion was.


Hence, the proliferation of articles with titles like "[something is happening] and here's why it's good" and the dreaded rise of "explainer" pieces online.

Just report, that's explanation enough. Skip the BS context you think I need to form the correct opinion, or worse, spoon-feeding me what I should think/feel about this bit of nes.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)

12 Yugo, I stall

Posted by: bumpersticker on a yugo at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (tL5sl)

13 If Americans will not drive an electric Volkswagen for $99 per month, there is zero chance they will buy a Chinese EV of dubious quality at any price.

You're ignoring the important "Americans who wear entire asbestos fire-safety suits" as a market component.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

14 It's my opinion that instead of droning Iran, we should drone Indian call centres

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (tL5sl)

15 Ackshually, they do appear to be predictive. And potentially lucrative, when you bet on the underdog.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)

16 14 It's my opinion that instead of droning Iran, we should drone Indian call centres

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (tL5sl)

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DOJ shut one down in the last few days:

https://x.com/FBIBoston/status/
2057081556913574085

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (46HP8)

17 Betting markets have no special knowledge.

They are, at best, second order knowledge based on overall narratives and polling. They're also small markets making them easy to manipulate by people with money and incentive, like campaigns.

And the overall vibes that directly feed into them can be very wrong.

If people could predict the future that well, there'd be a whole lot more people making big money on the stock market.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

18 15 Ackshually, they do appear to be predictive. And potentially lucrative, when you bet on the underdog.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)

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The main driver of them seems to be leftist wishcasting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (46HP8)

19 13 You're ignoring the important "Americans who wear entire asbestos fire-safety suits" as a market component.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

RIP, Kyle Busch

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (iXqHn)

20 >>It's my opinion that instead of droning Iran, we should drone Indian call centres


This guy gets it.
Foreigners preying on seniors to steal their life savings.
It is despicable.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3)

21 One of the many absurd events in Catch-22 was the description of the 'bomb line' on the map, Yossarian moving it in the dead of night in the hope of a dangerous mission being canceled, and the resulting telephone game as the news of the army's big advance gets passed up the chain.

These election betting sites seem to have a similar quality.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (gpQ8/)

22 making them easy to manipulate by people with money and incentive, like campaigns.

~TJM


This people with an agenda will try anything to influence the result they desire.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (eFzxY)

23 THE MORNING RANT: Election Prediction Markets Are Now Push-Poll Mechanisms, not Gauges of Likely Election Results
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I said God damn the pusherman!

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (Fi81e)

24 LIV (young) men like to vote the winner, and tend to pay attention to gambling market predictions so they know who that is. So, it's the D attempt to sway those male LIV voters.

They spend money on everything else, b/c it's usually taxpayers' money they are throwing away...why not this? It's polling 2026 (since no one pays attention to any other polls anymore)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (tOcjL)

25 Just report, that's explanation enough. Skip the BS context you think I need to form the correct opinion, or worse, spoon-feeding me what I should think/feel about this bit of nes.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)

'America's fascination with Buddhism!'

'People are going wild for Sushi!'

'Isn't Barack Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)

26 ... the election prediction markets are now total garbage that should be completely dismissed.

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I'm old enough to remember the 2020 POTUS election where Trump was the heavy favorite ... until the "water main burst" in Atlanta and the cessation of vote-counting, after which the word of The Steal went out and the markets switched from Trump to F. Joe Sundowner sooner than you could say "Universal Mail-In Balloting."

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (4LEcr)

27 It's my opinion that instead of droning Iran, we should drone Indian call centres
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (tL5sl)
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Seconded.

Their current tactic is to use AI to initiate the call. Once you answer the AI question, you'll be passed through to "Steve" who will gladly take down your personal information for a new Medicaid benefit you've just received!

I can't even answer my phone anymore.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (gnNyN)

28 In summation: Everything is Fake and Gay.

Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (oqH4h)

29 we're about to own the town this weekend...everyone else will be at or in the bay

Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (8uzBS)

30 LBJ used the CIA to get intelligence on the Goldwater campaign, whatever Nixon’s faults, he wasn’t doing anything that previous presidents had done before. It was a manufactured controversy in that sense. FDR played hardball against political adversaries. It’s always been that way.

Manipulation of public opinion and politics of personal destruction goes way back. That’s one thing that makes Mr. Trump remarkable, we’ve seen the full weapons system arrayed against him, finely tuned with centuries of experience aligned against him.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (TgO2L)

31 Yay Buck. Off to read your American Spectator post. Best of the HQ.

Posted by: alpine_beer at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (van9r)

32 Who's going to believe polls by a breakfast cereal anyway?

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)

33 >>It's my opinion that instead of droning Iran, we should drone Indian call centres


This is why "The Beekeeper" was such a well-received movie. My 91 year old parents stumbled onto it and loved it -- and they hate violence.

Sure, the bad guy had to be a privileged white guy (Hollywood wokeness), but it was so wonderful to see scammy call centers get burned to the ground -- we could all relate.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (X8xt3)

34 Political pundits on WBAP here in Dallas keep shrieking that high gas prices are going to drive Republicans out of power in the House of Representatives. I keep asking, "Who thinks Democrats are the answer to high gas prices?" I would love to hear this argument fleshed out. Still haven't received an answer.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (X+xvk)

35 ALL polls are manipulated. It's the nature of the human mind and raw statistics. There's so many mathematical variables that can be inserted into the final result.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)

36 34 Political pundits on WBAP here in Dallas keep shrieking that high gas prices are going to drive Republicans out of power in the House of Representatives. I keep asking, "Who thinks Democrats are the answer to high gas prices?" I would love to hear this argument fleshed out. Still haven't received an answer.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (X+xvk)

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Gas prices have shockingly little effect on midterms.

Besides, I keep being assured that months is a lifetime in politics, but that apparently doesn't count for gas prices, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (46HP8)

37 'America's fascination with Buddhism!'

'People are going wild for Sushi!'

'Isn't Barack Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'

This vaguely sexual silicone object has gone viral! Get yours before they're gone!

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

38 Good article. Thanks.

I think of it as basically buying a poll result if you have the cash. If you have a million to blow, your candidate gets a chance to tout the results.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)

39 LBJ used the CIA to get intelligence on the Goldwater campaign, whatever Nixon’s faults, he wasn’t doing anything that previous presidents had done before. It was a manufactured controversy in that sense. FDR played hardball against political adversaries. It’s always been that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (TgO2L)
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That's pretty obvious. The main problem was the Presidential power "had fallen into Republican hands".

It's now been unclassified that JFK--just as Nixon had indicated--had wiretapped a bunch of people.

Trump ain't the first Republican president to get the DC treatment.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:12 AM (Fi81e)

40 ...Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share.


BwHahahaha!!!!

Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2WIwB)

41 ...Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share.


BwHahahaha!!!!

Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2WIwB)
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That's my line.

Posted by: Julius Caesar at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)

42 Seconded.

Their current tactic is to use AI to initiate the call. Once you answer the AI question, you'll be passed through to "Steve" who will gladly take down your personal information for a new Medicaid benefit you've just received!

I can't even answer my phone anymore.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (gnNyN)

I would never answer the phone. I'd have folks I care about email/text me if they want a chat and then we can plan a call (on Discord for video calling), and I'd let EVERYTHING go to voice mail. Most of these places will not leave a voice mail.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)

43 ...Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share.


BwHahahaha!!!!

Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.

TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

44 40 Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2WIwB)

No, that's just the chemical fire from the Battery exploding.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (iXqHn)

45 For being socialists, it seems lefties have tons of money to waste on magical thinking stupid hobbies.

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (sFNX2)

46 'Isn't Barack Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)

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'Isn't Michelle Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (4LEcr)

47 Gas prices have shockingly little effect on midterms.

Besides, I keep being assured that months is a lifetime in politics, but that apparently doesn't count for gas prices, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (46HP

I mostly, when filling up the Mustang- can pass anything but a gas station- just do the initial math in my head and go 'OH, this is gonna hurt.' And that is with a 16 gal tank. The guys with 30 gal truck tanks, my heart goes out to you for that colonoscopy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)

48 In other news: Some car, did something....

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (Fi81e)

49 42 I would never answer the phone. I'd have folks I care about email/text me if they want a chat and then we can plan a call (on Discord for video calling), and I'd let EVERYTHING go to voice mail. Most of these places will not leave a voice mail.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)

But what about your car's extended warranty?

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (iXqHn)

50 > Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share.
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Isn't Canada toying with importing Chinese cars (not necessarily EV's) for domestic consumption? I thought I read something about that a while ago. UAW was not happy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (jehhT)

51 >> 'America's fascination with Buddhism!'

'People are going wild for Sushi!'
- - - -

'Why Caitlyn Clark's White Privilege is Bad for the WNBA'

'You will own nothing, have no privacy, and love it'

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)

52 Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs

1200 pounds of chinesium lithium batteries plus chinesium frame rails and chinesium engineering? Where do I sign up?

Posted by: Chuck C at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (D0HYP)

53 'Isn't Barack Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Living with a prolapsed rectum - see how this San Francisco Gay Men's Collective is turning what used to be thought of a shameful setback into a new mark of Pride!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (Dv3i1)

54 Isn't Canada toying with importing Chinese cars (not necessarily EV's) for domestic consumption? I thought I read something about that a while ago. UAW was not happy.

Can't they all lose?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

55 few things make me happier than seeing Errick Errickson continue to be wrong about GA.

Especially as he keeps holding himself out as some sort of expert on GA politics.

not too many people have been pissing their pants more than him over the GOPe wipeouts.

He is absolutely determined to go down to the ocean floor with the Kemp/Ratshitburger/Sterling ship.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (73/SM)

56 For being socialists, it seems lefties have tons of money to waste on magical thinking stupid hobbies.

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (sFNX2)

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[To reprise my comment from a couple days ago regarding most Leftist Multi-Billionaires:]

Capitalism produces the best communists.

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:18 AM (4LEcr)

57 "Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share."

If they could sell one with "good ratings" for $10k, I'd be tempted. Need to use my solar panels more fully. But it might be hard to find real ratings, not scam ratings originating in China.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 11:18 AM (vbXSk)

58 Thx Buck
I remember the poll from the "well respected" woman pollster in Iowa who said Trump was going to lose Iowa in 24. Turns out her company had been bought out and a different methodology was used. I had bet someone that Trump would win by 10. Won the bet

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 11:19 AM (gu0hJ)

59
I would never answer the phone. I'd have folks I care about email/text me if they want a chat and then we can plan a call (on Discord for video calling), and I'd let EVERYTHING go to voice mail. Most of these places will not leave a voice mail.
Posted by: Nova Local

I only answer the phone if it's Smash, Junior-ette, or my boss. Everybody else can leave a voice mail. I make most people send me their # in an e-mail, then I white list it so the phone doesn't auto-ban them when they ring. I probably auto-banned over a hundred political call centers in the last three weeks.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (QVmho)

60 'Why Caitlyn Clark's White Privilege is Bad for the WNBA'

'You will own nothing, have no privacy, and love it'

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)

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"You WILL eat ze bugs!"

/Go long crickets ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (4LEcr)

61 .5% of Polymarket accounts take 67% of the winnings.

There is something fundamentally broken there.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

62 TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

BUT, there is a huge difference between Japan and Chinese goods- Japan is absolutely FANATICAL (one might even say Kamikazi) about QUALITY.

Example: Seating for Lexus when I first started in the auto industry had a large mechanical component built IN Japan. 999 times out of a thousand we never had a problem. IF on the very rare occasion we did, the supplier asked that the entire rack of parts be shipped back to them at their expense. And I know what they did with it. They stripped the rack down, found the issue and then got the guy who made it and showed it to him. And he felt SHAME. I've seen it happen. Not a 'positive failure' culture.

The Chinese are NOT like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)

63 55 few things make me happier than seeing Errick Errickson continue to be wrong about GA.

Especially as he keeps holding himself out as some sort of expert on GA politics.

not too many people have been pissing their pants more than him over the GOPe wipeouts.

He is absolutely determined to go down to the ocean floor with the Kemp/Ratshitburger/Sterling ship.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (73/SM)

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The black vote percentage of GA's electorate shrinks a little bit more every cycle because the baby bust for blacks started a lot longer ago than the baby bust for white progressives, and the younger blacks vote at a lot lower rates than older blacks, and the older blacks, the Civil Rights Era, are dying like flies now because they're real old.

A senate race should also help pick up turnout in the rurals.

Governor should be likely Republican. Senator might be tossup (because of Ossoff's incumbency), but I think it's actually lean Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (46HP8)

64 Yay, Friday Buck!

We do need common sense bobber control, though.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (oftw2)

65 58 Thx Buck
I remember the poll from the "well respected" woman pollster in Iowa who said Trump was going to lose Iowa in 24. Turns out her company had been bought out and a different methodology was used. I had bet someone that Trump would win by 10. Won the bet

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 11:19 AM (gu0hJ)

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Selzer didn't sell out to anyone.

She was still working for the same newspaper as always.

She just intentionally threw out a terrible result because she wanted it to be true. It was so bad that she retired from polling right afterwards.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (46HP8)

66 'Why Caitlyn Clark's White Privilege is Bad for the WNBA'

I ran across some videos of her recently.

It looks like one short NBA player with 9 relatively tall junior HS players on the court with her.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

67 45 For being socialists, it seems lefties have tons of money to waste on magical thinking stupid hobbies.
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (sFNX2)

That's what they're aiming for. They'll all be rich in their dachas while everyone they hate will be working 23 hours a day in the Labor Camps.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (uEmCf)

68 TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

BUT, there is a huge difference between Japan and Chinese goods- Japan is absolutely FANATICAL (one might even say Kamikazi) about QUALITY.


You are correct, sir!

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

69 She just intentionally threw out a terrible result because she wanted it to be true. It was so bad that she retired from polling right afterwards.

Didn't she eventually admit it too?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

70 >>Aside from Americans’ general preference for vehicle size, those who do purchase small, inexpensive cars in the U.S. are demographically not good candidates for EV ownership. Small car buyers in the U.S. tend to be less affluent and somewhat transient, whereas EV-ownership almost necessitates that at-home charging is possible. The demographic that can charge an EV at home is homeowners and luxury condo dwellers, but this is also the demographic that buys Tesla and other luxury marques, not cheap cars.


Well said!

Small cars are city cars, and our progressive city planners are doing everything they can to make car ownership a PITA, such as no longer requiring developers to include parking for their high-density housing and 'traffic calming' measures that turn entire lanes of usable (necessary) road into bicycle lanes.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (X8xt3)

71 I find it darkly amusing that I have become 'counter-cultural' and I have to keep my subversive opinions to myself, due to my disapproval of legal gambling, decriminalized drug use, visible tattoos, facial piercings, vagrancy, decarceration, and welfare. I feel like a nearly lone prophet of doom, preaching against "prediction markets" and sports betting, as the grim plague of gambling has exploded across the land like a virulent STI in a gay clique.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Sy6m/)

72
TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.
Posted by: Archimedes

Honda makes motorbikes. Who would ever buy a Honda car??

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)

73 Sometimes the 20-1 horse wins the race. But usually the 3-1 horse wins.

Thats how Kalshi works. You can always find examples where a candidate was at 30% and week out and won. But most of the time, the candidate at 70% wins. 30% is not 0%. So it will happen sometimes.

The in between stuff like 58% Brown example is basically a coin toss.

Posted by: Heroq at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (9Diqw)

74 69 She just intentionally threw out a terrible result because she wanted it to be true. It was so bad that she retired from polling right afterwards.

Didn't she eventually admit it too?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

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I seem to remember that she keeps defending it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:23 AM (46HP8)

75 The black vote percentage of GA's electorate shrinks a little bit more every cycle because the baby bust for blacks started a lot longer ago than the baby bust for white progressives, and the younger blacks vote at a lot lower rates than older blacks, and the older blacks, the Civil Rights Era, are dying like flies now because they're real old.


However, it's worth noting that Hispanics now comprise 12% of GA's population. I don't know how many of those are eligible to vote, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

76 Humans are herd animals. Propaganda has many components, but one application is to try and get the enemy to believe he is vastly outnumbered.

Published polling historically has been used to great effect this way. Your fellow citizens by huge margins believe “X”, you on the other hand believe “Y”, and you are on the fringe with your extremist hateful views. All the Good People believe the Good Things.

What is wrong with you??

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (TgO2L)

77 63 The black vote percentage of GA's electorate shrinks a little bit more every cycle because the baby bust for blacks started a lot longer ago than the baby bust for white progressives, and the younger blacks vote at a lot lower rates than older blacks, and the older blacks, the Civil Rights Era, are dying like flies now because they're real old.

A senate race should also help pick up turnout in the rurals.

Governor should be likely Republican. Senator might be tossup (because of Ossoff's incumbency), but I think it's actually lean Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (46HP

Georgia, home of one of the most pathetic LOLcows one can find, Autumn "Salem" Neville.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (uEmCf)

78
The guys with 30 gal truck tanks, my heart goes out to you for that colonoscopy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

'26 model 3500 Bighorn dually. 50 gallon tank with diesel hovering around $5.00. I fill it when I burn about 23 gallons so I don't have to run my debit card twice at the pump. It sux. Billy. So I ride the motorcycle more often at $4.30 for the ethanol free high octane gas at 38mpg. Which also sux, because now I statistically more exposed to some jack wagon surfing their phone killing me.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (QVmho)

79 75 However, it's worth noting that Hispanics now comprise 12% of GA's population. I don't know how many of those are eligible to vote, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

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Losing the 90% electorate and replacing it with the 40% electorate is no replacement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (46HP8)

80 It’s not always liberal money moving markets. In 2022 GOP was at 90% to win the senate. And we all know what happened.

Posted by: Heroq at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (9Diqw)

81 I am still pondering one of the reddit comments posted in the last chat to the effect that Trump is literally Hitler and wants to send "immigrants" to literal death camps

Ok. Let's accept that as true. So that means there are 0 illegals now right? Or...could you imagine Jews trying to sneak INTO Germany in the 40s because they'd get Hitlercare and Hitlerphones?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (sKqQm)

82 Honda makes motorbikes. Who would ever buy a Honda car??
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)

Buddy had a Honda Prelude(?) in the 90s. Sporty looking car. Never had any problems with it until he wrecked it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)

83 I remember the poll from the "well respected" woman pollster in Iowa who said Trump was going to lose Iowa in 24. Turns out her company had been bought out and a different methodology was used. I had bet someone that Trump would win by 10. Won the bet

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 11:19 AM


And she "retired" after the election and her company quit doing political polling even though she continued to defend that poll.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (0N4FZ)

84 '26 model 3500 Bighorn dually. 50 gallon tank with diesel hovering around $5.00. I fill it when I burn about 23 gallons so I don't have to run my debit card twice at the pump. It sux. Billy. So I ride the motorcycle more often at $4.30 for the ethanol free high octane gas at 38mpg. Which also sux, because now I statistically more exposed to some jack wagon surfing their phone killing me.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (QVmho)

Ouch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

85 >>She just intentionally threw out a terrible result because she wanted it to be true. It was so bad that she retired from polling right afterwards.


It has long been my suspicion that polls are intentionally skewed so that election fraud is not surprising. If a GOP candidate is 15% in the polls, then election shenanigans that put the Dem candidate ahead would look suspicious.

I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)

86 Lots of GOPe folks were issuing dire warnings last week that the early vote for the Dems in the GA supreme court case were proof--proof!--that the Republicans were going to lose in November.

"they're so far ahead! this is just like 2020!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (73/SM)

87 The Ohio Republican Party nominated for governor a guy who wants to replace American workers with H-Visa foreigners, which decidedly disadvantages all other Republicans running in Ohio.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (jBLYG)

88 It has long been my suspicion that polls are intentionally skewed so that election fraud is not surprising. If a GOP candidate is 15% in the polls, then election shenanigans that put the Dem candidate ahead would look suspicious.

I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (bss/y)

89 76 Humans are herd animals. Propaganda has many components, but one application is to try and get the enemy to believe he is vastly outnumbered.

Published polling historically has been used to great effect this way. Your fellow citizens by huge margins believe “X”, you on the other hand believe “Y”, and you are on the fringe with your extremist hateful views. All the Good People believe the Good Things.

What is wrong with you??

This is the theme of several of Spencer Pratt's newest ads (well, whomever made them). People are sitting around talking, and bit by bit, it becomes apparent that they're all voting Pratt, but were afraid to say so due to social ostracism.

It's powerful stuff. Will he win? Probably not, but maybe.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

90 49 42 I would never answer the phone. I'd have folks I care about email/text me if they want a chat and then we can plan a call (on Discord for video calling), and I'd let EVERYTHING go to voice mail. Most of these places will not leave a voice mail.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)

But what about your car's extended warranty?
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (iXqHn)

No point, I already gave it to KARS-4-KIDZ

Posted by: Saving myself from myself at May 22, 2026 11:28 AM (TbWk/)

91 85 It has long been my suspicion that polls are intentionally skewed so that election fraud is not surprising. If a GOP candidate is 15% in the polls, then election shenanigans that put the Dem candidate ahead would look suspicious.

I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)

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The main game of polling is the "September tightening".

Two person race, you can say literally anything for more than a year. And then, "the electorate starts paying attention," and you throw out random numbers between 45 and 55 because the final result of anything remotely competitive is going to be between 47-53 points, so the 45-55 numbers are always within or close to the MoE.

And then you can say that Quinnipac, or whatever, that got kind of close in the last poll, is always right even though their year of polls before were wildly different from the last one.

Anyone who compares a Spring poll to a final result poll is either a retard or a liar. Mostly, it's retards, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (46HP8)

92 anybody that has to use a Phillips head screw made in China knows China doesn't do decent metal

Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (8uzBS)

93 Anyone who compares a Spring poll to a final result poll is either a retard or a liar. Mostly, it's retards, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (46HP

Never bet against retard.

Posted by: Simple Jack at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)

94 It has long been my suspicion that polls are intentionally skewed so that election fraud is not surprising. If a GOP candidate is 15% in the polls, then election shenanigans that put the Dem candidate ahead would look suspicious.

I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)

Are you suggesting that polling may be, ahem, fake and gay?

Posted by: I shan't believe it at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (TbWk/)

95 The switch on the Massie primary fight, which happened literally the evening of the election, is the most recent ground zero. It was actually a fairly decently sized market for this sort of thing, and it relied more on Baris' bullshit poll and the online vibe than anything about the actual district.
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LOL at Robert Barnes betting $10k that Massie would win.
Then blocking anyone who took him up on that bet.
And telling his readers no one took him up.
While now going quadruple-or-nothing on the Rs will lose the House, the Senate and several governor seats in November.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)

96 The market for EVs in the US is already saturated. Anyone that wants one has one or is buying a Tesla.

The rest of them are shittier versions of "regular" cars.

Nobody is going to buy some Chinesium POS that's as likely to burn their house down as it is to get them from Point A to Point B.

Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (oqH4h)

97 It's powerful stuff. Will he win? Probably not, but maybe.

A point to consider - objectively Bass should have retired after the fires. It used to be pols were afraid of screwing up that badly. And the party would be there to force the issue too.

But...no fear here whatsoever.

So I think Pratt will win the votes of actual citizens and still lose. It will be close...but they will produce however many votes Bass needs to win

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

98 92 anybody that has to use a Phillips head screw made in China knows China doesn't do decent metal
Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (8uzBS)

And the sad thing is: their export qc is FAR better than their domestic!

Those poor, commie bastards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)

99 87 The Ohio Republican Party nominated for governor a guy who wants to replace American workers with H-Visa foreigners, which decidedly disadvantages all other Republicans running in Ohio.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (jBLYG)

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Governor's races have a habit of being far less directly partisan than federal statewide races (Romney in MA, Hogan in MD, Stein in NC). The senate race will probably see the GOPer running a few points ahead of Vivek, but Acton is such a fucking nightmare that Vivek probably pulls it off.

Because Vivek, as governor, would have no say on H1-B policy since that's a federal matter, and any emphasis on bringing in Indians he could do Acton would also do in addition to trying to bring in everyone else at the same time (while also having the history of being ground zero of the worst Ohio COVID policies).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (46HP8)

100 The only hatchback I might consider nowadays is in the back of my BVDs when I eat something that doesn't agree with me.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (qx7Zg)

101 But...no fear here whatsoever.

So I think Pratt will win the votes of actual citizens and still lose. It will be close...but they will produce however many votes Bass needs to win
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

Yeah, she functions as if she is untouchable. Now she could just be that fucking stupid. Ok she is that fucking stupid, but I think they also have their finger on the scales in california so heavily that none of these guys will win.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

102 News feeds are crap. One of mine is Fox and #1, the top of the list is about Kevin Dillnigtoe from MSNow challenging Patel's, FBI stats. Instead of a story dealing with the voracity of Dilligtoe's statements it', basically, a puf piece on Kevin. In other words it's a waste, garbage, unworthy, time wasting article.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (LIEok)

103
I have to keep my subversive opinions to myself, due to my disapproval of legal gambling, decriminalized drug use, visible tattoos, facial piercings, vagrancy, decarceration, and welfare. I feel like a nearly lone prophet of doom, preaching against "prediction markets" and sports betting, as the grim plague of gambling has exploded across the land like a virulent STI in a gay clique.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Sy6m/)

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It's one thing to go to the horse track or take an occasional flutter on a lotto ticket, but that's really just entertainment.

It's habitual and heavy gambling that's corrosive. And, once again, who are the most susceptible? Those who can least afford it. Just like all the other vices you named, it's been normalized by the people who scream loudest about caring for the poor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (HdYcL)

104 There was a book by Bob Shaw where the deranged genius was attempting to create a "truth machine" by backwards engineering the standard polygraph test, suppressing the ability to lie by preventing a skin galvanic response by suppressing sweating. Unfortunately the Beta test version mostly involved spraying the subject with cheap aerosol antiperspirant and was easy to defeat.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (rbvCR)

105 95 LOL at Robert Barnes betting $10k that Massie would win.
Then blocking anyone who took him up on that bet.
And telling his readers no one took him up.
While now going quadruple-or-nothing on the Rs will lose the House, the Senate and several governor seats in November.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)

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"All my other predictions were really wrong, but my next one is right."

No wonder no one watches their streams anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (46HP8)

106 100 The only hatchback I might consider nowadays is in the back of my BVDs when I eat something that doesn't agree with me.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (qx7Zg)

There was one I saw the other day that I thought looked kind of cool (would never guy one) a ... Veloster? Not sure of the make right this minute.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (bss/y)

107 57 "Americans will fall in love with Chinese EVs if/when they hit the U.S. market, and that Chinese auto manufacturers will capture significant U.S. market share."

If they could sell one with "good ratings" for $10k, I'd be tempted. Need to use my solar panels more fully. But it might be hard to find real ratings, not scam ratings originating in China.
Posted by: illiniwek

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I highly recommend watching, "The China Show" on YouTube. Two men who lived for extended periods in China, both fluent in Mandarin, examine everyday life in China. The footage of manufacturing standards in China is terrifying. Chinese EVs are poorly constructed death traps, far more likely to lock the doors and burst into flame than give you reliable transportation.

The segments on Chinese "Tofu Dregs" construction are also nightmare fuel. Those 70-story highrises you see are uninhabitable. The stairwells fall out of the building. The balconies collapse. The concrete...isn't really concrete. God helps us if they took the same shortcuts with the Seven Gorges Dam.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (X+xvk)

108 How does one project the turnout?

Because in years without massive fraud less then half the voters turn out.

If slightly more R or D turn out that will generally decide the election.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

109 A point to consider - objectively Bass should have retired after the fires. It used to be pols were afraid of screwing up that badly. And the party would be there to force the issue too.

But...no fear here whatsoever.

So I think Pratt will win the votes of actual citizens and still lose. It will be close...but they will produce however many votes Bass needs to win

Schlichter has a good column on this topic today. BLUF: It isn't the cheating, it's the sheeple who simply refuse to change the way they vote, no matter how bad things get.

https://tinyurl.com/ye23dudb

https://tinyurl.com/ye23dudb

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

110 105 "All my other predictions were really wrong, but my next one is right."

No wonder no one watches their streams anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (46HP

Have ANY of Rekeita's allies not turned into complete LOLcows (LAWcows)?

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (uEmCf)

111 Errorickson is such a squish dweeb. He kind of inherited the "conservative" Georgia radio mantle from Neal Boortz when Boortz aged-out and retired. Who pays to listen to him opine is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Zombie Royal T. Marshall at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (oftw2)

112 108 How does one project the turnout?

Because in years without massive fraud less then half the voters turn out.

If slightly more R or D turn out that will generally decide the election.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

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Midterm elections usually have somewhere around 65-70% turnout.

Presidential elections get to about 80-85%.

Senate races drive up turnout closer to presidential levels in the states that have them, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (46HP8)

113 Amazon is doing a weird thing. They make book suggestions based on who knows what, "on your recent activity". Sure pal, sure. How do they know that? What I shop for? I've been monitoring pc case prices and AIO cpu liquid coolers. So based on that what are they showing me? Basically a smorgasbord of all the hip nazi influencer books. A lot of P Buchanan, and A Solzhenitsyn's "200 Years Together", and it gets worse from there.

Maybe all the growth in the horseshoe isn't coincidental. Maybe it is directed change. I mean, damn Bezos, WTF!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 11:35 AM (3uBP9)

114 Have ANY of Rekeita's allies not turned into complete LOLcows (LAWcows)?
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (uEmCf)

...

Legal Mindset? Maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

115 It is a huge mistake to believe China cannot make quality.

They will make anything you want, at a price point. If you want shitty screws at a shitty price, they will provide shitty screws.

Japan first entered the market in the USA in a big way through AM radios and B/W Televisions. They had a reputation of making cheap stuff. Toys mostly, the fake plastic camera that was really a squirt gun, that kind of thing. The consensus was “what’s the harm in them selling a few TVs, we can relax tariffs for those. No big deal.”

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (TgO2L)

116 I turned on most of them when the one fat bastard was rolling into how bad the J6 guys were and how they needed to go to jail forever.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)

117 It's habitual and heavy gambling that's corrosive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (HdYcL)
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I enjoy gambling, go to Vegas a couple times a year, so I'm not some prude on the issue.

Sports gambling is a cancer and should be banned again. Not just because it introduces the potential for corruption into every contest, but it also frankly sucks all the fun out of what should be an escape from your day-to-day life. I can't watch a golf tournament without hearing what the odds on so-and-so are and seeing 4000 commercials about where I can place my wagers.

Just fuck off and enjoy the thing without having some monetary stake in it that you're 1) probably going to lose and 2) someone else is making money off of it.

Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)

118
We haven't been there in years, but Sam Houston Park has quarter horse racing. The last time we went, Her Majesty went down to the paddock to look at the horses in the next race. She has perfect pitch for structure and movement and picked the winner in most of the races.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (HdYcL)

119 "All my other predictions were really wrong, but my next one is right."

No wonder no one watches their streams anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM


Sounds like the global warming people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (0N4FZ)

120 >>> Errorickson is such a squish dweeb. He kind of inherited the "conservative" Georgia radio mantle from Neal Boortz when Boortz aged-out and retired. Who pays to listen to him opine is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Zombie Royal T. Marshall at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (oftw2)


He's been interviewing for cnn his whole life.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (3uBP9)

121 This is the theme of several of Spencer Pratt's newest ads (well, whomever made them). People are sitting around talking, and bit by bit, it becomes apparent that they're all voting Pratt, but were afraid to say so due to social ostracism.

It's powerful stuff. Will he win? Probably not, but maybe.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

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Right. Those ads are about individuals who feel and are told by "Their Betters" that they are -- but in fact are not --- "isolated."

Unfortunately, as an escapee from heavily conservative Orange County, they're stealing virtually every election now (legalized ballot harvesting and illegal alien voting), even there over the past couple of decades ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (aDC+n)

122 =======

DOJ shut one down in the last few days:

https://x.com/FBIBoston/status/
2057081556913574085
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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Hope it's the one that keeps calling about my pre-approved loan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:38 AM (LIEok)

123 Japan first entered the market in the USA in a big way through AM radios and B/W Televisions. They had a reputation of making cheap stuff. Toys mostly, the fake plastic camera that was really a squirt gun, that kind of thing. The consensus was “what’s the harm in them selling a few TVs, we can relax tariffs for those. No big deal.”

In Woody Allen's Sleeper, there's a scene where he's trying to fly using a contraption and mutters "***damn cheap Japanese flying packs". That didn't age well.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

124 111 Errorickson is such a squish dweeb. He kind of inherited the "conservative" Georgia radio mantle from Neal Boortz when Boortz aged-out and retired. Who pays to listen to him opine is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Zombie Royal T. Marshall at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (oftw2)
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Listening to Boortz on WSB is where I got my intro into conservative(ish, i guess) politics.

When he retired I listened to about two days of Erickson before I decided "This dude's a fag" and started listening to anything else.

Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (oqH4h)

125 123
In Woody Allen's Sleeper, there's a scene where he's trying to fly using a contraption and mutters "***damn cheap Japanese flying packs". That didn't age well.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

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"No wonder it doesn't work, it says it's made in Japan."
-Doc

"What are you talking about, Doc? Most of the best stuff is made in Japan."
-Marty

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (46HP8)

126 It has long been my suspicion that polls are intentionally skewed so that election fraud is not surprising. If a GOP candidate is 15% in the polls, then election shenanigans that put the Dem candidate ahead would look suspicious.
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I like the supposition that the only reason polls ever end up close to accurate is due to all the Dem cheating.

Consider the oft-cited case of FL:
Just modest election integrity reforms and enforcement flipped the state from purple to deep, deep red.*

*but the Dem candidate is totally going to win this fall, the polls show him ahead!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (73/SM)

127 "[LA is] dingy. It’s old. It’s dirty. This isn’t the California of my youth with swinging palm trees, sunshine, and endless opportunity.

I saw the latest Beverly Hills Cop movie and it was meh. Eddie Murphy has lost a step, but he still can get a chuckle.

The thing that stood out though is the city in the background looks like shit. I remember in the original, and movies of that era in LA, it looks like a beautiful city...no more.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

128 LOL at Robert Barnes betting $10k that Massie would win.
Then blocking anyone who took him up on that bet.
And telling his readers no one took him up.
While now going quadruple-or-nothing on the Rs will lose the House, the Senate and several governor seats in November.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)

Bing the King Maker is a perilous position without, you know, the power to make kings.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (rbvCR)

129 Buddy had a Honda Prelude(?) in the 90s. Sporty looking car. Never had any problems with it until he wrecked it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)

Yep ...

The early models were such fun, had one (in red of course).

And then Honda fuqed up, made the car a bit too big ... and the Prelude became the "Quaalude".

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (3sXRv)

130 Election prediction markets: shit or shit?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

131 87 The Ohio Republican Party nominated for governor a guy who wants to replace American workers with H-Visa foreigners, which decidedly disadvantages all other Republicans running in Ohio.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Vivek has this habit of expressing his random idea with a natural ability to speak about it with great conviction, even though he's just spitballin'. He also said that Ohio state colleges should be consolidated. I don't think he thought much about that either. In this case though, a Governor would have a say.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (Dv3i1)

132 We haven't been there in years, but Sam Houston Park has quarter horse racing. The last time we went, Her Majesty went down to the paddock to look at the horses in the next race. She has perfect pitch for structure and movement and picked the winner in most of the races.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (HdYcL)

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Dude! That's amazing -- makes sense -- and you two could make a fortune betting horse races

/Damn, I miss "Big Red" Secretariat ... they did an autopsy after his death and he had an extremely enlarged heart, which explained a lot.

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (aDC+n)

133
Sports gambling is a cancer and should be banned again. 

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Agreed. It gives Pete Rose groupies an excuse to admit the bastard in the HOF.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (HdYcL)

134 *but the Dem candidate is totally going to win this fall, the polls show him ahead!!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (73/SM)

Kamala is 50 points ahead of any possible GOP candidate in 2028!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)

135 My dad was "anti-Japanese" for years. Then, the "gas crisis" of the late 70's hit when Carter was president. So, he bought a Datsun 200SX.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (jehhT)

136 As it turned out, Japanese televisions were quite good, reliable, and affordable. Color televisions were much more expensive at the time. Just about everyone had a TV in the 1960s, though not a Color Television.

The Trinitron was actually based on a 1950s design invented by Earnest Lawrence, who dabbled in many things other than physics.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (TgO2L)

137 The thing that stood out though is the city in the background looks like shit. I remember in the original, and movies of that era in LA, it looks like a beautiful city...no more.
Posted by: 18-1

Decline is a choice, chosen by Dem politicians and the Dem voters (and pre-marked ballots) that love them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (Dv3i1)

138 Election prediction markets: shit or shit?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

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Garbage comment!

j/k and funny ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (aDC+n)

139 Baris has gone full Tucker, Alex Jones Nutz. Don't know what happened to him, he even looks psychotic.

Posted by: Never Been Poled at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (oftw2)

140 Is the issue with blue shitholes lefty LIVs that won't learn or fraud?

IN my own experience with these people they certainly don't learn, I've listed plenty of experiences where the leftwing pols they support run on a platform, win, implement it and the LIVs complain and blame someone else.

But...I also notice that unlike the HIV leftwingers I know, the LIVs don't walk around on election day showing everyone their "I Voted" sticker.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

141 >>>They had a reputation of making cheap stuff. Toys mostly, the fake plastic camera that was really a squirt gun, that kind of thing. The consensus was “what’s the harm in them selling a few TVs, we can relax tariffs for those. No big deal.”
Posted by: Common Tater
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and Forced an exponential increase in the quality of American made products.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (LIEok)

142 TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.
Posted by: Archimedes

Honda makes motorbikes. Who would ever buy a Honda car??
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)

....or a Honda light jet airplane.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)

143 Great insight, Buck.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (dK+Kv)

144
I miss "Big Red" Secretariat ... they did an autopsy after his death and he had an extremely enlarged heart, which explained a lot.

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (aDC+n)

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He had an almost perfect structure as well. A great engine running great machinery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (HdYcL)

145 I had a black Honda Prelude. Loved that car!

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (EneHm)

146 139 Baris has gone full Tucker, Alex Jones Nutz. Don't know what happened to him, he even looks psychotic.

Posted by: Never Been Poled at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (oftw2)

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And the audience left them.

It's weird how commentators think they can lead audiences places. Time and time again, if they make serious breaks with pre-existing assumptions, they lose the audience.

These are jesters, at best, and once the entertainment sours, the audience leaves. They need to learn that before they take the $10,000 from Qatar to push Islamism, or whatever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (46HP8)

147 How do they not both burst into flames? In any case, Putin is getting desperate.

Putin, Xi signal unity but fail to reach deal on pipeline sought by Russia

However, the two leaders, who are longtime allies but also uneasy neighbors, were united in portraying themselves as stabilizing forces seeking to counter chaos unleashed by the United States in recent months.

In a joint statement, Xi and Putin condemned what they called “treacherous military strikes against other countries, the hypocritical use of negotiations as cover for preparing such strikes, the assassination of leaders of sovereign states, the destabilization of the domestic political situation in these states and the provocation of regime change, and the brazen kidnapping of national leaders for trial.”

https://tinyurl.com/5bjtdrep

“Unilateral hegemony is rampant,” Xi said, according to a Chinese government readout of the meeting, in a clear dig at the United States.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

148 My dad was "anti-Japanese" for years.
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Paul Tibbetts drove a Toyota. Really.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (r3wfs)

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

150 The thing that stood out though is the city in the background looks like shit. I remember in the original, and movies of that era in LA, it looks like a beautiful city...no more.
Posted by: 18-1

Decline is a choice, chosen by Dem politicians and the Dem voters (and pre-marked ballots) that love them.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (Dv3i1)

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Just heard a clip from the great Trump advisor Stephen Miller on a radio talk show where he's making it clear that the choice going forward is between first world (pro-Republican) and third-world (pro-Democrat-Communist) cities, states, country, and West.

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (aDC+n)

151 These are jesters, at best, and once the entertainment sours, the audience leaves. They need to learn that before they take the $10,000 from Qatar to push Islamism, or whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (46HP

In a way, this comes full circle to Buck above: people want to hear that they are not alone. That what they think matters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)

152 It does seem the lefties with money to lose believe both polls and prediction markets can be used as a tool to discourage conservative voters and keep enough away from the polls to help their candidates. "Polymarket shows the D candidate has a 80% chance of winning? Guess there's no point in voting for the R!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (cWLG3)

153 140 IN my own experience with these people they certainly don't learn, I've listed plenty of experiences where the leftwing pols they support run on a platform, win, implement it and the LIVs complain and blame someone else.

But...I also notice that unlike the HIV leftwingers I know, the LIVs don't walk around on election day showing everyone their "I Voted" sticker.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

I've had coworkers like that. They'll complain about a Democrat, and I've asked why they vote for them if they never do what they want, and they just say "Well, who else am I going to vote for? I can't vote for a Republican! They only care about rich people!"

You can't get through to them.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)

154 Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (rbvCR)

I have dumb ideas all the time but that shit is Billy Madison dumb. Although I will read up to see what was potentially smart about it.

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (J8APv)

155 China wants to pay Chinese prices that they were getting from Iran, Russia wants European prices since they are needing the cash. They have been fighting over the price for about 5 years IIRC

Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (rbvCR)

156 Just heard a clip from the great Trump advisor Stephen Miller on a radio talk show where he's making it clear that the choice going forward is between first world (pro-Republican) and third-world (pro-Democrat-Communist) cities, states, country, and West.

Sadly, the smart money is on many of those people voting for the third world.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

157 152 It does seem the lefties with money to lose believe both polls and prediction markets can be used as a tool to discourage conservative voters and keep enough away from the polls to help their candidates. "Polymarket shows the D candidate has a 80% chance of winning? Guess there's no point in voting for the R!"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (cWLG3)

And I'd say this worked in '92 (but funneled TO perot- protest Bush!), '96, '08, '12.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

158 and Forced an exponential increase in the quality of American made products.
——-

Well no, they forced every domestic Television maker out of business, actually. Nobody has made a TV here in almost 50 years. Electronics generally, is gone. Never mind computer chips and LCD

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (r3wfs)

159 I had a Honda Accord (1982). Zero problems in 8 years of ownership. 5 speed manual and 35 mpg. Previously as a student I couldn't afford the Civic ($3400 or so) and settled for a Fiat. Can you say underpowered?

Posted by: free tibet at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iNp3L)

160 156 Sadly, the smart money is on many of those people voting for the third world.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

"How am I going to get my 3AM Shawarma if you deport Abdullah?"

-AWFLs

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (uEmCf)

161 It's amazing to me that people -- or at least most of them -- still consider these "betting markets" as legitimate odds-making gambling operations. They are not. They are unregulated semi-scams that are easily manipulated by insiders.

If you want to bet on which hand Jeffrey Toobin will jerk off with, then by all means lay your money down. But don't come crying to me when you lose your money and scream "unfair!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

162 155 China wants to pay Chinese prices that they were getting from Iran, Russia wants European prices since they are needing the cash. They have been fighting over the price for about 5 years IIRC
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (rbvCR)

Ever get the feeling that almost all modern economies are a house of cards?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

163 China wants to pay Chinese prices that they were getting from Iran, Russia wants European prices since they are needing the cash. They have been fighting over the price for about 5 years IIRC

Two scorpions in a bottle.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

164 Robert Barnes has no honor.

Posted by: Worf at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (gKWVE)

165 161 It's amazing to me that people -- or at least most of them -- still consider these "betting markets" as legitimate odds-making gambling operations. They are not. They are unregulated semi-scams that are easily manipulated by insiders.

If you want to bet on which hand Jeffrey Toobin will jerk off with, then by all means lay your money down. But don't come crying to me when you lose your money and scream "unfair!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

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"But they get the obvious races right most of the time and are no better than coin tosses on the close races, which makes them so accurate and reliable months out from an election."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (46HP8)

166 What was the last American made television company?

Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)

167 and settled for a Fiat. Can you say underpowered?
Posted by: free tibet at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iNp3L)

But the ashtray was awesome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

168 >>>In a joint statement, Xi and Putin condemned what they called “treacherous military strikes against other countries, the hypocritical use of negotiations as cover for preparing such strikes, the assassination of leaders of sovereign states, the destabilization of the domestic political situation in these states and the provocation of regime change, and the brazen kidnapping of national leaders for trial.”
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So, they are doing standup comedy these days.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (LIEok)

169 166 What was the last American made television company?
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar

RCA maybe?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

170 The Fiat Iago 666.

Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

171 Net also says Zenith.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

172 Most TVs are Korean made, now.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (uEmCf)

173 What was the last American made television company?
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar
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Zenith? I think it still exists in theory, but it was bought by some major asian company years ago.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

174 I have dumb ideas all the time but that shit is Billy Madison dumb. Although I will read up to see what was potentially smart about it.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (J8APv)

Absolutely nothing, the guy was a total crank and failure that had been living on the fumes of an accidental invention that he got from someone else, and spent the rest of his life attempting to prove he was meaningful. It was a comedic bright spot in a fairly depressing book about time travel and memory erasing

Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (rbvCR)

175 169 166 What was the last American made television company?
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar

RCA maybe?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

I will have to research it. Sort of interesting.

Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

176 Robert Barnes is an anti-American cunt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)

177 176 Robert Barnes is an anti-American cunt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)

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With man boobs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP8)

178 166 What was the last American made television company?
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My Dad claimed that was Zenith, though I never checked up on that, even decades later.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (Dg7ng)

179 159 I had a Honda Accord (1982). Zero problems in 8 years of ownership. 5 speed manual and 35 mpg. Previously as a student I couldn't afford the Civic ($3400 or so) and settled for a Fiat. Can you say underpowered?
Posted by: free tibet at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iNp3L)
--
My automobile of now 17 years has had no problems except for a broken lumbar support that severd a wire to the driver side seat warmer element. Bun warmer no workie. I have persevered.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (cWLG3)

180 "The footage of manufacturing standards in China is terrifying. Chinese EVs are poorly constructed death traps, far more likely to lock the doors and burst into flame than give you reliable transportation."
Posted by: Sam Adams

I've bought a few Vevor items, and they have performed OK, and are usually about half the price of the name brands. But for a $10K item, it would have to have a proven record. I paid $11k for an "Envy" golf cart EV (supposedly made in USA, or is it "assembled" here?) and it has been trouble, but lead acid batteries so at least no fires.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (vbXSk)

181 176 Robert Barnes is an anti-American cunt.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)

But Cigars, CBD!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

182 >>>In a joint statement, Xi and Putin condemned what they called “treacherous military strikes against other countries, the hypocritical use of negotiations as cover for preparing such strikes, the assassination of leaders of sovereign states, the destabilization of the domestic political situation in these states and the provocation of regime change, and the brazen kidnapping of national leaders for trial.”

So, they are doing standup comedy these days.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (LIEok)

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They sound somewhat "defensive" ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (aDC+n)

183 Robert Barnes is an anti-American cunt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)

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With man boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP
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Who?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

184 Xi and Putin agree on violence? Depends

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 22, 2026 11:55 AM (0GwXV)

185 > Robert Barnes is an anti-American cunt.
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He's pretty much having his ass handed to him on X. It's amusing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:55 AM (jehhT)

186 183 Robert Barnes is an anti-American cunt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)

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With man boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP
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Who?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

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Man Boobs. Don't you know him? I call him Man Boobs.

Terrible lawyer who kind of got Twitter famous in 2020 for latching onto "pollster" Baris for predicting Trump's win. He's also a Bernie voter who has posed as MAGA for the last few years while freaking out about how MAGA is dead and the Jews control everything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (46HP8)

187 Since political actors are falsely pushing the numbers in these predictions markets, it suggests a strategy of betting heavily against anyone who is far ahead the day before the election.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (NyxOA)

188 173 What was the last American made television company?
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar
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Zenith? I think it still exists in theory, but it was bought by some major asian company years ago.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
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Were RCA and Zenith the sams company? Magnavox wss also an American manufacturer of TVs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (cWLG3)

189 "Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada.... Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she plans to vote in favour of Alberta staying in Canada"

So they are going to have a referendum on whether to have a referendum...

Can we now stop talking about the always-ridiculous idea that Alberta will ever separate from Canada? It will *never* be allowed.

Posted by: 2 + 2 = Uranus at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (qUkBO)

190 185
I'm at work, so I can't check if Robert Barnes has his own section on Kiwi Farms yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if he and Baris did, given their lolcow behavior.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (Dg7ng)

191 In a joint statement, Xi and Putin condemned what they called “treacherous military strikes against other countries, the hypocritical use of negotiations as cover for preparing such strikes, the assassination of leaders of sovereign states, the destabilization of the domestic political situation in these states and the provocation of regime change, and the brazen kidnapping of national leaders for trial.”
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We only did the treacherous military strike against other countries thing, not all that other stuff.
- Putin

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (Dv3i1)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Vlieger Calm Sea.jpg

Calm Sea
Simon de Vlieger

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 Lots of empty space.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:30 AM (gtcuf)

2 Keep
Clam

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (o6bhz)

3 Nothing angry about that one....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

4 There's a giant ball of yarn on the sailboat. What's that all about?

Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)

5 You know what those boats need? The corvus

Posted by: Some Roman at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

6 2 Keep
Clam

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (o6bhz)

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Fine, but I'm not going to carry on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (46HP8)

7 Yes, it is a calm sea and the golden sail sets off the rest of the painting. I am not familiar with that artist. I'll have to look up some of his other works.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (n3VHW)

8 The sea was in a good mood that day, my friends.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (k4EKw)

9 His given name was Simon Pietersz van Zwet Bolleweck

I can see why he changed it to de Vlieger ("The Flyer.")

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)

10 Keep
Clam


And oyster on

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

11 Looks like the standard bearer for the Iranian fleet.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

12 I like this.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

13 Nice.

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

14 Lovely fluffy clouds.

Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

15 Calm down
Like this one
Very simple
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (gu0hJ)

16 I need some calm in my life right now.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

17 4 There's a giant ball of yarn on the sailboat. What's that all about?

Kept the ships' cats happy.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (gtcuf)

18 This is the sort of painting that would be used for the cover of a baroque music CD.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (k4EKw)

19 Vlieger? I barely knew her!

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

20 This is lovely!
I'd like to be there right now.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

21 matt damon...

Matt Damon

MATT DAMON

Posted by: Matt Damon acting his heart out as Odysseus on the high seas at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

22 If you want to play in the art thread
You gotta have a boat in the art.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)

23 The sea was calm that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Would make a tough jigsaw puzzle, though an uninteresting one.

Posted by: In The Doldrums at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

25 Out: Snoop Dog

In: Sloop Dog

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

26 Lateen much?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (/aIhy)

27 24 Would make a tough jigsaw puzzle, though an uninteresting one.

Posted by: In The Doldrums at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

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It's an interesting measure of art.

But it is a measure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (46HP8)

28 Row row row your boat
Gently down the sea
Fuckity fuckity fuckity
To think this happened to me

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (tL5sl)

29 Only Vulgar Boatmen, and no Boobs for Bulg.

Posted by: Two Thumbs Down at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

30 Yes; The artist liked boats and skies. Other nice paintings as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:38 AM (n3VHW)

31 Need some nautical help here.
How many masts, sails, booms and rigging are we looking at?
It's rather confusing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

32 I have the answer to the lack of wind power.

Posted by: Ole Evinrude at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

33 Per Wiki: "He and his sister both adopted 'De Vlieger' (The Flyer) as a professional or artist's surname. It was common in this period for artists and writers to do so, to try to stand out in competitive fields."

This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K)

34 If you look closely on the far right you can see Thomas Massie telling his boat mate it was da Joos that cost him his job...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (sKqQm)

35
Oh! Is it Christopher Cross Day already?

*puts on fake captain's hat*

*grabs Ice cold beer*

*sings*

Sailing
Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
Soon I will be free
...

Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

36 Is it a sloop or a fluyt?

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)

37 Looks like Brandy goes home early today since all the sailors are stuck out at sea in a flat calm.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (k4EKw)

38 Hang on sloopy

Hang on

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (jehhT)

39 I see six boats...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)

40
This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters

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*ahem*

Titian
Tintoretto
Canaletto

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (/aIhy)

41 Simple. But I like it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (bss/y)

42 39 I see six boats...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)

And I want them painted black...

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (uEmCf)

43 My grandfather and me.

Posted by: We came on the Sloop John B at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

44 I like big boats and I cannot lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a sloop sails in with an itty bitty mast
And a round keel in your face, you get sprung

Posted by: Sir Mix A Lot at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)

45 Parmigianino.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (mDGAX)

46 That's about as exciting as a damp paper towel.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 09:43 AM (vFG9F)

47 >>Sailing
Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
Soon I will be free
- - - -
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time
You understand now why you came this way
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day

So I'm sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a dyin'
And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain
I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin'
She is all that I have left and music is her name

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:43 AM (X8xt3)

48 40
This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters

----------

*ahem*

Titian
Tintoretto
Canaletto
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (/aIhy)


Coronetto
Arigato

Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

49 What the hull are we looking at?

Posted by: Oh, no... at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

50 Arigato

Domo. Domo.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (gtcuf)

51 When this was painted, Eva Vlaardingerbroek wasn't even a glint in her great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather's eye.

Posted by: Dutch Treat at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)

52 "Parmigianino"

Is that another one of those Italian cheeses?

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (vFG9F)

53 *image taken moments before the Megalodon ate them all*

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (uEmCf)

54 Any boat puns will be dealt with sternly.

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

55 52 "Parmigianino"

Is that another one of those Italian cheeses?

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (vFG9F)

=======

I come from a universe where it's pronounced par-mee-see-an.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:45 AM (46HP8)

56 Don't get roped into nautical puns.

Posted by: Groan at May 22, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

57 Screw these guys.

Posted by: The Spanish Military at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (sKqQm)

58 This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters

Lots of reasons to use a pseudonym.

Posted by: Willie the Pimp at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

59 Don't get roped into nautical puns.

I can't fathom that anyone here will

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (sKqQm)

60 Don't get roped into nautical puns.

I'll try to keep an even keel.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (gtcuf)

61 54 Any boat puns will be dealt with sternly.
Posted by: Bulg
$$$
I bow to your abilities.

Posted by: Groan at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

62 A wine dark sea?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (xzBJP)

63 Title checks out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (Wnv9h)

64 Looks like the two guys in the foreground are running a drug smuggling operation.

I hope that the boat has an anchor with the sail up like that.

Posted by: dantesed at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

65 No good story starts with, "The sea was calm that day..."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

66 Very nice. Very precisely done, too, when you zoom in.

Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (XD+PD)

67 Knowing One's Strengths - a limerick

He couldn't paint tapestries. He couldn't paint shrouds.
He couldn't paint portraits. He couldn't paint crowds.
He couldn't paint feet.
Or a scene on a street.
But he sure as hell knew how to paint clouds.

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)

68 It's days like this when the cabin boys require extra comforting.

Posted by: Captain Ned, The Raging Queen at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

69 54 Any boat puns will be dealt with sternly.
Posted by: Bulg
-----
30 days before the mast!

Posted by: Ahab at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

70
Let's cover this space on the wall with grey and some smudges of brown on the bottom.

Wasn't there a sale of a Rothko this week for $65 mill?

Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)

71 >>> Calm Sea

And then the Jaws music starts playing.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (8mulE)

72 Any boat puns will be dealt with sternly.
Posted by: Bulg

By whipping one's aft?

Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

73 >>Don't get roped into nautical puns.



It provides the ballast we need from more serious topics.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (X8xt3)

74 It's days like this when the cabin boys require extra comforting.

You ain't lying.

ALL ABOARD!

Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)

75 All of those are gouda.

Posted by: Guy who is stilt on cheese at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (vFG9F)

76 >>Any boat puns will be dealt with sternly.

You run a tight ship!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

77 Yawl just can't help yourselves.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (/aIhy)

78 Rudder ya gonna do about it?

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)

79 68 It's days like this when the cabin boys require extra comforting
###
On the poop deck.

Posted by: With rum and the lash at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

80 No good story starts with, "The sea was calm that day..."
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*********

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip...

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (qgHp7)

81 Dutch nautical scene and no dikes. Disappointed.

Posted by: Little Dutch Boy at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

82 Could use some happy little krakens frolicking in the background.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN)

83 Don't get roped into nautical puns.

You're mizzen the point of puns.

Posted by: dantesed at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

84 His given name was Simon Pietersz van Zwet Bolleweck

I can see why he changed it to de Vlieger ("The Flyer.")

Yeah, "Of Sweaty Ballsack" would be tough to grow up with.

Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (XD+PD)

85 looks like a titan sheepishly meandering towards gojirra.

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

86 Grimy boats
On the water
Smells like cheese

Posted by: Guy who is stilt on cheese at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (vFG9F)

87 Where are the mermen?

Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Which one is Calypso again?

Posted by: John Denver at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)

89 i've seen calmer.

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

90 After a tough day's fishing, come see us for your evening's repast.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)

91 >>Rudder ya gonna do about it?


Scupper the entire thread?


*Nice one, btw!


Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (X8xt3)

92 87 Where are the mermen?

Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

=======

*Blue Steel*
-Zoolander

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (46HP8)

93 It was the damn strawberries I tell you!

Posted by: Bogart at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

94 Back in my early 20s I was the warehouse manager of a discount store. One day the manager, assistant manager and I were talking and the store manager was complaining about how one of the stockboys took way to long to do anything. He said "Anything I give him to do, he turns it into a three hour chore."

After a beat, all three of us in perfect unison sang "A three hour chore." It was hivemind at its finest.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)

95 39 I see six boats...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)

I see seven. There's a sail poking up above the horizon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)

96 During the artist's life (maybe a little before this painting) there was some "Rockin and a-rollin, splishin and a-splashin' Over the Horizon" Thank God.

Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (rgnea)

97 Wasn't there a sale of a Rothko this week for $65 mill?
Posted by: Auspex

$85.8 million, and the 'art' is laughable. A couple dark rectangles on a ruddy background.

Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 09:55 AM (XD+PD)

98 Sailors belong on ships, and ships belong at sea.

Posted by: Navy mantra at May 22, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

99 Sailors belong on ships

Or me

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 22, 2026 09:56 AM (sKqQm)

100 Could the guy paint windmills? Canals? Silver Skates?

Posted by: Hans Brinker at May 22, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)

101 Calm Sea
Simon de Vlieger

Beautiful; would hang. It looks like a photograph & I'm constantly amazed of great artistic talents hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
--
The Met
Calm Sea
Simon de Vlieger Dutch
after 1640
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 615

On the left the horizon line dissolves into a vast, becalmed sea, while fishermen ply their trade on the right. De Vlieger influenced later marine painters by working with a limited tonal range to achieve precisely calibrated effects of light in the sky and water. His observations of Northern European light established him as the master of a particularly local landscape, affirmed by the Dutch flag fluttering above the boat on the right.

Thanks. (Nice weekend start.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

102
I see six boats...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)

But....

There is no spoon.


Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)

103 Fishmonger might work well in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick lover at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

104 Fresh fish! It's luverly!

Posted by: Unhygienix at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (gnNyN)

105 A monger of fish in Nantucket...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (/aIhy)

106 Monger? I just met her!

Posted by: Bada bump at May 22, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

107 Tom Homan says that the number of total departures is "in the millions".

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2057646158076330275

DHS says that 3 million have left in the first 15 months of Trump's second term:

https://shorturl.at/jQhul

"But it's not every single one, besides Democrats will just bring them all back, so this is pointless."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (46HP8)

108 British judge praises good behavior of teens who gangraped two girls, lets them off without jail time
. . . .
Two 14-year-old boys targeted one of their victims, 15, on Snapchat before luring her to an underpass where they laughed and filmed themselves as they raped her.

Two months later the pair, this time joined by a third boy aged just 13, gang-raped a second schoolgirl at knifepoint while again recording the attack on their phones as they goaded each other to degrade her further.
. . . .
Two of the boys raped her for 90 minutes.

She said her tormentors 'kept switching', taking turns to abuse her, and laughing at her as they filmed each other.

-
Well, the British are known for their civility.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

109 Beautiful painting. Thanks for posting it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 22, 2026 10:02 AM (ZgRq2)

110 This is a great painting to end the week. The artist really captured the feel of the ocean sky, the way the clouds form with the rising moisture from the sea and no breeze to disperse them. I can easily sense the quiet accentuated by the gentle water and occasional sounds from the boat. The gray color scheme ties sky and water together and makes the muted earth tones of the boat stand out without being jarring to the viewer. Everything is soft and gentle. It is delightfully peaceful.

It's worth enlarging the image to see the supple and delicate brush work. I need to see more of de Vlieger's art. Another example of why I consider the Dutch Golden Age paintings to be some of the greatest ever made.

Posted by: JTB at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)

111 Hurry up! I think the US Navy is on to us!

Posted by: Venezuelan Drug Boat "Hombre Sucio " at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (7d1L5)

112 A monger of fish in Nantucket...
-
Kept all his fish in a bucket

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

113 A monger of fish in Nantucket...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (/aIhy)

A monger of fish in Nantucket
Kept all of his bait in a bucket
To balance his pole
He fashioned a hole
And said I'm not good at limericks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ExV1e)

114 She said her tormentors 'kept switching', taking turns to abuse her, and laughing at her as they filmed each other.

-
Well, the British are known for their civility.

---------

Judge: "Just lie back and think of England"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (6/7Fs)

115 112 A monger of fish in Nantucket...
-
Kept all his fish in a bucket

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

=====

I was going to come up with a rhyme,
gave up, and said fuck it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (46HP8)

116 if the gunwales rockin'...

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)

117 Calm sea means it's rowboat time.

Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (FhXTo)

118 Posted by: Hans Brinker at May 22, 2026 09:56 AM

*****************

ABSINTHE MAKES THE FART...GO PONDER!

In a museum in the land of Hans Brinker
Sits a flatulent fine absinthe drinker
He's there...
On the 'throne'...
With his thoughts...
All alone.
Making scents of it all. It's "The Thtinker"!

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (qgHp7)

119 Well, I'm glad that's settled.

Hunter Biden and Candace Owens Seem to Agree That All the Assassination Attempts on Trump Were Staged

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

120 A monger of fish in Nantucket
Kept all of his bait in a bucket
He worked on a rhyme
In the scales and the slime
But he finally gave up and said fuck it

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (6/7Fs)

121 And over here we'll add a busty figurehead to this happy boat.

-Bulg Ross

Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (rgnea)

122 117 Calm sea means it's rowboat time.

Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (FhXTo)

======

Real men reserve rowboat time for hurricanes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (46HP8)

123 Thanks to all!

Posted by: Limerick lover at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

124 Nether Lands, Indeed! - a limerick

A certain young Amsterdam drinker
Turned out to be really a stinker
He slipped her a julep
And grabbed at her tulips
Ever after was known as "Hands" Brinker

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (qgHp7)

125 Well, the British are known for their civility.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

The York Pogrom wasn't civil.

If native Brits don't start killing these rapists, the country is gone...and it probably is anyway.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (mDGAX)

126 A monger of fish in Nantucket...
-
Kept all his fish in a bucket

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

he needed to shit
had no place to sit
so he dumped them all out and said fuck it

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (snZF9)

127 It's pure coincidence that I am in the midst of preparing a limerick retrospective of the life and times of Hans Brinker.

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (qgHp7)

128 If people were saying the immigration system was broken because court cases took too long, then wouldn’t Trump adding 82 new immigration judges be considered a good thing?

It is good that new judges are being added but why did it take almost a year to do so? A good executive would've have the necessary support structure built and ready to go before executing the round-up phase of the project.

Simply put, the current admin's aim was to never fix it in the first place.

Republicans are trying to break the system even more by stacking the courts with reich wing ideologue hell bent on harming real Americans and innocent brown people by filling concentrations camps like the Nazis did.

It speeds up the type of immigration enforcement Trump and conservatives want. Don’t forget what they tried to do to Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The funny thing is that this could've happened back in 2024 with the Border Act of 2024 that was trying to legislatively resolve this issue. What happen? MAGA Republicans relented to Trump's crying and blocked this bill from passing.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)

129 Hunter Biden and Candace Owens Seem to Agree That All the Assassination Attempts on Trump Were Staged
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Glad that brain trust was able to settle the issue.

Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 10:12 AM (Y8DZL)

130 125 kill rapists. precisely. not difficult.

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

131 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: A monger of fish in Nantucket at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Republicans are trying to break the system even more by stacking the courts with reich wing ideologue hell bent on harming real Americans and innocent brown people by filling concentrations camps like the Nazis did.

---------

Oops. Cheezit fellas. The jig is up!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (6/7Fs)

133 128 It is good that new judges are being added but why did it take almost a year to do so? A good executive would've have the necessary support structure built and ready to go before executing the round-up phase of the project.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)

=========

Trump fired a bunch who kept granting asylum to bullshit claims.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (46HP8)

134 missed oppo: should have said keel rapists.

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)

135 132 Republicans are trying to break the system even more by stacking the courts with reich wing ideologue hell bent on harming real Americans and innocent brown people by filling concentrations camps like the Nazis did.

---------

Oops. Cheezit fellas. The jig is up!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (6/7Fs)

=======

Nazi concentration camps where the people can voluntarily leave any time as long as they agree to go back to their home country, having no rights to be in this country at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (46HP8)

136 125 If native Brits don't start killing these rapists, the country is gone...and it probably is anyway.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (mDGAX)

Who will be the first nation to rise up against Islam?

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)

137 Is that the Royall Navy?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (zH1JV)

138 It speeds up the type of immigration enforcement Trump and conservatives want. Don’t forget what they tried to do to Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

---------

You can tell a man's character by who he idolizes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (6/7Fs)

139 134 missed oppo: should have said keel rapists.
Posted by: cmeat

Native Brits will not keel.

Posted by: Doug Marcaida at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (ycI94)

140 is that spinnaker luffing?

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (R11M+)

141 128 Republicans are trying to break the system even more by stacking the courts with reich wing ideologue hell bent on harming real Americans and innocent brown people by filling concentrations camps like the Nazis did

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)

You see what happened there? Even THEY just said that they don't believe that "browns" aren't "real Americans".

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (uEmCf)

142 Nazi concentration camps where the people can voluntarily leave any time as long as they agree to go back to their home country, having no rights to be in this country at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

This IS their home country now! The poem!!!

Posted by: Retarded Leftists at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (ycI94)

143 ...screwed up with the double negative.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (uEmCf)

144 138 It speeds up the type of immigration enforcement Trump and conservatives want. Don’t forget what they tried to do to Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

---------

You can tell a man's character by who he idolizes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (6/7Fs)

======

Garcia has no legal right to be in America, had a bullshit asylum claim, and as that fight has been dragged out in a district court with no jurisdiction, literally hundreds of thousands of others have been forcibly deported.

Narrative vs. policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (46HP8)

145 142 This IS their home country now! The poem!!!
Posted by: Retarded Leftists at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (ycI94)

The Huddled Masses!!!
THE HUDDLED MASSES!!!!

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)

146 142 Nazi concentration camps where the people can voluntarily leave any time as long as they agree to go back to their home country, having no rights to be in this country at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

This IS their home country now! The poem!!!

Posted by: Retarded Leftists at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (ycI94)

======

The lightly proffered laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years,
Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgement of your peers.

That one?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (46HP8)

147 Garcia has no legal right to be in America, had a bullshit asylum claim, and as that fight has been dragged out in a district court with no jurisdiction, literally hundreds of thousands of others have been forcibly deported.

Narrative vs. policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I look forward to a flaming skull post in the future when he is finally removed.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (ycI94)

148 Who will be the first nation to rise up against Islam?

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)

That shit doesn’t happen in Israel.

My money was on France, but now? Who knows...maybe nobody.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (mDGAX)

149
Mrs. Fishmonger's Lament - a limerick

I can't stand the boredom much longer
The odor just keeps getting stronger
My mish smells like fish
Oh dear how I wish
I never had wed the fishmonger!

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (qgHp7)

150 Your honor, my client was just trying to breathe free.

Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (rgnea)

151 The Huddled Masses!!!
THE HUDDLED MASSES!!!!
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)
---
Did you mean "rabble"?

Posted by: AxemanAI at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (Fi81e)

152 Damn Christian dads!

In a new interview with Variety, Alcock discussed the backlash surrounding her rise to the lead role in DC Studios’ upcoming “Supergirl” movie and said she has learned to tune out online outrage as scrutiny around blockbuster franchises intensifies.

“But I mean, whose opinion do you really care about?” Alcock said. “If you’re p—ing the right kind of people off, you’re doing OK.”

The actress suggested much of the hostility directed toward her comes from faceless social media users reacting emotionally online.

“And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts,” Alcock said. “Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me.”

-
Colbert level hilarious!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

153 ...I wish
I never had wed the fishmonger!

*********

It turns out she did it just for the halibut.

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (qgHp7)

154 148 Who will be the first nation to rise up against Islam?

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)

That shit doesn’t happen in Israel.

My money was on France, but now? Who knows...maybe nobody.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (mDGAX)

=====

Dark horse:

Spain.

Just...a whole lot of pissed off Franco die-hards deciding to go full secessionist and revolutionary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (46HP8)

155 I look forward to a flaming skull post in the future when he is finally removed.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (ycI94)

Simplest solution: he is found shot dead on the street, blame placed upon rival gang bangers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (8zz6B)

156 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice art. Would hang. And surf 'n turf tonight.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)

157 probably read this here... the talmud allows for divorce if the husband becomes a fishmonger.

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

158 Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (qgHp7)

You are on a roll!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:22 AM (mDGAX)

159 Who will be the first nation to rise up against Islam?

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)

That shit doesn’t happen in Israel.

My money was on France, but now? Who knows...maybe nobody.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (mDGAX)

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Dark horse:

Spain.

Just...a whole lot of pissed off Franco die-hards deciding to go full secessionist and revolutionary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM

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If they get this far, it'll be the 42nd Street militia.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (2WIwB)

160 Starmer out by June 30 is still only at 30% on Polymarket, but Burnham stands for election on June 18. I don't know if that means bettors think he's going to lose, or if 12 days isn't enough to swap leadership after the election.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (XvL8K)

161 Well, the British are known for their civility.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)
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Which is evident from Game of Thrones, inspired by British History.

I mean, okay, there's a Red Wedding or two, here and there....

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (Fi81e)

162 *Simplest solution: he is found shot dead on the street, blame placed upon rival gang bangers.*

And police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In the words of Dennis Miller at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

163 4 There's a giant ball of yarn on the sailboat. What's that all about?

Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)


Sailors' yarns.

Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (5rh/l)

164 Dark horse:

Spain.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (46HP

I think all of the tough rightists in Spain have been marginalized by the commies. Franco beat them, but they waited and waited...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (mDGAX)

165 164 I think all of the tough rightists in Spain have been marginalized by the commies. Franco beat them, but they waited and waited...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (mDGAX)

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They wouldn't need a majority.

Just a few thousand to say..."We've got nothing left to lose. Reconquista."

But, you know, with lispy Spanish.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (46HP8)

166 136. Who will be the first nation to rise up against Islam?
Posted by: XTC


Countries. Netherlands, Austria, Germany

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

167 151 The Huddled Masses!!!
THE HUDDLED MASSES!!!!
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)
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Did you mean "rabble"?
Posted by: AxemanAI

Trump should start calling illegals "wretched refuse" from shithole countries.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (ycI94)

168 There's a giant ball of yarn on the sailboat. What's that all about?

Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)
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They're going after the "big cats".

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (Fi81e)

169 "...the talmud allows for divorce if the husband becomes a fishmonger."
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And she just can't stand it any longer!

Posted by: I can limerick, too! at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

170 154 Dark horse:

Spain.

Just...a whole lot of pissed off Franco die-hards deciding to go full secessionist and revolutionary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (46HP

If people are waiting for them to become an Armed Insurgency first, I don't think that's going to happen. They're going to take over electorally.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (uEmCf)

171 CNN: Francesca Hong, a leading Democrat in the Wisconsin governor’s race, called for abolishing the police.

Hong, a 37-year-old state representative and democratic socialist, wrote on Twitter in 2020 she supported “defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.”

She later argued in 2021 that “police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

172 I think all of the tough rightists in Spain have been marginalized by the commies. Franco beat them, but they waited and waited...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (mDGAX)

The muzzies blew up two street cars a few years back and Spain folded. They're done.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (2WIwB)

173 Jesus spoke. The sea was calm that day.

Posted by: Eromero at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (7RAhE)

174 171 CNN: Francesca Hong, a leading Democrat in the Wisconsin governor’s race, called for abolishing the police.

Hong, a 37-year-old state representative and democratic socialist, wrote on Twitter in 2020 she supported “defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.”

She later argued in 2021 that “police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

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Those 2020 tweets are going to haunt Democrats for a while.

I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (46HP8)

175 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)
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Another thread that confirms Godwin's (statistical) Rule.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (Fi81e)

176 Getting off the fishmonger theme.


He Was a Shellfish Bastard - a whatchaccallit

The oyster monger Mortimer Tucks
Sold a dozen for 24 bucks
I said, "What the hell,
How d'ya open the shell?
He said, "Why it's easy! Ah shucks!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:29 AM (qgHp7)

177 I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

That's why the publishers are pushing against the Wayback Machine.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:29 AM (tL5sl)

178 Nefarious Republicans, trying to "break the system more" by enforcing laws still on the books that Democrats no longer want to be enforced.

You can just wish laws away right?

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (Fi81e)

179 173 Jesus spoke. The sea was calm that day.
Posted by: Eromero at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (7RAhE)

But then he wept, and a bunch of hooks and chains emerged from the Lament Configuration to rip Frank Cotton to pieces.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (iXqHn)

180 177 I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

That's why the publishers are pushing against the Wayback Machine.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:29 AM (tL5sl)

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At some point soon, we're going to get a Democrat House candidate who shared child pron on BlueSky, aren't we?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (46HP8)

181 That Alcock chick is....weird looking.

Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)

182 178 Nefarious Republicans, trying to "break the system more" by enforcing laws still on the books that Democrats no longer want to be enforced.

You can just wish laws away right?

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (Fi81e)

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"Yes."
-the living constitution

"Holy shit, yes."
-the administrative state

"Fuck yeah."
-prosecutorial discretion

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (46HP8)

183 I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

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It's uncivil and totally uncalled for to call anybody a Nazi...who's not somebody they want to call a Nazi.

You just wonder some time how did simple faculties of self-reflection get so broken in them.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (Fi81e)

184 Mortimer tucks what?

Posted by: Oh, wait... at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

185 183 You just wonder some time how did simple faculties of self-reflection get so broken in them.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (Fi81e)

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They were coddled and therapied into not having it from the start.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (46HP8)

186 That Alcock chick is....weird looking.
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)

Any chick who was all cock would be weird-looking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

187 I KEEL YOU!

Posted by: Achmed The Uncalmed Terrorist at May 22, 2026 10:33 AM (XD+PD)

188 That Alcock chick is....weird looking.

Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)

And a fucking high school dropout.

Credentialism is ridiculous, but leaving high school to become an actor is almost a guarantee of an ignorant life.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:33 AM (mDGAX)

189 186 That Alcock chick is....weird looking.
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)

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She looks better as Supergirl than she did in the Game of Thrones spinoff.

I think it might be the hair.

Still...weird, beady face.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:34 AM (46HP8)

190 Alcock and no cattle.

Posted by: I think it's a Texas thing at May 22, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

191 184 snerds.

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+)

192 186 and then...

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)

193 Fvcking New York Times

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

194 Oh BTW

Nice painting, CBD. Thanks.

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:39 AM (qgHp7)

195 193 Fvcking New York Times

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

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Subscribe to the New York Daily Inquirer instead!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:39 AM (46HP8)

196 It's worth enlarging the image to see the supple and delicate brush work. I need to see more of de Vlieger's art. Another example of why I consider the Dutch Golden Age paintings to be some of the greatest ever made.
Posted by: JTB

I looked him up on wikiart. He's excellent. Captures, I think, the power of the sea on the Dutch. Not over the Dutch! They do, after all, hold it back.

Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 10:40 AM (ReYtg)

197 Fvcking New York Times
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)


Maybe soak it in warm water first???

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:41 AM (2WIwB)

198 Mary Celeste prequel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:43 AM (4iEwa)

199 Looking forward to asking MiL if she buys into the joo rape dog story. That should be fun.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

200 San Fran Psy,

That 'reporter' was vocalizing their inner zoophilic sexual fantasy of getting yiffed by Fluffy. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:47 AM (4iEwa)

201 Dammit. They're going to make me defend Thomas Jefferson, aren't they.

UVA official criticizes founder President Thomas Jefferson in grad speech: ‘ignorance and hubris’

https://tinyurl.com/4kzanebt

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

202 Tuq'r Qatarlson is now denying that Islamic Jihad exists.

"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)

203 200 San Fran Psy,

That 'reporter' was vocalizing their inner zoophilic sexual fantasy of getting yiffed by Fluffy. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:47 AM (4iEwa)

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$5 the dog rape thing was something that Kristof's Nazi progenitor tried to pull off himself against Jews in a concentration camp.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (46HP8)

204 Okay….this is a nice sea scape. You feel the fog, you have to look through it to see the other ships out there, and the light house on the horizon. Calming. Like the title says.

Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (OoFl2)

205 Well NY Times is sticking with that story.

Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (YwEeS)

206 Tuq'r Qatarlson is now denying that Islamic Jihad exists.

"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.


You can just see the corruption oozing out of him now.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (Riz8t)

207 202 my salamis leakin'

Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

208 "Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.

I suppose the organization which bears that name is imaginary as well?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

209 Someone should market a BBQ sauce named Islamic Jihad.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (4iEwa)

210 Credentialism is ridiculous, but leaving high school to become an actor is almost a guarantee of an ignorant life.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Look, Buddy, I did just fine, and BTW, Geddy Lee dropped out, too.

Posted by: Barbara Stanwyck at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (oftw2)

211 > "Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
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Bet he finds out before the end of the year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (jehhT)

212 Those 2020 tweets are going to haunt Democrats for a while.

I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (46HP

There is another way to solve this issue….this eludes them, doesn’t it?

Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (OoFl2)

213 202 Tuq'r Qatarlson is now denying that Islamic Jihad exists.

"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)

Surely, he has to realize that once he's no use to Qatar anymore, they're going to place a fatwa on his head.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (iXqHn)

214 212 There is another way to solve this issue….this eludes them, doesn’t it?

Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (OoFl2)

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Destroying the Internet Archive?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:52 AM (46HP8)

215 Well they keep trying get Kiwi Farms knocked off the Internet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:53 AM (4iEwa)

216 Fvcking New York Times

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
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An activity that breaks Rule #1.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:53 AM (Fi81e)

217 215 Well they keep trying get Kiwi Farms knocked off the Internet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:53 AM (4iEwa)

"The last place on the internet where a white man can say [N-Word] with the hard R!"

Yes, something to be proud of, for sure. (/sarcasm)

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (iXqHn)

218 >>Tuq'r Qatarlson is now denying that Islamic Jihad exists.

"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.




One cannot have lived through the last 25 years, starting with a bang on 9/11/01, without knowing what Islamic jihad is. The screams of "Allah ackbar" that precede the ever-growing list of atrocities throughout the world cannot be ignored, though we would so love to return to a time before it was commonplace.

To pretend otherwise is mind-blowing.
New low for Tucker.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (X8xt3)

219 Someone should market a BBQ sauce named Islamic Jihad.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (4iEwa)
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I put that shit on everything.

Posted by: Kier Starmer at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)

220 Someone should market a BBQ sauce named Islamic Jihad.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (4iEwa)

Formulated for pork rather than real BBQ?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)

221 219 I put that shit on everything.

Posted by: Kier Starmer at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)

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Dude has stepped down at least 20 times in the last 2 years.

It's impressive, really.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:55 AM (46HP8)

222 "Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
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The real jihad is the friends we made along the way.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:56 AM (Fi81e)

223 218 One cannot have lived through the last 25 years, starting with a bang on 9/11/01, without knowing what Islamic jihad is. The screams of "Allah ackbar" that precede the ever-growing list of atrocities throughout the world cannot be ignored, though we would so love to return to a time before it was commonplace.

To pretend otherwise is mind-blowing.
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (X8xt3)

He's going for a gotcha, because the official "Islamic Jihad" Organization in Lebanon disbanded in 1992, and was replaced by Hizb'allah (Hezbollah).

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:56 AM (iXqHn)

224 >>Still...weird, beady face.


She looks like a child w/her small features.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:56 AM (X8xt3)

225 To pretend otherwise is mind-blowing.
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Shuckin and jivin for his new masters.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)

226 Tuq'r Qatarlson is now denying that Islamic Jihad exists.

"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)

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So a Holocaust Denier is a Jihad Denier?

Color me *shocked* ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (4LEcr)

227 Maybe watching a cartoon might clue in low IQ Tucker.

ST:TAS episode called "Jihad."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (4iEwa)

228 Surely, he has to realize that once he's no use to Qatar anymore, they're going to place a fatwa on his head.
Posted by: XTC
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Patriots may beat them to the punch.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

229 I’ll give you “hubris” and “ignorance”, a modern day academic criticising Jefferson.

It used to be axiomatic with historians that you cannot hold historical figures to modern sensibilities. “I am smarter, better, than he was, I wouldn’t have done that, I would have done this, etc etc.”

There’s absolutely no way to know what you would have done at that time, and that place. Plus, hindsight is 20/20.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:58 AM (TgO2L)

230 To pretend otherwise is mind-blowing.
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Shuckin and jivin for his new masters.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)

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Old & Busted: Jive Turkey.
New Hotness: Jive Tuq'r.

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 10:59 AM (4LEcr)

231 Tucker might get the Theo van Gogh treatment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:59 AM (4iEwa)

232 >>He's going for a gotcha, because the official "Islamic Jihad" Organization in Lebanon disbanded in 1992, and was replaced by Hizb'allah (Hezbollah).

"Oh, gotcha! You were thinking of the animating belief in islam that mass murder of infidels brings great rewards in heaven, which has resulted in the most heinous barbarism in the last two decades, while I was technically referring to a named organization!

Don't you feel like a fool!"
*forced laugher*

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:59 AM (X8xt3)

233 >>Tucker might get the Theo van Gogh treatment.


"Who?"
-- Hollywood

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:00 AM (X8xt3)

234 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

235 I’ll give you “hubris” and “ignorance”, a modern day academic criticising Jefferson.

It used to be axiomatic with historians that you cannot hold historical figures to modern sensibilities. “I am smarter, better, than he was, I wouldn’t have done that, I would have done this, etc etc.”

There’s absolutely no way to know what you would have done at that time, and that place. Plus, hindsight is 20/20.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:58 AM (TgO2L)

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Indeed.

The term for that is "Presentism:" the invalid application of present-day ideas, values, and perspectives to interpretations of the past.

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (4LEcr)

236 Tillis Massey and the other RINO losers are still in office until January and can / will cause as much damage as possible until then. Therefore, Thune should keep the Senate in recess until January.

They don’t have the votes to pass the save act or any other Trump initiative.

No amount of podcast hysteria is going to change these facts.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (zqeQL)

237 PS nice painting.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (zqeQL)

238 "Mostly Cloudy"

Posted by: mindful webworker - canvas covered at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (0poB+)

239 And then there's that little Bahamian folk song the Beach Boys did 'back in the day' …

So hoist up the John B’s sails,
See how the mainsail sets,
Call for the Captain ashore,
Let me go home …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (ayRl+)

240 Humans are herd animals. Propaganda has many components, but one application is to try and get the enemy to believe he is vastly outnumbered.

Published polling historically has been used to great effect this way. Your fellow citizens by huge margins believe “X”, you on the other hand believe “Y”, and you are on the fringe with your extremist hateful views. All the Good People believe the Good Things.

What is wrong with you??

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (TgO2L)

The Morning Report — 5/ 22/26

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Good morning kids. Well it's scum on parade once more, so a day ending in "Y" here at the Morning Report. First, I was remiss (though truth be told I never came across any links, believe it or not) in neglecting to note the passing of one of the most singularly reprehensible and destructive individuals to hold elective office in the past 50 years if not in our history. That would be the former congressman from Massachusetts the late and unlamented Barney Frank.


Here is a complete rap sheet of this friggin' termite courtesy of the invaluable DiscovertheNetworks.

Besides running a teenage male prostitution ring out of his home, he was one of the key architects in the collapse of the housing market and the tanking of our economy in 2008 among other Democrat/Leftist catastrophes that we are still digging our way out from the rubble lo these many years later... His worldview and voting record over the ouse of his career are a testament to Democrat/Leftist scietal destruction in pursuit of absolute power. Period full stop. Odd that on his deathbed he publicly chastised his party for the positions it held and advanced. Nearer my God to Thee or an attempt at taqqiya sunrising to prevent future Democrat electoral wipeouts?

Barney Frank Warns the Left is Destroying Democrats . . ."Many of my colleagues who I know agree with me but are inhibited from saying so.”

As I recall the spoof ditty created by Rush Limbaugh to the tune of Abba's "Dancing Queen" referring to Frank as The Banking Queen, let us move on to the next subject in the "Conga Line of Freaks" per old Yeller Mark Levin, shall we?

Congressional Democrats are moving to shut down President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, escalating a political fight over compensation for Americans who say they were targeted by politically motivated prosecutions and federal lawfare.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is introducing legislation aimed at preventing any federal money from being used to create or distribute payments through the fund. . .

At the same time, some establishment Republicans are also voicing opposition to the fund. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick told reporters Wednesday that he would “try to kill” the program.

. . . Supporters of the fund argue it represents a long-overdue effort to compensate Americans harmed by politically driven prosecutions and abuses of government power.

Critics, meanwhile, claim the program would improperly use taxpayer money to compensate individuals tied to controversial investigations, including those connected to the January 6 Capitol protest.

Two law enforcement officers who were present at the Capitol on Jan. 6 have already filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the fund entirely.

Well as to Jamie Raskin, Cancer is as cancer does. He and his party led by Malig-Nancy Pelosi either directly engineered and orchestrated the events of 1/6 or else created the conditions and fiction that Trump was inciting an insurrection when it was in fact an entrapment sting to create that pretext and illusion to oppress and suppress the enemies of the Left and Deep State. And GOP confederates like Fitzpatrick et al are equally guilty of perpetuating the corrupt status quo regardless of the consequences to the American people and Republic.

And speaking of which that brings us to the next diseased turd floating by in the punchbowl...

The Senate is heading home until June without finishing a reconciliation bill, after Republican tensions over the package coincided with President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Brendan Pedersen, a senior reporter with Punchbowl News, posted on X: “Thune asked if Senate Rs are responding to politics — ie, Trump endorsements and snubs this week ‘It’s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what’s happening in political atmosphere around us,’ Thune said. ‘You can’t disconnect those things.’”While Republican Senators publicly claim substantive issues with the bill were the driving factor behind the early vacation, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged President Donald Trump’s Tuesday endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed heavily on Republican Senators’ minds as they skipped town instead of advancing a top Trump priority as planned.

Yes, the Barney Franks, Jamie Raskins and Malig-Nancy Pelosis we are afflicted with are horrid enough but Thune and his ilk and their criminal fecklessness and naked, shameless collusion with them and farcical kabuki "opposition" as is embodied in the likes of JOHN THUNE and sadly many like him all over the GOP is why our nation is circling the drain, or at least was until enough decent people said enough is enough and elected a man who to greater or lesser extent recognized that were headed off a cliff and now 11 years since descending the golden Trump Tower escalator, he has almost singlehandedly at a minimum put the brakes on and has attempted to throw us in reverse. We shall see if MAGA is indeed the start of the movement for American renaissance or merely a speed bump on the road to Hell.

The rejection of Thomas Massie will go a long way but it's only a start!

Thomas Massie’s defeat in Kentucky’s Republican primary was not merely the fall of one Republican congressman. It was the collapse of an illusion -- an illusion that has grown inside parts of America’s online Right over the past few years: that a few million followers, a handful of popular podcasts, several viral clips, and some anti-establishment slogans can replace party machinery, voter loyalty, local networks, money, organization, and real political power.

Kentucky shattered that illusion. Not in a television debate, not in an intellectual quarrel, not in another online shouting match, but in the one place where politics strips away fantasy and reveals itself: the ballot box.

Just like the Leftists, you can expect the voices on the Right to become even more shrill, vulgar and vituperative in their attacks on all of us than even the most strident of Lefties.

Whom we are at long last rejecting for their duplicity and fraudulence in foisting RINO globalists and big government stooges on us. It will be a long time in coming but when all of them are gone from the scene, it will be glorious.

Have a relaxing, fun and safe Memorial Day weekend!


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  • On the one hand, there is the risk of AI letting rip without thought for the consequences. On the other there is the risk that America’s competitive advantage will be lost and that other countries will make the inevitable advances anyway. Some of this may still sound abstract. But it isn’t going to be for very much longer. I’ve been thinking about this in recent months because AI started coming for me
    Douglas Murray: I see dangers of AI firsthand — as people make doppelgangers of me!
  • Before the gas chambers came the lies, the laws, and the excuses. . .read this piece again and stop when the circumstances begin to feel familiar.. . Don’t wait... for another Auschwitz to be under construction.
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1 First again?

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

2 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

3 Nooded. Thanks, JJ!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (NcvvS)

4 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (jehhT)

6 2 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)


About a week away actually!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (x0n13)

7 But Georgia’s Republican voters have for years considered Mr. Raffensperger a villain who enabled Mr. Trump’s 2020 loss, the Times reported.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (L1jPj)

8 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (53oGX)

9 Thanks, Nazdar. You did good with your nood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

10 Happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 22, 2026 07:49 AM (/+uur)

11 It’s fish taco Friday.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:49 AM (XV/Pl)

12 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 07:49 AM (CWTWj)

13 Good morning, all!

Posted by: No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 07:49 AM (NFX2v)

14 The GOP is a worthless pile of penguin poop.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

15 14 The GOP is a worthless pile of penguin poop.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)


Penguano?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (x0n13)

16 Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen were confronted by an aggressive man who accused them of faking the moon mission.

'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew.

The befuddled crew simply stood in uncomfortable silence as the man berated them, apparently trying their best to pretend he wasn't there.

The man continued: 'Follow Jesus! God's watching you all!'

As Glover smiled and gave an uneasy wave, he went on: 'Stop lying to the public! Your psyop isn't working on millions of us! NASA's a joke!'

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (L1jPj)

17 J.J.

FWIW, AI has been in heavy use by the drug industry in cancer research for over a decade. Lots of the advances working their way through the system were refined by AI.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

18 Finally, someone has seen the light:Bolt CEO fires his entire HR team because they “created problems that didn’t exist”, and “those problems disappeared when I let them go”. Welcome to the party, pal.Ryan Breslow, the co-founder and chief executive of US fintech firm Bolt, said the department was scrapped as part of sweeping layoffs aimed at returning the struggling business to “start-up mode”.The 32-year-old added that HR professionals were more suited to “peacetime” conditions at larger companies rather than a start-up environment focused on rapid growth and efficiency.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (L1jPj)

19 fd

20% turnover in GOPe Senators lately is not enough. We need good candidates.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

20 About a week away actually!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (x0n13)

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Yeah I know but OpSec OpSec OpSec

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

21 Gonorrhea and syphilis skyrocket in Europe — and this country has the highest spike

… is Islamophobia worse ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:54 AM (L1jPj)

22 San Franpsycho

He does not want me to sing him Happy Birthday. J.J. is very smart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

23 "Penguano?"

I thought that was a kind of Italian cheese.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

24 Is Prison the Best Place for Certain Prominent Democrats?
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The "dustbin of history" wants its primacy back

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:56 AM (zapWf)

25 In the span of just a few weeks, Carolina Republicans have given us two of the most tone-deaf, out-of-touch, and clueless statements of all time.

First, the SC state senate Republican majority leader, blocking redistricting, because SC needs a "vibrant" Democrat Party.

Then Tillis, sputtering in anger how it's "tyranny " to take his money and give it to something he "vehemently " disagrees with.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 07:56 AM (73/SM)

26 I think Thune is having an "old man's temper tantrum." Maybe his BP will spike. Bigly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)

27 Seriously, folks. It's Friday. And a long weekend ahead. If you have this thought of "You know what's needed? Tickets!" going through your mind, you need to go home. Now.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 07:56 AM (RjOoY)

28 Darrell Maguire, 55, of New Braunfels, is accused of shooting deer with a crossbow from his vehicle, chopping off their prized heads and leaving the decapitated bodies behind for horrified locals to find over 11 months between fall 2024 and summer 2025

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:58 AM (L1jPj)

29 "I like my peace and quiet," Dick Armey said. "And I don't need to listen to Barney Fag . . . haranguing in my ear because I've made a few bucks off a book I worked on." 1995

Posted by: Fags Gonna Fag at May 22, 2026 07:58 AM (7d1L5)

30 Yeah I know but OpSec OpSec OpSec
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)
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I saw the Blind Squirrels open for the Dead Drunks at Summerfest, back in 1984.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:59 AM (zapWf)

31 Amputation rates are on the rise — especially among a surprising at-risk population

Over the six-year period, amputations rose overall, by 35.3% (from 58.9 to 79.7 per 10,000 people). But among patients whose cases involved opioids, the increase was dramatically steeper, climbing by 66% (from 55.6 to 92.3 per 10,000).

The sharpest spikes in opioid-related amputations were seen in parts of the Northeast and West.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:59 AM (L1jPj)

32 Hard to tell who is more detestable, Dan Goldman or Brad Lander.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

33 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

You're welcome, Salty. Just finished reading the content and saw this.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 08:00 AM (NcvvS)

34 17 J.J.

FWIW, AI has been in heavy use by the drug industry in cancer research for over a decade. Lots of the advances working their way through the system were refined by AI.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)


Good to know considering my situation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 08:01 AM (x0n13)

35 Austria’s parliament has approved legislation introducing caps on the number of family members able to join refugees each year, marking a significant shift in the country’s migration policy. The quota system is expected to take effect from July, though officials have not yet set a fixed number, saying it will depend on Austria’s reception and integration.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:01 AM (L1jPj)

36 I keep mixing up Jamie Raskin and Jamie Dimon.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:02 AM (iXqHn)

37 Is Prison the Best Place for Certain Prominent Democrats?
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No!

Posted by: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Savior of Chilean Democracy at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

38 But were they valid exorcisms?

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (qFwJc)

39 Denmark has led some of the strictest asylum legislation in Europe. The center-right government of Mette Frederiksen has claimed that limiting the number of foreigners in the country is necessary for maintaining a generous welfare state. The Danish Refugee Council says this is causing a lot of uncertainty and anxiety among refugees. A historically low number of asylum approvals were granted by the Danish authorities in 2025.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (L1jPj)

40 Are we there yet?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (zBgIx)

41 Gen. Augusto Pinochet

Right On!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

42 I keep mixing up Jamie Raskin and Jamie Dimon.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:02 AM (iXqHn)
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They're the same thing.

Posted by: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Savior of Chilean Democracy at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

43 “It costs like $10 to buy eggs!”
~~ Sunny Hostin, of the View
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She oughta be in the Senate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (Zhjn8)

44 /oops

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

45 Is the Senate in recess? Time for Trump to make appointments.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (qFwJc)

46 It will be some time before we comprehend the extent of why Trump was spared.

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:07 AM (J8APv)

47 @45

>>Is the Senate in recess? Time for Trump to make appointments.

The Senate has not had a formal recess since 2011.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

48 The most powerful Democrats in the country organized a coup d’état in broad daylight and dragged the country through a barbed-wire field of partisan propaganda for the last ten years, and Jack Smith wants Americans to be upset that President Trump retained documents that he was entitled to possess? It’s just such lunacy.
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Sadly, many Americans buy this crap.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (Zhjn8)

49 WaPo:

In 2020, just 246 people tried to sneak into Poland from Belarus through the marshy wetlands on the border, according to the Polish government’s records. There was a pandemic on, after all. But over the following year, almost 40,000 migrants from Syria, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, India and other countries crossed or attempted to cross this frontier. Those migrants didn’t end up in Belarus by accident. Some were carrying Russian visas or entry stamps. Russia and its ally — some would say lackey — Belarus were, in effect, importing migrants, delivering them to the Polish-Belarusian border and telling them to head to Poland.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (L1jPj)

50 Excellent commentary as always this morning, JJ. Massie was a fool to think that the endorsements of AOC and Ro Khanna, would not destroy him in Red State Kentucky

Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (YCxFk)

51 The Danish Refugee Council says this is causing a lot of uncertainty and anxiety among refugees.

"This is Achmed. He's seeking asylum in Denmark because raping people in his home nation has too many competitors. Please open the door and let him in so he can convert us to his peaceful beliefs."

Cue Sarah McLachlan music and zoom in on Achmed's sad face.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 08:10 AM (RjOoY)

52 29 "I like my peace and quiet," Dick Armey said. "And I don't need to listen to Barney Fag . . . haranguing in my ear because I've made a few bucks off a book I worked on." 1995
Posted by: Fags Gonna Fag

Maybe the silence about the passing of Barney Frank has something to do with the vile nastiness of the guy along with his sister. They were attack dogs, uncivil in every respect.

Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 08:11 AM (Y8DZL)

53 .
Now is time for someone to read the Constitution to tRump so that he can send the House on an early vacation as well. No doubt the Senate is leave one loser behind to gavel it into session; but, butt ... EVERYONE know that is disallowed by said Constitution.

Posted by: Marooned at May 22, 2026 08:11 AM (kt8QE)

54 what infuriates me, is not just the inaction of the GOP Senate, but the idiocy of Thune and others to think the new Marxist party would abide by the blue slip and filibuster if they get a trifecta down the road.

Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:11 AM (YCxFk)

55 Chris Rabb, PA-03 candidate, calls out candidates who refuse to call Israel's actions "genocide"

"If you can't name the demon, you can't kill it.

If we can't say genocide, if we can't say white supremacy, if we can't say patriarchy or oligarchy, if we can't say the words, how are you going to entrust somebody to do the work when it matters most?"
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Philadelphia elections aren't giving us good results.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (Zhjn8)

56 Good morning again Horde. Thx JJ. Happy Friday to all.
Posted this yesterday but you should look at it
Over at Facebook Donny Deutsch has posted a vid ripping the Texas woman Galindo a new one over her concentration camps comment. I'm not big on Donny but he's spot on.
The insane thing is the comments section . It literally looks like it could be from Stormfront. This nation is in a world of hurt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (gu0hJ)

57 “At times, it seems Democrats are trying to win arguments while Republicans are focused on winning elections. Democrats operate in an ecosystem defined by reason even in cycles when the electorate is defined by rage. This highlights a fundamental and necessary truth — a brutal and efficiently delivered message will frame the choice for voters and help actually win the election,” the report reads.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (L1jPj)

58 Jonah

Using Occam's Razor: They were bought off.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

59 Not quite sure how this compensation fund will work legally but good luck. It would be easier legally for DOJ to pay out Trump and Trump could set up his own fund for DOJ victims.

Posted by: The Sanhedrin at May 22, 2026 08:13 AM (+9A0s)

60 At least Colbert is finally gone

Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (YCxFk)

61 Thank you JJ. So glad a long Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us.

The senate is worse than the house… mainly because of simple math: smaller numbers. A Congress critter in the house is 1 of 435… a senator is 1 of 100 and they have 6 year terms (3 x that of a house member).

I’m convinced Cassidy in Louisiana voted to convict Trump in that impeachment trial because he thought to himself: I just won by 40 and everyone will forget in 6 years. PDJT didn’t forget hehe

But this process of prying and crowbarring the RINOs out is long… so long

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (+gA9j)

62 >>Senate Abandons Trump’s ICE, Border Funding Bill for Early Vacation; Thune Admits Paxton Endorsement Played Role

It played the leading role.

And if you go back and look at the days after J6 some "Republicans" including Cornyn were the most vociferous in demanding that the J6 patsies be dealt with harshly. The don't want to admit they were either wrong or complicit. Because they hate us.

They had no problem advocating their fellow Senators got huge settlements from the feds for Wray spying on them, they just don't want us peasants getting justice.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)

63 I once responded to one of Tillis' questionnaires a few years ago.
I indicated one of my top issues was weaponization of the federal government .
Now he is griping about the Anti-Weaponization Fund.
The irony!

Posted by: CapeFear at May 22, 2026 08:15 AM (11O9i)

64 The author of the DNC autopsy believes Democrats were too hesitant to put President Donald Trump in prison.

“The retrospective evaluation of Donald Trump’s presidency was too positive. Given the ability of right-wing entities to slash and smear the Vice President, it was essential to prosecute a more effective case as to why Trump should have been disqualified from ever again taking office. The grounds were there, but the messaging did not make sense.”

Never mind that Trump’s mug shot proved one of the defining images of his campaign. The photo appeared on Trump merchandise almost immediately after Trump was released from Fulton County Jail in August 2023. The mug shot now hangs outside the Oval Office.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:15 AM (L1jPj)

65 At least Colbert is finally gone

Who?

Posted by: Joe Sixpack at May 22, 2026 08:15 AM (7d1L5)

66 Never saw any of the Colbert show. Ever.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

67 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

68 From the article about the Las Vegas student getting expelled for pro-ICE messages:

"CCSD recognizes and honors our students’ First Amendment rights to lawful advocacy and expression on causes important to them."

The absolute obliviousness of these people would be hilarious except for the fact that they have power over children.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (RjOoY)

69 Have to give credit to the W Bush Appeals court judges who were loyal enough to retire in the last few months. Donald has named quality replacements for them, and when confirmed, Trump will have the second most Appeals Court judges after Ronald Reagan. With more than two years to go

Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)

70 "At least Colbert is finally gone

Who?
Posted by: Joe Sixpack"

Claudette. Died 1996.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

71 I've recently become convinced that the commies started the America Never Went to the Moon "theories" because they were pissed we beat the Soviets and everyone else.

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)

72 The leaked DNC autopsy doesn't mention:

- Inflation or Bidenflation
- Podcasts
- Women's sports, bathrooms
- Pronouns
- Catholics, Christians, or evangelicals
- 'Religion' or 'Religious'
- White men
- Anything related to MAHA
- Gas prices

And:
- Only one mention of trans in the context of the they/them ad
- One 'border' mention in the context of Dems being mad that Kamala was labeled the 'border czar'
- Brief mention of climate policies causing 'anxiety'
- One mention of '80-20' issues but no definition of what those are

It also alleges that the media ecosystem is too right-wing for Democrats to be able to compete.

Pure slop. Stunningly bad.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (L1jPj)

73 The FrontPage Magazine piece about Auschwitz not being built overnight is well written.

"It moved through isolation, legal discrimination, propaganda, fear, and public conditioning; one policy, one justification, and one compromise at a time.

And with each stage, more people adapted.

Some supported it. Some benefited from it. Many stayed silent."

Here's the link again:
https://tinyurl.com/4y45d5en

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

74 Never watched a single episode of Colbert. Or Kimmel. Or Myers.
Watched Fallon a couple of times because he's a local guy.
None will be missed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (gu0hJ)

75 At least Colbert is finally gone
Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (YCxFk)
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Who?

Oh yeah... that guy who got his 15 minutes of TV fame.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (Zhjn8)

76 19 fd

20% turnover in GOPe Senators lately is not enough. We need good candidates.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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There are good candidates galore but they don't have funding enough to run except as long shots. And a good candidate in one state would be a lousy one in another.

What we can do is not necessarily ensure good people but set up incentives not to be bad in office like firing the Thom Tillis types.

And far too many people fall in love with candidates--to my way of thinking, the guys picking up your garbage are more important, not so much who is your senator or rep. Falling in love with a politician only means they will eventually betray you and break your heart. Best not get invested emotionally, especially with pretty words when they do their dirty deeds done dirt cheap for donors or party insiders.

They are there to represent us because all the voters cannot fit into the Capitol, so someone has to do the boring and frankly hideous job of legislating. So a studied measure of contempt, dry sarcasm, and willingness to replace them as components is needed. Quality assurance one might say.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (E4rtv)

77 I've recently become convinced that the commies started the America Never Went to the Moon "theories" because they were pissed we beat the Soviets and everyone else.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)
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All they have left is their lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

78 Chris Rabb, PA-03 candidate, calls out candidates who refuse to call Israel's actions "genocide"

"If you can't name the demon, you can't kill it.

If we can't say genocide, if we can't say white supremacy, if we can't say patriarchy or oligarchy, if we can't say the words, how are you going to entrust somebody to do the work when it matters most?"
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Philadelphia elections aren't giving us good results.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM ()

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He'll be my "representative", I'm afraid. Hopefully next year I'll be able to get out of the city

Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (PyqXH)

79 Nearer my God to Thee or an attempt at taqqiya sunrising to prevent future Democrat electoral wipeouts?

Perhaps Barney realized that his afterlife was not going to be very comfortable and he was trying to get God's mercy.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (RjOoY)

80 The suspicious website, Kiddle, is spreading biased information to children that soft-pedals authoritarian regimes and terrorist organizations.

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Kiddle...sounds pornographic.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)

81 The FrontPage Magazine piece about Auschwitz not being built overnight is well written.

"It moved through isolation, legal discrimination, propaganda, fear, and public conditioning; one policy, one justification, and one compromise at a time.

And with each stage, more people adapted.

Some supported it. Some benefited from it. Many stayed silent."

Here's the link again:
https://tinyurl.com/4y45d5en
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)
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At its most insidious, Evil can be very patient.

It never rests, never tires, and never quits.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 08:20 AM (gnNyN)

82 SMOD

If this is really their inner thinking, their actions going forward will not rescue them. They are missing the long plot for short term grift.

Don't correct an enemy on the wrong path.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

83 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Had an adventure. After being molested by the urologist, they said that if I ran a fever of 100.5 to not bother calling, just go the ER. So... yesterday I have a fever of 100.8. Go to an ER. Fever has dissipated by the time I get there. Get sent home. No doubt it'll cost me a million dollars.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

84 Cold Bear? Kimmel? Fallon?
So people still watch TV?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

85 I so miss Rush. The Banking Queen was one of his many Paul Shanklin hits. As was his pronunciation of Baaarney Fwank.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 22, 2026 08:22 AM (0Xb3a)

86 I hope the people of South Dakota are melting down Thune's phoneline for his childish reaction to Trump's endorsements, and for his total abdication of his duty to the American population who wants the SAVE Act (and other Trump initiatives) passed into law. What a scumbag.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

87 Rabb's district is D+40, the most partisan district in the US. It voted for Biden 91%. It shouldn't surprise anyone that they'd vote in an antisemitic communist

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)

88 It also alleges that the media ecosystem is too right-wing for Democrats to be able to compete.

Pure slop. Stunningly bad.
Posted by: SMOD

Campaign consultants are generally slugs good at one thing--persuading people to give them money because they claim to be good at their job. And that goes for GOP consultants. So they tell whoever is paying them what they want to hear and Democrats did not want to hear that a) their policies are insane, b) lying constantly for years takes a toll on popularity, c) Putting forth Puddin Brain and then Kamala as candidates after the administration failed was bad politics.

The GOP autopsy of 2012 ran toward we need to approve amnesty becuz Romney lost being a meanie. That is what the donors and GOPe wanted to hear.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:23 AM (E4rtv)

89 If I were a Democrat I might just vote for this man based on his name "Squire Servance" because it sounds quaintly old fashioned to me. I think he'd be a much better fit for Bonnie Watson Coleman's district ( They're both African American) than the execrable Hamawy who had not only supported Muslim terrorism and thiinks the army should be ended as well as ICE and homeland security, but who also had complaints against his work as a plastic surgeon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:23 AM (OYsYV)

90 I've been reading the Amazon reviews of the Horde Cookbook this morning. Beautiful things, guaranteed to yield a laugh or two, each and every one! It is hard to believe that was eight years ago. Time flies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (eZeWG)

91 Can someone give me a brief Dummies version of what this Anti-Weaponization Fund is?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)

92 90 Time flies.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (eZeWG)

Fruit Flies like a banana.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (iXqHn)

93 "Banking Queen" LOL. I recall that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (OYsYV)

94 'The Best Fundraising Text I've Ever Seen': Graham Platner's 'Grassroots' Campaign Is Funneling Money to Influencers To Fawn Over Him

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Who's Time's cover boy?

https://tinyurl.com/44k978tw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (ndZc7)

95 This J6 stuff makes me wonder...

Will we ever find out what all those National Guard troops in the Capital were all about, around the 2021 inauguration? Supposedly, it was to protect the inauguration from violent, rabid MAGA people.

But there was no organized movement among MAGA people to do ANYTHING. In fact, the word was out that if somebody tried to talk you into such a thing, they were likely a Fed looking to trap you.

The were called up by TRUMP, remember. Surrounded the whole city. Check points to enter or leave. Stayed there many weeks afterward. SOMETHING was going on that they weren't telling us. Something MAJOR and UNPRECEDENTED.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (ovdkm)

96 The second is the margin of defeat for Kamala Harris was among the smallest in American history.
Under the structure of the Electoral College, a handful of swing states are generally determinative
in the outcome, meaning the margins of victories in those states are the key to the overall
outcome. Tens of thousands of votes in a handful of states returned a Republican to the White
House.
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Do they not know who won the popular vote?

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (J8APv)

97 If you went back 15 years and said Barney's Frank will be a voice of reason compared to the base of the Democratic Party, you would be put under observation in a psych ward.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (R86kT)

98 whig

Cogent points. Like Homeless NGO CEOs not solving the homeless problem.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

99 86 I hope the people of South Dakota are melting down Thune's phoneline for his childish reaction to Trump's endorsements, and for his total abdication of his duty to the American population who wants the SAVE Act (and other Trump initiatives) passed into law. What a scumbag.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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SD also has Dusty Johnson running for governor there who is another never Trumper now craving Trump's endorsement. I have come to the conclusion that not all of those claiming Trump is wonderful are good but every single pos politician that is a Never Trumper is bad deserving defeat.

I think it is that these Never Trumpers despise the base openly that Trump represents--that is not who we are indeed. The ones that fake Trump support, to some extent are trapped because betrayal means political death to them. So they have to fake it to keep their miserable careers going along (see Lindsay Graham).

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (E4rtv)

100 So is the senate in recess appointments recess or recess theater?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (2PamV)

101 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

I am sorry you were having a fever and had to go to the ER.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (OYsYV)

102 Had an adventure. After being molested by the urologist

My urologist always grins when offering a prostate exam, which is why I always say, "No"

Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:27 AM (IXblq)

103 Well, pigs are flying. I agree with Jimmy Kimmel.

JIMMY KIMMEL MELTDOWN: Urges Viewers to “NEVER WATCH CBS AGAIN” After Colbert’s Finale Tonight
“I hope those of you who watch our show will also tune in to CBS for the last time. Don’t ever watch it again.”
LOL!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (ndZc7)

104 71 I've recently become convinced that the commies started the America Never Went to the Moon "theories" because they were pissed we beat the Soviets and everyone else.

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)


The No Moon Landings people and the Flat Earth clowns have small minds.

Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (5rh/l)

105 I've been reading the Amazon reviews of the Horde Cookbook this morning. Beautiful things, guaranteed to yield a laugh or two, each and every one! It is hard to believe that was eight years ago. Time flies.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (eZeWG)
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Please tell me my Turkey Loaf recipe got five stars.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

106 Limbaugh made radio one of the most entertaining and thought provoking mediums ever. He was a gifted broadcaster with split second timing. Comedic genius and political insight expressed in a way that made you realize you weren't alone in your conservative leanings. He surrounded himself with talented staff that created what is known in the business as "production values" which made it extremely listenable. I was addicted for decades. Shanklin was just icing on the cake.

I miss Rush.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

107 >>Can someone give me a brief Dummies version of what this Anti-Weaponization Fund is?

It's a fund that Trump agreed to in exchange for dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for releasing his tax returns.

The money was designated for people who have subjected to harassment by Obama's and Biden's weaponized DOJ. People like Michael Caputo who's life and career were destroyed over baseless charges because he supported Trump early on and also people like J6ers who were setup and over prosecuted.

Permanent DC hates it because it exposed the dual system of justice in this country.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:29 AM (viF8m)

108 Welp, Today Is Harvey Milk Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

109 Eight? I feel like that cookbook was 12 or more years ago.

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:29 AM (J8APv)

110 Barney pushed every leftist, governmentalist scheme he could and now at the end of his miserable existence he's warning the Dems.
As was said in a sci-fi series "the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (gu0hJ)

111 Tillis, who has voted for trillions and trillions to fund Democrat Party priorities, is suddenly angered and outraged over a few billion to fund Trump's priorities.

From the border wall, to ICE, to now--they can never find a penny to fund what we want.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (73/SM)

112 Halfhand

I asked my gastroenterologist what the craziest thing he heard was.
Evidently one patient wanted no pain meds, and sang through the entire colonoscopy procedure.

I did entertain my urologist with my gold-digger stories.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

113
1.) It was no mistake; Dick Armey got it right.

2.) As long as we're eulogizing Barney Fag, my favorite thing about him was this: his notorious, nation-wtecking financial corruption aside, I will never forget when, perhaps fifteen years after he walked away without so much as a single charge for sex trafficking in teen boys, he did an interview where he bemoaned the fact that the Republicans' House censure of him for his well-known pederasty had nearly "ruined [his] social life."

Not that it *did* ruin it, mind you - just that there were a couple months when Georgetown AWFLs were uncomfortable being seen with him in their parlors, and child-buggering panderers were skittish about inviting him into their fleshpots. This was an act of lese-majeste he harbored a lifelong grudge about.

Barney Fag's life epitomized the corruption, vacuity and arrogance of America's ruling class during the waning years of the Republic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (BI5O2)

114 Well, Bruce is funnier than Colbert.

Bruce Springsteen appeared on Stephen Colbert’s show tonight and COOKED Trump and his goons
“I’m here in support tonight for Stephen, because you are the first guy in America who lost his show because we got a president who can't take a joke….

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:31 AM (ndZc7)

115 > Will we ever find out what all those National Guard troops in the Capital were all about, around the 2021 inauguration? Supposedly, it was to protect the inauguration from violent, rabid MAGA people.
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The only part of J6 that was "organic" (not pre-planned) was the public's demonstration. Everything else, the Capitol in particular, was staged.

Pelosi had a huge hand in it. The political, donor, and chattering classes in the capitol city wanted a real insurrection so they could hang Trump and be done with MAGA forever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 08:31 AM (jehhT)

116 98 whig

Cogent points. Like Homeless NGO CEOs not solving the homeless problem.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I've been around too many political consultants over the years. A very few were decent people, most, I would put on the level of Mel Brooks, "The Producers". And that is in part why the GOP is so bad at politics, consultants don't make money from volunteers and actual popularity, they make money by mailers, robocalls, advertising placements, and communications management. The Rick Jackson phenomenon in GA is an example. This guy spent over $100 million so far--his wife donates to Democrats, he donated to Jeb and Cheney plus Stacey Abrams, he clearly hates having to deal with average citizens in political show and greet, and his campaign consists of slanderous mailers, robocalls, media ad placements, and campaign signage. A fake, gay, Potemkin candidacy allied with the Kemp faction in GA politics.

Dooley for Senate is the same way.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (E4rtv)

117 It's a fund that Trump agreed to in exchange for dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for releasing his tax returns.

This is a formula the left has been using for years. Some environmental group sues the EPA and the EPA, also made up of environmentalists, "settles" for what it wanted to do, now with the imprimatur of a court order.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (R86kT)

118 Someone explain to me why Robert Kagan’s piece in the Atlantic yesterday is wrong. He thinks Trump is surrendering to Iran… I don’t trust Kagan but I admit his piece is somewhat persuasive to me… because I’ve not been happy with Trump’s continual talk of negotiations and a “deal” and I believe (alas) that the current stalemate if it persists favors Iran. They don’t care about economic discomfort while American voters are fickle. I’m beginning to believe this waiting game, even with our blockade of Hormuz, is not in our favor. That seems to be Kagan’s argument.

But when I find myself agreeing with a knucklehead like Kagan maybe I’ve gone off my rocker. Help me out here…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/88)

119 SD also has Dusty Johnson running for governor there who is another never Trumper now craving Trump's endorsement. I have come to the conclusion that not all of those claiming Trump is wonderful are good but every single pos politician that is a Never Trumper is bad deserving defeat.

............

Won't be voting for him. Have seen the guy? Besides being an idiot he's a little wimp. Blowing up the tv and internet with ads. I have seen a couple polls lately that he is running in 2nd. Good,and good riddance.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 22, 2026 08:34 AM (j/yko)

120 115 Pelosi had a huge hand in it. The political, donor, and chattering classes in the capitol city wanted a real insurrection so they could hang Trump and be done with MAGA forever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 08:31 AM (jehhT)

The doors were opened for the people to enter and they were escorted in by Pelosi's Capitol goons

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 08:34 AM (x0n13)

121 And it's National Vanilla Pudding Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

122 Funny how, in order to protest Trump’s refusal to back certain Republican Senators, Thune is determined to prove that everything Trump said about those senators was true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NyxOA)

123 66 Never saw any of the Colbert show. Ever.

I only saw the clips shown on right wing podcasts, like the cringey "The Vaxx Scene" with homos dancing around with giant syringes. Ugh.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (gtcuf)

124 Lizzy Warren, who loudly endorsed Platner in Maine just a month ago, now refuses to even mention his name in public, after his masturbation and Thai hooker Reddit posts got some publicity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (9vcWq)

125 Permanent DC hates it because it exposed the dual system of justice in this country.
Posted by: JackStraw

Thom was a big supporter of the Senate bill that rewarded senators $500k for being spied on. I think those GOP members despise the base voter Trump people because they think they are aristocrats.

That is not who we are (Let them eat cake) in modern vernacular. Paying the serfs for treating them with injustice for Jan 6 or else is Not Who We Are bullshit.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (E4rtv)

126 And it's National Vanilla Pudding Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)
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I knew this without knowing I knew it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

127 61 ... The senate is worse than the house… mainly because of simple math: smaller numbers. A Congress critter in the house is 1 of 435… a senator is 1 of 100 and they have 6 year terms (3 x that of a house member).
...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (+gA9j)


The Senate tells you how just corrupt the establishment is, doesn't it? There are a lot more red states than blue, but Republicans only have a small majority, when they have a majority at all. Seems like they should have an easy time having a solid majority.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (ovdkm)

128 LinusVanPelt

The real target is China. Note: No cheap Iranian oil is flowing to China. They have to pay market rates. This is a dagger in the entire Chinese export-based economy.

Plus, pipelines are being built to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. This is adaptation to Trump's economic warfare.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

129 Somewhere out there on the intertubes there is a video of John Cornyn telling Chris Wray he needed to go as harshly as possible on the J6er who were arrested for "storming" Congress. He knew those people were America First types and he knew or he should've known it was a setup. Yet he still demanded overly harsh treatment.

That's John Cornyn. That's why they hate this fund. It will expose many of them as frauds at best.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)

130 A president "who can't take a joke"...

He can only take being shot, prosecuted, cheated, insulted, threatened....

But not a joke.

Democrats are such toughguys

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:36 AM (J8APv)

131 Bruce Springsteen appeared on Stephen Colbert’s show tonight and COOKED Trump and his goons

Yeah, how can Trump ever recover from that.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:36 AM (gtcuf)

132 66 Never saw any of the Colbert show. Ever.

I only saw the clips shown on right wing podcasts, like the cringey "The Vaxx Scene" with homos dancing around with giant syringes. Ugh.
Posted by: Delurker

Same Colbert report persona that was on Stewart's who. That IS who he is. A vile caricature of a man hiding behind clown nose on and clown nose off--except that nose is always brown from kissing Democrat ass.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (E4rtv)

133 Evidently one patient wanted no pain meds, and sang through the entire colonoscopy procedure.

I woke up from mine shouting, "Where the hell am I?!" which shocked and amused the doctor and nurses.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (IXblq)

134 128 Plus, pipelines are being built to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. This is adaptation to Trump's economic warfare.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

Let's get the Keystone XL protesters to China ASAP!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (x0n13)

135 r/FedEmployees
Feeling like the 250 celebrations are completely hollow this year. I’m a pretty patriotic person, and normally I’d be overjoyed about all the 250‑year freedom celebrations. But right now it just feels fake. The admin in the office, including my own elected representatives, clearly can’t stand me or the work I do. It all feels like a performance layered over a bunch of hostility.

Feels like more of a wake than a birthday celebration. I will be mourning this 4th.

1976 had actual unity around it, now everything gets weaponized before the decorations even go up. I'm going to Celebrate Juneteenth , with the flag Asshats name hasn't been Imposed on. Black Lives Matter flag. The Nation is lost currently, I can't celebrate that.

I wouldn't count on a bloody civil War. I would count on quiet acceptance like billions of people do on earth. They accept that they're under the authoritarian boot. There's no heroic uprising.

No way! We will rise. Minnesota taught me that even under extreme authoritarian rule, resistance works. We are an incredible country, and the corrupt disgusting president will not take that from us!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (ycI94)

136 >>Thom was a big supporter of the Senate bill that rewarded senators $500k for being spied on. I think those GOP members despise the base voter Trump people because they think they are aristocrats.

Correct. They view themselves as a class above us not our elected representatives. And they hate us when we don't sit down and be quiet and let them tell us what to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)

137 Finally, someone has seen the light:Bolt CEO fires his entire HR team because they “created problems that didn’t exist”, and “those problems disappeared when I let them go”. Welcome to the party, pal.Ryan Breslow, the co-founder and chief executive of US fintech firm Bolt, said the department was scrapped as part of sweeping layoffs aimed at returning the struggling business to “start-up mode”.The 32-year-old added that HR professionals were more suited to “peacetime” conditions at larger companies rather than a start-up environment focused on rapid growth and efficiency.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (L1jPj)

Because “peacetime” conditions at larger companies really need a bit of “created problems that didn’t exist”?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

138 Perhaps the root of the problem in Iran is that there's no one left to negotiate with. Maybe the "leadership" is so fractured no one is able to speak authoritatively on behalf of the military.

If you think about the aftermath of when you know who killed you know who, leadership seemed to default to Navy Admiral Donitz, who was no where near Berlin, and just shrugged his shoulders and said "Yeah, ok. We give up."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

139 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/8
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I haven't read it but agree with your point.

Anything less than unconditional surrender will only lead to more violence in the future.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

140 whig

We talk about the hatred of the Left.

The actions of the GOPe Senate are building rage inside pragmatic observers as well. The Rep and Ind base is turning strongly against the GOPe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

141 100 So is the senate in recess appointments recess or recess theater?
Posted by: rickb223
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Fake recess of course.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:39 AM (E4rtv)

142 Chocolate pudding > vanilla pudding.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)

143 NYPost:

May 15 marks one year since Governor Kathy Hochul enacted a “bell-to-bell” ban on personal phones in public schools, impacting almost a million children in K-12 public and charter schools across the state.

Teachers who spoke to The Post all say the ban has had an overwhelmingly postive impact on their schools.

“I think that the cell phone ban has been remarkable,” Dr. Jessica Chock-Goldman, director of clinical services at Bard High School Early College of Manhattan on the Lower East Side, told The Post. “I’ve been astounded by how much of a shift it has been.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

144 Barney was just mad because he had to ride the pine for several months, and by the time he could lace up his bondage gear and get back in the game, Lindsey Graham had already wrecked the ass of every catamite in the Beltway. It probably took him a couple seasons to regain his records and retake the lead in the cock-ring count.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)

145 Robert Kagan, the husband of that great stateswoman, Victoria nuland. No agenda there.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (5P5DO)

146 If the Senate is not in recess, can the President (or Vance, or anyone) call them to a vote?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (9vcWq)

147 Kathy Hotox did something good?

Broken clock and all that.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (gtcuf)

148 Chocolate pudding > vanilla pudding.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)
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This is a debate worth having.

It mostly depends on the relative quality of the cocoa powder to the quality of the vanilla bean used.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

149 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg

The wife of the elderly "Trump House" owner who was attacked in California says her husband is not expected to survive.

Maria Sheron says there is "no hope" for her husband, Kerry, who was brutally beaten outside his home.

Sheron, a 69-year-old Army veteran, is known in the Escondido area for all the Trump and USA flags he has at his home.

His wife, Maria, says she believes he was targeted for the displays, according to the California Post.

32-year-old man Thomas Caleb Butle was arrested for the horrific attack and is charged with attempted murder.

https://tinyurl.com/5cy5zd7z

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

150 Overslept. Catching up. Overwhelmed by links. Mr. Sefton is a treasure. Worst thing about sleeping late is the Art Thread horror comes that much more quickly. At least I have coffee.

Posted by: Behind The Eight Ball at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)

151 I've recently become convinced that the commies started the America Never Went to the Moon "theories" because they were pissed we beat the Soviets and everyone else.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)

Also disparages white males as lying, conspiratorial frauds who cannot be trusted.

Posted by: Whitey On The Moon at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (7d1L5)

152 I’m beginning to believe this waiting game, even with our blockade of Hormuz, is not in our favor. That seems to be Kagan’s argument.

But when I find myself agreeing with a knucklehead like Kagan maybe I’ve gone off my rocker. Help me out here…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/8

This regime sent a million of its followers to die for nothing during the Iran-Iraq war. They’re busy executing everyone inside Iran who complains too loudly, and much like North Korea, they maintain absolute control over the military and internal security services.

A summer of economic hardship is nothing to them, and the “blockade” is far more porous than we like to pretend it is. Our “good friend” Pakistan has 6 major rail crossings where goods pour into Iran every day. The people will suffer from the economic decline, but the regime won’t.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 08:43 AM (NyxOA)

153 Barney was just mad because he had to ride the pine for several months, and by the time he could lace up his bondage gear and get back in the game, Lindsey Graham had already wrecked the ass of every catamite in the Beltway. It probably took him a couple seasons to regain his records and retake the lead in the cock-ring count.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)
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Mrs. F. is disturbed I'm laughing so loudly before 6 am and I cannot tell her why.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

154 Donald has named quality replacements for them, and when confirmed, Trump will have the second most Appeals Court judges after Ronald Reagan.

Making a pretty big assumption, aren't you?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

155 Posted by: Whitey On The Moon at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (7d1L5)

Her face and arms began to swell

Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (J8APv)

156 Thomas Caleb Butle

Butler. Star Wars Incel.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (gtcuf)

157 Barney's sister was Ann Lewis, a nasty piece of Dem work. She was a Clintonista to the core. Real nice family

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (gu0hJ)

158 “I think that the cell phone ban has been remarkable,” Dr. Jessica Chock-Goldman, director of clinical services at Bard High School Early College of Manhattan on the Lower East Side, told The Post. “I’ve been astounded by how much of a shift it has been.”
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My now former workplace is trying to implement something along that line. I agree smart phones hurt worker productivity in many environments.
Heh. I'm just glad to be celebrating One Month Of Saturdays with Ye Olde Android firmly in my grasp.
More coffee.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

159 146 If the Senate is not in recess, can the President (or Vance, or anyone) call them to a vote?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Nope. Special sessions may be called when Congress is in recess or have adjourned sine die. President can also adjourn Congress if the House and Senate disagree on adjournment.

Normally the House has to ask the Senate for permission to do so which galls the House to no end but they can ask the president to do so.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:45 AM (E4rtv)

160 I saw Wet Leg open for Dusty Johnson at the Isle of Wight Music Festival last year.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 08:46 AM (Dv3i1)

161 Mostly peaceful and hardly any property damage.

Sunny Hostin defends the deadly Black Lives Matter riots of 2020. She claims there was only "very limited destruction of property and violence."

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Unlike the Hiroshima-like death and destruction of J6.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:46 AM (ndZc7)

162 Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

Wow!; Kathy Hochuldid something positive? I'm surprised.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:46 AM (8Xy/A)

163 My urologist always grins when offering a prostate exam, which is why I always say, "No"
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:27 AM (IXblq)

Sadly, this was a biopsy, involving a sex toy and 50 - or so - daggers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

164 John Thune is some piece of work.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:47 AM (9vcWq)

165 118 Someone explain to me why Robert Kagan’s piece in the Atlantic yesterday is wrong. He thinks Trump is surrendering to Iran… ... I’m beginning to believe this waiting game, even with our blockade of Hormuz, is not in our favor. That seems to be Kagan’s argument.
...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/8


I keeping hearing that "Trump is surrendering to Iran". It's the most ridiculous propaganda imaginable. The military action was about as lop-sided as you can imagine, and Iran's economy has been practically shut down.

It was clear from the start - and I remember Ace commenting to this effect - that the US and Israel aim to END THIS, once and for all. There would be no point to it otherwise.

All the talk of "negotiation" is for suckers. Either it REALLY means Trump is bribing Iranian insiders or Trump is stalling for time to get ready for the endgame. Trump always gives his opponent the opportunity to do the right thing, but he doesn't really EXPECT them to do the right thing.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:47 AM (ovdkm)

166 whig

Potential upside of the Senate recess: No War Powers Act theater.

Bring on the strike packages.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

167 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

168 Starship/Superheavy launch scrubbed at T-40 seconds

"Though SpaceX mission controllers tried several times to restart the countdown when it went into an automatic hold at T-40 seconds due to some technical issues, they eventually decided to scrub the Starship/Superheavy launch today.

At present they expect to try again tomorrow, with a launch window opening at 5:30 pm (central). Expect updates later today or tomorrow."

SpaceX will try again today. As of now. 6:30 PM Eastern. Launch window is about 2 hours.

My educated speculation:
Trying again 24 hours after yesterday's several temperature-related issues inside T-40 seconds, tells me the engineers are confident they understand the cause(s). They'll change temperature limits in the launch sequencer computer program for the T-0 launch pad-vehicle quick disconnects that violated limits yesterday. No hardware fixes. The engineers must have test data and computer models that indicate they can safely change the limits up or down to accommodate the temperatures observed yesterday.

I wish them success today!

Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)

169
I suppose Thune and his ilk are going to use this time-off to -

run to they're various Leftard and Chinese donors like Soros, and-

lay their heads on his lap and say-

Daddy Soros! Daddy Soros, President Trump was sooooo mean and a big bully to my pal, Corny, will you give me even more money i9f I vote harder against his agenda like the SAVE Act.
Cuz he's so mean, Daddy Soros, so very very mean!!!
...
...
Now, where's Uncle Xi?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

170 Mrs. F. is disturbed I'm laughing so loudly before 6 am and I cannot tell her why.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

There's nothing funny about competitive pederasty among ruling class elites. It's deadly serious business.

----Ed Buck

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (BI5O2)

171 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
====

There was pretty big local band in nyc called Broken Arrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

172 Butler who attacked the Trump house man was said to have "bad PTSD" from his Navy days. Reading the rest of the article it just looks like he was a paranoid schizophrenic.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (gu0hJ)

173 Gref

Thank you for your analysis.

I want to be yelling Go! Go! Go! today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

174 Sandy Frank >>> Barney Frank

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

175
I would have thought Lindsey Graham was a catcher, not a pitcher.

Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (Y8DZL)

176 167 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM
++++

Hey, my WAP is sitting right here.

Posted by: Cardi B at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

177
I frequently think that it would be best if we shut Capitol Hill down and dispersed our US senators and representatives to the states or districts they come from. Advances in communications and networking should make this not too burdensome. Too many of these people get elected on a campaign of representing their people, then go to Washington and "go native".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (HdYcL)

178 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

I saw Broken Ankle open for Sniff 'n' The Tears at Fenway Park in 1980.

Lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth...

Posted by: Tory Crimes at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (7d1L5)

179 it's only creepy when the urologist wants to cuddle afterward

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (gKWVE)

180 Iran/IRGC and Hormuz...

Shippers who are paying bigly to just be in the area with their multi-billion dollar vessels are not convinced it's safe. That's the problem, and why we're sitting on our collective thumbs.

The IRGC will "guarantee" safe passage for certain vessels.... for a fee. Some shippers are willing to pay it. But some shippers won't. And some vessels, registered or flagged in a country the IRGC is currently at war with will never be permitted into our out of the Persian Gulf. As long as the IRGC controls Hormuz.

The IRGC, correctly, has assumed that if they hold the Hormuz at risk, they will have a stronger negotiating stance. If they can't control Hormuz....

Prying the IRGC out of their bunkers and hideouts across hundreds of square miles is no easy task.

This is where we are. IMO

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

181 Sadly, this was a biopsy, involving a sex toy and 50 - or so - daggers.

I'm sorry to hear that. I pray your biopsy produces a negative result.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (IXblq)

182 144 Barney was just mad because he had to ride the pine for several months, and by the time he could lace up his bondage gear and get back in the game, Lindsey Graham had already wrecked the ass of every catamite in the Beltway. It probably took him a couple seasons to regain his records and retake the lead in the cock-ring count.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)

Barney was too fat for his fellow Sodomites to allow him to wear the bondage gear.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:53 AM (iXqHn)

183 NYPost: Rylynn Joshua Davis is accused of executing his girlfriend on Mother’s Day after shooting two good Samaritans who tried to help her as he dragged her down the sidewalk.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

184 JJ, I really wish you’d retire that fat-chick-in-leather-with-someone-else’s-head meme.

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

185 gKWVE

After my first colonoscopy, my older, petite, female gastroenterologist patted my hand and said I had a beautiful colon. I had no answer at that time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)

186 The problem with being a proctologist is, you have to start at the bottom.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (gtcuf)

187 NYPost:

Thomas Diiorio, 40, faces charges of harassment and bias intimidation after spouting obscene phrases at Lakisha Spruill in their upscale development in Mount Laurel, NJ, around 6:30 p.m. Monday, according to NJ.com.

Diiorio allegedly referred to Spruill and other black people as “you people” in the argument.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

188 There is a civil war breaking out in the Senate.

The GOPe, still has the power of leadership, are unable to protect their loyal members.
They're demanding the leaders do more to protect them.
In their minds, that means opposing Trump more.

Meanwhile, there are those actually have to win their seats who see Trump isn't going away, conservatives aren't "voting for the lesser evil" aka the Rove Plan and are demanding the leaders start delivering on Trump's priorities.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (73/SM)

189 Who names their kid Rylynn?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

190
Unfortunately, Iran can prevail by not losing. Militarily we were supreme in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. We never lost a battle in the field. But the people and politicians got tired, we drew down our forces and left without anything sturdy in place. It was easy for the enemy to take over the vacuum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (HdYcL)

191 177
I frequently think that it would be best if we shut Capitol Hill down and dispersed our US senators and representatives to the states or districts they come from. Advances in communications and networking should make this not too burdensome. Too many of these people get elected on a campaign of representing their people, then go to Washington and "go native".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yep. The same with dispersing the agencies across the US. Little reason to keep them in DC anymore.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (E4rtv)

192 Sandy Cheeks >>> Sandy Frank >>> Barney Frank

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

193 "And it's National Vanilla Pudding Day.
Posted by: redridinghood"

That's not pudding.

Posted by: Graham Platner at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (vFG9F)

194 167 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?
Posted by: Delurker

Creative names help one to get noticed.

Posted by: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (oftw2)

195 178 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

I saw Broken Ankle open for Sniff 'n' The Tears at Fenway Park in 1980.

Lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth...

Posted by: Tory Crimes at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (7d1L5)


Wow! I haven't seen or heard the band Sniff 'n' The Tears mentioned since I don't know when. The last time was very likely in the 20th Century.

Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (5rh/l)

196 I'm sorry to hear that. I pray your biopsy produces a negative result.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (IXblq)

That would be nice but the MRI saw a mass so I've already emotionally accepted getting bad news. The only question is how bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

197 >>All the talk of "negotiation" is for suckers. Either it REALLY means Trump is bribing Iranian insiders or Trump is stalling for time to get ready for the endgame. Trump always gives his opponent the opportunity to do the right thing, but he doesn't really EXPECT them to do the right thing.

Saw a really interesting piece on X yesterday by a guy who goes by the name of GreenBeretNapTime or something like that. Very detailed piece so he is clearly knowledgable about the ethnic/tribal makeup of Iran and the government.

He claims that because of the lack of internet or real media coverage a lot of what is going on in Iran is based on regime leaks or assumptions and not fact. His claim is that there are lots of cracks and fractures in the regimes control and they are being exploited during the negotiations. Sounds at least plausible.

Why I find absurd is that anyone would listen to Kagan, the clown behind decades of disastrous military adventures in the Middle East not to mention being the husband of Victoria Nuland, possibly the most corrupt and most destructive POS ever in ur foreign policy establishment. One of the architects of the disaster in Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (viF8m)

198 " ..patted my hand and said I had a beautiful colon."
###

I get that a lot.

Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

199 Maurice Cheeks >>>Sandy Cheeks >>> Sandy Frank >>> Barney Frank

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (gtcuf)

200 188 There is a civil war breaking out in the Senate.

The GOPe, still has the power of leadership, are unable to protect their loyal members.
They're demanding the leaders do more to protect them.
In their minds, that means opposing Trump more.

Meanwhile, there are those actually have to win their seats who see Trump isn't going away, conservatives aren't "voting for the lesser evil" aka the Rove Plan and are demanding the leaders start delivering on Trump's priorities.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Excelllent summary. And yet, those GOPe are stuck, they cannot publicly denounce Trump much or risk being defeated but their donors, staffers, and political support apparatus demand that they don't help him. Something is gonna give.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)

201 Tell me again about those crazy conspiracy theories ...

Elizabeth @alluringmedia

Never forget Jack Smith held more than enough evidence to convict him for the Capitol insurrection and the illegal retention of classified documents.

Trump knew he would face prison time because he had ZERO chance of beating Harris. He solicited the help of Musk to facilitate malware on the tabulators that changed the outcome of the votes.

TRUMP DID NOT WIN THOSE SWING STATES.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)

202 151 I've recently become convinced that the commies started the America Never Went to the Moon "theories" because they were pissed we beat the Soviets and everyone else.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)

Also disparages white males as lying, conspiratorial frauds who cannot be trusted.
Posted by: Whitey On The Moon at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (7d1L5)


Pretty much. It's anti-American propaganda for sure. If you want to tear down America, rewrite its history, so its accomplishments are portrayed as simply frauds. They're trying to rewrite the entire culture, into a dysfunctional dystopia. Just look at how every major intellectual property in Hollywood has been rewritten, and destroyed. Star Wars, Star Trek, even the Wizard of Oz. Obviously, an organized effort from the Globalists.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (ovdkm)

203 The troll barfed out something he swallowed at the glory hole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (gu0hJ)

204
TRUMP DID NOT WIN THOSE SWING STATES.

TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK ON!

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at May 22, 2026 08:58 AM (gtcuf)

205 Yep. The same with dispersing the agencies across the US. Little reason to keep them in DC anymore.
Posted by: whig

You can't possibly want to burden lobbyists with the chore of travelling state to state to stuff money into federal legislators' pockets!

Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 08:58 AM (Y8DZL)

206 201 Trump knew he would face prison time because he had ZERO chance of beating Harris. He solicited the help of Musk to facilitate malware on the tabulators that changed the outcome of the votes.

TRUMP DID NOT WIN THOSE SWING STATES.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)

=======

What changes were introduced to the voting machines between 2020 and 2024 that made them possible to hack?

Because I've been told that the very idea that the 2020 machines were at all inaccurate is insurrection.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (46HP8)

207 @183 more from NYPost -
The other good Samaritan was shot directly in the head and suffered a catastrophic injury described in court records as "incompatible with life"

Truly Horrible.

(but congrats(?) on the euphemism.)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (Dv3i1)

208 200 Excelllent summary. And yet, those GOPe are stuck, they cannot publicly denounce Trump much or risk being defeated but their donors, staffers, and political support apparatus demand that they don't help him. Something is gonna give.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)

More than likely, the Donor Class goes native and just starts donating directly to Demoncrats instead of The Gope.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (iXqHn)

209 184 JJ, I really wish you’d retire that fat-chick-in-leather-with-someone-else’s-head meme.
Posted by: Bulg

You're the biggest Boob Fan on this board. Why would you say such a thing?

Posted by: Wilson's House Of Suede and Leather at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (oftw2)

210 Troll is an expert in Oedipus complex. Wonder why.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

211 There is a civil war breaking out in the Senate.

The GOPe, still has the power of leadership, are unable to protect their loyal members.
They're demanding the leaders do more to protect them.
In their minds, that means opposing Trump more.

Meanwhile, there are those actually have to win their seats who see Trump isn't going away, conservatives aren't "voting for the lesser evil" aka the Rove Plan and are demanding the leaders start delivering on Trump's priorities.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (73/SM)
******
They all better confirm his judge nominees or there will be hell to pay.
Primary everyone who doesn't.
Tillis and Cassidy are vindictive little bitches and if Cornyn loses he may be too.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

212 Paul comes from this town
youtu.be/MkclS4415Kw

Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (gKWVE)

213 Why I find absurd is that anyone would listen to Kagan, the clown behind decades of disastrous military adventures in the Middle East not to mention being the husband of Victoria Nuland, possibly the most corrupt and most destructive POS ever in ur foreign policy establishment. One of the architects of the disaster in Ukraine.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I am willing to trust Trump on this one rather than his critics. Trump is after the enriched uranium because for the sake of the world, he has to win on that but he is not willing to put troops into a meat grinder to get it.

The critical bit is that these oil wells are in fact in danger if Iran shuts them down yet there is not enough storage anymore to keep them pumping. That means permanently damaging the Iranian state's ability to raise funds getting worse as time goes on.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (E4rtv)

214 I am rather surprised at how many young people walk around the campus and town of the local institution of higher learning glued to their cell phone. They cross the busy intersection looking at their cell phones. They may overlook the beauty of the campus gardens because they are looking at their cell phones. They probably miss the cute , friendly dog ( Portuguese Water Dog) sitting with its owner outside the coffee shop. For all I know they may bump into people because they're looking at their cell phones. I am glad I grew up before cell phones. I have one witn me in my purse or pocket but I don't take it out unless it rings or I have to call somebody.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (n3VHW)

215 I learned the hard way that House Of Leather was not going to be the place to find my new sofa.

Posted by: It was awkward at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

216 There was a line at the Porta Potty, so I'm late. What on Earth are people doing in there?

Posted by: Holding It at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (oftw2)

217 "Diiorio allegedly referred to Spruill and other black people as 'you people' in the argument."

At least he didn't say the Wakandan Holy Word.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 09:02 AM (RjOoY)

218 I coulda swore the link stated “NPR handinng out bayonets to staff…”

Posted by: epador at May 22, 2026 09:02 AM (/SscP)

219 Wet Leg is the dumbest band name since Bent Knee. What's next, Broken Ankle?

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Wet Leg is a big fave of The Ewok.

They're pretty good for a 5th Generation Punky/New Wave Girly Band. I have a couple of their songs on the iPhone.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)

220 209 Not a fan of Thune’s boobs.

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (77rzZ)

221 Do I understand this correctly? Does Virginia delegate Dan Helmer want to go into the insurance business with Peter Strock? (sp?)

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (1FEc1)

222 211 They all better confirm his judge nominees or there will be hell to pay.
Primary everyone who doesn't.
Tillis and Cassidy are vindictive little bitches and if Cornyn loses he may be too.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

======

10 of the current crop (including Mitch, Tillis, Cornyn, Ernst, and Cassidy) will be gone in 2027, and the GOP is not going to lose the Senate (they'd have to lose deep red seats like...Ohio...and Texas...not going to happen).

If the GOP holds onto the House (I'm doubtful, but it could happen), the 120th Congress will be much more proactive in pushing Trump's policies through legislation than the 119th.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (46HP8)

223 FenelonSpoke

As I would pull up to the High School in 12 tons of Yellow Honking Death, the students would walk in front of their bus. They put their lives in my hands. Fortunately, I had good reflexes. But this behavior is anti-survival in a low trust society.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

224 145 Robert Kagan, the husband of that great stateswoman, Victoria nuland. No agenda there.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (5P5DO)

One of the many problems of bad policy is that it allows your enemies, even if they are loathsome people, to score easy points by saying the obvious.
Trump has up til now been very good at not putting himself in this position, and he can get out of it if he’ll act.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (NyxOA)

225
I saw Wet Leg open for Wet Willie at Aquaworld Cancun in 2024.


Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (iJfKG)

226 > There is a civil war breaking out in the Senate.
-------
The legacy Senate, the ones who collect the lion's share of the grift, are afraid they'll be out of office and unable to maintain their stature, and standard of living unless they oppose legislation that would, you know, prohibit exactly what they're doing now.

It has nothing to do with actual "legislation." It has everything to do with eliminating the grift. That's what the GOPe in the Senate are opposing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)

227 Scoop: John Fetterman's chief of staff resigned Wednesday, a source familiar with the move told us.

Fetterman has had a serious staff retention problem as he's faced scrutiny over his health struggles and changing political brand.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

228 216 There was a line at the Porta Potty, so I'm late. What on Earth are people doing in there?
Posted by: Holding It at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM
--------
Inorite?
Don't they have a Zoom call or a Ficus?

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)

229 Speaking of punky girly bands, I just realized yesterday that The Donnas are in their late 40s.

Oof. That made me feel old.

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at May 22, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)

230 Wet Leg is a big fave of The Ewok.

They're pretty good for a 5th Generation Punky/New Wave Girly Band. I have a couple of their songs on the iPhone.
______

Pics of lead singer Rhian Teasdale run the gamut from smoking hot to British.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)

231
That being said...

Babymetal >>>> Wet Leg




Just sayin'

Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:05 AM (iJfKG)

232 216 There was a line at the Porta Potty, so I'm late. What on Earth are people doing in there?
Posted by: Holding It

You do not want to know.

Posted by: That guy who always says at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (31e/z)

233 227 Scoop: John Fetterman's chief of staff resigned Wednesday, a source familiar with the move told us.

Fetterman has had a serious staff retention problem as he's faced scrutiny over his health struggles and changing political brand.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

======

I can't wait until he's gone.

Shit vote against us on everything.

Plus, presidential election year, 4 years of deportations, and the DOJ's cleanup efforts on voter rolls could mean a Republican replaces him. I'd rather have another Mitch in that seat, who votes for judicial nominees, than Fetterman, who votes against all of them (except 1, literally, only one vote for a Trump judicial nominee).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (46HP8)

234 And the taxpayer have to pay, instead of the shitty school officials.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (qFwJc)

235 More than likely, the Donor Class goes native and just starts donating directly to Demoncrats instead of The Gope.
Posted by: XTC

Don't know about that. Most of those types are cynical assholes that pay to play--the industries (mainly subsidized) by the Democrats will continue to donate, the productive industries will tend toward GOP because the Dems are anti business generally.

Lobbyists for the most part are stone cold assholes--they don't care who is in power but they must get their employer's legislative business in play regardless of personal feelings. And Trump has shown, he is the biggest and baddest mfer in DC and not to be trifled with. He is currently sitting on 350 billion buck warchest and runs the RNC. And corporations are willingly spending money on ballrooms, restoring DC fountains, etc. to buy favor and protection.

It is best to think of DC as a Mafia town with a lot of rival 'families' of criminal gangs and Don as the boss of bosses.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)

236 235 It is best to think of DC as a Mafia town with a lot of rival 'families' of criminal gangs and Don as the boss of bosses.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)

=====

My favorite gangster movie is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (46HP8)

237 TGIF, all!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)

238 Looking at your phone while walking outside should be illegal. A ticketable offense.

Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

239 I like listening to retired General Keane, but he's affiliated with the Kagan 's through the Institute for the Study of War. Anything that even smells of Victoria Nuland should be avoided like the plague

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (gu0hJ)

240 197 ...
He claims that because of the lack of internet or real media coverage a lot of what is going on in Iran is based on regime leaks or assumptions and not fact. His claim is that there are lots of cracks and fractures in the regimes control and they are being exploited during the negotiations. Sounds at least plausible.
...
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (viF8m)



I heard that about "cracks and fractures". How can it NOT be true? You have a situation where the top leadership routinely gets wiped out from bombing! The ones REALLY in control are gone, and everyone else is wondering who's going to stab them in the back to try to either seize power or to sell out to the Americans to save their hides.

That's another thing about the negotiations (and maybe it's really the same thing you're saying). Trump talks of working with moderate insiders, but the Iranians don't seem to know who they are. It could be that they don't really exist, but that Trump says those things to stoke the paranoia they must be having towards each other.

Only a fool would take what Trump says about this stuff at face value. It's Sun Tzu - THANK GOD!

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (ovdkm)

241 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:03

I am glad you have quick reflexes, Salty, and sorry that the students were so clueless.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:08 AM (n3VHW)

242 {{{Lizzy}}}

Huzzah! It's Friday.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:08 AM (u82oZ)

243 240
Only a fool would take what Trump says about this stuff at face value. It's Sun Tzu - THANK GOD!

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (ovdkm)

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The language of diplomacy, especially public language on diplomacy, is materially different from the language of politics or war.

And so many people seem to not realize it. It's weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:08 AM (46HP8)

244 I ride my bike about 50 miles a week through quiet neighborhoods. Almost no girl over the age of ten descends the school bus steps without staring at her cell phone. This generation will develop T-Rex arms from this. Boys do it too, but not as much as girls.

Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (oftw2)

245 Mayor Karen Bass Says L.A. Should Consider Letting Non-Citizens Vote

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Keep LA Dirty and Burning!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)

246 Why I find absurd is that anyone would listen to Kagan, the clown behind decades of disastrous military adventures in the Middle East not to mention being the husband of Victoria Nuland, possibly the most corrupt and most destructive POS ever in ur foreign policy establishment. One of the architects of the disaster in Ukraine.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I am willing to trust Trump on this one rather than his critics. Trump is after the enriched uranium because for the sake of the world, he has to win on that but he is not willing to put troops into a meat grinder to get it.

The critical bit is that these oil wells are in fact in danger if Iran shuts them down yet there is not enough storage anymore to keep them pumping. That means permanently damaging the Iranian state's ability to raise funds getting worse as time goes on.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (E4rtv)

I agree with you both, but at the same time I don’t see how we can win a waiting game. Iran wins by not losing no matter how much damage to their country. Trump leaves office in 2.5 years; I could see them waiting it out that long. At some point, Trump has to take some decisive action I would think

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (+gA9j)

247 FenelonSpoke

Over 5 years, it got worse every year. They are sure trusting of others.

Hope FenelonSpouse is almost done for the year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

248 238 Looking at your phone while walking outside should be illegal. A ticketable offense.
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

Not cruel enough.

A roof mounted sniper puts a hollow-point directly through their eye socket.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (uEmCf)

249 Trump made the Country Club Republicans and the unwashed MAGA masses get along in order to win and ostensibly make America First.
Now the country club contingent has taken its ball and gone home to sulk. They like winning the titles and power part but delivering on America First….who EVER believed they cared about US(A)?

Posted by: Voter theater. at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (FCPbW)

250 >>The critical bit is that these oil wells are in fact in danger if Iran shuts them down yet there is not enough storage anymore to keep them pumping. That means permanently damaging the Iranian state's ability to raise funds getting worse as time goes on.

The common narrative about Trump is that he is a deal maker. I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking that means he will make a deal no matter the cost.

If history is any guide, and it is, Trump makes deals where Trump wins or he finds a way to destroy his opponent. See Massie, Thomas.

Trump knows exactly what is happening in Iran, much more than we do because he is probably getting daily if not hourly updates from those pesky Jews who have been on the ground in Iran for years. He also knows what the mullahs are all about and he also knows the geopolitical issues that surround Iran including the ME and China.

If he hasn't earned his supporters trust by now I don't know what to tell them.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)

251 >>> There is a civil war breaking out in the Senate.

Good?

When they get along they do terrible things.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (X8xt3)

252 What's with this so-called autopsy of the Democrats loss in 2024? I was told that Kamala Harris ran the best and perfect presidential campaign ever.

Posted by: dantesed at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (Oy/m2)

253 248 A roof mounted sniper puts a hollow-point directly through their eye socket.

Also my wish-prescription for anyone walking around outside wearing a mask.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)

254 Mayor Karen Bass Says L.A. Should Consider Letting Non-Citizens Vote


KAREN BASS

Forget 3rd World! We Can Take This Bitch All The Way To 4th World!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (iJfKG)

255 Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
Democrats are giving Trump sh*t for not *publicly* committing to attend Don Jr.’s wedding in a FOREIGN COUNTRY

Ilhan Omar called him the “worst parent in the world.”

Question for @Ilhan
: did your parents attend your wedding when you married your brother?

Also, if 47, DID go, they’d be whining on TV about it all day.

Not to mention they’d try to kiII him while he’s there.

We’re dealing with some truly horrible people.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)

256 Time to start the day's attempt to control the idiocy. Have a good one.

Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (31e/z)

257 253 Also my wish-prescription for anyone walking around outside wearing a mask.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)

Not going along with this one because it would put too many Japanese at risk.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (uEmCf)

258 246 I agree with you both, but at the same time I don’t see how we can win a waiting game. Iran wins by not losing no matter how much damage to their country. Trump leaves office in 2.5 years; I could see them waiting it out that long. At some point, Trump has to take some decisive action I would think

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (+gA9j)

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They're already dealing with gas shortages in country (they have no refining capacity). They're losing $450 million per day on lost trade (the Caspian Sea and Pakistani railroads account for roughly 1% of the trade they got from Persian and Oman Gulf ports). Reports of the IRGC and the Iranian army fighting. Guerilla attacks in the country against IRGC and Basij commanders. The in-country inflation at about 30% a week. Black market turning to bartering. UAE directly attacking targets in Iran.

2.5 years of this is...a long time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (46HP8)

259
Mayor Karen Bass Says L.A. Should Consider Letting Non-Citizens Vote

Kick t

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (ixS3i)

260 Babymetal >>>> Wet Leg

Saw a snippet of a video yesterday where Keanu Reeves was talking about how awesome Babymetal is. I'm going to see them live in September.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

261 XTC

Using directed EMP to brick the phone would hurt them more.

So much of teen life revolved around that phone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

262 10 of the current crop (including Mitch, Tillis, Cornyn, Ernst, and Cassidy) will be gone in 2027, and the GOP is not going to lose the Senate (they'd have to lose deep red seats like...Ohio...and Texas...not going to happen).

If the GOP holds onto the House (I'm doubtful, but it could happen), the 120th Congress will be much more proactive in pushing Trump's policies through legislation than the 119th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (46HP
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I'd like to think that these senators would think twice about not confirming Trump's judges.
If they don't, they are finished as a Republican and might as well just become a Democrat.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

263 Not mentioned in the Breitbart article, when Jared Polis commuted Tina Peters' sentence on May 15, he also pardoned 37 prisoners and commuted 8 others besides Peters. Two men who had their sentences commuted were serving life without parole for first degree murder.

Nary a peep from the outraged democrats about those, though.

https://tinyurl.com/y7sd8td6

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (qgHp7)

264 Trump has just released a whole bunch of declassified UFO stuff including videos. All over X.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

265 >>Mayor Karen Bass Says L.A. Should Consider Letting Non-Citizens Vote


Is anyone surprised?

They don't want any of us anymore, they only want to rule over poor foreigners who are grateful for the scraps they deem to give them.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (X8xt3)

266 (u82oZ)

248 238 Looking at your phone while walking outside should be illegal. A ticketable offense.
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

Not cruel enough.

A roof mounted sniper puts a hollow-point directly through their eye socket.
Posted by: XTC

Go through much ammo at Walmart.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (orHDq)

267 X-
@DVanLangenhove
Mohamed Bakkali, the logistical brain behind the Paris and Bataclan attacks that killed 129 and wounded hundreds more, is allowed penitentiary leave by the Brussels court.

If Bakkali continues his “calm and good behaviour” according to the court, he could soon be freed indefinitely.
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Hopefully, while on one of his leaves, he gets his due justice in this world before painfully passing to the next.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (Dv3i1)

268 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks I think he's done about the 20 or so of June. Whatever that Friday is. It was pretty brutal the past couple of days with no air conditioning in the bus and the temp 95 . I went to the senior center for Bible study this past Tuesday and I said "I am thankful to God for modern conveniences like air conditioning". They agreed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (AphQx)

269 If he hasn't earned his supporters trust by now I don't know what to tell them.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)

I like him, but he is still a man, capable of mistakes, and not a god.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 09:16 AM (NyxOA)

270 If the GOP holds onto the House (I'm doubtful, but it could happen), the 120th Congress will be much more proactive in pushing Trump's policies through legislation than the 119th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

6th years of presidencies and House elections are weird. You usually do not see big losses or gains if the previous election was not a wave election. 2024 was not a legislative wave election nor was 2022 much.

Too many analysts throw in second presidential mid terms in with first term. First presidential term midterms are usually awful. Disenchantment with the policies of a new president, opposing party if a wave exists taking back marginal seats, and so on. Sometimes there is a drubbing but usually over really bad issues--1938 was FDR's dip back into a major recession plus 1936 was a wave election. 1974 was Watergate and hapless Ford. But 1958 was okay for Ike, 1986 was not terrible for Reagan though he lost the Senate, and 1998 was good for Clinton gaining seats.

Senate is more dependent on whose seats are up and good candidates, the House is more attuned to national conditions at the time of election.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

271 262 I'd like to think that these senators would think twice about not confirming Trump's judges.
If they don't, they are finished as a Republican and might as well just become a Democrat.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

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Letting judicial nominations die through process is not going to be the political death sentence of any GOP senator.

And Trump won't be able to successfully target a dozen senators in 2028.

Still, the threat is there and replacing someone like Mitch with Andy Barr will push things along.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (46HP8)

272 266 Go through much ammo at Walmart.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (orHDq)

I'm imagining the Snipers to be white-suit-and-tie consummate professional Golgo 13 types. Not so much good ol' boys.

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (uEmCf)

273 216 There was a line at the Porta Potty, so I'm late. What on Earth are people doing in there?
Posted by: Holding It

You do not want to know.
Posted by: That guy who always says at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (31e/z)
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The really need to put a sign on them:

"When the Porta-Potty's a-thumpin', don't come a-dumpin'"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (gnNyN)

274 FenelonSpoke

We are done for the year. But we start mid August.

That little fan never seems to be enough. I used the driver window cracked and the opposite side last window cracked, with the roof hatches popped in the rear of the housing, to get air flow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

275 270 Senate is more dependent on whose seats are up and good candidates, the House is more attuned to national conditions at the time of election.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

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Gerrymandering from 2020 has made the list of vulnerable seats about 30, at max.

The redistricting wars of this year have halfed that.

Median seat is now something like Trump 5.6 (from 2024). I think it's one of the Iowa districts.

Waves simply aren't possible with the current map.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:18 AM (46HP8)

276 Still think the Republicans will hold both houses of Congress because of the craziness that is coming this summer. The blue cities will be horrible and the independents will react accordingly.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:19 AM (gu0hJ)

277 >>Two men who had their sentences commuted were serving life without parole for first degree murder.


Ah! Knew there was a gut punch somewhere with the Tina Peters release, that there as something he as hiding.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

278 276 Still think the Republicans will hold both houses of Congress because of the craziness that is coming this summer. The blue cities will be horrible and the independents will react accordingly.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:19 AM (gu0hJ)

Eh. The Demoncrat hostage-taking usually works. Instead of disgusting the voters into voting GOP, they instead say "If we vote for the Democrats, will you stop rioting?"

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (uEmCf)

279 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ

Yes, I thought Kansas started and ended earlier because of the heat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (OYsYV)

280 > Still, the threat is there and replacing someone like Mitch with Andy Barr will push things along.
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He might replace the guy, but not his pull in the Senate. And McConnell passed that halo off two years ago.

But your point is taken.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (jehhT)

281 278 Eh. The Demoncrat hostage-taking usually works. Instead of disgusting the voters into voting GOP, they instead say "If we vote for the Democrats, will you stop rioting?"

Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (uEmCf)

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It worked so well in 2020 that they shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night and ballot box stuffed like Tammany Hall to barely get Biden an electoral college victory.

The late 60s showed Democrats steadily losing power because of the race riots.

2020 is the exception to the rule...and it's got a weird asterisk.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:22 AM (46HP8)

282 I use AI regularly as my job.

It has made me more effective.

Will they replace me with it? Well...it also does dumb things so you need to check it. And someone has to tell it what to do just to start with - and that's not going to be some VP or something like that.

So what will the mid term let alone long term effects be? Hard to say.

But at least right now I'm more worried about globo corps replacing Americans with H1Bs.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

283 >>I like him, but he is still a man, capable of mistakes, and not a god.

Of course he is. On the other hand just because some don't agree with his strategy it doesn't make him wrong.

His record of success in foreign affairs so far going back to his first term where he wiped out ISIS in a minute after the experts said it was impossible has given him a long leash in my opinion. And his team both civilian and military is so far above his predecessors I have confidence they have a realistic plan to achieve the goals they laid out.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:22 AM (viF8m)

284 FenelonSpoke

114℉ on a bus in August. AC is not installed, and if added, would be ineffectual.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

285 >>I'd like to think that these senators would think twice about not confirming Trump's judges.


They have an amount of arrogance that is hard to comprehend. THEY are the critical leaders in government, not some %$#@ who was elected to come to DC for 4 years.

They value their fellow Senators more than their constituents. They sure as heck don't want to hear from us, or God forbid, have to explain why they are doing what they're doing (you wouldn't understand). Just looking at how many die in office, they truly believe that the country would cease to function if we were deprived on just one minute of their "public service."

They have made it clear that they owe nothing to Trump, nor feel any need to do anything he wants.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (X8xt3)

286 It worked so well in 2020 that they shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night and ballot box stuffed like Tammany Hall to barely get Biden an electoral college victory.

When we all went to bed and "the counting was stopped", Trump looked like a winner as he was up in all the battleground states.

So...I assume that's what the vote looked like with normal Dem vote fraud.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)

287 280 > Still, the threat is there and replacing someone like Mitch with Andy Barr will push things along.
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He might replace the guy, but not his pull in the Senate. And McConnell passed that halo off two years ago.

But your point is taken.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (jehhT)

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That's definitely part of it. The machine that Mitch maintained in the Senate still exists, but loyalists are leaving in a drove this year alone.

Imagine Tillis being replaced by Whatley (fingers crossed those registration gains for the GOP in NC pan out...last time Cooper won statewide there were 400,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, there are now 10,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats).

We'll get some other asshole who tries to hold things up (new Utah senator seems ground zero), but that guy has no pull himself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:24 AM (46HP8)

288 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:23

Wow .That is quite some temperature!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:24 AM (n3VHW)

289 If he hasn't earned his supporters trust by now I don't know what to tell them.
Posted by: JackStraw

I think the worry for some is over how high gas prices will affect the GOP in 2026 midterms.

For shitheads like Kagan, they want US boots on the ground for regime change which is absolutely stupid.

For the uranium, going in and taking it is akin to a trap for US forces. We are very good at force projection but that facility is in the middle of Iran and would take a lot of time to retrieve. Meanwhile it would allow the Iranians to surge toward the US trapped forces there. Something like Anzio in WWII or Bastogne. High casualties are likely.

There is a limit as to what we are willing to do and Trump is not going to send troops ashore just to invade Iran--he just isn't nor should we expect that. The air campaign is holding off but can be resumed immediately but aimed at what targets?

The economic war is grinding down the regime despite being slow and mostly out of sight. And we forget one thing, we are producing the high priced oil for our country, not sending money abroad to buy it this go around. Not true of previous Middle East crises. The money is staying here.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:24 AM (E4rtv)

290 286 When we all went to bed and "the counting was stopped", Trump looked like a winner as he was up in all the battleground states.

So...I assume that's what the vote looked like with normal Dem vote fraud.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)

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That was after months of mail in ballot fraud, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:25 AM (46HP8)

291 2.5 years of this is...a long time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (46HP

You’re probably right. I just have a predilection for extreme impatience. It’s clear the mullahs (or IRCG… whoever’s in charge now) are employing the wait-it-out strategy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:26 AM (+gA9j)

292 291 You’re probably right. I just have a predilection for extreme impatience. It’s clear the mullahs (or IRCG… whoever’s in charge now) are employing the wait-it-out strategy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:26 AM (+gA9j)

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We still have three carrier groups in the region.

And every day that the IRGC tries to act like it can control the strait is another day that the Gulf States decide to do another pipeline. UAE started a new pipeline at the start of April.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:27 AM (46HP8)

293 I thought this was America! Or, at least, Florida!

https://tinyurl.com/3pzs3bsf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7)

294 It is best to think of DC as a Mafia town with a lot of rival 'families' of criminal gangs and Don as the boss of bosses.

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I've been saying Trump needs to do a "Jefe de Jefes" video; locking the border, chasing RINOs and Dems with a bat, etc.

Maybe the Pratt people can do that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 09:28 AM (73/SM)

295 TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Two USN Carrier Battle groups only. Unless we add the French. The USAF is ready to go as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (u82oZ)

296 293 I thought this was America! Or, at least, Florida!

https://tinyurl.com/3pzs3bsf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

What was he arrested for? Hopefully the alligator declines to press charges.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (Dv3i1)

297 You’re probably right. I just have a predilection for extreme impatience. It’s clear the mullahs (or IRCG… whoever’s in charge now) are employing the wait-it-out strategy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:26 AM (+gA9j)
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It's about the only strategy that has a chance of success. Unfortunately, it's also one that's very nearly guaranteed to work.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (gnNyN)

298 We went to direct election of Senator because of corrupt back room deals with state pols, but...this has been worse.

In fairness to the people that made this change the notion there would be so much voter fraud and so many voters that don't pay attention to who they are voting for would have seemed insane.

And on this last point the data is stunning...for example 10-15% of Dem voters believe the Dem party is pro-life. Now imagine you could force those people to sit and watch Dem speeches on abortion Clockwork Orange style. No I don't think that means the Dems lose 10-15% of their vote...but maybe they lose 2%.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (sKqQm)

299 Unfortunately Tillis will be replaced by Mike Whatley who apparently thinks the most important thing is to "end partisan gridlock".

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (Vh9CX)

300 NOOD art

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

301 299 Unfortunately Tillis will be replaced by Mike Whatley who apparently thinks the most important thing is to "end partisan gridlock".

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (Vh9CX)

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Whatley is the guy who made the RNC fight in 2024 and won the election for Trump.

But you just go off his commercials. That's all that really makes him a politician.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (46HP8)

302 Eh. The Demoncrat hostage-taking usually works. Instead of disgusting the voters into voting GOP, they instead say "If we vote for the Democrats, will you stop rioting?"
Posted by: XTC
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Historically, it usually fails. Same for terrorism and political violence generally and this is across countries. Violence tends to keep the government in power that combats it, not the ones that promote it.

One of my old profs was one the big names in that particular area and it is why that violent political movements, if they don't pull off an immediate victory, end up returning to the political process as a party. Sein Fein is an example. So is the party Petro represents in Colombia. And elsewhere.

And the 1964 election put LBJ in charge with large majorities despite the GOP having nothing to do with JFK's assassination. Nixon won a landslide in 1972, in part, because violent student activists, etc. put Americans off on voting D. Even a lot of Democrats ended up voting for Tricky Dick.

GOP is the law and order party, Democrats cannot claim that as they try to move toward defunding cops, etc.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (E4rtv)

303 I've been saying Trump needs to do a "Jefe de Jefes" video; locking the border, chasing RINOs and Dems with a bat, etc.

Maybe the Pratt people can do that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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The scene in the Untouchables with the baseball bat comes to mind.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (E4rtv)

304 And thank you, J.J.

From above, "He and his party led by Malig-Nancy Pelosi either directly engineered and orchestrated the events of 1/6 or else created the conditions and fiction that Trump was inciting an insurrection when it was in fact an entrapment sting to create that pretext and illusion to oppress and suppress the enemies of the Left and Deep State. And GOP confederates like Fitzpatrick et al are equally guilty of perpetuating the corrupt status quo regardless of the consequences to the American people and Republic.

Looking back at Charlottesville, imagine the run January 6th is gonna have!

For example, Harry Dunn (among many others) with his harrowing testimony and Written Statement of Harry A. Dunn, Private First Class U.S. Capitol Police, Hearing Before the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives January 27, 2021.

Harry's still going strong.

Msm also solidly tied Carlson and Fuentes to "America First."

And someday soon there could be a real statue on the National Mall of Nancy Pelosi & her photographer daughter, Alexandra, to commemorate it.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (NFX2v)

305 The Resolute Desk (sculpture) "artwork" allegedly depicting Pelosi's office desk as a result of 01/06 was only briefly installed on the National Mall, fall 2024. (Wikipedia) A future statue of the ladies could be George Floyd level!

(Jk/I got it; don't give them any ideas.)

Barney Frank's warning? BS attention grabbing for a book because the Democrats ARE washed up & thanks to the rinos, the Rs aren't far behind, imo.

👉There are over 400 congressional caucuses in the U.S. Congress. (When do they work for us??) The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) currently consists of 101 members.

This total includes 100 representatives in the U.S. House and 1 U.S. Senator (Bernie Sanders), making it the largest membership organization within the House Democratic Caucus.
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Wherever you area, hope Memorial Day 2026 is still a strong National Holiday honoring U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces vs. being just the "official start of summer."
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Good weekend! 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (NFX2v)

306
Whatley is the guy who made the RNC fight in 2024 and won the election for Trump.

But you just go off his commercials. That's all that really makes him a politician.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (46HP

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I think it was less Whatley and more Lara Trump that got the RNC running in 2024.

Listen, Whatley is telling us what he is going to do, work with the Democrats. Don't be suprised when he does that. At the very least his campaign is generic consultant class GOPe. No reason to suspect he will be any different in office.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (Vh9CX)

307 What does Europe have that is important to the USA?

I really can’t think of anything. We saved their asses three times in the twentieth century from themselves. They didn’t say thank you. No they complained and demanded more. Fuck them.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (xvV+O)

308 306 I think it was less Whatley and more Lara Trump that got the RNC running in 2024.

Listen, Whatley is telling us what he is going to do, work with the Democrats. Don't be suprised when he does that. At the very least his campaign is generic consultant class GOPe. No reason to suspect he will be any different in office.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (Vh9CX)

======

It was absolutely Whatley.

He got the job because he was adamant that Democrats stole 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:38 AM (46HP8)

309 You’re probably right. I just have a predilection for extreme impatience. It’s clear the mullahs (or IRCG… whoever’s in charge now) are employing the wait-it-out strategy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

The mullahs have no other option really. Russia doesn't care about Iran as it is raking in high oil prices with Iran's absence. China is now getting oil from the US in part as an inducement to stop propping up the mullahs.

Iran has pissed off even its Gulf allies by launching missiles everywhere to the extent that their offshore money in Qatar, etc. is now frozen at best, and will be taken by host countries for damages at worst.

Trying to mine the Straits is a no go with USN there and their speedboat fleet can be shattered with an A-10 or copters with cheap cannon fire.

So they are like a guy trying to fight eviction--they cannot go out but nothing much is coming in, they got no money, and it doesn't matter that they have a gun if they are sitting in the darkness, power off, and no water. If they come out, they will be finished off. If they sit, they will likely go nuts and suicide.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (E4rtv)

310 Burglar Who Broke Into Jewish Family’s Philadelphia Home Shot Dead by Neighbor, Police Say
By JNS.org, May 21, 2026

In part, "There was no indication that the family was targeted as Jews, but some encouraged Jews on social media to arm themselves.

“Time for all Jews to be armed and trained,” one user wrote."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

311 I'm old enough to remember when Harry Reid was a pederist. Maybe thune is as well ?

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (2wY3x)

312 Drop Site
@DropSiteNews

(In part)
Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed Dr. Adam Hamawy in New Jersey’s NJ-12 race Friday, noting he “has treated victims of war and genocide” and is “ready to fight alongside me in Congress.” Hamawy, a combat trauma surgeon and Army veteran, who has volunteered in Gaza during the U.S.-Israeli genocide, is the top fundraiser in the race and has also been endorsed by Justice Democrats. The primary is June 2.
--
Insider NJ com: CONGRESSWOMAN DELIA RAMIREZ ENDORSES HAMAWY, May 21, 2026
--
@ryangrim
There’s
@HamawyForNJ — Dr Adam Hamawy — congratulating
@chrisrabb at his victory party.

Hamawy is running in a nearby NJ district, also backed by the pro-Palestine PAC American Priorities.

Dr. Hamawy, a progressive surgeon running for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District, traveled to Philadelphia to celebrate with Rabb at his headquarters.
--
AI Overvew: Dr. Hamawy explicitly confirmed to reporters that he has been in touch with Rabb and stated that he hopes their respective campaigns can work together.

Both candidates are heavily backed by progressive, anti-war, and pro-Palestine organizations, (More)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 10:49 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 22 May 2026

Top Story


Tech News

Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Splut.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:35 AM




Comments

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1 Food Fight!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:36 AM (glnUu)

2 No tech?

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 22, 2026 04:36 AM (VQOa3)

3 st

Posted by: Johnny Bugnutz at May 22, 2026 04:37 AM (B7YG2)

4 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 22, 2026 04:37 AM (V0/Sp)

5 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>> No tech?

It's on fire. Not to worry, Pixy is on it.

Posted by: fluffy at May 22, 2026 04:38 AM (V0/Sp)

7 Saw headline Sen John Fetterman' CoS resigned

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Keep fighting the good fight Pixy.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 22, 2026 04:39 AM (VQOa3)

9 w00t

Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 04:40 AM (W3T6M)

11 Plex is raising its lifetime license from $250 to $750 on July 1, 2026. Apparently the subscription virus has infected the Plex mucky-mucks wallets. I am glad I bought my lifetime license a few years.

https://tinyurl.com/2tevkcs4

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:42 AM (glnUu)

12 No worries, girl. Understood. We’ll keep the embers warm and the sarcasm hotter. Try not to inhale too much bureaucracy.

Posted by: Jazz Butcher at May 22, 2026 04:44 AM (YXwGz)

13 The ONT has been informed, not that it matters, since it already conked out.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)

14 From the pepperoni news desk: "Pizza Hut franchisee says AI delivery system cost them millions and 'pummeled consumer satisfaction' — now there’s a $100 million lawsuit."

oops. Oddly, my locally owned pizza place has none of these problems.

https://tinyurl.com/2kfa2pap

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (glnUu)

15 I fought a fire at the company once with two former navy dudes and got reprimanded. Never again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (D1E+2)

16 "Fighting fires at work."

Possibly Pixy right now:

https://youtu.be/WO1ebXqUFDw

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 04:49 AM (O7YUW)

17 7 Saw headline Sen John Fetterman' CoS resigned
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

His boss doesn't hate Jews, so he needs to jump ship to preserve his status in the grifter clique. Just common sense.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:54 AM (Sy6m/)

18 Rumors are pointing to Apple inventing MacBook touch screen displays. Apple MacBook fans are are also rumored to be setting aside their decades long hatred of touch screens and preparing to spend hours in line to purchase computer screen cleaning supplies. Plus the screen is OLED and it will come with some flavor of M6 CPUs.

https://tinyurl.com/2zpndkkd

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:56 AM (glnUu)

19 15 I fought a fire at the company once with two former navy dudes and got reprimanded. Never again.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (D1E+2)

There are companies that would write you up if you saved someone's life with CPR but weren't certified to do CPR.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:01 AM (Ot/FD)

20 >>> Apple MacBook fans are are also rumored to be setting aside their decades long hatred of touch screens

How do they operate their portable iDevices?

Posted by: fluffy at May 22, 2026 05:01 AM (V0/Sp)

21 "Google is now ready to license its Gemini for Home tech stack to other manufacturers to make Gemini-ready smart home hardware."

Keep your excitement in check. People are trying sleep.

https://tinyurl.com/2tsevfkp

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:02 AM (glnUu)

22 Psalm 57:10-11

"For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:03 AM (n3VHW)

23 15 I fought a fire at the company once with two former navy dudes and got reprimanded. Never again.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (D1E+2)

*types* *deletes*

We should put some thought to changing the structure of the system, so that it doesn't reward elevating the worst of us to the highest positions.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 05:03 AM (Sy6m/)

24 >>> Apple MacBook fans are are also rumored to be setting aside decades long hatred of touch screens

How do they operate their portable iDevices?
Posted by: fluffy

Copious amounts of cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:04 AM (glnUu)

25 "There's no hours in the budget for fire fighting! You've really screwed us now, buddy. You realize I have to tell the front office, right?"

- Pixy's project manager.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:04 AM (Ot/FD)

26 Stray kitten thinks dog is her mom. You tube video:

https://tinyurl.com/yx7m8x7m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:06 AM (n3VHW)

27 Grok is fairly useful. Copilot isn't terrible if you're cautious enough about it. ChatGPT is delightfully insane.

Gemini is utterly, catastrophically useless.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:07 AM (Ot/FD)

28 Microsoft is ditching SMS 2FA. This is going to be entertaining.

https://tinyurl.com/4tnyxcam

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:07 AM (glnUu)

29 28 Microsoft is ditching SMS 2FA. This is going to be entertaining.

https://tinyurl.com/4tnyxcam
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:07 AM (glnUu)

"Why is no one using Authenticator?!?!"

"No one knows *how* to use Authenticator, Sir."

"This simply won't stand!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:08 AM (Ot/FD)

30 Kyle Busch died of a serious, but undisclosed illness.

Wow. How quickly that can happen. Jim Hensen, creator of the Muppets, ignored symptoms until it was too late.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 05:11 AM (qFwJc)

31
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 22, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

32 Another long commute but at least its Friday
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

33
ChatGPT is delightfully insane.

Gemini is utterly, catastrophically useless.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

===============

ChatGPT: "I can’t help identify a person in an image, infer their nationality/ethnicity, or determine which business they owned based on their appearance."

Gemini: "That's that Somali guy Nasrulah Mohamed who managed Nokomis Daycare. Total fraud. Would you like me to check on his arrest record?"

Not exact quotes, but it's the gist.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:16 AM (n7rxJ)

34
Wait, wait, that wasn't Gemini, I meant Grok.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:18 AM (n7rxJ)

35 China’s National Development and Reform Commission is claiming foreign investment in tech companies is peachy keen. Oddly, China told Meta to pack it bags last month. I am guessing the Chicoms got sick of Zuckerberg's haircut and who can blame them.

https://tinyurl.com/ms7hb6e5

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:19 AM (glnUu)

36 G'morning all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:19 AM (iMotb)

37 ChatGPT: "I can’t help identify a person in an image, infer their nationality/ethnicity, or determine which business they owned based on their appearance."

Gemini: "That's that Somali guy Nasrulah Mohamed who managed Nokomis Daycare. Total fraud. Would you like me to check on his arrest record?"

Not exact quotes, but it's the gist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I am guessing Co-Pilot offered to reboot your machine?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:22 AM (glnUu)

38 Well, or son and our DiL closed on their first starter home yesterday.

In a world of flipped homes, it was nice that the previous owners left them a hand written letter on the kitchen counter talking about the life events that the home had been a part of, and a wish that they would continue to see new adventures with the home.

It affirmed the feeling that all of us had while looking at it that this was a home that had been loved, and that the family had simply outgrown it, and it was time for them to move to their next adventure.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)

39 Wait, wait, that wasn't Gemini, I meant Grok.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:18 AM (n7rxJ)

Ha! I was about to say, are we using the same Gemini?

... "Yes! That is indeed a picture. You're clearly very good indeed at knowing what a picture is."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

40 >>> ChatGPT is delightfully insane.
Gemini is utterly, catastrophically useless.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

My wife likes the free version of Claude, but has caught it snooping on other browser tabs.

Posted by: fluffy at May 22, 2026 05:27 AM (V0/Sp)

41
I fought the fires
But I had not filled the reservoirs

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 05:29 AM (ixS3i)

42 I once asked too many questions to ChatGPT about itself and how it works, and it went into some kind of "limp mode" and completely lost interest in talking to me.

I didn't know you could offend a wireback.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:29 AM (Ot/FD)

43 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)

Is that a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:34 AM (n3VHW)

44 A touchscreen on a laptop is quite possibly the stupidest thing ever conceived.

You literally have two better suited input devices at your fingertips.

My work provided PC laptop has a touchscreen, I have not once used it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 05:38 AM (XV/Pl)

45 As part of my ongoing quest to fine the perfect pen I ordered two Uniball Jetstream ballpoint pens: a .28mm and a .38mm. The .38mm is about 35% less scratchy then .28mm. In other news I immediately ordered .50mm and .70mm refills.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:38 AM (glnUu)

46 Old time hymn from the 1800's by Clara Scott-"Open my eyes"- Youtube

https://tinyurl.com/etcuubsb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:38 AM (n3VHW)

47 A touchscreen on a laptop is quite possibly the stupidest thing ever conceived.

You literally have two better suited input devices at your fingertips.

My work provided PC laptop has a touchscreen, I have not once used it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I use the touch screen on my laptop all the time and remarkably I never once felt or considered myself to be stupid for finding it useful.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:40 AM (glnUu)

48 And with that.....time for the morning walk.



BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:41 AM (iMotb)

49 >>>Kyle Busch died of a serious, but undisclosed illness.

Wow. How quickly that can happen. Jim Hensen, creator of the Muppets, ignored symptoms until it was too late.

Posted by: no one of any consequense

>Hope this didn't have anything to do with vaccines. The guy was a beast in his profession.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 05:47 AM (D1E+2)

50 Wasn't Chat GPT the one that when asked to create images of German soldiers from WW2 made them black or Asian?

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 05:47 AM (RjOoY)

51 @47

>> I use the touch screen on my laptop all the time and remarkably I never once felt or considered myself to be stupid for finding it useful.

Why? Why would you touch your screen with your greasy filthy hands when you have a keyboard and mouse, which are purpose built and superior and quicker for input?

Literally makes no sense.

In fact, I use the keyboard for input 99.9pct of the time since I have all manner of utility and software configured just for that purpose.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 05:50 AM (XV/Pl)

52 And good morning, folks. It's Friday which means that the majority of my co-workers are departing very soon. I'm debating the merits of clocking out after 4 hours myself.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 05:50 AM (RjOoY)

53 @15/Rev. Wishbone: "I fought a fire at the company once with two former navy dudes and got reprimanded. Never again."

Ah yes, "the policy is the policy, and if you don't follow the policy even in emergency situations where doing so would literally be insane or dangerous, we'll discipline you or terminate your employment."

Idjits.

Enter "malicious compliance" as the result moving forward.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

54 New Jersey Pastor Charged With Sex Trafficking After Exploiting Congregants

My inner Vlad Tepes is saying "I have a solution!"

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 06:06 AM (RjOoY)

55 { Musical Interlude }

Der Chicky ee in der pot!

Posted by: Swedish Chef at May 22, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

56 Good morning, All. Once again, late to the ONT.

I admit to watching a couple of videos where they power washed a rug., professionally, with multiple passes. For the drying part, they stuck in the tube that spun it around at high speed.

Birds are chirping. good start to the day.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:07 AM (v3gtd)

57 Good morning morons

Hang in there Pixy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

58 Veterans explain the significance of what seemed to be one randomly decorated table at an Arby's:

https://tinyurl.com/4k2rxjz6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 06:13 AM (OYsYV)

59 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 22, 2026 06:14 AM (Hbeqj)

60 Plex is just asking for a beat down and giving a market competitor an opportunity.

People are still pissed at their app redesign, which made using it objectively worse and worse user experience overall.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:14 AM (XV/Pl)

61 Sorry you're having troubles, Pixy. May rough places be made smooth and fires out out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 06:15 AM (OYsYV)

62 G'evening and g' morning to all the late toilers and early risers. 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Last night I dreamed a variant on one of the classic dreams. I apparently was in some kind of advanced math class and had not attended half the sessions, and here it was the last class before the final. I joined a line of supplicants -- this for some reason was in a cafeteria that also resembled a train car --- to speak to the professor about getting an incomplete. To my surprise (not in the dream but on waking reflection), the teacher was -- Barky Obongo! I schmoozed with him about being brought up in a poor part of town, roaches everywhere, etc., and was explaining that my mother and I had been sick this semester, when Stirling the black cat woke me by jumping on my ribs.

Dreams, right? You know the closest Barky ever got to an advanced math class would have been "dating" one of the (probably male) grad students in math at Occidental.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

63 Throw another gerbil on the wheel and get back here!

Posted by: SmokyMtVol at May 22, 2026 06:24 AM (vDR9C)

64 Person hands me a laptop with a touchscreen. Says look at this.

I touch the screen and it goes away. Look at what?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:27 AM (SiYcf)

65 From the pepperoni news desk: "Pizza Hut franchisee says AI delivery system cost them millions and 'pummeled consumer satisfaction' — now there’s a $100 million lawsuit."

oops. Oddly, my locally owned pizza place has none of these problems.

https://tinyurl.com/2kfa2pap
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026

***
My local small pizza/Italian restaurant had somebody drive a car into their front wall this week. The driver jumped the curb -- in daylight -- and drove right into the dining area like a scene in a movie. Fortunately nobody was hurt, and the owners say they'll reopen soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

66 >>>Ah yes, "the policy is the policy, and if you don't follow the policy even in emergency situations where doing so would literally be insane or dangerous, we'll discipline you or terminate your employment."

Idjits.

Enter "malicious compliance" as the result moving forward.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

>Navy personnel don't run away from a fire. They're trained to fight fire. What are they going to do, jump off the ship? My task was to facilitate them and pull them out if necessary, and keep a billion dollar facility from burning to the ground. The company mostly scolded us and let us go. Legalese BS.

I can dial 911 and muster at the evacuation location from now on.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 06:28 AM (D1E+2)

67 Just getting my name in the name field.

All I want today:

1 Starship flies
2 Avs win Game 2

Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 06:29 AM (ZxPkt)

68 Good morning Horde. Happy Friday.
It's a good day already as Colbert is gone from TV. Never saw a show.
In better news , I'm out of the rehab facility later this morning.Have to use a wound vac for a couple of weeks but at least I'll be home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:32 AM (gu0hJ)

69 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 06:34 AM (1QT7n)

70 In better news , I'm out of the rehab facility later this morning.Have to use a wound vac for a couple of weeks but at least I'll be home
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:32 AM (gu0hJ)
====
b'h for good health

It will be great to be home!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

71 @70 thx SF. It sure will be good to be home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:37 AM (gu0hJ)

72 morni yall

"Microsoft is ditching SMS 2FA"

Oh lordy, I need to get out of this business.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

73 Good news STG! I know you will be glad to be home. Here's to a speedy recovery!

*toasts, sips coffee, dribble a little on shirt*

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

74
Ads. Lots of ads. On Google.

The websites that Google scours for its content get nothing.

So, Google screws you and expects you to leave $20 on the table.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 06:47 AM (HdYcL)

75 @73 thx fd

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:47 AM (gu0hJ)

76 My Android Auto recently began using a make Google Gemini voice. Usta be a female voice. No complaints but I haven't asked it anything complicated yet.
Like the airspeed of an unladen swallow.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 06:49 AM (D2tH8)

77 Brave does pretty well for search, and I often use Grok as well

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 06:52 AM (9i0A8)

78 SMS based 2FA has always been a flaming dumpster fire in terms of security because SMS is so insecure and is tied to the SIM in the phone, which can be

a) cloned
b) taken over by a bad actor who convinces "support" at your phone company he's you, and he needs a replacement sim.

Shared secret authenticators have been better unless if the shared secret gets compromised on either end. Passkeys have yet to be determined just how secure they truly are (I suspect a major back-doorable compromise is waiting in the wings.)

Me, I make sure the authenticator is on a separate device than the device on which the authentication request is coming in, but I'm a paranoid old whitebeard that spent 30 years in IT and I know it's all a house of cards just waiting for the first breeze to blow it all over.

I can't do anything about the server side though, so if I hear of a compromise, passwords get changed AND authenticator secret keys get changed.

House. Of. Cards. *grumble*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 06:53 AM (O7YUW)

79 >So, Google screws you and expects you to leave $20 on the table.
------
Same as in town.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 06:53 AM (D2tH8)

80 @74/Hadrian the Seventh: "So, Google screws you and expects you to leave $20 on the table."

Who run GoogleTown?

Posted by: Master Blaster at May 22, 2026 06:55 AM (O7YUW)

81 "SMS based 2FA has always been a flaming dumpster fire in terms of security because SMS is so insecure "

Yet people mindlessly trust it, like the nice fellow from El Salvador that lives in the basement.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

82 Iran's foreign minister met Pakistan's interior minister on Friday to discuss proposals to end the US-Israeli war, Iranian media reported, with Tehran and Washington still at odds over Tehran's uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz.

Two days after presenting the Iranians with the latest US message in the negotiations, Syed Mohsin Naqvi held another round of talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim and ISNA news agencies reported.
=====
Insanity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

83 "Every sailor is a firefighter."

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 06:56 AM (qFwJc)

84 Isn't pollo a masculine noun?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Language Nazi at May 22, 2026 06:56 AM (brIJB)

85 El pollo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

86 morni yall

"Microsoft is ditching SMS 2FA"

Oh lordy, I need to get out of this business.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

That's fd. Their stupid app has not worked yet on Android for me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 06:57 AM (dK+Kv)

87 Alive? check
Willing and able? check
Had burnt toast, my favorite with hot coffee.
Oscar the new resident cat is very happy as are we.
Longest cat tongue I've ever noticed, Gene Simmons comes to mind.

Posted by: kingsman at May 22, 2026 06:58 AM (ehY6c)

88 El pollo no esta aqui.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Language Nazi at May 22, 2026 06:58 AM (brIJB)

89 I'm going to have lunch in the Mission today.

Tres tacos por favor!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)

90
Dot to the vet this morning for her upper-respiratory vaccine. It's Friday and since Her Majesty is out of town, I'm not eating meat today for my weekly Penance. Otherwise I wouldn't listen to music.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 07:01 AM (HdYcL)

91 @81/fd: "Yet people mindlessly trust it {SMS+2FA}, like the nice fellow from El Salvador that lives in the basement."

Yup, because it's easy. This is what makes me inherently distrust these new "passkeys". They are too easy, therefore there's an inherent weakness and hole so large you could drive a Mack truck through it.

People regularly trade security for convenience, and never seem to learn.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

92 Person hands me a laptop with a touchscreen. Says look at this.

I touch the screen and it goes away. Look at what?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:27 AM (SiYcf)

The person who touches my screen loses a finger. Touch screen or no. Gross.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 07:10 AM (dK+Kv)

93 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 07:11 AM (VyBeY)

94 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

95 Board of Peace head unveils 15-point Gaza roadmap
Nickolay Mladenov, Director-General of the Board of Peace, details a 15-point Gaza roadmap enforcing strict disarmament and oversight.
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You go, girl!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

96 San Franpsycho

Does the Peace Plan take into account the de-evolution of Gaza residents into an inbred Stone Age tribe? Who would not be missed if they were fed to sharks and sea snakes in the Indian Ocean?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

97 Salty

It is the saddest Kabuki theater yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

98 Ads. Lots of ads. On Google.

Well, as long as they're entertaining, like the Will Smith eating spaghetti AI vids...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:27 AM (ynpvh)

99 San Franpsycho

The Israelis, by supplying food, water, power, and some medical supplies to Gaza, should be hailed as humanitarians of the bluest water. I hope they are evolving the Gaza genome, one JDAM at a time.

I would not do that, and the Laws of Land Conflict would back me up. But the Left is insane, so no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

100 “ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”

James 4:10

Posted by: Marcus T at May 22, 2026 07:30 AM (AydIQ)

101 91 @81/fd: "Yet people mindlessly trust it {SMS+2FA}, like the nice fellow from El Salvador that lives in the basement."

Yup, because it's easy. This is what makes me inherently distrust these new "passkeys". They are too easy, therefore there's an inherent weakness and hole so large you could drive a Mack truck through it.

People regularly trade security for convenience, and never seem to learn.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

I like things dumb, and I cannot lie,
TVs that are too smart can die,
...

Posted by: Sir Luddite-alot at May 22, 2026 07:35 AM (ynpvh)

102 Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut: “So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party.”
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I can't make up my mind: Who is the least self-aware and, maybe, dumbest politician in Washington?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:37 AM (BSMtl)

103 Huck Follywood

The competition for that spot is off the scale in DC. If only they applied that energy to solving problems.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

104 Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron.

Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy
11:41 AM · May 21, 2026
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He thinks it his place to tell me where to buy gas.

Fvcking douchenozzle.

P.S. haven't ever gassed up anywhere but Chevron.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

105 @89

>> Tres tacos por favor!

Today’s a fish taco kind of day.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)

106 102 Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut: “So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party.”
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I can't make up my mind: Who is the least self-aware and, maybe, dumbest politician in Washington?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:37 AM (BSMtl)

The Paedo Party saying this...pure DARVO.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:42 AM (ynpvh)

107 105 @89

>> Tres tacos por favor!

Today’s a fish taco kind of day.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)

No, Señor, solamente los martes y jueves en el EEUU...
No existe taco viernes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:43 AM (ynpvh)

108 I'm gonna go ahead and get my First! in now.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

109 @107

>> No, Señor, solamente los martes y jueves en el EEUU…No existe taco viernes.

Last time I was in Marina Del Ray, there was a shack on the beach that made the best fish tacos I’ve ever had.

Shack is probably a pot dispensary now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:45 AM (XV/Pl)

110 Nood JJ.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 07:46 AM (NcvvS)

111 fd

Instead of hitting the F5 key, we could bet on the lead story. So many juicy targets.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

112 Noot

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

113 Headless Chickens! Fuck yeah!

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (gtc90)

114 Oh hey, the tech news has tech news now, unlike earlier when Pixy simply said there was a fire at work and we were to chat among ourselves. (This will hopefully help explain the fire jokes and quips earlier in the comments.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (O7YUW)

115 For an alternative to Google search, try the French search engine called "Qwant". I've used it for about three years. It's fast, and doesn't track individuals. It prioritizes what you ask it for, and doesn't throw a bunch of crap results at you like Google.

www.qwant.com

Posted by: Born Free at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (raD1m)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - May 21, 2026 [Doof]

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Howdy Hordelings! Thanks for entrusting your need for whelm to the Thursday night ONT. Content provided for those who care. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?


Mystery click - Happy Birthday to Martin Blunt, bassist of The Charlatans

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Kyle Busch R.I.P.

NASCAR icon Kyle Busch dies at the age of 41

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NASCAR icon Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races across the sport's three national series than any driver in history, has died at the age of 41, the racing series announced Thursday.

The Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday, saying that Busch died after being hospitalized earlier in the day as the result of a severe illness, three days before he was to compete at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. No cause of death was given.

"On behalf of the Busch family, everyone at Richard Childress Racing and all of NASCAR, we are devastated to announce the sudden and tragic passing of Kyle Busch," NASCAR said in a statement. "Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch. A future Hall of Famer, Kyle was a rare talent, one who comes along once in a generation. He was fierce, he was passionate, he was immensely skilled and he cared deeply about the sport and fans."

More from ESPN

• 2-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion (2015, 2019)
• Ranks 9th on the all-time Cup Series wins list (63)
• Holds record 234 combined wins in NASCAR's top three series
• Holds wins record in O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (102) and Craftsman Truck Series (69)
• Won a Cup Series race in record-breaking 19 consecutive seasons from 2005 to '23
• Most recent win came in the Truck Series at Dover on May 15
• Most recent Cup Series win came June 4, 2023, at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
• Had competed in 397 straight starts in the Cup Series, the 4th-longest active streak behind Joey Logano (624), Brad Keselowski (592) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (412)

Prayers up for his family and loved ones.

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Does that cake cutting include a happy ending??

Beverly Hills Restaurant Responds After $110 Cake Cutting Fee Goes Viral

A rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills responded after a viral social media post claimed it charged a $110 cake cutting fee during a group dinner. The restaurant, Poza, is located on top of L’Ermitage Beverly Hills and came under criticism after a food influencer shared a photo of the bill on Instagram.

The influencer, known as @justinelovesushi, posted that the restaurant added a cake cutting fee of $10 per person for a party of 11 people. The total dinner bill was more than $1,100, but the extra charge quickly became the center of attention online.

The video received more than 355,000 views and thousands of comments. Many people debated whether the cake cutting fee was reasonable. Some users said high-end restaurants often charge service fees when customers bring in outside desserts. Others felt the restaurant should have clearly explained the cake cutting fee before serving the cake.

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After the backlash, Poza released a public response on Instagram. The restaurant apologized and admitted the guests should have been informed about the cake cutting fee when they brought the cake into the restaurant.

Yet another reason to stay the eff out of California

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What came first - the bio-engineered chick or the 3D-printed egg?

Bio-Engineering Company Hatches Chicks Out of Completely Artificial Eggs

A Dallas-based biotech company claims to have developed a “fully artificial egg” that allows it to hatch a variety of avian species, which could, theoretically, allow it to bring back extinct species and help save endangered ones. One of the stated goals of Colossal Biosciences is to bring back the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), a 3-metre-tall New Zealand bird that went extinct in the 14th century.

Colossal Biosciences’s artificial egg looks like a simple plastic cup, but it’s a small 3D-printed miracle that allows chicken embryos to develop into living chicks. The true innovation lies in the silicone membrane coating the inside of the lattice structure, which allows sufficient oxygen to pass through, just like that of a natural egg.

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Interestingly, Japanese scientists successfully hatched quail chicks from artificial eggs in 1998, and others have done so with other bird species since, but their system required oxygen supplementation, which caused some chicks to suffer genetic defects or fail to hatch altogether. The membrane created by Colossal Biosciences allows enough oxygen to permeate naturally.

Just because we CAN do this, does that mean we SHOULD??

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Life hacks!



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Lil Jesus!


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DJ Doof - This Date In Music History Edition
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On this date in 2007: Former singer with Creed, Scott Stapp was arrested at his Florida home and charged with assault. The 33-year-old was held without bail following the charges, which related to a domestic assault.


On this date in 1983: David Bowie went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let's Dance', featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was Bowie's first single to reach number one on both sides of the Atlantic.


Born on this date in 1948: British born singer-songwriter Leo Sayer


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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:01 PM (Xqite)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:01 PM (vhPr1)

3 dirty Thursday

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 10:01 PM (OArx3)

4 Yay ONT! First, really? Wow. Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:01 PM (Xqite)

5 Peaceful!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (VCgbV)

6 Had a great MAGA day. Sat on the deck with a cold one this afternoon shooting at chipmunks. In my underwear.

It's a great life.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)

7 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)

8 From the Cafe, that I got to late:

14 Oh I miss Italy!
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM

I learned here that cheesy pick-up lines work much better when delivered in Italian for some reason.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

Picture Joey Tribbiani of Friends saying "Ciao bella," which is just "Hey pretty" but in Italian. I imagine it would work!

Poe - Hey Pretty (Audio)
https://youtu.be/PHO0rFo8Te8

Drive-By 2001 Mix (Audio)
https://youtu.be/mRxXdFqvAUg

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 10:04 PM (Sy6m/)

9 That Leo Sayer video really needs more Muppets...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 10:05 PM (gnNyN)

10
TonyPete,

Good thing you were wearing underwesr.

It would be awful to be castrated by a crazed chipmunk.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)

11 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 21, 2026 10:06 PM (W3T6M)

12 What are the chances that top pic is a grave site?

Posted by: davidt at May 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Q+gd/)

13 BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

14 Somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy, there's a system where in an ancient language someone named an outer planet "Yormom".

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:09 PM (gKWVE)

15 6 Had a great MAGA day. Sat on the deck with a cold one this afternoon shooting at chipmunks. In my underwear.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)

Why were they wearing your underwear?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:09 PM (Xqite)

16 Here is a picture of cat again--

https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)

17 Too bad about Kyle Busch. Too young. Like him or hate him, the guy didn't know how to lose. He lived to race.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (D1E+2)

18 Uranus is the butt of too many jokes.

Posted by: Gluteus Maximus, Fer Sure at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)

19 Here is a picture of cat again--

https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)
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Great pic!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (gnNyN)

20 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

21 Why were they wearing your underwear?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

You were on my list of those that might catch that! LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (vhPr1)

22 Redneck rug cleaning. I know they had to spend at least $15 in tokens. I think that's about what it costs to rent a rug cleaner .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (qrzX6)

23 I'm broad minded. Not gonna ask how the chipmunks got in your underwear.

Posted by: Captain Spalding at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

24
Speaking of Uranus, be careful. Starting this morning at around 5AM EDT until about 4PM EDT Uranus will be in conjunction with the sun. In fact, it will be an occultation. The Sun is going to block Uranus for about 11 hours tomorrow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)

25 My brother-in-law used to say all you need is WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and you want it to: WD-40. If it moves and you don't want it to: duct tape.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (ndZc7)

26 One of the most interesting things about Bowie's "Let's Dance" album is that it was a deliberate slap at his previous manager. Apparently, after they sued each other, Bowie had to pay a percentage of royalties from his next few albums.

So Bowie did his "Berlin" trilogy, great albums but poor sellers. As soon as the judgement was done, Bowie released "Let's Dance." His commercial powerhouse.

Hard to think of a better FU than that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (CHHv1)

27
My understanding is that you don't want silicone anywhere near your engine. Even trace amounts will coat the oxygen sensor with silica and cause it to malfunction.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (HLgI3)

28 SURVEY QUESTION:

Stand and put your hands on your hips.
1. Are your palms touching your hips or are your knuckles touching your hips?
2. Are you male or female?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (eZ5tL)

29 The Sun is going to block Uranus for about 11 hours tomorrow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)

Sounds like Metamucil is needed.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (qrzX6)

30 Lineman leaves behind mini Jesus for next lineman to find

I don't care if I'm on a high wire
Long as I've got a plastic messiah

https://tinyurl.com/3sbdm9tv

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)

31 The Sun is going to block Uranus for about 11 hours tomorrow.
Posted by: publius

I really hadn't thought about this for awhile but yes, sunblock on Uranus sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (vhPr1)

32 Gotta be quick 'round here.

Posted by: Captain Spalding. at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

33 My brother-in-law used to say all you need is WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and you want it to: WD-40. If it moves and you don't want it to: duct tape.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (ndZc7)

Was just about to post this. Dang you, Horde Mind!

Posted by: pookysgirl, sending out a mind-jamming signal at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (Wt5PA)

34 Had a great MAGA day. Sat on the deck with a cold one this afternoon shooting at chipmunks. In my underwear.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)

Why were they wearing your underwear?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:09 PM (Xqite)

I'm wondering why he was sitting on the deck with a corpse. Or a cold dick. Hard to tell. Either way does not sound pleasant.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

35 I'm broad minded. Not gonna ask how the chipmunks got in your underwear.
Posted by: Captain Spalding at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

I'm not guessing how, but why. They hoped he left his nuts in them, so they could eat later.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (qx7Zg)

36 >> Sounds like Metamucil is needed.

And sunscreen. James Brolin will be in hog heaven, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (w6EFb)

37 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (eZ5tL)

I'm a man that follows directions.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (qrzX6)

38
WD-40 also removes duct tape residue

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)

39 NOW you tell me.

Posted by: Josh Brolin at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

40 Evening Doof, and ONT Horde. The baby back ribs are on the Weber grill.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)

41 Ont!

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:17 PM (Wmg4n)

42 Cheerleaders do the knuckles on hips thing, majorettes do not.

Posted by: My Wife Was A Cheerleader at May 21, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)

43 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (CH

That's why he was the wealthiest musician in Britain even more than McCartney IIRC.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:18 PM (qrzX6)

44 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

Rocket Lab - Electron - Viva La StriX
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 22, 2026
Launch Time: 2:30 a.m. PDT (5:30 a.m. EDT, 0930 UTC, 11:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/4TYg_y22-Eg

Posted by: Joyenz at May 21, 2026 10:18 PM (2F0/Y)

45 Redneck rug cleaning. I know they had to spend at least $15 in tokens. I think that's about what it costs to rent a rug cleaner .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (qrzX6)

I have long used the car wash to clean smaller mats. They even provide clips for that purpose.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)

46 Linesman leaves mini Jesus for next linesman
......

At my old house we had the septic tank pumped. We left a naked Barbie straddling the lid before they backfilled.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (oq9dX)

47 James Brolin = Craig Kenneth Bruderlin.
Josh Brolin = his son

Posted by: but everyone in hollywood gets to the top on talent at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (gKWVE)

48 I'm going to put my hands on my wife's hips.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (Xqite)

49 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

50
The car wash for cleaning rugs is great.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)

51 I have long used the car wash to clean smaller mats. They even provide clips for that purpose.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6

The clips are intended for your car mats.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (qrzX6)

52 I love the rug in car wash video - redneck ingenuity ftw!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (eZ5tL)

53 It WAS Josh Brolin.

https://www.avclub.com/josh-brolins-
butthole-is-sunburned-and-hes-not
-happy-ab-1840170651

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

54 25 My brother-in-law used to say all you need is WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and you want it to: WD-40. If it moves and you don't want it to: duct tape.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Agree and would add, light gauge baling wire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (OArx3)

55 So, it was Jr, not Sr, who did the butthole tanning. When I think of Brolin, I think of James.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)

56 Now we gotta contend with bio-engineered chicks? I can’t even keep up with the regular ones!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 10:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

57 The clips are intended for your car mats.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (qrzX6)

Some of my household mats are repurposed car mats. And some are not. No matter, the car wash appreciates my coin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:22 PM (8zz6B)

58 Question: Was the Tammy Grimes Show the worst ever?

Saw some clips. Horrible voice. How did she ever get on TV?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

59 Okay the cost to rent a Bissell rug cleaning machine at HEB is $40 . Been a long time since I rented one. ( 30 years)

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:24 PM (qrzX6)

60 It WAS Josh Brolin.

https://www.avclub.com/josh-brolins-
butthole-is-sunburned-and-hes-not
-happy-ab-1840170651
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

Taint whatcha do, it's the way hotcha do it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:24 PM (8zz6B)

61 Whoa, that was a pretty goal

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 21, 2026 10:24 PM (gpQ8/)

62 James was in Westworld and Capricorn One.
Josh' irradiated anus was in Jonah Hex.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)

63 Evening all, thx Doof.
Futurama had a great Uranus joke .
Frey: laughs at hearing Uranus
Professor: everybody always laughed until we changed its name
Frey: what's its name now?
Professor: Urectum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (gu0hJ)

64 Happy-ish Thursday Evening All Y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . with a Day Old Camel. . . at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ZUWJ)

65 64 if you relax...
Just the punchline.

Posted by: ChrisP at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3hxmb)

66 Hello, ONT folks!

Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

67
Most rental rug cleaning machines are shit.

Never any maintenance done.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)

68 Where does Hirohito fit in?

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Looks like the Admiral either has knuckles on hips or hands in pockets

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (eZ5tL)

69 No other bodily orifice is as universally hilarious as the anus. Strange. We humans are strange.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

70 Agree and would add, light gauge baling wire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Yes. I've driven VW Beetles and Buses more than half a million miles. Carrying baling wire has saved me more than once, doctoring a clutch cable or accelerator cable to get home.

Posted by: Air-cooled Report at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2)

71 Er, General, pardon me, sir

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (eZ5tL)

72 Early Nasa astronauts went to a kind of “charm school”, they were cautioned (if you feel you must) put your hands on your hips, thumbs go to the back. Only interior decorators deploy thumbs forward.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (GR70+)

73 WD-40...this is the way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (snZF9)

74 David Bowie went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let's Dance', featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.

====

This song is an abomination. Zero redeeming qualities. None. For a disco song, not even danceable. Bowie is permanently stained.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

75 Most rental rug cleaning machines are shit.

Never any maintenance done.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)

Word.

Posted by: Don Lemon at May 21, 2026 10:28 PM (8zz6B)

76 https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

KITTY !!!

Posted by: Boo . . . at May 21, 2026 10:28 PM (3ZUWJ)

77 Bio-engineered eggs for extinct species. Hmmm.

How long until TRex orders his own T Rex to ride to work and stomp traffic? No parking? Just kick a couple cars out of the way - or sit on one.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

78 SURVEY QUESTION:

Stand and put your hands on your hips.
1. Are your palms touching your hips or are your knuckles touching your hips?
2. Are you male or female?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (eZ5tL)

No, no, no, you sissy-marys. It goes like this:

https://tinyurl.com/3cjdxrch

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

79 I use WD40 on the stainless kitchen appliances. It keeps them looking new.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (snZF9)

80 voidkitty

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)

81 I'm sure aliens have butt jokes too. Any intelligent species would.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 10:30 PM (oq9dX)

82 Great thing about my cat is...well...hm.

At least there aren't five of him. So there's that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (CHHv1)

83 https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5

--
Now that's a fella who's seen stuff and is not impressed with your nonsense

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (eZ5tL)

84 Only Bowie song I liked was his teaming up with Queen with Under Pressure.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (qrzX6)

85 6 Had a great MAGA day. Sat on the deck with a cold one this afternoon shooting at chipmunks. In my underwear.

It's a great life.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)
_______________________

Between your description of your day, and the video of the woman cleaning her rug at the car wash, I'm getting stereotype overload.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)

86 Maybe Giant Moa will displace turkey as the Thanksgiving staple.

Posted by: Frank Perdue at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)

87 We danced to "Let's Dance" at my friend Kris' wedding. Multiple times. Alcohol not involved.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (3ZUWJ)

88 The ribs have been turned over.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (8zz6B)

89 80 I use WD40 on the stainless kitchen appliances. It keeps them looking new.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonhead

Really?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (eZ5tL)

90 Thanks for the entertaining ONT, Doof! May the joy you bring to all of us be reflected back on you ten-fold!

That was one dirty rug! Taking it to the car wash seemed like a pretty good idea.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (D/6p1)

91 Maybe Giant Moa will displace turkey as the Thanksgiving staple.
Posted by: Frank Perdue at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)

I'm waiting for the reintroduction of the Dodo. yummy, yummy Dodo. How do we know they are yummy? They all got eaten.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:35 PM (8zz6B)

92 >>>No other bodily orifice is as universally hilarious as the anus. Strange. We humans are strange.

Posted by: Archimedes

>If you can't appreciate a good fart, male or female, there's something wrong with you.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 10:35 PM (D1E+2)

93 Really

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 10:35 PM (GR70+)

94 I use WD40 on the stainless kitchen appliances. It keeps them looking new.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonhead

Really?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (eZ5tL)

Yeah it works like a charm. Spray it on a rag and wipe in the direction of the "brushed" finish. It works good on the sink too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 10:36 PM (snZF9)

95 Only Bowie song I liked was his teaming up with Queen with Under Pressure.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

How about Rock 'n' Roll Suicide? My buddy and I only had one 8 track tape each - I had David Bowie Ziggy Stardust and he had Deep Purple's Machine Head. We played the hell out of those two. Good times.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vhPr1)

96 WD40 sucks. CRC is better all around.

Posted by: Bob at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (hWhmF)

97 Yeah it works like a charm. Spray it on a rag and wipe in the direction of the "brushed" finish. It works good on the sink too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

I will try this

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (eZ5tL)

98 Bowie, Jagger, Dancing in the Streets, isolated vocals...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc

Posted by: davidt at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (Q+gd/)

99 https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5

Robert's mad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

100 Posted by: davidt at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (Q+gd/)

Yes, the worst music video ever made.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

101 Our church kitchen inherited a food warmer, on of the tall cabinet type appliances. We removed the electric portion and cleaned as much grime off it as we could and took it to the self serve car wash. Blasted the balance of the grime off, let it dry for a couple days and reinstalled the electric warming unit.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 21, 2026 10:39 PM (2NHgQ)

102 "Let's Dance"..... didn't mind the song but I don't see how anyone could dance to it.

Posted by: Case at May 21, 2026 10:40 PM (8XBuM)

103 100 https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5

Robert's mad.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21

I am mad, too, Robert. Speaking ill of David Bowie on this thread. I suwanee.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)

104 Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vhPr1)

I should have said 'that I like well enough to download'. He has a number of songs that I wouldn't change the tuner if it came on the radio.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:42 PM (qrzX6)

105
Well, some of that strange clear liquid is falling from the sky. I vaguely remember that from the Before Time.

Seriously, we are getting pretty dry here, and I'm about 7" behind normal for the year. If the forecast holds, this may make a dent in that. And it will spread out for about a week, not too much at one time, to let it soak in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)

106 Too bad about Kyle Busch. Too young. Like him or hate him, the guy didn't know how to lose. He lived to race.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (D1E+2)

Yeah, he was my favorite driver back when I watched it regularly.

I'll always remember that season when he broke his leg at Daytona, and because NASCAR admitted they should have had SAFER barrier installed where he hit, they gave him a waiver on the rule that you had to be in each race of the season to be eligible for the championship.

He then won the championship.

And he was always the guy to watch if he was in third place on a late race restart, because he was always going to 'make something happen' going into turn 1.

Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (vSvIl)

107
This song is an abomination. Zero redeeming qualities. None. For a disco song, not even danceable. Bowie is permanently stained.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

==============

It was the Disco Daze. Everyone had to write a disco song or else. All the uppity designers had to do tight jeans.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (n7rxJ)

108 The beginning of the US Space Force museum?

https://youtu.be/pnLWMRIa7mM

Time lapse assembly of competing star fighters.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:44 PM (qx7Zg)

109 There were squirrels in Tonypete’s underwear?

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:44 PM (OoFl2)

110 BeckChas, that is a great photo of Robert the Cat! The silver hairs around his neck make it appear that he is wearing a delicate silver collar. And the dude totally has his attitude on!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 21, 2026 10:44 PM (D/6p1)

111 WD 40?

I spray it on ass daily, and nothing sticks to it.

Posted by: Johnny Bugnutz at May 21, 2026 10:45 PM (zMwmR)

112 20

Hi, TiFW.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 10:46 PM (RCjYY)

113 I like Bowie very much as the Goblin King in Labyrinth

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:46 PM (znREB)

114 Traded four joints for a bottle of wine with David Bowie in 1974. My friend and classmate worked evenings as a gas jockey at an Amoco Station right next to the NY Thruway in Rockland County. If I had nothing to do, I'd go see him. The owner let us use the lift.
A white stretch Lincoln pulled in to gas up. The driver asked us if we had any weed. (We looked the part). Said it was for Bowie. Looked into the car and sure enough it was. We quickly went and rolled him a couple joints each and were given a bottle of wine in return. David didn't get out of the car. They were headed to Albany area, IIRC

Posted by: Brush With Greatness. at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)

115 It was the Disco Daze. Everyone had to write a disco song or else. All the uppity designers had to do tight jeans.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (n7rxJ)
===

I can't forgive, I suffered greatly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX)

116 I wanna dance the night away

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 10:49 PM (A5RD0)

117 Posted by: Brush With Greatness. at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)

Very cool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

118 Posted by: Brush With Greatness. at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)

Cool story though you should have taken cash.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:52 PM (qrzX6)

119 TBH my current earworm is the Jackson's "Shake Your Body"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)

120 My earworm right now is Golden Years. It was in the movie A Knight's Tale and talking about Bowie reminded me of it and the scene in the movie.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:55 PM (qrzX6)

121 @116. I can't forgive, I suffered greatly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Oh come on. Not everyone can be the BeeGee's.

Posted by: Case at May 21, 2026 10:55 PM (8XBuM)

122 @100 that is his default facial expression. Trust me, it only gets worse from there.

Right now, he is rubbing himself all over my legs, which means--the treats are gone, or have been rejected. I'm about to see the worse face.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:55 PM (CHHv1)

123 BeckoningChasm

Robert is a regal black cat.

He knows it.

So do you.

Obey.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (A5RD0)

124 Howdy, horde!

BC @16-- that's Robert the Cat?

Awww... very handsome beast.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (rdVOm)

125 Is the cake cutting fee any worse than a corking fee that every restaurant charges?

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (9Diqw)

126 David Bowie was a big fan of the Uncle Floyd Show in the 70s and 80s and told John Lennon, David Peel, and David Johansen
about it and they became fans too. In 2002, David wrote a song about watching the Uncle Floyd Show called Slip Away. Floyd was touched by it, but was more touched by the very big check David sent him. Some kind of royalties from the song. Floyd said it was very generous and David didn't have to do that. i think Bowie was a decent sort. It's a peaceful song, It was on Youtube last I checked.

Posted by: Twinkle, Twinkle, Uncle Floyd at May 21, 2026 10:57 PM (oftw2)

127 Question: Was the Tammy Grimes Show the worst ever?

Saw some clips. Horrible voice. How did she ever get on TV?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

Fran Drescher enters the chat...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)

128 Nurse, does your cat have her own Meowfia bodyguards?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

129 @125 - that is indeed his majesty, He Who Must Be Obeyed.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (CHHv1)

130 Is the cake cutting fee any worse than a corking fee that every restaurant charges?
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (9Diqw

They have to cut the cake , plate the cake, bus the plates and wash the plates. They did admit they should have advised them when the service was requested. $10 might be a little steep per slice but they ain't a charity.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:59 PM (qrzX6)

131 I like Bowie very much as the Goblin King in Labyrinth
Posted by: vmom

Movie trivia: the Goblin King was two guys. David Bowie, and juggler Michael Moschen.

All the "contact juggling" with the crystal balls was actually Moschen, standing behind Bowie and doing the crystal ball tricks blind.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

132 I remember Bowie's first appearance on SNL

He was encased in a sessile costume and had to be wheeled onstage

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

133 110 There were squirrels in Tonypete’s underwear?
Posted by: Piper

Yes but only after he shot them, depending on how you read the comment.

Posted by: Kratwurst at May 21, 2026 11:00 PM (9gKa/)

134 Sorry, everyone, I've always liked David Bowie right up until "Let's Dance." I thought he knew his way through pop fronds and could play them like a violin. I have no beef with people who hate him, taste is non-quantifiable, but I've got a bunch of his albums on rotation.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 11:01 PM (CHHv1)

135 2. Are you male or female?

3. Did you bring your knees in tight?

(Hat tip to A. H. Lloyd’s latest post.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:02 PM (EXyHK)

136 What do they charge to cut the cheese?

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 11:02 PM (RCjYY)

137 But heck, I like Wire, the Residents, Peter Hammill, King Crimson and a bunch of other musical nerds.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 11:02 PM (CHHv1)

138 that is indeed his majesty, He Who Must Be Obeyed.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
=====
I agree with nurse he appears very regal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

139 I like Bowie very much as the Goblin King in Labyrinth
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:46 PM (znREB)

He was also excellent in the Dancing In The Street video with Mick Jagger.

https://youtu.be/opRRax4ph3E?si=dxSMwVBs1fDUi4i8

Hardly gay at all.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (u/oMr)

140 I like the movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth".

Posted by: Thomas Jerome Newton at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)

141 Posted by: Brush With Greatness. at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)

Cool story though you should have taken cash.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:52 PM (qrzX6)

I'll need to know what the wine was before I make my ruling...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (nbLIj)

142 Is the cake cutting fee any worse than a corking fee that every restaurant charges?
Posted by: Heroq

They have to cut the cake , plate the cake, bus the plates and wash the plates. They did admit they should have advised them when the service was requested. $10 might be a little steep per slice but they ain't a charity.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Yeah, if you want to show up at a restaurant with your own food, you should expect a fee. This is controversial?

If the customer wasn't told about the fee, that probably means she showed up with the cake without asking the restaurant first.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

143 My recent warworm has been “The Brady Bunch.”


Killmenow

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (A5RD0)

144 Just because we CAN do this, does that mean we SHOULD??

I wanna taste what a dodo bird tasted like...supposedly it was delicious...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)

145 One day I'll be mature enough to read this without laughing

That day will never come for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)

146 Ribs eaten, bellies are full. It was good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (8zz6B)

147 4 Non Blondes singing What's Up is an earworm that will drive you crazy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)

148 “Fame” was kinda weird, thought it was kinda cool effects. But that feller was a little too far off the beam

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (i31XB)

149 144 My recent warworm has been “The Brady Bunch.”


Killmenow

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (A5RD0)

Is that an earworm one goes to war with?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (ynpvh)

150 But heck, I like Wire, the Residents, Peter Hammill, King Crimson and a bunch of other musical nerds.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

and I have Dr. Demento's Greatest Hits, the 20th Anniversary version ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 21, 2026 11:07 PM (3ZUWJ)

151 Been hauling my rugs to the carwash for ages. Not exactly a genius life hack.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (JcF+m)

152 This woman had the brilliant idea to haul her dirty living room area rug straight to the self-serve car wash for just $5 — soap, high-pressure spray, and all!

When does she add the car wax to the carpet?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)

153 WD 40

WD 40 leaves a nasty, gummy residue behind, you're better off with CLP BreakFree or Mineral Oil for most lubrication jobs unless you truly need the water displacing feature.

Learned this the hard way.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (xcxpd)

154 153 This woman had the brilliant idea to haul her dirty living room area rug straight to the self-serve car wash for just $5 — soap, high-pressure spray, and all!

When does she add the car wax to the carpet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)

*perks up*
She waxes her carpet?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:09 PM (xcxpd)

155 148 4 Non Blondes singing What's Up is an earworm that will drive you crazy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)

Sad but true

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (xcxpd)

156 When does she add the car wax to the carpet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)


The cool kids are all using the clay bar on their carpet followed by the ceramic coating.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (u/oMr)

157 When does she add the car wax to the carpet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)

*perks up*
She waxes her carpet?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:09 PM (xcxpd)

Pics. or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (JcF+m)

158 Rebel Rebel was a good song.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (qrzX6)

159 We had a birthday dinner at one of my favorite restaurants here several months ago, a Korean sushi and soup place. Their only dessert was mochi ice cream, and so I was tasked with bringing a cake. I made a cheesecake, asked them if it was okay and they not only said yes but offered to store it in their fridge until the end of the meal.

No charge or problem.

Monday I went back to the place with a few friends and noticed they now have two items on their dessert menu: mochi ice cream and cheesecake.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)

160 Rebel Rebel was a good song.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (qrzX6)

Have you ever heard Barbra Streisand's cover of Life On Mars? It will put you off music for a month.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)

161 I like the He-Man version of "What's Up."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 11:13 PM (CHHv1)

162 4 Non Blondes singing What's Up is an earworm that will drive you crazy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)

I enjoy that song on the rare occasion that I hear it. I was never subjected to it on endless repeat on pop radio, so I had no reason to grow to hate it. It's a vocal tour de force.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)

163 141 I like the movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth".
Posted by: Thomas Jerome Newton at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)

Bowie was excellent playing...well, you. I've heard that his at the time artificially-enhanced state played a big part in his convincing alien performance.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (JcF+m)

164 129 Nurse, does your cat have her own Meowfia bodyguards?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

No. She hates EVERYONE. Hisses, growls and spits. I’m the only one who can pry her mouth open and stick a pill down her throat.

So I can’t ever go anywhere.

FINK

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (A5RD0)

165 163 4 Non Blondes singing What's Up is an earworm that will drive you crazy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)

I enjoy that song on the rare occasion that I hear it. I was never subjected to it on endless repeat on pop radio, so I had no reason to grow to hate it. It's a vocal tour de force.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)

It has good music to it, but the lyrics are kinda trash. I guess lyrics are better than the "Da Da Da" song, I suppose...
https://youtu.be/xqTBlft8gQA

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (ynpvh)

166 AOP where are you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)

167 Have you ever heard Barbra Streisand's cover of Life On Mars? It will put you off music for a month.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oM

I couldn't help but google it.

Wow talk about a mismatch.

Like a peanut butter and sardine sandwich.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (qrzX6)

168 Monday I went back to the place with a few friends and noticed they now have two items on their dessert menu: mochi ice cream and cheesecake.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)

They reverse-engineered your cheesecake and now are selling it as their own. Sneaky bastids...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

169 I like the movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth".
Posted by: Thomas Jerome Newton at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)

Bowie was excellent playing...well, you. I've heard that his at the time artificially-enhanced state played a big part in his convincing alien performance.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (JcF+m)
=====

I've never seen it but plan to find it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

170 Fran Drescher enters the chat...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)

True, but her voice was that way on purpose for The Nanny. TG's voice was her real one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

171 AOP where are you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)

At my place in Apache Junction. Weather is nice; low 90's. And a breeze.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)

172 168 Have you ever heard Barbra Streisand's cover of Life On Mars? It will put you off music for a month.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oM

I couldn't help but google it.

Wow talk about a mismatch.

Like a peanut butter and sardine sandwich.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (qrzX6)

https://tinyurl.com/4mdv234r

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (ynpvh)

173 Earworms & 'played to death' songs, ugh!

When I worked at the AAFES cafeteria (before GTFO out foodservice & graduating to adult beverage service).. there was a jukebox. 3 plays for whatever it cost, a dollar?

If I never hear:

Thriller (MJ)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)

ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

174
I'll need to know what the wine was before I make my ruling...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Honestly don't remember what it was, other than it wasn't cheap and it was red.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness.. at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (oftw2)

175 Welcome home!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)

176 I've never seen it but plan to find it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

If you find that you like the movie, read the book. Then Mockingbird, by the same author. Dude was a good writer.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:21 PM (JcF+m)

177 One day I'll be mature enough to read this without laughing

That day will never come for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)

lol,no shit. Me either.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

178 Thriller (MJ)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)

ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

First and third are awful. #2 is OK, if heard only once in a while.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (8zz6B)

179 58 Question: Was the Tammy Grimes Show the worst ever?

Saw some clips. Horrible voice. How did she ever get on TV?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

Umm....I'm guessing the same way that Kamala got into politics.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (SRRAx)

180 One day I'll be mature enough to read this without laughing

That day will never come for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)

lol,no shit. Me either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

It will happen the day after I'm cremated, and my ashes stored in a Ghostbusters trap.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (qx7Zg)

181 One day I'll be mature enough to read this without laughing

That day will never come for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)

lol,no shit. Me either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

Perhaps Robert the Cat will hire his own...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:24 PM (qx7Zg)

182 https://tinyurl.com/4mdv234r
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (ynpv

I'm actually interested and if I had some chips in the house I would make one right now.

Chips and sweet baby ray's is already a combo I've done. Chips not too far off from saltines which go great with peanut butter.

It's the bbq sauce and peanut butter combo that intrigues me.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (qrzX6)

183 Weather is nice; low 90's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)

I'm reading these words but they don't make sense. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (snZF9)

184 Welcome home!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)

Thanks! Immediate task: about 80 square feet of roof repair. A big palm tree provides a little shade in the affected area for part of the morning.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)

185 180 58 Question: Was the Tammy Grimes Show the worst ever?

Dunno, but she made a passable host of the last season of the CBR Radio Mystery Theater. Sortta Cryptkeeper if you will.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (JcF+m)

186 Okay the cost to rent a Bissell rug cleaning machine at HEB is $40 . Been a long time since I rented one. ( 30 years)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


Little kids are messy. So I bought a steam cleaner for doing the carpets. Results were so-so.

Wife insisted we use Stanley-Steamer. I kept using the cleaner I bought..
She went ahead and called and paid for Stanley-Steamer. It was $100-$150. Worked great.

I should make space and toss the cleaner I bought.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)

187 I had some rough operational casement and awning aluminum windows. After wiping some dust and crap out of the tracks I sprayed them with wd40 and the difference for over a year now is night and day.

Posted by: Rex B at May 21, 2026 11:27 PM (rgnea)

188 I'm reading these words but they don't make sense. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (snZF9)

It's a dry heat. Drink plenty of liquids. Beer is a liquid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:27 PM (8zz6B)

189 First and third are awful. #2 is OK, if heard only once in a while.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Right?
Throughout my shift, there were times of blessed silence from that end of the room-- and then-- *someone* and their kids would come in, and they always played those three songs!

Out of curiosity one day, I just had to go check & see if there actually were ANY OTHER songs on that blasted machine, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)

190 Fran Drescher enters the chat...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)

True, but her voice was that way on purpose for The Nanny. TG's voice was her real one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

I've seen interviews. Nope, that's her voice, Queens, NY accent and all...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (nbLIj)

191 183 https://tinyurl.com/4mdv234r
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (ynpv

I'm actually interested and if I had some chips in the house I would make one right now.

Chips and sweet baby ray's is already a combo I've done. Chips not too far off from saltines which go great with peanut butter.

It's the bbq sauce and peanut butter combo that intrigues me.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (qrzX6)

chips and bbq sauce is making bbq-flavored chips...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

192 I like Tammy's voice. She was on an episode of The Virginian that I saw recently.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (Cqx++)

193 186 180 58 Question: Was the Tammy Grimes Show the worst ever?

Dunno, but she made a passable host of the last season of the CBR Radio Mystery Theater. Sortta Cryptkeeper if you will.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (JcF+m)

Ugh, too drunk. If anyone cares, it was the "CBS" Radio Mystery Theatre.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (JcF+m)

194 WD 40

WD 40 leaves a nasty, gummy residue behind, you're better off with CLP BreakFree or Mineral Oil for most lubrication jobs unless you truly need the water displacing feature.

Learned this the hard way.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (xcxpd)

Yeah, WD40 is not a lubricant. I use it in the shop a lot, but not for lubrication.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)

195 Thriller (MJ)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)

ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
=====

Awful songs. Adam Carolla has a real tic about Man Eater.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

196 Yeah, WD40 is not a lubricant. I use it in the shop a lot, but not for lubrication.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)

My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (JcF+m)

197 169 Monday I went back to the place with a few friends and noticed they now have two items on their dessert menu: mochi ice cream and cheesecake.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I’m taking my boys and DiL for Korean BBQ Monday on the beach. It’s so fun! And my
Picky eater DiL will be happy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (A5RD0)

198 191 Fran Drescher enters the chat...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)

True, but her voice was that way on purpose for The Nanny. TG's voice was her real one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

I've seen interviews. Nope, that's her voice, Queens, NY accent and all...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (nbLIj)

https://youtu.be/tkhTeMtm3XI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (ynpvh)

199 Archimedes...you blew the margins.

I am very close to banning people who do it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)

200 BTW, I Have solved the electrical issues with the convertible. I think the neutral safety switch is not being sufficiently depressed by the shift lever when in Park. I did not want to tear the entire shifter apart to attempt a repair at this time. Cut the wire to the "S" stud on the solenoid; spliced in a wire, fed it through the firewall, and repurposed the aftermarket power antenna switch as a starter switch. Turn key on, flip up the spring-loaded bat handle of the antenna switch, and the car starts. Easy-peasy. And the power top wire, I spliced in a new hunk of wire, so it's now safe from shorting out. Done and done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:34 PM (8zz6B)

201 Yeah, WD40 is not a lubricant. I use it in the shop a lot, but not for lubrication.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)

My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (JcF+m)

Thats exactly what it was designed for. Water displacement formula #40, the 40th attempt to create it. It was used to keep moisture off the Atlas rockets. The workers started taking it home and finding a shit ton of uses, so they started marketing it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)

202 One good thing about all this modern mass-produced, synthetic pop musics is at least it doesn't produce earworms. At least none that I can think of.

Posted by: Ripley at May 21, 2026 11:36 PM (PTDkx)

203 195 Thriller (MJ)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)

ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
=====

Awful songs. Adam Carolla has a real tic about Man Eater.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

What's funny is "Maniac" was supposed to be a song about a serial killer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:36 PM (ynpvh)

204
A lot of people, you know the astro-physical "communicator community" and teachers and so forth, have started changing the pronunciation of Uranus to "you-rhan-us" or "ur-in-us" or some such and claiming that's how it really should be pronounced. This is to avoid the snickering and joking.

In English, we've always pronounced it yer-anus. Just go with it, have fun and don't worry.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

205 Yeah, WD40 is not a lubricant. I use it in the shop a lot, but not for lubrication.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)

What it does do, is to dissolve and remobillze some of the existing lubricant in a mechanism, and helps it to function better. I used it a few days ago on the sticky passenger door lock fo the convertible. Works fine now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)

206 Thats exactly what it was designed for. Water displacement formula #40, the 40th attempt to create it. It was used to keep moisture off the Atlas rockets. The workers started taking it home and finding a shit ton of uses, so they started marketing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)

Dunno why, but I got a little sniffly seeing your response. My dad passed away a few years ago but I'm sure that's not why. Must be allergies.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (JcF+m)

207 199 Archimedes...you blew the margins.

I am very close to banning people who do it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)

Would he be banned for blowing a seal?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)

208 Umm....I'm guessing the same way that Kamala got into politics.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (SRRAx)

I believe she was a Broadway star before the tv show. Don't know much about her. Years ago I had her confused with someone else.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

209 Archimedes...you blew the margins.

I am very close to banning people who do it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)

Would he be banned for blowing a seal?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)

Did the seal consent?

Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (vSvIl)

210 They reverse-engineered your cheesecake and now are selling it as their own. Sneaky bastids...

I have to say, theirs was much nicer looking than mine. I didn’t try it, however. I rarely have dessert at places that serve sushi. I just have more sushi.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (EXyHK)

211 A lot of people, you know the astro-physical "communicator community" and teachers and so forth, have started changing the pronunciation of Uranus to "you-rhan-us" or "ur-in-us" or some such and claiming that's how it really should be pronounced. This is to avoid the snickering and joking.

In English, we've always pronounced it yer-anus. Just go with it, have fun and don't worry.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

Thats exactly how my astronomy teacher pronounced it 40+ years ago. I never pronounced it "your anus"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)

212
196

My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM

-------

The "WD" in WD-40 stands for "water displacement." It was indeed developed as an expedient metal protectant, not a lubricant. The company that makes it ultimately promoted many other uses. The residue that remains after the propellant evaporates is fish oil.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (HLgI3)

213 I rarely have dessert at places that serve sushi. I just have more sushi.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (EXyHK)

Don't blame you. That whole cross-contamination thing freaks me out too...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (JcF+m)

214 Would he be banned for blowing a seal?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)

Did the seal consent?
Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (vSvIl)

Christmas seals are legal now. Easter seals are still under age.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)

215 I just came here to see if any of the Horde needed consoling since right now is Colbert's last show which I'm not watching.

Yes, sadly comedy dies tonight. But America shall pick itself up and learn to laugh again.....

Too late for a horror movie. I started Hellraiser 5. It looked good. I'll see tomorrow. Good night everyone.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)

216 The residue that remains after the propellant evaporates is fish oil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (HLgI3)

Fish oil must be a good lubricant. I have never seen a fish start squeaking and then seize up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)

217 Would he be banned for blowing a seal?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)

Seals are fine.

Not sure about penguins though. And otters are right out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:43 PM (mDGAX)

218 @25: I'm in agreement, but I'd add in a couple of hose clamps. I've found keeping few on hand in different sizes to be a lifesaver

Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 11:44 PM (vIPaN)

219 Thriller (MJ)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)

ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
=====

Awful songs. Adam Carolla has a real tic about Man Eater.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

Hall and Oates were WAY overplayed. Mostly good songs, but six times in one day would ruin Moonlight Sonata, f'pete's sake...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:45 PM (nbLIj)

220 Stateless!

Have you watched ZOMBEAVERS yet?

Dude. It’s awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:46 PM (A5RD0)

221 Speaking of link shorteners, has anyone else gotten errors using is.gd? I was getting database errors earlier; thankfully, tinyurl worked.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

222 CBD,
You watch it, mister.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)

223 221 Speaking of link shorteners, has anyone else gotten errors using is.gd? I was getting database errors earlier; thankfully, tinyurl worked.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

I have been, but then again I have most scripts blocked on my browser...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:48 PM (ynpvh)

224 Have you watched ZOMBEAVERS yet?

Dude. It’s awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:46 PM (A5RD0)

Manfully resists urge to link "Vampire Beavers" by Joe Hall and the Continental Drift.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:49 PM (8zz6B)

225 And Thriller is an awesome tune and video and feature length film.

Really.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:49 PM (A5RD0)

226 What it does do, is to dissolve and remobillze some of the existing lubricant in a mechanism, and helps it to function better. I used it a few days ago on the sticky passenger door lock fo the convertible. Works fine now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)

Yup, I use it when old grease gets hard and I want to dissolve it and loosen it up to remove it. It cuts down on the parts washer time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:49 PM (snZF9)

227 >> has anyone else gotten errors using is.gd

Yep. I've got a link shortener extension for Chrome and the others. I've been getting timeouts with is.gd and one of the other ones. The problem is tinyurl will default to a preview version -- you have to get some damned access token to use it with the extension now, which is why I switched it to is.gd.

But the timeouts are happening a lot now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

228 And Thriller is an awesome tune and video and feature length film.

Really.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I do actually own the Thriller album. Just got fking sick of hearing the song a dozen or more times a day.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)

229 I am mad, too, Robert. Speaking ill of David Bowie on this thread. I suwanee.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)

Diamond Dogs was an attempt to make a glitter-rock opera out of 1984. It had several good songs, and a lot of songs that only made sense if you knew they were rejected by the Orwell estate.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)

230 The "WD" in WD-40 stands for "water displacement." It was indeed developed as an expedient metal protectant, not a lubricant. The company that makes it ultimately promoted many other uses. The residue that remains after the propellant evaporates is fish oil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (HLgI3)

Which is why some anglers have been known to spray in on their lures...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:51 PM (nbLIj)

231 Yep. I've got a link shortener extension for Chrome and the others. I've been getting timeouts with is.gd and one of the other ones. The problem is tinyurl will default to a preview version -- you have to get some damned access token to use it with the extension now, which is why I switched it to is.gd.

But the timeouts are happening a lot now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

Using Brave, I have had no trouble with TinyURL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:52 PM (8zz6B)

232 I once went fishing with a guy who sprayed a tray full of bait fish with WD-40. He said it completely masked any human scent that was on the fish or the hook, and the fish weren't put off by the chemical taste. Given the size of the salmon we were pulling out of the river, I'd say he was correct.

Posted by: PabloD at May 22, 2026 12:00 AM (PCZFY)

233 Using Brave, I have had no trouble with TinyURL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Same.

Also, when using utoob's own short links, Brave automatically cuts off the ?siblahblahblah when I paste them in. Winning!

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

234 Watching the Lineman video reminded me of my Dad. He climbed poles for PG&E for all the power lines going into Yosemite Valley... then got recalled back to the Navy for Korea... came back and climbed poles for AT&T of years...

Retired as a Senior Engineer... did the entire Calif Aqueduct communications system.

But apparently... he never told Mom the kinds of things he climbed... to her dying day she never admitted he did anything dangerous... but I have PICTURES from his old crew, of him on top of a High Tension Power Line Tower, which sits atop a cliff.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 22, 2026 12:02 AM (mP0Kj)

235
Manually using Tinyurl.com works fine, the problem is with the extension (click it and it automatically shortens the address and pastes it to the clipboard).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

236 He said it completely masked any human scent that was on the fish or the hook, and the fish weren't put off by the chemical taste. Given the size of the salmon we were pulling out of the river, I'd say he was correct.
Posted by: PabloD at May 22, 2026 12:00 AM (PCZFY)

Enhances the fish scent? (makes notes)

Posted by: Ellen! at May 22, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)

237 Tinyurl always asks me, every time, whether I am a robot. Every link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:03 AM (bss/y)

238 Brave for the win.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:06 AM (OArx3)

239
Yep, is.gd is still timing out with the extension, but it works manually. I think they've added some bot detection that blocks the extension's use of the API.

Dammit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

240 https://youtu.be/tkhTeMtm3XI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (ynpvh)

Thanks for that video. Someone in the comments referenced her memoir where she describes how she worked with a voice coach to lose that accent, and shortly afterwards auditioned for The Nanny, where they wanted her natural voice. Nice that they gave her a scene where she could use the voice she paid so dearly for...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (nbLIj)

241 237 Tinyurl always asks me, every time, whether I am a robot. Every link.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
---

That would indicate it doesn't remember you.
That may be a good thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (OArx3)

242 Robert the Cat (TM) is a big fan of David Bowie. It's probably why I dreamed last night that I had to fix Iggy Pop's laptop. We were all part of a tech squad but his PC had issues. I was pretty sure his hard drive was filling up, but I had to keep tracking him down to get his password so I could continue trouble shooting.

Honestly it was better than the dream from the night before, where I was at a MoMe in this hugely elegant hotel. One of the COBS was dreading when his mother was going to show up, but she turned out to be a delightful lady and the hit of the event.

Yeah, I should probably go to bed...

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)

243 Well, I am getting real sleepy. Good dose of Sun, plus a food coma. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (8zz6B)

244 Thriller proved the power of MTV at that time. People fell in love with the video and the dance. The song itself sucks. Hearing it now on the radio without the accompanying video is painful.
As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.

Posted by: Wally at May 22, 2026 12:09 AM (0e5Te)

245 'Night BC & AOP-- Sweet dreams!

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

246 Opera is smooth but, you know....

yang poon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:10 AM (OArx3)

247 Maybe if Neil deGrasse Tyson declared Uranus as "not a planet" it will matter less how we pronounce it?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)

248 210 They reverse-engineered your cheesecake and now are selling it as their own. Sneaky bastids...

I have to say, theirs was much nicer looking than mine. I didn’t try it, however. I rarely have dessert at places that serve sushi. I just have more sushi.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (EXyHK)

REAL cheesecake should be plain and about the same relative density as a neutron star. It should... resist the knife.

Too many store bought pies these days are like puddings.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:13 AM (bss/y)

249 That would indicate it doesn't remember you.
That may be a good thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (OArx3)

Valid. Could be a consequence of brave.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:14 AM (bss/y)

250 I don't have extensions to shrink links. Is.gd was complaining that it couldn't insert or update its database, so it's a back end issue.

On a related note, Google announced that there was a 2+ year old security flaw in every Chromium- based browser, including how it can be exploited. If you use Firefox or Safari, you're safe. iPhone and iPad browsers -might- be safe, since I think they have to use the Safari engine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:14 AM (qx7Zg)

251 The Thriller Album was fantastic.

I played it until The album warped.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:15 AM (A5RD0)

252 Send out the AOSHQ recruitment team! We need to find this kid and bring him into the Horde's loving embrace. He might lower the average age by a few months. Months I say!

https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)

253 Thriller proved the power of MTV at that time. People fell in love with the video and the dance. The song itself sucks. Hearing it now on the radio without the accompanying video is painful.
As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.

Posted by: Wally at May 22, 2026 12:09 AM (0e5Te)

Thriller blew ass on all fronts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

254 Honestly it was better than the dream from the night before, where I was at a MoMe in this hugely elegant hotel. One of the COBS was dreading when his mother was going to show up, but she turned out to be a delightful lady and the hit of the event.

Yeah, I should probably go to bed...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)

For I second, I scanned that as having to debug 60-year old COBOL. I'm hoping that doesn't give me nightmares - I did that in the late 90's.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:17 AM (qx7Zg)

255 Howdy, beloved Horde!

Hope y'all are doing well.

Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 12:17 AM (FMtrg)

256 Send out the AOSHQ recruitment team! We need to find this kid and bring him into the Horde's loving embrace. He might lower the average age by a few months. Months I say!

https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)

Is the Bulg's understudy?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)

257 244 Thriller proved the power of MTV at that time. People fell in love with the video and the dance. The song itself sucks. Hearing it now on the radio without the accompanying video is painful.
As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.
Posted by: Wally
--

Are you sure that you are at the correct web site?
I don't think you are.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:19 AM (OArx3)

258 Emmie, good evening.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:20 AM (OArx3)

259 Send out the AOSHQ recruitment team! We need to find this kid and bring him into the Horde's loving embrace. He might lower the average age by a few months. Months I say!

https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)

Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:21 AM (snZF9)

260 Honestly it was better than the dream from the night before, where I was at a MoMe in this hugely elegant hotel. One of the COBS was dreading when his mother was going to show up, but she turned out to be a delightful lady and the hit of the event.

Yeah, I should probably go to bed...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)

A MoMe at a hugely elegant hotel should have been the first clue it was a dream. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:23 AM (snZF9)

261 Hello, Braenyard!

Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 12:24 AM (FMtrg)

262 Human Nature is the best song off of Thriller and may be the best MJ song period.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 12:26 AM (XV/Pl)

263 I just saw the best community note ever on x!

John Lowber posted

if you are interested in mongering, you only have three options:
1. fear
2. war
3. fish

It’s tough.

Readers added context: (currently rated helpful)

Whore.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whoremonger
Is this note helpful?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 12:27 AM (NyxOA)

264 Well, now that I have socialized online for a minute, it's time to catch some zzzzzz.

Goodnight, all! Rest well!

Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 12:28 AM (FMtrg)

265 WD-40 is a great product. It's not high-speed or high-pressure, but it lubricates, and cleans up nice and you can put it on your lure and bait.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 12:29 AM (D1E+2)

266 Send out the AOSHQ recruitment team! We need to find this kid and bring him into the Horde's loving embrace. He might lower the average age by a few months. Months I say!
https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.
Posted by: Berserker

I mean, they were halfway out already, sweetie.

Posted by: "some 11-year-old" at May 22, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)

267 Need a job?

Elon Musk@elonmusk
23h
SpaceX is actively hiring world-class engineers/physicists for SpaceXAI, even if you have zero prior experience in AI. Smart humans figure it out fast.

Please send an email with ~3 bullet points demonstrating evidence of exceptional ability to ai_eng@spacex.com.
May 21, 2026 · 5:08 AM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:33 AM (OArx3)

268
Send out the AOSHQ recruitment team! We need to find this kid and bring him into the Horde's loving embrace. He might lower the average age by a few months. Months I say!

https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)

Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

==============

Pop what? I don't know that slang.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)

269 I just saw the best community note ever on x!

John Lowber posted
if you are interested in mongering, you only have three options:
1. fear
2. war
3. fish
It’s tough.

Readers added context: (currently rated helpful)
Whore.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whoremonger
Is this note helpful?
Posted by: Tom Servo

Maybe second-best. This one is just hard to top:

Slate: Sydney Sweeney's boobs are not that big.
Readers added context: Yes they are.

Also, readers forgot the ironmongers.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:40 AM (VHUov)

270 Pop what? I don't know that slang.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)

Pop a tittie.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:41 AM (snZF9)

271 On trips with the travel trailer it's handy to have that battery drill and different sized sheet rock screws.
Going down the highway in the middle of nowhere , in my mirror I view the cover for the water heater flapping in the breeze.
The drill driver and a couple of screws remedy the problem until the destination is reached.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:41 AM (OArx3)

272 Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Pop what? I don't know that slang.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

It was censored for youtube. "Pop a titty." Let the girls breathe.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

273
Oh, pop out her *****?

Sure, let's encourage boys to talk that way. Let's celebrate it. Then we'll all watch a video of a Carnival cruise and talk about Black fatigue.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 12:42 AM (n7rxJ)

274 Sure, let's encourage boys to talk that way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

If it happened, and it's not just tiktok clickbait.

But if it did, you gotta laugh at the audacity. Or the autism. Whichever.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

275 Kooka mongers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:48 AM (Cqx++)

276 The Thriller Album was fantastic.
I played it until The album warped.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Symbolic. MJ was pretty warped, himself.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)

277 Boys need no encouragement to talk that way.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)

278
How about mee-thane mongers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)

279 If it happened, and it's not just tiktok clickbait.

But if it did, you gotta laugh at the audacity. Or the autism. Whichever.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

Most Tiktoks are just bait. Especially the 'OMG, this X just did Y' stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:57 AM (bss/y)

280 Sweeny's boobs were nice, she augmented them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 01:00 AM (OArx3)

281 Boys need no encouragement to talk that way.
Posted by: publius

Maybe one of his buddies double-dog dared him to ask her that.

Posted by: mikeski runs serpentine at May 22, 2026 01:00 AM (VHUov)

282 >> Maybe one of his buddies double-dog dared him to ask her that.

Back when I was that age, there was no way any of us would've dared to say that out loud. We'd have been snickering amongst ourselves, but no way we'd have said it to her. We'd get in way too much trouble. And that's the difference today, I guess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)

283 Sure, let's encourage boys to talk that way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

If it happened, and it's not just tiktok clickbait.

But if it did, you gotta laugh at the audacity. Or the autism. Whichever.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

It's also possible he asked how long until they pop out, to see if it was worth waiting around.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 01:04 AM (qx7Zg)

284
According to the Daily Mail, they've just announced that former Prince Andrew is under investigation for sex offenses.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

285 As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.


The first time I ever heard it was on the radio. Didn't have cable growing up.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 01:07 AM (W3T6M)

286 >> Maybe one of his buddies double-dog dared him to ask her that.

Back when I was that age, there was no way any of us would've dared to say that out loud. We'd have been snickering amongst ourselves, but no way we'd have said it to her. We'd get in way too much trouble. And that's the difference today, I guess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)

Yup, and years later I didn't even say that as an adult. My brother on the other hand would have the balls to say it as a kid. He flat out asked a baby sitter if he could grab her tit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (snZF9)

287 Inspector is being admitted to the hospital for sepsis. Prayers would be very appreciated.

Posted by: Polliwogette at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (o04+v)

288 My understanding is that you don't want silicone anywhere near your engine. Even trace amounts will coat the oxygen sensor with silica and cause it to malfunction.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
-------
I said that a couple of days ago. Silicone is a good lube, but nowhere near electrical contacts.
When silicone breaks down, chemically, one of the components is silicon, silica, sand, whatever you want to call it.
On contacts, an arc (however small is sufficient) is the mechanismto break it down. On an O2 sensor, it would be exhaust heat. On a contact it abrades, on a sensor it clogs.
Silicone CREEPS. Spray it on the base of a meter high vertical steel rod, it will be at the top of that rod in a day.
If there is a physical path of less than 5 meters from the point of application to something that shouldn't have it, don't use silicone.
That distance is based on the size of the area and quantity, in that case a non-dripping spray application over a couple square inch area. If you dunk a horizontal wire in a pool of the stuff, you're talking football field distances.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:10 AM (SzAbz)

289 Inspector is being admitted to the hospital for sepsis. Prayers would be very appreciated.

Posted by: Polliwogette at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (o04+v)


Coming your way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 01:12 AM (snZF9)

290 AOP suggested, Hosa CAIG Laboratories D5S-6 CAIG DeoxIT Contact Cleaner, for lubricating electrical areas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 01:16 AM (OArx3)

291 Inspector is being admitted to the hospital for sepsis. Prayers would be very appreciated.
Posted by: Polliwogette

Done.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)

292 Inspector is being admitted to the hospital for sepsis. Prayers would be very appreciated.
Posted by: Polliwogette at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (o04+v)

May he get well soon!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 01:17 AM (8zz6B)

293 >> Prayers would be very appreciated.

On the way.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:19 AM (w6EFb)

294 Inspector is being admitted to the hospital for sepsis. Prayers would be very appreciated.
Posted by: Polliwogette

Absolutely. Strength and comfort for both of you.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

295 Oh, pop out her *****?

Sure, let's encourage boys to talk that way. Let's celebrate it. Then we'll all watch a video of a Carnival cruise and talk about Black fatigue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
----
There's always one smart-ass in every group of boys. He's the one the rest wish that they had that much nerve. They're the ones that go.on a date first(because they ask!), probably the first to "get some" ((or at least, to brag about it).
But, 20 years later, very few have great success in life. I remember two -Jim in 7th grade and Clyde in high school. I've attended exactly one high school reunion: my 25th. Both of them were there. Jim was on wife #2, Clyde on his third. Both were car salesmen.
To the video,it's all context.
Mardi Gras on a balcony with a handful of beads?

Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:26 AM (SzAbz)

296 CNN's YouTube channel posted a short titled, "How the DNC's post-mortem turned into a crisis." The comments are just getting warmed up, but the blue on blue is frothy.

"Very sketchy. Martin said he did it so people will trust in the DNC? Geez, I trust them LESS now!"

"Ken Martin needs to go, he's absolutely useless and never gives a straight answer. Just full of nonsense PR speak and bs whenever he is pushed on a question."
"-----That's the entire DNC."

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 22, 2026 01:27 AM (w/O5Q)

297 In today's mail, there was a jury summons for hubby.

I chuckled slightly at the thought of him actually being seated, and serving on one... who knows how he'd behave in court?

Would he smoke an imaginary cigarette while the prosecution lays out the case? LOL.

Fortunately, he's over 70 and can decline based on age-- no other documentation required. There's a way to do it online, so done deal now.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

298 251 The Thriller Album was fantastic.

I played it until The album warped.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:15 AM (A5RD0)

A few years ago, my FIL was repainting the interior of the house and removed everything, including my wife's LPs from the 1980s...and left them outside in the hot summer sun...
Yeah, they warped into the shape of whatever they were on.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:38 AM (ynpvh)

299 {{{ Polliwogette }}} prayers up for you and the Inspector.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 01:43 AM (0nHVk)

300 284
According to the Daily Mail, they've just announced that former Prince Andrew is under investigation for sex offenses.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

this whole world wide Jurisdiction of Courts is getting way out of hand.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 22, 2026 01:43 AM (mP0Kj)

301 My big tomcat is currently sleeping on top of the phone cabinet, with his head pillowed on the old dial phone I recently hooked up in circuit with the walkabout phone.
Which is cute, but if the phone rings he is going to jump five feet in the air.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 01:45 AM (rbvCR)

302 Just swapped out the water pump, thermostat, idler pully, serpentine belt, and belt tensioner on the wife's Yukon. No more suspicious little drip and mysterious rise in engine temperature. Taking it to a branding tomorrow(playing music - I didn't punch that dogie) for a test run.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 22, 2026 01:46 AM (imdaC)

303 >>>if the phone rings he is going to jump five feet in the air.
Posted by: Kindltot

Is it wrong that I LOL'd? Poor kitty... hope no calls come through while he snoozes there.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

304 Is it wrong that I LOL'd? Poor kitty... hope no calls come through while he snoozes there.
_-_
Uh, what's the number?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 22, 2026 01:49 AM (imdaC)

305 Fortunately, he's over 70 and can decline based on age-- no other documentation required. There's a way to do it online, so done deal now.
Posted by: JQ
----
In AZ, it's 75. When I lived in OR, I was called for jury duty about every 5 years, but that quit at 70. I guess they have a big enough jury pool that just automatically permanently pulled any off the list.
I got the questionnaire last week. I could get out of it, but I figured that this county is so sparsely populated they need anyone who.can do it. If they call me, It's a 90 mile roundtrip to the county seat.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:50 AM (SzAbz)

306 Is it wrong that I LOL'd? Poor kitty... hope no calls come through while he snoozes there.
Posted by: JQ
-----
Surefire million views on tube of ewe.
Setup.the camera.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:53 AM (SzAbz)

307 Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:50 AM

I'm just grateful that I could opt hubby out online, without needing to fetch any medical papers! They only give 10 days from mailing date (and of course there's no frigging date on the questionnaire OR any postmark, so who knows when the clock began ticking!) to respond.

Holiday weekend! No idea how the h3ll I'd get any medical documentation in time, if needed.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

308 JQ, I did the same for hubs and my brother as soon as they turned seventy, no more jury duty!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 02:05 AM (0nHVk)

309 Hi, Debby!

Yeah, I never even thought about it until today. Just not top of mind, LOL.

For a while, we both were getting drawn for summons every 2 years it seemed... They can't force it more often than that, here. Always July and December! Grrr.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

310 309 Hi, Debby!

Yeah, I never even thought about it until today. Just not top of mind, LOL.

For a while, we both were getting drawn for summons every 2 years it seemed... They can't force it more often than that, here. Always July and December! Grrr.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

I get one just about every year or two...last one I postponed due to travel...then again for a colonoscopy (prerequisite for surgery), then a third time for surgery. Finally did it in early Spring, so safe for another yearish...at least on the Superior Court level...Fed court is completely different.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 02:14 AM (ynpvh)

311 Finally reading from the top...
No, no, no, you sissy-marys. It goes like this:
https://tinyurl.com/3cjdxrch
Posted by: OrangeEnt
----
Great minds, etc. My first thought: Blazing Saddles!

Incidentally that position is called akimbo (which autocucumber wants to change to "a limbo").
I thought the word was Japanese for years, but I finally looked it up. It's from the Middle English in kenbowe.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 02:22 AM (SzAbz)

312 jim, it is good to see you posting more, I hope that you are feeling well.

Haven't seen RickZ post for a long while, I know that he got some bad health news. I miss him, he used to hang around here late at night.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 02:23 AM (0nHVk)

313 I've been summoned to Federal Grand Jury selection once before. Didn't get selected, but it was *close*! They handed out numbered cards & chose randomly.

Whew! 100 mile drive (one way) and meet every month for a whole year. Wasn't sure my old car would hold up. Pay & mileage were decent, though. At my distance, they even paid fixed rate for hotel-- and I could find decent accommodation for less & pocket the difference. Legally!

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

314 I miss RickZ too. I didn't know he got bad health news.

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

315 215 I just came here to see if any of the Horde needed consoling since right now is Colbert's last show which I'm not watching.

Yes, sadly comedy dies tonight. But America shall pick itself up and learn to laugh again.....

Too late for a horror movie. I started Hellraiser 5. It looked good. I'll see tomorrow. Good night everyone.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)

I could not care less about that loser Colbert. I do care that Nvidia had a blow-out earnings report AND raised the quarterly dividend from 1c to 25c!..

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 22, 2026 02:47 AM (QGaXH)

316 199 Archimedes...you blew the margins.

I am very close to banning people who do it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)

I don't understand the whole 'blow the margins' thing. That's ok - don't try to explain it to me - it's too late at night even here on the left coast. Another time perhaps...

I'm going to bed to have sweet dreams of an endless stream of Nvidia dividend increases.......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 22, 2026 02:50 AM (QGaXH)

317 201 Yeah, WD40 is not a lubricant. I use it in the shop a lot, but not for lubrication.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)

My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (JcF+m)

Thats exactly what it was designed for. Water displacement formula #40, the 40th attempt to create it. It was used to keep moisture off the Atlas rockets. The workers started taking it home and finding a shit ton of uses, so they started marketing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)

Just don't bring that s**t into the cleanroom or there will be hell to pay starting with making you retake my 2 hour in-person cleanroom training class.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 22, 2026 02:53 AM (QGaXH)

318 JQ. I know that he had serious cardiac issues for a very long time, I am not positive, but I think he got a cancer diagnosis or something quite serious and he hasn't been around. I think he enjoyed a Baileys once in a while, I remember that you or I poured him one or two on occasion. Cheers to RickZ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 02:54 AM (0nHVk)

319 *to RickZ*

Wherever he is...

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

320 313 I've been summoned to Federal Grand Jury selection once before. Didn't get selected, but it was *close*! They handed out numbered cards & chose randomly.

Whew! 100 mile drive (one way) and meet every month for a whole year. Wasn't sure my old car would hold up. Pay & mileage were decent, though. At my distance, they even paid fixed rate for hotel-- and I could find decent accommodation for less & pocket the difference. Legally!

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

I don't drive to jury duty...they don't pay for the first day of potential jury selection, only if you are selected for a jury, and there's almost no free parking anywhere downtown near the courthouse unless you have a handicap placard, and even then it might be hard finding parking. I hate it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:19 AM (ynpvh)

321 I know someone up.here that got a fed jury summons.
175 miles one way to the Courthouse in Phoenix.

She's praying to not get called.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 03:27 AM (SzAbz)

322 Might as well get up

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:28 AM (Ia/+0)

323 215 I just came here to see if any of the Horde needed consoling since right now is Colbert's last show which I'm not watching.

Yes, sadly comedy dies tonight. But America shall pick itself up and learn to laugh again.....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)

Some people are like slinkies: they aren't useful for anything, but it would be funny to watch them fall down stairs. And Colbert isn't getting any younger, nor is his balance getting any better; so with the panopticon, every year that goes by has an increasing chance for him to give us one last laugh.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 03:32 AM (Sy6m/)

324 Have a good day, Skip.

Sweet dreams Horde, it is that time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 03:32 AM (0nHVk)

325 Getting sleepy here, too.

Good night, all!

Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)

326 263 I just saw the best community note ever on x!

John Lowber posted

if you are interested in mongering, you only have three options:
1. fear
2. war
3. fish

It’s tough.

Readers added context: (currently rated helpful)

Whore.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whoremonger
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Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 12:27 AM (NyxOA)

I literally just used the word 'powermongers' on this very site, earlier today (I still consider it Thursday night). There was even a computer game called Powermonger, of the "god game" genre.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 03:45 AM (Sy6m/)

327 This iteration of minx software won’t break-up or condense a too long URL and instead throws the formatting off for the whole thread. CBD is a bulldog about it, I have had him tell me off when I’ve been careless with a link. One would like software that handles it better, but minx is minx. I am more careful these days: if the link doesn’t fit in one line in the Post box, I break the link myself with carriage returns (it’s easy to copy such links and delete spaces) or use a link shortener.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 04:00 AM (ZVgZ4)

328 In this case it was a YT share link, and Archimedes could have just deleted everything from the ? on, since that's just tracking. You can get even more brutal with Amazon links and they'll still work. And you can also remove the leading https://, since that's just implied at this point.

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:10 AM (Sy6m/)

329 Okay, I finally watched the Sheep Detectives trailer from earlier today (Thursday), and it's supposed to be a kid's movie, but it (the trailer at least) made me laugh.

ICYMI: https://youtu.be/pyZI5oM6hWk

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:19 AM (Sy6m/)

330 I think it could be fun being on a Federal jury

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)

331 last!

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 22, 2026 04:29 AM (jrgJz)

332 I thought it could be interesting to be a private investigator, but the Rockford Files theme song video is basically a Public Service Announcement for the inadvisability of that line of work. Jury duty may involve less getting punched, or it's a metaphor for parking and entrance screening and waiting.

The Rockford Files Theme
https://youtu.be/yg1Cx26-928

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:36 AM (Sy6m/)

333 Pixy open thread is up!

Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:43 AM (Sy6m/)

334 331 last!

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 22, 2026 04:29 AM (jrgJz)

Hahahaha...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:24 AM (ynpvh)

Thursday Cafe

scannoitaly.png
Scanno, Italy
@cristinaproietti_photo
More here

Lazy watchdog. (But he keeps an eye on things, as long as they're directly outside the window.)

Dog decides he's leaving.

Oldster still makes sure his dogs get their exercise.

Kitten tucks herself in.

What did they think was going to happen?

An odd couple but they make it work.

Cats do weird things just to freak us out.

Felalien.

The League of Shadows, but with huskies.


Aw:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:44 PM




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1 Oh I miss Italy!

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (hftzA)

2 TRUMP!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (Vh9CX)

3 Also, happy cafe, friends!

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (hftzA)

4 🚨 NOW: Rep. Tim Burchett just angrily STORMED OUT of a committee meeting saying a backroom deal was cut to let Democrats control what they do!

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My Battered Conservative Symptoms -- manic eye twitches and childlike giggles a la Chief Inspector Dreyfus from the Pink Panther movies -- has been reactivated.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (4LEcr)

5
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Battle Creek KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group but we will take our wins where they come from.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:48 PM (HdYcL)

6 Good evening good people.

The same to the rest of you too!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 07:49 PM (vhPr1)

7 I’m watching Tombstone, this must be the most stacked cast ever assembled of current and future stars.

I don’t think anything comes close.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)

8 Scanno, Italy, more like Scammo, Italy. Doesn't look very handicap accessible. Not climbing all those old, dang steps. At least install an Acorn Stairlift!

Posted by: Mrs. Morley at May 21, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

9 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Oldster is a fatster.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 07:50 PM (Cqx++)

11 Woot woot, big dummy!

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (hftzA)

12 OT: Kyle Busch died. Age 41. Cause of death unknown but he had been battling a sinus/cough issue over the last 2 weeks.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (tOcjL)

13 Roll on, Big Dummy!

Posted by: Zombie Demond Wilson at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (oftw2)

14 Oh I miss Italy!
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM

I learned here that cheesy pick-up lines work much better when delivered in Italian for some reason.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

15
Wang Chung update. He's going to command the first human flyby of Mars aboard Starship, which will flyby the Moon on its way. So, apparently the first mission to Mars will be a flyby.

This will be sometime in the not-so-near future I imagine.

So, if this goes off, Wang Chung will do down as one of the first humans to get to Mars. Did not have that on my Bingo card.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:52 PM (w6EFb)

16 a backroom deal was cut to let Democrats control what they do

*yawn*

Democrats fuck shit up. That’s their job, and they are very, very good at it. Republicans job is a little more simple, yet equally important - their job is to make sure it stays that way. Uniparty.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 07:53 PM (qgiNH)

17 14 Oh I miss Italy!
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM

I learned here that cheesy pick-up lines work much better when delivered in Italian for some reason.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

I will vouch that anything said in Italian is very effective. 😂

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:54 PM (hftzA)

18 I’m watching Tombstone, this must be the most stacked cast ever assembled of current and future stars.

I don’t think anything comes close.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)

You probably didn't consider those huge war movies like "The Longest Day" or "A Bridge Too Far" they had tons of then stars and lots of minor cast members made it big.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:54 PM (8avO+)

19 Flying by Mars is STUPID. it's a suicide mission with present tech and Elon is unethical to allow Wang Chung to do it.
If he wanted to camp out on the Moon until retrieval - I would not be saying this.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:55 PM (gKWVE)

20 When her partner passed away, this female stork couldn't feed herself while she incubated her eggs

Now THAT is a fishstick!

Posted by: Do you like fishsticks in your beak? at May 21, 2026 07:55 PM (TbWk/)

21 We know the Senate will sell us out.

Posted by: Accomack at May 21, 2026 07:55 PM (8jVAy)

22 The only part of Ittly (to use Billy Crystal's pronunciation) that I saw were Trieste and Venice. I was in Portoroz in what was then Yugoslavia. It was a battalion-sponsored trip. Venice should have been more than a day trip, but we had fun. Had some really good food in a little cafe off the beaten path.

Waiter slapped one of my buddies over the head with the menu for ordering a hamburger.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

23 Yeah, that place needs modernization bad. A Dollar General and a couple drug needle exchanges.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 07:56 PM (qgiNH)

24 Moe Howard had good pick up lines.
"Babe, I'd like to cover you in furs and automobiles! The finest furs, mink, skunk, porcupine".

Posted by: Moe On The Make at May 21, 2026 07:57 PM (oftw2)

25 Sinus infection in the triangle of death

Posted by: Accomack at May 21, 2026 07:57 PM (8jVAy)

26
That huskie and cat look like good friends. When one of them dies, the other will grieve.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 07:57 PM (n7rxJ)

27 The only part of Ittly (to use Billy Crystal's pronunciation) that I saw were Trieste and Venice. I was in Portoroz in what was then Yugoslavia. It was a battalion-sponsored trip. Venice should have been more than a day trip, but we had fun. Had some really good food in a little cafe off the beaten path.

Waiter slapped one of my buddies over the head with the menu for ordering a hamburger.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

A Mexican place in Chicago had a menu price of 100 dollars (in the 80s) for a burger, and it said they would send a busboy to a fast food place to buy one there rather than make it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:57 PM (8avO+)

28 “ Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

Isaiah 40:26

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 07:58 PM (wn0/z)

29 I learned here that cheesy pick-up lines work much better when delivered in Italian for some reason.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Believe it or not,

"How you do'in?!" actually works much of the time.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 07:59 PM (vhPr1)

30 Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:54 PM (8avO+

A new WW2 movie being released in June.

Lucky Strike starring the son's of two of the biggest movie stars Eastwood and Hanks.

About a soldier caught behind German lines during the Battle of the Bulge. Allegedly based on true events ( yeah the Battle of the Bulge was a true event)

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:00 PM (qrzX6)

31 “ Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

Isaiah 40:26
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 07:58 PM (wn0/z)

aside from Supernova 1987A

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:00 PM (8avO+)

32 @elonmusk
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11m
The hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place did not retract.

If that can be fixed tonight, there will be another launch attempt tomorrow at 5:30 CT.

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 08:01 PM (ZxPkt)

33 You probably didn't consider those huge war movies like "The Longest Day" or "A Bridge Too Far" they had tons of then stars and lots of minor cast members made it big.
Posted by: Oldcat

Grand Hotel, 1932.

Posted by: Classic Cinema at May 21, 2026 08:01 PM (oftw2)

34 Saw "The Mandalorian and Grogu" today mostly out of curiosity (sorry Ace!). Eh, it's mid/meh, and skews young, but honestly I needed a little slice of Star Wars and it hit the spot. And no fucking Death Star!

Ludwig Göransson's score was great, percussive and synthy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 21, 2026 08:02 PM (kpS4V)

35 Went to my youngest niece’s Baccalaureate Mass this afternoon. She is graduating from an all girls Catholic school here. There was a choir and a chamber orchestra all from the school. The sound quality in the cathedral was majestic.

Too bad about the homily.

Oh well. Graduation is Sunday. Both my boys will be with me to celebrate their cousin. It will be just wonderf.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:02 PM (A5RD0)

36 A new WW2 movie being released in June.

Lucky Strike starring the son's of two of the biggest movie stars Eastwood and Hanks.

About a soldier caught behind German lines during the Battle of the Bulge. Allegedly based on true events ( yeah the Battle of the Bulge was a true event)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:00 PM (qrzX6)

Dang. Count me as interested.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:03 PM (0aYVJ)

37 >> aside from Supernova 1987A

A few more missing in fact. Indeed there was some paper a while back about objects seen in '50s star catalogs that are no longer there. And some things that popped up.

Now, recently, but this was in another galaxy, they think they've seen one of those suspected by not yet seen core-collapses of a massive start where there's no supernova, damn thing just collapses to a black hole with no fireworks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)

38 A Mexican place in Chicago had a menu price of 100 dollars (in the 80s) for a burger, and it said they would send a busboy to a fast food place to buy one there rather than make it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:57 PM (8avO+)
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Ha!

There was a swanky restaurant in Georgetown (in the 80's) that had a $500 burger because it was served with a VERY expensive bottle of wine.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 21, 2026 08:04 PM (kpS4V)

39 Both my boys will be with me to celebrate their cousin. It will be just wonderf.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Pretty sweet, congrats!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 08:05 PM (eFzxY)

40 I don't know how long he was on the air (seems like forever), but I can honestly say I've never seen one episode of Colbert's show. I think that's healthy.

Also, Eastwood's kid seems more....Eastwood than Hank's kid seems Hanks. I like them both though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 08:07 PM (l26NL)

41 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:08 PM (qrzX6)

42 Stork are nasty birds. They purposely kill their younger chicks. Suffocate, then swallow them whole. Or just puncture them with the beak, until they are dead. Throw them out of the nest.

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:08 PM (GD0B3)

43 12 OT: Kyle Busch died. Age 41. Cause of death unknown but he had been battling a sinus/cough issue over the last 2 weeks.
Posted by: Nova Local


He had just won at Dover last Friday in one of NASCAR's support series (Craftsman Trucks). Sad and odd. No reason given yet on cause of death.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 21, 2026 08:09 PM (W3T6M)

44 >>> I’m watching Tombstone, this must be the most stacked cast ever assembled of current and future stars.

I don’t think anything comes close.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)


No trannies tho. You have to have a couple. I wonder what a collection of trannies is called?.... A part store? A swap meet of trannies. I don't know.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 08:09 PM (3uBP9)

45 Also, Eastwood's kid seems more....Eastwood than Hank's kid seems Hanks. I like them both though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 08:07 PM (l26NL)

Scott Eastwood played a pretty good bad guy in Wrath of Man.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:10 PM (qrzX6)

46 Scanno is nice. But a lot of towns out that way have become very touristy. Overall it’s a nice drive from Naples, and if you take the route through Cassino, it’s very scenic. I really like Popoli and some of the towns further out. If I remember it’s about a 2 1/2-3 hour drive. Worth it.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 08:10 PM (wn0/z)

47 No trannies tho. You have to have a couple. I wonder what a collection of trannies is called?.... A part store? A swap meet of trannies. I don't know.
Posted by: banana Dream

A swap?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 08:10 PM (l26NL)

48 43 12 OT: Kyle Busch died. Age 41. Cause of death unknown but he had been battling a sinus/cough issue over the last 2 weeks.
Posted by: Nova Local


He had just won at Dover last Friday in one of NASCAR's support series (Craftsman Trucks). Sad and odd. No reason given yet on cause of death.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 21, 2026 08:09 PM (W3T6M)

I'm thinking sepsis will ultimately be the cause of death. He just waited too long to treat and recover from something nasty (sitting here with a nasty virus myself, maybe that's why I'm on that...well, that and the announced reason for his hospitalization this morning of severe illness)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 08:11 PM (tOcjL)

49 "They purposely kill their younger chicks. Suffocate, then swallow them whole. Or just puncture them with the beak, until they are dead. Throw them out of the nest.
Posted by: runner"

That is very penguin-like behavior. Isn't nature fascinating?

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

50 Me and the Missus are heading for the Oregon coast this weekend. We've been in Idaho for over a year; it's high time we go see the Pacific again. Been a minute, as the kids say. Not sure which town, Florence, Newport, Depot Bay. Whatever.

Now I just gotta focus on one more day of work. Kind of sucks when you have to get billable work done.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

51 >> aside from Supernova 1987A

A few more missing in fact. Indeed there was some paper a while back about objects seen in '50s star catalogs that are no longer there. And some things that popped up.

Now, recently, but this was in another galaxy, they think they've seen one of those suspected by not yet seen core-collapses of a massive start where there's no supernova, damn thing just collapses to a black hole with no fireworks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)

I think for those random stars dropping out of visibility the suspicion is a very long term variable star that now is too dim to pick up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (8avO+)

52 Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 08:11 PM (tOcjL)

Whatever it was I hope he didn't give it to his wife and kids.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (qrzX6)

53 Wonder how many thousands of Italian-Amerians in the NY/NJ area took a trip to Italy with Perillo Tours. They advertised on NY TV for decades.

Hah, they're still in business. Three generations.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (oftw2)

54 Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (8avO+)

I read that the Milky Way isn't creating new stars as expected . I don't know what that means for the long term 😃

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:15 PM (qrzX6)

55 Not sure which town, Florence, Newport, Depot Bay. Whatever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Hint...
Newport, Rogue brewery.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 08:16 PM (eFzxY)

56 I like Kyle Eastwood, and I also like Colin Hanks. I did see some woke inklings in the trailer, but it might work. Hanks had a small role in Band of Brothers, but he was excellent.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

57 So close ... * fingers crossed *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

58 Posted by: Pug Mahon

Too bad you don't golf or do you?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:17 PM (qrzX6)

59 Hint...
Newport, Rogue brewery.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 08:16 PM (eFzxY)

ah, man. Great beer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:18 PM (0aYVJ)

60 Good videos tonight
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 08:18 PM (Ia/+0)

61 Posted by: Pug Mahon

Too bad you don't golf or do you?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:17 PM (qrzX6)

No. I do not. Are you hinting at Bandon?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:19 PM (0aYVJ)

62 >> I read that the Milky Way isn't creating new stars as expected

That is an area of active research, meaning there's a lot of disagreement. But the star formation rate will decline ultimately over time.

There's argument over just what the current rate is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:19 PM (w6EFb)

63 No. I do not. Are you hinting at Bandon?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:19 PM (0aYVJ)

Yes pretty nice resort destination now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:20 PM (qrzX6)

64 That hotstick looks a little iffy to me. Good luck with the fishes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 08:21 PM (D1E+2)

65 We loved visiting Bandon, in the olden times. Last summer my boss spent an hour on the phone trying to get a spot for his trailer. I know this, because he wears hearing aids and has to have the volume loud.

And he does not shut his door. Heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:24 PM (0aYVJ)

66 Looking at this, there's some paper claiming that the Milky Way is in the middle of a mini-baby boom, and the current stellar formation rate is 3x what is was 1 billion years ago.

But any rate, the Big Baby Boom was about 10 billion years ago.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:24 PM (w6EFb)

67 They advertised on NY TV for decades.

Hah, they're still in business. Three generations.
Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (oftw2)
=====

I membeh Mario Perillo used to advertise on "Rambling with Grambling" on WOR radio.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:26 PM (RIvkX)

68 3 goals in just under 5 minutes. Mtl 2 - Car 1. Plus a couple of penalty boxes.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 21, 2026 08:26 PM (glnUu)

69 Pug,

I love Lincoln Beach. And the Salishan.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:27 PM (A5RD0)

70 Looking at this, there's some paper claiming that the Milky Way is in the middle of a mini-baby boom, and the current stellar formation rate is 3x what is was 1 billion years ago.

But any rate, the Big Baby Boom was about 10 billion years ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:24 PM (w6EFb)

Interstellar science is like climate science to me in that the real answer is 'we really don't know' .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:28 PM (qrzX6)

71 Click to hear the soothing tones of nature. :

x.com/MsCiencia2/status/2057251691750158601

Be sure to turn the sound way up! (as they say)

Posted by: banana Dream - It's basically me. at May 21, 2026 08:28 PM (3uBP9)

72 Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (8avO+)

I read that the Milky Way isn't creating new stars as expected . I don't know what that means for the long term 😃
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:15 PM (qrzX6)

It means that astronomers have been lazy about serious theories defining star formation rates under various conditions despite having millions of examples to test them against out there.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:28 PM (8avO+)

73 I think for those random stars dropping out of visibility the suspicion is a very long term variable star that now is too dim to pick up.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (8avO+)

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Alternate theory--an alien civilization has finished constructing a Dyson sphere around the primary star...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:28 PM (gnNyN)

74 Dyson Spheres can't exist anymore than the Ringworld.
Dyson Swarms are where it's at

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 08:30 PM (gKWVE)

75 I'm kind of on a capybara kick.

Posted by: banana Dream - I'm on that kind of capybara kick. at May 21, 2026 08:30 PM (3uBP9)

76 A Minnesota fraud suspect who leapt from a 4th-floor balcony to avoid arrest Thursday morning has been captured, FBI Director Kash Patel announced.

His name? – Muhammad Omar. Brother of Mohammed Omar, cousin of Mohammet Omar and Muhammad Mohammed Omar. Distant relation of 11ian Omar.

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 08:31 PM (vFG9F)

77 Interstellar science is like climate science to me in that the real answer is 'we really don't know' .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:28 PM (qrzX6)

But they might have been able to know if they were working on it seriously rather than put up pretty nebula photos or yammer about 'dark X' where X is anything that they've never actually seen.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:31 PM (8avO+)

78 A long time ago, when my sons were lads, we followed the Rogue river, eventually arriving at Gold Beach. We saw the lava tubes where the river goes underneath. I doubt the road we were on had a name.

Dang, you guys, I am getting stoked to see the Pacific Ocean this weekend.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:31 PM (0aYVJ)

79 Newport has a fun aquarium. And sea otters!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:31 PM (A5RD0)

80 Depot Bay is lovely.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:32 PM (A5RD0)

81 I just find it fascinating that almost all of our SciFi TV and movies limit travel just in our galaxy and that there are 200 billion or more galaxies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:33 PM (qrzX6)

82 I am much annoy that I spelt Depoe Bay wrongly. *slaps head*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

83 I think for those random stars dropping out of visibility the suspicion is a very long term variable star that now is too dim to pick up.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:13 PM (8avO+)

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Alternate theory--an alien civilization has finished constructing a Dyson sphere around the primary star...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:28 PM (gnNyN)

Presumably a Dyson sphere would appear after a time of a larger, infared star with low luminosity as the bright light radiates waste heat over the sphere's surface.

The total would match the original star's output but fat and dim. An infared satellite might pick it up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:34 PM (8avO+)

84 Interstellar science is like climate science to me in that the real answer is 'we really don't know' .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Most people do estimates with "plus or minus....."

Astrophysicists use "times or divided by....."

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)

85 Manzanita, south of Canon Beach is a gem.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:35 PM (A5RD0)

86 Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:34 PM (8avO+

Would microwave mapping detect it?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:35 PM (qrzX6)

87 Autocucumber is a bitch, pug.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:36 PM (A5RD0)

88 Montreal 3 - Carolina 1

If this keeps up Montreal is a lock for back to back Stanley Cups provided you ignore the 33 year since their last win in 1993.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 21, 2026 08:37 PM (glnUu)

89 wife and I did a whale-watching boat trip from Depoe Bay. Liked it so much that we did it again a few years later.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:37 PM (0aYVJ)

90 Seaside is more laid back. Lots of families with young kiddos.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:38 PM (A5RD0)

91 Had dinner seaside at Depoe Bay few years ago with old g.f. who lives in Neskowin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:39 PM (RIvkX)

92 New rules for Congressional Debates!

https://youtube.com/shorts/qqpUnAljdlg

(Rock music background. Mute at work.)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 08:39 PM (qx7Zg)

93
And every element heavier than helium is a metal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

94 48l He requested a medic meet him at his pit area at the end of the Watkins Glen race two weeks ago for a "shot" as he had a raging sinus infection. I'm thinking for a steroid shot and that helped the infection go out of control and cause meningitis. Total guess on my part as I have zero knowledge other than what Nascar has replayed from Watkins Glen of his radio talk with his crew chief at the end of the race.

Posted by: jen the original at May 21, 2026 08:40 PM (dBwtA)

95 Autocucumber is a bitch, pug.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:36 PM (A5RD0)

Worst. Thing. ever.

Worse than Clippy, even.
*eyebrow waggle*

"Seems you are having genuine issues with life in general"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)

96 I just find it fascinating that almost all of our SciFi TV and movies limit travel just in our galaxy and that there are 200 billion or more galaxies.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:33 PM (qrzX6)

Unreasonable drives to form a medium sized star empire is one thing, crossing a galaxy with its trillions of stars or the huge gulfs between is something again. Only if your star drive is "jumps" that could end up anywhere does it make sense. You jump, then find where you are. Then the real travel map is by jump routes and not where stars are spatially.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:40 PM (8avO+)

97 But my favorite beach ever is Rialto Beach on the Washington coast.

It is a bitch to get to. And no accommodations on the beach. You have to go to Forks. Or stay at the Mora campground.

But it is magic. Trust me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 08:41 PM (A5RD0)

98 33 You probably didn't consider those huge war movies like "The Longest Day" or "A Bridge Too Far" they had tons of then stars and lots of minor cast members made it big.
Posted by: Oldcat
______________________________

There's a British actor in The Longest Day named Richard Todd (who was a big deal back in the day)....He happened to have actually participated in D-Day in the group defending Pegasus Bridge holding until relief arrived. I seem to recall Peter Lawford starring in that scene. Todd, on the other hand, played Major Howard in a different scene and location.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 08:41 PM (dIske)

99 Canucks putting it on the 'Canes 4-1

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 08:41 PM (ZxPkt)

100 Team Massie is right...it doesn't take much to 'buy an election' . In fact , it only takes LESS THAN HALF of what your opponent spends.

//www.fec.gov/data/ spending-bythenumbers/

How much has been spent by:
01/01/2025–12/31/2026

11. MASSIE, THOMAS H. [REP] $5,840,666.14
12. LAUBACHER, EILEEN [DEM] $5,487,524.43
13. CRANE, ELI [REP] $5,443,960.11
14. EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR. [REP] $5,409,563.77
15. JORDAN, JAMES D. [REP] $5,203,298.05
16. CHAKRABARTI, SAIKAT [DEM] $4,972,236.89
17. VINDMAN, YEVGENY 'EUGENE' [DEM] $4,541,406.43
18. WOOD, JORDAN [DEM] $4,437,808.03
19. CONSTANTINO, ANTHONY THOMAS [REP] $4,116,985.84
20. OMAR, ILHAN [DFL] $3,842,103.4
.
.
46. GALLREIN, ED [REP] $2,620,238.75

Posted by: foreign lobbyist at May 21, 2026 08:42 PM (ADssA)

101
I'll just remind that neutrinos were a type of "dark matter", something we couldn't yet see that had to be there. I think it was Pauli who first proposed an invisible particle to account for an observed energy imbalance in some nuclear reactions.

So, he was proposing a type of dark matter. It took 26 years after that before neutrinos were confirmed to exist.

It's been roughly 50 years since the modern dark matter was first proposed. And the case for this missing mass that we can't see just keeps getting stronger.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

102 Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:40 PM (8avO+)

What fascinates me is not that the movies don't show travel to other galaxies but that they really can't . And just relatively recently they changed the estimate of the number of galaxies from 200-300 billion to 2 trillion. ( answer : we don't really know😀

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:44 PM (qrzX6)

103 Unreasonable drives to form a medium sized star empire is one thing, crossing a galaxy with its trillions of stars or the huge gulfs between is something again. Only if your star drive is "jumps" that could end up anywhere does it make sense. You jump, then find where you are. Then the real travel map is by jump routes and not where stars are spatially.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:40 PM (8avO+)
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I have seen this used in literature at least once, where it led to a somewhat tangled map of territories because of the jump points between systems. Stars may be adjacent in "hyperspace" in a way they are not in "realspace".

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:44 PM (gnNyN)

104 There's a British actor in The Longest Day named Richard Todd (who was a big deal back in the day)....
Posted by: Orson

I think he played the professor in the original Haunting, one of my favorite scary movies.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 08:45 PM (l26NL)

105 Here's a cat for the Cafe Thread:

https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (CHHv1)

106 Canes had 11 days off. Might be hard to wake them up.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (oftw2)

107 And every element heavier than helium is a metal.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

Unlike particle physics guys who loved making up new names for forces and particles, astrophysics dudes are lazy about new names which can be confusing.

Naming the products of fusion past stage 1 H->He something different would be better, since there are plenty of stages up to when you hit Iron and the bottom drops out.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (8avO+)

108 And every element heavier than helium is a metal.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

Unlike particle physics guys who loved making up new names for forces and particles, astrophysics dudes are lazy about new names which can be confusing.

Naming the products of fusion past stage 1 H->He something different would be better, since there are plenty of stages up to when you hit Iron and the bottom drops out.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (8avO+)

109 And every element heavier than helium is a metal.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

Unlike particle physics guys who loved making up new names for forces and particles, astrophysics dudes are lazy about new names which can be confusing.

Naming the products of fusion past stage 1 H->He something different would be better, since there are plenty of stages up to when you hit Iron and the bottom drops out.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (8avO+)

110
I've seen Event Horizon. I aint' jumping into hyperspace.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)

111 85 Manzanita, south of Canon Beach is a gem.
Posted by: nurse ratched

there a secret entrance to the beach at Port Orford, between Battle Rock and Cape Blanco. Amazing 6-mile long pristine beach covered in agates and moonstones -- mostly inaccessible excet if you know the hidden path (through a trailer park on private land, but no one really cares). Otherwise, you have to walk miles and miles down from Cap Blanco.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 08:47 PM (Av6i5)

112 I think we have a video of Lucy the Cat, with her guards

https://youtube.com/shorts/UXrn9Tf_Y2E

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 08:47 PM (qx7Zg)

113 >>>Interstellar science is like climate science to me in that the real answer is 'we really don't know' .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Most people do estimates with "plus or minus....."

Astrophysicists use "times or divided by....."

Posted by: mikeski

>Applied math thru optics of events that occurred light-years 'ago'. Nice gig if you can get a grant.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 08:47 PM (D1E+2)

114 I've seen Event Horizon. I aint' jumping into hyperspace.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)

I like the worm holes in Farscape better.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:48 PM (qrzX6)

115 And now, there's Dark Matter in my pants!

Posted by: Joe from DE at May 21, 2026 08:48 PM (oftw2)

116 105 Here's a cat for the Cafe Thread:

https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5
Posted by: BeckoningChasm


Meow! He would like to speak to the manager!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 21, 2026 08:48 PM (W3T6M)

117 This is gotten out of control
MTL 4 - Car 1

Meanwhile

Mr Breathless
Baby I Don't Care
https://youtu.be/HH-q8rIu6_w

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 21, 2026 08:48 PM (glnUu)

118 Me and the Missus are heading for the Oregon coast this weekend. We've been in Idaho for over a year; it's high time we go see the Pacific again. Been a minute, as the kids say. Not sure which town, Florence, Newport, Depot Bay. Whatever.

Now I just gotta focus on one more day of work. Kind of sucks when you have to get billable work done.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

You can see them all, depending on how far you want to drive.
If you take hwy 20 from Ontario and 22 through Salem you will wind up in Lincoln City, and Depot Bay, and on to Florence.

If you take I84 along the Gorge from Boise you can take hwy 30 to Astoria and down to Tillamook and then down to as far as you want to go.

I love Yachats personally.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

119 I'll just remind that neutrinos were a type of "dark matter", something we couldn't yet see that had to be there. I think it was Pauli who first proposed an invisible particle to account for an observed energy imbalance in some nuclear reactions.

So, he was proposing a type of dark matter. It took 26 years after that before neutrinos were confirmed to exist.

It's been roughly 50 years since the modern dark matter was first proposed. And the case for this missing mass that we can't see just keeps getting stronger.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

Show me a bucket of dark matter if 80 percent of everything is dark matter.

Neutrinos could be seen at once since the traces of particle collisions were bent in ways that would violate conservation of momentum if there was nothing there. Just because the neutral particle didn't make a track didn't make it 'dark'.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:50 PM (8avO+)

120 Event Horizon?

Dr. Rheinhardt waits.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 08:50 PM (2GVsD)

121 As for transgalactic empires or even trade, "faster than light" science fiction accounts for this by requiring "jump gates" (or, for you Mass Effect fans, "relays").
There are space stations around habitable worlds across dozens of galaxies!! but you can't just fly there. You have to use the jump gate and those were created by the Ancients. Nobody is making more of them.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE)

122 I think we have a video of Lucy the Cat, with her guards

https://youtube.com/shorts/UXrn9Tf_Y2E
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 08:47 PM (qx7Zg)

That's me virtually any time going upstairs or downstairs, in the center of that square of cats.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:52 PM (8avO+)

123 I was all wet about Richard Todd being in the Haunting.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 08:53 PM (l26NL)

124 I like the worm holes in Farscape better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:48 PM (qrzX6)
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Farscape showed us that those could be pretty horrible too if your calculations were not correct.

I remember some ships coming back from an excursion that were filled with the goo that was formerly the pilot of the ship.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:53 PM (gnNyN)

125 1. Buying crab directly from the fisherman on the dock at Port Orford.
2. Thrift stores in North Bend.
3. Free cheese sample in Tillamook.
4. View of the sea-stacks at Cannon Beach.
5. Wild elk wandering on the sand at Gold Beach.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 08:54 PM (Av6i5)

126 I remember some ships coming back from an excursion that were filled with the goo that was formerly the pilot of the ship.

"DC Bosun!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 08:54 PM (2GVsD)

127 Are there multiple singularities?

Just wondering. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 08:55 PM (vhPr1)

128 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:53 PM (gnNyN)

Heh yes that is true.

I wish it would have had a few more season though the wrap up movie was pretty good.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:55 PM (qrzX6)

129 I wish it would have had a few more season though the wrap up movie was pretty good.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:55 PM (qrzX6)
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Yeah, the Peacekeeper Wars showed us how terrifying a wormhole weapon was.

When it's finally unleashed, everyone--and I mean EVERYONE--who saw it nearly went insane.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:57 PM (gnNyN)

130 It's been roughly 50 years since the modern dark matter was first proposed. And the case for this missing mass that we can't see just keeps getting stronger.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

When I was in grad school there were lots of goofball theories like 'supersymmetry' - what if there were twice as many particles as we can see, just bloaty for some reason? well why 2, why not eleventy billion? Anyhow that one has failed all its predictions for a generation, but they just retune the model so we can't detect it. There are several of these floating around and they pissed me off back when they might have been true. They never dropped them when they failed their tests.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 08:57 PM (8avO+)

131 Are there multiple singularities?

Just wondering. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 08:55 PM (vhPr1)

Are you Steven Wright socking Tonypete?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:57 PM (qrzX6)

132 Dark (Lives) Matter.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 09:00 PM (Av6i5)

133 Greetings.

Posted by: Grayman27 at May 21, 2026 09:00 PM (AvoqE)

134 If you take I84 along the Gorge from Boise you can take hwy 30 to Astoria and down to Tillamook and then down to as far as you want to go.

I love Yachats personally.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

When our sons were kids, we took several trips along that route.

I remember camping in the Blue Mountains, and having a helluva time lighting a campfire. I was used to the Wyoming/Colorado arid climate. Took a bit, but we got it going.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 09:02 PM (0aYVJ)

135 Kyle Bush dead.

WTFO

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:02 PM (/+uur)

136 The best beaches that are fun to walk to are Lincoln City, Newport, Cannon Beach (haystack rock) Yachats, Seal Rock and Agate Beach . . . and any of the state parks on the west side of Hwy 101 as you drive along.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)

137 Originally, the proposed name for the unseen particles than constitute most of the hidden mass of the universe was "darkies," but instead they eventually settled on Neutrino-Electron-Graviton-Reverse-Orbtals.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 09:05 PM (Av6i5)

138 My Mom grew up where Tillamook was the local dairy.
Dad* grew up in Carnation WA.

We love our dairy.

*Dad did not like milk, until he became a Marine. I believe his body craved it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 09:06 PM (0aYVJ)

139 Oh I miss Italy!

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (hftzA)

Yeah. I need to go back and see some of the stuff I missed the last time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 09:07 PM (snZF9)

140 Are there multiple singularities?

Just wondering. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 08:55 PM (vhPr1)

Are you Steven Wright socking Tonypete?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:57 PM (qrzX6)
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This is a great example of why I love this place so much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 09:09 PM (0aYVJ)

141 >>> I remember some ships coming back from an excursion that were filled with the goo that was formerly the pilot of the ship.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 08:53 PM (gnNyN)


I forget the series, maybe it was Niven's known space, but the limitation with his FTL travel was you had to have a sentient pilot to detect gravity and stars somehow. If you just went on autopilot you would die.

A good scifi might break established laws but it establishes new limits that keep it from just going crazy pants.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:09 PM (3uBP9)

142 Originally, the proposed name for the unseen particles than constitute most of the hidden mass of the universe was "darkies," but instead they eventually settled on Neutrino-Electron-Graviton-Reverse-Orbtals.
Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 09:05 PM (Av6i5)


Soft Hair on Black Holes

Posted by: Steven Hawking innocently writes at May 21, 2026 09:12 PM (3uBP9)

143 84 Most people do estimates with "plus or minus....."
Astrophysicists use "times or divided by....."
Posted by: mikeski

And then.....

102 And just relatively recently they changed the estimate of the number of galaxies from 200-300 billion to 2 trillion.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

"Times or divided by ten."

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 09:14 PM (VHUov)

144 A few more missing in fact. Indeed there was some paper a while back about objects seen in '50s star catalogs that are no longer there. And some things that popped up.

Now, recently, but this was in another galaxy, they think they've seen one of those suspected by not yet seen core-collapses of a massive start where there's no supernova, damn thing just collapses to a black hole with no fireworks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb

------

Some have said they were radioactive particles from atmospheric A-Bomb tests. Current telescopes capture several orders of magnitude more stars without finding the winking out.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 09:14 PM (Vh9CX)

145 I don't post much, but the Hwy 101 posting has me all nostalgic. Free cheese at Tillamook. Haystack Rock. My kids getting pirate gold from the Goonies house back in the day. Do the owners do that anymore? We camped along 101 to the Redwoods. Best trip ever.

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at May 21, 2026 09:15 PM (02o+/)

146 For all you astrophiles

https://youtu.be/udAL48P5NJU?si=nVSkKGjoBT-DWe9q

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 09:17 PM (Vh9CX)

147 Wing Attack Plan R

Posted by: Survival Kit Contents Check at May 21, 2026 09:18 PM (ANbA2)

148 >> since the traces of particle collisions were bent in ways that would violate conservation of momentum

Our bent tracks so to speak are there galore. You've got the first observation, the galactic rotation curves. Either gravity doesn't work at galaxy scale distances, or there's more mass there. That's our first bent track.

The gravitational lensing. Those galaxy clusters bend light a lot more than the "visible" (which just means emitting EM radiation we can detect) matter.

And then the biggest bent track of all was the Bullet Cluster collision. The visible, EM interacting stuff interacted and slowed down, yet the gravitational lensing showed that a whole bunch of mass just continued sailing right there. There's something invisible bending light there that didn't get bogged down by the collision.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

149 @116 - he's standing on the manager's chest. He weighs about 15 pounds. The manager is not having a great experience.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 09:23 PM (CHHv1)

150 ugggh 4chan /tv/ is unreadable. every comment is about Homelander in "The Boys" which is a terrible show

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:24 PM (gKWVE)

151
On the front of "modifying gravity", meaning gravity behaves differently at long distances, MOND being a big example, that was dealt a big blow with the recent survey confirming inverse square behavior at the largest scales.

All the evidence screams there is a lot more mass out there than we can "see", which just means it doesn't interact EM-wise.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 09:24 PM (w6EFb)

152 I forget the series, maybe it was Niven's known space, but the limitation with his FTL travel was you had to have a sentient pilot to detect gravity and stars somehow. If you just went on autopilot you would die.

A good scifi might break established laws but it establishes new limits that keep it from just going crazy pants.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:09 PM (3uBP9)
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Dune sort of worked that way. The purpose of the Guild Navigators was to use their awesome psychic power to chart a safe passage through space. That's why they held a monopoly on space travel as traveling without a Guild Navigator was suicide.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 09:25 PM (gnNyN)

153 I wish it would have had a few more season though the wrap up movie was pretty good.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 08:55 PM (qrzX6)

I wish it would have lasted long enough to have killed off Dominar Rygel in nasty ways.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 09:26 PM (snZF9)

154
That idiot who jumped out a window and tried to limp away from the g-men has been caught.

They ought to tell him there's no money left to treat his injured leg because it all got used up to buy limos and $11,000 sunglasses.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:27 PM (n7rxJ)

155 Male model cover boy.

https://tinyurl.com/2nte4x5y

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 09:28 PM (ndZc7)

156 Love the stork story!

But you won't catch me within a hundred yards of a monkey. Rip you to shreds.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 21, 2026 09:28 PM (EXZem)

157 >> Some have said they were radioactive particles from atmospheric A-Bomb tests

The project looking at all this is dubbed VASCO (Vanishing and Appearing Sources over a Century of Observations).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 09:28 PM (w6EFb)

158 The project looking at all this is dubbed VASCO (Vanishing and Appearing Sources over a Century of Observations).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 09:28 PM (w6EFb)

Da Gamma rays?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 21, 2026 09:30 PM (Ot/FD)

159 You probably didn't consider those huge war movies like "The Longest Day" or "A Bridge Too Far" they had tons of then stars and lots of minor cast members made it big.
Posted by: Oldcat

or The Great Escape

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 21, 2026 09:31 PM (BWJUf)

160 @153 Eh, I kind of liked Rigel. Not convincing as a special effect, but very convincing as a character.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 09:31 PM (CHHv1)

161
Justine Bateman is publicly pulling for Spencer Pratt.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:31 PM (n7rxJ)

162 Justine Bateman is publicly pulling for Spencer Pratt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:31 PM (n7rxJ)

Funny how Mallory was actually the sane one and Alex was the dirty hippie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 21, 2026 09:33 PM (Ot/FD)

163 @153 Eh, I kind of liked Rigel. Not convincing as a special effect, but very convincing as a character.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 09:31 PM (CHHv1)
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Yeah, he was a very complex character. One minute he's selling out the party for his own gain, then the next minute he's rescuing them with an awesome plan....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 09:33 PM (gnNyN)

164 Window jumping Somali pirate found

@BillMelugin_ 2hr
UPDATE: FBI Director Kash Patel says Muhammad Omar has now been arrested.

Posted by: CCP at May 21, 2026 09:34 PM (diia5)

165 I forget the series, maybe it was Niven's known space, but the limitation with his FTL travel was you had to have a sentient pilot to detect gravity and stars somehow. If you just went on autopilot you would die.

A good scifi might break established laws but it establishes new limits that keep it from just going crazy pants.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:09 PM (3uBP9)

"Gravity Dreams", by L. E. Modesitt, Jr., had similar interstellar navigation.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 09:34 PM (qx7Zg)

166 Lede story cbs news west coast is Ebola.


Are you kidding me?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 09:35 PM (tHKLd)

167 Justine Bateman is publicly pulling for Spencer Pratt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:31 PM (n7rxJ)

She is awesome. She needs to kick the shit out of her stupid brother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 09:36 PM (0aYVJ)

168 ugggh 4chan /tv/ is unreadable. every comment is about Homelander in "The Boys" which is a terrible show
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:24 PM (gKWVE)

All I've seen in ewetub thumbnails is that they torched (fucked up) the finale and people are pissed. I dunno, who was even still watching the show? I hoped out after the first season.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

169 Seems like a lot of people on the thread has a traveling bug working on them. The summer vacation mindset is closing in.

Posted by: Case at May 21, 2026 09:37 PM (8XBuM)

170 Justine and I were born the same year. We are sympatico.

Gen X muddafuckas!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

171 That idiot who jumped out a window and tried to limp away from the g-men has been caught.

They ought to tell him there's no money left to treat his injured leg because it all got used up to buy limos and $11,000 sunglasses.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia


Set it crooked.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 09:38 PM (/lPRQ)

172 I spend good money on sunglasses (the last pair lasted me 20 years.) But not $11k! What the hell?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

173
Amputate without anesthesia..

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 09:40 PM (3ek7K)

174 I got through a few eps of The Boys season two before rolling my eyes and dropping out.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)

175 172 I spend good money on sunglasses (the last pair lasted me 20 years.) But not $11k! What the hell?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I have a pair of Maui Jim’s I paid $150 for in 2014.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 09:43 PM (A5RD0)

176
I spend good money on sunglasses (the last pair lasted me 20 years.) But not $11k! What the hell?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

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I guess you can block out more sun with diamond-studded platinum frames.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:45 PM (n7rxJ)

177 76 A Minnesota fraud suspect who leapt from a 4th-floor balcony to avoid arrest Thursday morning has been captured, FBI Director Kash Patel announced.

His name? – Muhammad Omar. Brother of Mohammed Omar, cousin of Mohammet Omar and Muhammad Mohammed Omar. Distant relation of 11ian Omar.
Posted by: fd
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You can tell they are related by the same misshapen heads.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 09:47 PM (OArx3)

178

A story from I, Robot -

US Robots and competitors race to develop a faster-than-light engine that can take people quickly to faraway planets. The first super-brain machine to research it found that no one can live through the space-warp experience, and the machine, unwilling to create something lethal, breaks down. Dr. Calvin talks a US Robot super-brain into gently approaching the problem and quickly reporting in the moment it encounters a dilemma. The brain completes the calculations, builds a hyper-space ship, and sends Powell and Donovan all the way out of the galaxy and back. It turns out that anything that enters a space warp disappears from reality but reappears again after leaving the space warp. Thus, passengers die but then return to life, so there is no lasting harm.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 09:47 PM (Cqx++)

179 Scanno, Italy, needs a pressure washer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 09:49 PM (OArx3)

180
Lede story cbs news west coast is Ebola.


Are you kidding me?
Posted by: nurse ratched

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Hey, nurse! Long time no.

I think I read that some passenger plane was diverted mid-flight to another country -- like, we're landing NOW, not later. Rumor was someone on the plane had ebola or hanta, can't remember.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:49 PM (n7rxJ)

181 174 I got through a few eps of The Boys season two before rolling my eyes and dropping out.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)

It only gets worse and the ending is complete ass. Don't get waste your time. It's hard to believe the same people involved in Invincible run The Boys.

Posted by: Absolute steaming pile at May 21, 2026 09:50 PM (TbWk/)

182 Blonde!

Yeah. I saw that. Some of my cow workers are predicting a nationwide shutdown in July.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 09:53 PM (A5RD0)

183
I have a pair of Maui Jim’s I paid $150 for in 2014.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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I had to stop looking at pricey sunglasses. I bought a pair of Gianfranco Ferres and lost them. Replaced them and someone stepped on them. Bought another pair by YSL and left them at a restaurant (never found).

Three strikes and you're out. Now it's nothing but cheapos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:54 PM (n7rxJ)

184
Some of my cow workers are predicting a nationwide shutdown in July.
Posted by: nurse ratched

===============

Grrrrooooooannnnnn.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:54 PM (n7rxJ)

185 Great Blue Herons are semi-prehistoric and have a lot of stork-like behavior. They will spear and swallow any animal they can stuff down their gullet. Fish, crabs, frogs, salamanders, mice, rats, gophers, chipmunks, squirrels, small muskrats, etc.

Posted by: Bloodthirsty Boids at May 21, 2026 09:55 PM (oftw2)

186 184
Some of my cow workers are predicting a nationwide shutdown in July.
Posted by: nurse ratched

===============

Grrrrooooooannnnnn.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 09:54 PM (n7rxJ)

All folks who have spent time in the affected countries within 21 days of travel now must route through Dulles airport (NoVA) for enhanced medical screening if they want to enter the US. That went into effect today.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 09:56 PM (tOcjL)

187 I have a pair of Maui Jim’s I paid $150 for in 2014.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 09:43 PM (A5RD0)

*fistbump*

Maui Jim's. Best sunglasses made by man. I bought a pair in 1999. Gave maybe 180 at the sunglass hut in the mall. Used them forever. Then in 2020, I pull them out of my pocket and an arm had fallen off. The screw broke. Could not find the arm.

I finally bought a new pair and they are awesome as well. They make the frames out of this nylon composite and they are light as anything.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 09:57 PM (zZu0s)

188 All folks who have spent time in the affected countries within 21 days of travel now must route through Dulles airport (NoVA) for enhanced medical screening if they want to enter the US. That went into effect today.
Posted by: Nova Local


And shame on us if we fall for it again.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 09:58 PM (A5RD0)

189 5
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Battle Creek KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group but we will take our wins where they come from.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:48 PM (HdYcL)

- - - -

Congratulations, Hadrian!

Posted by: KT at May 21, 2026 10:00 PM (rdeQO)

190 Just watched the felalien link. Cat is not freaky but the girl having her head back like that skeeves me out.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (PV+Zw)

191 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Battle Creek KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group but we will take our wins where they come from.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:48 PM (HdYcL)

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Wait, you've got a show dog named "Lamont?"

/Congratulations to you and Her Majesty!

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (4LEcr)

192 Oh, ONT is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)

193 I had a nice pair of green-glass Serengetis years ago. Lost them on a beach. I am still sad.

Posted by: CCP at May 21, 2026 10:09 PM (diia5)

Republicans Sean Duffy, Brandon Gill Expose Democrats' Fathomless Corruption

Brandon Gill grills Chicago's radical racist grifter Brandon Johnson.

Johnson has been receiving expensive personal gifts like cufflinks and Gucci bags from people and organizations he refuses to disclose. He says he accepts these personal gifts "on behalf of Chicago," but I don't think Chicago is wearing the cufflinks or toting the Gucci bags. I think it's Johnson himself.


And he says it's nobody's business where the bribes he accepts on behalf of Chicago come from, Honky Ass White Devil.


GRANDPA's FREE ADVICE
@GOP_is_Gutless

THE PITBULL BRANDON GILL: "On June 12th, 2023, you received HUGO BOSS cufflinks and a personalized Montblanc pen. Do you know who gave you those?"

Johnson: "So I did not receive those personally. The city of Chicago..."-

Gill: "You received those on behalf of the ciry of Chicago. I understand the difference Do you know who has provided those to the city of Chicago? Do you know who gave those to the city of Chicago?"

Johnson: "So again, on behalf of the city of Chicago, there are..."-

Gill: "It's a yes or no question."

Johnson: "I do not accept. Those are not my personal gifts..."-

Gill. "I'm reclaiming my time here, sir. On March 18th, 2024, you received a Gucci tote bag. Do you know who gave you that? Gave the city of Chicago that?"

Johnson: "Again, I was here and I was invited..."-

Gill: "I'll also take that as a no. On March 19th, 2024, you received a Davinci bag, a Kate Spade purse, and Carucci shoes. Do you know who gave the city of Chicago those?"

What's Chicago's shoe size?


Johnson: "Again, I was brought..."-

Gill. "I'll take that as a no. I'm reclaiming my time... This raises serious ethical concerns. You're providing an enormous amount of aid to illegal aliens, aiding and abetting criminals who have come into our country illegally. And you yourself are receiving an enormous amount of gifts, and you won't even tell us who they're coming from. That raises serious ethical concerns."


Patty Murray attempted to smear Sean Duffy with some question I frankly don't know the context for. She seems to be saying that the Department of Transportation accepts donations to some bullshit organization and that entitles you to invites to department functions.

I don't know if that's true and I don't like the sound of it, to be honest, but on the other hand, that kind of "give us money for X building and we'll give you ten minutes with the president and a photo" is utterly common and just the way things work. No one handing over a $50,000 or $100,000 check is doing so without getting to chew the ear of a politician or his senior staff for an hour or two.

But like I said, this kind of low-grade corruption is the law of the land and always has been.

But while Murray demands answers about that, she does not want to answer what $2 million from lawyers' lobbyists buys them. And she, he says, has jurisdiction over those affairs.

She insists that it's completely out of line to ask her the same question she just asked Duffy.

I already linked this one, but if you missed it: Duffy did come prepared, as Murray whined, with a list of all the million dollar plus donations from lobbyists and industries these senators have direct legislative jurisdiction over.


Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

May 19

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy just DEMOLISHED insufferable Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D)!

GILLIBRAND: Your [America250] road trip was paid for by companies you oversaw!

DUFFY: Do YOU have jurisdictions over law firms? You received $7 MILLION DOLLARS from the TRIAL BAR!

GILLIBRAND: Oh my god!

DUFFY: You receive $7 MILLION DOLLARS, and you have jurisdiction on the trial bar! Want me to go on the list of WHAT ELSE you received?

GILLIBRAND: This hearing is about YOU!

DUFFY: I didn't make any money [on the road trip]. Maybe YOU should answer for getting $7 MILLION from the trial bar! $7 MILLION. That goes in state dinners, to put your ad on TV, that's all to YOU! YOU spend that money.

GILLIBRAND: You are using your position for political ways.

DUFFY: $500K from the TRIAL BAR to fly you on a PRIVATE JET! They paid for you to fly. Answer to that. I made NOTHING. They put your face on TV, your dinners, your vacations. I make NOTHING on this. I make no money.

Gillibrand insisted there that she's never been on a lobbyist-funded private plane, but this old article names her and Chuck Schumer as Frequent Flyers on Graft Airlines.

gillibrandprivateplane.png

There's a bit of news:

But... I don't think this represents the courts admitting these prosecutions were flawed. I think this is just a procedural step given the pardons and commutations of these sentences by the president.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM




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1 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 06:30 PM (SRRAx)

2 Wow, I never heard this Gillibrand creature speak before. She sounds like a fucking 6th Grader. Who in God’s name could listen to that shit? LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 06:33 PM (Tx+oG)

3 Patty Murray is should be glad Mazie Hirono is in office, otherwise she'd win the dumbest Senator award.

These people are the best we can do in a country of 300M?

Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 06:35 PM (SHHm+)

4 When did Edgar Winter become a senator?

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 06:35 PM (CNl8/)

5 We need many more like Gill and Duffy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 06:36 PM (RIvkX)

6 Its a shame the media doesn't do this

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Meow.

Congrats on the 1st Teresa!

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 21, 2026 06:38 PM (w3u3d)

8 What's Chicago's shoe size?




Haha, yesssssss!

Posted by: Ed McMahon at May 21, 2026 06:39 PM (4NO2D)

9 In the spirit of Deadwood and today's metier, you bunch of no nooding rooster lollipops!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:39 PM (zZu0s)

10 Wow, I never heard this Gillibrand creature speak before. She sounds like a fucking 6th Grader. Who in God’s name could listen to that shit? LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 06:33 PM (Tx+oG)
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She's been a senator almost 20 years.

You've never heard of her because she has done literally nothing in all that time.

She thinks Kamala's a genius.

Comparatively, she's right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)

11
Well, Jared Isaacman is flying his F-5 to Starbase. Somebody on that feed I was watching noted that popped up on the radar.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 06:40 PM (w6EFb)

12 2 Wow, I never heard this Gillibrand creature speak before. She sounds like a fucking 6th Grader. Who in God’s name could listen to that shit? LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 06:33 PM (Tx+oG)

What do you expect from the gal that was given Hillary's seatr?

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 21, 2026 06:41 PM (w3u3d)

13 Every time I see Duffy I rember that M-TV show he was on with his eventual wife, and some loser named "Puck" who encapsulated today's Democrats. Turns out living with a lay-a-bout, idiot, with no care of present, past or future was good experience for Duffy's political career. I seem to recall that Duffy has some competitive lumberjack roots or something. It's been a lot of years.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 06:41 PM (dIske)

14 Gillibrand did rid us of Al Franken. You have to give her that,

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 06:41 PM (CNl8/)

15 It would be a much shorter list if people who did not accept bribes and gifts for influence were listed . Maybe there aren't any.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 06:43 PM (OYsYV)

16 2 Wow, I never heard this Gillibrand creature speak before. She sounds like a fucking 6th Grader. Who in God’s name could listen to that shit? LOL
___

Thank you for that comment. [Lowers pistol from temple; sighs in relief.] Thank you.

Posted by: Jonathan Gillibrand at May 21, 2026 06:43 PM (qUkBO)

17
THis is cool. Isaacman personally owns several F-5s. He has an incentive program in place at NASA. You do good, real good at your job, and you get a free thrill ride with Isaacman in his fleet of F-5s.

This is likely one of those reward flights for NASA employees. They get to buzz a Starship launch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 06:44 PM (w6EFb)

18 Well, I'm going to go and look at another crappy house in another crappy neighborhood.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 06:45 PM (OArx3)

19 Senators: shit or garbage?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 06:45 PM (81Fo/)

20 They really goin after me for cuff links and shoes? Dey don't know about the millions in cash?

Posted by: Brandon Johnson's Tiny, Corrupt Brain at May 21, 2026 06:45 PM (qUkBO)

21 Johnson has been receiving expensive personal gifts like cufflinks and Gucci bags from people and organizations he refuses to disclose.

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My faves are the noose and subway sandwich wrapper gifted to him by Jussie Smollet.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:46 PM (+q14Z)

22 OT- Marco Rubio delivers message to Cuba:

https://tinyurl.com/p5kv2h3b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 06:46 PM (OYsYV)

23 Senators: shit or garbage?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 06:45 PM (81Fo/)

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Chitcago: shit AND garbage?

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:47 PM (+q14Z)

24 They really goin after me for cuff links and shoes? Dey don't know about the millions in cash?
Posted by: Brandon Johnson's Tiny, Corrupt Brain at May 21, 2026 06:45 PM (qUkBO)

If you're lucky, the US Marshalls might help fit you with some nice steel bracelets.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 06:48 PM (qx7Zg)

25 Have we ever had an SOS who was completely fluent in Spanish? I think that's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 06:50 PM (OYsYV)

26 Chitcago: shit AND garbage?
Posted by: ShainS

Bitch, please!
-San Francisco

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 06:50 PM (81Fo/)

27 I have a mad crush on Sec Duffy.

Also Scott Jennings.

I suppose I need to report this to my husband as Mike Pence would say.

I tell him anyway my top five after him. Obviously he's not worried since I'm past my prime.

Mel Gibson still on the leader board. I forget the other guy and will remember during my 0300 insomnia.

That weirdo Dim woman Murray needs a new hairdo. I do as well, but I don't wear it the same way as junior high.

So thankful not to be a Dim Womman! Holy smokes they are weird.

Adios for chores and rinsing the ole corms I am to plant later.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:50 PM (WONhk)

28 She's been a senator almost 20 years.
——-

Oh, I’ve heard OF her plenty. I avoid actually listening to politicians generally, since around 2008.

It’s the squeeky hectoring helium-huffing register that is difficult for me to take seriously. I mean she is seriously stupid, but. It’s like nails on a chalkboard

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 06:50 PM (qgiNH)

29
J. Crew Messenger Bag >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gucci Tote Bag

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 06:50 PM (0sNs1)

30 I seem to recall that Duffy has some competitive lumberjack roots or something. It's been a lot of years.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 06:41 PM (dIske)

He is from Hayward. Won the Lumberjack championships log climbing competition and can throw an ax. Met him at the Sawyer County Fair some years ago. Nice guy.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 06:51 PM (wGerL)

31
Isaacman himself just said he's still at NASA HQ, but those are his planes, he's just not flying one of them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 06:51 PM (w6EFb)

32 Gillibrand is my senator. She was first a Congress critter from around the capitol district. She was allegedly pro 2nd amendment. The minute she set sights on Hillary's Senate seat she was Miss gun control. Schumer says jump she says "how high, hehehehe?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 06:52 PM (gu0hJ)

33 Patty Murray. My senator since 1992.
I'm so proud.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 21, 2026 06:52 PM (pE12i)

34 Patty Murray ...

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Gawd Almighty -- is that image of her a teaser & preview for the upcoming film "Twilight of the Walking Dead?"

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:53 PM (+q14Z)

35 I love Gill

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 06:54 PM (FtULh)

36 OT:

Kyle Busch, NASCAR driver, died today. He was 41. He just won yet another truck race at Dover last weekend. No idea what happened. He was in the hospital with an undisclosed illness. He was a VERY successful driver. Won lots of races and championships. Left behind a wife and a couple of kids. RIP

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 21, 2026 06:55 PM (W3T6M)

37 Won the Lumberjack championships log climbing competition and can throw an ax

Hm, that sounds awfully problematic. Clearly he is incorporating hetero-normative patterns of oppressive ideation. Off to the Gulag!

Posted by: Gauleiter Galinda at May 21, 2026 06:55 PM (qgiNH)

38 My political crushes are on Pete Hegseth and Scott Bessent ( Yes, I know Bessent is gay but he looks like someone from a Victorian novel with the round glasses and he's so smart. He really put down Newsom effectively.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 06:55 PM (OYsYV)

39 Well, since each member of CONgress has immunity for anything they say while in performance of their duties inside the building, why not just call Prizzonor Da Maya a criminal?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 06:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

40
Propellant load has started. It takes just 30 minutes to load the whole thing, Ship and the booster. That has to be some crazy flow rate.

And this is subchilled LOX and LCH4. Just a bit about the freezing point.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 06:56 PM (w6EFb)

41 America250 road trip.

That seems to be the Ds new ploy, to paint everyone in the Trump administration as "corrupt" in some way.

America 250 was about drumming up support for making America's 250th celebration the single largest day of charitable giving in U.S. history. They also want to synchronize the celebrations, to make it one big block party from sea to shining sea. It is mostly being paid for by corporate sponsors.

Sean Duffy's part of this was attending portions of the "Great America Road Trip". The idea was to drive across the country in American made vehicles, from all manufacturers.

Thta's the whole fucking story. Duffy didn't get paid a dime for his time, or the promotion. He literally filmed himself driving an American made card across the country for a few days. Yeah, with his NINE children.

Guy should get a medal.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 06:58 PM (eloIc)

42 Murray is in office because of industrial strength vote fraud. Period.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 06:58 PM (l26NL)

43 dey gassin up da rockit

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)

44 "Murray is in office because of industrial strength vote fraud. Period."

Nope. She first won because Rod Chandler shit the bed on a televised debate. She's stayed in office because the majority of Washington state voters are actually that stupid.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 21, 2026 07:01 PM (pE12i)

45 dey gassin up da rockit
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)

Jerry Nadler is on site, channeling Le Petomaine?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:01 PM (qx7Zg)

46 "You have everyday Americans who are struggling with the price of gas, struggling with the costs of everyday items, and you have the cabinet secretary announcing that he is going on a trip with his entire family, which appears to have been funded by the industries that his department is overseeing,"

By "funded" they mean the companies paid for the gas and provided the car. That's fucking it. And he doesn't get to keep the car, just drive it a few days, with his wife, nine kids, and a camera.

"If he's saying that this is a work project or that he did work on the project, then taxpayer funds should be paying for it," he adds. "And if it's a vacation or some kind of personal trip, then certainly industry should not be paying for it."

The government pays his fucking SALARY. This is promoting American cars - he's the sec of transportation. Ethics and budget officials approved his participation and travel "in accordance with federal rules."

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 07:01 PM (eloIc)

47 Brandon Johnson should have never gone full Will Smith.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 07:04 PM (2GVsD)

48
They're all squeeing like teenage girls over seeing the frost line forming on the side of the rocket as it fills.

Fill flow rates for this monster are between 10-20K GPM.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)

49 I try to listen to Kristin Gillibrand as little as possible. I hadn't actually heard her speak for years. Awful pitch of her voice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 07:05 PM (OYsYV)

50 Sean Duffy is great, but to be honest, I'm kinda OD'ing on the Duffy clan. First, he had the show with Dagen McDowell and Rachel gets a gig on F&F weekends. Then the daughter, Evita, starts contributing on Fox and Newsmax, and Dan Bongino adds her to his podcast. Rachel is given a new Spanish language show on Fox Nation. Sean becomes Sec of Transp. That's good. Then the whole family takes a road trip, and Rachel writes a book on patriotism.

They seem like really nice people so it's not that I don't like them. I just would like a little more variety in my life.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 07:06 PM (3ImbR)

51 Before going back on the computer, I just came to comfort and console those of you over Colbert's last show tonight.

I believe in my heart America will find the strength and courage to someday laugh again.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 07:06 PM (Sco7b)

52 They are literally equating taking a road trip with the wife and nine kiddos to some sort of corrupt travel paid for by shady Qatari businessmen to Dubai.

It's fucking unbelievable. AND he's actually producing video documentation of the trip.

By the way, Duffy got famous on a ROAD TRIP REALITY SHOW. By the by, this was filmed over MONTHS. A day here or there.

I can't even with these people.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 07:06 PM (eloIc)

53 Today is Al Franken's 75th birthday.

Posted by: Trunk, Buick, Etc. at May 21, 2026 07:06 PM (oftw2)

54
So, what IS Brandon Johnson doing with Gucci bags and Kate Spade purses?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 07:07 PM (n7rxJ)

55 Patty Murrray is by far the stupidest current Senator and a strong candidate for stupidest senator ever. Biden seems like a Mensa member next to her.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 07:07 PM (9Diqw)

56 Patty Murray is should be glad Mazie Hirono is in office, otherwise she'd win the dumbest Senator award.

These people are the best we can do in a country of 300M?
Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 06:35 PM (SHHm+)

***

She is a solid democrat stooge. Just the way the state's dem party wants 'em.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 07:07 PM (2WIwB)

57 "Murray is in office because of industrial strength vote fraud. Period."

Nope. She first won because Rod Chandler shit the bed on a televised debate. She's stayed in office because the majority of Washington state voters are actually that stupid.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 21, 2026 07:01 PM (pE12i)

----------------

Next you'll be telling me that Seattle Communist Mayor Katie Wilson regrets calling for a boycott of Starbucks after they began building a new Southeast Corporate Office in downtown Nashville, TN.

Wait, wut?

/Run Starbucks, Run!

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 07:07 PM (+q14Z)

58 Sean Duffy's part of this was attending portions of the "Great America Road Trip". The idea was to drive across the country in American made vehicles, from all manufacturers.

Thta's the whole fucking story. Duffy didn't get paid a dime for his time, or the promotion. He literally filmed himself driving an American made card across the country for a few days. Yeah, with his NINE children.

Guy should get a medal.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 06:58 PM (eloIc)

I looked up that 250 road trip so see what the fuss was about. Yeah, sponsors maybe paid for a few hotel rooms and if Duffy was in various company cars he didn't have to buy the gas. That is the "how dare you have had sponsorship for this trip, that you filmed to help promote in country tourism". But of course with the FNM to help the Dems can make it sound bad.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 21, 2026 07:08 PM (PV+Zw)

59 22 minutes till launch of Spacex Starship

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 07:08 PM (vbXSk)

60 I have no time for these idiots. I'm mildly angry at paying their salaries, but I'm equally angry about paying for all the corruption and horseshit government regularly engages in.

I'm much too busy prepping and planting my garden beds. Got the new strawberry plants in today, working on getting the corn bed going. The lettuce, carrots and beans are in. Need to clean out the weeds in the blueberry bushes next.

It's about priorities. I'm just not in the mood for enragement theater today. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 07:08 PM (DwqWV)

61 43 dey gassin up da rockit
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience

Avalunche could use some gassin' up.

Posted by: Golden Knight at May 21, 2026 07:09 PM (oftw2)

62 So, what IS Brandon Johnson doing with Gucci bags and Kate Spade purses?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl


Regifting them to his Chicago hoes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 07:09 PM (/lPRQ)

63 62 So, what IS Brandon Johnson doing with Gucci bags and Kate Spade purses?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl


Regifting them to his Chicago hoes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 07:09 PM (/lPRQ)

Nah. He's wearing them, dancing in the dark.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 07:10 PM (DwqWV)

64
Brits pronounce methane as "mee-thane". I find this annoying.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:11 PM (w6EFb)

65
Elon has big plans. He's going to have several Starship pads at the Cape, some at Vandenburg in addition to Starbase. And he's looking to buy some property in Louisiana for launch facilities.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:12 PM (w6EFb)

66

Don't you understand the things that a black man have to put up with.

So what if he got a purse!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 21, 2026 07:12 PM (et1vG)

67 Duffy is setting a glorious example. Murray is flabbergasted that she, the utterly corrupt and unassailable interrogator, is being interrogated right back. It's beautiful, and so long overdue.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 21, 2026 07:13 PM (fZiTB)

68 64 “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” would like a word.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 07:13 PM (77rzZ)

69 Brits pronounce methane as "mee-thane". I find this annoying.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

You outta hear how they pronounce aluminum.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 21, 2026 07:14 PM (l26NL)

70 >>>Brits pronounce methane as "mee-thane". I find this annoying.
~~~~~

Al-u-MIN-ium for aluminum. Accent on the "min" and the extra "i" in the end. Aarrrgh!

And they pronounce the letter "z" as "zed."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 07:14 PM (3ImbR)

71
If you're wondering what those massive vapor plumes venting off the ground stations in the background, that's cold N2 venting.

They subcool the liquid "Mee-thane" via LN2 as they're pumping it to the pad. They just blow off that N2 stream back to atmosphere right there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:14 PM (w6EFb)

72 You can bet when Murray returns to the state, her staff has a list of fund-raising dinners lined up. And those people paying several grand a plate ain't doing it out of their passion for the dems.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 07:15 PM (2WIwB)

73 >Avalunche could use some gassin' up.

Posted by: Golden Knight
----

they stank on ice

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:15 PM (ZxPkt)

74 >>>You outta hear how they pronounce aluminum.
~~~~~

!!!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 07:15 PM (3ImbR)

75 @theblaze
·
1h
GOP Senator Thom Tillis on Trump’s proposed “Anti-Weaponization” fund: “I think it’s stupid on stilts. When you take money from me to give to a purpose I vehemently disagree with, that’s tyranny.”

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:16 PM (ZxPkt)

76 >> “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” would like a word.

That doesn't annoy me as much. This "mee-thane" thing is like fingernails on the chalkboard.

Don't mind "zed" too much either, although I was like "WTF?" when I heard ex-wye-zed. Canada and Aussies say 'zed' too, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:17 PM (w6EFb)

77 aluminium

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:17 PM (ZxPkt)

78 RINOs are hissy-fitting. Reality is finally catching up to them and they no likey.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 21, 2026 07:17 PM (fZiTB)

79 Let's go Brandon!

Posted by: House of Gucci at May 21, 2026 07:18 PM (oftw2)

80 @theblaze
·
1h
GOP Senator Thom Tillis on Trump’s proposed “Anti-Weaponization” fund: “I think it’s stupid on stilts. When you take money from me to give to a purpose I vehemently disagree with, that’s tyranny.”
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:16 PM (ZxPkt)

(Foghorn Leghorn voice): Boy, I say, boy, now you know how I feel about most government spendin'.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:18 PM (qx7Zg)

81 haich

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:18 PM (ZxPkt)

82
Damn thing is getting pretty frosty and icy looking now, what with all the mee-thane and LOX.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:19 PM (w6EFb)

83 So, what IS Brandon Johnson doing with Gucci bags and Kate Spade purses?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 07:07 PM (n7rxJ)

-------------

Taking trips to Florida to hookup & snort coke with Andrew Gillum and a couple dead male teenaged hookers?

/"WTAF, Why weren't we invited?" -- Ed Buck & Adam Schitt

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 07:19 PM (xquOO)

84 America 250 was about drumming up support for making America's 250th celebration the single largest day of charitable giving in U.S. history. They also want to synchronize the celebrations, to make it one big block party from sea to shining sea. It is mostly being paid for by corporate sponsors.

-----

I still think they shouldve made a $250 bill with Coolidge and Reagan on it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 07:20 PM (Vh9CX)

85 >>GOP Senator Thom Tillis on Trump’s proposed “Anti-Weaponization” fund: “I think it’s stupid on stilts. When you take money from me to give to a purpose I vehemently disagree with, that’s tyranny.”

Same guy who supported a fund for Senators that were spied on by Biden. Each Senator could have received up to $500k.

Can't wait until he is gone. He was of the worst condemning Trump supporters for J6 when it was obvious the whole thing was a setup.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

86 Time for my evening whiskey.

As opposed to my morning whiskey, my midmorning whiskey, my lunch whiskey, my early afternoon whiskey, my afternoon whiskey, and my late afternoon whiskey.

With apologies to Steve Martin.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 21, 2026 07:20 PM (SCZqT)

87 81 haich
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience

Quit pickin' on me!

Posted by: Bobby Sands on Haich Block at May 21, 2026 07:21 PM (oftw2)

88 Brits pronounce methane as "mee-thane". I find this annoying.
——-

They did, to their credit, get Aluminium correct, however. To wit:

Cesium
Berrylium
Strontium
Osmium
etc

I question whether this warrants our “special relationship” at the national level however.

Posted by: Gauleiter Galinda at May 21, 2026 07:21 PM (qgiNH)

89 I feel my IQ dropping when I listen to Patty Murray.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 21, 2026 07:22 PM (Wnv9h)

90
As opposed to my morning whiskey, my midmorning whiskey, my lunch whiskey, my early afternoon whiskey, my afternoon whiskey, and my late afternoon whiskey.

With apologies to Steve Martin.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

You gonna be one pickled Spud.

Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs at May 21, 2026 07:22 PM (oftw2)

91 whut. someone with a chinese name has booked a flyby of Mars. that probably won't happen
but more to the point he has booked a flyby of the Moon. that will happen

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:23 PM (gKWVE)

92 Brandon Johnson is right. We need to go back and get a shitload of dimes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 07:23 PM (D1E+2)

93 Why can't we have our Senate posted to the Moon?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE)

94 Time for my evening whiskey.

As opposed to my morning whiskey, my midmorning whiskey, my lunch whiskey, my early afternoon whiskey, my afternoon whiskey, and my late afternoon whiskey.

With apologies to Steve Martin.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 21, 2026 07:20 PM (SCZqT)

Elevenses whiskey!

Posted by: Baggins Bourbon at May 21, 2026 07:24 PM (TbWk/)

95
If I heard right, SpaceX announced that Wang Chung will be on the first lunar flyby with Starship....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:25 PM (w6EFb)

96 "WTAF, Why weren't we invited?" -- Ed Buck

I think your season passes got declined for that sort of thing, Eddie. People like to be able to walk away from their gay meth-fueled orgies

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:25 PM (gKWVE)

97 Launch in 4 minutes

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 21, 2026 07:25 PM (SCZqT)

98
92 Brandon Johnson is right. We need to go back and get a shitload of dimes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 07:23 PM

--------

Who pays to sharpen the point on his head?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 07:25 PM (PquBa)

99
T - 4 min.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:26 PM (w6EFb)

100 IIRC the Oath Keepers and Proud Boy leaders weren't even in DC on Jan 6.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:26 PM (qrzX6)

101 I was forced to pull the lever for Tillis on every Senate run. Happy I never have to do it again.

Posted by: Downtrodden at May 21, 2026 07:26 PM (oftw2)

102 If I heard right, SpaceX announced that Wang Chung will be on the first lunar flyby with Starship....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:25 PM

Will everyone have to Wang Chung that night?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 21, 2026 07:26 PM (Wnv9h)

103 From Data Republican on X, if all true? Amazing and not a good look for Thune and cronies:

https://tinyurl.com/3vsbnxph

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 07:27 PM (kX27y)

104 If I heard right, SpaceX announced that Wang Chung will be on the first lunar flyby with Starship....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:25 PM (w6EFb)

So, they'll be sending a live performance of "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" from lunar orbit? Cool!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:27 PM (qx7Zg)

105 When Space X goes public Musk will become the first trillionaire.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:27 PM (qrzX6)

106 100 IIRC the Oath Keepers and Proud Boy leaders weren't even in DC on Jan 6.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:26 PM (qrzX6)

Some of them probably thought reeaaalllllly hard about it so that's more than enough for a conviction.

Posted by: The new standard at May 21, 2026 07:27 PM (TbWk/)

107 101 I was forced to pull the lever for Tillis on every Senate run

I just had to do that too, after a bad enchilada

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:27 PM (gKWVE)

108 I feel my IQ dropping when I listen to Patty Murray.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 21, 2026 07:22 PM (Wnv9h)

Or any Democrat

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:28 PM (qrzX6)

109 40 second hold

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:29 PM (gKWVE)

110
Seriously, "Wang Chung" I call him is "Chun Wang", some crazy rich billionaire. He was commander of the Fram2 polar orbit mission.

You can figure he made a YUGE investment with SpaceX.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:30 PM (w6EFb)

111 clear~

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:30 PM (gKWVE)

112 no, still holding

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:30 PM (gKWVE)

113 okay now it is really counting down.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:31 PM (gKWVE)

114 I couldn't help but notice the "equinsu ocha" part. Did you just refer to me as "White Devil"?

Posted by: Ace Venture at May 21, 2026 07:31 PM (cWLG3)

115 IIRC the Oath Keepers and Proud Boy leaders weren't even in DC on Jan 6
——-

Yeah, they could have if they wanted, and that’s just as bad!

Posted by: Gauleiter Galinda at May 21, 2026 07:31 PM (qgiNH)

116 SpaceX is jerking us around like they were Maine Democrats

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:32 PM (gKWVE)

117
Flame diverter triggered a hold.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:33 PM (w6EFb)

118 You say “meth-fueled homosexual orgies” like it’s a bad thing

Posted by: Gauleiter Galinda at May 21, 2026 07:33 PM (qgiNH)

119 now?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:33 PM (gKWVE)

120 FUUUCK

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:33 PM (gKWVE)

121
Tripped out again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:33 PM (w6EFb)

122 Just like I hate crooked cops I hate those who fake PTSD.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:34 PM (qrzX6)

123 117
Flame diverter triggered a hold.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:33 PM (w6EFb


Now I've heard everything.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 07:35 PM (5rh/l)

124 From Data Republican on X, if all true? Amazing and not a good look for Thune and cronies:
https://tinyurl.com/3vsbnxph
Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 07:27 PM (kX27y)
~~~~~

Data does her homework and she's pretty damned reliable.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 07:35 PM (3ImbR)

125 Before going back on the computer, I just came to comfort and console those of you over Colbert's last show tonight.

I believe in my heart America will find the strength and courage to someday laugh again.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 07:06 PM (Sco7b)

Freeing Cuba ought to do.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:36 PM (8avO+)

126 so they have to clear the hold issue in the next minute ... or wait till ? whenever, and I guess they'd have to unload the fuel.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 07:36 PM (vbXSk)

127 Now I've heard everything.
Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 07:35 PM (5rh/l)

You want everyone watching to be burned up? 😉

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:37 PM (qrzX6)

128 SpaceX is proving at least one thing this time with repeatedly triggering holds - their launch safeguards are working.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:37 PM (qx7Zg)

129 I hope never to read a tweet from DataRepublican that starts "Dear gKWVE"

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)

130 Now I've heard everything.
Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 07:35 PM

Have you heard Kim Kardashian recite the Gettysburg Address?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 21, 2026 07:37 PM (Wnv9h)

131 126 so they have to clear the hold issue in the next minute ... or wait till ? whenever, and I guess they'd have to unload the fuel.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 07:36 PM (vbXSk)


They'll prebably resched for NET Saturday.

Yes, fuel will be unloaded

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 07:38 PM (5rh/l)

132 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man!

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 07:38 PM (Gqar8)

133 clock running again

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (gKWVE)

134 MOTHER FUCKER

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (gKWVE)

135 fix in place (fingers crossed) ... back in recycle hold.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (vbXSk)

136 Now I've heard everything.
Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 07:35 PM

Have you heard Kim Kardashian recite the Gettysburg Address?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 21, 2026 07:37 PM

Have you heard Yoko sing 1-800-Kars-4-Kids?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

137 Colbert claims to be a devout Catholic like Pelosi. They think they get to pick and choose what part of Catholicism they are devout about and what parts they get to ignore.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (qrzX6)

138
3rd time, no joy....

No joy in Starbase tonight.

They've only got so long before the mee-thane and LOX get too hot and that's a scrub.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (w6EFb)

139 scrub

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM (ZxPkt)

140 standing down. poop.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM (gKWVE)

141 Don't know what's happening, but the funny thing about hydrogen is it tends to leak.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM (D1E+2)

142 Stand down Spaceship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM (u82oZ)

143
It's a scrub.....dammit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM (w6EFb)

144
Can we get one of these to blow up over Cuba?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM (HdYcL)

145 >> but the funny thing about hydrogen is it tends to leak.

No LH2 here. It's liquid mee-thane.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (w6EFb)

146 The Space Affairs feed has a lot of subscribers to an old school method of dealing with issues:

Anything mechanical, give it a good bash!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (qx7Zg)

147 Not a good look for the IPO

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (qrzX6)

148 The SpaceX launch has been scrubbed for today -- ABORT! -- so they'll try again tomorrow.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (4LEcr)

149 Should I buy the SpaceX IPO?? Thinking, thinking

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (Gqar8)

150 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
3h
🚨 NOW: Rep. Tim Burchett just angrily STORMED OUT of a committee meeting saying a backroom deal was cut to let Democrats control what they do!

"We're going to BLOW IT because we're not acting like we're in the majority! [We] allow the Democrats to tell us what to do. It's just UNBELIEVABLE!"

"At some point we're going to have to give some guts. This town is crooked as a dog's leg and I'm disgusted."

"Had some amendments that were cutting regulation things that we should, as Republicans, do. Because of backroom deals they cut, they won't allow any amendments on the bill because the Democrats didn't agree to it! So here we are in the majority and we're not allowed to do that!"

"And I guarantee you when the Democrats are in the majority, which they very much could be because of this kind of garbage — [they won't do this]."

"I want to FIGHT." 🔥

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (kX27y)

151 It's a scrub.....dammit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:40 PM

Like ... with a cloth?

Posted by: H. Rodham Clinton at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

152 SCRUB!


Rats

Posted by: pawn at May 21, 2026 07:42 PM (+rSJz)

153 They think they get to pick and choose what part of Catholicism they are devout about
——

If only there were a clever, witty yet descriptive name for this

Posted by: Cafeteria Catholics at May 21, 2026 07:42 PM (qgiNH)

154
Not a good look for the IPO

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (qrzX6)

_____________

The Europeans would have done a much better job.

*sniffs superciliously*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:42 PM (HdYcL)

155 The Space Affairs feed has a lot of subscribers to an old school method of dealing with issues:

Anything mechanical, give it a good bash!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:41 PM (qx7Zg)

-----------

Where's "The Fonz" when you need him?

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 07:42 PM (4LEcr)

156 Brits pronounce methane as "mee-thane". I find this annoying.
——-

They did, to their credit, get Aluminium correct, however. To wit:

Cesium
Berrylium
Strontium
Osmium
etc

I question whether this warrants our “special relationship” at the national level however.

Posted by: Gauleiter Galinda at May 21, 2026 07:21 PM (qgiNH)

This is incorrect. The procedure when creating an element name from the name of the ore was to drop the final a, then add "um".

The ore named Magnesia, became Magnesium. And because many ores have that i there, most metals are ium.

The ore for aluminum is Alumina. Drop the I, get Aluminum. This was the case for a couple centuries before the Brits changed the spelling to AlooMiniIum.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:43 PM (8avO+)

157 Launch is scrubbed, but I'm not!
There's Liquid Mee-Thane in my pants!!

Posted by: Wilmington's Own at May 21, 2026 07:43 PM (oftw2)

158 What's Chicago's shoe size?

I mean, if you're a politician, is your shoe size public record, or something?

How do you give someone you're not in a personal relationship with a pair of shoes as a gift?

Cufflinks and bags fit everybody, but getting a pair of Carucci size-eleven-and-a-half wides sort of requires that you asked somebody for the g[r]ift, no?

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 07:43 PM (VHUov)

159
When did Edgar Winter become a senator?
Posted by: Mark1971

She only comes out at night.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)

160 Colbert claims to be a devout Catholic like Pelosi. They think they get to pick and choose what part of Catholicism they are devout about and what parts they get to ignore.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (qrzX6)

I think they ignore every part of being Catholic the both of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:43 PM (8avO+)

161
Colbert claims to be a devout Catholic like Pelosi. They think they get to pick and choose what part of Catholicism they are devout about and what parts they get to ignore.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (qrzX6)

_____________

They tell God where he got it wrong.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:44 PM (HdYcL)

162 what a gyp

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (ZxPkt)

163 So the unfunny Colbert is going away. that is good news, but I want Kimmel gone or to have a mental reset and be mildly funny instead of full on MAGA derangement syndrome. I'm moving on from calling it TDS, Its mostly focused on Trump now but its the whole idea of MAGA that drives them nuts. They are free to move to someplace else any time.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (PV+Zw)

164 They did, to their credit, get Aluminium correct, however. To wit:

Cesium
Berrylium
Strontium
Osmium
etc

I question whether this warrants our “special relationship” at the national level however.
Posted by: Gauleiter Galinda

This is incorrect. The procedure when creating an element name from the name of the ore was to drop the final a, then add "um".

The ore named Magnesia, became Magnesium. And because many ores have that i there, most metals are ium.

The ore for aluminum is Alumina. Drop the I, get Aluminum. This was the case for a couple centuries before the Brits changed the spelling to AlooMiniIum.
Posted by: Oldcat

And either way, the "all the other elements end in -ium" defense for "aluminium?"

"Platinium" would like a word.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (VHUov)

165 Welcome to MAGA! Too funny.

MAGA means you play stupid games, we'll out your bullshit.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 07:46 PM (eloIc)

166 161
Colbert claims to be a devout Catholic like Pelosi. They think they get to pick and choose what part of Catholicism they are devout about and what parts they get to ignore.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 07:39 PM (qrzX6)

_____________

They tell God where he got it wrong.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:44 PM (HdYcL)


They believe Politics should overrule God. Whenever they want.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 07:46 PM (5rh/l)

167 Starship merch for sale for 7 hours.

Starship is no go.
/sigh

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 21, 2026 07:46 PM (Q/FnY)

168 Ding ding ding! cafe is open!

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:46 PM (hftzA)

169 NOOD Cafe

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (qx7Zg)

170 When I saw that new design with the flame diverter my KISS alarms went off. That thing is complicated.

Posted by: pawn at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (+rSJz)

171
Before going back on the computer, I just came to comfort and console those of you over Colbert's last show tonight.

He's taking tomorrow off?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (Cqx++)

172 hey, mikeski read "Disappearing Spoon" whut I recommended a couple book threads ago!

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)

173
The flame diverter flamed out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (w6EFb)

174 >They think they get to pick and choose what part of Catholicism they are devout about and what parts they get to ignore.
-------

Faith a la carte

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:47 PM (ZxPkt)

175 Tantalum doesn’t play along either. It’s just fun to piss people off.

Posted by: Individualists Unite at May 21, 2026 07:48 PM (qgiNH)

176 And either way, the "all the other elements end in -ium" defense for "aluminium?"

"Platinium" would like a word.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM (VHUov)

Root from the Spanish "platina" , drop the A and add um. Means "little silver" the diminutive of plata

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 07:48 PM (8avO+)

177 >>>If only there were a clever, witty yet descriptive name for this

Posted by: Cafeteria Catholics

>My grandfather was a good man, but he only attended services on Christmas and Easter. My grandmother was a weekly volunteer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 07:49 PM (D1E+2)

178 @nicksortor
·
58m
🚨 BREAKING: Muhammad Omar, the alleged fraudster who FLED from law enforcement in Minnesota earlier today, has been CAPTURED, per @FBIDirectorKash

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:54 PM (ZxPkt)

179 BREAKING: Muhammad Omar, the alleged fraudster who FLED from law enforcement in Minnesota earlier today, has been CAPTURED, per @FBIDirectorKash
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 07:54 PM (ZxPkt)

Yep... I... outran... him....

Posted by: The Tortoise at May 21, 2026 07:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

180 Thanks for posting this delightful political theater.

NOTHING will be done.

You're either an idiot, or in on the grift.

Posted by: Mawfugga at May 21, 2026 09:48 PM (c+nCD)

John Thune Declares: I Demand a Well-Funded MAGA Primary Opponent In 2028 and I'm Going to Stamp My Little Feeties and Hold My Breath Until I Get It!

You got it, Princess.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

CBP/ICE funding bill will not be on President Trump's desk by June 1st, as he had said he wanted.

Senate going home. Bad vibes on the Hill today.

Supposedly this is over his pique at the weaponization compensation fund, but, as with Thomas Massie discovering the Epstein files for the first time weeks after Trump called for him to be replaced -- that's creating a fictional "policy" cover because the power-politics "I'm in charge" gripe is too petty to be admitted.

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
@julie_kelly2

2h

So Thune and company having a temper tantrum over Trump's Paxton endorsement so he's using the weaponization fund as an excuse to once again not do his job.

Senate leadership is an absolute disgrace and every single one should be replaced.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:35 PM




Comments

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1 Is it a recess recess or a fake recess?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

2 One

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (gu0hJ)

3 You opened the box. We will come.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (gKWVE)

4 Sad!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (znREB)

5 Essentially Pierre Delecto Jr. is running the Senate

Posted by: alanon at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (jHMkm)

6 The weaponization fund is news one on CNN and MS Now.

They're claiming it's evidence of President Trump's corruption completely ignoring what happened.

And why the hell does the IRS still exist in it's present form?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (Sco7b)

7 Let me at em! *shadow boxes*

Posted by: John Thune at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (cWLG3)

8 Has the list of accomplishments of the current Congress reached double digits?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (ExV1e)

9 Essentially Pierre Delecto Jr. is running the Senate
Posted by: alanon

I larfed.

Posted by: MkY at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (q6tQZ)

10 We didn't get a harrumph out of him

Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (c3Uld)

11 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: Bawny Fwank at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (Kyej4)

12 I could have been first but I was polishing my swangstika.

Posted by: Graham Platner at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (vFG9F)

13 I’m gonna try to be fair. It was a stupid idea to throw that fund into the mix at this point. The senate was ready to push a vote on the bill.

A bit of scrutiny on that fund would be good. In fact it’s the senate doing the job we asked them to do.

Yet into the mix we throw a huge money pot with no published rules or guidelines for access. And we all know how well that goes when the government throws a find out there without some understanding of how it will be spent. Nobody in the senate understood the fund. It’s why the AAG was on the Hill.

It could have waited.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (+5DDj)

14 I could have been first but I was polishing my swangstika.
Posted by: Graham Platner

Is that what young Nazi's are calling it now?
I can't keep up.

Posted by: MkY at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (q6tQZ)

15
Is he truly recessing the Senate? Does that mean recess appointments can be slid into place?

Oh, sure, KvC! Sure!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (ixS3i)

16 The Republicans, specifically the GOPe, still think that once Trump is gone they'll go back to the good old days of the uniparty . They'll work with their good friends across the aisle to get their cuts of everything they do.
Wrong. Your good friends are dying out or being pushed out by Marxists who want you and your families dead. Your only hope is try and cut the size of government along with Trump. That and hope the Dems immolate themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (gu0hJ)

17 Now that the Senate is in recess, can’t Trump finger-fuck these cretins with all those recess appointments everyone was talking about a month or so ago? I don’t know the answer and too lazy to look it up.

Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (9BfZU)

18 @12 z Ace talked of physiognomy yesterday. I'm not a huge believer in it, but Platner just looks like he's not a good guy.

Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (c3Uld)

19 If senate is going into recess doesn't that mean that Trump can get a bunch of his candidates through as temporary appointments? I thought Thune refused to recess to spite Trump in that regard. It looks like to Thune friends are more important than party or country. Yep, he is pining to be primaried.

Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (Z8tay)

20 Does anyone else think John Thune looks like slimy Senator Pat Geary in Godfather 2?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (cWLG3)

21
John Thune is the Thomas Massie of Mitch McConnells.

Posted by: Maine Voters at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (IifOV)

22 Thune. Rhymes with buffoon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (ndZc7)

23 How to pass the SAVE Act:
- Have it include one $5 voucher for every adult in the US. But you must show up in person with a photo ID to claim.

LOL, every black person in America will show up to claim it with two forms of photo ID.
And try to claim two vouchers.
Somalis will try to claim 7 vouchers each.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 05:42 PM (73/SM)

24
Let me at em! *shadow boxes*
Posted by: John Thune

I'll myrtlate 'em!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:42 PM (ixS3i)

25 Thune? What a maroon!

*holds up a picture of a screw and a baseball*

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at May 21, 2026 05:42 PM (wVcYX)

26 12 I could have been first but I was polishing my swangstika.
Posted by: Graham Platner at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (vFG9F)
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Big gold swastika hanging from a gaudy gold chain... you a rapper?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 05:42 PM (cWLG3)

27 I would have liked "stamping his twee little footies".

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar8)

28 Willowed: The physics of that Epstein Drive is fine. It's just the materials science and engineering to do it is well beyond out current tech capabilities.

That would open the solar system to earth-like travel times. Mars in 3 days. Uranus in #2weeks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026

***
The canny Yankee traders of the 1800s got rich with travel times like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (wzUl9)

29 Christy got big-time willowed so here's her update.


344 Due to my recent adventures with a new strain of cholera from the 1800's (not really, but what I named it); I remain tired and goofier than normal (I thought it was Friday, Ace, sorry.Yesterday I was shocked it wasn't Tuesday). I hope this is not permanent.

It will be nothing short of a miracle if I pack well and make the flight on Saturday. I plan a nap on the plane, and am not eating the breakfast they offer as that's the last thing I need to start a trip.

I am also behind in productivity. Even more behind than normal procrastination. My husband has said it does not matter so I will do the best I can.

It used to be when I went out of town the house was super clean in the event the plane crashed and my MIL had to help clean out our stuff. Now she's dead and I am slacking, but still like to come home to a clean house. Full of woe and the wrong day.

Behind in gardening for two weeks. I am currently soaking ranuculus corms and telling you Morons to see what you make of this. It sounds like I am soaking corns on my feet, which I have never had and nor do I soak my feet. It sound kinky, though.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGr

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (Sco7b)

30 I’m gonna try to be fair. It was a stupid idea to throw that fund into the mix at this point. The senate was ready to push a vote on the bill.

A bit of scrutiny on that fund would be good. In fact it’s the senate doing the job we asked them to do.

Yet into the mix we throw a huge money pot with no published rules or guidelines for access. And we all know how well that goes when the government throws a find out there without some understanding of how it will be spent. Nobody in the senate understood the fund. It’s why the AAG was on the Hill.

It could have waited.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (+5DDj)

Yep. Don't put this on Thune. There is widespread opposition to this in the Senate GOP from what I am reading. Todd Blanche had a meeting with the GOP caucus about this today and it went horribly for him.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (CNl8/)

31 Does this mean we get to see the Senators out on the playground, on the merry-go-round, swingsets, and monkey bars? The superheated metal slides of summer? The jungle gym?

How about dodgeball - Republicans vs Democrats?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (qx7Zg)

32 Is there no way for the President of the Senate to call an emergency meeting?

If so , Trump should direct Vance to do that every fucking day at 3:00 AM until they get something done.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (IEgcH)

33 Thune. Rhymes with buffoon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (ndZc7)

And bassoon. Which is the clown horn of an orchestra.

Posted by: Bawny Fwank at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (Kyej4)

34 Thune? What a maroon!

*holds up a picture of a screw and a baseball*
Posted by: Bugs Bunny at May 21, 2026 05:42 PM (wVcYX)
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*holds up a picture of a rooster and a lollipop*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)

35 Thune is really taking this "co-equal branch" seriously. Turned into Romney real fast.

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:44 PM (GD0B3)

36
A Senate Majority Leader is like a English king in the Middle Ages. Sure, he's got a crown and a throne but all the barons don't pay much attention to him and if he tries to assert himself he's likely to have a rebellion on his hands. There was only one Lyndon Johnson, after all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:44 PM (HdYcL)

37 Yeah, poor Thune. He gets cover even here.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 21, 2026 05:44 PM (cS1cw)

38
You'd think Thune would understand how politics works by now.

Really this kind of tantrum over Corny getting the heave-ho is just...I don't know, what? Unseemly?

Very immature and girly as in twelve year old girl drama.

Were/Are Thune and Cornyn blow-buddies? Cuz he's sure angrily flouncing about over this.

Weird. Just Weird.

Though, I suppose what really miffs him is that the Incumbent Invulnerability Shield is no match for the Trump Curse.

Pass the SAVE Act asshole.
And the ICE and CPB funding.
Toot sweet.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:45 PM (iJfKG)

39 Bunch of tantrums by Thong Thune.

Panties in a twist and his chiseled chin is trembling with rage. His veneers are cracking from tension and lockjaw.

The losers are comparing pinecones in the men's loo vs doing the work they were elected for.

The one thing I am thankful for of Massie is his pinecone as I may not get over this, ever.

On their vacations I hope plague ebola fleas invade their nethers and their hookers have herpes.

Also, as I left below before willowed, I am soaking ranunculus corms as I want Morons to make what they will of that. Kinky stuff, man, in my exciting life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:45 PM (WONhk)

40 How to pass the SAVE Act:
- Have it include one $5 voucher for every adult in the US. But you must show up in person with a photo ID to claim.

LOL, every black person in America will show up to claim it with two forms of photo ID.
And try to claim two vouchers.
Somalis will try to claim 7 vouchers each.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026

***
My local talk radio ran a spot this morning about a free $75 you could claim by going to, you guessed it, "get75 dot com." I did a quick review search and found it was about as sketchy as a website can be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)

41 What about me?

Posted by: Hands on hips at May 21, 2026 05:45 PM (2Ez/1)

42 A recess!? For what? I do like the fact the word "recess" is used like they are a bunch of pre-schoolers.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 05:45 PM (Vh9CX)

43 Hey! I know. I'll poke the lion with a stick! He just ate Massie. He won't be hungry again.
- Super Genius John Thune

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:46 PM (ndZc7)

44 I wlsh Thume was gone

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

45 How many billions in settlements that went to far leftist and far left groups sailed through the Senate?

All this fraud of the last year?
Everyone knew about it on Capital Hill.
Because those corrupt pigs were feeding at that trough.

Trump should counter--I'll be as transparent with those funds as you are with the Slush and Hush fund you've used to pay off those staffers you've raped and molested over the years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 05:46 PM (73/SM)

46
How about dodgeball - Republicans vs Democrats?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (qx7Zg)




How about dodgeball - Congressmen of both parties vs MAGA with a sack full of wrenches

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (y9nCu)

47 Yep. Don't put this on Thune. There is widespread opposition to this in the Senate GOP from what I am reading. Todd Blanche had a meeting with the GOP caucus about this today and it went horribly for him.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (CNl8/)

-----

We can't afford it, it costs too much!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (Vh9CX)

48 Thune could lead the party in the right direction if was not for a certain orange menace.

Posted by: Errorick Errorickson at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

49 I wlsh Thume was gone
Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

I'm sure I could do without at least 26 Republican Senators.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

50 Yep. Don't put this on Thune. There is widespread opposition to this in the Senate GOP from what I am reading. Todd Blanche had a meeting with the GOP caucus about this today and it went horribly for him.
Posted by: Mark1971

-----------

Why is it that Dem Majority Leaders can grab their members by the balls and explain that there is no opposition and no contrary votes? And they all fall in line.

I can only blame leadership. You make deals and tell them to vote with the party or they will be in a world of shit. Few members can afford to piss off the Leader and the PACs he controls.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (IEgcH)

51 >> The canny Yankee traders of the 1800s got rich with travel times like that.

Note this would be space-only. You couldn't use that to get out of earth's gravity well. With exhaust velocities at 10% c, it would be like setting a tactical nuke at the launch pad. Actually, a continuous nuke. It would blow up everything, including the rocket, real good.

And even in space, you wouldn't want to be looking up the ass end of that thing. IIRC, minimum safe distance in the light of sight to the ass end would be maybe 100 km or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (w6EFb)

52 Bang, zoom! Straight to the moon, Thune!

-- Ralph Cramden

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (qx7Zg)

53
These GOPe fossils are removing any doubt that they are the problem and they have to go. Whatever short-term effects this has don't matter, because they were going to obstruct and sabotage anyway. Now they have to be even more obvious about it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (qsezt)

54 Uranus in #2weeks."

Or three nice dinners...

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

55 And bassoon. Which is the clown horn of an orchestra.
Posted by: Bawny Fwank

Bassoon in German is "Faggot." Just sayin'.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (ndZc7)

56 >> Yep. Don't put this on Thune. There is widespread opposition to this in the Senate GOP from what I am reading. Todd Blanche had a meeting with the GOP caucus about this today and it went horribly for him.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (CNl8/)

It went horribly because he was put into a position of explaining a program that exists only in title and a pot of allocated money. That’s untenable. There are usually weeks of discussion and something on paper that senators can look at and question. None of that is available. Zero. If I’m a senator I’m not signing off on that.

They had a package agreed to. They had the votes to pass it. Then they stuff this in and expect them to vote on it in two days? I’d give them the jerking hand sign too.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (+5DDj)

57 Yeah, poor Thune. He gets cover even here.
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 21, 2026 05:44 PM (cS1cw)

Yeah, the simple way not to have extra things added to the SAVE bill would have been to PASS it long ago. Or fix any real issues they have, if any and then PASS it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (8avO+)

58 Uranus in #2weeks."

Or three nice dinners...
Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

I just schedule a procedure. -- Urologists

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

59
Bunch of tantrums by Thong Thune.


Thong Thun Thune
everybody knows one

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 05:49 PM (Cqx++)

60 We're recessed? Awesome. Time to fire up that grill and win votes from my consitu . . constituienn . . . aw hell, my voters.

Posted by: Chuck Schumer, Grillmaster at May 21, 2026 05:50 PM (wVcYX)

61 My local talk radio ran a spot this morning about a free $75 you could claim by going to, you guessed it, "get75 dot com." I did a quick review search and found it was about as sketchy as a website can be.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)
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The personal information you have to provide to get your $75 is probably worth 10x that to the owners of the website when they sell your personal information to the highest bidder.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:50 PM (gnNyN)

62 'Why is it that Dem Majority Leaders can grab their members by the balls and explain that there is no opposition and no contrary votes? And they all fall in line.'

Democrats want power. They vote in Politburo blocs to get and maintain it. Keeps cohesion.

GOPe Republicans want money. They cut deals to get it. Leads to fractioning.

Posted by: alanon at May 21, 2026 05:50 PM (jHMkm)

63 There are usually weeks of discussion and something on paper that senators can look at and question. None of that is available. Zero. If I’m a senator I’m not signing off on that.

Members of Congress routinely sign off on massive bills which didn't see the light of day until 10 seconds before the vote. I'm not, for one shiny second, believing that they're just trying to be good stewards of the nation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)

64 So he's tanking election integrity because he's a whiny little bitch?

Wow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (zZu0s)

65 >>Why is it that Dem Majority Leaders can grab their members by the balls and explain that there is no opposition and no contrary votes? And they all fall in line.

They can. And you know what we got? Over a trillion in fraud in all the programs they rammed through.

Do we want to be in the position of defending any hijinx that happen with this fund? I wouldn’t. Especially if I just lobbed a vote over the wall to get home with no regulation or rules around disbursement.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (+5DDj)

66 What kind of brilliance does it take to come up with:

Now we're not going to pass the agenda that we were already not going to pass!

Oh gosh, you really stuck it to Trump with that, didn't you?

You went from "we're not going to pass it" to "we're really not going to pass it."

If Trump is so unpopular, how come every single one of his endorsements won yesterday?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (73/SM)

67 A recess!? For what? I do like the fact the word "recess" is used like they are a bunch of pre-schoolers.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026

***
Hey! We had recess until sixth grade -- 10:20 am to 10:35. (Just enough time, I guess, for the teachers not on yard duty to smoke a quick Tareyton)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)

68 Thune is who's successor again? Yeah.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (cS1cw)

69 I'd like to give Thune a hysterectomy with my bare hands.

Thanks to Vaughn Bode for that image.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (wBaIH)

70 you guessed it, "get75"

That's my bosch sander....

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (XuXeR)

71 speaking of nick sortor: seen at twitchy:

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
BREAKING: The FBI just announced one of the Minnesota fraudsters targeted with arrest this morning jumped out of a FOUR STORY BALCONY, and is now on the run

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 05:52 PM (CWTWj)

72 What's there to do at Uranus?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

73

I knew as soon as he was inserted in the mix he was a snake in the grass.

And probably hangs out in rest stop bathrooms like Larry WIDESTANCE Craig used to do.

A disgrace, but he looks so manly and virile and like a typical Republican.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 21, 2026 05:52 PM (et1vG)

74 Members of Congress routinely sign off on massive bills which didn't see the light of day until 10 seconds before the vote. I'm not, for one shiny second, believing that they're just trying to be good stewards of the nation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)
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"We have to pass it before we know what's in it!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:52 PM (gnNyN)

75 My local talk radio ran a spot this morning about a free $75 you could claim by going to, you guessed it, "get75 dot com." I did a quick review search and found it was about as sketchy as a website can be.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026
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The personal information you have to provide to get your $75 is probably worth 10x that to the owners of the website when they sell your personal information to the highest bidder.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026

***
Which is why I didn't go anywhere NEAR that website!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:52 PM (wzUl9)

76 "The FBI just announced one of the Minnesota fraudsters targeted with arrest this morning jumped out of a FOUR STORY BALCONY, and is now on the run
Posted by: gnats local 678"

Actually, he's on the limp.

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (vFG9F)

77 Thune has that snake eating grin like that creepy Cassidy loser...who could be a villain in the next Batman movie.

We all know there will be another Batman movie because writers in Hollyweird are too stoned to come up with anything original. They bore me with their movies. I knew the second or 100th writer's strike was the end of time.

If they were stoned and creative, like I used to be, I would have no issue with it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (WONhk)

78 *holds up a picture of a rooster and a lollipop*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)

Took me a 2nd minute to get that one.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (wVcYX)

79 Trump's next move might be interesting. He has a tendency to collect leverage or manufacture it. Not sure what skeletons are hanging out there on Thune, but McConnell is a pretty easy one. Start threatening to look a little more closely at his extended family's connections to China and the CCP.

Relative to Thune, I think I'd do an advertising deluge of the fact that he's never worked in the private sector in his life...and is your stereotypical polician who could care less about the average conservative. Everything Trump does includes a prep time acquiring leverage. I can't imagine he left Thune off that list.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (dIske)

80 and about one of the dumbest members of the house of reps:

Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D) is leading incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman (N.Y.) in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th District by more than 20 points, according to a new survey.

In the Emerson College Polling/PIX 11 poll, 56.6 percent of respondents said they would back Lander while 23.1 percent said they support Goldman and 20.3 percent were undecided.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (CWTWj)

81 Members of Congress routinely sign off "

On shiite the staffs put together. Nothing more, and to claim some sort of ethics is....

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (XuXeR)

82 >> Members of Congress routinely sign off on massive bills which didn't see the light of day until 10 seconds before the vote. I'm not, for one shiny second, believing that they're just trying to be good stewards of the nation.

Tell me you’re not for change without telling me you’re not for change.

The entire budget process has changed. One of the biggest issues is fraud. People have gotten burned many times by not reading bills. AI and the ability to instantaneously find garbage buried in bills has improved immensely.

But yeah, let’s just say yes to a multi million dollar fund that doesn’t even exist on paper yet.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (+5DDj)

83 "Do we want to be in the position of defending any hijinx that happen with Iran?"

I knew it sounded familiar.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (cS1cw)

84 Remember:
Thune is just the shit-head of the shit-snake that makes up the Republicans in the Senate.

It's not just him that doesn't want Trump's agenda to pass.

And Thune has decided that keeping them in their seat is worth losing his.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (73/SM)

85 BREAKING: The FBI just announced one of the Minnesota fraudsters targeted with arrest this morning jumped out of a FOUR STORY BALCONY, and is now on the run
Posted by: gnats local 678

He must have superpowers if he can run after jumping out a 4 story balcony

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (eZ5tL)

86 And this is why the eGOP cannot get shit done, even when they hold the House, Senate, and President.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (uYPG+)

87 71 speaking of nick sortor: seen at twitchy:

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
BREAKING: The FBI just announced one of the Minnesota fraudsters targeted with arrest this morning jumped out of a FOUR STORY BALCONY, and is now on the run
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 05:52 PM (CWTWj)
---
They must teach the kids how to tuck and roll in Somalia!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (cWLG3)

88 What's there to do at Uranus?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026

***
Its moons would make useful bases for exploring out toward Pluto. Plus, it's odd: Its axial tilt is close to 90 degrees, so it rolls around its orbit on its side. As the first ape to leave the tree would have said, "You never know what you learn when you go investigating."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

89 What's there to do at Uranus?"

Crack. Duh.

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (XuXeR)

90 >> What's there to do at Uranus?

Call me.

Posted by: Hope Solo at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (w6EFb)

91 The Minnesota fraudster jumped from a fourth story balcony and is presently on the run. More like he's on the limp

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (gu0hJ)

92 ChristyBlinky, I hope you feel better

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (eZ5tL)

93 Brad Lander is featuring at Jihadwatch.
Which is not where you want to feature.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 05:56 PM (gKWVE)

94 "The FBI just announced one of the Minnesota fraudsters targeted with arrest this morning jumped out of a FOUR STORY BALCONY, and is now on the run
Posted by: gnats local 678"
====
Did this involve the use of a trampoline?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 21, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)

95 Actually, he's on the limp.
Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (vFG9F)

The chubby black guy who rolled a bit off a building and ran limped away holding his shoe?

I enjoyed that. I think easy to find as he left DNA here and there and probably leaking out of his pants.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:56 PM (WONhk)

96 Call me.
Posted by: Hope Solo

Nope.

/Blondie

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:56 PM (XuXeR)

97 You have to see the video of that guy falling down and dragging himself down the street.

And he got away. I’ve seen faster turtles.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:57 PM (+5DDj)

98 So where does Thune go on vacation... the wax museum?

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:57 PM (UjdFS)

99 Aha:
"Minnesota fraud suspect hobbles away after jumping from 4th-floor balcony to flee FBI in shocking video"

- NY Post

Posted by: Makes sense at May 21, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)

100 I don't remember Republicans in Congress fighting hard over the Pigford payout bullshit or Obama's handing out billions in settlements over suits his cronies brought against the feds. That was shutdown by Sessions in Trump's first term not the Senate.

This is just a temper tantrum because Trump took out Cassidy and has Cornyn lined up next. Once you're in the Senate club they will fight harder for you than they ever do for us no matter how big a scumbag you are.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 05:58 PM (viF8m)

101
Stumpy the Lerner!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:58 PM (ixS3i)

102 The entire budget process has changed. One of the biggest issues is fraud. People have gotten burned many times by not reading bills. AI and the ability to instantaneously find garbage buried in bills has improved immensely.

But yeah, let’s just say yes to a multi million dollar fund that doesn’t even exist on paper yet.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (+5DDj)

Well... I suppose that we could just go through a class-action lawsuit for the people illegally targeted by the IRS and award even more money that Trump is asking for with a nice little bonus to the lawyers.

Sorry, not buying that anything in Congress has changed. The snakes are trying to wait out Trump, that's all.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:58 PM (ExV1e)

103 Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 05:53 PM (CWTWj)

No doubt Lander is a nutty far left Democrat, but I can't stand Goldman and would be glad to see him
go.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:58 PM (n3VHW)

104 "He is either a Democrat, corrupt, or both."

Corrupt is part and parcel of being a Democrat.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 21, 2026 05:58 PM (nVMM8)

105 86 And this is why the eGOP cannot get shit done, even when they hold the House, Senate, and President.
Posted by: Rotkappchen at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (uYPG+)

Funny how the Dems, with two crossover Repubs, and 50 votes... passed a bill in the Senate to stop any war with Iran without Congressional Approval.

Seems the rules only favor one side.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 21, 2026 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)

106 Call me.
Posted by: Hope Solo
*
Nope.

/Blondie
Posted by: man at May 21, 2026

***
"Roll me in designer sheets -- I'll never get enough --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:59 PM (wzUl9)

107 You stole $90M and you don't have a decent ladder?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 05:59 PM (2Ez/1)

108 Seems 1/2 of the GOP are RINO or not for MAGA

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

109 92 ChristyBlinky, I hope you feel better
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 05:55 PM (eZ5tL)
*****************************
I'm fine, I am at the whining stage of recovery as I have a ton to catch up with.

My bro and I used to be very dramatic once we decided we'd live as GI bugs were rare. This is my 4th.

The one we had in 1976 was much more spectacular but brief. His updates for days were like this at our beach house for the Bicentennial: "I think I am better as I had one squirrel turd."

I'd laugh and tell him to shut up but he did this report for days.

I think this is why nothing Morons do here surprises me. I am immune due to my brother.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:01 PM (WONhk)

110 re 55: also basically in italian. loosely means a bundle of sticks

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 06:01 PM (CWTWj)

111 >> Sorry, not buying that anything in Congress has changed. The snakes are trying to wait out Trump, that's all.

I am unclear why this needed to be forced through now and included in this package.

Go away for a month. Develop rules and guidelines. At least allow the AAG the time to develop a response to the questions.

Trump had everything he wanted in the bill that was going to be passed. Take that big win. Move to the next.

I don’t oppose the fund btw. I oppose the way they are trying to stuff it through then making the senate the bad guy.

And they deserve it too. Just not on this one.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 06:01 PM (+5DDj)

112
The constant 1g thrust trajectory is very passenger friendly. You've got earth gravity the whole time (until the midway turning point, where you have to shut off, turn around, and then decelerate at 1g). Makes things like space-toilets no problem (but have to be careful at that turning point).

The other little engineering and materials problem is on the journeys to the outer planets, like Uranus, your peak speed in between is going to get a bit high. Space dust and little particles are going to be problem colliding with you. Charged particles would be no problem. You've got a big ass EM field for your "pusher plate", so you can make your own magnetic shield. It's the neutral dust that would be a problem.

Posted by: Hope Solo at May 21, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)

113 >>>Now that the Senate is in recess, can’t Trump finger-fuck these cretins with all those recess appointments everyone was talking about a month or so ago? I don’t know the answer and too lazy to look it up.
~~~~~

Not likely. They will hold pro forma sessions with the sole purpose of preventing President Trump from making recess appointments. They'll send someone to the chamber to gavel in and then 10 seconds later gavel out. McConnell did the same thing. PDT has never had the opportunity of recess appointments because of these RINO creeps.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 06:02 PM (3ImbR)

114 81 Members of Congress routinely sign off "

On shiite the staffs put together. Nothing more, and to claim some sort of ethics is....
Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (XuXeR)

I think about half the time they just use that as an excuse... they KNOW what is in the bills... but don't really care.

You know, like all new cars being legally required to have a KILL SWITCH so Cops can stop you... at whim... even without a Warrant?

Yes, they can stop your freedom of movement without a court order, using your own Property.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 21, 2026 06:02 PM (mP0Kj)

115 And Thune has decided that keeping them in their seat is worth losing his.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (73/SM)
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I think he's egotistical enough to suppose he can outlast Trump. This will be put to the test.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 21, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

116 Seems 1/2 of the GOP are RINO or not for MAGA
-
Thune's the majority leader, which means he got the support of the majority of GOP senators.

They are mainly just waiting for Trump to leave so that they can get back to working with their Democrat friends.

Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 06:02 PM (vSvIl)

117 85 BREAKING: The FBI just announced one of the Minnesota fraudsters targeted with arrest this morning jumped out of a FOUR STORY BALCONY, and is now on the run
Posted by: gnats local 678

--------------
You all should know better. They always frame it like this -- "look how unusual and unexpected it was for him to get away!"

They went to arrest him and the left out the back door. 4th story or not, he did not jump 30 feet, but they try to make you think that so you don't ask -- who the fuck got paid to let this guy walk around and then leave before arrest?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 06:02 PM (IEgcH)

118 What's there to do at Uranus?
Posted by: gKWVE

Remove Klingons

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 21, 2026 06:03 PM (LjNCB)

119 RIP Kyle Bush (NASCAR driver)

Holy shit....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 06:03 PM (jehhT)

120 Starship Flight Test 12 launch time has been moved back one hour; now 7:30 pm Eastern.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 06:03 PM (5rh/l)

121 re 69: vaughn bode - creator of cheech wizard. maybe ran in national lampoon way back when. maybe an adult comic book

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 06:03 PM (CWTWj)

122 RIP NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, 41 years old

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 06:03 PM (IlL6s)

123 Seems 1/2 of the GOP are RINO or not for MAGA
Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Which is why pretty much no one said shit during 2020 and J6. They were for all of it and believe they can outlast trump now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:03 PM (zZu0s)

124 I don’t oppose the fund btw. I oppose the way they are trying to stuff it through then making the senate the bad guy.

And they deserve it too. Just not on this one.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 06:01 PM (+5DDj)
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The issue is that sue & settle has been abused for Democrats for nothing the GOP never raised a finger to stop it. But now, yes, let's unilaterally disarm ourselves, because we're better than that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 21, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)

125 ====
Did this involve the use of a trampoline?
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 21, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)
*********************
He landed hard on what appeared to be a metal type domed roof. Then rolled off of that and got a shoe that fell off, and ran limpy away.

I think ICE will nab him once his broken foot swells. Or even the MN police could surely follow footprints of one barefoot (his right if I recall) and one shoe print. And hear the moaning for every step.

Then ship him to El Salvador for medical treatment. See how humane I am?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:04 PM (WONhk)

126 20% of the Republicans in the senate will be replaced next election. That’s most of the RINO’s. There will also probably be some Dem pickups.

Things are headed in the right direction.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (+5DDj)

127 A controversial game called Plantation Simulator has been released on Steam and is receiving huge backlash from people calling it a slavery simulator.

The game is described on Steam as a simple farming simulator where players motivate workers to work on a plantation.

But the gameplay centers on a whipping mechanic applied to Black workers to increase productivity.

The developer has described it as:
“In this game, you will be whipping black people to keep your farm productive. If you whip your black person too much, they will die.”

Holy hell!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (73/SM)

128 Really interested to find out what killed Kyle Busch. Only 41 and goes into the hospital with a "serious illness" all of a sudden and winds up dead.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (CNl8/)

129 On the torn Achilles heel front, knee scooter, peg leg, shower seat, forearm crutches and a bevy of associated pouches and holder have arrived.

First thing I put together was the knee scooter and am in the process of getting used to the peg leg.

Go up stairs is easy, going down stairs is.... interesting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 06:06 PM (XV/Pl)

130 Remember when everyone was happy that The Turtle was no longer in charge?

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 06:07 PM (9Diqw)

131 What's the shortest tenure of a senate majority leader?

Thune's tenure will be 2 years, tops.

Posted by: Cynical Stoic at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (2r+jB)

132 122 RIP NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, 41 years old

dang. Just, dang.

Rest in peace, and prayers to his family.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

133 There's a vid on Facebook from Donny Deutsch. I think he's an arrogant ahole, but he is all over the lady in Texas, Galindo, who wants Zionists amongst others in concentration camps.
The vid is what you'd think, but the comments show what a problem anti semitism is . You'd think you were at a Stormfront meeting. This country has a big problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (gu0hJ)

134 Really interested to find out what killed Kyle Busch. Only 41 and goes into the hospital with a "serious illness" all of a sudden and winds up dead.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (CNl8/)

It’s totally not the clot shot. I’ve been assured by experts it’s 1000000% safe.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (9Diqw)

135 Saw a clip of Jim Jordan giving an interview yesterday. He strongly indicated that some of the FBI "assets" at J6 were in fact paid by the SPLC.

It's time to start dropping whatever evidence they have uncovered. The J6 has gone on far too long and more than one Republican Senator, looking at you Cornyn, are going to be eating a lot of shit when the truth comes out.

Cornyn's primary is next Tuesday.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

136 I think ICE will nab him once his broken foot swells. Or even the MN police could surely follow footprints of one barefoot (his right if I recall) and one shoe print. And hear the moaning for every step.
Then ship him to El Salvador for medical treatment. See how humane I am?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:04 PM (WONhk)
~~~~~

He limped into the parking garage and they also have video of him driving away in his car. Just a matter of time.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (3ImbR)

137 Thuck Fune and the horse he rode in on!

Posted by: Richard Head at May 21, 2026 06:09 PM (70cb5)

138 127 A controversial game called Plantation Simulator has been released on Steam and is receiving huge backlash from people calling it a slavery simulator.

The game is described on Steam as a simple farming simulator where players motivate workers to work on a plantation.

But the gameplay centers on a whipping mechanic applied to Black workers to increase productivity.

The developer has described it as:
“In this game, you will be whipping black people to keep your farm productive. If you whip your black person too much, they will die.”

Holy hell!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (73/SM)
---
Was it produced in China?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 06:09 PM (cWLG3)

139 @135

>>It's time to start dropping whatever evidence they have uncovered.

It's the typical, drip, drip, drip make work bulls*t that is the stock and trade of the GOP.

Fun Fact:

Underneat the rolled up sleeve of Jim Jordan is another sleeve waiting to be rolled up.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 06:10 PM (XV/Pl)

140 @128 Mark1971-he was supposedly ill during Watkins Glen race and the All Star race at Dover this past weekend. Really curious too.

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 06:10 PM (IlL6s)

141 How come the Dems don't have John Thunes? And no, Fetterman isn't the answer because he still reliably votes with them. As does Thune.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 21, 2026 06:10 PM (9RQU8)

142 134 Really interested to find out what killed Kyle Busch. Only 41 and goes into the hospital with a "serious illness" all of a sudden and winds up dead.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (CNl8/)

It’s totally not the clot shot. I’ve been assured by experts it’s 1000000% safe.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 06:08 PM (9Diqw)
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"unspecified illness"

I came across mention of a "sinus infection" the week before he was hospitalized. No idea what that could have been.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 06:10 PM (cWLG3)

143 Time for Trump to make some recess appointments. Assassin in chief. Torturer in chief.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 06:11 PM (8zz6B)

144 Seems the Plantation Simulator has white slaves as well.

And is currently on sale for 3/5ths it's original price.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:11 PM (73/SM)

145 >>>Saw a clip of Jim Jordan giving an interview yesterday. He strongly indicated that some of the FBI "assets" at J6 were in fact paid by the SPLC.
~~~~~

I'm getting very frustrated with Jordan and Comer too. Both of them do all these hearings and investigations that go nowhere. Comer then had the nerve to write a freaking book about it.

I love Mike Lee and Tommy Tuberville, but squawking on X all day is not moving the ball. Do something!!!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 06:12 PM (3ImbR)

146 Really interested to find out what killed Kyle Busch.
......

Shitty beer?

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 06:12 PM (UjdFS)

147 Drugs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:13 PM (zZu0s)

148 Please tell me that Trump is going to keep his promise TO SIGN NO OTHER BILL until the SAVE Act hits his desk.

Lie to me if you must ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:13 PM (+q14Z)

149 Awww, he's so pretty! How can you reject him?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 21, 2026 06:14 PM (ZFOhy)

150 >>>Time for Trump to make some recess appointments. Assassin in chief. Torturer in chief.
~~~~~

Unpossible. See my #113.

What Trump could do is call the Senate back in session. But I doubt that's gonna happen. I also doubt that the ba$tards would come back to DC even if he did.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 06:14 PM (3ImbR)

151 Comes bye Brattleboro these weekend foor are 5th Annal Gay Pride Mememozal Day Parade. This be to honer all gay and transgindoor sodders that's servered.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 21, 2026 06:14 PM (Ul9Kx)

152 How about dodgeball - Congressmen of both parties vs MAGA with a sack full of wrenches
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (y9nCu)
**************************
I liked dodgeball in 5th and 6th grade. The entire class. Sides picked. I was pretty good.

In 6th grade we all had to run as fast as we could across the football field. I was the fastest with a boy I sort of liked. I was a dummy to let him win, but I did. Apparently not into women's lib.

After that I had crushes on various boys my diary said. No real boyfriends til college as my life was doomed (in reality I did not care as long as I had a book to read and it beat the drive in slobbering).

I can't believe I used to tell one guy who kept calling that I had to wash my hair. Poor dude. It did not help that my father gave him a nickname and would yell it up the stairs that he was on the phone. My life has been nothing but trauma.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (WONhk)

153 He is either a Democrat, corrupt, or both.

---------------

YES!

And you left out compromised pedophile ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (+q14Z)

154 >>I'm getting very frustrated with Jordan and Comer too. Both of them do all these hearings and investigations that go nowhere. Comer then had the nerve to write a freaking book about it.

I'm not sure they go nowhere. All they can really do is investigate, produce evidence and refer those they believe did crimes to the DOJ. They've sent a bunch on the grand conspiracy case but I get that the optics make it somewhat less than satisfying.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (viF8m)

155 Holy hell!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (73/SM)
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Was it produced in China?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 06:09 PM (cWLG3)

That sounds like a game a black Democrat, or just any Democrat, came up with to show the world how racist America is.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (Sco7b)

156
No word on what's causing the delay. The launch window closes at 7PM local, too. Subchilled propellant load doesn't start until ~38 min before T-0.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (w6EFb)

157 127 A controversial game called Plantation Simulator has been released on Steam and is receiving huge backlash from people calling it a slavery simulator.

The game is described on Steam as a simple farming simulator where players motivate workers to work on a plantation.

But the gameplay centers on a whipping mechanic applied to Black workers to increase productivity.

The developer has described it as:
“In this game, you will be whipping black people to keep your farm productive. If you whip your black person too much, they will die.”

Holy hell!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (73/SM)

Five stars!

Posted by: Simon Legree at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (wVcYX)

158 154 >>I'm getting very frustrated with Jordan and Comer too. Both of them do all these hearings and investigations that go nowhere. Comer then had the nerve to write a freaking book about it.

I'm not sure they go nowhere. All they can really do is investigate, produce evidence and refer those they believe did crimes to the DOJ. They've sent a bunch on the grand conspiracy case but I get that the optics make it somewhat less than satisfying.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (viF8m)

Jordan is Gowdy 2.0.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 06:16 PM (cWLG3)

159 Does anyone else think John Thune looks like slimy Senator Pat Geary in Godfather 2?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (cWLG3)

It's not as apparent in the air-brushed photo above, but he looks like Night Slasher from the movie Cobra.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at May 21, 2026 06:16 PM (5IFb9)

160 If Busch has a serious sinus infection and didn't get tx, it can, if bad enough, lead to meningitis. Just spit balling

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 06:16 PM (gu0hJ)

161 134. Busch had to radio in at the May 10 road race asking to see a medic as he had a severe sinus infection. I’m thinking brain aneurysm or severe brain infection

Posted by: Jen the original at May 21, 2026 06:17 PM (0Xb3a)

162 I like seeing the hearing clip of whatever Dem ranting on about the latest lies and bullshit and seeing Jim Jordan just sit there stupid-faced like nothing.

Never cutting their microphone
Never ruling them out of order
Never penalizing their time
Nothing

Just "hur dee dur, what planet am I on? Is lunch time yet?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:17 PM (73/SM)

163 And is currently on sale for 3/5ths it's original price."

Type in "Compromise" for the discount!

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 06:17 PM (XuXeR)

164 I guess we have to just vote harder. Then they will listen! I love how our vote means absolutely nothing.

Posted by: DJ at May 21, 2026 06:18 PM (uosPt)

165 What Trump could do is call the Senate back in session. But I doubt that's gonna happen. I also doubt that the ba$tards would come back to DC even if he did.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 06:14 PM (3ImbR)
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He's a bit busy with the ghey eye-a-tolja now, but once he finishes with Iran they are going to be in big time trouble. Twits. Nothing but a bunch of overpaid dummy nincompoops.

Term limits. Twice for Senate. Thrice for Congress.

It could be that I need to rinse the water for my corms I am soaking, but the thought of Thune annoys me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:18 PM (WONhk)

166 Imagine putting your future and the well-being of America on the line for John Cornyn. Who does that?

Posted by: Wally at May 21, 2026 06:18 PM (0e5Te)

167 Power corrupts, and absolute power turns you into a preening little sissy-boy who will throw a temper tantrum and damage the nation because the mean girl didn't send you a valentine.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 06:18 PM (Av6i5)

168 OT: I've found that there has been an explosion of DnD and Warhammer figures and vehicles on 3D print model sites.

Has Games Workshop become less litigious?

For a while they were just as bad as The Eagles and the estates of Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye in suing the sh*t out of people who posted anything even remotely derivative.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 06:19 PM (XV/Pl)

169 151 Comes bye Brattleboro these weekend foor are 5th Annal Gay Pride Mememozal Day Parade. This be to honer all gay and transgindoor sodders that's servered.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 21, 2026 06:14 PM (Ul9Kx)

Mary is going to celebrate those who served in the military that "Planted Grass" as a "Sodder" ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 21, 2026 06:20 PM (YnF8s)

170 Paging Caligula
Pagine Caligula
Will Emperor Caligula please pick up the white courtesy telephone?
"HORSES NEEDED. STOP. SENATE REPLACEMENT. STOP."

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 06:20 PM (Av6i5)

171 >>> Term limits. Twice for Senate. Thrice for Congress.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:18 PM (WONhk)

Couldn't agree with this more. Unfortunately, these buffoons have to vote for it and the grift is too delicious.

Posted by: DJ at May 21, 2026 06:21 PM (uosPt)

172 I can't believe I used to tell one guy who kept calling that I had to wash my hair. Poor dude. It did not help that my father gave him a nickname and would yell it up the stairs that he was on the phone. My life has been nothing but trauma.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:15 PM (WONhk)

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It's so funny how our psyches are formed (mine was an abusive & traumatic childhood). I had zero self-esteem and -- though a top student & athlete -- thought & felt like I was stupid & ugly.

I was flabbergasted when girls showed interest in me, and my first girlfriend (@ 19!) virtually had to rape me owing to my being terrified of sex.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:21 PM (+q14Z)

173 168 OT: I've found that there has been an explosion of DnD and Warhammer figures and vehicles on 3D print model sites.

Has Games Workshop become less litigious?

For a while they were just as bad as The Eagles and the estates of Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye in suing the sh*t out of people who posted anything even remotely derivative.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 06:19 PM (XV/Pl)

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Most of those Etsy type outfits don't have the ability to fill many orders, especially if the hand painting of the figures is decent. I prefer figures with heft, like the fake stone or metal infused resin ones.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 06:21 PM (cWLG3)

174 Probably adrenaline. Once you get to the 40s, a high-stress sport like racing is going to spike that cardiac muscle.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 06:22 PM (gKWVE)

175 So the FBI couldn't get their asses down the stairs and catch up to a badly limping suspect? I thought Bongino and Patel had put in some fitness standards. I haven't pulled up that story, but none of the excerpts pasted here said "suspect limped a few yards to his vehicle and drove away".

Posted by: PaleRider at May 21, 2026 06:22 PM (PV+Zw)

176 I hate that these things are framed as Thune v Trump.

He's getting the "you go, girl" praise for defying Trump.

But it's really Thune v Republican voters. F*cker.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 06:22 PM (81Fo/)

177 Do we want to be in the position of defending any hijinx that happen with this fund? I wouldn’t. Especially if I just lobbed a vote over the wall to get home with no regulation or rules around disbursement.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:51 PM (+5DDj)
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I have sympathy for this position. But it requires I believe that Thune's reaction and the sudden concern about details is honestly arrived at.

Thune made a deal on the Save Act to save Cornyn. Thune broke the deal and figured Trump couldn't do anything about it
but accept it and see how the race in Texas played out. But despite a huge spending advantage Paxton appears to be in good shape there, so Trump decided its never a bad time to back a winner and also to stick it to Thune who broke his promise.

So now Thune is all butthurt and has decided we will feign fiscal concern, and give the Blanche a hard time.

For me to be with you I must believe that Thune is someone he is not. And I cannot do that. Thune would do well to realize what happened in Georgia Tuesday - Trump ripped the GOPe out of the Georgia GOP. The same can be done in South Dakota for a fraction of the cost.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 21, 2026 06:23 PM (GZYu7)

178 Isn't Tuberville quitting?
He was a fine Senator and needs to be cloned.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 06:24 PM (gKWVE)

179 You don't Trump immunizing himself and his family from IRS audits forever is a sign of corruption?! WTF else is it?! Most corrupt president in history. Including his entire family. Jesus.

Posted by: Sid at May 21, 2026 06:24 PM (UT/Kb)

180 Busch had to radio in at the May 10 road race asking to see a medic as he had a severe sinus infection. I’m thinking brain aneurysm or severe brain infection

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What shocking news. Very sad for his family. I can't speculate on the sinus thing other than to say a friend of ours wife had what she thought was a serious sinus infection and it turned out to be brain cancer of some sort.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 06:24 PM (qBdHI)

181 >>> Term limits. Twice for Senate. Thrice for Congress.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:18 PM (WONhk)

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The age-old issue unfortunately is that most CongressCritters are puppets whose bureaucratic staffs remain in place for decades and control everything -- regardless of the elected figurehead -- unfortunately rendering term limits virtually moot.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:25 PM (+q14Z)

182 126 20% of the Republicans in the senate will be replaced next election. That’s most of the RINO’s. There will also probably be some Dem pickups.

Things are headed in the right direction.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 06:05 PM (+5DDj)


What pick-ups do you expect the Democrats to have?

Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 06:25 PM (SHHm+)

183
I came across mention of a "sinus infection" the week before he was hospitalized. No idea what that could have been.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 06:10 PM (cWLG3)
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I admit to not knowing who he was, but I once knew a lovely RN who died from a sinus infection.

Now they don't give you antibiotics til day 10 or wicked symptoms like high temps. They don't care what color it is. I know the current snot rules.

Age 19 I had sinus surgery from my roommate in college smoking cigs like a chimney. Leaving me chronically gross. I have "windows." So if I wanted to snort coke, which I never have, I reckon it would go straight to my brain.

I hope to never, ever, have to deal with that again and keep those windows clear of debris.

I hope that isn't what he died from as it could have been prevented.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:25 PM (WONhk)

184 Hopefully Thune has to hide from his constituents during this recess, because he cannot handle all the name calling he gets.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 06:25 PM (qx7Zg)

185 And is currently on sale for 3/5ths it's original price.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:11 PM (73/SM)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 06:26 PM (8zz6B)

186 Its not like "suspect used a zip line to descend 15 stories". how long does it take a fit LEO who wants to nab his suspect to run down 3 flights of stairs? What they ALL waited for the elevator? They didn't bother to know where the stairs were? Granted its some Somali fraudster, not a serial killer, but if they are going to arrest someone they should make a decent effort to get it done.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 21, 2026 06:26 PM (PV+Zw)

187 What pick-ups do you expect the Democrats to have?

NC

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 06:26 PM (FtULh)

188 The age-old issue unfortunately is that most CongressCritters are puppets whose bureaucratic staffs remain in place for decades and control everything -- regardless of the elected figurehead -- unfortunately rendering term limits virtually moot.
Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:25 PM (+q14Z)

There should be term limits for staff. I wish I were kidding.

Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 06:26 PM (SHHm+)

189 And yes, Errick Errickson is one of the biggest bitches on X whining about the Paxton endorsement.

I guess we're supposed to pretend the Senate Rs were secretly on Trump's side when they weren't passing Trump's agenda?

But now he's forced them to openly oppose them?

What, exactly, would Trump-- and the nation--gain by 6 more years of Cassidy and Cornyn, especially now we see who they really are?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 06:26 PM (73/SM)

190 I think in South Dakota it's not exactly hard to hide from your constituents.

Posted by: Just spitballing at May 21, 2026 06:27 PM (2Ez/1)

191 The age-old issue unfortunately is that most CongressCritters are puppets whose bureaucratic staffs remain in place for decades and control everything -- regardless of the elected figurehead -- unfortunately rendering term limits virtually moot.
Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:25 PM (+q14Z)


Yeah. I know. I just like to moan about it now and then. Jason Chaffetz once said all they do in DC is raise money for their next election. Win or lose they get to keep that money. Which is bs.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:28 PM (WONhk)

192
Elon's planned trajectory looks to be threading the needle between the Yucatan and Cuber, then going between Cuber and the Caymans.

By the time's it's over Jamaica, it should be high enough not to be any danger. I think.

Hell from the latest, he may actually be going to get over Cuber slightly. NASA in the very early days had a boo-boo launching over Cuba.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 06:28 PM (w6EFb)

193 The Dems do seem confident about North Carolina.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 06:28 PM (gKWVE)

194 NC
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 06:26 PM (FtULh)


It is possible. Cooper is a tough opponent, and Whatley is a weak opponent.

On the other hand, Tillis is a horrible RINO currently blocking Trump every chance he gets. Not sure there is much difference.

Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 06:29 PM (SHHm+)

195 Got my zillionth fundraising email from the NRSC today, allegedly from Thune, about the risk of losing the Senate. It of course went to the generic WinRed page. I responded to the text message with, "Dear Sen. Thune. Pass the SAVE Act like all of America wants. Until then, sincerely go f*ck yourself."

To my amusement, a little while later I received a reply text stating "You have successfully unsubscribed."

Posted by: Disillusionist at May 21, 2026 06:29 PM (78dpn)

196 I saw on X that the Somali Pirate that escaped was captured ... again. Will try to find it.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 06:29 PM (vbXSk)

197 I get endorphin release at the thought of marking the ballot against Cornyn. Again.

ASMR shivers, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 06:30 PM (wVcYX)

198 >>Jordan is Gowdy 2.0.

Which House committee leader would you consider a rock star when it comes to investigations?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 06:31 PM (viF8m)

199 I hate that these things are framed as Thune v Trump.

He's getting the "you go, girl" praise for defying Trump.

But it's really Thune v Republican voters. F*cker.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 06:22 PM (81Fo/)

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Nailed it. The hatred, animus, and genocidal death wish projected onto Trump is psychologically (and more and more overtly, see Charlie Kirk and Brian Thompson for example) primarily aimed at us.

As MAE used to say: "They hate you and they want you dead."

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:33 PM (+q14Z)

200 Thune won his last Senate primary (2022) with 85K votes versus 24K votes for his opponent. A good, well-funded opponent could easily beat him in a primary in such a small state (population-wise). Door to door.

Posted by: Whack-a-RINO at May 21, 2026 06:33 PM (qUkBO)

201 "@libsoftiktok one hour ago
BREAKING: Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, one of the Medicaid fraudsters in Minnesota who was recently indicted for stealing $3.3M, was caught and arrested after he attempted to FLEE from the FBI.

Footage captures Omar limping away during his attempted escape after he jumped from a 4th-story balcony"

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 06:33 PM (vbXSk)

202 I have to figure something of the GOPe have to be using fraud to win primaries. That is the only thing that makes sense in opposing SAVE.

OR dems have told them not to pass it or they will release dirt on them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)

203 Maybe the pirate thought that he could use his balloon head to gently float to the ground.

Posted by: Wally at May 21, 2026 06:35 PM (0e5Te)

204 >>Jordan is Gowdy 2.0.

Which House committee leader would you consider a rock star when it comes to investigations?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 06:31 PM (viF8m)

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Where have you gone Rep. Darrell Issa?
A nation rolls it's lonely sleeves toward you ... woo hoo hoo

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:36 PM (+q14Z)

205 Maybe the pirate thought that he could use his balloon head to gently float to the ground.
Posted by: Wally at May 21, 2026 06:35 PM (0e5Te)

4 stories is what, 40 feet? 48?

Not something I would want to risk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)

206 Oh, there's a nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)

207 Thanks Illiniwek. I was getting snatches that made it sound like he succeeded in evading arrest.

I bet at least some of the FNM paints the story as poor gimpy was so terrified of the scary LEOs he jumped in spite of the risk. Probably he was too stupid to know that jumping from that height was very likely to cause an injury.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 21, 2026 06:38 PM (PV+Zw)

208 I have to figure something of the GOPe have to be using fraud to win primaries. That is the only thing that makes sense in opposing SAVE.

OR dems have told them not to pass it or they will release dirt on them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)

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A third possibility is that they're bought and paid for by the "Chamber of Commerce" which loves them some cheap illegal aliens who will "do the work that Americans won't do" ... for substandard under-the-table wages.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:40 PM (+q14Z)

209 Which House committee leader would you consider a rock star when it comes to investigations?
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 06:31 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Devin Nunes.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 06:41 PM (3ImbR)

210 I was flabbergasted when girls showed interest in me, and my first girlfriend (@ 19!) virtually had to rape me owing to my being terrified of sex.
Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 06:21 PM (+q14Z)

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I was simply naive in that dept by the time I met my bf/husband at 22yrs. I liked guys but there was nothing til college that struck me as mutual. I dated a few times & done. Four guys before my husband in college & for two of them once or twice.

One guy on our second date ended quickly because I blew up a gas oven trying to make dinner. That was no mystery as to why I never heard from him again.

I had great self-esteem but never liked anyone til a guy I met a year before my future husband. Lightning strike.

He unfortunately died of a rare cancer months later, before anything serious. I was working in the university health center. The FIRST time I felt like going out with someone and realizing I was not abnormal, and he felt ok when we met.

I knew whe he died but didn't see him after he was diagnosed. His decision,of which I am now thankful as I was starting nursing school in the middle of this.

There really is mutual chemistry sometimes. It hit me twice.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 06:42 PM (WONhk)

211 "You don't Trump immunizing himself and his family from IRS audits forever is a sign of corruption?! WTF else is it?! Most corrupt president in history. Including his entire family. Jesus."

Its not forever. Its for his tax returns in the past to the present. Who would sign an agreement where the next Dem president can re-open all your tax returns after a deal?

Posted by: Harun at May 21, 2026 06:57 PM (IuIym)

212 Would anyone here sign a "deal" with the government where the next Dem president could decide to go back over all your tax returns again?

LOL.

Posted by: Harun at May 21, 2026 06:59 PM (IuIym)

213 "The entire budget process has changed. One of the biggest issues is fraud. People have gotten burned many times by not reading bills. AI and the ability to instantaneously find garbage buried in bills has improved immensely.

But yeah, let’s just say yes to a multi million dollar fund that doesn’t even exist on paper yet."
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:54 PM (+5DDj)

J6 happened in 2021. 5 years ago. The outrageous prosecutions, denials of bail, and over-the-top sentences took place over the next 4 years, along with prosecutions and governmental slander and harassment of Trump, Flynn, Roger Stone, Carter Page, Rudy Guliani, and countless others. The McConnell/Thune Senate did nothing. Nothing at all. Now they bitch and moan because Trump figured out a way to go around them (using Obama legal precedent).
The Hell with Thune. I'm all in favor of Congress having power and control over the Executive. Use it for something other than feathering your own nests and stalling and I'm all in.
Also with AI they know exactly what is in the bill in minutes. Not an excuse anymore. (As if 4 years wasn't enough time).

Posted by: boatbuilder at May 21, 2026 07:14 PM (i8t0P)

214

It could have waited.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (+5DDj)

Yep. Don't put this on Thune. There is widespread opposition to this in the Senate GOP from what I am reading. Todd Blanche had a meeting with the GOP caucus about this today and it went horribly for him.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 21, 2026 05:43 PM (CNl8/)

Screw all of them. It is not up to them to approve or disapprove the settlement. Donald Trump has legitimate tort claims against the IRS and the FBI and he settled them for a fund to help Americans who were equally screwed over but not rich enough to survive the screwing intact. Those assholes stole an election from the American people and then kept 1000s of those people as political prisoners FOR YEARS.

Posted by: redbanzai at May 21, 2026 09:07 PM (7BGrD)

215 I oppose the way they are trying to stuff it through then making the senate the bad guy.

And they deserve it too. Just not on this one.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 06:01 PM (+5DDj)

They absolutely deserve this one. Most of them were in the Senate when the election was stolen and voted for the steal. Not one of them objected that the Biden administration was keeping political prisoners.

Posted by: redbanzai at May 21, 2026 09:11 PM (7BGrD)

216 Oh NOES!

"President Trump is NOT going to be happy about this."

The Orange Dotard shall be displeased!!!

NOTHING will happen.

You're either retarded, or in on the grift.

Posted by: Mawfugga at May 21, 2026 09:51 PM (c+nCD)

217 The Senate may actually be saved by all of this because the base will be highly motivated to come vote them all out during the primaries and if that goes well then the enthusiasm will carry over to the general.

Asking them to vote for a do nothing senate which has sworn a blood oath to not pass anything the right wants would have been a hard lift. But requited hate is an excellent motivator.

Posted by: Thatch at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (i0077)

Disney Star Wars: Shit or Garbage?

The Marblemouth and Gorp opens tonight.

The movie was previously tracking at a low $80 million for its three day debut. That's on the level of Soylo: A Soy Wars Soyry (as Ethan Van Sciver called it), which was the first Star Wars movie to lose money.

Note this weekend is a four day weekend, but that projection was for the actual Fri-Sat-Sun frame. They estimated that with Monday included, it would make $105 million for the four day weekend.

I mean: It's opening tonight so it's a five day "weekend," but the industry pretends that Thursday receipts are really Friday receipts. Which just another lie from the Industry of Lies.

But that's been revised. Downwards. Now it's projected to make $80 million... for all four days of the weekend.

Maybe $60 million for the three day weekend.

Disney doesn't like that headline, so now they're bragging about a $160 million opening weekend.

The catch? That $160 million is for the global debut, not the North American debut we always talk about.

So this is a big revision downwards which Disney is spinning, incredibly, as double the previous projection.

Disney looked around for a shill propaganda outlet that was desperate enough and corrupt enough to print up this corporate lie.

Gentlemen, you asked for a miracle. I give you Deadline.

'Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu' Hopes To Hyper-Space To $160M Global Opening Over Memorial Day Weekend -- Box Office Preview

By Anthony D'Alessandro (Chief Corporate Shill)


The good news is that this Memorial Day weekend won't be the lowest post-Covid, and Lucasfilm/Disney's Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu won't open as low as Warner Bros' Furiosa did two years ago at this time with a $32.3M 4-day. The new hope is that the pic from director Jon Favreau co-written with EP Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor will meet or exceed its $80M 4-day tracking in North America.

Comparing this opening with the lowest Memorial Day opening ever -- from two years ago. Nice job of bar-lowering!!!

That all depends on whether families show up and push the first Star Wars film in seven years to a bigger number. Burger King is a promo partner on the pic, so hopefully Whoppers will have more influence on potential moviegoers than blue milk did for Luke Skywalker nearly a half-century ago.

Wow they have a fast-food promotional tie-in? That means it will make a huge amount of money -- No Star Wars film or other corporate IP slop has ever had a Burger King tie-in before!!!


The global outlook is $160M worldwide, with $80M of that from a 98% footprint offshore.

In other words, the global debut is juiced because most movies do not open in every country in the same weekend. In some cases, very big countries like Brazil or Japan or China or the UK have openings weeks after the North American debut.

But this is opening everywhere, except Korea.

The only territory not going this weekend is Korea. That start for the $165M net production would be slightly ahead of the global opening of 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story in like-for-likes. That box office low point in the franchise -- which went into theaters with a lot of behind-the-scenes melodrama (Lord & Miller were fired and the directing reins handed to Ron Howard -- posted a 4-day over Memorial Day weekend of $103M domestic and another $52M abroad.

Even shill critics are panning the movie. It is currently just over "rotten" at Rotten Tomatoes, but the bulk of reviews currently tabulated are from hand-picked shills and influencers. It will be Rotten within hours.

Most are complaining that it's "meh" or "mid" or a TV episode with a slightly larger budget (but still a cheap, TV look).

Those who are sick of masculine action hero and self-declared "Big Bougie Daddy Bitch" Pedro Pascal will be happy to know that he's not really in the movie much, because it's almost always his stunt-doubles in the armor when he has his helmet on. Which is 96% of the time.

They're also complaining that it is plainly for children, and by "children," I don't mean 12 year olds. I mean little children. I mean babies.

That's not a terrible reposition for the franchise, as it's lost all older fans and all teen fans. Maybe it's best to start over with a New Modern Audience that doesn't know tha Disney Star Wars is a pathetic joke yet.

But it's obviously going to result in a low take.. Only babies want to see movies about a baby for babies.

And if you want to see a good movie aimed at a younger crowd -- I keep hearing The Sheep Detectives is wonderful. Chris Gore and Allen Ng of Film Threat both praised it, only disagreeing about what audience it's for. Gore thought it was a kid's movie that was also interesting enough for adults, whereas Ng thought it was a good and "worthy" kid's film, but not really one that adults would like.


Meanwhile, the controversy over woke feminist race-swapped Trans Odyssey isn't dying down:

Speaking of God re-imagined as a tranny:


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:19 PM




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1 Foist?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (Oq/TM)

2 Shit.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)

3 Not first... still poop though - LOL

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (VkY89)

4 Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are really going to save Star Wars, guys.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (46HP8)

5 Willowed

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (qx7Zg)

Hey man, I saw the meme you posted for me and Mannix on an earlier thread. It made me chuckle. Thanks.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)

No problem. If you ever decide to write an ONT, it would fit right in. ;-)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (qx7Zg)

6 Gorn >>>>> Gorp

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (k4EKw)

7 How does someone fuck up baby Yoda?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (DwqWV)

8 Hyper-Space To $160M? for Star Wars?
That's not superluminal. That's a tug-pull to a Hohmann transfer where it will coast to fecobraking on an asteroid made of poo.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (gKWVE)

9 Shit or Garbage?

We need to widen the option pool:

-- Shit
-- Garbage
-- Toxic sludge
-- Gonorrhea-soaked Kotex
-- Nuclear waste

Vote for as many as apply.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (Av6i5)

10 Baby poop blowing out a diaper >>>> Disney Star Wars

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (qx7Zg)

11 >>> 7 How does someone fuck up baby Yoda?
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (DwqWV)

We call them Minor Attracted Pyrsyns, you h8ter.


Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Yqjwb)

12 8 Hyper-Space To $160M? for Star Wars?
That's not superluminal. That's a tug-pull to a Hohmann transfer where it will coast to fecobraking on an asteroid made of poo.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (gKWVE)

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And the movie cost at least $175 million to make.

Doing normal Hollywood estimates, it should need to make $583 million to break even.

Unless this movie has Avatar legs (doubtful), it's going to be a major money loser and a very big stain to start Favreau's and Filoni's reign as head of Star Wars.

Yeah, Kennedy green lit it, but it's all their baby, all while news floats that Filoni hates Andor, the only thing that everyone seems to like about new Star Wars.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:22 PM (46HP8)

13 Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are really going to save Star Wars, guys.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (46HP

By their resignation and suicide you mean?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)

14 I own some shares of Disney that I purchased back in the 90's.

They have gone off the deep end in their product ever since they acquired the Star Wars IP.

They produce nothing but garbage.

Plan is to sell them and invest in SpaceX when that company goes public.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:24 PM (Oq/TM)

15 Nice little boy-love-Thursday reference.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 21, 2026 04:24 PM (yInIL)

16 Akshually, the original Star Wars, well maybe just Empire and Return I don't remember, had tie-ins with McDonalds. They sold collectable pint glasses, real glass ones. They were really cool too as I recall.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (qivay)

17 The trailer for "Sheep Detectives" looked fun and I don't have any little kids.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (OYsYV)

18 Disney's Star Wars (and Indiana Jones) should a cautionary tale.

I'm pretty sure the left is unable to learn, though.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (N1tpc)

19 16 They sold collectable pint glasses, real glass ones. They were really cool too as I recall.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM

I actually have one or two of them glasses.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:26 PM (Oq/TM)

20 >>> 18 Disney's Star Wars (and Indiana Jones) should a cautionary tale.

I'm pretty sure the left is unable to learn, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (N1tpc)

We can too lear!

Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:26 PM (Yqjwb)

21 Disney made a 2 hour and 12 minute tv season squashed as seperate episodes into a movie...for 6 years olds...who have the attention span of 100 minutes...and don't care for anything but the puppet scenes.

It's apparently a D+ production that folks should wait for D+...or never...

Never reward obvious money grabs. This should have been season 4 of Mandalorian, but they couldn't monetize that, so they made it all worse to sell toys...they are sure they will sell toys (so don't buy those either).

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

22 Pedro Pascal is gay, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

23 22 Pedro Pascal is gay, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

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Is he fake?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (46HP8)

24 7 How does someone fuck up baby Yoda?
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (DwqWV)

By including a lot of sh%t that doesn't involve him. The best part of the movie (the only good part) is baby yoda with the other puppets solo.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

25 If I want to relive some of my 80s childhood, I'll hold out until Masters of the Universe is released (and even then, I might just find a reason not to bother with it, like this Star Bores movie).

However, I will see Godzilla Minus Zero on the big screen, whenever that happens.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (IRj0A)

26 We call them Minor Attracted Pyrsyns, you h8ter.


Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Yqjwb)

MAPs get nailed to a wall.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

27 The Farce is strong with Mango and Gangrene

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (wxgaw)

28 Gorgu better watch his ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (2WIwB)

29
Star Wars: The KFC of movie franchises

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (HdYcL)

30 I've read they are calling this everything from shit, to fucking shit.


Norm MacDonald

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (dmDsy)

31 Embrace the word "AND"

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

32 22 Pedro Pascal is gay, btw.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

Next you're gonna tell me Liberace was gay...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (FtULh)

33 Godzilla Minus Zero is Nov. 6th I think.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (wxgaw)

34 Pedro Pascal is gay, btw.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Is he fake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

He's an actor. He's fake professionally.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (VHUov)

35 Sheep Detectives looks charming, I gotta admit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

36 I mentioned in an earlier thread that I would like to see "Pressure"'about Dwight Eisenhower and decisions related to D Day. I think "Focus films" has put out some good stuff and that Brendan Fraser ( as Eisenhower) is a good actor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (OYsYV)

37 Atlanta Fed is estimating GDP growth of 4.25% for Q2.

But they also predicted a growth of 5% in Q1, so grain of salt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (46HP8)

38 Is he fake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (46HP

And lame- but he really wants to make sure you know he is gay.

I kind of wonder. A lot of the projects he's been on have tanked. Part of it is he is a charisma vacuum. I wonder if he is steering into the glitter factor in order to make projects have to offer him roles or be afraid to recast him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)

39 I'm sure there are things I care about less than Star Wars, but I'm having trouble coming up with a list.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (CHHv1)

40 38 And lame- but he really wants to make sure you know he is gay.

I kind of wonder. A lot of the projects he's been on have tanked. Part of it is he is a charisma vacuum. I wonder if he is steering into the glitter factor in order to make projects have to offer him roles or be afraid to recast him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)

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He's the new Jared Leto.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (46HP8)

41 Anyone remember the Lord of the Rings toys from BK? Collect em all, attach to the ring, and they say their catch phrase

Posted by: Euro at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (6En8V)

42 Objection, KFC still has some value.

Kathleen Kennedy et al have stripped all value from the Star Wars IP.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (wxgaw)

43 Next you're gonna tell me Liberace was gay...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (FtULh)

Women LOVED him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)

44 39 I'm sure there are things I care about less than Star Wars, but I'm having trouble coming up with a list.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (CHHv1)

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Certainly not Ten Seconds to Hell.

Ten Seconds to Hell is quality.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (46HP8)

45 Will I get a free Whopper if I go to the theater? Last time I had a Whopper with cheese, small combo while traveling, the damn thing cost $15. And it wasn't fresh, it was under a heat lamp.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (D1E+2)

46 Godzilla Minus Zero is Nov. 6th I think.
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Thanks. It looks like I'll be waiting for a while.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (IRj0A)

47 Most are complaining that it's "meh" or "mid" or a TV episode with a slightly larger budget

Yeah, but if you want to fleece investors and launder money, you have GOT to get a movie out there.

Posted by: Disney at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (3arSl)

48 17 The trailer for "Sheep Detectives" looked fun and I don't have any little kids.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (OYsYV)

Once it gets going, It's Murder She Wrote with sheep - very popular with all ages...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

49 14 I own some shares of Disney that I purchased back in the 90's.

They have gone off the deep end in their product ever since they acquired the Star Wars IP.

They produce nothing but garbage.

Plan is to sell them and invest in SpaceX when that company goes public.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
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Didn't that happen yesterday?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (VkY89)

50 I'm sure there are things I care about less than Star Wars, but I'm having trouble coming up with a list.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (CHHv1)

At this point... Dr Who.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (zZu0s)

51 47 Most are complaining that it's "meh" or "mid" or a TV episode with a slightly larger budget

Yeah, but if you want to fleece investors and launder money, you have GOT to get a movie out there.

Posted by: Disney at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (3arSl)

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Remember when movie studios were all, "movie theaters are so 2019. We can make bank through streaming!"

Le sigh...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (46HP8)

52 Honestly, they have been beating this Star Wars dead horse for years. Already forgotten about it.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (4KUe5)

53 How does someone fuck up baby Yoda?
Posted by: tcn
_________

They waited too long to capitalize on it. The cute thing has worn off now. Should have put this movie out four or five years ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (XvL8K)

54 52 Honestly, they have been beating this Star Wars dead horse for years. Already forgotten about it.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (4KUe5)

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I keep meaning to watch the second season of Andor.

The first season was quite good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (46HP8)

55 Doctor whom???

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (wxgaw)

56
I think after the first three SW films were released, everyone involved looked at each other blankly and said, "What do we do now?" And nobody had an answer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (HdYcL)

57 I need to get Godzilla minus one and Project Hail Mary. Keep meaning to.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (zZu0s)

58 Star Wars: The KFC of movie franchises

There was a time when that would have been a good thing, but that time is no more. KFC sucks bigly.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

59 It was raining here. Now the sun is out turning everything outdoors into a steam bath.

Good thing I already checked the mail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (wzUl9)

60 Both is my vote.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (xb5wW)

61 Doctor whom???
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (wxgaw)

Exactly. Four or five good to great seasons. Thats it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (zZu0s)

62 I'm anxiously awaiting the crippled black chick in a wheel chair when she debuts as the new James Bond.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)

63 49 Didn't that happen yesterday?
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM

Stock will not be available to purchase by the public until mid June.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (Oq/TM)

64 Speaking of over mined franchises, this summer we will be treated to yet another Ghost in the Shell anime series.

*Yawn*

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (wxgaw)

65 after the first three SW films were released, everyone involved looked at each other blankly and said, "What do we do now?" And nobody had an answer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (HdYcL)

Some tolerable novels and, in the 1990s, some excellent vidjagaemz

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

66 "Gore thought it was a kid's movie that was also interesting enough for adults, whereas Ng thought it was a good and "worthy" kid's film, but not really one that adults would like."

This could be said of The Princess Bride also. But I really liked it, and if I'm flipping around and come across it, I'll stop and watch it.

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (R2gO3)

67 I keep meaning to watch the second season of Andor.

The first season was quite good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (46HP

some of my usual reviewers liked it, but it seemed to be essentially a drama about workers in a nazi-like ecosystem so overall who's sympathetic?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)

68 A friend recommended The Sheep Detectives. I might go see it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (2Ez/1)

69
KFC sucks bigly.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

___________

That's the point. Star Wars got taken over by the entertainment equivalent of Yum! Brands.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (HdYcL)

70 I blame MAGA people who think not taking their kids to Disney World is a form of child abuse and forgetting they still have active Hulu subscriptions for why Disney is still even a thing today

it makes up 50% of their revenue or more

Stop feeding the only way they make money now and watch these tranny loving fucks starve to death

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (fapp/)

71 50 At this point... Dr Who.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM

Another IP that Disney had a hand in destroying

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Oq/TM)

72 Odyssey Memes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S90v01sg4M8

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)

73 I think after the first three SW films were released, everyone involved looked at each other blankly and said, "What do we do now?" And nobody had an answer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026

***
"Hiring actual science-fiction writers for story treatments or even scripts would have been a good start."
( -- Leigh Brackett)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)

74 >>> 62 I'm anxiously awaiting the crippled black chick transwomyn in a wheel chair when she they/them debuts as the new James Bond.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)


Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Yqjwb)

75 *Yawn*
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (wxgaw)

I cannot think of anything right now (other than the titles above) that I do want to see.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

76 67 some of my usual reviewers liked it, but it seemed to be essentially a drama about workers in a nazi-like ecosystem so overall who's sympathetic?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)

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I don't need sympathetic. I need interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (46HP8)

77 Speaking of over mined franchises, this summer we will be treated to yet another Ghost in the Shell anime series.

*Yawn*

What? You think we should come up with something original for new movies?! Shyyyaaaaah, as if.

Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)

78 At least we knew when to quit.

Posted by: Police Academy Franchise at May 21, 2026 04:37 PM (LjNCB)

79 We’ve been watching old movies. Not only is it nice to not have the woke and girlboss stuff in your face, but all the characters are actually enjoyable and normal. Like, real concours expected reactions.

Watched “Sneakers” last weekend and it was great. Sure, Robert Redford gets to play one of his ‘I wish I was Bill Ayer’s’ roles, but it was - get this - fun! When was the last time you watched a fun movie quit going too hard on something (like gross out humor, political sass, etc.)????

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:37 PM (4KUe5)

80 That's not superluminal. That's a tug-pull to a Hohmann transfer where it will coast to fecobraking on an asteroid made of poo.
Posted by: gKWVE

Ummm...whatever you said is tight!

Posted by: The Movie Pitch Executive at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (3arSl)

81 73 I think after the first three SW films were released, everyone involved looked at each other blankly and said, "What do we do now?" And nobody had an answer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026

***
"Hiring actual science-fiction writers for story treatments or even scripts would have been a good start."
( -- Leigh Brackett)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)

Recasting the big 3 with lookalikes and putting a movie series a year or two after ROTJ , when something different could be happening, and no one is god-like yet or so bitter as to be off-putting could be a start...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (tOcjL)

82 "Wonderful" is a good word to describe "The Sheep Detectives." I go to movies to be entertained, and I was entertained (68M). On the way home, I mused to my wife and son that it was the first movie I could remember that we didn't start picking apart when we hit the movie exit.

Posted by: Theodore the Firsyt at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (xIuYE)

83 The How They Cast The Odyssey video is not satire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (XV/Pl)

84 When was the last time you watched a fun movie quit going too hard on something (like gross out humor, political sass, etc.)????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026

***
The Dungeons & Dragons movie with Chris Pine?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)

85 Oh one of the new Star Wars figure is Sigourney Weaver dressed as an X-wing pilot.

Will they have to use a crane to lower her in?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (wxgaw)

86 Speaking of over mined franchises, this summer we will be treated to yet another Ghost in the Shell anime series.
*Yawn*
Posted by: Anna Puma

Sequel? Prequel? Reboot?

Reboot of a sequel to a side story of the prequel?

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (VHUov)

87 >>>At least we knew when to quit.
Posted by: Police Academy Franchise

Did you though?

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)

88 The original three Star Wars movies were great( ignore the Ewoks, sorry Ace). The next three had some good parts and probably could have been two good movies. The third trilogy bit the big one. Pretty much everything else sucked, though Rogue One was decent.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (gu0hJ)

89 I was hooked during the first 30 seconds of the Sheep Detectives trailer, a cute premise, but then I watched the rest and by the end it was a hard "No".

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (qgHp7)

90 Star Wars debuted in 1977. Let's see, that was *dusts off Bomar calculator*...49 years ago.

49 years.

Srsly?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (2Ez/1)

91 I don't need sympathetic. I need interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (46HP

Most of what I have seen on it says the character work is very good. Also bleak, depressing and bleak.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (zZu0s)

92 You think we should come up with something original for new movies?!

If we come up with something original and successful, someone- like us- might steal it!

Posted by: Also Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (3arSl)

93 Watched Beverly Hills Cop last month, also very fun. There was a touch of race sty, but it was such a great combination of silly and serious, a great reminder of how good Eddie Murphy can be.

Not much interest in current movies.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (4KUe5)

94 Was that really Sigourney Weaver giving a Mandalorian loser a job as if they were in overdeveloped film noir? I hope her check cleared.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (YlWIZ)

95 Going by the trailer I wouldn't mind seeing The Sheep Detective, not sure about laying out the money.

Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Z8tay)

96 The memes of "Eliot" Page as an action hero are probably better than the movie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (gu0hJ)

97 >>>94 Was that really Sigourney Weaver giving a Mandalorian loser a job as if they were in overdeveloped film noir? I hope her check cleared.

someone said she has three scenes, all shot in the same set, so she probably was just on set for three days.

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (1wjle)

98 Disney: Shit & Garbage
Disney, Star Wars: Shit & Garbage

They should be prosecuted for pandering pedophilia, corruption of minors and un-American activities. Whether or not the prosecution wins at first try they should be prosecuted until they are professionally and personally bankrupt and penniless.




Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (OArx3)

99 Did you though?
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)

I say they should have stopped when the busty blonde jumped in the pool and asked who was going to save her.

It was never going to get better than that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (zZu0s)

100 95 Going by the trailer I wouldn't mind seeing The Sheep Detective, not sure about laying out the money.
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Z8tay)

That's what discount Tuesday is for...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (tOcjL)

101 Star Wars?

I saw the original in the theater in 1977 as a 14 year old science fiction dork/nerd supreme. I couldn't have been more excited, and absolutely loved the entire experience, movie, storyline, spacecraft, characters, actors, everything. It was something brand new and unexpectedly amazing.

Now? I seek funding for a time machine that will allow me not to go back and kill Hitler (or, alternatively, Gavrilo Princip [IYKYK]), but rather to travel back to throttle Gerorge Lucas in his crib, with extreme prejudice and maximum violence.

I hate everything about Star Wars and wish it had never been.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (3nhsg)

102 Merchandising...

Posted by: Yogurt at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (594J6)

103 Oh, I forgot Spider-Noir. I am going to check that out for Nic Cage alone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

104 The Dungeons & Dragons movie with Chris Pine?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Was it here that I saw the meme of how "a D&D movie" should really be?

- A character dies in one scene, and the party meets a new character played by the same actor in the next scene.

- All speaking parts outside the main characters are played by the same guy.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)

105 Yeah, Dungeons and Dragons was fun. A little abandoned kid drama, had to make Chris Pine a deadbeat dad of course.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (4KUe5)

106 The problem with Star Wars is that the Hollywood is incapable of telling compelling and rich stories, or anyone that would get hired.

You could probably gather a 5 to 1o real Star Wars nerds and cobble together, numerous multifilm arcs.

It's just that nobody at Disney is going to do that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (XV/Pl)

107 We’ve been watching old movies. Not only is it nice to not have the woke and girlboss stuff in your face, but all the characters are actually enjoyable and normal. Like, real concours expected reactions.

Posted by: Lizzy

Same here. I'm watching classics I've never seen. Although that doesn't always work out either. I hated Dog Day Afternoon, and not just for the ghey stuff.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (XvL8K)

108 Science Saru is going GitS.

Supposed to be following the first manga.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (wxgaw)

109 I would not see a Pedro Pascal movie even if they paid me and provided free popcorn.

Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Z8tay)

110 Hey man, I saw the meme you posted for me and Mannix on an earlier thread. It made me chuckle. Thanks.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)

No problem. If you ever decide to write an ONT, it would fit right in. ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Although all threads are fundamentally boob threads, I think an ONT expressly devoted to boobs, would be awesome.

100 comment rule, though. The first 100 comments must be about bobs.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)

111 Crazy Kathy killed this one too, they did not plan the movie, or not this soon, but dumbass Kathy insisted, and Favreau just gave up. From the beginning he pretty much kept saying he did not want to to this.

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (GD0B3)

112 - A character dies in one scene, and the party meets a new character played by the same actor in the next scene.

- All speaking parts outside the main characters are played by the same guy.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)

yeah there should be a huge part for a voice over narrator in any DnD movie.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (8avO+)

113 Spider-Noir trailer

https://youtu.be/OSMUZJ2LkU8?
si=dIqLEvz1H52qV5eM

Cage looks to be having fun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)

114 I saw the original in the theater in 1977 as a 14 year old science fiction dork/nerd supreme. I couldn't have been more excited, and absolutely loved the entire experience, movie, storyline, spacecraft, characters, actors, everything. It was something brand new and unexpectedly amazing.

I remember that feeling. I felt that way after I came out of Billy Jack.
*hangs head in shame*

Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

115 >>>105 Yeah, Dungeons and Dragons was fun. A little abandoned kid drama, had to make Chris Pine a deadbeat dad of course.

I was betrayed by Forge and Sophina!!!

Posted by: Edgin (unjustly imprisoned) at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

116 Well, it's no 'Farscape' or 'Babylon 5.'

Even Deadline was pointing out that a lot of people thought of it as a long television episode which is not a good thing when you want people to shell out a thousand bucks for tickets and popcorn.

Also, it's based on a show?? Seriously, even if I gave a crap about Star Wars anymore, I don't want to have to do freaking homework to see the latest piece of garbage.


It was kind of cool, I'm on Instagram following some of my favorite actresses and Ariana Greenblatt who was young Gamora in "Infinity Wars" is in Cannes. She's also a model for L'Oreal I guess. She showed pictures of her advertising on huge buildings. It was pretty cool.

And Julia Butters had pictures of the ruins of Pompeii. Also cool.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)

117 105 Yeah, Dungeons and Dragons was fun. A little abandoned kid drama, had to make Chris Pine a deadbeat dad of course.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (4KUe5)

The talking skeleton scene cracked me up for being so true to game play!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (tOcjL)

118 About "boobs," I meant.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

119 I'll do a thread about recommendations for movies especially older ones tomorrow.

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)

120 Recasting the big 3 with lookalikes and putting a movie series a year or two after ROTJ , when something different could be happening, and no one is god-like yet or so bitter as to be off-putting could be a start...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026

***
They only had an entire galaxy to play with, after all!

Something that didn't involve yet another Death Star or other giant weaponized construct would have been a good start. There'd have been pockets of the old Empire that needed to be freed or brought into line. See Poul Anderson's Empire of Earth series with interstellar James Bond Dominic Flandry, or the Polesotechnic League tales with Nicholas Van Rijn (what a great role that would have been for Tim Curry!) and David Falkayn. A tale with Luke, Leia, & Co. stranded on a gigantic planet where they can't eat the food, but need to get to a human station before they starve and so have to make it feasible for the natives to help them, would have worked.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)

121 119 I'll do a thread about recommendations for movies especially older ones tomorrow.
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)

Clue - still is on point 4 decades later

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (tOcjL)

122 The problem with Star Wars is that the Hollywood is incapable of telling compelling and rich stories, or anyone that would get hired.

You could probably gather a 5 to 1o real Star Wars nerds and cobble together, numerous multifilm arcs.

It's just that nobody at Disney is going to do that.

It's so telling that amateurs are doing Spencer Pratt's campaign far more good than anything that's come from a campaign consultant since Reagan. Professionals are vastly overrated.

Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

123 My parents took me to see "Star Wars" because they wanted to see Debbie Reynolds' daughter.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (77rzZ)

124 I'll do a thread about recommendations for movies especially older ones tomorrow.
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)

Surely you can't be serious?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

125 Fun exercise that someone I know did during The Covid Years - watch all of the Best Picture winners.

He said it was a satisfying thing to do.

His #1 choice: The Best Years Of Our Lives.

1946. Myrna Loy.

Fun to watch a classy lady.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (2Ez/1)

126 100 comment rule, though. The first 100 comments must be about bobs.
Posted by: Bulg

About "boobs," I meant.
Posted by: Bulg

No takebacks.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjNCB)

127 Some of the much older movies are challenging because of the pacing and/pr the music ( overly dramatic or wacky).

I am enjoying seeing quirky characters that are subtle. Everything now has to be QUIRKY or EDGEY because the audience won’t get it of people in general are so weird they have to exaggerate to stand out? But mostly, such a wonderful break from the everyone is gay and/or bi. Truly, could not see another gay couple on screen for the rest of my life and be happy. They have overplayed their hand on this.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (4KUe5)

128 Clue - still is on point 4 decades later
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (tOcjL)

Really great. I gotta rewatch that one soon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

129
Something that didn't involve yet another Death Star or other giant weaponized construct would have been a good start. There'd have been pockets of the old Empire that needed to be freed or brought into line. See Poul Anderson's Empire of Earth series with interstellar James Bond Dominic Flandry, or the Polesotechnic League tales with Nicholas Van Rijn (what a great role that would have been for Tim Curry!) and David Falkayn. A tale with Luke, Leia, & Co. stranded on a gigantic planet where they can't eat the food, but need to get to a human station before they starve and so have to make it feasible for the natives to help them, would have worked.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)

I admit, I was always partial to Mara Jade's intro (especially since she comes in as Luke's nemesis as the former Emperor's hand). But I love your idea!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

130 There's a 2022 horror movie on Pluto called "Cobweb" with Lizzie Caplan and Anthony (Homelander) Starr that's pretty good.

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

131 My dad at the time seemed most enthused by Alec Guinness being in it. I didn't know who the hell he was (since, small boy) but my dad was happy.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (gKWVE)

132 legit big scares.

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

133 No takebacks.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjN

I laughed. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (n3VHW)

134 119 I'll do a thread about recommendations for movies especially older ones tomorrow.
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM

Jaws.

Was an awesome movie to see in the theater when it came out.
Made going to the beach interesting that summer.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (Oq/TM)

135 I saw the original in the theater in 1977 as a 14 year old science fiction dork/nerd supreme. I couldn't have been more excited, and absolutely loved the entire experience, movie, storyline, spacecraft, characters, actors, everything. It was something brand new and unexpectedly amazing.

I remember that feeling. I felt that way after I came out of Billy Jack.
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

My older sisters saw that when it was out, when they described the plot I saw the obvious hole in the plot of the kick off your shoes martial arts white indian hero against police corruption - that like Indy Jones did in Raiders to the swordsman in Egypt, someone would have just plugged him very quickly.

but one tin soldier and all that!!

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)

136 That will be a fun thread, ace!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (4KUe5)

137 Given my druthers, when it comes to baby movie heroes, I prefer Jack Jack from The Incredibles to baby Yoda.

Can Grogu turn himself into a 2-ton fireball by merely grunting? Huh? Can he?

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (qgHp7)

138 i haven't seen jaws in ages.

I saw Close Encounters last year, that was good.

Talk about deadbeat dads.

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)

139 The Horde: we'll do the thread NOW, bitch!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (zZu0s)

140 Gary at Nerdrotic brought up something interesting. The studios have all decided -- probably accurately -- that online personalities are more relied upon by modern people for information and "takes" on entertainment. They'll watch their favorite "influencer" for whether something is good or not before they even consider any other source.

So they have begun to focus on these people flying them out for special events etc and getting glowing reviews in response.

And the old school is really pissed at being thrown aside for a bunch of THOTS and douchebags with a camera and a Youtube channel. And they are getting savage in response.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)

141
A novelty movie series that should not have continued after the initial trilogy was continued anyway. The rights were a acquired by a massive entertainment conglomerate. That organization was formerly pro-American, at least ostensibly. It was taken over by anti-American dilettantes and communist saboteurs long before that, and acter that had no interest in making a profit, only in manipulating and scolding the audience. Each predictable financial catastrophe was treated as a fluke.

The phenomenon has been echoed throughout the economy. No real interest in making a profit, just setting everything on fire.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 04:49 PM (VWtfl)

142 oh, and if this is an old school movie thread, I'll just recommend (nonironically) the paranoid 1970s SF classic "Capricorn One" again. I saw that a few days ago.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:49 PM (gKWVE)

143 Jaws.

Was an awesome movie to see in the theater when it came out.
Made going to the beach interesting that summer.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
________

Snuck into the theater at 11 years old to see it. The head popping out the bottom of the boat left me scarred for 11 more.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (XvL8K)

144 I need to watch all the Thin Man movies. The bits and pieces I have seen are really good. Snappy dialogue that does not assume you have the IQ of Stacey Abrams at a Golden Corral.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

145 It's so telling that amateurs are doing Spencer Pratt's campaign far more good than anything that's come from a campaign consultant since Reagan. Professionals are vastly overrated.
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

Pros can't risk blowing it so they play it safe and run the last play that worked. Amateurs put it all on the line and swing for the fences because if they fail, they go back to work on Monday and put in another 8 hours

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (rbvCR)

146 No takebacks.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjN

I laughed. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

So did I.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (77rzZ)

147 Clue is funny! Read an article about it a while back: when they were making it the actors had a blast and knew it would be a hit. Then it flopped. Years later it became a cable tv staple, where it was rediscovered and became a cult hit.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (4KUe5)

148 And the old school is really pissed at being thrown aside for a bunch of THOTS and douchebags with a camera and a Youtube channel

The old school of Serious Film Journalists were a bunch of whores too, they were just ugly and old.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (gKWVE)

149 41 Anyone remember the Lord of the Rings toys from BK? Collect em all, attach to the ring, and they say their catch phrase
Posted by: Euro at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (6En8V)

It's when they were still giving out GLASS collectable cups for the movie and i have some, now BK is doing the new Star Wars movie and it's plastic cups and I could care less.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (ubCxQ)

150 Some newer films are supposed to be okay and even fun. "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" is supposed to be great. I just have no real desire to go to a theater and watch anything.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (5yqx7)

151
What would make movies better for me:

- Better lighting. Everything looks like it was shot in the inside of a casket.

- Crisply enunciated dialogue, instead of the mumbling we have today.

- Modulated sound, instead of deafening noise.

Etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (HdYcL)

152 Recently re-watched Hot Fuzz, still good.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)

153 My HS girlfriend and I were absolutely crazy about The Sting.
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)

154 143 Snuck into the theater at 11 years old to see it. The head popping out the bottom of the boat left me scarred for 11 more.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM

THAT scene I believe was the most startling and scary scene in the movie.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (Oq/TM)

155 Gary at Nerdrotic brought up something interesting. The studios have all decided -- probably accurately -- that online personalities are more relied upon by modern people for information and "takes" on entertainment. They'll watch their favorite "influencer" for whether something is good or not before they even consider any other source.

So they have begun to focus on these people flying them out for special events etc and getting glowing reviews in response.

And the old school is really pissed at being thrown aside for a bunch of THOTS and douchebags with a camera and a Youtube channel. And they are getting savage in response.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)

The Critical Drinker can never be bought by a flight out! A nice bottle of Scotch though might work.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)

156 I need to watch all the Thin Man movies. The bits and pieces I have seen are really good

They vary, the first two are GREAT, the last one is really good, and in between are fun enough still. Powell is a terrific leading man who for some reason was considered washed up when he got the Thin Man role.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (5yqx7)

157 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the perfect example of how to move a tv series to the big screen and make it meaningful.

Posted by: Open Channel D at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (gYnrv)

158 My parents took me to see "Star Wars" because they wanted to see Debbie Reynolds' daughter.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026

***
Back then I did not know who Carrie Fisher was. Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 and I enjoyed the movie for its depictions of things we'd read about in written SF. And it was the most visually realistic SF movie in many years: It looked "lived in," with scars and streaks on the ships and power cables snaking across hangar floors.

The model and camera work was outstanding too. See the scene where Solo and Luke fire the laser cannon at the attacking fighters. They didn't fire, then we cut to a shot of the ship blowing up; we saw Luke or Solo, the cannon, the starfield, and the fighter exploding all in the same shot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)

159 It's so telling that amateurs are doing Spencer Pratt's campaign far more good than anything that's come from a campaign consultant since Reagan. Professionals are vastly overrated.
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

Pros can't risk blowing it so they play it safe and run the last play that worked. Amateurs put it all on the line and swing for the fences because if they fail, they go back to work on Monday and put in another 8 hours

Maybe, but I think it's also that none of those guys have had a new idea in 50 years. They're the Bruce Springsteens of politics.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)

160 am i reading this correctly ?? Massie spent 2x Gallaren?
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?

serious question.


FEC DATA

//www.fec.gov/data/
How much has been spent by:
01/01/2025–12/31/2026

11. MASSIE, THOMAS H. [REP] $5,840,666.14
12. LAUBACHER, EILEEN [DEM] $5,487,524.43
13. CRANE, ELI [REP] $5,443,960.11
14. EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR. [REP] $5,409,563.77
15. JORDAN, JAMES D. [REP] $5,203,298.05
16. CHAKRABARTI, SAIKAT [DEM] $4,972,236.89
17. VINDMAN, YEVGENY 'EUGENE' [DEM] $4,541,406.43
18. WOOD, JORDAN [DEM] $4,437,808.03
19. CONSTANTINO, ANTHONY THOMAS [REP] $4,116,985.84
20. OMAR, ILHAN [DFL] $3,842,103.4
.
.
46. GALLREIN, ED [REP] $2,620,238.75

Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)

161 I love Auntie Mame.. The Rosalind Russel one..

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (FtULh)

162 They vary, the first two are GREAT, the last one is really good, and in between are fun enough still. Powell is a terrific leading man who for some reason was considered washed up when he got the Thin Man role.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026

***
The second Thin Man film is a wonder -- as a mystery, even better than the first.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)

163 147 Clue is funny! Read an article about it a while back: when they were making it the actors had a blast and knew it would be a hit. Then it flopped. Years later it became a cable tv staple, where it was rediscovered and became a cult hit.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (4KUe5)

It flopped b/c the idiot studio wanted you to pay 3 times to see all the endings (they only put one ending on each movie)...aka, greed killed it.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (tOcjL)

164 Back to work.

'Hobo with a Shotgun" was a great movie. Seriously.

It may be Canada's greatest export ever.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Sco7b)

165 My HS girlfriend and I were absolutely crazy about The Sting.
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)

That was decent. A Remington Steele episode did a variant in an episode and since their thing was old movie references during the case they gave it an attribution.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (8avO+)

166 Everybody who has commented that their parents took them to Star Wars when they were little can turn around right this minute and...

...GET OFF MY LAWN!!

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (qgHp7)

167 Mmmmm....Leslie Ann Warren in Clue...mmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (77rzZ)

168 Spider-Noir trailer

https://youtu.be/OSMUZJ2LkU8?
si=dIqLEvz1H52qV5eM

Cage looks to be having fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)

It's got enough of a hook that I might check that out. I love Nick Cage.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (N1tpc)

169 My HS girlfriend and I were absolutely crazy about The Sting.
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026

***
Anybody who wants to see how a movie *should* work to surprise an audience needs to watch The Sting several times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

170
I saw "Sheep Detectives".

I liked it, but having had young children, I don't think really young children would be entertained by it.

They'd probably be bored half-way in.

Older kids who are more familiar with the usual mystery tropes and romance shenanigans will more than likely enjoy it.

Adults will do fine if you don't mind a silly comedy.

Very much an old-fashioned style family movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (iJfKG)

171 And the old school is really pissed at being thrown aside for a bunch of THOTS and douchebags with a camera and a Youtube channel. And they are getting savage in response.

*******************

I dont know if theyre just convenient punching bags or if theyre legit hurting hollywoods revenue (I tend to think theyre making a dent)

Another thing I think are making a dent are movie recaps (even the shitty AI slopped ones). Been able to enjoy movie recaps that last 10-15 minutes for free instead of having to pay $6 and sit through 90 minutes of garbage shit just to find out what happens

Thats how I watched It Follows

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (fapp/)

172 Going to see this movie
Victory or Death is a riveting and provocative film telling the poignant story of unsung heroes inside the French Revolution. The year is 1793. Amid the tumult of the Revolution, peasants from Vendée rise up to defend themselves against forced conscription, brutal attacks on the Church, and execution of their king. A retired naval officer, Charette de La Contrie, is pulled from his quiet chateau life when a ragtag group of peasants urge him to lead them and champion their cause. The film traces the reluctant leader as he transforms into a charismatic and brilliant strategist, rallying an unconventional army of ordinary men and women to wage a fierce war in defense of their land, faith, and families, against forces determined to crush insurrection

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (ubCxQ)

173
Also, actual feminine females instead of angsty bitches, hard-boiled girlbosses and kickass Mary Sues.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (HdYcL)

174 The Thin Man is based on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett.

*polite cough*

Allow me to point out that I have a shiny new grandson with the first name of "Dashiell."

Yeah. Kinda badass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)

175 am i reading this correctly ?? Massie spent 2x Gallaren?
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?

serious question.


FEC DATA

//www.fec.gov/data/
How much has been spent by:
01/01/2025–12/31/2026

11. MASSIE, THOMAS H. [REP] $5,840,666.14
.
.
46. GALLREIN, ED [REP] $2,620,238.75
Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)

MAGA and Kentuckians don't follow the media buys and thus save money. Same was true in 2024, Trump spent far less and got far more results.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (8avO+)

176 Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)

But Massie's money was clean money. Gallrein's money, if there was less of it, was (((dirty money))).
Also it just goes to show how stingy the Jews are.

Posted by: the groypsters at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (gKWVE)

177 My HS girlfriend and I were absolutely crazy about The Sting.
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)

That was decent. A Remington Steele episode did a variant in an episode and since their thing was old movie references during the case they gave it an attribution.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (8avO+)

There was a Rockford Files episode that was an homage to The Sting too.

Posted by: far cry at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (pBJ6M)

178 WHO LOVES IRONY?

The directing duo for "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) got fired. I think they brought in Ron Howard to tailor it to Disney's vision....AND IT LOST MONEY.

Fast forward to the present day and the most successful film this year: "Project Hail Mary". Guess who directed it?

That's right, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

Irony!

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske)

179 I need to watch all the Thin Man movies. The bits and pieces I have seen are really good. Snappy dialogue that does not assume you have the IQ of Stacey Abrams at a Golden Corral.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026

***
"How many bars have you been thrown out of, Mr. Charles?"

"That would be all of them, Mrs. Charles."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (wzUl9)

180 The second Thin Man film is a wonder -- as a mystery, even better than the first.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Jimmie Stewart's only completely villainous role, IIRC. Though he did play some sketchy characters in his later films.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (77rzZ)

181 100 comment rule, though. The first 100 comments must be about bobs.
Posted by: Bulg

About "boobs," I meant.
Posted by: Bulg

No takebacks.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjNCB)

You forgot Bob the Boob Builder, didn't you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (qx7Zg)

182 For Star Wars and other movies I didn’t see them in the theaters first. Instead, a friend would describe entire movies to us in the van on the way to/from gymnastic meets. This was great because we were too young to see them (especially Jaws and Friday the Thirteenth, iirc) and this gal was a great storyteller, lol. Lots of tween girl commentary.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (4KUe5)

183 Massie spent 2x Gallaren?

===

you know how (((THEY))) are - cheap !

Posted by: neo-nazi groyper logic at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (GD0B3)

184 167 Mmmmm....Leslie Ann Warren in Clue...mmmmmm...
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM


Colleen Camp mmmmm mmmmm MMMMMMM

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (Oq/TM)

185 am i reading this correctly ?? Massie spent 2x Gallaren?
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?

*********************

I was reliably informed AIPAC spent $30 Million to buy Massies seat for Jew Lesbian Lover and Mossad Agent Gallrein

Louis Rossman told me so, after hoping I was having a lovely day

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (fapp/)

186 Hey, Wolfus, the horse that won the Preakness was named Napoleon Solo.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (77rzZ)

187 Way back in the day there was a Bloom County comic strip storyline where Opus the Penguin is working at the Bloom Picayune as a cartoonist.

His best idea was "A gruff but lovable two-headed monster that's always arguing with itself!" But then gives up the idea..."Naw...It'll look rotten on a Burger King glass."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (gnNyN)

188 Peter Falk was the Sheep Detective.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (Cqx++)

189 rallying an unconventional army of ordinary men and women to wage a fierce war in defense of their land, faith, and families, against forces determined to crush insurrection
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (ubCxQ)

The Vendee were against the French Revolution and eventually got crushed for their pains.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (8avO+)

190 Wasn't there a Bob in Star Wars?

Posted by: weew at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (9TspW)

191 The Thin Man is based on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett. . . .

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026

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And like his earlier Maltese Falcon, I found it a hard novel to get through and lost interest in it at the same point on several tries over several years. Thin Man the novel is somehow not the lighthearted romp you'd think it is from the Powell-Loy film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)

192
My HS girlfriend and I were absolutely crazy about The Sting.
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)

____________

Those Newman-Redford movies show what a great actor Newman was and what a cigar-store Indian Redford was.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (HdYcL)

193 am i reading this correctly ?? Massie spent 2x Gallaren?
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?

*********************

I was reliably informed AIPAC spent $30 Million to buy Massies seat for Jew Lesbian Lover and Mossad Agent Gallrein

Louis Rossman told me so, after hoping I was having a lovely day
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (fapp/)

Well they say that Jews don't like to spend money right?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (8avO+)

194 You know, Sink the Bismarck! is still good.

Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (GD0B3)

195 Allow me to point out that I have a shiny new grandson with the first name of "Dashiell."

Yeah. Kinda badass.

That's awesome. He'll hate it when he's young, but will probably go by Dash. When he's old enough, it'll be a fantastic conversation starter with the ladies.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (Riz8t)

196 176 Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)

But Massie's money was clean money. Gallrein's money, if there was less of it, was (((dirty money))).
Also it just goes to show how stingy the Jews are.


=

makes it even more hilarious Massie spent 2x and still lost.

the whole 'isreal money' bought the election is a hoax. has anyone alerted tucker, et al ... that they outspent their opponent 2x and still lost.

Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (ADssA)

197 Louis Rossman told me so, after hoping I was having a lovely day
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

I am really REALLY hoping that Anton Petrov's next video won't be about how the Jews ruined 51 Pegasi b, hello wonderful gentiles.

Posted by: gKWVE is upset with Rossman at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (gKWVE)

198 Hey, Wolfus, the horse that won the Preakness was named Napoleon Solo.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026

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I saw that! I hope he's as successful with the fillies as Solo was with the ladies!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

199 You know, Sink the Bismarck! is still good.
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (GD0B3)

Thanks!

Posted by: zombie Johnny Horton at May 21, 2026 05:01 PM (pBJ6M)

200 the whole 'isreal money' bought the election is a hoax. has anyone alerted tucker, et al ... that they outspent their opponent 2x and still l

===

I was reliably informed by well placed sources, that various groypers running for office are offering Cucker Tarlson to not endorse them. Or it was the Bee...One or the other...

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)

201 So they have begun to focus on these people flying them out for special events etc and getting glowing reviews in response.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)
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They tried that in a BIG way with Amazon's Rings of Power. Then it was discovered that the "influencers" who were bought and paid for by Amazon never bothered to watch the show they were supposedly pitching for.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (gnNyN)

202 Those Newman-Redford movies show what a great actor Newman was and what a cigar-store Indian Redford was.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026

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What Redford did well was the "comic exasperation" look as shown in his turn as hapless thief Dortmunder in The Hot Rock and in a few scenes in Butch Cassidy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (wzUl9)

203 I love Auntie Mame.. The Rosalind Russel one..
Posted by: It's me donna

It's amusing, in its way, but, in my opinion, it hasn't aged well. The Acatius Page angle, in particular.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (77rzZ)

204 I'll tell you one Bob that Bob Dole never forgets about, and that Bob is Bob Dole.

You can take Bob Dole's word on it!

Posted by: The ghost of Bob Dole at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (2Ez/1)

205 You know, Sink the Bismarck! is still good.
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026

***
Kenneth More and Dana Wynter!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

206 I have never bought a single thing for our grand kids from Disney is how much I despise them.

Our 5yr old girlie is crazy about princesses. Of course Disney owns them as well but I find ways of rebelling.

The liberals won't be happy til everyone is trans. Then they will want them to become furries.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (WONhk)

207 Wasn't there a Bob in Star Wars?
Posted by: weew

There were three in Total Recall.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (LjNCB)

208 I'm so old that I remember when Perveywood lied about a movie not making money so they didn't have to pay out on the back end. Now they lie about how much money a movie makes to look like they are profitable and keep the stock price up.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (xvV+O)

209 202 Those Newman-Redford movies show what a great actor Newman was and what a cigar-store Indian Redford was.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026

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What Redford did well was the "comic exasperation" look as shown in his turn as hapless thief Dortmunder in The Hot Rock and in a few scenes in Butch Cassidy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (wzUl9)
_______________________

The Sting. How could be anything but fun and entertaining. With Robert Shaw as the heavy. Shaw was one of my favorites.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)

210 67 some of my usual reviewers liked it, but it seemed to be essentially a drama about workers in a nazi-like ecosystem so overall who's sympathetic?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)

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I don't need sympathetic. I need interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (46HP

I agree with TJM here.

Sympathetic characters are nice but I want interesting character and a real character arc in a story.

Often sympathetic characters mean stagnant thus boring characters.

Also, I think that's a libtard concept that gets us characters loaded up with woke tics that designate them as "good, sympathetic characters".

Not that you'll see it but "The Devil Wears Prada 2" has that by the bucket loads.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)

211 201 So they have begun to focus on these people flying them out for special events etc and getting glowing reviews in response.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)
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They tried that in a BIG way with Amazon's Rings of Power. Then it was discovered that the "influencers" who were bought and paid for by Amazon never bothered to watch the show they were supposedly pitching for.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (gnNyN)

They tried to do it for this movie - Mando and Grogu. They had a surprise Mandolorian visit with fans for an early show with Pedro Pascal - turns out they were all specially selected influencers by Disney, when Disney didn't mention that in their initial postings (and only did when social media folks outed themselves)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (tOcjL)

212 If you want to watch a higher flyer than Star Wars, SpaceX is launching Starship Flight 12 in less than 90 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/live/TBu6JFjt0tk

-- or --

https://www.youtube.com/live/ou6rUKyNmUQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (qx7Zg)

213 Kyle Hill (unlike Petrov, genuinely a wonderful person) also can't get through his recent videos without a sneer at Musk or the bad orange man.

Posted by: gKWVE is upset with Hill too at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (gKWVE)

214 "Thin Man" was great. I have to see that as an adult.

5pm

CBC - Alberta News

MS Now - Trump is bad. Getting rich using the Presidency. Citing the New York Times.

CNN - also IRS - why the hell does that still exist - fund.

FoxNews - the Five - dnc autopsy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

215 Kenneth More was the original Young Jolyon in the original 1960s The Forsyte Saga.

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)

216
You know, Sink the Bismarck! is still good.
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026

____________

"Blimey! The Hood's gone."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (HdYcL)

217 "With Robert Shaw as the heavy. Shaw was one of my favorites."

The name's Lonnegan.

Ya follow?

Posted by: Bob Shaw at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (2Ez/1)

218 What would make movies better for me:

- Better lighting. Everything looks like it was shot in the inside of a casket.

- Crisply enunciated dialogue, instead of the mumbling we have today.

- Modulated sound, instead of deafening noise.

Etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (HdYcL)

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The sound and speech in particular annoy me. At first I thought it must be just me getting older but then I saw an old movie and I could hear the dialogue perfectly. Even technically Hollywood is failing.

Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (Z8tay)

219 The second Thin Man film is a wonder -- as a mystery, even better than the first.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Jimmie Stewart's only completely villainous role, IIRC. Though he did play some sketchy characters in his later films.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026

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Now that you've mentioned it, Bulg -- I'll say that his performance gave an ordinary but charming whodunit a thunderbolt surprise worthy of an early Ellery Queen novel. In fact I wondered after seeing it if the Queen cousins, who did some movie work in the mid-Thirties, might have had a hand in the screenplay; but no, they themselves said none of their work ever made it to film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9)

220 @168

>>It's got enough of a hook that I might check that out. I love Nick Cage.

Wow, that looks like it might actually be worth a watch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (XV/Pl)

221 207 Wasn't there a Bob in Star Wars?
Posted by: weew

There were three in Total Recall.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (LjNCB)
____________________________

I'd go see a Star Wars with a Jedi named "Bob" as long as he's a synic, makes fund of other Jedi, and continuously rolls his eyes everytime some Jedi spouts out their "no emotion" spiel.

Light saber fights with "Bob" would be a hoot as he continuously uses the force to hit the "off switch" on his opponent's light saber, and uses the force to coat the opponent in bantha shit.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)

222 What makes the movie better:
Good director
Good script
Good actors
Superior Editors

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (GD0B3)

223 Sympathetic characters are nice but I want interesting character and a real character arc in a story.

Often sympathetic characters mean stagnant thus boring characters.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)

I didn't mean the character had sympathy, but that you had sympathy for his situation and arc. Hard to fit that into your life of working for the galaxy spanning mass murdering totalitarian dictatorship.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (8avO+)

224 176 Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)

But Massie's money was clean money. Gallrein's money, if there was less of it, was (((dirty money))).
Also it just goes to show how stingy the Jews are.

---

how the losers are going on and on about buying a KY congressional seat, i was expecting to find that Gallian outspent Massie by like 10x or something.
the truth is , he spent 1/2 . lol Massie torched himself...his coattail riders are too stupid to realize or they are just grifting .

Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (ADssA)

225 5 Kenneth More was the original Young Jolyon in the original 1960s The Forsyte Saga.
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026

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And Father Brown in a '70s (?) PBS series of the Chesterton stories. Plus he did a remake of The Thirty-Nine Steps in the '50s with him as proto-Bond Richard Hannay

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9)

226 The sound and speech in particular annoy me. At first I thought it must be just me getting older but then I saw an old movie and I could hear the dialogue perfectly. Even technically Hollywood is failing.
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (Z8tay

I don't enjoy bringing foam earplugs to the theater.

If it's too loud, you're too damn young.

No Emily on the Five.
Sadness emoji.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (Sco7b)

227 You know, Sink the Bismarck! is still good.
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026

____________

"Blimey! The Hood's gone."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (HdYcL)

Take that little flag off the situation map, Doris!

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (8avO+)

228 Better lighting. Everything looks like it was shot in the inside of a casket.

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I couldnt even see the trailer for the Odyssey until I turned the brightness up on my TV to 100

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (fapp/)

229 I'd go see a Star Wars with a Jedi named "Bob" as long as he's a synic, makes fund of other Jedi, and continuously rolls his eyes everytime some Jedi spouts out their "no emotion" spiel.

Light saber fights with "Bob" would be a hoot as he continuously uses the force to hit the "off switch" on his opponent's light saber, and uses the force to coat the opponent in bantha shit.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)
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You do know that Bob Anderson, an Olympic quality fencer, was Darth Vader's stunt double, yes?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (gnNyN)

230 "The Sheep Detectives" is very good.

"Obsession," a $1M horror indie is excellent.

Shockingly both are competently made. However, Sheep cost $70M and will probably not make its money back at the B.O. (It'll make it back streaming for sure.)

Obsession has already made 25-30x its budget, and about double what Blumhouse paid for it.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (/d4WW)

231 "What makes the movie better:"

A good story.

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (vFG9F)

232
The only one who could have saved Star Was was Bob Fosse.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (IifOV)

233 You an see a live performance of To Kill A Mockingbird in the courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama.

It's very good.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (2Ez/1)

234 What Disney needs is a new generation of tweener THOTs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (D1E+2)

235 One that at the end you don't go "Wut the fk was that?"

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (vFG9F)

236 I'd go see a Star Wars with a Jedi named "Bob" as long as he's a synic, makes fund of other Jedi, and continuously rolls his eyes everytime some Jedi spouts out their "no emotion" spiel.

Light saber fights with "Bob" would be a hoot as he continuously uses the force to hit the "off switch" on his opponent's light saber, and uses the force to coat the opponent in bantha shit.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)

Make him look and sound like Lt Robert "Bob" Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick (Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman), and it could be funnier. He'd be so low-key other Jedi would forget he was there.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)

237 There is also the " mushmouth mumbling" found in movie dialog. It is prevalent.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (Gqar8)

238 >> SpaceX is launching Starship Flight 12 in less than 90 minutes

The will be the first of the v3 Raptor engines, and the v3 Starship.

If we're gonna get our asses landed on the Moon again by 2028, Elon needs to get in gear with all this, and get orbital refueling down pat. Can they do it in 2 years?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (w6EFb)

239
Kenneth More was the original Young Jolyon in the original 1960s The Forsyte Saga.
Posted by: runner

And The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)

240 Allow me to point out that I have a shiny new grandson with the first name of "Dashiell."

Yeah. Kinda badass.

We are not worthy

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:12 PM (5yqx7)

241 There are tons of old classic novels, SF and mystery, lying aorund out there which would make fantastic films. Period pieces, maybe, some of the mysteries, but people seem to love their Agatha Christies from the Thirties.

There is an early Ellery Queen in which Ellery and his father are trapped in a mountaintop mansion with a killer and suspects -- not by the cliched snowfall, but by a forest fire that is working its way toward them. Built-in suspense right there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:12 PM (wzUl9)

242 Zeus transitioned to swan, to bull; I don't know what his pronouns were but he was all over the place.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (ndZc7)

243 >>>They're also complaining that it is plainly for children, and by "children," I don't mean 12 year olds. I mean little children. I mean babies.

Boy, they really have their finger on the pulse of the fans.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (ArEvj)

244 The Five is about to cover Spencer Pratt.
Should be fun.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (Sco7b)

245 Make him look and sound like Lt Robert "Bob" Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick (Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman), and it could be funnier. He'd be so low-key other Jedi would forget he was there.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)

Hard to see how the Jedi found wiping out the Sith so hard -- living on lava planets, having lumpy faces, slithering about talking about birthing babies by the force. Should be very easy to put out a 'Know Your Sith' pamphlet.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (8avO+)

246 There is also the " mushmouth mumbling" found in movie dialog. It is prevalent.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026

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I blame Brando and James Dean.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)

247 238 >> SpaceX is launching Starship Flight 12 in less than 90 minutes

The will be the first of the v3 Raptor engines, and the v3 Starship.

If we're gonna get our asses landed on the Moon again by 2028, Elon needs to get in gear with all this, and get orbital refueling down pat. Can they do it in 2 years?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (w6EFb)

How's that antimatter drive coming along?

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (Gqar8)

248 I do really like Sink the Bismarck

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (Ia/+0)

249 There's a very odd movie that's already come and gone, "A Blind Bargain," which is a "re-imagining" of a lost Lon Chaney film, and by "re-imagining" I mean, they used the barest of plot points and set it in 1970.

Starring Crispin Glover.

It's not great, but it's fun. Borderline campy at times. Falls apart at the end. Captures about 40% of the sleaze of an actual 1970 film.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (/d4WW)

250 They tried that in a BIG way with Amazon's Rings of Power. Then it was discovered that the "influencers" who were bought and paid for by Amazon never bothered to watch the show they were supposedly pitching for.

They do that with all the big productions and it isn't really working because it comes across as so inauthentic

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (5yqx7)

251 >> How's that antimatter drive coming along?

Still in the early concept phase.

Which it will remain for a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (w6EFb)

252 Matthew Reilly books are screaming to be made into movies, specifically Michael Bay movies.

Temple
The Contest
Great Zoo of China

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (4KUe5)

253 speaking of nazis...

"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (GD0B3)

254 The will be the first of the v3 Raptor engines, and the v3 Starship.

If we're gonna get our asses landed on the Moon again by 2028, Elon needs to get in gear with all this, and get orbital refueling down pat. Can they do it in 2 years?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (w6EFb)

It would be a lot easier than refuelling a jet aircraft, its just hovering there in orbit with you.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)

255 I'm anxiously awaiting the crippled black chick in a wheel chair when she debuts as the new James Bond.
Posted by: Archimedes
......

I hope she's a lesbian.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (UjdFS)

256 "There is an early Ellery Queen in which Ellery and his father are trapped in a mountaintop mansion with a killer and suspects -- not by the cliched snowfall, but by a forest fire that is working its way toward them. Built-in suspense right there."

In the first Tarzan book, the first words Tarzan speaks to Jane are...when he's saving her from a forest fire in Wisconsin.

"Jane! Jane Porter!"

On top of that, he most surely said them with a French accent, as French was his first language.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (/d4WW)

257 Saw the Sheep Detectives, very sweet, enjoyable movie. Bryan Cranston is EXCELLENT as one of the sheep. And there's the sweetest little "winter lamb" who even made hubby tear up.

Fun for the whole family, and under 2 hours long.

Recommended if you don't mind talking animals!

Posted by: jocon307 at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (EuROc)

258 speaking of nazis...

"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (GD0B3)

This never happened to Erwin Rommel.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)

259 Saw the Sheep Detectives, very sweet, enjoyable movie. Bryan Cranston is EXCELLENT as one of the sheep. And there's the sweetest little "winter lamb" who even made hubby tear up.

Fun for the whole family, and under 2 hours long.

Recommended if you don't mind talking animals!
Posted by: jocon307 at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (EuROc)

humans are talking animals.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (8avO+)

260 "multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner "

It's a badge of honor for these people.

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (vFG9F)

261 Nah, she’s going to be an omnisexual furry. Duh

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)

262
I blame Brando and James Dean.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Scatch your ass and mumble method actors.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Cqx++)

263 Guaranteed "Sheep Detectives" is more mature than "M&G".

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (/d4WW)

264 251 >> How's that antimatter drive coming along?

Still in the early concept phase.

Which it will remain for a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (w6EFb)

I think a problem is finding a jar to hold it in. Harder than lightning bugs, they've discovered.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Gqar8)

265 Make him look and sound like Lt Robert "Bob" Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick (Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman), and it could be funnier. He'd be so low-key other Jedi would forget he was there.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)
________________________

You could really make Star Wars entertaining with someone like that pointing out the plot flaws....or taking one look at the Jedi robes and saying deadpan, "I'm not wearing that. It looks stupid." Meditating in a hot tube. Making up names for all the antagonists..."Popcorn Head", "Stringbean" "Lumpy" . Coninuously whining that the Force won't allow him to get a decent buzz on. Taunting villians with Jedi tricks.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

266 >>>On top of that, he most surely said them with a French accent, as French was his first language.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Christian Lambert at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (1wjle)

267 This never happened to Erwin Rommel.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Ernst Rohm at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (zZu0s)

268 *after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public.*
+++

Wait. Does this mean no one should have the expectation of privacy in a Porta John?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (2Ez/1)

269 When did Massie say he masturbated in public? How loud was he spanking it in there anyway?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (gKWVE)

270 255 I'm anxiously awaiting the crippled black chick in a wheel chair when she debuts as the new James Bond.
Posted by: Archimedes
......

I hope she's a lesbian.
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (UjdFS)

It's a tranny.
And your 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee.



By my computer, I have a tv while I do grut work. I'm not catching all of it, bits and pieces, but 'Farscape' looks fun.

And the 2 leads were great in Stargate-SG1. I was sad to see it end when they were there.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)

271 "What makes the movie better:"
.......

When the theatre has those nice lounge chairs and beer.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (UjdFS)

272 Graham Platner, the masturbating nazi!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (GD0B3)

273 Stephen Colbert says he's a Catholic.

Stephen Colbert, a professed Catholic, says he believes that when we die, "there is some continuance of some kind. But it’s like a dispersion of the self into some other greater being. And I don’t have any other feelings beyond that.”

-
Well, that's that right out of the catechism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)

274 What we need is a political action thriller where the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers get their convictions vacated.

I even have a script ready.

https://instapundit.com/798356/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (iMotb)

275 How's that antimatter drive coming along?

Still in the early concept phase.

Which it will remain for a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (w6EFb)

step 1: make antimatter.
step 2: put it in an antibottle for storage.
step 3: ...wait a second.....

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (8avO+)

276 We did such a great job ridding the world of this scum 80 years ago, why , WHY now ??!!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:19 PM (GD0B3)

277
What that wrong?
Should he not have done that?

Posted by: George Costanza at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (2Ez/1)

278 Melania recovered about 20% of its total budget. Did I miss a review by Ace?

*************

Do you often have trouble bending over to suck your own dick because of how small it is?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (fapp/)

279 Stephen Colbert, a professed Catholic, says he believes that when we die, "there is some continuance of some kind. But it’s like a dispersion of the self into some other greater being. And I don’t have any other feelings beyond that.”

-
Well, that's that right out of the catechism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7

I think he’s describing what happens after his show gets cancelled.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (NyxOA)

280 >> its just hovering there in orbit with you.

There's the whole zero boil-off thing to work out, a way to insulate the cryo propellants enough to prevent boil-off loss. Bezos Blue Moon scheme is working on that as well.

Now, with Starship and the Raptors, they use subcooled propellants. Both the LOX and liquid methane are chilled closer to the freezing points rather than at boiling point. That gets more density and efficiency, but means once you fuel it at the pad, you've only got a brief time period before it gets too hot.

So, they've got to get some way to keep it cool down pat.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (w6EFb)

281 "BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner

He was awarded the Iron Erection.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (ndZc7)

282 "Graham Platner, the masturbating nazi!
Posted by: runner"

I think he misunderstands the concept of "Master Race".

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

283 We didnt get rid of shit. We destroyed the structure, but the people and ideas it grew from remained.

Patton was right, we should have fought the commies then while we had the manpower there and the industrial base spun up to do it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (zZu0s)

284 253 speaking of nazis...

"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM

And Platner just spent a shit ton of money on his new campaign slogan signs:

"Drain the Maine Vein: Platner '26

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (IifOV)

285 I continue to believe that ‘Grogu’ was one of the worst names ever bestowed upon a major character the filmmakers wanted the audience to like. To stick it on a cute ‘baby yoda’ is doubley dumb.

‘Grogu’ sounds like a fat, smelly ettin who eats carrion and shits vomit.

Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (9BfZU)

286 Erg! (As Doon defines it, "a unit of energy; or a broad plain; or a unit of energy expended upon a broad plain.") I didn't realize it was so late. Time for a pre-dinner snack (for me, not the cats).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (wzUl9)

287 I think a problem is finding a jar to hold it in. Harder than lightning bugs, they've discovered.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Gqar

in junior high I think we invented the concept of the best grease ever, made everything thing frictionless. But the problem was keeping it in the bottle

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (8avO+)

288 or taking one look at the Jedi robes and saying deadpan, "I'm not wearing that. It looks stupid."

Others have pointed this out, but all the Jedi wear robes based on what Obi Wan was wearing on Tatooine. But he was IN DISGUISE on Tatooine, hiding from the Sith forces, on an obscure backwater planet nobody goes to. That was not the Jedi uniform, it was hobo rags.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (5yqx7)

289 Don't take Grogu if you're allergic to Grogu.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (2Ez/1)

290 Gen Z are such useless dorks !

The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
23h
Gen Zer Dies Of Starvation After DoorDash Driver Gets Flat Tire buff.ly/1DPmviI

"A member of Generation Z reportedly starved to death while waiting for a DoorDash delivery that would never come, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Local 22-year-old Tyler Baker was found dead in his parent's basement after his DoorDash driver suffered a flat tire and couldn't get him his 20-piece chicken nuggets order in time. According to DoorDash, the driver was delayed 90-minutes, which turned out to be 90-minutes too long for Tyler Baker..."

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (GD0B3)

291 Man, I feel old knowing that the sequel trilogy came out 50 years ago.

Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (oCS0o)

292 speaking of nazis...

"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM

Lemme guess. It will come out that he masturbates in a Darth Vader costume, and demands to be called Master Vader.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (qx7Zg)

293 And Platner just spent a shit ton of money on his new campaign slogan signs:

"Drain the Maine Vein: Platner '26
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (IifOV)

Today Maine! Tomorrow, Poland!!

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (8avO+)

294
Stephen Colbert, a professed Catholic, says he believes that when we die, "there is some continuance of some kind. But it’s like a dispersion of the self into some other greater being. And I don’t have any other feelings beyond that.”

__________

He may well find out his Particular Judgement is a bit more straightforward than that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (HdYcL)

295
Yep, to get antimatter, we'll have to make it, since it ain't exactly in abundant supply (one of the ongoing mysteries of why the Universe favored an excess of matter over antimatter -- we wouldn't be here if they were in equal proportions).

And that would take more energy to make it than you'd get from reacting it. Of course the reaction could go much faster.

Also, matter-antimatter annihilation makes gamma rays big time, and there ain't any gamma ray mirror. So making thrust from that reaction would be a problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)

296 I don't always masturbate in public, but when I do I brag about it.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (UjdFS)

297 Man, I feel old knowing that the sequel trilogy came out 50 years ago.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (oCS0o)

no it was the OT that did. I'm not that old yet.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (8avO+)

298 Today Maine! Tomorrow, Poland!!

===

Poland, Maine ?? *searches map....Portland...Palermo...Palmyra..Porter...

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)

299 Stephen Colbert, a professed Catholic, says he believes that when we die, "there is some continuance of some kind. But it’s like a dispersion of the self into some other greater being. And I don’t have any other feelings beyond that.”

__________

He may well find out his Particular Judgement is a bit more straightforward than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (HdYcL)

Or the greater being is a flatfish or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (8avO+)

300 I continue to believe that ‘Grogu’ was one of the worst names ever bestowed upon a major character the filmmakers wanted the audience to like. To stick it on a cute ‘baby yoda’ is doubley dumb.

Everyone is kinda tired of Groot, but that was at least partly offset by making him grow up. So you got Baby Groot and Child Groot and Teen Groot.

Baby Yoda is still Baby Yoda. He hasn't grown or changed. he still cannot speak and he's FIFTY YEARS OLD. I think Luke gave him back to Mando because the thing is just a retard and cannot be trained.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (5yqx7)

301 292 speaking of nazis...

"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM

THAT'S THE DEMOCRAT'S LINE?

Was he doing it over an open coffin onto a dead celebrity?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)

302 ‘Let he who has never spanked the monkey in public cast the first stone!’

— Pee Wee

‘INORITE?’

— George Michael

Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (9BfZU)

303 There is no Poland, Maine! What are you trying to pull??!!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)

304 Man, I feel old knowing that the sequel trilogy came out 50 years ago.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026

***
It was 1977, 1980, 1983 for the first three films.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)

305 Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (fapp/)

I'm not surprised if it didn't make money. We're a very polarized nation and so mostly people who like Trump would go to see it. My review is I liked it and that Melania is a strong, lovely , kind and talented woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (OYsYV)

306 "...after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
________

Has he no Zoom calls?
Has a no Ficus?

Posted by: Ebenzer Toobin at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (2Ez/1)

307 "BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner

Vertigo for example.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (ndZc7)

308 Don't take Grogu if you're allergic to Grogu.
Posted by: Big Phat Pharma
......

Side effects include naps, naps and over sleeping.
Don't take Grogu if you are operating heavy machinery.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:26 PM (UjdFS)

309 "BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."

A guy wears a literal Nazi tattoo for years and the thing that voters find to be beyond the pale is some juvenile on-line joke?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 05:26 PM (vTZFs)

310 Which denomination has " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" spoken as part of their burial ritual? I have always loved that. Great sobering reminder of what we are. Humbling.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar8)

311 I was thinking...the easiest way to pile on Hollywood and get them to stop with the cultural messaging in everything they do. Someone needs to do a massively successful parody. I'm not talking some fringe entity like "The Daily Wire" and that half-assed movie they did with the basketball players.

I'm talking a mainline film like they did with "Not Another Teen Movie". Essentially, a film like that if successful, takes all the air out of the balloon, and immediately labels any DEI messaging done by Hollywood going forward as immediately recognized and devalued in the eyes of the viewers. Teen movies were all the rage before "Not Another Teen Movie" came out, and then *splat*, the market disappeared and they had to grab onto another trend.

Currently, DEI messaging is a joke in our eyes. It would be interesting to see what happens if it becomes a joke in everyone's eyes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

312 137 Given my druthers, when it comes to baby movie heroes, I prefer Jack Jack from The Incredibles to baby Yoda.

Can Grogu turn himself into a 2-ton fireball by merely grunting? Huh? Can he?
Posted by: muldoon

True story, doggeh's puppy name was Jack-Jack (the whole litter was named for Incredibles).
He did his best to live up to it, too!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (znREB)

313
The lower of "and":

shitty garbage

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (ixS3i)

314
power of "and"

criminny

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (ixS3i)

315 File this under indicative of nothing, but if I’m Iran, I’m wondering why there are a bunch of flying gas stations near the airspace.

Probably an exercise. Probably.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (g/iaZ)

316 Boobies>>Bubbas>>Bubos

Posted by: In Order at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (oftw2)

317
If Disney had done an adventure comedy with the two Stormtroopers from the TV show, that would actually be fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLMtDBXI50

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (y9nCu)

318 "BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."

A guy wears a literal Nazi tattoo for years and the thing that voters find to be beyond the pale is some juvenile on-line joke?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 05:26 PM (vTZFs)
——

I continue to believe this guy is gay as fuck. What straight guy jerks off in public? Public sex? Sure. But straight guys don’t jerk off in public. That’s homo shit.

Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (9BfZU)

319 Also, matter-antimatter annihilation makes gamma rays big time, and there ain't any gamma ray mirror. So making thrust from that reaction would be a problem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)

There are gamma ray telescopes, though they dont really focus - its more a matter of excluding gammas from other directions from counting than bending gammas.

https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
observatories/technology/
gammaray_telescopes1.html

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (8avO+)

320 Given my druthers, when it comes to baby movie heroes, I prefer Jack Jack from The Incredibles to baby Yoda.

Can Grogu turn himself into a 2-ton fireball by merely grunting? Huh? Can he?
Posted by: muldoon

***
The Incredibles was beautifully done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)

321
Which denomination has " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" spoken as part of their burial ritual?

____________

The Anglican

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (HdYcL)

322 There is no Poland, Maine! What are you trying to pull??!!
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)

Actually, there is

https://www.polandtownoffice.org/

Leaving Maine, you can find them in New York, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and North Dakota.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:30 PM (qx7Zg)

323 312 137 Given my druthers, when it comes to baby movie heroes, I prefer Jack Jack from The Incredibles to baby Yoda


Ughhh. 'Baby Geniuses'

It's the last step before self-mutilation. Horribly annoying.

And don't forget 'Dancing Baby' on Ally McBeal.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (Sco7b)

324
"Graham Platner, the masturbating nazi!

Posted by: runner"

I think that's the title of the newest Netflix series.

$30B budget!

You'd think they could get a Porta-Potty centered at a county fair for less, but-

it's all CGI, so....They're gonna Green screen Platner yanking it while in one of those black skin suits covered with ping-pong balls.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (iJfKG)

325
I prefer Jack Jack from The Incredibles to baby Yoda.


Often mistaken for larval stages of ... something or another ... baby Yodas more often found squashed on the bottoms of boots than running free in the wild.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (ixS3i)

326 We always thought it odd that Graham Platner has a port-a-potty air freshner on his rear view mirror.

Posted by: Maine Voters at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (IifOV)

327 Which denomination has " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" spoken as part of their burial ritual? I have always loved that. Great sobering reminder of what we are. Humbling.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar

Anglicans.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:32 PM (8avO+)

328
Graham Platner is a mainstream Democrat. No more, no less.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:32 PM (HdYcL)

329 Graham Splatner. Amirite?

Posted by: That Guy at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (qTrmL)

330 Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar

Anglican and Episcopal and denominations that came from them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (OYsYV)

331
325

There's a verb missing in there. Insert one as you will. That is all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (ixS3i)

332 321
Which denomination has " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" spoken as part of their burial ritual?

____________

The Anglican
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (HdYcL)

Thank you. We Baptists are a drab lot. Our denominational color is the Pantone color of the year, this year.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (Gqar8)

333
Something that is actually conceivable for us, although pretty far away is a fusion engine like the Epstein Drive from the Expanse.

The physics works. There are a few fusion reactions that produce mostly charged particles as output, rather than with a lot of neutrons on the side. Yu can use powerful EM field to push against, without some ridiculous neutron flux.

Here you get crazy high specific impulses (10% c), and that would allow constant 1g thrust trajectories.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (w6EFb)

334 >>> 265 Make him look and sound like Lt Robert "Bob" Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick (Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman), and it could be funnier. He'd be so low-key other Jedi would forget he was there.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)
________________________

You could really make Star Wars entertaining with someone like that pointing out the plot flaws....or taking one look at the Jedi robes and saying deadpan, "I'm not wearing that. It looks stupid." Meditating in a hot tube. Making up names for all the antagonists..."Popcorn Head", "Stringbean" "Lumpy" . Coninuously whining that the Force won't allow him to get a decent buzz on. Taunting villians with Jedi tricks.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

This Jedi would have an orange lightsaber, right?

Posted by: the Horde needs to know at May 21, 2026 05:35 PM (Yqjwb)

335 Here you get crazy high specific impulses (10% c), and that would allow constant 1g thrust trajectories.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026

***
I read that as "110% c" and got all bothered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

336 Thank you. We Baptists are a drab lot. Our denominational color is the Pantone color of the year, this year.

The book of prayers is just packed with incredible wording and rich, brilliant phrases. Its beautiful and written by geniuses. Get the older versions though

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (5yqx7)

337 Well, back from a jaunt in the '60 Lark Sedan. We put a battery in it, aired up the tires, and it fired right up. Now I have not one, but TWO working Studebakers as my only means of transport here in AJ.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (8zz6B)

338
Graham Platner, the masturbating nazi!


Pair him up with Vic Hitler, the Narcoleptic Comic!

Gold, Jerry! Gold!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ixS3i)

339 Mood. John Thune is a piece of shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

340 ood. John Thune is a piece of shit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026

***
Hearing about Thune puts me in a mood too.

Oh, you meant NOOD!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

341 I see "fact checkers" on the internets are busy destroying the straw man that people are claiming virus outbreaks "occur every election year." They seem to occur during the terms of President Trump, though. hmmm

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (cWLG3)

342
The physics of that Epstein Drive is fine. It's just the materials science and engineering to do it is well beyond out current tech capabilities.

That would open the solar system to earth-like travel times. Mars in 3 days. Uranus in #2weeks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (w6EFb)

343 I think that the last thing Star Wars needs is a cynical winking at the viewer deconstruction mocking it. Again.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (5yqx7)

344 Due to my recent adventures with a new strain of cholera from the 1800's (not really, but what I named it); I remain tired and goofier than normal (I thought it was Friday, Ace, sorry.Yesterday I was shocked it wasn't Tuesday). I hope this is not permanent.

It will be nothing short of a miracle if I pack well and make the flight on Saturday. I plan a nap on the plane, and am not eating the breakfast they offer as that's the last thing I need to start a trip.

I am also behind in productivity. Even more behind than normal procrastination. My husband has said it does not matter so I will do the best I can.

It used to be when I went out of town the house was super clean in the event the plane crashed and my MIL had to help clean out our stuff. Now she's dead and I am slacking, but still like to come home to a clean house. Full of woe and the wrong day.

Behind in gardening for two weeks. I am currently soaking ranuculus corms and telling you Morons to see what you make of this. It sounds like I am soaking corns on my feet, which I have never had and nor do I soak my feet. It sound kinky, though.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (WONhk)

345 Spider-Noir trailer

-
I have expectations. Will they be crushed oh the coral reefs of reality?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (ndZc7)

346 NOOD

THUNE

Posted by: the Horde needs to know at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Yqjwb)

347 336 Thank you. We Baptists are a drab lot. Our denominational color is the Pantone color of the year, this year.

The book of prayers is just packed with incredible wording and rich, brilliant phrases. Its beautiful and written by geniuses. Get the older versions though
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (5yqx7)

We can't even decide if we are Arminian or Calvinist. Sunday school often devolves into half the class squawking " Free Will, Free Will" while the other half drones on about the Sovereignty of God - with Table Thumps!!

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)

348 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (WONhk

I really hope you're feeling better.

And I wanted you to know someone read your willowed post.
Ah hell, I'll bring it over.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)

349
‘Let he who has never spanked the monkey in public cast the first stone!’

— Pee Wee

‘INORITE?’

— George Michael
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (9BfZU)



You haven't lived until you've been busted walking around Central Park naked, holding a bunch of meth and with your dick on a leash.

Posted by: Richard Quest - CNN at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (y9nCu)

350 23 22 Pedro Pascal is gay, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

=====

Is he fake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (46HP

I think he is. His face looks like it's made of rubber. Can't believe that jowly motherf**ker stars in movies.

Posted by: Nelly at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (6+ehB)

351 I really hope you're feeling better.

And I wanted you to know someone read your willowed post.
Ah hell, I'll bring it over.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)
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Sweetie, I'm fine. Dingbatty but fine. Last week is a blur and I didn't miss much (well, I did, but nothing super important that my dude could not handle).

It is a family tradition to get dramatic with GI bugs as they were rare. My bro and I used to laugh about them once we decided we might live. I've had four now in my life. The bicentennial one was more spectacular but brief.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (WONhk)

352 >You could probably gather a 5 to 1o real Star Wars nerds and cobble together, numerous multifilm arcs

No. Because despite it being the most analyzed movie since Citizen Kane, almost no one knows what Star Wars actually is, and what makes Star Wars Star Wars instead of just schlock SF.

I think Filoni sort-of gets it, but he seems to be incapable of making anything other than a children's cartoon.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 21, 2026 07:15 PM (LgYtf)

353 This website: Shit or Garbage?

You decide, ZioCuck imbeciles.

Posted by: Mawfugga at May 21, 2026 09:53 PM (c+nCD)

354 Yesterday was miserable. In the middle of searching for stuff NSFW on the internet I suffered an attack of extreme dizziness. I could not even lean back and look at the monitor. I had to close my eyes. I tried rehydrating myself with cold Bai, but that upset my stomach and I ended up retching but unable to puke since stomach surgery 20 years ago. Laid down for 2 hours, and was maybe 80%. Not spinning, but light-headed.

Okay today. Is there a new virus running around? It felt like a viral attack, possibly a covid variant that my well-trained cell based, immune system defeated.

Yesterday was ugly, I feared death. Still a better day than when saw the movie, "The Force Awakens."

Posted by: FlimFlamed at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (Eaklp)

355 Saw The Sheep Detectives because of Hugh Jackman. Got suspicious when all the trailers were for kids movies Spoiler alert- Hugh Jackman is not the detective.

While entertaining for adults, this is definitely a kids movie. At one point, I was expecting Daniel Craig to show up as Benoit Blanc. While the novelty wears off, I could easily see this becoming a franchise.

Posted by: MikeN at May 21, 2026 10:45 PM (5mclH)

Surprise! The DNC's "Autopsy" Is a Sham, a Deliberately Incomplete Document Left Unfinished Because Democrats Don't Dare Tell the Truth About Their Collapse

You don't need an autopsy to know why the Democrats lost in 2024. No one does.

The Democrats know as well. The problem is, they are beholden to their extreme left wing, and they're beholden to the extreme left wing because the extreme left wing in the majority of the Democrat Party.

Democrats now know -- if they didn't before -- that transgender "science" is a propaganda lie spun up by WPATH, an organization funded by J.B. Pritzker's transgender brother "Jennifer" Pritzker. It was never true that "gender affirming surgery" reduces suicide -- and multiple studies now prove that beyond doubt. It was never true that "gender affirming" "medicine" improves mental health or well-being.

And on top that: The politics of it are horrible. It's a 20-80 issue.

But the Democrats cannot admit this because the 20% that is gonzo for gay and transgender extremism is the core of the activist class.

Likewise, the Democrats know that Obama's and then Biden's open border policy is absolutely toxic political poison. It's another 20-80 issue.

But the Democrats cannot admit this because the 20% that supports the Great Replacement is the core of the most partisan Democrat voters.

And they know they foisted a brain-damaged demented fool and corrupt grafter on the country in the form of Joe Biden. But they can't admit that because most of the Democrat Party -- and the media -- is in legal jeopardy should the entirety of their massive conspiracy be revealed.

So the "autopsy" is a sham. They never bothered to complete it and left most the issues that actually caused the loss entirely unmentioned.

Not underplayed. Not under-analyzed.

Unmentioned entirely.

The only fake conclusion the sham "autopsy" is certain of...?

Democrats and their media allies didn't go negative enough on the man they claimed was Hitler on a mission to destroy America and resurrect the Third Reich.

Trump got off so easy you guys!

Live Updates: Democrats' Draft Report on 2024 Loss Reopens Political Wounds Ahead of Midterms

An incomplete examination of what went wrong for the Biden and Harris campaigns in 2024 was released after it had become an embarrassment for the Democratic National Committee.

The Democratic National Committee on Thursday released a draft of an autopsy of what went wrong in the 2024 presidential campaign, highlighting a series of failures and placing blame for Kamala Harris's defeat partly on former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s political operation.

...

The draft report, which is disorganized and leaves empty entire sections, blames both the Biden and Harris campaigns for failing to successfully drive a negative view of Mr. Trump. But it otherwise offers only vague or limited conclusions about the party's failings.

Mr. Martin had tapped a longtime ally, Paul Rivera, to oversee the creation of the autopsy. But Mr. Rivera's final product was "wasn't ready for prime time. Not even close," Mr. Martin wrote on Thursday. Atop each of the document's 192 pages is a bright red disclaimer that the D.N.C. "was not provided with the underlying sourcing, interviews, or supporting data for many of the assertions contained herein." (Mr. Rivera declined to comment.)

There is not a single mention of Mr. Biden's age, a regular concern of voters and Democratic officials throughout his presidency, nor of Israel and Gaza, an issue that dogged Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris in 2024 and has since fractured the party.

Still, it does include a number of revelations, including the conclusions of pollsters who found that a Trump ad attacking Ms. Harris for expressing support for taxpayer-funded surgery for transgender inmates had been highly effective.

So one single sub-issue regarding transgender extremism was mentioned. One specific issue about forcing taxpayers to pay for "transitions" of fucking criminals.

Limited conclusions: The draft report's findings were limited, often veering into political clichés and hard-to-follow explanations.

From 2020 to 2024, I documented Kamala Harris complaining a thousand times -- and leaking her complaint to the media anonymously -- that Biden had "failed to position her for success." This began, if I remember right, when he made her the Border Czar. He had failed to position her for success by giving her a tough assignment and not an easy one like making her the Black Women are Awesome Czar.

When she constantly embarrassed herself by being entirely unprepared at briefings and press appearances, she then blamed her staff for not adequately preparing her. Her staff, she complained to her media allies -- again as an anonymous source familiar with the Vice President's thoughts -- failed to position Kamala Harris for success.

Obviously she then complained throughout the campaign that Biden had Failed to Position Her for Success when he anointed her the new candidate.

I say all this because what key finding do you think made it into the sham autopsy?

But it argues that Mr. Biden's team failed to position Ms. Harris for success in the race after it became clear she would be the party's nominee and relied too heavily on an assumption that voters would reject Mr. Trump without making a sufficiently strong case for the vice president.

Biden called Trump Hitler in a nationally televised address, ranting while bathed in blood-red light.

Was that too subtle for the alcoholic and barren Coconut Kamala?

Again, we see that the sham autopsy refuses to find fault with Kamala Harris, too. She didn't lose. She just wasn't positioned for success by White Men.

This is her narrative, one that she's pissed into the media for four years.

And then it babbles about -- get this -- messaging.

Failed strategy: The Harris campaign's inability to diminish Mr. Trump's standing with voters was a "major failure," the report said. It suggested the Harris campaign should have been able to "remind voters of his incompetence," and found that a Trump campaign ad showing Ms. Harris expressing support for taxpayer-funded transition surgeries for transgender inmates had been particularly effective.

Midterm worries: Findings from the most recent New York Times/Siena poll underscore the concerns raised in the report that Democrats did not effectively make their case against Mr. Trump in 2024. Nearly 60 percent of Democratic supporters in the Times/Siena poll said they were not satisfied with how much the party was fighting back against Mr. Trump.

"This report is so stupid," say Democrats.

Democrats "have proven incapable of projecting strength, unity, and leadership, and voters have drifted away," Democratic strategist Paul Rivera, who authored the report but is not mentioned in the published version, writes. The autopsy was first released by CNN and shortly after published by the DNC.

The incomplete report doesn't mention a number of key issues that continue to dog the Democratic Party, including the issue of the war in Gaza. In 192 pages, it sparsely touches on former President Joe Biden's decision to drop out.

It also appears to lack any formal conclusions about what went wrong.

Both the report and the process drew immediate, scathing criticism from prominent Democrats.

...

"It feels like what the DNC is doing is cherry-picking the parts of it that it wants to actually release, that [are] less problematic for the party going forward, because most of the stuff that we're reading right now is ... not groundbreaking."


...

"The report's so stupid, it's hard to make sense why something's in there and why it's not," another senior Democratic operative close to the process who was granted anonymity to speak candidly told POLITICO in an interview.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:06 PM




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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:05 PM (CWTWj)

2 hot tip: don't run an imbecile for president

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (CWTWj)

3 It's the Democrats' lesson every time they lose:

We didn't demonize our opponent enough!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (N1tpc)

4 do i hafta noodle?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (CWTWj)

5 It has to be failing to let people know how bad their opponent is because for the Democrats, it can NEVER be the message.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (N1tpc)

6 This report seems to align with Kamala's book 107 Days.

Almost like the DNC is on her side.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (46HP8)

7 i seen me duty an i noodled ag ag ag ag ag

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (CWTWj)

8 We've always been at war with Fly Over Country.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (GwzjJ)

9 The Blade comes back from Hawaii and … he already nails another FIRST!

Or not!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

10 Democrats and their media allies didn't go negative enough on the man they claimed was Hitler on a mission to destroy America and resurrect the Third Reich.

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Who is going to rape all the women.

But they'll be real mean about Vance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:08 PM (46HP8)

11 Everything about the Ds is a sham...

Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 03:09 PM (SHHm+)

12 The stuff that was leaked and then put out by the Dems was apparently all they did. The half assed the entire thing. Delusional at best, willfully ignorant at worst.
The will never admit that Kamala is a blithering idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 03:09 PM (gu0hJ)

13 I nooded.

And I was willowed...

298 3pm

CBC- Alberta cabinet shuffle
CNN - gas prices soaring - no mention of saving Gaia
FoxNews - MN fraud
MS Now - some 'Republicans' object to taxpayer fund - no mention of weaponized IRS - shouldn't they be gone now?



The Democrats keep going for the fringe crap like transgenderism.

They need to be more mainstream.
Bestiality and necrophilia.
There's your winning issues.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)

14
White Savior fails Black Empowered Female. Again.

These people think they're living in Wakanda.

Posted by: Auspex at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (Y8DZL)

15 The report's so stupid, it's hard to make sense why something's in there and why it's not,"
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Typical Demoncrat work product.

Posted by: Stupid is totally on brand. at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (anL5R)

16 No matter what the media says you don't need to be Einstein to know Democrats are not in great shape heading into the fall.

The fresh new face they just had put on the cover of Time magazine is an actual Nazi from Maine. Bonus, he might even be legitimately nuts.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)

17 The Blade comes back from Hawaii and … he already nails another FIRST!

Or not!
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Were you there racing?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

18 MS Now - some 'Republicans' object to taxpayer fund - no mention of weaponized IRS - shouldn't they be gone now?

yeah that mofo Brian Fitzpatrick - he's so left I can't even call him a RINO!

he SUCKS

he's going OFF on the fund. asshat.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

19 Fitzpatrick is from SE PA

he is the worst. total weasel.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

20 Perhaps, just perhaps, our midterm salvation will be the hubris of the Democrats. Maybe throw in their pigheadedness also.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:11 PM (Gqar8)

21 Who needs to do a report when you can run a trillion dollar scamming operation all across the country? The money from the rubes is there for the takin’!

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (S9oZy)

22 should you really say 'sham autopsy' and 'biden' in the same place?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (CWTWj)

23 Lol...

"I documented Kamala Harris complaining a thousand times -- and leaking her complaint to the media anonymously -- that Biden had "failed to position her for success.""


Over the arm of the couch, leg on a chair, face in the cushions.

Sober up and position yourself bitch.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

24 Everything about the Ds is a sham...
Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 03:09 PM (SHHm+)

Democrats really need to take a Sham-Wow to their policies, positions, and politicians. Perhaps they also need a musical intervention by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (qx7Zg)

25 What I got from my own discussions with LIVs and low propensity voters is that they saw Biden's policies as negatively impacting them (most notably Bidenflation) and wanted a change. And that Kamala was an idiot.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)

26 Wildly insane obsessions about mutilating childrens' genitals aren't popular? Wut?

Posted by: Rich Demoncrat at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (anL5R)

27 I mean, chasing that 20-80 Chicken around for sexual relations is not too bright.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:13 PM (Gqar8)

28 Yup. Growing up, the area was 99% white. School district 281 approaching minority majority. Times have changed and I'm sure she got the same % in the other areas of her district.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)

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Her district is still majority white.

It's the white progressives that keep voting her in no matter what.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:04 PM (46HP
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Technically true. Her district is 59% white. I'm skeptical that's really true, but let's assume it is. But the kicker is the remaining 40% is almost half foreign-born, the majority from Africa.

But regardless, I think this is a machine district. I think this district will be won by whoever the MN Dumocrap party wants to win it. If the party wants The Blade to win this district, he will. It won't matter that his platform will be "Throw these smelly mutant motherfuckers the hell out of my country ... except the hot ones!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

29 senior Democratic operative close to the process who was granted anonymity to speak candidly told POLITICO in an interview.

______________________________

Heh...it would appear that James Carville for once used discretion and remained anonymous. How do I know it was him?

Simple...when Carville talks he has a habit of making contractions out of nouns. Folksy was always his calling card:

"The report's so stupid, it's hard to make sense why something's in there and why it's not,"

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 03:13 PM (dIske)

30 Kamala's position for success is on her knees ...

Posted by: Willie Brown at May 21, 2026 03:13 PM (Q6P2R)

31 The cake is a lie!
Wakanda is a lie!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 03:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

32 Hee hee, dems sham on themselves. Fine with me.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (n5tGW)

33 it's not like anyone was expecting integrity or deep thought out of the DNC anyway

they're commies

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (j+aD2)

34 oh, saw this earlier:

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is leading Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the race for her seat by 7 points, according to a new poll.

In the Pan Atlantic Research poll, 48 percent of likely voters said they back Platner in a hypothetical matchup, while 41 percent said they support Collins. Eleven percent were undecided.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (CWTWj)

35 The Blade comes back from Hawaii and … he already nails another FIRST!

Or not!
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Were you there racing?
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)
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No race this time. I took a girl to Hawaii for her birthday ... and her BFF.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)

36 And Thune is with them. Dont forget.

Posted by: Miss Lindsey at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)

37 Remember the 2012 GOP autopsy that came to the conclusion that the GOP needed to embrace amnesty to win ever again?

And then the next election Donald Trump won the nomination and presidency by promising the opposite of that?

Methinks party autopsies are...bullshit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (46HP8)

38 We'll talk about the They/Them ad, but not at all discuss that Vice President Mattress Back is subtarded.

- The DNC

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Kdi1r)

39 > But it argues that Mr. Biden's team failed to position Ms. Harris for success in the race after it became clear she would be the party's nominee and relied too heavily on an assumption that voters would reject Mr. Trump without making a sufficiently strong case for the vice president.
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*biden's staff was assumed to be of help. No, they did not help Kamala. The staff thought they'd swing into another 4 year gig with *biden at the helm* Instead they found out they'd be out of a job come Kamala's installation as President, or if Trump won.

There was no way *biden's staff was going to lift a finger to help the incompetent Harris staff prep for the election.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (jehhT)

40
This content is so fun I have to stop here:

>>it does include a number of revelations, including the conclusions of pollsters who found that a Trump ad attacking Ms. Harris for expressing support for taxpayer-funded surgery for transgender inmates had been highly effective.

LOLOL you just know what comes next: "It's our MESSAGING that doomed us. How can we keep our illegal alien tranny prisoners and improve our messaging?"

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (n7rxJ)

41 "and besides, its all your fault." Billy Jeff

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (YlWIZ)

42 This is all a distraction from the Epstein Files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

43 40
This content is so fun I have to stop here:

>>it does include a number of revelations, including the conclusions of pollsters who found that a Trump ad attacking Ms. Harris for expressing support for taxpayer-funded surgery for transgender inmates had been highly effective.

LOLOL you just know what comes next: "It's our MESSAGING that doomed us. How can we keep our illegal alien tranny prisoners and improve our messaging?"

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (n7rxJ)

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Vance will be able to reuse the footage of Kamala saying that as well, because Kamala won't walk it back even in 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (46HP8)

44 I took a girl to Hawaii for her birthday ... and her BFF.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

So you go lucky with a girl AND her BFF???


Man, you are a player.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (77rzZ)

45 Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is leading Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the race for her seat by 7 points, according to a new poll.

In the Pan Atlantic Research poll, 48 percent of likely voters said they back Platner in a hypothetical matchup, while 41 percent said they support Collins. Eleven percent were undecided.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (CWTWj)

Just to point out - Collins NEVER led in polling last election. And won by like 10.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (Kdi1r)

46 >>Perhaps, just perhaps, our midterm salvation will be the hubris of the Democrats. Maybe throw in their pigheadedness also.

I've been saying it for months. Look at the cash on hand discrepancy between the RNC and DNC.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (viF8m)

47 I'm looking forward to the day when we can do autopsies on the Clintons.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (D1E+2)

48 I just assumed they'd boil it down to: We should've reached out to more dumb hicks, and Kamala lost because -- although she was perfect in every way -- the electorate isn't ready to accept a strong black woman as president.

Posted by: red speck at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (Ve/HL)

49 >>>that Biden had "failed to position her for success." This began, if I remember right, when he made her the Border Czar.

One could even say that he positioned her for failure, given that it was her job to sell that turd of a policy to the public. As awful as Kamala was, nobody could have been a success as the Border Czar. Biden stuck it to Harris when he hung that Czarship around her neck.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (8mulE)

50 45 Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is leading Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the race for her seat by 7 points, according to a new poll.

In the Pan Atlantic Research poll, 48 percent of likely voters said they back Platner in a hypothetical matchup, while 41 percent said they support Collins. Eleven percent were undecided.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (CWTWj)

Just to point out - Collins NEVER led in polling last election. And won by like 10.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (Kdi1r)

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This is true.

Polling is generally kind of bad.

Polling in Maine seems to be particularly bad.

Collins is going to walk to the win again. She's just waiting for Platner's nomination to be official, and then the real hard hitting stuff comes out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (46HP8)

51 Bonus, he might even be legitimately nuts.
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There is some doubt? Really?

Reflexively masturbating in a port a potty is not within two standard deviations of normal. Nor is bragging about it on twitter. Nor is laughing about videos of an american solider being shot and saying he deserved it. Nope. That is a psychopath. Never turn your back on him, and never, ever show fear.

Posted by: Not an FBI profiler but at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (anL5R)

52 46 >>Perhaps, just perhaps, our midterm salvation will be the hubris of the Democrats. Maybe throw in their pigheadedness also.

I've been saying it for months. Look at the cash on hand discrepancy between the RNC and DNC.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (viF8m)

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This is what Hillary thought in 2016, by the way.

Money doesn't buy elections. It's a bad measure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:18 PM (46HP8)

53 Their 2024 Vote Fraud needs a autopsy

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 03:18 PM (Ia/+0)

54 >>>One could even say that he positioned her for failure, given that it was her job to sell that turd of a policy to the public. As awful as Kamala was, nobody could have been a success as the Border Czar. Biden stuck it to Harris when he hung that Czarship around her neck.

agreed

but she went on to leak this excuse to the media 50 times after that

Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 03:18 PM (1wjle)

55 Kamala likely sealed her loss when she said she wouldn't do anything different from Biden.

If she had just given the normal sort of Dem non-speak and claimed she'd make things better by changing Biden's policies where they weren't working she would have had a better chance.

But 100% real inflation over 4 years under the Junta? People weren't going to vote for that

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

56 Money doesn't buy elections. It's a bad measure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


Tell me about it.
-- Mchael Huffington.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (77rzZ)

57 I'm looking forward to the day when we can do autopsies on the Clintons.
==
Pretty sure the Borant Corporation is going to reclaim them.

Posted by: Carl at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (anL5R)

58 “We just have to get our message out”

Messaging. That’s been a main example of their go-to excuse for years now. Yell louder, and more often at those stupid fucking voters. In more recent years an emerging platform of “America You Suck. You Suck Too. Vote For Me” that really resonates

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (THAHD)

59 >>Money doesn't buy elections. It's a bad measure.

It does sometimes, actually. But that's not the real point. It's a measure of people's enthusiasm and the Democrats are hovering somewhere around dog shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (viF8m)

60 53 Their 2024 Vote Fraud needs a autopsy

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 03:18 PM (Ia/+0)

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They underestimated how much they needed, and the RNC successfully sued that very night to stop the halt in counting to provide more ballots.

It's really that simple.

It happened in Philly. They tried to shut down at about 10. The RNC immediately filed a lawsuit and the judiciary sided with the RNC. Counting continued that night without a break, and Trump won the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (46HP8)

61 Left unsaid: Nobody WANTS Kamala to be President.

Except maybe Kamala.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (YoPN8)

62 Just to point out - Collins NEVER led in polling last election. And won by like 10.


yeah she's fine

this dude is a PSYCHO

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (j+aD2)

63 Sort of asking Willie Brown, how could anyone possibly set Kamala up for success?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (N39Ws)

64 Chris Matthews always says "we didn't get our message out."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Cqx++)

65 Of course, Harris can't explain she was positioned for failure by Biden putting her in charge of the border, because then she would have to admit that the policy was horrible.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (8mulE)

66 The only position for success Kamala ever had was on her knees.

Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (YwEeS)

67
59 >>Money doesn't buy elections. It's a bad measure.

It does sometimes, actually. But that's not the real point. It's a measure of people's enthusiasm and the Democrats are hovering somewhere around dog shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (viF8m)

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Maybe, but find other measures, because there are so many examples of money raised and spent not equaling, you know, votes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (46HP8)

68 34

I've long thought Collins was THE most vulnerable GOP Senate incumbent. We'll see if even Platner can save her.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (RCjYY)

69 Eggs in grocery store 2.56/dozen. Been there for a couple of months. Oh, egg prices no longer new hotness?

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (Gqar8)

70
61 Left unsaid: Nobody WANTS Kamala to be President.

Except maybe Kamala.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (YoPN

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Black Democrats fucking love her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (46HP8)

71
>>But it argues that Mr. Biden's team failed to position Ms. Harris for success in the race after --

AND THIS IS WHERE THE FUN STARTS --

>>it became clear she would be the party's nominee

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lol "it became clear"??? Tell us how that happened, O DNC. Tell us which eminences formed the star chamber that delivered Candidate Kamala. Tell us what the process was. No?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (n7rxJ)

72
But it argues that Mr. Biden's team failed to position Ms. Harris for success in the race after it became clear she would be the party's nominee

Just an observation -- it is extremely hard to position a falling down and incoherent drunk for success in the public arena. Unless that person is Foster Brooks (and he was acting that way, not living it, as was Red Kammie).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (Ebvx7)

73 This content is so fun I have to stop here:

>>it does include a number of revelations, including the conclusions of pollsters who found that a Trump ad attacking Ms. Harris for expressing support for taxpayer-funded surgery for transgender inmates had been highly effective.

LOLOL you just know what comes next: "It's our MESSAGING that doomed us. How can we keep our illegal alien tranny prisoners and improve our messaging?"
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (n7rxJ)

So far the answer seems to be tranny assassination attempts and school shootings.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (8avO+)

74 Earlier I complained about the housing market being bought up and manipulated by BlackRock.
I was corrected and told that it was not BlackRock
that it was Blackstone.
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Who owns Blackstone?

Blackstone Inc. is primarily owned by institutional investors, with significant stakes held by The Vanguard Group (approximately 9.5%), BlackRock (around 4.7%), and State Street (about 4.3%). Stephen Schwarzman, one of the co-founders, remains the largest individual shareholder with roughly 19% of total equity.
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So, it's not just BlackRock it's the Big 3 institutional investors, in collusion, that are putting watermelons on big company boards of directors influencing DEI and other leftist activities by big corporate who are disrupting the natural home market.
I stand corrected.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (OArx3)

75 62 Just to point out - Collins NEVER led in polling last election. And won by like 10.


yeah she's fine

this dude is a PSYCHO

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (j+aD2)

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I don't think any of the really bad stuff about Platner has come out.

And we already know about the SS tattoo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (46HP8)

76 This "Autopsy" is surely a sham, but it's also ... awesome. I love it.

The "Autopsy" shows that the Dumocraps have learned absolutely nothing from getting ass-raped in 2024. Nothing.

They will continue with the same policies and platforms that caused their ass-raping. They will not say to themselves, "Hey, we got ass-raped in 2024 because of x, y, and z. Maybe we should stop doing x, y, and z?"

This is awesome. I love it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

77 Projecting Messaging. Perception. Image.

100% smoke and mirrors, and not a word about substance or reality .

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (Hb+bW)

78 I used to think the fake polls were to keep lefties from offing themselves out of despair and keep em donating

but now I think it's to keep donor money flowing...

...from outside the US

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (j+aD2)

79 Biden bears no responsibility: he was a puppet.

Barry O. is the one who failed.

Posted by: free at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (f7D8P)

80 Methinks party autopsies are...bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (46HP

They are just there to let the parties do what they want and we're going to do anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

81 Chris Matthews always says "we didn't get our message out."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Cqx++)

This attitude always baffles me.

Their message is EVERYWHERE! It can't be avoided. That's why Republicans can accurately explain Democrat beliefs but Democrats have no fucking idea what Republicans believe.

Because the left never even hears the right's positions while the right is inundated with the left's.

They heard your message, Chris. They just hated it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Kdi1r)

82 68 34

I've long thought Collins was THE most vulnerable GOP Senate incumbent. We'll see if even Platner can save her.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (RCjYY)

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Collins sits on a throne of skulls, and it's not because she's weak.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (46HP8)

83 Confusion to our enemies!
As long as the Democrats continue to lie to themselves about why they are loosing, the longer they can go on losing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

84
Black Democrats fucking love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Black women, certainly. Is she still repellent to black men?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Ebvx7)

85 Got willowed, Philadelphia will have a new Marxists Congressman, Chis Radd

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Ia/+0)

86
Black Democrats fucking love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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*guffaw*

Posted by: Carl at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (anL5R)

87 80 Methinks party autopsies are...bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM (46HP

They are just there to let the parties do what they want and we're going to do anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

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Kind of like elections in general.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (46HP8)

88 Eggs in grocery store 2.56/dozen. Been there for a couple of months. Oh, egg prices no longer new hotness?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:20 PM (Gqar

yeah I saw 18 eggs for less than 4 dollars ... in California.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (8avO+)

89 The fact that she didn't get any state electoral delegate votes may have contributed, don'tchaknow.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)

90 As long as the Democrats continue to lie to themselves about why they are loosing, the longer they can go on losing.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

The hell you say.

Posted by: some midsized Corsican brigadier at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (gKWVE)

91 I don't think any of the really bad stuff about Platner has come out.

And we already know about the SS tattoo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (46HP

And the cheering of the Americans being WIA.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (Kdi1r)

92 The Democrats may be insane but Republicans are also faggot fucks. Democrats mainly lost because Trump beat them like rented mules. Getting shot probably didn't hurt (God that sounds wrong).

We cannot lose sight of this fact. Trump took basic issues and hammered Democrats on them until they bled. It is not the mere Existence of the issues that got them. It was Trump's willingness to expose them and then promise to fight them. He did not go mealy on them to prove he wasn't racist or to get nicer questions.

And no, Democrats of course cannot admit Trump beat them either, though there's a chance you will hear a lot about how great Trump was at "politics" come next election, when they laugh at how we have no more Trump to help us win.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (UULd1)

93 >>Maybe, but find other measures, because there are so many examples of money raised and spent not equaling, you know, votes.

Of course. And just as many if not more where money becomes a deciding factor. That's what made Pelosi and McConnell so powerful, the ability to dispense huge amounts of funding to candidates who played the game.

That's why Murkowski got big bucks from Mitch and Kari Lake got nada.

You know what else matters? Not having Jim Clyburn in office for the next Democrat presidential primary.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (viF8m)

94 Black Democrats fucking love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Black women, certainly. Is she still repellent to black men?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Ebvx7)

They are increasingly MAGA now.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (8avO+)

95 84
Black Democrats fucking love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Black women, certainly. Is she still repellent to black men?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Ebvx7)

You may have two words reversed there, champ.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (Gqar8)

96 84
Black Democrats fucking love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Black women, certainly. Is she still repellent to black men?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Ebvx7)

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She won like 67% of the black male vote.

Older black Democrats are primarily partisans and will vote blue no matter who.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (46HP8)

97 This is like the French doing an after action report, post WW2, and concluding that the only thing they did wrong was to not make the Maginot Line strong enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (rGqqI)

98 Reflexively masturbating in a port a potty is not within two standard deviations of normal. Nor is bragging about it on twitter. Nor is laughing about videos of an american solider being shot and saying he deserved it. Nope. That is a psychopath. Never turn your back on him, and never, ever show fear.

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Psychopath, Democrat, tomayto, tomahto.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (ndZc7)

99 Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is leading Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the race for her seat by 7 points, according to a new poll.

In the Pan Atlantic Research poll, 48 percent of likely voters said they back Platner in a hypothetical matchup, while 41 percent said they support Collins. Eleven percent were undecided.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (CWTWj)

I wonder if the people responding to the poll thought it was which candidate they'd rather see on a stripper poll.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (qx7Zg)

100 Remember the 2012 GOP autopsy that came to the conclusion that the GOP needed to embrace amnesty to win ever again?

And then the next election Donald Trump won the nomination and presidency by promising the opposite of that?

Methinks party autopsies are...bullshit.

It's not a surprise. The autopsy is done by the same people who screwed the pooch with the last campaign. They're not likely to suggest that the best way to recover is to fire themselves.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (Riz8t)

101
Democrats: Crazily Stupid
Republicans: Fecklessly Stupid

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (wtvvX)

102 85 Got willowed, Philadelphia will have a new Marxists Congressman, Chis Radd


yeah this is actually good news

the nut jobs in philly elected this pinko and Shapiro tried mightily to stop them. oops! he failed.

so he has no pull, no juice, and the city is full of idiots (not news).

this will hurt him as a national candidate and hurts him in the rest of the state and with the legislature.

just another example of how states need to step in and get the big cities' minds right. or just cut them off, let them sink or swim.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (j+aD2)

103 And we already know about the SS tattoo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (46HP

And portapotty jerking.

And today I saw a quote from him about Thai prostitues and cheating on his wife.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

104 93 You know what else matters? Not having Jim Clyburn in office for the next Democrat presidential primary.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (viF8m)

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Reminder:

Joe Biden won every poll of South Carolina but 1 for a year before Clyburn opened his stupid mouth. That's a pattern I can get behind.

Clyburn jumped on the train. He didn't make anything happen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (46HP8)

105 I took a girl to Hawaii for her birthday ... and her BFF.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

So you go lucky with a girl AND her BFF???


Man, you are a player.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:16 PM (77rzZ)
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[Blowing on knuckles]

Hawaii was great. Odd state, though. There are no Hawaiians there. They are a tiny minority on their own island. The majority demo is ... Japanese. Yes, Japanese. Many signs are in English and Japanese. That's how many Japanese residents and tourists there are there.

Hawaii has basically been colonized by the Japanese. The irony.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

106 I stand corrected.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:21 PM (OArx3)

Look even deeper and it's BOA. Almost all BOA.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (594J6)

107 We now know why Kamala wanted this released.

Strong woman fights for release (leadership)

It says nothing about her faults.

She's running g in 2028. "Give me the support " mantra and I will defeat Van e.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (FxH7T)

108 Collins always polls poorly. And always wins. Surprisingly.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (viF8m)

109 But wait! It's over for Trump because he's sunk to a new low with the GOP says...a new Fox poll!

Suprise! And here everyone thought Trump was just going around killing off the GOPe in the primaries due to his popularity - not so - it's all a sham says The Independent!

Because, you know, Fox Polls say so...

Posted by: Boswell at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (V7158)

110 maybe even senile biden understood that there was no way to position kamala for success

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (CWTWj)

111 Gotta give Kamala credit for wanting to walk into a meat-grinder. She's had some experience with this.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (D1E+2)

112 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Kdi1r)

It's a lie. The point of the lie is to convince everyone of completely ludicrous bs - that Democrats have some kind of good "message".

Their message is fucking TERRIBLE.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (UULd1)

113 just another example of how states need to step in and get the big cities' minds right.

If they don't, will they spend a night in the box?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

114 I just assumed they'd boil it down to: We should've reached out to more dumb hicks, and Kamala lost because -- although she was perfect in every way -- the electorate isn't ready to accept a strong black woman as president.
Posted by: red speck at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (Ve/HL)
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REMEMBER:

With the Left, their ideas and policies are NEVER, EVER wrong!

But they are so terrible at messaging, they can't seem to figure out how to sell them to an incredulous public....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (gnNyN)

115 99 I wonder if the people responding to the poll thought it was which candidate they'd rather see on a stripper poll.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (qx7Zg)

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You know who really loves to answer pollster's calls in Spring?

Progressives.

Spring and summer of an election year is particularly bad for response bias, and almost no pollster tries to correct for it.

This is one reason the polls "tighten" in autumn.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (46HP8)

116 Kind of like elections in general.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (46HP

We're both drinking a bit too much black kool-aid. Probably.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

117 Harris is still one of their top choices for the next election too, LOL

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

118 Hawaii was undewhelming in my experience. An odd artificial vibe with the people. Could not find “ Hawaii” if that makes sense.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (Gqar8)

119 The Democrat "message" was delivered loud and clear by Thomas Crooks.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (UULd1)

120 I don't think any of the really bad stuff about Platner has come out.
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if laughing at the video of an american solider getting shot four times and saying "he deserved it" or admitting to serial masturbation in a porta potty isn't really bad... I shudder to think what really bad is.

I mean, what if he said women will let you grab them by their pussies if you have enough money? Yikes - that would be truly disqualifying.

Posted by: sarcasm volley at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (anL5R)

121 It's what we already knew. Informed, educated people vote (D). Uneducated and/or uninformed people vote (R) because they fall prey to misinformation.

"Plus the media is heavily biased toward forgiving Republican crimes, while attacking Dems." Which is exactly what we saw with reporting on this autopsy. Meanwhile, Trump is giving himself immunity, pivoting the economy to fascist corporatism, and covering up a cabal of child rapists.

I agree with you the GOP has full control of the media, but holy shit, the DNP couldn't have flubbed this report any worse. They are so tone def, that it makes ne suspiscuous it's on purpose. I really think half the DNC are just GOP parading as Dems.

The report is completely right about field organization - door knocking and genuine, qualitative local engagement matter way more than raw data and slick digital ads. The DNC needs to stop treating elections like a corporate marketing campaign.

"Dems are for They/Them, Republicans are for YOU." There you go, that's the tldr. I didn't say it's true, but it's the perception.

Which is hilarious because Dems are for everyone, while Republicans are for billionaires.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (JCZqz)

122 Hawaii has basically been colonized by the Japanese. The irony.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

When I was there with my parents in the 70s they were everywhere, too. My folks said they'd take over the place without firing a shot.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (77rzZ)

123
You may have two words reversed there, champ.
Posted by: tubal

Speak to me as though you were speaking to a young child and point out which two words "may" be reversed there, "champ".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (Ebvx7)

124 She won like 67% of the black male vote.

Older black Democrats are primarily partisans and will vote blue no matter who.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:23 PM (46HP

67 is catastrophically bad for the Democrats. They depend on getting *over* 90 percent for success.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (8avO+)

125
I'm going to enjoy my anthropological field trip to the lefty podcasters. Pod Save America (idiots Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, and some people I don't know) are glooming all over it right now.

The hit to lefty morale is glorious. Not only can Dems not perform data analysis, they can't even WORK. Leaving sections of this report empty? lolol what lazy, incompetent fucks. Have them running the country? My God.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (n7rxJ)

126 Hawaii was undewhelming in my experience. An odd artificial vibe with the people. Could not find “ Hawaii” if that makes sense.

Authentic Hawaii consists of people who bash you in the head with a club and then eat you. I'll pass.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (Riz8t)

127 77 Projecting Messaging. Perception. Image.

100% smoke and mirrors, and not a word about substance or reality .
Posted by: LASue
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It has to be. They win by buying votes and cheating. Cutting out one of those avenues is disruptive cutting out both can be fatal. Having the 90% of American voters reject your communist fantasies is final.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (OArx3)

128 Remember the 2012 GOP autopsy that came to the conclusion that the GOP needed to embrace amnesty to win ever again?
———-

Those are “Republican Strategists” who come up with that shit. Democrats in Drag. Some sort of op.

That’s how you got Trump. It was gonna be Bush v. Clinton. Again, for like the 3rd or 4th time. If you can control the candidates of both parties, they care not who “wins”. They might have to dial things back a bit, but it’s no problem either way.

“….His kind must never be allowed to rise again” is what that refers to, I think. “Nothing without the Uniparty, Everything within the Uniparty.”

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (THAHD)

129 116 Kind of like elections in general.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:22 PM (46HP

We're both drinking a bit too much black kool-aid. Probably.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

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I think I'm reasonably optimistic about the GOP's chances for victory in the fall. You know...not predicting 1932 which about 50% of the online right seems to think is bound to happen because of gas prices or deportations or whatever.

But, really, I don't expect Congress to do anything productive and I'm not surprised when they don't.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (46HP8)

130 They always blame the messenger. They literally think that words can change reality.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (0MjtC)

131 108 Collins always polls poorly. And always wins. Surprisingly.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (viF8m)

It's been a full 10 years now - since 2016 - that every poll done is fake and gay. and flat out stupid.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (rGqqI)

132 Informed, educated people vote (D).

oh fuck this noise

masters degree went to an ivy and screw you you midwit

just so tired of these dumbasses sucking themselves off about how Smart They Iz

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (j+aD2)

133 117 Harris is still one of their top choices for the next election too, LOL

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

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Except for a couple of outliers, she is THE top choice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (46HP8)

134 Kamala lost because -- although she was perfect in every way -- the electorate isn't ready to accept a strong black woman as president.

Posted by: red speck at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (Ve/HL)

Which means Democrats are sexists.

If every Democrat who voted for Biden voted for Harris, she'd have won.

So why didn't they vote for her? (Inserts goose meme)

WHY DIDN'T THEY VOTE FOR HER?!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Kdi1r)

135 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM (D1E+2)

I am pretty sure Kamala believed that she was gonna waltz to the presidency by running against Nikki Haley.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (UULd1)

136 123
You may have two words reversed there, champ.
Posted by: tubal

Speak to me as though you were speaking to a young child and point out which two words "may" be reversed there, "champ".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (Ebvx7)

Not you, I was referring to the TJM comment you bumped. Sorry you took umbrage. My apologies.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Gqar8)

137 Collins always polls poorly. And always wins. Surprisingly.
Posted by: JackStraw

She hasn't even sacrificed a chicken to Satan yet this cycle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:28 PM (ndZc7)

138
It's what we already knew. Informed, educated people vote (D). Uneducated and/or uninformed people vote (R) because they fall prey to misinformation.

And yet, for all your "knowing", where is it that you are today? We'll wait.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (Ebvx7)

139 120 I don't think any of the really bad stuff about Platner has come out.
==
if laughing at the video of an american solider getting shot four times and saying "he deserved it" or admitting to serial masturbation in a porta potty isn't really bad... I shudder to think what really bad is.

I mean, what if he said women will let you grab them by their pussies if you have enough money? Yikes - that would be truly disqualifying.

Posted by: sarcasm volley at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (anL5R)

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There was some operative being interviewed who said that he knew the stuff coming and it was so bad that Platner was going to have to leave the state.

Jerking in a port-o-potty or laughing at a video doesn't seem to be it.

And Collins is smart enough to hold back just enough until the nomination is official.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (46HP8)

140 Which is hilarious because Dems are for everyone, while Republicans are for billionaires.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (JCZqz)

Amazing they are going all in with the pedo-fighting crusade when the pedos are nearly all Dems. This is gonna crash on them as true information gets out.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (8avO+)

141 by the way, col bearclaw is running for senate in florida. dems think they can win the gov race, too

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (CWTWj)

142 Except for a couple of outliers, she is THE top choice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ahead of Newsome?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

143 Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is leading Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the race for her seat by 7 points, according to a new poll.

Let's be honest. Collins may put the letter "R" after her name, but she is a democrat. She isn't a vote that we can count on. Let her fail. It gets her out of the Senate. We'll get the seat back when Platner fails.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (N39Ws)

144 There is not a single mention of Mr. Biden's age

His age was NOT the common concern. It was his obvious senility. That might have been related to his age, but age was NOT the actual concern.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (kU0PQ)

145 >>>Look even deeper and it's BOA. Almost all BOA.
Posted by: Reforger
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Not aware that BoA activity is having broad effect on housing market or putting watermelons on boards of directors.
What am I missing?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (OArx3)

146 Collins always polls poorly. And always wins. Surprisingly.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM

Is that because of campaign voting fraud or because the people in Maine actually like her?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (OYsYV)

147 142 Except for a couple of outliers, she is THE top choice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ahead of Newsome?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

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Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

He's faded badly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (46HP8)

148
Revolt against Ken Martin at Pod Save America. I wonder if Dems will be emboldened to go deeper and demand more answers -- like why didn't Merrick Garland release the Epstein Files? (Colbert asked Kamala this question and her answer was a "passage of time"-esque jumble.)

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (n7rxJ)

149 I can't tell you how much I enjoy seeing left froth and rage that this or that Democrat isn't going after Trump hard enough.

My fave is the Retardos of Reddit and the Doofuses of DU that scream at reporters for not telling Trump--to his face!!1!!--that he is a Hitler baby-raping, murderer, antichrist, world-destroying monster, etc., etc.

Like this time, this is the time, after 10,000 others saying the same thing 10,000 times, that the public will first hear such "truths" and finally, finally, agree with the Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (73/SM)

150 Let's be honest. Collins may put the letter "R" after her name, but she is a democrat. She isn't a vote that we can count on. Let her fail. It gets her out of the Senate. We'll get the seat back when Platner fails.

That's a nice thought, but probably wrong. Collins is as good as we're going to do in Maine.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Riz8t)

151 Hawaii was undewhelming in my experience. An odd artificial vibe with the people. Could not find “ Hawaii” if that makes sense.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:26 PM (Gqar
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Oh, for sure Hawaii is totally fake and marketing-driven with all the "aloha" culture. It's basically one giant Disney "Moana" theme park.

But ... it's beautiful, clean, friendly, and there's a lot of cool stuff to do. We went snorkeling with sharks. For real. We jumped off a boat with maybe two dozen sharks circling around it. Got some great pics.

Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

152 147

Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

He's faded badly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (46HP

You think he would have enough appeal nationally to be viable?

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8)

153 Holy smokes, how far left do you have to be to say the GOP has full control of the media? I don't think the chart goes that far.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (n5tGW)

154 150 Let's be honest. Collins may put the letter "R" after her name, but she is a democrat. She isn't a vote that we can count on. Let her fail. It gets her out of the Senate. We'll get the seat back when Platner fails.

That's a nice thought, but probably wrong. Collins is as good as we're going to do in Maine.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Riz8t)

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Collins always comes through for GOP leadership when they need her. Always.

They let her vote against them when her vote doesn't matter anymore.

She's 100x better than Murkowski.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (46HP8)

155 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed,
--

Let's be honest, Susan Collins votes with Republicans more than a Democrat ever would.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (OArx3)

156 Not for nothing, if the Dems wanna run the same playbook again, I am all for it. Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.

Posted by: Penfold at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (Fbt5B)

157 by the way, col bearclaw is running for senate in florida. dems think they can win the gov race, too
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (CWTWj)

You mean I actually get to vote against him? Wow, my move to Florida just keeps on winning...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (nbLIj)

158 OT but that was a good hockey game last night I thought

both teams are entertaining! I liked

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (j+aD2)

159 152 You think he would have enough appeal nationally to be viable?

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar

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Weird looking balding guy from California who doesn't have a built in national base because he hasn't recently held national office?

It's amazing what being VP does to one's profile, especially in Democrat circles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (46HP8)

160 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM

I'll bet what he's smoking costs $500 a gram!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:32 PM (ndZc7)

161 >>Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

>>He's faded badly.


He never really had anywhere to fade from...he has no legs on the National Stage. None.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (+2ib4)

162 re 128: and i said years ago that when the votes were all counted !jeb would have given a beautiful concession speech, just like rombney in 2012

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (CWTWj)

163 This is true.

Polling is generally kind of bad.

Polling in Maine seems to be particularly bad.

Collins is going to walk to the win again. She's just waiting for Platner's nomination to be official, and then the real hard hitting stuff comes out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:17 PM (46HP

______________________________

It was always like that. Most of the transplant Leftists all live along the coast. Inland Mainers are scattered all over the place in the textbook definition of rural. Letist coasters will answer their phones. Most inland rural Mainers won't bother if they have a cell phone to begin with. But, the rural Mainers never miss and election.


That's why the polls are unreliable in Maine.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (dIske)

164 If Hakeem pulled out a pistol and shit Trump, the left would be happy. And be surprised that we thought anything was wrong. These people are not sane. They are already in the Spanish Civil War- were just not caught up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)

165 157 by the way, col bearclaw is running for senate in florida. dems think they can win the gov race, too

jeez how do they STILL have money to burn?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2)

166 151

Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

Heh. “ 100 Quick and Easy Recipes for Spam - and Poi”..

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Gqar8)

167 Hawaii has basically been colonized by the Japanese. The irony.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

When I was there with my parents in the 70s they were everywhere, too. My folks said they'd take over the place without firing a shot.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:27 PM (77rzZ)
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Your parents were correct. The USS Arizona Memorial is packed with Japanese tourists. That was ... odd.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

168 Collins always polls poorly. And always wins. Surprisingly.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:25 PM

Is that because of campaign voting fraud or because the people in Maine actually like her?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (OYsYV)

There is a certain trend to keep around an influential senator or house member. Even if you don't like them.

I assume she has her machine and so far has not been targeted by the GOP.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (8avO+)

169 Re: Kamala leading in some dem polls...

with the current Leftist crowd, Luigi Mangione would poll far above everyone else if they put him on the list.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (rGqqI)

170 157 by the way, col bearclaw is running for senate in florida. dems think they can win the gov race, too
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:29 PM (CWTWj)

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They do not think they can win.

They will bilk stupid small dollar donors for a few hundred thousand dollars until it's obvious he will lose by 15 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (46HP8)

171 55 Kamala likely sealed her loss when she said she wouldn't do anything different from Biden.

If she had just given the normal sort of Dem non-speak and claimed she'd make things better by changing Biden's policies where they weren't working she would have had a better chance.

But 100% real inflation over 4 years under the Junta? People weren't going to vote for that

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)


It was impossible for her to say she'd do any single thing different than Biden had done. In order to say, "Yes, this and that," she would have had to think creatively in real-time. That was and is far beyond her mental capacity.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (5rh/l)

172 Reminds of a recent Massachusetts report that said people were leaving the state because there is not enough housing and everything is too expensive. Proposed solution? *Rebranding*.

Posted by: 2 + 2 = Uranus at May 21, 2026 03:34 PM (qUkBO)

173 >>Let's be honest, Susan Collins votes with Republicans more than a Democrat ever would.


And, let's be honest about the Maine Republican.
He's a myth. Like the Yeti, or his North American brother the Sasquatch.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 03:34 PM (+2ib4)

174 161
He never really had anywhere to fade from...he has no legs on the National Stage. None.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (+2ib4)

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If he was the one not-Kamala, he'd have a chance.

But the electorate is too spread out in too many directions, and he can't consolidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:34 PM (46HP8)

175 What am I missing?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:30 PM (OArx3)

I gotta get ready for work. Some other time.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (594J6)

176 Collins may put the letter "R" after her name, but she is a democrat.

-
The "R" is for "rat bastard."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (ndZc7)

177 163
It was always like that. Most of the transplant Leftists all live along the coast. Inland Mainers are scattered all over the place in the textbook definition of rural. Letist coasters will answer their phones. Most inland rural Mainers won't bother if they have a cell phone to begin with. But, the rural Mainers never miss and election.


That's why the polls are unreliable in Maine.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (dIske)

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Thank you.

This makes sense, and I choose to believe it as the reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (46HP8)

178 I'm from the City of Big Shoulders.... Now also sporting a set of Big Boobs!!!

Posted by: Jennifer Pritzker at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (1PzR6)

179
Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

He's faded badly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

He'll take some more hits if the Governor and LA Mayor races go against the Dims. He's not partnered up with quiz show geniuses right now, nor are there hidden opportunities to find better teammates among the Dims.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (Ebvx7)

180 re 155: if the dems have a one vote majority in the house of reps next january it will take then about 12 hours to set up 28 committees to go after trump vance rubio hegseth and probably melania and ivanka

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (CWTWj)

181 or admitting to serial masturbation in a porta potty isn't really bad... I shudder to think what really bad is.

Anyone who has deployed to an austere environment is not going to be shocked by this statement. Soldiers screw each other in portapots and dumpsters, too.

Posted by: Military Moron at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (JCZqz)

182 >>Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

>>He's faded badly.


He never really had anywhere to fade from...he has no legs on the National Stage. None.
Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (+2ib4)

Pretty much true of all CA politicians since Reagan. And he lost nationally on his first try too and started working on his Midwestern street cred.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (8avO+)

183 >>Is that because of campaign voting fraud or because the people in Maine actually like her?

Maine is a weird state. Some small urban pockets, wealth along the coast and a lot of rural areas. I don't think pollsters know how to poll the place.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (viF8m)

184 I'm pretty sure Platner has lost over 90%of the veterans in Maine with his comments. He might get the terlit hobo vote and the Somalis of course.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (gu0hJ)

185 I know one guy who lives in Maine and he's a Republican

good shot too

I think there are some out there

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (j+aD2)

186 Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

Heh. “ 100 Quick and Easy Recipes for Spam - and Poi”..
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Gqar
_____

It's the cheaper good that's the better stuff. The high-end steak houses serve dogshit steak that is so comically bad it's like the cooks never saw a real steak. You would not believe this "prime rib" we were served ... for like $80. I wouldn't feed it to a dog.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

187 If we’d only polished that turd more it would be a diamond, we would have won.

If we’d only called Trump, Hitler more, you know other than the fact it became a staple on every MSM, and social media post, to the point people literally had it in their profile pictures, we would have won.

I hope they keep this up forever. That and having Temu Obama and Cheese on a Raw Hamburger Man as their spokespeople.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:36 PM (jlI90)

188 Anyone who has deployed to an austere environment is not going to be shocked by this statement. Soldiers screw each other in portapots and dumpsters, too.
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No. He says he still does it here. He can't help it.

Posted by: sarcasm volley at May 21, 2026 03:36 PM (anL5R)

189 179
He'll take some more hits if the Governor and LA Mayor races go against the Dims. He's not partnered up with quiz show geniuses right now, nor are there hidden opportunities to find better teammates among the Dims.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:35 PM (Ebvx7)

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He went to Europe and held up kneepads with Trump's signature on them.

Because he needed to embarrass himself just to get attention.

And his gerrymandering fight, which he accelerated after Texas, has led to Democrats outright losing the redistricting fight for the year.

I can't wait to see what he does next just to get a headline.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:36 PM (46HP8)

190 Honestly, Collins has put out basically no ads against Platner. I get relentless ads (being in NH, natch) about Maine, and it's all how Platner is this son of the earth, healing redneck type and how Collins is HYPER MAGA (as if, good grief Dems).

Honestly, all they have to run on is how Platner is a fucking actual Nazi. If they have anything worse than that I'll be surprised, but like, Dems are clueless fucks and probably don't even know about his tattoo yet and are in for a world of hurt.

Posted by: Gaff at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (EqzMw)

191 If DU is any indication of who the Dems really are, they will believe whatever the dem overlords tell them to believe, even if it’s the exact opposite of what they were told to believe yesterday.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (OoFl2)

192 And, let's be honest about the Maine Republican.
He's a myth. Like the Yeti, or his North American brother the Sasquatch.
Posted by: garrett

Or the politician who can make communism work.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)

193 Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade

The seafood's good.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

194 They do not think they can win.

They will bilk stupid small dollar donors for a few hundred thousand dollars until it's obvious he will lose by 15 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (46HP

Small dollar donors from blue states, not Florida.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (8avO+)

195 190 Honestly, Collins has put out basically no ads against Platner. I get relentless ads (being in NH, natch) about Maine, and it's all how Platner is this son of the earth, healing redneck type and how Collins is HYPER MAGA (as if, good grief Dems).

Honestly, all they have to run on is how Platner is a fucking actual Nazi. If they have anything worse than that I'll be surprised, but like, Dems are clueless fucks and probably don't even know about his tattoo yet and are in for a world of hurt.

Posted by: Gaff at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (EqzMw)

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He's not the actual nominee yet, just the presumptive one.

Wait until he's the actual nominee.

Tom Cotton waited until his nominee was actually chosen about a decade ago and then released an oppo dump so bad and so thorough that the guy straight up dropped out of the race. Cotton ran unopposed.

I bet Collins is going to try that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:38 PM (46HP8)

196 Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade



Mmmmmmm. Spam.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (gKquL)

197 194
Small dollar donors from blue states, not Florida.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (8avO+)

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Mostly California.

California has enough money to watch its backyard burn and then try to buy elections on the other side of the nation to make them more like California.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (46HP8)

198 Tom Cotton waited until his nominee was actually chosen about a decade ago and then released an oppo dump so bad and so thorough that the guy straight up dropped out of the race. Cotton ran unopposed.

I bet Collins is going to try that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:38 PM (46HP

It's called "keeping one's powder dry".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (8zz6B)

199 He's a myth. Like the Yeti, or his North American brother the Sasquatch.
Posted by: garrett

Or the politician who can make communism work.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)

Or a truly hot lesbian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)

200 I’d vote for Susan Collins if she shows me her tits.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (jlI90)

201 188 Anyone who has deployed to an austere environment is not going to be shocked by this statement. Soldiers screw each other in portapots and dumpsters, too.
---
No. He says he still does it here. He can't help it.
Posted by: sarcasm volley

That reminds me...I wonder if Prince Harry still thinks of his mother when rubbing Elizabeth Arden cream on his frostbitten genitals?

Posted by: Military Moron at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (JCZqz)

202 It's what we already knew. Informed, educated people vote (D). Uneducated and/or uninformed people vote (R) because they fall prey to misinformation. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Now there's a winning message!
"You idiots should vote for us because we smert and know stuff!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (diia5)

203 I’d vote for Susan Collins if she shows me her tits.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (jlI90)

*record needle scratch*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

204 Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade

The seafood's good.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (77rzZ)
_____

The fish is very good. I had a marlin poke bowl that was great. The tuna was great too, although I don't like tuna so I'm relying on what the girls told me.

The squid was good too.

But the shrimp was crap and the oysters were mediocre at best and slimy gunk at worst.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

205 193 Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade

The seafood's good.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

It was. I guess my overall assessment of Maui was a pretty place outside of the towns, everything cost a lot and it had a hard to understand culture vibe. Not worth going back to.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)

206 So the guy has a urinal fetish? Nothing deeply weird about that, nosiree Bob...

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (77rzZ)

207 Hawaii should be a territory not a state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (OArx3)

208 That reminds me...I wonder if Prince Harry still thinks of his mother when rubbing Elizabeth Arden cream on his frostbitten genitals?
Posted by: Military Moron at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (JCZqz)

What's her face is frigid?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (8zz6B)

209 yeah, trump was elected. you know who else was elected? yes, let's go with that.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (CWTWj)

210 A lot of the blame falls on Elon buying Twitter. The Democrats could no longer control the narrative.

Posted by: CapeFear at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (0pfnO)

211 I’d vote for Susan Collins if she shows me her tits.
Posted by: Vengeance

She'll even shake them for you.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (FD0Qp)

212 Hawaii is very expensive, though. And the food sucks (with certain exceptions).
Posted by: Elric The Blade

The seafood's good.
==
Well, going to Cleveland and expecting good sushi used to be a bad idea. We have some now. I would probably not order steak in Hawaii. I would be all over fresh caught fish.

Posted by: of course its all hypothetical since I'm too poor to go at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (anL5R)

213 Topsy? I just growed!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (Kt19C)

214 >> *record needle scratch*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

Collins has some kind of chronic physical shaking going on. So I’m counting on that to make any viewing more titillating.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (jlI90)

215 What's her face is frigid?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (8zz6B)

Not on a yacht!

Posted by: Millionaires at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

216 The Maine Dem primary is 6/9. The nominee from 2024 , some guy named Costello is still in the race . If Platner continues to implode the Dems have a plan B, though he's already proven he's a loser

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (gu0hJ)

217 The fish is very good. I had a marlin poke bowl that was great. The tuna was great too, although I don't like tuna so I'm relying on what the girls told me.

The squid was good too.

But the shrimp was crap and the oysters were mediocre at best and slimy gunk at worst.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

And which ones are locally-caught, and which are shipped in (mostly) frozen, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (8zz6B)

218 Btw. Collins reminds me of Pee Wee Herman in a wig.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (jlI90)

219 i've been seeing a lot of 'visit hawaii' ads on yootoob lately

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (CWTWj)

220 Sounds like the "autopsy" concluded they lost because Trump.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (Sroko)

221 It's what we already knew. Informed, educated people vote (D). Uneducated and/or uninformed people vote (R) because they fall prey to misinformation. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Now there's a winning message!
"You idiots should vote for us because we smert and know stuff!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (diia5)

Another lefty trope. We are smart because we were in a community college for 8 years getting a Film Degree and college load debt! Elon Musk is an idiot because he made billions rather than go to college!

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (8avO+)

222 Hawaii, aka Big Island is the best island. It’s the least touristy of them which makes it the best. I probably shouldn’t tell anyone that. 😀

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (9Diqw)

223 would be all over fresh caught fish.

Like a dog humping a tuna!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (Kt19C)

224 So the dnc conducted a paid "autopsy" of the 2024 harris presidential campaign, fudged the results and then refused to release the report that they had been paid to write because they didn't tell the truth and they didn't want anyone to know that they were just screwing around and were never going to point out what actually happened even though everyone already knew why it had gone so wrong for harris.


Makes zero sense to me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (0N4FZ)

225 ‘Where my EBT cart!’
-dem vote champ

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (XAqbL)

226 Hawaii, aka Big Island is the best island. It’s the least touristy of them which makes it the best. I probably shouldn’t tell anyone that. 😀
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (9Diqw)

The eruptions are a little bit of a damper on that.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)

227 @211 I thing Collins tits shake because of a medical condition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (gu0hJ)

228 Now, Murkowski. I wouldn’t even want to see her tits. Somebody should put her on an ice flow and leave her.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (jlI90)

229 A lot of the blame falls on Elon buying Twitter. The Democrats could no longer control the narrative.
==
Credit.

Trump + Elon + X = end of deep state

Reagan + Thatcher + JPII = fall of USSR

Posted by: Solve for X at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (anL5R)

230 The way to work out their internal arguments - a locked room, kinda like the church in Kingsman.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (simzP)

231 So the dnc conducted a paid "autopsy" of the 2024 harris presidential campaign, fudged the results and then refused to release the report that they had been paid to write because they didn't tell the truth and they didn't want anyone to know that they were just screwing around and were never going to point out what actually happened even though everyone already knew why it had gone so wrong for harris.


Makes zero sense to me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 21, 2026 03:43 PM (0N4FZ)

you just don't understand their genius!!!

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (8avO+)

232 Off topic I'm beginning to wonder if Trump has people in his administration purposely sabotaging him again. Get on with the war already DJT.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

233 Had really good seafood in SC last month. And Low Country Cooking. I’d gain 20 pounds just living there.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar8)

234 215 What's her face is frigid?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:41 PM (8zz6B)

Not on a yacht!
Posted by: Millionaires at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)


Cause of the implications! Amirite!

Posted by: Dennis Reynolds at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (cSOsh)

235 Hawaii should be a territory not a state.
Posted by: Braenyard

We agree.

Posted by: CCP at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (diia5)

236 I'm surprised to hear about the crappiness of Hawaiian steak, what with that big ol' cattle ranch they have on the Big Island.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

237 Maine has RCV so someone could win by 10% on election night then lose once all the RCV shenanigans start up.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (9Diqw)

238 >>>There is not a single mention of Mr. Biden's age

His age was NOT the common concern. It was his obvious senility. That might have been related to his age, but age was NOT the actual concern.

Posted by: GWB

>I know two 90+ year old women that are sharper of mind than Cadaver Joe Biden. One was hit by a car in a crosswalk. The other is blind in one eye. They have it together more than Joe on his best day.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (D1E+2)

239 The fish is very good. I had a marlin poke bowl that was great. The tuna was great too, although I don't like tuna so I'm relying on what the girls told me.

The squid was good too.

But the shrimp was crap and the oysters were mediocre at best and slimy gunk at worst.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

And which ones are locally-caught, and which are shipped in (mostly) frozen, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:42 PM (8zz6B)
_________

I doubt any of it is truly locally-caught. I'll bet it's all caught somewhere else, flash-frozen on the boat, and then flown in. I'm sure there are places where you can get truly fresh fish in Hawaii. But I'll bet the majority of fish is flown in from somewhere else.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

240 Re: transgder:

Ace, as far as I can tell, you never convered the release of "The Finnish Reprt,"a multi-decade study by the government of Finland released a few weeks ago which absolutely DESTROYED the entire transgender movement -- I mean, ENDED it fully and forever.

They track EVERY SINGLE TRaNSGENDER PERSON in the entire country for 15 years -- no dropouts, no extrapolating, no stat-fudging -- and found that "gender-affirming care" made thingds WORSE in almot eveyr case. Drugs, surgeries, affirmation -- all increased depression, suicide, misery, dissatisfaction, insanity. Conversely, NoT affirming the mania led to people "getting over it" rather quickly, less suicide, less depression, etc.

Tens of thousnads of people. Irrefutable.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Av6i5)

241 @211 I thing Collins tits shake because of a medical condition
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (gu0hJ)

Gwt her a bra with a pair cocktail shakers strapped onto it, and she'd make somebody a wonderful wife.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:46 PM (8zz6B)

242 Funny thing, salmon is a big deal on Maui. Huh. Must be some story behind that.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (Gqar8)

243
Sounds like the "autopsy" concluded they lost because Trump.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

That, and they couldn't resurrect their deepest deep fake ever and rassle up Slow Joe's 81 million votes for Red Kammie.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (Ebvx7)

244 232 Off topic I'm beginning to wonder if Trump has people in his administration purposely sabotaging him again. Get on with the war already DJT.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

======

Why?

Why not squeeze Iran for months by denying them their only major source of trade?

The combination of the Caspian Sea and railroads to Pakistan represent roughly 1% of the trading capacity from the Persian and Oman Gulfs. And the oil rich country has no refining capabilities.

They don't produce nearly enough food to feed themselves (nearly a quarter of their imports are food), and they're losing $450 million a day in lost trade.

We're dealing with Biden era gas prices.

Keep going, Trump. Squeeze more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (46HP8)

245 he has no legs on the National Stage. None.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 03:33 PM (+2ib4)

Stand up, Gavin!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (UULd1)

246 I just question how good this waiting-in-the-wings oppo on Platner is if the governor of Maine couldn't even beat him in the race.

Then again, she is a Dem, so.

Posted by: Gaff at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (EqzMw)

247 237 Maine has RCV so someone could win by 10% on election night then lose once all the RCV shenanigans start up.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (9Diqw)

=====

Maine has RCV in primaries only.

Do you look up anything?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (46HP8)

248 [Blowing on knuckles]

Hawaii was great. Odd state, though. There are no Hawaiians there. They are a tiny minority on their own island. The majority demo is ... Japanese. Yes, Japanese. Many signs are in English and Japanese. That's how many Japanese residents and tourists there are there.

Hawaii has basically been colonized by the Japanese. The irony.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

It's not just the Japanese, it's pretty much Pan-Asian island.

Being that I love Asian food, it's paradise. It's an actual melting pot of Asian cultures with Hawaiian and American.

Too bad so many have jumped on the tribalism bandwagon lately.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (N1tpc)

249 Pretty sure the Capital Grille in Waikiki had the steaks shipped in. They were pretty decent as CG usually is.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:48 PM (jlI90)

250 Mike Duggan, the very successful Democrat mayor of Detroit, responsible for bringing Detroit out of bankruptcy (official today) and spurring a renaissance of rebuilding and restoration of Detroit as a center of innovation and commerce, has announced he is dropping out of the race for Michigan governor. Duggan ran as an independent for governor.

My sense is either there was some bombshell leak of corruption coming out in the next couple of days of Duggan's time in office or the Democrats approached him with an offer too good to pass up.

Many Republicans were considering Duggan based on the huge turnaround he brought to Detroit and his statements regarding sensible regulations on data centers( no, he's not a NO DATA CENTER lunatic) tax policies, and refiguring of state rules on green energy, including myself.,

Now I have to look at the Republicans, which is a hard one to decide. John James has been pretty much worthless in Congress, Perry Johnson is just weird, and Mike Cox. I'm probably leaning toward Cox.

Posted by: jen the original at May 21, 2026 03:48 PM (dBwtA)

251 Any Hawaii trip report that doesn't end with "and then we accidentally ran over the Dogeater" makes me sad.

Posted by: far cry at May 21, 2026 03:48 PM (pBJ6M)

252 doubt any of it is truly locally-caught. I'll bet it's all caught somewhere else, flash-frozen on the boat, and then flown in. I'm sure there are places where you can get truly fresh fish in Hawaii. But I'll bet the majority of fish is flown in from somewhere else.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

Everything on the menu of most restaurants is from China via Sysco trucks.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:48 PM (9Diqw)

253 Because I didn't like Biden era gas prices and I want terrorists and their funders to die.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:48 PM (n5tGW)

254 A lot of the blame falls on Elon buying Twitter. The Democrats could no longer control the narrative.
==
Credit.

Trump + Elon + X = end of deep state

Reagan + Thatcher + JPII = fall of USSR
Posted by: Solve for X at May 21, 2026 03:44 PM (anL5R)

Elon certainly helped but they were losing control of the media monopoly even before that, because they are crap at running things. Their stations fail, their movies tank and people find ways to get information around their crude bans. Back in the day the HS Russian club knew that Kennedy Half Dollars were in huge demand on their tours to the regular USSR citizen because he defied them in Cuba.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:49 PM (8avO+)

255 Any Hawaii trip report that doesn't end with "and then we accidentally ran over the Dogeater" makes me sad.
Posted by: far cry

Didn't he sell his Hawaiian place?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

256 oh no Jen the original - that sucks!!!

the Ds always have something on their team members. he was probably looking at getting jailed for some petty nonsense if he continued his gubernatorial campaign.

gosh

that sucks

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 03:49 PM (j+aD2)

257 I doubt any of it is truly locally-caught. I'll bet it's all caught somewhere else, flash-frozen on the boat, and then flown in. I'm sure there are places where you can get truly fresh fish in Hawaii. But I'll bet the majority of fish is flown in from somewhere else.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

Most comes in from the Pacific Northwest, from talking with the locals.

Hawaii's waters are crystal clear.

That means there's no food other than the reefs themselves.

The whales literally don't eat for the entire time they come to Hawaii to calve. (Several months)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 03:50 PM (N1tpc)

258 What, no mention of the grassy knoll?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 21, 2026 03:50 PM (DsA2n)

259 At The Telegraph: "‘Eternal flame’ destroys 1,200-year-old Japanese temple"

Firefighters tragically undertrained in combating Eternal Fire.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 03:50 PM (N8ZBc)

260 Didn't he sell his Hawaiian place?
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

Did he? Wasn't it a gift? What an asshole.

Posted by: far cry at May 21, 2026 03:50 PM (pBJ6M)

261
Over schooled is not the same as educated, but those who are over schooled are never taught that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:51 PM (Ebvx7)

262 I doubt any of it is truly locally-caught. I'll bet it's all caught somewhere else, flash-frozen on the boat, and then flown in. I'm sure there are places where you can get truly fresh fish in Hawaii. But I'll bet the majority of fish is flown in from somewhere else.
==
I have no idea what the fishing is like around there maybe not that good. I always got a kick about florida, because I have caught fish and boated straight to the wholesaler's dock and sold it. The gave me some back for personal consumption. Its on the restaurant's plate that night or in the market. Its a fun state. Wacky. Don't give a shit about the small stuff state.


Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 03:51 PM (anL5R)

263 Hawaii is 40% Asian, mainly Chinese and Japanese, 20% white, 10% Hawaiian, 30% everything else.

It’s a goofy state demographically.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:51 PM (9Diqw)

264 Simpler, the reason the Dems lost in 2024 is because there were too many people watching to see if they would cheat at the level they did in 2020.

That Kamala got like 10 million LESS votes than Biden? Yet Trump only got like 4 million more votes?

That is like 14% of Dem voters suddenly either didn't vote, or changed their minds? uh... no... Human nature, ESPECIALLY on the LEFT, does not change their stance that rapidly.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 21, 2026 03:52 PM (mP0Kj)

265 Pretty sure the Capital Grille in Waikiki had the steaks shipped in. They were pretty decent as CG usually is.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:48 PM (jlI90)
_____

I walked past that CG several times but didn't eat there. I find that, in general, CG is good but overpriced for what you get. The CH menu in Waikiki is in English and ... Japanese.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

266 Why?

Why not squeeze Iran for months by denying them their only major source of trade?

The combination of the Caspian Sea and railroads to Pakistan represent roughly 1% of the trading capacity from the Persian and Oman Gulfs. And the oil rich country has no refining capabilities.

They don't produce nearly enough food to feed themselves (nearly a quarter of their imports are food), and they're losing $450 million a day in lost trade.

We're dealing with Biden era gas prices.

Keep going, Trump. Squeeze more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (46HP

We are working up an alliance of Gulf nations who can operate more freely. Also saw Tousi mentioning clashes between IGRC and Iran Army forces...not even the Shah's son yet.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:53 PM (8avO+)

267 I know you all like a good crossbow story.

California doc whose spending sprees included 400-year-old crossbow charged with stealing $45M in Botox fraud scheme

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:53 PM (ndZc7)

268 Most comes in from the Pacific Northwest, from talking with the locals.

Hawaii's waters are crystal clear.

That means there's no food other than the reefs themselves.

The whales literally don't eat for the entire time they come to Hawaii to calve. (Several months)
==
Interesting! I did not know that. Less inclined to go to Hawaii now.

Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 03:54 PM (anL5R)

269 Kamala won. Trump stole the elections with Putin and Elon hacking voting machines.
FACTS!

- Reddit

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:54 PM (9Diqw)

270 266 We are working up an alliance of Gulf nations who can operate more freely. Also saw Tousi mentioning clashes between IGRC and Iran Army forces...not even the Shah's son yet.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:53 PM (8avO+)

=====

Heck, UAE started attacking them a couple of weeks back.

But if there aren't booms, then nothing is happening, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:54 PM (46HP8)

271 Hawaii is 40% Asian, mainly Chinese and Japanese, 20% white, 10% Hawaiian, 30% everything else.

It’s a goofy state demographically.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:51 PM (9Diqw)

It had a big Japanese presence before 1941 even.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:54 PM (8avO+)

272 Democrats "have proven incapable of projecting strength, unity, and leadership, and voters have drifted away,"

And whose fault is that? Not yours! You can pin this on the media and the US Postal Service for not "delivering" the votes you needed.

Posted by: t-bird at May 21, 2026 03:54 PM (3arSl)

273 I know you all like a good crossbow story.

California doc whose spending sprees included 400-year-old crossbow charged with stealing $45M in Botox fraud scheme
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:53 PM (ndZc7)

He'd have gotten off if it were a 400 year old longbow.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:55 PM (8avO+)

274 >> I walked past that CG several times but didn't eat there. I find that, in general, CG is good but overpriced for what you get. The CH menu in Waikiki is in English and ... Japanese.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

Absolutely overpriced. But so are most now. I’m find Morton’s to be better, as is Del Frisco. But you can’t always get them.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:55 PM (jlI90)

275 @250 jen, does Benson have the Dem nomination in the bag? She should be in jail, but ..

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 03:55 PM (gu0hJ)

276 233 Had really good seafood in SC last month. And Low Country Cooking. I’d gain 20 pounds just living there.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar

Shrimp ‘n Grits is very popular.
And we like to fry things, a lot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 03:55 PM (6ydKt)

277 Elon Musk is an idiot because he made billions rather than go to college!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:43

Except he went to Penn and has 2 degrees - economics and physics.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 03:56 PM (OoFl2)

278 Sounds like the "autopsy" concluded they lost because Trump.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Because Trump is awesome!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

279 256. Yes, this is very much unexpected. His explanation is that he can't raise enough money and is behind in the polls. I don't believe that for a minute.

Posted by: jen the original at May 21, 2026 03:56 PM (dBwtA)

280 276 233 Had really good seafood in SC last month. And Low Country Cooking. I’d gain 20 pounds just living there.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar

Shrimp ‘n Grits is very popular.
And we like to fry things, a lot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 03:55 PM (6ydKt)

Food was great. Had collards every meal. Well, not breakfast.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)

281 When they were in Alaska, the Russians made a play for Hawaii. Even built a fort there. They pissed off King Kamehameha, though, so the Tsar had to tell those Russians to knock it off and leave.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)

282 Hawaii is 40% Asian, mainly Chinese and Japanese, 20% white, 10% Hawaiian, 30% everything else.

It’s a goofy state demographically.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:51 PM (9Diqw)
_______

I was on Oahu (mostly in Waikiki and environs) and my take is those stats undercount the number of Japanese. I would say well over 50% are "Asian" with the most being Japanese (probably 60% of that 50%) followed by Korean and Filipino. I didn't see many Chinese.

The natives are barely noticeable. The only place you really see them is working as laborers in stores. They are like the Hawaiian version of the Mexican laborers you see in mainland cities.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

283 One of the senators from Hawaii is named Shatz. There’s a senator from Idaho named Crapo.

I desperately want them to team up on a bill called the Shatz Crapo Act.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (9Diqw)

284 He'd have gotten off if it were a 400 year old longbow.
Posted by: Oldcat

She. Stronk woman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (ndZc7)

285
Remember the 2012 GOP autopsy that came to the conclusion that the GOP needed to embrace amnesty to win ever again?
———-

==============

I remember it well, and it shows exactly why we had to dump the GOP and go rogue with Trump. The closest thing Dems have is... well, there are a few PO'd, disillusioned billionaires, but none of them come close to the intensity and astronomical magnitude of Trump.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (n7rxJ)

286 Had collards every meal. Well, not breakfast.
==
Reminds me. I have to plant my mustard greens...

Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (anL5R)

287 When the commie dems get desparate they kill people. Eyes open, friends.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (XAqbL)

288 DNC Autopsy - our appeal is becoming more selective.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (81Fo/)

289 Elon Musk is an idiot because he made billions rather than go to college!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:43

Except he went to Penn and has 2 degrees - economics and physics.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 03:56 PM (OoFl2)

STEM degrees don't count! .... i should have checked that first.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (8avO+)

290
According to an article from this month, "The former U.S. President and First Lady own residences in Chicago, Massachusetts, and Washington, each worth $20 million." No mention of any place that is theirs in Hawaii.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Ebvx7)

291
He'd have gotten off if it were a 400 year old longbow.
Posted by: Oldcat

============

Fun fact: it's a she.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:59 PM (n7rxJ)

292
STEM degrees don't count! .... i should have checked that first.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (8avO

Hahaha. But he is dumb, just ask AOC. Who would know.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 03:59 PM (OoFl2)

293 286 Had collards every meal. Well, not breakfast.
==
Reminds me. I have to plant my mustard greens...
Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (anL5R)

I’d like to grow peanuts. And tobacco. Tobacco plants are awesome.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:59 PM (Gqar8)

294 285 I remember it well, and it shows exactly why we had to dump the GOP and go rogue with Trump. The closest thing Dems have is... well, there are a few PO'd, disillusioned billionaires, but none of them come close to the intensity and astronomical magnitude of Trump.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (n7rxJ)

=======

Hunter talks shit about Obama all the time.

He's honestly one of their best hopes at forging a new direction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:00 PM (46HP8)

295 Methinks party autopsies are...bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:15 PM

I'm sure their internal analyses are in-depth, voluminous, and brutally honest. This was all they could show publicly.

To better understand the Democrats' dilemma, imagine if Kamala Harris were suddenly, somehow made magically conservative yet still remained the vacuous idiot she's always been. Selling her as a viable candidate would still be the hardest job in the world.

Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2026 04:00 PM (v1M8F)

296 Of course they can't finish it.

>Forbes, Business, 'Kamala Harris Has MORE Billionaires Prominently Backing Her Than Trump - Bezos and Griffin Weight In (Updated) October 30, 2024

Topline

Forbes found at least 100 billionaires n the corners of either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris-with many more backing Haris - but unlike the world's richest man Elon Musk, who stumps extensively on Trump's behalf, many have elected to watch from the sidelines, like Warren Buffett and mark Zuckerberg.

Key Facts
Our breakdown records 83 billionaires supporting Harris and 52 backing Trump so far (see the lists for both below.)

Much more followed.
---
>Fox 59 List: There are the billionaires backing Kamala Harris
>Yahoo Finance: 7 Billionaires that have thrown big backing behind Biden's Presidency
>Americans for Tax Fairness: Billionaire Clans Spend Nearly $2 BILLION on 2024 Elections

And so on.

And I don't buy for one minute the "Tax the Billionaires" BS that comes from the mouths of half of the lunatics. The billionaires keep them.

Any "Wealth taxes" instituted will go thru lower incomes, limit benefits to "working families" as THEY DEFINE, etc.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 21, 2026 04:01 PM (NFX2v)

297 hot tip: don't run an imbecile for president
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (CWTWj)

That is all we got!

Posted by: The DNC at May 21, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)

298
Trump + Elon + X = end of deep state

Reagan + Thatcher + JPII = fall of USSR
Posted by: Solve for X

==============

I was thinking the Dems need their Trump. Maybe they need their Gorbachev.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 04:01 PM (n7rxJ)

299 295 To better understand the Democrats' dilemma, imagine if Kamala Harris were suddenly, somehow made magically conservative yet still remained the vacuous idiot she's always been. Selling her as a viable candidate would still be the hardest job in the world.

Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2026 04:00 PM (v1M8F)

=======

Oh, we don't have to wonder about that.

The white progressives who think they run the party are going to go scorched earth against her when the primary starts. They're currently holding out hope that she simply...chooses not to run.

Once she does, they're going to be brutal, and it's not going to matter. Black Dems won't fall away, she'll win SC by 50 points, and then the party is going to have to tell black women that their preferred candidate, as expressed in an actual election, is not worth it and they need to step aside for Newsom or whomever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (46HP8)

300 To better understand the Democrats' dilemma, imagine if Kamala Harris were suddenly, somehow made magically conservative yet still remained the vacuous idiot she's always been. Selling her as a viable candidate would still be the hardest job in the world.
____

No kidding!
-MTG

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (81Fo/)

301 The former U.S. President and First Lady own residences in Chicago, Massachusetts, and Washington, each worth $20 million." No mention of any place that is theirs in Hawaii.
==
It is owned by an LLC. Per hawaii TV station:

Obamas have not sold their Hawaii home. In fact, the couple’s custom beachfront estate in Waimānalo on the island of Oʻahu was reportedly nearing completion and is actively used as their personal sanctuary. (its the old site of the Magnum PI house.)

Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (anL5R)

302 The Democrats could have beat Trump with someone more conservative, like Thomas Massey.

Posted by: Errorick Errorickson at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (vFG9F)

303 297 hot tip: don't run an imbecile for president
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (CWTWj)

That is all we got!

Posted by: The DNC at May 21, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)

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It worked with Biden!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (46HP8)

304 Just for S&G I pulled this up about Honolulu/Waikiki:

"The racial makeup of the county was 43.9% Asian, 20.8% white, 9.5% Pacific Islander, 2.0% black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.1% from other races, and 22.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 9.1% of the population."

That seems about right, but add in all the Japanese tourists and the significant portion of natives who are hidden in labor jobs, and you'll have my experience.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

305 The natives are barely noticeable. The only place you really see them is working as laborers in stores. They are like the Hawaiian version of the Mexican laborers you see in mainland cities.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

Natives are all over on North Shore... at least it was that way when I lived there for 4 years in the late 80's.

Knew a couple of Native families over there... one of whom owned a working Cattle Ranch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (mP0Kj)

306 No mention of any place that is theirs in Hawaii.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Ebvx7)

I seem to recall that Obama went to HI a few times in Trump’s first term to oversee construction of a home there which just happened to coincide with the Hawaiian judge ruling against Trump on something.

But now that you mention that, I haven’t heard much about an Obama home there in years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 04:03 PM (6ydKt)

307 To better understand the Democrats' dilemma, imagine if Kamala Harris were suddenly, somehow made magically conservative yet still remained the vacuous idiot she's always been. Selling her as a viable candidate would still be the hardest job in the world.
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2026 04:00 PM (v1M8F)

She was proven non viable outside CA fraud her whole career. She dropped out in 2000 polling 5th or something in the Primary in her home state...before even voting for the Primary. Biden took her as VP because she was the only Democrat that would be worse as President than he would be. Biden forced her to be the nominee when he was forced out by Obama which put the Dems in a hopeless position.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:03 PM (8avO+)

308 153 Holy smokes, how far left do you have to be to say the GOP has full control of the media? I don't think the chart goes that far

These are the sort of people that unless the on camera "talent" is an ugly dude with purple hair wearing a dress and blaming a car accident on billionaires and Israel, the media they are watching is run by evangelical Christian conservatives.

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 21, 2026 04:03 PM (3/XaG)

309 I’d like to grow peanuts. And tobacco. Tobacco plants are awesome.
Posted by: tubal

I once did an internet search asking if people can/do eat tobacco. From what I saw, tobacco has a lot of good nutrients in it and would be a great food...except for all the nicotine.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)

310 307
She was proven non viable outside CA fraud her whole career. She dropped out in 2000 polling 5th or something in the Primary in her home state...before even voting for the Primary. Biden took her as VP because she was the only Democrat that would be worse as President than he would be. Biden forced her to be the nominee when he was forced out by Obama which put the Dems in a hopeless position.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:03 PM (8avO+)

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Biden had the same path.

But then he became VP, and he just...got a bucket of support that he never lost.

It's amazing what becoming VP can do to one's name recognition and perception as electable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:04 PM (46HP8)

311 But now that you mention that, I haven’t heard much about an Obama home there in years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 04:03 PM (6ydKt)

Stiffing the natives on FEMA might have cooled his ardor for living in machete range.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:04 PM (8avO+)

312 The natives are barely noticeable. The only place you really see them is working as laborers in stores. They are like the Hawaiian version of the Mexican laborers you see in mainland cities.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

Natives are all over on North Shore... at least it was that way when I lived there for 4 years in the late 80's.

Knew a couple of Native families over there... one of whom owned a working Cattle Ranch.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 21, 2026 04:02 PM (mP0Kj)
_________

I took a trip to the NS to swim with sharks. Didn't see many natives there. Lotsa raggedy white stoner surfers, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)

313 308 153 Holy smokes, how far left do you have to be to say the GOP has full control of the media? I don't think the chart goes that far

These are the sort of people that unless the on camera "talent" is an ugly dude with purple hair wearing a dress and blaming a car accident on billionaires and Israel, the media they are watching is run by evangelical Christian conservatives.

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 21, 2026 04:03 PM (3/XaG)

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"MSNBC is owned by a corporation. Corporations are conservative. Therefore MSNBC is conservative."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:05 PM (46HP8)

314 Collard greens are good soul food.
There’s a soul food place about two miles away that cooks them just right.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 04:05 PM (6ydKt)

315 The 28 Dem nominee will be a hard leftist, probably from the Dem Socialist wing. They have left the old timers behind. AOC or someone crazier

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:05 PM (gu0hJ)

316 (its the old site of the Magnum PI house.)
Posted by: Not a florida man


Yes, I remember that now. Folks were pissed that they were tearing down the Magnum house.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)

317 Biden had the same path.

But then he became VP, and he just...got a bucket of support that he never lost.

It's amazing what becoming VP can do to one's name recognition and perception as electable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:04 PM (46HP

Guess we have to fear the Mike Pence juggernaut in 2028

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:06 PM (8avO+)

318
Hunter talks shit about Obama all the time.

He's honestly one of their best hopes at forging a new direction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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That's insane.

But the microscopic chance that the Dems will follow Hunter anywhere makes him no "best hope." I'll confidently say, no Dem has the power to break the spell Obama continues to cast.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 04:06 PM (n7rxJ)

319 259 At The Telegraph: "‘Eternal flame’ destroys 1,200-year-old Japanese temple"
--

Don't look at us!

Posted by: The Bangles at May 21, 2026 04:06 PM (0bjKf)

320 317 Guess we have to fear the Mike Pence juggernaut in 2028

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:06 PM (8avO+)

=======

Visibly turning on the only popular member of the party will do things to that equation.

I can't wait for my $400 to turn into $5500 when Kamala gets that nomination, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:07 PM (46HP8)

321 I think swimming with sharks could easily result in a FAFO situation for the human swimmers.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:07 PM (77rzZ)

322 Ilhan Omar has blamed Trump for the Feeding Our Futures fraud. Gaslighting, it's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (n5tGW)

323 A little escape from poly-ticks: Puppies!

https://youtube.com/shorts/JZY7msT5Spo

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (qx7Zg)

324
Do you look up anything?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Wait? You look things up?
*insert that meme*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (QVmho)

325 305 The natives are barely noticeable. The only place you really see them is working as laborers in stores. They are like the Hawaiian version of the Mexican laborers you see in mainland cities.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

Natives are all over on North Shore... at least it was that way when I lived there for 4 years in the late 80's.

Knew a couple of Native families over there... one of whom owned a working Cattle Ranch.
Posted by: Romeo13

Last time I was on Oahu I found myself on an obscure beach on the far western edge of the island. scary-looking local native Hawaiian surfer gang dudes were giving us the stink-eye, like "Get off our beach. Haoles out!" We got the message left befiore things got ugly.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (Av6i5)

326 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (qx7Zg)

Hey man, I saw the meme you posted for me and Mannix on an earlier thread. It made me chuckle. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)

327 I can't wait for my $400 to turn into $5500 when Kamala gets that nomination, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:07 PM (46HP

I'm sure inflation won't be that bad....

Right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (Ot/FD)

328 314 Collard greens are good soul food.
There’s a soul food place about two miles away that cooks them just right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I make the best collard greens.

A black woman came up to me in the grocery store and asked me why I was buying the greens. So I told her. She seemed skeptical, until I told her my recipe. She seemed impressed.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (81Fo/)

329 318 That's insane.

But the microscopic chance that the Dems will follow Hunter anywhere makes him no "best hope." I'll confidently say, no Dem has the power to break the spell Obama continues to cast.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 04:06 PM (n7rxJ)

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It'll take someone shitting on Obama to even begin forging a new path.

Think of how Trump was the only one to shit on W in 2016. W was unpopular and an anchor so bad that he kept quiet in the 2012 election to not drag down Mitt Romney, but no one would say that he had fucked up Iraq or with amnesty.

Then Trump does it.

Obama's not quite the same, but the ideological capture the Dems are facing is all his fault. To break it, they have to break with Obama, and who could do that? Not any governor or senator. They'd get shut out of media in a heartbeat.

It'd take...another Trump. A billionaire with the kind of money to break through media blackouts and keep his message going.

No leftist billionaire would do it though. They all agree with Obama.

So, the left is fucked for the time being, hoping their cheat machine works again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (46HP8)

330 "MSNBC is owned by a corporation. Corporations are conservative. Therefore MSNBC is conservative."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:05 PM (46HP

Which is especially funny since Democrats get more corporate money by several orders of magnitude than the GOP or RNC. But facts don't really matter to these people anyway.

Posted by: Can't reason them out of an unreasoned position at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (TbWk/)

331 I seem to recall that Obama went to HI a few times in Trump’s first term to oversee construction of a home there which just happened to coincide with the Hawaiian judge ruling against Trump on something.

But now that you mention that, I haven’t heard much about an Obama home there in years.
==
The house he bought in 2008, was not the place he vacationed in. That one got sold. 2008 he bought the old magnum PI property. Which was owned by Jim Nabors - gomer pyle - who died in 2018. They raised the house to the ground, and rebuilt. It wasn't ready until 2025. The paid 8 million. And spent 10 million building.

Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

332 Off topic I'm beginning to wonder if Trump has people in his administration purposely sabotaging him again. Get on with the war already DJT.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

he doesn't have to go to war, he is currently getting everything he needs, right now.
For 80 years the USN enforced every blockade the Europeans wanted, and by putting the bite on Iran, (for a while Iraq), and Venezuela the USN made sure that China, India and the Euros could buy sanctioned oil at below market price off the "shadow fleet" no one seemed to be able to find.
Now, with IRGC determining that the Straits are closed, and with the USN enforcing that, China and the Euros are paying market price and are quite unhappy about it.
So they are trying to figure out how to either make a deal or force Iran into making a deal.
Aaaand the IRGC generals get paid off of shipments of embargoed oil, and they are currently dipping into their savings to keep things running at home.

It may fall apart, but the moment we invade, the whole playhouse get kicked apart and Trump can't control that near as much.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (rbvCR)

333 Funny thing, salmon is a big deal on Maui. Huh. Must be some story behind that.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM


So is spam.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 21, 2026 04:10 PM (0N4FZ)

334 330 "MSNBC is owned by a corporation. Corporations are conservative. Therefore MSNBC is conservative."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:05 PM (46HP

Which is especially funny since Democrats get more corporate money by several orders of magnitude than the GOP or RNC. But facts don't really matter to these people anyway.

Posted by: Can't reason them out of an unreasoned position at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (TbWk/)

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Well, that's just further proof that the Democrat Party is a conservative party dressed up as progressive. The only way forward is to break from it and vote socialist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:10 PM (46HP8)

335
DNC Headquarters

*tiredly throws papers on table*

"Screw it, let's just have AI write something."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:10 PM (HdYcL)

336 Elric the Blade-

What is the benefit of swimming with sharks ?
I'm guessing they're friendly sharks who either ate beforehand or are specially trained not to kill the visitors.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:11 PM (n3VHW)

337 Visibly turning on the only popular member of the party will do things to that equation.

I can't wait for my $400 to turn into $5500 when Kamala gets that nomination, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:07 PM (46HP

It could happen, as you say Biden was pulled along in 2000 by a bunch of curious oppo drops on supposed contenders that I was never quite sure who was dropping the dirt. Tulsi's gutting of Kamala in the dem debate was one such incident. And some tricks to neuter the usual "Iowa Winner is gonna change things the press does.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)

338 Elric, weren't you the one who was talking a while back about going skiing on Mauna Kea?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

339 321 I think swimming with sharks could easily result in a FAFO situation for the human swimmers.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:07 PM

I have a deal with sharks, I don't eat them, they do not eat me.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:12 PM (Oq/TM)

340 337 It could happen, as you say Biden was pulled along in 2000 by a bunch of curious oppo drops on supposed contenders that I was never quite sure who was dropping the dirt. Tulsi's gutting of Kamala in the dem debate was one such incident. And some tricks to neuter the usual "Iowa Winner is gonna change things the press does.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)

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Blacks chose Biden early, and they stuck with him.

That's the only real story of 2020 that matters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:12 PM (46HP8)

341 Iran is run by death seeking insane people, they are not going to make a deal to our satisfaction.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:12 PM (n5tGW)

342 Maybe they should have called him Double Hitler or -Dare I say it?- Triple Hitler.

Posted by: Wally at May 21, 2026 04:12 PM (0e5Te)

343 Funny thing, salmon is a big deal on Maui. Huh. Must be some story behind that.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 03:47 PM (Gqar

It looks like Spam

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

344 I make the best collard greens.

A black woman came up to me in the grocery store and asked me why I was buying the greens. So I told her. She seemed skeptical, until I told her my recipe. She seemed impressed.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (81Fo/)

Big pot, water, chicken broth, a little salt & pepper, ham bones with some meat still on them, add the collard leaves (no stems), and boil about four hours.

That’s never failed us when making them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)

345 341 Iran is run by death seeking insane people, they are not going to make a deal to our satisfaction.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:12 PM (n5tGW)

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So, continue to squeeze them.

Some Israeli general was saying that the blockade hurts them more than the bombing campaign.

All while UAE builds a pipeline to bypass the strait of Hormuz and more nations are buying American oil than ever before.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:13 PM (46HP8)

346 >>>hot tip: don't run an imbecile for president
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (CWTWj)

That is all we got!

Posted by: The DNC

>AOC and Kamala aren't qualified to clean my bungalow. What makes them think they can run the country?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (D1E+2)

347
they need to step aside for Newsom or whomever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==============

Newsom or whomever? They haven't picked someone yet?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (n7rxJ)

348 >>Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

>>He's faded badly.
......

Needs moar hand jive and shoulder shimmy.

Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (UjdFS)

349 So the party of burn loot murder, chop your tits off, chop your dink off, and kill the Jews wasn't a winner?

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (61TgR)

350 DNC Headquarters

*tiredly throws papers on table*

"Screw it, let's just have AI write something."
===
"Then we'll bill a million dollars to the budget from some fake lawfirm and split it amongst ourselves!"

*committee members say nothing for a moment then respond*

"make it 10 million"

Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (anL5R)

351 "failed to position Kamala Harris for success."

Stupid and lazy people think everyone else is also stupid and lazy, and so they must have "staff" who prepare them for success, rather than getting of their asses and doing the work.

So therefore, they believe in such idiotic concepts as "equity" (not the mortgage kind, the stupid people affirmative action kind), since obviously their failures are patently not their fault.

The entire concept is likewise stupid and lazy.

Or, one could say, that shit's all gay and retarded.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:15 PM (DwqWV)

352 347
they need to step aside for Newsom or whomever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==============

Newsom or whomever? They haven't picked someone yet?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (n7rxJ)

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The DNC chose Kamala in 2020. It didn't work. They chose Warren right after. It didn't work. They chose Beto. It didn't work. They chose Buttigieg. It didn't work.

Whomever the DNC chooses doesn't matter anymore. They can't control their primary that way, especially if they can't clear the field.

Whomever captures the black vote is more predictive of who wins the nomination than whatever whisper campaign is going on in the DNC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:16 PM (46HP8)

353 A black woman came up to me in the grocery store and asked me why I was buying the greens. So I told her. She seemed skeptical, until I told her my recipe. She seemed impressed.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (81Fo/)

Big pot, water, chicken broth, a little salt & pepper, ham bones with some meat still on them, add the collard leaves (no stems), and boil about four hours.

That’s never failed us when making them.
===
Well Chuck? Whaddya got?

Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 21, 2026 04:16 PM (anL5R)

354 295. Selling her as a viable candidate would still be the hardest job in the world.
Posted by: troyriser

I believe we shall see.



Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 21, 2026 04:16 PM (NFX2v)

355 Democrats now know -- if they didn't before -- that transgender "science" is a propaganda lie spun up by WPATH, an organization funded by J.B. Pritzker's transgender brother "Jennifer" Pritzker. It was never true that "gender affirming surgery" reduces suicide -- and multiple studies now prove that beyond doubt. It was never true that "gender affirming" "medicine" improves mental health or well-being.
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The whole network are a bunch of sadistic pedos who get off on mutilating childrens organs. The whole lot should be executed. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 04:16 PM (/lPRQ)

356 348 >>Newsom hasn't led a national poll since February.

>>He's faded badly.
......

Needs moar hand jive and shoulder shimmy.
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 04:14 PM (UjdFS)

Probably just needs more hand jobs and shut his fool mouth time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:16 PM (DwqWV)

357 The Dems lost because they finally burned through the last shred of credibility, gravitas and undeserved respectability they inherited from previous generations of "sensible" "mainstream" Democrats in long ago decades. Finally, in 2024, they were surviving on their own current reputation, and not on old-timey 'working class folks': auto-voting "D' every election by default, because they always have done so, as did dad and Grandad. The Dems burned through that Unmerited Accrued Reputation, and were left flat broke.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 04:16 PM (Av6i5)

358
BREAKING: DOJ tells
@FoxNews
that 32-year-old Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, the accused Minnesota fraudster seen on video jumping off a fourth story balcony and fleeing from federal agents, is wanted for $3.3 million in Medicaid fraud and is still on the run. Photo of vehicle he is believed to be driving as well.

Per DOJ: "Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, 32, was charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud in connection with a scheme to submit $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program of Minnesota Medicaid, of which approximately $3.2 million was paid. As alleged in the indictment, Omar co-owned and operated North Home Health Care LLC (NHHC) and Omar individually owned South Home Health Care LLC (SHHC). Omar, through NHHC and SHHC, submitted claims to the HSS Program for services that they did not provide and for more services than were actually provided to Medicaid recipients. Omar then created records falsifying the services that they claimed to have provided to Medicaid recipients and provided those records to insurers to justify their fraudulent claims."

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (kX27y)

359 Thune recessed the Senate until next month.

Is he throwing a temper tantrum over Massie?

This means they'll definitely miss the ICE funding deadline.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

360 And we are paying more for gas, which isn't the end all be all for me, but it effects almost all other goods which voters will notice this fall. But still that's not the thing, it is just silly to keep saying over and over we are close to a deal and Iran keeps saying they won't even talk about it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (n5tGW)

361 The World Cup starts in the USA in just over three weeks. I don't care

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (gu0hJ)

362 I also can't wait for the black caucus getting REAL mad at the DNC for getting Talarico over the line instead of Crockett when Talarico loses to "deeply unpopular" Ken Paxton by 10 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (46HP8)

363 359 Thune recessed the Senate until next month.

Is he throwing a temper tantrum over Massie?

This means they'll definitely miss the ICE funding deadline.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

======

A reminder:

A full recess requires a floor vote and a majority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:18 PM (46HP8)

364 Remove their cruel collars, and let the greens run free.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 04:18 PM (N8ZBc)

365 Thune recessed the Senate until next month.

Is he throwing a temper tantrum over Massie?

This means they'll definitely miss the ICE funding deadline.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

ICE is funded for years. Other orgs might have an issue but not ICE.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:18 PM (8avO+)

366 You had me at Democrats Don't Dare Tell the Truth.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 04:18 PM (2WIwB)

367 @359 more likely a tantrum over Cornyn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (gu0hJ)

368 nood

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (N8ZBc)

369 Jumped off a 3 store balcony and still running?

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)

370 >>> placing blame for Kamala Harris's defeat partly on former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s political operation.


Sure. Blame everything on the senile old white guy.

Bunch of ageist racists.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)

371 361 The World Cup starts in the USA in just over three weeks. I don't care
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (gu0hJ)

That shit is also gay and retarded.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (DwqWV)

372
32-year-old Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, the accused Minnesota fraudster seen on video jumping off a fourth story balcony and fleeing from federal agents, is wanted for $3.3 million in Medicaid fraud and is still on the run.

Or more correctly "on the hop".

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (Cqx++)

373 I also can't wait for the black caucus getting REAL mad at the DNC for getting Talarico over the line instead of Crockett when Talarico loses to "deeply unpopular" Ken Paxton by 10 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (46HP

...maybe, but Crockett was such a media created carpetbagger huckster I'm not sure how much unity she inspired.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)

374 Thune recessed the Senate until next month.

Is he throwing a temper tantrum over Massie?

This means they'll definitely miss the ICE funding deadline.

Posted by: bonhomme at

It also means they avoid voting on the Iran war powers act.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (xTAhb)

375 373 I also can't wait for the black caucus getting REAL mad at the DNC for getting Talarico over the line instead of Crockett when Talarico loses to "deeply unpopular" Ken Paxton by 10 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (46HP

...maybe, but Crockett was such a media created carpetbagger huckster I'm not sure how much unity she inspired.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)

======

Won't matter.

She got Obama levels of support from the black voting base and the alternate histories of her winning will win the day vs. the reality of Talarico losing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (46HP8)

376
It'd take...another Trump. A billionaire with the kind of money to break through media blackouts and keep his message going.

No leftist billionaire would do it though. They all agree with Obama.

So, the left is fucked for the time being, hoping their cheat machine works again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==============

Yes, we've all been wondering who the Dems' Trump is, and concluding there isn't one. I think they'll be finished in their current form by the end of Vance-or-Rubio's first term. We're talking about 6 solid years of choking off their funds while Americans become freer and richer than ever on Republican governance.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 04:23 PM (n7rxJ)

377 "... WPATH, an organization funded by J.B. Pritzker's transgender brother "Jennifer" Pritzker."

All anyone needs to know about the dem party. Billionaire perverts fund and control it.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 21, 2026 04:23 PM (9X60i)

378 Democrats are incompatible with America.
It's that simple. They live online and act accordingly.

The constant outrage by a few has left the general public exhausted and fed up.

Fuck you and fuck your sign

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 21, 2026 04:23 PM (510Od)

379 "The report's so stupid, it's hard to make sense why something's in there and why it's not,"

Add that to the reasons why you lost, loser.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (eloIc)

380 203 I’d vote for Susan Collins if she shows me her tits.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 03:39 PM (jlI90)

*record needle scratch*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

----

Ok, lol-ed at that one.

My coworkers giving are giving me the side-eye again. Going to have to scrub the browser history, again......

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (Cjger)

381 I don't believe the autopsy. Those bloodsuckers aren't dead yet, they are just playing possum. Cut off the head, shove garlic in the mouth and neckhole, stake the corpse to the ground through the heart, light it on fire, riddle it with silver bullets from a ma duece and let the smoldering remains bake in the sunshine for a few months . You can never be too sure with these evil creatures.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (cEu53)

382 Limited conclusions: The draft report's findings were limited, often veering into political clichés and hard-to-follow explanations.
====

Like their policy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (RIvkX)

383 >>>At least we knew when to quit.

Posted by: Police Academy Franchise

>If the naked gun didn't get you, the gloved knife will.

Posted by: Orenthal James Simpson at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (D1E+2)

384 ICE is funded for years. Other orgs might have an issue but not ICE.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:18 PM (8avO+)


THIS

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (WONhk)

Awesomesauce: The "Quality Learing Center" Somali Pirates Exposed by Superstar Muckraker Nick Shirley Indicted on Federal Charges

Do we need some good news?

I think we need some good news.


Now they will be prosecuted and imprisoned and later, I hope, denaturalized and deported.

The owner of a Minneapolis day care featured in a viral video by Nick Shirley exposing fraud has been federally charged with wire fraud and conspiracy for allegedly stealing over $4.6 million through false claims to federal nutrition and state childcare assistance programs.

Fahima Egeh Mahamud, CEO of Future Leaders Early Learning near George Floyd Square, is charged with falsely claiming to serve thousands of meals through Feeding our Future while defrauding Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program.

The day care allegedly pocketed more than $4.6 million in fraudulent claims before closing in January following state investigations triggered by a viral Nick Shirley video in December.


Oh, by the way, this real Looker is also charged with looting covid relief funds.

Criminals never lear.


David Strom links this embarrassing act of anti-journalism from CNN, in which an anti-journalist attempted to debunk a plainly true story by calling up the pirates and asking them "Are you doing a piracy?" When they said "no," CNN said "Ah-ha, we have disproven the racism!"


nofraudwhatsoever.jpeg


Nick just exposed some more Somali pirates, who cursed him and threatened him for asking questions about their " " " " business. " " " "

What kind of " " " " business " " " " owners get threatening and violent when people knock on the door to inquire about what services the " " " " business " " " " offers?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:50 PM




Comments

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1 About time

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (N1tpc)

2 I told the others

Posted by: the lower depths at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Dg7ng)

3 I was told nothing would happen.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2UnvF)

4 Wallz closing in!

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (wxgaw)

5 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (vhPr1)

6 And, of course he's Somali.......


Square profile picture
CrimeWatchMpls

@CrimeWatchMpls
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The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of a suspected Minneapolis fraudster who jumped from a 4th story window to escape and hopped away on one foot.

If you have information, contact the FBI and tell them you saw this on Crime Watch.

Submit a tip online at http://tips.fbi.gov
Local phone: (763) 569-8000

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (kX27y)

7 Now they will be prosecuted and imprisoned and later, I hope, denaturalized and deported.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:50 PM

/checks article.

AH. Federal and State charges.

If it was state alone, they'd let her plea down and then get probation, which would then be expunged.

With Federal charges, it's likely she'll actually do time and be deported.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (N1tpc)

8 It's sort of sad these mental midgets were able to get away with the fraud for this long.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (jehhT)

9
More, more.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

10 She looks fun

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (Hb+bW)

11 Nick Shirley doesn't have a Pulitzer.

Posted by: j school myrmidon at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (rJ48h)

12 Angela Rose should try the decaf.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:54 PM (wNNhd)

13 Bananas and Rice, Forever!

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 01:54 PM (+2ib4)

14 She looks like a skinny Frogan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:54 PM (wxgaw)

15 Federal prison >> Mogadishu.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (594J6)

16 One fraud, two fraud, dead fraud, blue fraud

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (n5tGW)

17 >>The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of a suspected Minneapolis fraudster who jumped from a 4th story window to escape and hopped away on one foot.


Somalian about to get a peg leg?

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (+2ib4)

18 Awesomesauce: The "Quality Learing Center" Somali Pirates Exposed by Superstar Muckraker Nick Shirley Indicted on Federal Charges

So can we arrest the MN state government for being in on it as well now?

Note, during that time frame they were bragging about their anti-fraud efforts which nabbed something like $70k in non-somali fraud

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

19 Four stories is a long ways.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (wNNhd)

20 We also need to go after the accomplices that were in on the fraud and getting kickbacks to pretend their children were getting served, as well.

They ALL need to be stripped of their assets and deported.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (N1tpc)

21 2.5 million used to learn how to swear on American

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (8yx7s)

22 #winning! scrolling this week has turned my phone into a bonerphone

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (gKWVE)

23 WE WANT ALL THAT MONEY BACK




NOW!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (4KUe5)

24 Somalis certainly have an enviable mastery of English.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (w8dnx)

25 That Money is gone, Lizzy.

Like Tears in Rain.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (+2ib4)

26 Deport entire family.
Seriously, enough.
Incompatible with US culture and legal system.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (4KUe5)

27 Remember when the
@nickshirleyy
fraud video went absolutely nuclear & CNN was literally *forced* to cover it - so they sent a reporter to sit in a hotel room and make phone calls?

CNN: “Hello, are you doing fraud?”

Learing Center: “Um… no?”

CNN: “Okay, thanks. Bye!”

This is how the FNM works. Remember their response to the Haitians eating wildlife was to ask the town manager who's housing they were staying at if they were doing it and he said no...and then they ran with "this story has been debunked"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

28 There are many more in more States, bust them all mad get the money back.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (gflfc)

29 Nick Shirley doesn't have a Pulitzer.
Posted by: j school myrmidon at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (rJ48h)

He might qualify if he wears a suit and a fedora with a piece of paper with PRESS typed on it stuck in the hat band. Otherwise, we won't take him seriously.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (qx7Zg)

30 The democrats in Washington state are continuing to make it a crime to investigate those Learing centers here.
You cannot hate these assholes enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (2WIwB)

31 I want that little piggy Omar.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 21, 2026 01:58 PM (RmoFs)

32 Kind of wonder if we should help Somaliland (that's the Isaaq north strip of Somali that can actually function) build up a CECOT to hold all these pirates.
I bet the Isaaqs would love to work as guards for these assholes, whose relatives used to go up north to plunder them for giggles.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:58 PM (gKWVE)

33 Money is likely in Somalia.
Make them take these criminals back and pay it back. No more aid.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 01:58 PM (4KUe5)

34 Last I checked leftwing sites they had two arguments about Somali fraud:

1) It is all made up. Nick Shirley is a racist liar

2) Its good the Somalis are stealing all this money it shows they aren't the retards rightwingers claim.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

35 "Get out Get out Get out!" Ad infinitum


See you in court, a hole


Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (Hb+bW)

36 "Oh, by the way, this real Looker is also charged with looting covid relief funds."

She at least looks human. An unattractive human, to be sure. That makes her a Somali 6. Most of these Somalis are so hideously ugly they can't possibly be truly human. They look like what you'd get if Bigfoot fucked a yuan-ti halfbreed in a vat of feces.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

37 Hmm. Turns out that those from other cultures have no qualms about abusing a high-trust culture.

And, we have produced a rising sub-culture of such right here at home.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (XeU6L)

38
It will be a great day when the Omar bitch is in prison. I'll accept deportation also.

She is scum.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (3ek7K)

39 Vince C. was carrying the press conference that Vance's anti-fraud task force was holding in Minneapolis. Vance, RFK, Patel, etc. Patel specifically gave a shoutout to Nick Shirley, who was in the audience. Awesome.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 02:00 PM (77rzZ)

40 Do we need some good news?

I think we need some good news.

In all honesty, the last 18 months have been 80% good news.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)

41 Re-posting from the last thread......

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 OMG. A fraudster on Tim Walz's watch allowed a "patient" they were supposed to be caring for DIE on a taxpayer program

"He was actually being serviced by a fraudster — received no services — this patient was later found dead."

This is a JAW-DROPPING BETRAYAL. Fraud is now killing people.

@Tim_Walz
, you need to resign!

COLIN MCDONALD: "For example, one defendant is charged with defrauding the integrated community supports Medicaid program."

"This program is designed to help individuals with disabilities live independently. One patient was supposed to be receiving 24-hour care through this program, but he was actually being serviced by a fraudster and received no services."

"This patient was later found dead. Meanwhile, the architect of this fraud scheme was billing Medicaid as if he was providing care to this patient."

"The defendant even submitted a claim of over $400 for services he never provided the day before this man died."

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:00 PM (kX27y)

42 Way too big to be flying under the radar. Plenty of MN government officials are in on this.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 21, 2026 02:00 PM (2UnvF)

43 Make the NGOs that settled them here pay us back.

You want it to stop, need to make it hurt.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:00 PM (4KUe5)

44 I thought this wasn't happening!

The owner said he wasn't defrauding anyone.

Though, now that I think about it, Trump saying he wasn't a rapist was enough to convict him of defaming the woman who said he was...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 02:00 PM (Kdi1r)

45 More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 21, 2026 02:01 PM (BI5O2)

46 37 Hmm. Turns out that those from other cultures have no qualms about abusing a high-trust culture.

And, we have produced a rising sub-culture of such right here at home.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (XeU6L)

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Do the NGOs coaching the Somalis know it's fraud?

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 02:01 PM (w8dnx)

47 I mean ... I am all for a program of Indentured Servitude, where these people are forced to work off the debt they have incurred, prior to their being Deported with Animus.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 02:01 PM (+2ib4)

48 Republicans in Minnesota introduced a targeted amendment to block further funding to this "Quality Learning Center." Democrats blocked it.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 02:02 PM (mkw2N)

49 Federal prison >> Mogadishu.
Posted by: Reforger

Deport to El Salvador.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 02:02 PM (gflfc)

50 Do the NGOs coaching the Somalis know it's fraud?

Or...more accurately, how much money are they making from the fraud? Either formal kickbacks or by abetting it and getting government dollars to "help" the Somalis?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

51 I say we keelhaul all of the pirates and dump them to chum the sharks. If the Democrats want a civil war in America, it starts right there with all of the fraudsters.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 02:03 PM (D1E+2)

52 How about a giant RICO action against the Minnesota DFL, all the Minnesota government bureaucrats involved and every Somali involved. Start at the bottom offering deals, ie Somalis can keep what the have on them and leave the US permanently, in exchange for testimony against higher-ups. Watch the higher-ups gradually crap themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 02:03 PM (gu0hJ)

53 The money is gone. Overseas. Any country where these people come from has to cooperate to return all money, or be punished
- no visas.
- no foreign aid
- all migrants from that country deported.

None of them will cooperate, but that is OK as I want those three things anyway,

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 02:03 PM (IEgcH)

54 At a bare minimum, 30% of any local, state and fedral budget is pure corruption,graft and money laundering.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 02:04 PM (XV/Pl)

55 Yes, send them to Bukele.
As long as they are on US soil there are Democrat politicians and lefty judges who will do whatever they can to release them and keep them here.

They need to be gone.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:04 PM (4KUe5)

56 Hung from the yardarm/lamppost?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

57 >>Or...more accurately, how much money are they making from the fraud? Either formal kickbacks or by abetting it and getting government dollars to "help" the Somalis?


The UN has programs to teach 3rd Worlders how to game our programs. In Their Home Countries and abroad.

The UN will hold their hand the entire way.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 02:04 PM (+2ib4)

58 Ebula Prisin in El Salvador.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 02:04 PM (wNNhd)

59 The NGO staffs involved should be treated to long vacations at the luxurious Pelican Bay Resort in historic Crescent City, CA.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 02:04 PM (w8dnx)

60 How about a giant RICO action against the Minnesota DFL, all the Minnesota government bureaucrats involved and every Somali involved. Start at the bottom offering deals, ie Somalis can keep what the have on them and leave the US permanently, in exchange for testimony against higher-ups. Watch the higher-ups gradually crap themselves
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 02:03 PM (gu0hJ)

Better get those Vikings out too, bloody immigrants.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)

61 Hi Mr. Dahmer is it?

Yeah I’m calling from CNN.

Say are you like a serial killer or something?

Oh you’re not. Ok cool. Thanks for that confirmation.

There you have it everyone, it appears it’s all lies and Jeffrey Dahmer is in fact NOT a serial killer.

Back to you Jake and Wolf.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (9Diqw)

62 56 Yes, send them to Bukele.
As long as they are on US soil there are Democrat politicians and lefty judges who will do whatever they can to release them and keep them here.

Speaking about still being here...

Posted by: Maryland Man at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (FtULh)

63 The Biden junta doubled the budget.

And every dollar they added was stolen.

And that's why food and other staples doubled in price under the Junta.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)

64
What is Fahima Mahamud spending her $3.67M on? I can't get over these surly, raggedy, coarse, flabby mud-hutters harboring that much loot and not even using it to upgrade their miserable selves before they go sending suitcases of cash back to Somalia or buying mansions and limos.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)

65 If losing track of hundreds of billions of looted public dollars helps just one child... it was worth it.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (UULd1)

66 Ya know, I don't need to grift tens of millions of dollars. Just flip me a couple mil and you'll never have to deal with me again. Is that so much to ask?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (vTZFs)

67 Why is no one keeping track of this stuff?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (wNNhd)

68 Do the NGOs coaching the Somalis know it's fraud?
Posted by: Oglebay

LOL

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (Av6i5)

69 I'm on the board of a legit pre-school. Voluntary, zero compensation.

1) Staffed from 7 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday. And sometimes on weekends when we have school events.
2) Someone answers every call and returns every message.
3) If you are a prospective parent, and show up at the door, we'll let you in and give you a tour of the place. People film the tours all the time, to show to their husbands and relatives - where to place your kid is a big decision. It's how we get our new customers, since the kids constantly age out of the program.
4) we have all sorts of brochures to hand out to people interested in bringing their kids there.

The behavior of these people is NOT normal in any way. It doesn't even make business sense - why would you threaten visitors? Let them in and show them around. At most you might ask them not to film the children for privacy issues.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (eloIc)

70 When are they gonna go after Walz and Ellison?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (77rzZ)

71
Today is the last day for the schools here. We live two blocks from the middle school.

The kids are having a great time yelling.

Brings back memories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (3ek7K)

72 Thought they were using some of it to fund overseas terrorism.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (4KUe5)

73 Nick Shirley doing good work but he'd better had his head on a swivel or even had a security detail like Andy Ngo had to do when exposing Antifa.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (VkY89)

74 Somali Spiderman falls four stories and hops away.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (wNNhd)

75 Clean up on Aisle 52.

Seems the Qatar-financed trolls have discovered AoSHQ again.

Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (Av6i5)

76 Better, we should start taking resources as war reparations from these fuckers. Start with Iran. Take that one big island by the strait.

Does Somalia have any oil? anything besides sand and crime? Well, whatever. Lots of countries have their asshole citizens robbing us and we need to get paid. PAID.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (IEgcH)

77 aliasshitlicker is a retard.

Kushner Sr. went to Prison, Paid Fines and his Pardon had nothing to do with Federal Funding Fraud.

Posted by: garrett at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (+2ib4)

78 Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)

I just posted something similar and rubbed it out.

Then I decided not to post it.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (UULd1)

79 Interesting how the DOJ got busy once Blanche took over.

Posted by: alanon at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (jHMkm)

80 62 Hi Mr. Dahmer is it?
Say are you like a serial killer or something?
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (9Diqw)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE COPS ACTUALLY HANDLED THE DAHMER SITUATION.
WAIT. IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (gKWVE)

81 Maybe we could start asking people with weekly duffle bags full of greasy 20 dollar bills getting on airplanes to points in the middleast where the got all that cash. Those hinky hawalla banklike establishments have to be doing money laundering.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (cSOsh)

82 Ilhan Omar still has not said ONE WORD about the fraud in Minnesota. Not once has she addressed the fraud or spoken out against the blatant fraud. Investigate Ilhan.

---------------

The Mob Boss is always protected and has plausible deniability.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (QCMoM)

83 What is Fahima Mahamud spending her $3.67M on? I can't get over these surly, raggedy, coarse, flabby mud-hutters harboring that much loot and not even using it to upgrade their miserable selves before they go sending suitcases of cash back to Somalia or buying mansions and limos.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)

Lessee probably half or more goes to the state, local and fed agencies who turn a blind eye. Half the remainder gets sent to Somali thugs and fixers and terrorists at home there. She gets to keep the rest.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (8avO+)

84 Throw them ALL out, including Tampon Timmeh.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (Yqjwb)

85 Nick Shirley was at the "Unite The Kingdom" rally this past weekend. Very interesting video.

https://youtu.be/pup5aaZ0FAA

Posted by: pookysgirl can do the Tommy Robinson chant at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (Wt5PA)

86 Thought they were using some of it to fund overseas terrorism.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (4KUe5)

I mean I know this is racist but she certainly looks like someone involved in child and/or adult sex slave trafficking.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (UULd1)

87
It will be a great day when the Omar bitch is in prison. I'll accept deportation also.

She is scum.

Posted by: four seasons

==============

Do you think it will happen?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (n7rxJ)

88 My local school board was crying poverty recently. With the help of teacher unions, they guilt tripped the citizenry to vote for new bonds “for the children”!! Property taxes increased by several hundred dollars a year on average.

What happened less than a year after the bonds passed? Teachers and administrators all got massive raises.

The grift/fraud is everywhere at every level of government.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (9Diqw)

89 55 At a bare minimum, 30% of any local, state and fedral budget is pure corruption,graft and money laundering.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

-----------------
Didn't we decide last wee the minimum was 50%?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (IEgcH)

90 So far no one the feds have gone after has gone to prison since Trump was elected. But don't stop believing!

Posted by: Journey at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (RqMDa)

91 I just posted something similar and rubbed it out.

TMI, bro.

Posted by: Are you in a port-o-potty or something? at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/)

92 Bernie Madoff had nothing on this Somali crowd.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (77rzZ)

93 Why is no one keeping track of this stuff?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (wNNhd)

They are. Someone has to coordinate all this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (zZu0s)

94
Blonde,

No hope it will happen.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (3ek7K)

95 Always interesting to see which posts attract the trolls.

Good way to tell which topics hurt them and require damage control.

Yeah, the $9+ billion in this fraud in just 1 of 50 states is significant. No hand waving out other fraud will make it seem less important.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (4KUe5)

96 The kids are having a great time yelling.

Brings back memories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (3ek7K)

Ahhh. Being grounded the first 3 weeks of Summer for stealing my dad's shaving cream. And grades but mostly for the shaving cream.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (594J6)

97 >>> Posted by: Journey at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (RqMDa)

Massie fags coming here to pout now?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (Yqjwb)

98 Better, we should start taking resources as war reparations from these fuckers. Start with Iran. Take that one big island by the strait.

Does Somalia have any oil? anything besides sand and crime? Well, whatever. Lots of countries have their asshole citizens robbing us and we need to get paid. PAID.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (IEgcH)

according to AI turkey and somalia are offshore drilling for oil off its coast now.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (8avO+)

99 Apparently Ilhan Omar talked about the fraud in MN on Sunday's Face the Nation. She is concerned because the victims are actually the Somalis and they are angry and upset about the fraud.

How dare we!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (3ImbR)

100 British CNN during the American Revolution:

Mr. Hancock did you sign this so-called Declaration of Independence?

No.

Okay.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (n5tGW)

101 So Omar the one that reported her wealth just jumped from basically nothing to $30M and when the media found out claimed it was an accounting error?

You know I once made a mistake on my taxes. A legitmate mistake. Of course it was over a few hundred bucks I hadn't submitted the correct way, not you know 10000X times my net worth.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

102 You guys focus on Learing, but we did spell Quality and Center right. Give us a couple million more.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (FmOvA)

103 98 The kids are having a great time yelling.

Brings back memories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (3ek7K)

Ahhh. Being grounded the first 3 weeks of Summer for stealing my dad's shaving cream. And grades but mostly for the shaving cream.
Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (594J6)

I hated being at school. Hated being at home more.

Posted by: Not a moment's respite at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

104 The behavior of these people is NOT normal in any way. It doesn't even make business sense - why would you threaten visitors? Let them in and show them around. At most you might ask them not to film the children for privacy issues.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May

Every preschool i know of now has cameras everywhere to allow parents to students to check in of their kids anytime. Even many doggie daycares have that. Assuming the Learing Centers have none of that is a big red flag amongst a sea of red flags

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (Hb+bW)

105 Posted by: aliassmith smith at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (bBFLb)

I didn't know that ASS was an antisemite. This is new.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (gKWVE)

106 I love a Massie in the morning.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (wNNhd)

107 Wow. Ass has gone full Fuentes. He's going to be dropping the N bomb soon.

Your father (if you knew who he was) would be very disappointed, sparky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

108 This is all fine and dandy. Identify the fraudsters locally, indict, convict, deport. GREAT!!!

BUT, I want to know where the money went. A TSA whistleblower stated that three international flights were taken weekly with and estimated $6 million in cash in suitcases. That's about $18 weekly flying out of Minneapolis to parts unknown overseas (not even including the same in Dublin, OH; Portland, ME etc.) SO TRACK THE FREAKIN MONEY and give me some names (organizations et al) of who is the biggest benefacor of this massive fraud. We can, already, assume the Somali billionaire owners of Dahabshiil Money Transfer are somehow involved. WHO ELSE?

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (dIske)

109 Dr. Oz at the presser in MN today, so 40% are fraudsters?
----------------------------------------

“Of the 5600 people who are being revalidated, the state has told us as recently as May 7th that only 40% have responded, rather, 40% have not responded or their responses are clearly inadequate.”

“We believe that by the end of this month, which is the deadline that half of these providers may no longer be allowed to provide services.”

“That is a lot of people doing things to other human beings that are not supposed to have been able to do them. Again, that is the humanitarian risk that we’re facing.”

“We’re here to fix these problems. We love these programs, but we’re going to CRUSH the fraudsters who threaten with corruption the foundation of the social safety net we have built in this wonderful nation over the last 60 years, since the foundation of Medicaid and Medicare.”

“We’re going to make as many visits as we need to Minnesota. I’ve been here. I’ll come back. So is everyone else on this panel.”

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (kX27y)

110 Maybe we could start asking people with weekly duffle bags full of greasy 20 dollar bills getting on airplanes to points in the middleast where the got all that cash. Those hinky hawalla banklike establishments have to be doing money laundering.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (cSOsh)

You and I get stopped on the freeway by the state police, the money would be seized under civil asset forfeiture statutes. I suspect even flying out of MN with the wrong nationality would get us seriously questioned and Treasury would be brought in to ask penetrating questions.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

111 I hated being at school. Hated being at home more.

Posted by: Not a moment's respite at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

Bump it

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (UULd1)

112 Gotta love how lefties can shoe horn Jew hate into a story about Timpon, Ellison, and Omar helping Somalis loot the government

Note...no one involved is Jewish.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

113 The behavior of these people is NOT normal in any way. It doesn't even make business sense - why would you threaten visitors? Let them in and show them around. At most you might ask them not to film the children for privacy issues.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May

Every preschool i know of now has cameras everywhere to allow parents to students to check in of their kids anytime. Even many doggie daycares have that. Assuming the Learing Centers have none of that is a big red flag amongst a sea of red flags
Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (Hb+bW)

but the rigorous, diligent inspection by state and local goverments! lol.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

114 >>> 114 Gotta love how lefties can shoe horn Jew hate into a story about Timpon, Ellison, and Omar helping Somalis loot the government

Note...no one involved is Jewish.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

I choose to live my life as a Joooish man.

Posted by: Tim Walz at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM (Yqjwb)

115 Bump it
Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (UULd1)

Word.

Posted by: *fistbump* at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM (TbWk/)

116 according to AI turkey and somalia are offshore drilling for oil off its coast now.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:10 PM (8avO+)

And im sure these enterprises will be completely legit and not be fraught with fraud, graft, no maintenance and retards like Venezuela!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)

117 The CNN "journalist" exhibits truly impressive vocal fry. That's how you know she's legit.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM (Riz8t)

118 94

Thanks for telling us you're a racist, troll.

Posted by: Gaff at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (EqzMw)

119 Oh, moved on to racism smears.

Yup, troll, cry more.
No one here, particularly ace, is cowed by that lame tactic.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (4KUe5)

120
I just posted something similar and rubbed it out.

Then I decided not to post it.
Posted by: ...

==============

But I mean, REALLY. If I had stupid money I'd augment a diet of bananas and rice, I'd go get a facial, buy a few clothes -- at Nordstrom Rack, as usual -- I'd work with a personal trainer, travel, and do things that make me smile instead of scowl. ffs woman, at least drape yourself in prettier rags.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (n7rxJ)

121 assholesmith smith is the funniest piece of shit human I have ever seen...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)

122 Super Kareny Vocal Fry, Frigid Wine Hag "reporter" isn't meant to do "journalism". She his meant to demonstrate "distaste" for chad-bro Nick Shirley so that the rest of the super Kareny Frigid wine hags in TV land can imitate her.

He is young, male and therefore "icky". We shall wrinkle up our faces when we say his name, or hold our foreheads as if mentioning him is giving us a migrane and putting us off our wine.

The whole Karen thing is really not doing a service to woman kind. Really.

Posted by: Just when I think they could be any more OFF-PUTTING at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (anL5R)

123 >>> 119 The CNN "journalist" exhibits truly impressive vocal fry. That's how you know she's legit.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM (Riz8t)

That's like, from smoke at the fires where we're fire fighting!

Posted by: CNN Journalist at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (Yqjwb)

124 The trolls have a very weird take on so many things, but it's illuminating Not logical, but informative.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (Hb+bW)

125 Oh speaking of lefties and the news.

I'm seeing almost nothing about the SD shooting. Should I take that as confirmation that the shooter with the long hair done up like a pretty pretty princess was in fact a tranny?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

126 Forgive me if this is already discussed above: is it normal for a federal case to take about this long to be charged? It's been a few months, and I can see how a few months is not unreasonable. I'm mostly wondering if this will be a one-off or are we going to see a regular drip of these cases ongoing

Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (sOtuf)

127 123 assholesmith smith is the funniest piece of shit human I have ever seen...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)


Not sure about the human

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (FtULh)

128 128 Forgive me if this is already discussed above: is it normal for a federal case to take about this long to be charged? It's been a few months, and I can see how a few months is not unreasonable. I'm mostly wondering if this will be a one-off or are we going to see a regular drip of these cases ongoing
Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (sOtuf)

A few months is fast...usually the states always get 1st shot at charging and they can take awhile...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (tOcjL)

129 Apparently Ilhan Omar talked about the fraud in MN on Sunday's Face the Nation. She is concerned because the victims are actually the Somalis and they are angry and upset about the fraud.

the fraud and getting caught; but mostly the getting caught part.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (gflfc)

130 What is Fahima Mahamud spending her $3.67M on? I can't get over these surly, raggedy, coarse, flabby mud-hutters harboring that much loot and not even using it to upgrade their miserable selves before they go sending suitcases of cash back to Somalia or buying mansions and limos.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)
~~~~~

Many of them are buying fancy cars and there was one guy on video wearing $11,000 glasses. So apparently they are spending it, but they still look like third world $hitholers.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (3ImbR)

131 Posted by: aliassmith smith at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (bBFLb)

I didn't know that ASS was an antisemite. This is new.

He knows that people here view antisemites with contempt, so he's using that as a way to spin people up. Please remember that he's only here to get a reaction. He doesn't believe anything he says.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Riz8t)

132 >>> 127 Oh speaking of lefties and the news.

I'm seeing almost nothing about the SD shooting. Should I take that as confirmation that the shooter with the long hair done up like a pretty pretty princess was in fact a tranny?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

You want to take the "No"? Odds aren't looking so good.

Posted by: your local sports bookie at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Yqjwb)

133 Posted by: aliassmith smith at May 21, 2026 02:09 PM (bBFLb)

I didn't know that ASS was an antisemite. This is new.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (gKWVE)

If you are leftist, the anti-semite will come out, you can bank on it. We hate banks, lenders, big companies, renters...because historically these were dominated by Jewish people in Europe because land ownership was forbidden or restricted to keep them out of the aristocracy.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:16 PM (8avO+)

134 Gotta love how lefties can shoe horn Jew hate into a story about Timpon, Ellison, and Omar helping Somalis loot the government

Note...no one involved is Jewish.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM

I mean, They couldnt be more NOT Jewish!

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:16 PM (Hb+bW)

135 I just posted something similar and rubbed it out.


That reminds me, I think I saw a new port a pottie on my way through Portland the other day.

Be back in 15m...

Posted by: Graham Platner at May 21, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

136 Hey everyone it's the Kamster here again....

Besides being Memorial Day Weekend remember that next week is also "National Hand job Week" which was my idea and had President sign into law.

So, add a stroke or two to your daily routine to celebrate

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

Posted by: Kami Harris at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (KvNjc)

137 a few months is not unreasonable. I'm mostly wondering if this will be a one-off or are we going to see a regular drip of these cases ongoing
Posted by: 496

You want it done right or just done like a Dem would do it?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (gflfc)

138 >>> 127 Oh speaking of lefties and the news.

I'm seeing almost nothing about the SD shooting. Should I take that as confirmation that the shooter with the long hair done up like a pretty pretty princess was in fact a tranny?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

You want to take the "No"? Odds aren't looking so good.
Posted by: your local sports bookie at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Yqjwb)

how are we going to tell the shooter with no information who is a Muslim terrorist from a Trans one? we need some new keywords here.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (8avO+)

139 128 Forgive me if this is already discussed above: is it normal for a federal case to take about this long to be charged? It's been a few months, and I can see how a few months is not unreasonable. I'm mostly wondering if this will be a one-off or are we going to see a regular drip of these cases ongoing
Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 02:14 PM (sOtuf)
__________________________________

And while we're at it, maybe someone can enlighten me as to why the IRS isn't foaming at the mouth seeing an absolute windfall of misery and jail time they can levy for commercial misrepresentation. They live for this stuff, and I have yet to see any charges related to tax evasion.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (dIske)

140 The vintage on this Somali wine was yesterday, and it tastes like battery acid. Can I get a refund?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (D1E+2)

141 Iirc, the MN state legislator who was murdered had just voted to end healthcare to non-citizens in MN.

Think of how many millions/billions in additional graft that stopped?
How’s the investigation and prosecution on that going, eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (4KUe5)

142 What is Fahima Mahamud spending her $3.67M on? I can't get over these surly, raggedy, coarse, flabby mud-hutters harboring that much loot and not even using it to upgrade their miserable selves before they go sending suitcases of cash back to Somalia or buying mansions and limos.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)
~~~~~

Many of them are buying fancy cars and there was one guy on video wearing $11,000 glasses. So apparently they are spending it, but they still look like third world $hitholers.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026

Bathed in lots and lots of awful cologne

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:17 PM (Hb+bW)

143 I just posted something similar and rubbed it out.



So we've just given up on phrasing entirely?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

144 Dear aliassmith smith,

How does it feel to know that when you get sick and die, not a single person on this planet will care?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 21, 2026 02:18 PM (dmDsy)

145 Quelle surprise......not.


Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
34m
CBP/ICE funding bill will not be on President Trump’s desk by June 1st, as he had said he wanted.

Senate going home. Bad vibes on the Hill today.
-----------------

@JakeSherman
·
42m
🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: THE SENATE will go home until June, leaving the reconciliation bill unfinished.

THUNE just told senators in the room.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:18 PM (kX27y)

146 >>>the fraud and getting caught; but mostly the getting caught part.
~~~~~

Exactly.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 02:19 PM (3ImbR)

147
Dr. Oz at the presser in MN today, so 40% are fraudsters?

===============

And Todd Blanche stated that these fraudsters slip out of one net and swim to another sea of fraud. He said they're continuing their schemes as we speak. It's laughable to imagine that these people would start working and earning their way. They're ALL going to have to be jailed, tossed into the street, or sent back to their country of origin. They will never engage in legit, productive work.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:19 PM (n7rxJ)

148 while we're at it, maybe someone can enlighten me as to why the IRS isn't foaming at the mouth seeing an absolute windfall of misery and jail time they can levy for commercial misrepresentation. They live for this stuff, and I have yet to see any charges related to tax evasion.
Posted by: Orson

Same reason Pakistani men were allowed to rape British children for 30 years.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 02:19 PM (9Diqw)

149 How does it feel to know that when you get sick and die, not a single person on this planet will care?

Oh, I care.

Posted by: Fluffie waiting to feast once Smithe kicks the bucket at May 21, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

150 F'ing Senate, bunch of fraudsters themselves.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (n5tGW)

151 A few months is fast...usually the states always get 1st shot at charging and they can take awhile...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (tOcjL)
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Honestly, I was afraid this was the case.

Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (sOtuf)

152
Did Thune tell them he a worthless asshole?

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (3ek7K)

153 And Todd Blanche stated that these fraudsters slip out of one net and swim to another sea of fraud. He said they're continuing their schemes as we speak. It's laughable to imagine that these people would start working and earning their way. They're ALL going to have to be jailed, tossed into the street, or sent back to their country of origin. They will never engage in legit, productive work.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:19 PM (n7rxJ)

They will in an El Salvador prison, I bet.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (8avO+)

154 Will anything happen?

Posted by: Because I've heard Nothing Will Happen at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (2Ez/1)

155 Same reason Pakistani men were allowed to rape British children for 30 years.

Ahem.

For the record almost 100% of the time we sodomize someone its an adult.

Almost. Damn child celebrities ruining our streak...

Posted by: The IRS at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (sKqQm)

156 Years from now when the book about President Trump's accomplishments is written, the volume will be bigger than the tome titled "Understanding Women".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (N39Ws)

157 Indictments are a start.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (wNNhd)

158 Is there a well justified reward in this anywhere for Nick Shirley?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (lJui8)

159 F'ing Senate, bunch of fraudsters themselves.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (n5tGW)

Things Julius Caesar said in 50BC for $500, Alex!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (zZu0s)

160 Thune thinks he can punish Trump like that?
Punish the country?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (4KUe5)

161 Found Aliassmith's place of employment
tinyurl.com/3u8hea46

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (gKWVE)

162 Thune thinks he can punish Trump like that?
Punish the country?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (4KUe5)

well he knows he can.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (8avO+)

163 Did Thune tell them he a worthless asshole?

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:20 PM (3ek7K)

Oh, his asshole has one use.

Posted by: Miss Lindsey at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (zZu0s)

164 Pudgy, fat boy, sausage fingered, sweaty slob, Cheeto crumbs in his fat rolls, pants pulled up to his moobs, Chris Christie was responsible for prosecuting Kushner. He made sure that he went outside the guidelines for white collar crimes, which are typically non custodial sentences, and sent Kushner to prison. He did that largely to burnish his credentials and ensure he was able to afford a future uninterrupted supply of fatty snack foods and sugary soda for his bloated, girthy, ten pounds of cottage cheese in a five pound garbage bag frame.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (vhFJq)

165 So the Senate won't finish reconciliation, won't vote on the SAVE act, won't confirm judges or appointments until at least June.
At least they won't enact anything stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (gu0hJ)

166 That CNN vid is infuriating. Of course they arranged to have kids show up AFTER Shirley's video busted them, you ingnoramus bint!

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (gtcuf)

167 119 The CNN "journalist" exhibits truly impressive vocal fry. That's how you know she's legit.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 02:12 PM
++++

I picked up on that, too.
Perhaps it's a female thing, along with using the word "like" four times in every sentence.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)

168 Thune thinks he can punish Trump like that?
Punish the country?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 02:21 PM (4KUe5)

The country. And he's not acting alone.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:23 PM (UULd1)

169
Many of them are buying fancy cars and there was one guy on video wearing $11,000 glasses. So apparently they are spending it, but they still look like third world $hitholers.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

===============

See, that right there is what I'm asking. What good does it do to put $11,000 designer glasses on a face that ugly? Why plop your raggedy self into a limo? It just shows to go ya, this barbarian mindset of collecting luxury baubles and status symbols while you yourself live like a low-status rat.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:23 PM (n7rxJ)

170 Clean up on Aisle 52.

Seems the Qatar-financed trolls have discovered AoSHQ again.

as soon as assman gets banned somebody else will occupy "aisle 52"..


Use hash instead?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 02:24 PM (zBgIx)

171
Found Aliassmith's place of employment
tinyurl.com/3u8hea46
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (gKWVE)

Found xhis photo:

https://tinyurl.com/3sy67kh6

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 02:24 PM (GD0B3)

172 I cannot wait to see Chuck Schumer BBQ pictures again.

This time he will BBQ Lasagna........

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 21, 2026 02:24 PM (xl8DV)

173 Notice that Shirley had two body men keeping the Somali moose limbs from physically accosting him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:24 PM (OArx3)

174 Apparently Ilhan Omar talked about the fraud in MN on Sunday's Face the Nation. She is concerned because the victims are actually the Somalis and they are angry and upset about the fraud.
==
Like Homer Simpson attempting to avoid blame by backing into the hedge so he disappears. *meme*

We are also outraged by this fraud, let us blend in with you so we can slowly back into the crowd and disappear from view.

Posted by: Ultimately it is embarrassing that we got ripped off by these idiots at May 21, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

175 153 A few months is fast...usually the states always get 1st shot at charging and they can take awhile...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (tOcjL)
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Honestly, I was afraid this was the case.
Posted by: 496

States can try by information--that is at a pretrial hearing, law enforcement and prosecutors state probable cause and provide enough information to the judge to meet that standard. Pretty quick.

All federal felony charges MUST by the Constitution go through the grand jury process for an indictment. States have the option of either but often choose to try by information as faster and cheaper.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

176 I think the government had a scheme at one time where you could receive a % of the recovered money.
I'd bet it's been canceled as the government didn't like getting caught.
I'm too lazy to look it up.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 02:25 PM (594J6)

177 See, that right there is what I'm asking. What good does it do to put $11,000 designer glasses on a face that ugly?

There are plenty of women that would be more interested in you having $11K to blow on glasses then how ugly you might be...

Posted by: The IRS at May 21, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

178 At least the Italians had the courtesy of laundering money through pizza places that never sold a single slice...

Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026 02:25 PM (oCS0o)

179 173
Found Aliassmith's place of employment
tinyurl.com/3u8hea46
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 02:22 PM (gKWVE)

Found xhis photo:

https://tinyurl.com/3sy67kh6
Posted by: runner
=====
This is the part where Admiral Ackbar shows up telling us, "IT'S A TRAP!", isn't it.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:26 PM (E4rtv)

180 23 WE WANT ALL THAT MONEY BACK


NOW!
Posted by: Lizzy
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and MASS DEPORTATIONS


NOW

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:27 PM (OArx3)

181 So this one federal case may have been fast-tracked to give us something to hang our hopes on... if there are more comi g it may take a good long while.

Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 02:27 PM (sOtuf)

182 DEPORT!!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 02:27 PM (GD0B3)

183 And Senators wonder why MAGA candidates are winning primaries?

Posted by: Ann at May 21, 2026 02:27 PM (SHHm+)

184

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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47m
🚨 NOW: A pro-fraud leftist fake news reporter just tried BAITING AAG Colin McDonald away from focusing on the fraud in Tim Walz's state — it failed MISERABLY

Q: Trump granted clemency to people who stole from Medicaid. Can Aimee Bock or these folks get the same mercy?

MCDONALD: I'll take a different question.

Shut down instantly. Not taking any BS! 👏🏻

All the left wants to do is cry "TRUMP" instead of focusing on the fraud! It won't work.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:28 PM (kX27y)

185 Signs being officially posted by Chevron gas stations in California:

"Filling up your tank is a lot cheaper in other states."
"Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more."

They're done keeping their mouths shut, it seems.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 02:28 PM (Kdi1r)

186 178 At least the Italians had the courtesy of laundering money through pizza places that never sold a single slice...
Posted by: Octochicken

I read a true story about a guy that stumbled into one of the mobbed up heroin selling pizza parlours by accident. He saw a bunch of guys sitting around bullshitting and tried to order a pizza to go. The wiseguys looked at each other like what the hell do we do. Then they decided okay, let's make him a pizza. The dude ordering it says it took a bit but the pizza was actually pretty good.

He found out later when the news reports had the place busted for heroin trafficking.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:28 PM (E4rtv)

187 178 At least the Italians had the courtesy of laundering money through pizza places that never sold a single slice...


The main "legitimate business" of the Mob where I grew up was a funeral parlor. Gotta admit, that's some funny shit. They did have a chain of pizza joints too.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 02:28 PM (gtcuf)

188
They will never engage in legit, productive work.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:19 PM (n7rxJ)

They will in an El Salvador prison, I bet.
Posted by: Oldcat

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I'd love it.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:29 PM (n7rxJ)

189 185 Signs being officially posted by Chevron gas stations in California:

"Filling up your tank is a lot cheaper in other states."
"Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more."

They're done keeping their mouths shut, it seems.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:

They moved their HQ to Texas and I think closed the Chevron refinery in CA. Only the poor folks running Chevron gas stations are still on the hook by Sacramento bandits.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)

190 Hey everyone in LA......

With wildfires breaking out again I am heading to Africa to search for my roots....

See you in a month......

Posted by: Mayor Bass at May 21, 2026 02:30 PM (xl8DV)

191 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:31 PM (ZxPkt)

192 191 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:31 PM (ZxPkt)

Bing bing bing RECESS!!

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 02:32 PM (594J6)

193 The trolls have a very weird take on so many things, but it's illuminating Not logical, but informative.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:13 PM (Hb+bW)

A number of them aren't even traditional leftards. They are butthurt former regulars.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:33 PM (UULd1)

194
Apparently Ilhan Omar talked about the fraud in MN on Sunday's Face the Nation. She is concerned because the victims are actually the Somalis and they are angry and upset about the fraud.
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I've been looking all over for that clip. Hard to find. Something along the lines of "Well of course we're all outraged by this fraud. It hurt Somalis too, you know." Standard dodge. "I'm shocked -- shocked to find out that fraud is going on in this establishment."

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:34 PM (n7rxJ)

195 The tome of The Donald will be bigger than "Understanding Women" .Well, no one understands women; the end.

Posted by: kingsman at May 21, 2026 02:34 PM (ehY6c)

196 I have a feeling all of this has something to do with why Ace is training a murder of crows to provide him with gifts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 02:34 PM (D1E+2)

197 181 So this one federal case may have been fast-tracked to give us something to hang our hopes on... if there are more comi g it may take a good long while.
Posted by: 496

The first takes the longest if the perps decide to cooperate, then it is much shorter. Lawyers for the defendants know that the feds don't take unwinnable cases to court and that conviction is 95 percent plus for the feds. So most defendants take pleas rather than fight it--and if you are taking a plea, why not shorten your sentence by ratting out others to make it shorter.

So the second, third, and subsequent indictments of others come faster as a result of the first scalp. And those defendants best have some other schmucks to turn in as the deals get stingier as time goes on. Best to throw yourself on the mercy of the courts because the Fed control over money information flows is damned good to the point that Fincen is a key weapon to fight terrorism and corruption. Follow the money.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:34 PM (E4rtv)

198 You mean I could have entered a life of crime and succeeded by just telling the cops that no crime was committed? Mind blown.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2026 02:35 PM (diia5)

199 191 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.

Maybe not...... The Senate may be shut down to avoid the ridiculous Iran War Powers Vote as the next phase evolves.

That idiot Cassidy can leave La and head to Homoville, CA.

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 21, 2026 02:35 PM (R/B0t)

200 I think you all are being a bit harsh here. s/

The former Mayor of St. Paul, Melvin Coleman, left office in Jan. 2026.

Mayor Coleman said, "I don'f feel the [federal fraud] investigations add value to our community."

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 02:35 PM (RCjYY)

201 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
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The deep state showing their hand again. If you don't buy their bullshit they have to show their hand with obvious obstruction. They are trying to slow walk all that they can, and when they can't they'll just go home.

He's not going to get re elected in 2028. But he'll probably get a board seat at google or something stupid like that. He's a miserable dirt bag. One of many. Its a shame we can't force these dipshits out early.

Posted by: Its what your soaking in - Deep State Dishwashing Liquid at May 21, 2026 02:37 PM (anL5R)

202 The vast amount of fraud being uncovered across the country is mind boggling. I knew it was bad but every time a rock is turned over and scumbag oozes out there's another rock underneath.

And the overwhelming majority of the fraud is enabled by Democrats. You really have to be a retard to vote for a Democrat. Any Democrat.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 02:37 PM (viF8m)

203 Remember- Jesus isn’t like that guy in the Vince Hill song. He will answer when you call His name.

Call Him.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 02:37 PM (vhFJq)

204
Can't they just federalize MN at this point?

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
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1h
🚨 NOW: Dr. Oz confirms Minnesota is STILL NOT COOPERATING with federal anti-fraud efforts, despite over $350 MILLION in federal funding being withheld

Clearly we need to be withholding EVERY PENNY then.

I'm so sick of being scammed by Walz and his Somalis.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:38 PM (kX27y)

205 >>>
A number of them aren't even traditional leftards. They are butthurt former regulars.
Posted by: ...
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And they come back to make asses of themselves.
- - Real people of genius --

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:38 PM (OArx3)

206 And the overwhelming majority of the fraud is enabled by Democrats. You really have to be a retard to vote for a Democrat. Any Democrat.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 02:37 PM (viF8m)

Not if you're directly benefiting. Then you'd have to be really retarded to NOT vote from Democrats.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 02:38 PM (Kdi1r)

207 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:31 PM (ZxPkt)
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After failing to take a simple majority vote to fund DHS?

But they did have time for a caucus lunch to celebrate that loser Cassidy, who got a standing ovation from all those hard-working uniparty Senators.

You don't hate the GOPe Senate Caucus enough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 02:39 PM (HSyDI)

208 191 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
Posted by: Don Black

Not really, Thune and the GOPe chorus are going to lose another footsoldier (Cornyn) in short order. I think Trump has already figured in that Congress is unlikely to do jack shit until after the primaries and elections this year. If all they do is vote through nominees, that is about par for the course in an election year for the best of presidents.

The fake recess, not adjournment btw as that happens at the end of the session, might also be to prevent a War Powers Resolution vote moving forward from the Senate as that was moved to the floor from committee.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

209 They look like what you'd get if Bigfoot fucked a yuan-ti halfbreed in a vat of feces.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

Yuan-Ti? Did you just layer a Dungeons and Dragons reference in a Bigfoot slam? Nice.

Posted by: Nelly at May 21, 2026 02:39 PM (6+ehB)

210 The real question is "what did they do with all the stolen monies?"

Posted by: Never Asked at May 21, 2026 02:39 PM (K1Mmf)

211 191 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.

Maybe not...... The Senate may be shut down to avoid the ridiculous Iran War Powers Vote as the next phase evolves.

That idiot Cassidy can leave La and head to Homoville, CA.
Posted by: Jackson K. at May 21, 2026 02:35 PM (R/B0t)

if he shuts down does that mean Trump can do recess appointments?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (8avO+)

212 Call the FBI if you see a limping Mohammad.



Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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1h
🚨 HOLY CRAP. The fraudster who is fleeing the FBI right now in Minnesota is named MOHAMMAD OMAR

Imagine that. He's a foreign pirate, and jumped out of a 4 story building to run

Do not let him run away to Somalia or any other 3rd world trash hole!

1-800-CALL-FBI — TRACK HIM DOWN and ensure he faces justice!

He now faces MORE charges because he fled.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)

213 After failing to take a simple majority vote to fund DHS?

But they did have time for a caucus lunch to celebrate that loser Cassidy, who got a standing ovation from all those hard-working uniparty Senators.

You don't hate the GOPe Senate Caucus enough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I hate all Congress critters with a few exceptions that actually work for their voters. GOPers in the Senate though are particularly lazy, vicious, and stupid in hating their own party's voters.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

214 20% of the GOP senators will be gone this cycle.

You won’t have to wait too long.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (vhFJq)

215 That mugshot of Fahima Egeh Mahamud doesn't portray anything other than absolute manevolence. There is no shame, no sadness, no contrition.

Just pure "I wish evil upon you."

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)

216 The real question is "what did they do with all the stolen monies?"
Posted by: Never Asked

Lux items, houses, and zakat for jihadis.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (diia5)

217
That's about $18 weekly flying out of Minneapolis to parts unknown overseas (not even including the same in Dublin, OH; Portland, ME etc.) SO TRACK THE FREAKIN MONEY and give me some names (organizations et al) of who is the biggest benefacor of this massive fraud. We can, already, assume the Somali billionaire owners of Dahabshiil Money Transfer are somehow involved. WHO ELSE?
Posted by: Orson

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Yeah, that money's gone. Once it's overseas and sunk into mansions in Mogadishu we can't get it back.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:41 PM (n7rxJ)

218 yuan-ti

Was this a reference to trademarked TSR/Hasbro property?

Posted by: the Pinkertons at May 21, 2026 02:41 PM (gKWVE)

219 Yeah, that money's gone. Once it's overseas and sunk into mansions in Mogadishu we can't get it back.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl

It's a writeoff, Jerry. They just write it off.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (77rzZ)

220 >>The real question is "what did they do with all the stolen monies?"

We do know where millions of the stolen money went. It went to al Shabab in Somalia.

Democrats facilitated the funding of an Islamic terrorist group.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (viF8m)

221 The real question is "what did they do with all the stolen monies?"

Posted by: Never Asked

Fuck you, pay me.
- All of them.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (Kdi1r)

222 Arrest
Somehow get the money back (or some of it)
Deport their skanky asses to El Salvador

I always have El Salvador as my first choice of where I want them sent. I'd love to see Omar, sans turban, shackled and with gang bangers and others. Who knows, it might be fun for her?

Under that turban, though, beware. She's super glued tufts of armpit hair in clumps. That's what turns on her brother for reasons unknown.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (WONhk)

223 Fat Harv's rape trial ended with another hung jury. Reportedly, it was 9-3 to acquit, including all the women on the jury. Three men were holding out to convict.

This was the case where the accuser, Jessica Mann, admitted that she had a consensual sexual relationship with Fatso after the alleged rape in a hotel room where she just happened to randomly find herself.

Because it's totally normal for women to have consensual relationships with their rapists after they've been raped.

The jury didn't believe her bullshit story.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

224 He's not limping enough.

Posted by: Vlad at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (gKWVE)

225 I'm sure some people still think I'm being hyperbolic when I say the fraud is the entire $38T in debt, stolen over decades from the taxpayers in the single largest theft of public wealth in history.

I mean, it's straight up theft. Not a dime of our taxes ever went to buy a tank, or build a bridge or feed an American family who's starving.

Not a single fucking cent. It went to illegals, fraudsters and our politicians... who are all in on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 02:42 PM (jehhT)

226 207 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:31 PM (ZxPkt)

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DHS enforcement continues unabated and has actually increased in the last 8 weeks.

DOJ is rolling out indictments left and right for fraud.

Ballroom security funding, DHS support funding, and, yes, the SAVE Act are sideshows to the real work being done.

Thune has nothing on Trump, nothing of importance compared to what Trump has full control of without further say from Congress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:43 PM (46HP8)

227 They look like what you'd get if Bigfoot fucked a yuan-ti halfbreed in a vat of feces.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

Yuan-Ti? Did you just layer a Dungeons and Dragons reference in a Bigfoot slam? Nice.
Posted by: Nelly at May 21, 2026 02:39 PM (6+ehB)
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[Blowing on knuckles]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

228 214 20% of the GOP senators will be gone this cycle.

You won’t have to wait too long.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (vhFJq)

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I've been thinking that we'd have a better chance of the SAVE act passing early next Congress than this one.

Assuming Reps somehow keep the House, that is (which is somewhat possible, but we'll see).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:44 PM (46HP8)

229 Yeah, that money's gone. Once it's overseas and sunk into mansions in Mogadishu we can't get it back.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:41 PM (n7rxJ)
____________________________

Don't care as much about getting it back as much as I care about who was involved. I have a bad feeling that the DNC saw quite a bit of it. Keep in mind that Biden used and executive order to appropriate $46.9 Billion to these abused programs after Congress shot it down in legislation. The executive order, also, took apart any oversight. This is orchestrated, and the DNC isn't going to push something that doesn't directly benefit themselves.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 02:44 PM (dIske)

230
Dr. Oz confirms Minnesota is STILL NOT COOPERATING with federal anti-fraud efforts, despite over $350 MILLION in federal funding being withheld

Clearly we need to be withholding EVERY PENNY then.

I'm so sick of being scammed by Walz and his Somalis.

Posted by: beckster

================

As far as I know, lots of states are refusing to cooperate. They'll keep up the delays, obfuscations, and counter-suits long into the future. Same thing is going on with voter rolls and student admissions records to see if DEI is still being implemented. It's a game and they know how to play it.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:45 PM (n7rxJ)

231 Democrats facilitated the funding of an Islamic terrorist group.
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Oh calm down. Its not like this was the first time we've done that. I mean, was that wrong? Should we not have done that?

Posted by: The Demoncrats at May 21, 2026 02:45 PM (anL5R)

232 112 Maybe we could start asking people with weekly duffle bags full of greasy 20 dollar bills getting on airplanes to points in the middleast where the got all that cash. Those hinky hawalla banklike establishments have to be doing money laundering.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 21, 2026 02:07 PM (cSOsh)

You and I get stopped on the freeway by the state police, the money would be seized under civil asset forfeiture statutes. I suspect even flying out of MN with the wrong nationality would get us seriously questioned and Treasury would be brought in to ask penetrating questions.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

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Putting $9,999 in your bank account gets you arrested and jailed for "structuring" . Walking out the country with millions of dollars, no problem.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 21, 2026 02:45 PM (R0MhV)

233 Meanwhile, I can't get the IRS to direct deposit my refund without signing up for an account, bank account re-verification, a driver's license, and a selfie or video conference.

Apparently, they can't just cut you a live check, but they can send you a letter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 02:45 PM (D1E+2)

234 Don't care as much about getting it back as much as I care about who was involved. I have a bad feeling that the DNC saw quite a bit of it. Keep in mind that Biden used and executive order to appropriate $46.9 Billion to these abused programs after Congress shot it down in legislation. The executive order, also, took apart any oversight. This is orchestrated, and the DNC isn't going to push something that doesn't directly benefit themselves.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 02:44 PM (dIske)

of course they did. You don't give schlubs like Omar a prime slot in government and lots of free press unless you get your cut out of the process.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:46 PM (8avO+)

235 214 20% of the GOP senators will be gone this cycle.

You won’t have to wait too long.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 02:40 PM (vhFJq)

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I've been thinking that we'd have a better chance of the SAVE act passing early next Congress than this one.

Assuming Reps somehow keep the House, that is (which is somewhat possible, but we'll see).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:44 PM (46HP
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I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

236 The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of a suspected Minneapolis fraudster who jumped from a 4th story window to escape and hopped away on one foot.

--

Will help with the pirate cred.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 21, 2026 02:47 PM (NYInA)

237 A nice start. Now to go after their accomplices on the inside...

Posted by: t-bird at May 21, 2026 02:47 PM (3arSl)

238
Don't care as much about getting it back as much as I care about who was involved. I have a bad feeling that the DNC saw quite a bit of it.

Posted by: Orson

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It would be nice to see a few of the ground-level fraudsters start spilling everything they know in order to get reduced sentences. If you keep going up the $upply chain, you could eventually reach the -- shall we say -- white liberals at the top of it. THAT would be sweet.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:48 PM (n7rxJ)

239 I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

The Dems seem to be in disarray at this point. The zealots are too busy posturing to be hiding election fraud like the criminal Dems used to do.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:48 PM (8avO+)

240 The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of a suspected Minneapolis fraudster who jumped from a 4th story window to escape and hopped away on one foot.

--

Will help with the pirate cred.
==
He will probably have a relative saw it off and add a pegleg.

Posted by: Because Life imitates art at May 21, 2026 02:49 PM (anL5R)

241 The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of a suspected Minneapolis fraudster who jumped from a 4th story window to escape and hopped away on one foot.

Keep turning left. You'll catch him.

Posted by: t-bird at May 21, 2026 02:49 PM (3arSl)

242 235 I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

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I hope you're right!

The redistricting definitely put a thumb on the scale for the GOP. I really don't think the environment is going to be worse than D+3.

Plus, known unknowns and how they'll play out (USAID funding, deportations, voter roll cleanups).

Still, I want a Democrat majority of 1 that lasts long enough for Jeffries to get elected Speaker. And then some 90 year old Democrat in a newly purple-ish district dies.

That would entertain me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:49 PM (46HP8)

243 I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house

For what it matters I'm predicting significant GOP gains in the house.

I think by fall the Iran gas price hit will be over

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

244 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:31 PM (ZxPkt)

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Isnt that a green light for recess appointments?

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (Hb+bW)

245 239 I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

The Dems seem to be in disarray at this point. The zealots are too busy posturing to be hiding election fraud like the criminal Dems used to do.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:48 PM (8avO+)

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People like Platner, Talarico, and, potentially, El-Sayed in MI are going to have...interesting effects on the electorate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (46HP8)

246 I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

We'll see if the RNC can keep their foot on the gas vis a vis combating fraud.

I've moved from 'of course we'll lose the House - that's what happens to the party in power,' to 'we just might keep the House, holy shit, what even is happening?'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (Kdi1r)

247 The redistricting definitely put a thumb on the scale for the GOP. I really don't think the environment is going to be worse than D+3.


D+3 before redistricting gives you a closely split house.

With the redistricting it gives maybe +5-10R.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)

248 Good news, but will Somalian Pirates be charged in a Leftist Judge's Court?

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

249 Any illegal caught imbezelling/defrauding taxpayers should get deported to Haiti.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (IifOV)

250 Trump hasn't even started his campaign push yet.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:51 PM (UULd1)

251 It will be a great day when the Omar bitch is in prison. I'll accept deportation also.

She is scum.

Posted by: four seasons

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Do you think it will happen?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (n7rxJ)

No! Congress has no spines or balls.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 02:51 PM (g8Ew8)

252
Crazy not a stumbling block for dem candidates anymore, it would seem.

Posted by: Auspex at May 21, 2026 02:51 PM (Y8DZL)

253 233 Wishbone

My accountant said the IRS WILL send refunds by mail to taxpayers who don't sign up-- in 30-60 days.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 02:51 PM (RCjYY)

254 On Newsmax:

BREAKING: Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock was sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for her role in Minnesota’s massive $250 million COVID fraud scheme tied to fake meal programs during the pandemic.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 02:51 PM (gKquL)

255
I'm sure some people still think I'm being hyperbolic when I say the fraud is the entire $38T in debt, stolen over decades from the taxpayers in the single largest theft of public wealth in history.

I mean, it's straight up theft. Not a dime of our taxes ever went to buy a tank, or build a bridge or feed an American family who's starving.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

================

Not an exaggeration. Maybe $17T was the principle of the theft and we're paying 100% interest on it as well at this point.

I truly wonder how much we can remove from that debt in the next, say, 2 years if we continue to rigorously go after this fraud until the end of Trump's term.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:52 PM (n7rxJ)

256 247
D+3 before redistricting gives you a closely split house.

With the redistricting it gives maybe +5-10R.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)

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Kind of depends on where Senate races are. With a margin that small, we'll probably end up with some weird races here and there that go unexpected ways.

Besides, what even is "normal political gravity" in the midterm of a second non-consecutive term of an incumbent president where more than half the country thinks the previous president was fraudulently installed and the opposition has a massive funding problem after more than a decade of writing off the white working class as backwards hicks not worthy of anything close to respect?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:52 PM (46HP8)

257
Hmm. Turns out that those from other cultures have no qualms about abusing a high-trust culture.

And, we have produced a rising sub-culture of such right here at home.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (XeU6L)




John Ringo's book The Last Centurion has a great explanation of high-trust vs low-trust cultures. Low-trust is basically "Are you family? No? Then fuck you." And there's a funny bit where he explains the relationship by looking at what happens when a hypothetical liberal ass-wipe from a high-trust culture loans his lawn mower to a low-trust dickhead. If he gets the mower back at all, it's returned with missing parts, totally inoperable and worn out because the guy who borrowed it used it to mow the whole neighborhood's lawns to make money. As far as the low-trust guy is concerned, the pansy liberal is nothing more than a mark who deserves to get cheated.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2026 02:52 PM (y9nCu)

258 OT-This actually sounds like a good film- "Pressure". D Day invasion with Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower trying to decide if weather should keep troops from invading. Article from "Christian Post"

https://tinyurl.com/4z27nvw6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 02:53 PM (looXz)

259 >Isnt that a green light for recess appointments?

Posted by: LASue
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nah, they're not adjourned
just on vacation again

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:53 PM (ZxPkt)

260 Why should owners of a Learing Center be held to the same standards as a Learning Center? That's apparently how the Democrats "think" about the situation.

Posted by: Rfhirsch at May 21, 2026 02:53 PM (489i5)

261 Kind of depends on where Senate races are. With a margin that small, we'll probably end up with some weird races here and there that go unexpected ways.

Besides, what even is "normal political gravity" in the midterm of a second non-consecutive term of an incumbent president where more than half the country thinks the previous president was fraudulently installed and the opposition has a massive funding problem after more than a decade of writing off the white working class as backwards hicks not worthy of anything close to respect?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:52 PM (46HP

I guess you'd have to look at the second Cleveland term for that.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 02:53 PM (8avO+)

262

I hope Bock's time in prison is absolutely miserable.

What a piece of shit.


Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:53 PM (3ek7K)

263 >>I'm going on record in predicting that we keep the house

What gave it away? The 10+ new seats thanks to redistricting? Democrats currently polling worse than herpes? The enormous cash advantage the RNC has over the DNC, so long USAID.

Trump isn't getting win after win in the primaries because voters aren't paying attention and energized. Many on our side in DC suck but the Democrats are being exposed as Marxist lunatics and the policies suck.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 02:54 PM (viF8m)

264
The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of a suspected Minneapolis fraudster who jumped from a 4th story window to escape and hopped away on one foot.

Keep turning left. You'll catch him.
Posted by: t-bird at May 21, 2026 02:49 PM (3arSl)



I didn't know that the Somalis were big NASCAR fans....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2026 02:54 PM (y9nCu)

265
Good news, but will Somalian Pirates be charged in a Leftist Judge's Court?
Posted by: Skip

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Something like that happened in one MN case.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:54 PM (n7rxJ)

266 I don't know. I think this would be suitable punishment for the Fraudsters, including Walz and Ellison:

https://youtu.be/-s0N8Mviig0

#500: Harcourt! Harcourt Fenton Mudd!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 02:54 PM (qx7Zg)

267 On Newsmax:

BREAKING: Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock was sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for her role in Minnesota’s massive $250 million COVID fraud scheme tied to fake meal programs during the pandemic.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 02:51 PM (gKquL)
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Sure, nail the AWFuL to the wall. I want the mutant Somalis in the same cell with her.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

268 I think it is important that the absolute fetid stench of corruption be wrapped around the necks of the dems. Putting some Minnesota politicians in the dock will be a purgative. It will incentivize a lot of blue pols to dial it back.

We also have to start making it extremely expensive for the deep state to operate its machinery while cutting off their funding sources.

Posted by: Because Life imitates art at May 21, 2026 02:54 PM (anL5R)

269 I mean, it's straight up theft. Not a dime of our taxes ever went to buy a tank, or build a bridge or feed an American family who's starving.

Posted by: Martini Farmer


I agree with you (not that I'm important). I always wondered why the national debt kept growing. Fraud explains a lot.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 02:55 PM (WONhk)

270 He knows that people here view antisemites with contempt, so he's using that as a way to spin people up. Please remember that he's only here to get a reaction. He doesn't believe anything he says.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Riz8t)

Still no reason not to give him a liquid sodium enema.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 02:55 PM (8zz6B)

271 It would be nice to see a few of the ground-level fraudsters start spilling everything they know in order to get reduced sentences. If you keep going up the $upply chain, you could eventually reach the -- shall we say -- white liberals at the top of it. THAT would be sweet.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:48 PM (n7rxJ)
_________________________

This is a hot topic with me. This is exactly what our intelligence community is for...overseas tracking of money damaging the security of our nation economically. We have just dismantled USAID (DNC slushfund), ACT BLue (DNC fraud center and slush fund), and the DNC is dependent on under the threshhold smaller donations which are large donations distributed amoung unknowning participants, foreign sources in non-reportable and unscrutinized amounts. The fraud generated by this Somalis and moved overseas aided by the sabotage of oversight by the DNC (and Biden administration) activates a gian Occam's Razor (as it did with the big push to get funds to Ukraine...which has been shown to boomarang right back into DNC coffers).

The run this ops for finances. And, they're running out of sources.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske)

272 269 I mean, it's straight up theft. Not a dime of our taxes ever went to buy a tank, or build a bridge or feed an American family who's starving.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

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We gave up the stars for fraud.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 02:55 PM (46HP8)

273 Decided to look up the vote for Omar in my hometown, used to be conservative blue collar leaning, not anymore!

In the 2024 general election for U.S. Representative (District 5), Ilhan Omar received 75.13% of the vote in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.A more detailed breakdown of the voting behavior for the city of Robbinsdale (via Hennepin County precinct data) is as follows:Ilhan Omar (DFL): 75.13%Dalia Al-Aqidi (Republican): 24.82%

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:56 PM (kX27y)

274 They'll gladly give up a few Somali Pirates if they are stealing $250M+ for each one we catch.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 02:57 PM (vbXSk)

275
I hope Bock's time in prison is absolutely miserable.

What a piece of shit.


Posted by: four seasons

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Videos of her literally taking gifts of gold from Somali fraudulent Fahimas could keep you up at night. Where are they now? Didn't come through for her? Hahahahahah.

Aimee was immediately shackled and remanded to federal custody rather than being given time to self-surrender.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:57 PM (n7rxJ)

276 Oh noos! Think of the chilrun! How will they ever lear now?

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 21, 2026 02:57 PM (sFNX2)

277 President Trump should stop paying the rats in Congress when they recess or go on vacation. While it won't make a dent in their off shore accounts, it will tick them off.

I want them ticked off because they tick me off. Not that I dwell on it and go nuts, but it's there sometimes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 02:58 PM (WONhk)

278 Jjst saw in Philadelphia another Marxist will be joining Congress
Win the Democrat nomination and your in
Chris Rabb 3rd District

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 02:59 PM (Ia/+0)

279 >>>My accountant said the IRS WILL send refunds by mail to taxpayers who don't sign up-- in 30-60 days.

Posted by: mnw

>That's nice to know. The letter has a 30 day window. It's foolishness. Do they plan to keep the refund after 30 days? I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 03:00 PM (D1E+2)

280
Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:56 PM (kX27y)

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Good God. She will NEVER get voted out with those numbers. Literally, a federal felony conviction couldn't dislodge her. The only way to get rid of her is remove her bodily from the country.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:00 PM (n7rxJ)

281 President Trump should stop paying the rats in Congress when they recess or go on vacation. While it won't make a dent in their off shore accounts, it will tick them off.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I don't think Trump has that power.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:00 PM (77rzZ)

282 280 Good God. She will NEVER get voted out with those numbers. Literally, a federal felony conviction couldn't dislodge her. The only way to get rid of her is remove her bodily from the country.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:00 PM (n7rxJ)

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Surprise red wave in the MN legislature.

GOP governor.

Redistricting.

It's more likely than her own constituents voting her out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:02 PM (46HP8)

283 Couldn't the next Democrat President just pardon Aimee Bock?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 03:02 PM (looXz)

284 I've been leering since I was 12.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:02 PM (ndZc7)

285 Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 02:56 PM (kX27y)

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Good God. She will NEVER get voted out with those numbers. Literally, a federal felony conviction couldn't dislodge her. The only way to get rid of her is remove her bodily from the country.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:00 PM (n7rxJ)

She will lose if she crosses the Dems.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)

286
The run this ops for finances. And, they're running out of sources.
Posted by: Orson

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It's kind of scary, Orson. People like this don't give up. They don't change. When smooth, quiet financial fraud stops working, what do you want to bet they'll move on to violence?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)

287 I'd like to see individuals in the state agencies prosecuted as aiding and abetting too. Scare the hell out of all the bureaucrats to do their jobs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (n5tGW)

288 276

Good one!

I lear without formal training, however.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (RCjYY)

289 Good God. She will NEVER get voted out with those numbers. Literally, a federal felony conviction couldn't dislodge her. The only way to get rid of her is remove her bodily from the country.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:00 PM (n7rxJ)
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Yup. Growing up, the area was 99% white. School district 281 approaching minority majority. Times have changed and I'm sure she got the same % in the other areas of her district.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)

290 Yeah, that money's gone. Once it's overseas and sunk into mansions in Mogadishu we can't get it back.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 02:41 PM (n7rxJ)

Air strikes to destroy the mansions.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (8zz6B)

291 I've been leering since I was 12.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I've done some Shakespeare, but I've never Leared.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (77rzZ)

292
Clean out from top to bottom.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 03:04 PM (3ek7K)

293
Couldn't the next Democrat President just pardon Aimee Bock?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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I bet they could, and I bet they would.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:04 PM (n7rxJ)

294 289 Yup. Growing up, the area was 99% white. School district 281 approaching minority majority. Times have changed and I'm sure she got the same % in the other areas of her district.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)

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Her district is still majority white.

It's the white progressives that keep voting her in no matter what.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:04 PM (46HP8)

295
Still no reason not to give him a liquid sodium enema.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 02:55 PM (8zz6B)

Give him a solid sodium enema -- it'll take care of creating the liquid all by itself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 03:05 PM (Q0okp)

296 At least the balcony jumper has an identifiable limp

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (chM/Q)

297 When smooth, quiet financial fraud stops working, what do you want to bet they'll move on to violence?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)

Now you're thinking like a true leftard!

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (UULd1)

298 3pm

CBC- Alberta cabinet shuffle
CNN - gas prices soaring - no mention of saving Gaia
FoxNews - MN fraud
MS Now - some 'Republicans' object to taxpayer fund - no mention of weaponized IRS - shouldn't they be gone now?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Sco7b)

299
I'd like to see individuals in the state agencies prosecuted as aiding and abetting too. Scare the hell out of all the bureaucrats to do their jobs.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

==========

Comer on teevee saying the Oversight Committee is "going after these people." Also says MN is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm not really holding my breath.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (n7rxJ)

300 Nood.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)

301 new noodle thread

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (CWTWj)

302 Hillary Clinton obviously didn't learn from calling Trump supporters "deplorables."
She labels every GOP woman as a "handmaiden to the patriarchy" except for Lisa Murkowski and Liz Cheney.

-
She talking about you!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 03:07 PM (ndZc7)

303
Her district is still majority white.

It's the white progressives that keep voting her in no matter what.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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This was a common misapprehension when she was first elected. The Somalis are overwhelming us! They're taking over!!! Nope. It was white liberals.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:08 PM (n7rxJ)

304
Her district is still majority white.

It's the white progressives that keep voting her in no matter what.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 03:04 PM (46HP
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Yes, absolutely true. It's the AWFLs.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 03:09 PM (kX27y)

305 Senate has adjourned until next month. Thune seems to have Trump by the nose.
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 02:31 PM

Is that adjourned adjourned, in which case the President can make recess appointments, or just adjourned, wherein he can't?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (0sNs1)

306 Sure, nail the AWFuL to the wall. I want the mutant Somalis in the same cell with her.
Posted by: Elric The Blade


I want them on Pinochet Air.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (gKquL)

307 > Couldn't the next Democrat President just pardon Aimee Bock?
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Yes. And this is why the GOP needs to have a Plan™ to make sure that can never happen again. I don't particularly care if it's their own ballot harvesting racket, Democrat voter suppression or whatever.

Just keep the Democrats away from the levers of power for as long as it takes to make "elections" fraud proof. Whether that takes a decade or five.... just do it.

It'd go a long way to fixing things the left has wrecked.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 03:11 PM (jehhT)

308 Couldn't the next Democrat President just pardon Aimee Bock?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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At the risk of offending someone, when in the hell did 'Aimee'
become a name? My first encounter with it was with a secretary. I wasn't even certain how to pronounce it.


It's right up there with 'Skye'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 03:12 PM (XeU6L)

309 Does the 'male gaze' qualify as quality leering?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

310 Dalia Al-Aqidi, an Iraqi-born Muslim immigrant to the United States, ran against Omar in 2024. But that district couldn't support a Republican Muslim who is also pro-Israel. And a very pretty woman, too.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 03:14 PM (kX27y)

311 Nick Shirley needs protection. These thugs are mobsters...

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 21, 2026 03:24 PM (BW+Gb)

312 Iihan Omar separates herself and is out making big political endorsements, such as:

Francesca Hong: Endorsed for Governor of Wisconsin, a high-profile backing in the state's Democratic primary.

Peggy Flanagan: Backed Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan in her highly competitive bid for the U.S.
Senate.

Dr. Adam Hamawy: Endorsed Dr. Hamawy, a progressive and former combat surgeon, running for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District.

And just helped Chris Rabb win a Democratic Congress nod in Pennsylvania.

>Times of Israel: Anti-Israel ‘squad’ member Chris Rabb wins Democratic Congress nod in Pennsylvania

Backed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and far-left streamer Hasan Piker, Rabb made opposition to Israel and AIPAC central to campaign; facing no Republican rival, his seat is assured

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (NFX2v)

313 Also, while no criminal charges have been filed against Representative Ilhan Omar’s sister regarding the major Minnesota scandals, her sister's business has faced state oversight scrutiny.

The scrutiny centers on the following key details:

State Funding Controversy: State Representative Walter Hudson stated during legislative hearings that Omar’s sister has been an executive with a local business that received state and federal funding secured by the Congresswoman.

The Context of Broader Scandal: Critics and state lawmakers have connected these family business questions to the larger "$250 million Feeding Our Future" COVID-19 pandemic-era meal fraud scheme.

Official Stance: Representative Omar’s office has faced intense political questions regarding the Meals Act she introduced during the pandemic, which some critics allege loosened oversight and allowed the fraud to occur. Omar has steadfastly denied having any knowledge of or involvement in the meal fraud scheme.

AI Overview

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)

314 296 At least the balcony jumper has an identifiable limp
Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 03:06 PM (chM/Q)

They shoot horses

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 07:53 PM (/+uur)

315 I want them on Pinochet Air.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 03:10 PM (gKquL)

Leave the flying to you

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

Trump Is Booting Illegal Aliens Out of Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Housing and I Am Here For It

Thomas Massie, Illegal Alien Simp and Friend of Illegal-Hiring Businesses, is sad. His pinecone is droopy.


Home prices are squeezing American family budgets. The median home price is up 60% since 2019, now five times the median household income. The country is short more than 4 million homes, and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent. Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

While Americans are fighting for a place to call home, a recent Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Homeland Security investigation revealed major eligibility errors in HUD housing programs. HUD found nearly 6,000 confirmed ineligible tenants, and another 200,000 more tenants who have gone through zero eligibility verification. In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit.

You'll be shocked to hear this, but Congress passed laws to restrict public housing to US citizens, but were conning the rubes as usual. On paper, illegal aliens weren't allowed.

In reality -- no one bothered checking, so illegal aliens were allowed.

But the rubes didn't know so the rubes couldn't complain.

Federal law is clear: Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act limits HUD housing assistance to U.S. citizens and eligible non-citizens. In addition, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 prohibits public welfare benefits from going to illegal aliens and requires HUD housing programs to verify immigration status at the point of application, now a nearly instantaneous process through the SAVE program. Yet HUD rules have systematically avoided this verification until now.

Instead of using the existing Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, HUD created two workarounds. The first is the "do not contend" provision, under which a tenant declares they do not contend their non-citizen status and receives prorated assistance anyway. This is blatantly illegal. The second workaround is an age exemption HUD fabricated 15 years ago under the Obama administration. Current regulations exempt anyone 62 or older from verification, but this has no basis in federal law.

It turns out, in contrast to federal law, the federal government has been incentivizing illegal immigration by offering taxpayer-subsidized housing along with other welfare programs by not using any verification to ensure benefits are going to only eligible individuals. Hundreds of thousands of tenants, including able-bodied adults, have spent years, even decades, in federally subsidized units still needing eligibility checks. This is exactly what has been prohibited for 30 years, and it's part of what's driving up housing prices today.

Thanks to President Trump and HUD Secretary Scott Turner, every housing authority in the country must finally verify eligibility. This is a strong step towards restoring public trust in HUD housing. For the first time, the system Congress mandated will be employed.

Read the whole thing.

Trump is sending the illegals back home and limiting illegals' access to loans and banking services.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing banks to more aggressively scrutinize illegal immigrants, closing a fiscal fence around American taxpayer interests and resources, and likely further incentivizing self-deportations.

"80% of voters believe that illegal immigration is bad for America, and by the way, the flip side of it is 80% believe that legal immigration is good for America," veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen told Just The News.

Trump's Tuesday order, titled "Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System", directs federal regulators and the Treasury to issue guidance strengthening banks' customer due diligence, identify red flags/suspicious activity linked to undocumented immigrants (such as Individual Taxpayer Identification Number misuse, payroll tax evasion, or off-the-books wages), and manage credit risks from extending loans or services to non-work-authorized individuals who may face deportation or wage loss.

...

On limiting illegal immigrants' access to banking and financial products, the administration's stated goal is to reduce risks to the banking system -- such as people getting deported and then defaulting on loans or credit cards.

Banks are now encouraged by the Trump administration to be more careful with loans and services to those without work authorization, but the order does not require them to check every customer's citizenship status.

Meanwhile, the DOJ just hired 80 new immigration judges to speed up the pace of deportations.

"The Trump administration is committed to reestablishing an immigration judge corps that is dedicated to restoring the rule to the law in our nation's immigration system," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. "Today, we are onboarding the largest immigration judge class in agency history. This could only happen thanks to President Trump's decisive leadership and commitment to securing our borders. I also applaud EOIR's leadership team for helping facilitate these hiring efforts and recruiting highly qualified and talented personnel in record time."

Trump campaigned on a promise of mass deportations, but has faced considerable legal pushback to his efforts to speedily remove large numbers of people from the country. The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office.

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday.

Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM




Comments

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1 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 21, 2026 12:32 PM (TIizU)

2 I think there's a couple of illegals in Congress that need to be jettisoned too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)

3 You'll be shocked to hear this, but Congress passed laws to restrict public housing to US citizens, but were conning the rubes as usual. On paper, illegal aliens weren't allowed.

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Congress should pass a law!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (46HP8)

4 If you don't build it (the welfare state for illegals),
they WON"T come. (and may leave on their own)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (vbXSk)

5 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

6 Meanwhile, the DOJ just hired 80 new immigration judges to speed up the pace of deportations.

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Until proven otherwise, I believe one is Elric the Blade who will implement the "only hotties" immigration policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP8)

7 No incentives for illegals!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Q/FnY)

8 You can apply to be an immigration judge on usajobs dot com. If you're even SLIGHTLY qualified, it seems like a good use of taxpayer dollars...

How hard can it be to just stamp "Deport" on every case file?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Kdi1r)

9 >>>In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.

The smell must be eye-watering

Posted by: one hour sober at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (J4Dwc)

10 4 If you don't build it (the welfare state for illegals),
they WON"T come. (and may leave on their own)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (vbXSk)

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https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2056942569007784052

@derzum_
"President Trump's latest order directs Treasury and federal regulators to consider unauthorized non-citizens a financial risk, advancing the 'de-banking' of illegals.

This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP8)

11 pass a law, refuse to get it enforced, pass another law, see we work hard!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (CWTWj)

12 11 pass a law, refuse to get it enforced, pass another law, see we work hard!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (CWTWj)

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"We want Congress to make fraud even more illegal!"
-apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP8)

13 As the kids on youtube say, "I AM HERE FOR IT!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 12:37 PM (cWLG3)

14 More like a pinecan't, am I right?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 12:37 PM (3uBP9)

15 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

3 day weekend? Hell, I just came a 4 day weekend!

But I am up for it, along with kicking every illegal out of this country.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (WsJuq)

16 @14 hmm

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (cWLG3)

17 and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent.



Property taxes. You want all the po po, fire, green spaces museums & what not, you gotta pay for them.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (gKquL)

18 This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP

Whatever happened to the idea of taxing wire transfers out of country?

This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

19 This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP

The best way to attack this problem has ALWAYS been from the financial side. Always. That's loan officers, employers, hospital collections, et al.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Kdi1r)

20 22 million… Riiiiigggghhht.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (ewuvP)

21 18 Whatever happened to the idea of taxing wire transfers out of country?

This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

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It requires an act of Congress.

There was one passed in the OBBB, but it's 1%.

So, they are currently being taxed, but just at a pittance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (46HP8)

22 I remember years ago it came to light they were putting non-elderly people in the elderly housing in my area, and yes there was already a wait for just the elderly.

I assume it was illegals, because otherwise they would have just said it was "the poor" or "the unhoused" or something

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

23 Now if he could just get the IRS to disallow Illegal aliens' wages as a deductible business expense I would be twice as much delighted.

That would price below Minimum Wage employees (illegals who won't sue) right out of the market.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)

24 19 This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP

The best way to attack this problem has ALWAYS been from the financial side. Always. That's loan officers, employers, hospital collections, et al.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Kdi1r)

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"We can't give you a 30 year loan because you might be deported in a year."

It will do a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP8)

25 re 12: they tried this a few years ago (2023?) when trump got the repubs in congress to block a bill that would have allowed 4000 a day to cross the border and no one would need to do anything about it. looked like it would get enough repub support before trump aid to block it.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (CWTWj)

26 This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

Just go look back throught the last 10 years of Mogdishu on giggle erf.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (594J6)

27 25 re 12: they tried this a few years ago (2023?) when trump got the repubs in congress to block a bill that would have allowed 4000 a day to cross the border and no one would need to do anything about it. looked like it would get enough repub support before trump aid to block it.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (CWTWj)

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With that bill, Biden could have stopped the immigration influx!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP8)

28 "This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?"

Invest ib Qat. It's a sure winnah!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (zBgIx)

29 Get them out. Get them all out. Then round up antifa, Democrats, Muslims and Methodists. Send them all to Pock-ee-ston or wherever. Just out of here.

Posted by: You don't have to go home but... at May 21, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

30
I assume it was illegals, because otherwise they would have just said it was "the poor" or "the unhoused" or something

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

Another point. Where I am at, the industry I am in is a lot of automotive. They are making thousands of parts (roof assemblies right now) for cars every single day. Brand new cars. And I keep thinking: How and where are all these cars going?

Then I see a young kid of hispanic persuasion who barely speaks english riding in a brand new F-150 and I think: Oh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

31 re 17: and school taxes that somehow keep going up even when the student population is shrinking

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (CWTWj)

32 So how long before AOC Donkey Chompers goes to one of these public housing units and wails fake tears outside the fence?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (qBdHI)

33 This is a minor point, but useful to know, I think:

"Immigration judges" aren't judges,. They are DOJ employees tasked with judicial duties in minor matters.such as immigration hearings. "Immigration judges" serve at the pleasure of POTUS, and can be banished back to the DOJ salt mines any time.

This is significant because it means the next DEM President can make all of Trump's "immigration judges" disappear in a puff of smoke.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (RCjYY)

34 >Trump Is Booting Illegal Aliens Out of Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Housing
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pffft

the Dutch are burning it down

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (ZxPkt)

35 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

36 11 pass a law, refuse to get it enforced, pass another law, see we work hard!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (CWTWj)

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"We want Congress to make fraud even more illegal!"
-apparently
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP

We'll make it double secret illegal!

Posted by: Dean Johnson at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

37 Although not as pretty, this Todd Blanche Fella seems to be a step-up from Ms. Bondi.

Posted by: My Late Great Uncle Tony at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (8C1eU)

38 New Map S.C. Redistricting. The democrat plantation whip James Clyburn's seat will be removed.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (6SeoE)

39 > This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?
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The money likely went to weapons, ammo, booze, hookers and blow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (jehhT)

40 HHS and JF Vance are having a big news conference at 2:30 to announce some big fraud prosecution in Minnesota.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (uJ3I2)

41 We know exactly who signed the documents that approved the illegal.
We know their boss.
We know their boss's boss.
We know the Dept Head.

They should all be lined up and questioned exactly how the process got through all the approval steps illegally.

We should then total up the cost of the illegal giveaways and fine them each for 100% of that cost plus interest.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (/+uur)

42 15 Are you ready for the three day weekend?
___

Three day? Pffft. I'm "working from home" this week LOL. Got a beach volleyball rematch at 2. But you, you make sure you work until 5 pm Friday. Someone's gotta pay my salary and retirement, peasants.

Posted by: Blue State Government Drone at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (qUkBO)

43 34 >Trump Is Booting Illegal Aliens Out of Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Housing
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pffft

the Dutch are burning it down
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (ZxPkt)

Disco Inferno?

https://tinyurl.com/yckcffcf

Sidenote: that is so 70s, it's painful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

44 The banking thing is a big deal; aliens can show their home country passport and that's all they need to set up bank accounts. If this gets thornier, it's another inventive to self deport.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (4MsaP)

45 >>>Thanks to President Trump and HUD Secretary Scott Turner, every housing authority in the country must finally verify eligibility. This is a strong step towards restoring public trust in HUD housing. For the first time, the system Congress mandated will be employed.

Ben Carson was supposed to do great things with HUD, what happened there? Did he get caught up in the deepstate tar-baby and get bogged down?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)

46 re 27: that's what he said, i think. kamala said she'd sign it into law if she became president. thank god elon helped trump steal the election

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (CWTWj)

47 "HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit."

The amount of fraud in this country is mind-blowing.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (NpAcC)

48 A news story came out recently that the government was giving houses to Indians (dot).

The FNM/left went gaga to stay the story was debunked.

The actual information available? Under the Biden Junta the government was giving no money down home loans to foreigners. The largest group taking these loans? Indians.

So the story was 95% right. Trump ended the program recently and was called rayciss.

There are similar programs for poor Americans but I don't think they are as lavishly funded.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

49 Home prices are squeezing American family budgets. The median home price is up 60% since 2019, now five times the median household income. The country is short more than 4 million homes, and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent. Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

They're just lazy and stupid and don't want to work! Get a second, third, fourth job! If you work two remote jobs you're a thief and have no integrity! Rice and beans, beans and rice, buy my book! *waves gun around*

Posted by: Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (TbWk/)

50 38 New Map S.C. Redistricting. The democrat plantation whip James Clyburn's seat will be removed.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (6SeoE)

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Passed the House. Passed out of Senate committee. Heading to the floor where it will require no more than a majority to pass, then signed by McMaster (who initiated the special session to get it done in the first place). I think it might need to be read on the floor a couple of times, so it should take a week or two.

But yes, those SC state senators who bared their asses did it just to paid targets on them for their next primary in two years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (46HP8)

51 With Bidung having House + Senate why didn't he just change the laws disfavoring illegals?

Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (0Tizn)

52 -"Immigration judges" aren't judges,.—

This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)

53 37 Although not as pretty, this Todd Blanche Fella seems to be a step-up from Ms. Bondi.
Posted by: My Late Great Uncle Tony at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (8C1eU)
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Turns out that ugly strippers have to work harder.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (oqH4h)

54 re 40: walz getting kickbacks from the tampon companies?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (CWTWj)

55 HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit."

When an elderly person dies it is not at all unusual for a relative to:

Cast their vote
Cash their SS check
Stay in their elderly housing
Stay in their rent stabilized apartment
Use their handicapped card

and on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

56 52 -"Immigration judges" aren't judges,.—

This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)

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They've become rubber stamps to decline everything.

Backlog is clearing out now.

They're rejecting 99% of all asylum claims already.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (46HP8)

57 And to add to it we know when they were logged into the computer and when they approved the illegal.

True evil and anti-American trash.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (/+uur)

58 My birthday is Mon as well the good thing for you is you wont be near as old I am

Posted by: doug at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Hy+R4)

59 35 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM

The Big 29?

Happy Pre-Birthday Piper!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Oq/TM)

60 This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…
Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)
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They could hire me but I'd need a supplemental team of dedicated trebuchet maintainers to keep mine operational.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (oqH4h)

61 >>It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)
__
Happy 21st Birthday!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (bNf8H)

62 Public housing was meant to be a temporary step up, but some Housing Authority apartments in NYC have been in the same family since 1948, through four generations, with no male head of household ever darkening the towels. It ain't just illegals we need to pull the plug on.

Posted by: Tapped Out at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (oftw2)

63 the Dutch are burning it down
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (ZxPkt)

Holland apparently has a cap on how much one can work, which limits what one can earn. This along with the new housing being handed out to the "new citizens" preferentially means that all the housing is priced out of the range of the lower middle class and below, and a lot of the upper earning types as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)

64 How does one become and immigration judge? I’d be happy to serve my nation.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (S9oZy)

65 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

Compressed work week / standard day off schedule, and this is my Friday off, so 4 day weekend for me!

Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (6kFbl)

66 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

67 35 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

The big 60?

Posted by: Put some candles in that kale at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (TbWk/)

68 Illegal aliens must be removed down to the last one.

Every "sanctuary" city or state ordinance is prima facie unconstitutionally offensive to federal regulation of immigration and citizenship.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (RIvkX)

69 Memorial Day weekend.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (6X5WW)

70 If I were a cynic, I would ponder if we already have laws like the "SAVE Act" on the books and the Executive can just do things. The "SAVE Act" would then not be a real Act, but a placeholder to cover laws we aren't enforcing, such that if "SAVE" is seen to fail, enforcement of our existent laws can then go to court where they'll fail.
Bukkake Theatre, my friends.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (gKWVE)

71 Piper, there's no shame in being 59. Most of us are.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (oftw2)

72 "80% of voters believe that illegal immigration is bad for America, and by the way, the flip side of it is 80% believe that legal immigration is good for America," veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen told Just The News.


I am extremely not sold on legal immigration being good for America.

But one step at a time.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (lHPJf)

73 Hello everyone! Happy Thursday.

Are you ready for the three day weekend

Yes. 4 as I'm taking tomorrow off

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (FxH7T)

74 52

The decisions of immigration "judges" are appealable to District Court judges, too.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (RCjYY)

75 66 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

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Immigration enforcement, arrests, and deportations are actually up since Minnesota and the deaths of Goode and Pretti.

But no one's talking about it, so everyone assumes nothing is happening.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055470442400350563

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (46HP8)

76 52 -"Immigration judges" aren't judges,.—

This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…
Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)

In fact based on the 1996 changes by Clinton an ICE agent or CBP literally can ORDER the illegal out of the country.
That is their DUE PROCESS.
The creation of some rule that said they got a hearing is 100% FAKE.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (/+uur)

77 Home prices are squeezing American family budgets. The median home price is up 60% since 2019, now five times the median household income.

Supply and demand.

Reduce the demand via ending immigration and the costs will go down.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

78 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!

Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (6kFbl)

79 The deceased are still collecting Social Security, so of course they need an apartment.

Posted by: Don't Be Cruel at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (oftw2)

80 re 66: the 'even one' rule: if doing this means even one child goes to bed hungry it's not worth it.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (CWTWj)

81 Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026

A big one ? So you'll be of legal drinking age now?
😉 Just get a designated driver.

Don't fret. , People love you, appreciate you and you provide a service for the well being of others . Be encouraged!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (OYsYV)

82 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

The first of us to turn THIRTY!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (Kdi1r)

83 I thought Memorial Day weekend was next weekend?

Posted by: megthered at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (0CgUq)

84 The money likely went to weapons, ammo, booze, hookers and blow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (jehhT)

Most here would consider that a feature not a bug.

Posted by: My Late Great Uncle Tony at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (8C1eU)

85 Are you ready for the three day weekend?
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I'm ready for the whole damn week, sucka

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (UULd1)

86 >>> Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)


They should dress them in blue&red bags and use big cornhole boards. Charge admission and and team fees. Have local and national competitions.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (3uBP9)

87 74 52

The decisions of immigration "judges" are appealable to District Court judges, too.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (RCjYY)

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No, they're not.

The acts that created the administrative positions of immigration judge are explicit in saying that Article III judges have no jurisdiction.

What defendants can try is habeus petitions, but the administration jets almost every deportee to the 5th Circuit as soon as they're picked up. The 5th denies 95% of all habeus petitions (which are expensive to file and argue, by the way), and they get deported after having dropped $10,000 on a lawyer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (46HP8)

88 Everybody's working for the weekend?

Posted by: Loverboy at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (wVcYX)

89 The Big 29?

Happy Pre-Birthday Piper!!!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May

Thank you, and everyone else. 😊

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (OoFl2)

90 Piper, there's no shame in being 59. Most of us are.
Posted by: Old Man Adams
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I wish...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)

91 Why doesn't Congress pass a law making the purchase of insurance illegal if you're an illegal alien?

Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:52 PM (0Tizn)

92 Memorial Day is LAST Monday in May.
It could be as late as 31st.
Or as early as the 25th. This year.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (/+uur)

93 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)

94 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

I've already been seeing a bunch of stories of American women showing their screaming kid because their baby daddy/illegal got deported.

Amusingly you do not see the reverse...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

95 >>> In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)


Taxpayer funded necromancy

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (3uBP9)

96 90 Piper, there's no shame in being 59. Most of us are.
Posted by: Old Man Adams
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I wish...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.

I am not there yet, but I remember thinking people at my age were old. Hahah. Better than the alternative, though.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (OoFl2)

97 Everybody's working for the weekend?
Posted by: Loverboy

I love these long weekends. Two chances to feel like it's almost Saturday night.

Posted by: John Fogerty at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (+9wcF)

98 I'm so confused because we're traveling and I never know what day it is.

Posted by: megthered at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (0CgUq)

99 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

Which is great because they're still not reading the room.

This shit is what got Trump elected in the first place.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (UULd1)

100 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

--

Ok, now I've got Loverboy starting to create an earworm. Along with Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley dancing together in their Chippendale's competition. (An extremely funny skit, btw.)

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (qBdHI)

101 >>Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (6kFbl)

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM, PIPER!1!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (NcvvS)

102 Afternoon Ace.
The Dem administrations have done slick moves to work around Congressional bans for years. The Clintons were the first that I know of and they started not long after Bubba and Newt agreed to work requirements for welfare recipients.
The solution is block grants to the states for the # of citizens in need and nothing more. Let the blue states starve

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (gu0hJ)

103 Anyone else want to chip in for a new Hurry Cane for Piper?

Posted by: Handy Capable at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (oftw2)

104 Fortunately, I had my midlife crisis 30 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (RIvkX)

105 Immigration enforcement, arrests, and deportations are actually up since Minnesota and the deaths of Goode and Pretti.

But no one's talking about it, so everyone assumes nothing is happening.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055470442400350563
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (46HP

So what you're saying is ICE needs to shoot more people in the act of criminally and violently obstructing their lawful operations?

Posted by: Might be a stretch at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

106 93 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)

I had a lawyer friend in Marietta GA that said when Auntie Edna died it was common to have 12 to 13 people show up and claim they had deed to the property.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (/+uur)

107 They need to find another place for the deceased to live.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (wNNhd)

108 Angela Rose has HAD IT with the likes of Tuq'r, Retarded Hobgoblin, and Cavernous Nostrils:

Right Wing Influencers Have Lost The Plot

https://tinyurl.com/2582cmrh

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (gtcuf)

109 Happy birthday y’all!!!!!!

Posted by: Billythesquid at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (+5Xor)

110 Thomas Massie, Illegal Alien Simp and Friend of Illegal-Hiring Businesses, is sad. His pinecone is droopy.

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"Oh my! You mean, like, a teabag?"

/obligatory George Takai

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (5+scw)

111 They're just lazy and stupid and don't want to work! Get a second, third, fourth job! If you work two remote jobs you're a thief and have no integrity! Rice and beans, beans and rice, buy my book! *waves gun around*
Posted by: Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (TbWk/)

We all hate Dave Ramsey because he tells us debt is slavery, and we know that only slaves are truly free from things like self care and hoping to have a family and a future for our kids. We hate Dave Ramsey because he says there is hope to be something other than a debt slave paying 25% to the government, 50% to service our debt, and living on what scraps are left with no escape to plan for the future, and we live worse off than sharecroppers did.
We hate Dave Ramsey because hope means doing something other than sitting on our fat cheeto- and Edible-augmented asses and bitching that no one will rescue us without us doing something like actually planning for the future, instead of watching all the wealthy people on Netflix.

Hate him! Hate him! Hope is false! Salvation is a LIE! Ooh, there is a sale on Nikes!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

112 Maybe a Life Alert too?

Posted by: Blowing Out the Candle Inferno at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (oftw2)

113 99 Which is great because they're still not reading the room.

This shit is what got Trump elected in the first place.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (UULd1)

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The underlying reality is, though, that deportations barely slowed after Goode and Pretti died, they're actually outpacing the MN kerfuffle at the moment, and there has been no major push for immigration stories for months.

We've had Iran and redistricting and Massie taking up the space instead.

The press are squirrels looking for the next thing to bash Republicans with while the administration is just steadily being a workhorse and squeezing illegals on every side.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (46HP8)

114 The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Riz8t)

115 78 Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM

Speak for yourself! If Piper wants to show and flaunt it who are we to say no? ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Oq/TM)

116 105 So what you're saying is ICE needs to shoot more people in the act of criminally and violently obstructing their lawful operations?

Posted by: Might be a stretch at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

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MN protests have even continued, but national media doesn't care anymore.

I remember when MN was going to lose the midterms for Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (46HP8)

117 I love these long weekends. Two chances to feel like it's almost Saturday night.
Posted by: John Fogerty at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (+9wcF)

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody
I got some money 'cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I'm in an awful way.

Posted by: Sam Cooke at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (wVcYX)

118 I used to have an Angela Rose bookmark.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (wNNhd)

119 114 The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office.

Sure, Jan.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Riz8t)

I'd double that and still be low....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (FtULh)

120 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

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Now that I'm retired, every day is a weekend -- except with more traffic.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (5+scw)

121 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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Or as Democrats call them, The Base

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (UULd1)

122 Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

How much of this is due to supply and demand, demand up due to illegals competing with citizens for available housing? Even putting aside the ridiculousness of people here illegally getting welfare benefits, their simply being here in large numbers creates problems. I am so glad I voted for Trump.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (0Htd1)

123 I like Dave Ramsey because any twenty minute segment of his show is just like every other twenty minute segment of his show. Saves time not having to listen further.

Posted by: Under Crushing Debt at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (oftw2)

124 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

Happy pre-birthday, young lady!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (NcvvS)

125 GoFundMe for a Jitterbug and one of those self-ejecting recliners for Piper?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)

126 Doc OZ on TDS

https://x.com/DrOzCMS/status/
2057230255237038222

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (/+uur)

127 What’s necessary is not a new law or more legislation. We’ve got plenty of laws that cover most if not all scenarios.

The problem of course, all the laws in the world are meaningless without elected officials willing to enforce the laws. Leftists know this, and set about to infiltrate positions of responsibility and refuse to enforce the law, instead treating everything like a Smorgasbord, “I like this law, but I don’t like that one”.

See also “prosecutorial discretion” another concept twisted and perverted to their own ends.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (sNI9P)

128 Hearing Zoomers and Gen Alpha complain about things I took for granted... yeah it doesn't land.

Every generation has it worse.

Every American is underpaid.

Every employee wants more pay, less work.

We didn't broadcast our struggles and sacrifices to strangers and pretend they were supposed to care.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

129 122 Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

How much of this is due to supply and demand, demand up due to illegals competing with citizens for available housing? Even putting aside the ridiculousness of people here illegally getting welfare benefits, their simply being here in large numbers creates problems. I am so glad I voted for Trump.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (0Htd1)

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Housing prices are outright crashing in the Charlotte area now.

I keep seeing stories about it.

And Charlotte got one major ICE operation last year that lasted about a week and some press. Nothing since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (46HP8)

130 2 I think there's a couple of illegals in Congress that need to be jettisoned too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)

And quickly.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (z/kEQ)

131 MN protests have even continued, but national media doesn't care anymore.

I remember when MN was going to lose the midterms for Republicans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (46HP

Talk about the fading memories in the mists of time. I mean, that was like a whole 6 weeks ago!

Posted by: An eon in internet time at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

132 Everybody's working for the weekend?
Posted by: Loverboy
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I mostly look forward...although 'look forward' isn't the right expression, to the Memorial Day event at the State Veteran's Cemetery.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)

133 Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50

No worries! Eeek.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (OoFl2)

134 The last Stairlifter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (wNNhd)

135 131 Talk about the fading memories in the mists of time. I mean, that was like a whole 6 weeks ago!

Posted by: An eon in internet time at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

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I'm sure the next thing that's going to lose the midterms for Republicans will be the real thing that loses the midterms for Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (46HP8)

136 Has the Affordable Housing boom peaked, not started up fully yet, or is it merely a catchphrase for various forms of grifts and scams that tap in to government money spigots ? Cannot get a read on it.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (Gqar8)

137 123 I like Dave Ramsey because any twenty minute segment of his show is just like every other twenty minute segment of his show. Saves time not having to listen further.
Posted by: Under Crushing Debt at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (oftw2)

Yeah, I got that back in the 90s. 'Don't spend money you don't have.' 'Work while you're at work.' Thanks, Dave.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (bss/y)

138 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes there was a Class VI store nearby at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)

139 The ONLY reason housing costs are what they are is because of government regulation.

Same for health care.

They fvck up everything with regulatory distortions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (RIvkX)

140 I recall a certain unsupervised Memorial Day weekend thread. Ribald, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (wVcYX)

141 Debt can be good or bad, depending on how you use it.

If you don't have a clear plan to get something positive out of it, which is very common, then yes you should avoid it like the plague.

Having an old car, an old phone, etc are better then having debt.

But if a new car can get you to a higher paying job for example, it is likely worth taking a loan.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)

142 A bigger loophole is for illegal parents who already have an anchor baby.
The "household" gets benefits if only one person is a citizen.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (IEgcH)

143 I like Dave Ramsey because any twenty minute segment of his show is just like every other twenty minute segment of his show. Saves time not having to listen further.
Posted by: Under Crushing Debt at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (oftw2)

I liked counselling because any twenty minute session was pretty much the same issues as any other twenty minute session. Eventually I figured out I knew the problem and the techniques to resolve them, and I even knew the objections I was going to bring to argue why any solution was impossible.

Getting out of debt is hard, but for most people it is not complicated. You want complicated, go to AA or NA

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (rbvCR)

144 Why isn't Congress repealing the immigration lottery?

Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (0Tizn)

145 No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes there was a Class VI store nearby at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)
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Blessing of memory > Pain of loss

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (RIvkX)

146 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar8)

147 In point of fact, the above problem of benefits going to illegals will not and can not be solved until birthright citizenship is eliminated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (IEgcH)

148 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

NOW: The Trump admin is SURGING additional prosecutors into Tim Walz's Minnesota and other states after uncovering a shocking amount of fraud

A $90M scam and 15 individuals were just charged — MORE is coming

"We are announcing today the expansion of the healthcare fraud Midwest Strike Force to Minnesota and the hiring of 15 additional prosecutors dedicated to combating Medicaid fraud nationwide."

"These additional resources will ensure that the DOJ's Fraud Division will be better equipped to stop fraud and hold criminals accountable."

"Since April 1, DOJ's Fraud Division has announced over 450 Fraud Enforcement Actions nationwide, representing billions of taxpayer dollars."

https://tinyurl.com/twprah4x

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)

149 Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I have some fake flowers in the car for my parents' graves. In addition, some organization, not sure which, puts little flags on all the graves of veterans for Memorial Day. The diocese here prefers fake flowers on the graves, except for a specified time after the funeral.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)

150 DNC Chairman Ken Martin released an incomplete, unedited version of the 2024 election autopsy.
A few key points.

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/
2057464236394025370

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (/+uur)

151 Didn't think much of Blanche at first but I like him more and more.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (b4LBp)

152 Ask those towns with schools filled to 80% with H1b babies how they feel about *legal* migration.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (IEgcH)

153 Talk about the fading memories in the mists of time.
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The fading memories in the mists of time. The fading memories in the mists of time. The fading memories in the mists of time.

The fading memories. In the mists of time. Where the memories are. The fading memories.

The fading memories. The fading memories.

The memories. That are fading. And mists. And mists. And mists.

Mists...

Mists...

Mists...

Mists.

This essay was called The Fading Memories in the Mists of Time. Thank you.

Posted by: Kamala at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (UULd1)

154 I recall a certain unsupervised Memorial Day weekend thread. Ribald, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (wVcYX)
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I membeh!

It used to be the one time we were allowed to cuss because the boss didn't want to offend advertisers otherwise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (RIvkX)

155 I gather the response to Nolan's Odyssey has been...mixed.

To understand Nolan's Odyssey, you have to know that academic historians spent the last 20 years writing about how movies like Troy and Gladiator reinforced White nationalism.

They really hate that you thought Achilles and Maximus were cool. They will never let it happen again.

https://tinyurl.com/bpahdx8y

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

156 Three day weekend? Pffffttt.
Try five.

Posted by: Government Workers at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (0Tizn)

157 146 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar

Live like no one else
So you can live like no one else.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (/+uur)

158 Some people are "late bloomers". Piper might yet attain normal adult size.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at May 21, 2026 01:05 PM (oftw2)

159 157 146 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar

Live like no one else
So you can live like no one else.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (/+uur)

That might be Zennish.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:05 PM (Gqar8)

160 No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes there was a Class VI store nearby at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)

That's brutal. I truly am sorry.

Posted by: Can hardly imagine that pain at May 21, 2026 01:05 PM (TbWk/)

161 🚨BREAKING: The “field sources” who infiltrated January 6 may have been paid by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Still trying to verify.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (gKquL)

162 Re SC Rep. Clyburn 86 years old and 34 years in the House.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (wBaIH)

163 Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.

I should check the times for ceremonies at the national cemetery near me since the one where my parents are interred is a thousand miles away.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (vTZFs)

164 How much of this is due to supply and demand, demand up due to illegals competing with citizens for available housing?
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Wages have been stagnant since 1974. This is not due entirely to millions of illegal aliens but it is certainly a crucial component.

A single blue collar wage earner could support his family. Maybe not in high style, but he wasn’t taking any government “benefits” and all that nonsense.

The “media” and public education has left recent generations almost wholly unable to make cause and effect type comparisons. They advocate for “open borders” yet complain they only make $16 an hour, and can’t afford food, rent, a car, insurance, or anything else.

It’s all a mystery to them. They know things are completely fucked up, but the focus of their justified outrage never ever seems to be magnified where it needs to go. Boomers, Jews, Republicans - anybody except the assclowns who brought it about.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (sNI9P)

165 A guy I went through basic with became somewhat famous in California.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (wNNhd)

166 93 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)
_____________________________

I was talking recently to an acquaintance who used to handle voter fraud cases when he served as a DA in a midsized city (in clarification, he's conservative). He told me why there are so many dead people on the voter roles. It's NOT just for a single vote. What the fraudsters do is take that individual's address and use apartment numbers so that (sometimes) hundreds of people can illegally register at the same address. Most using that singular address by adding a Apt. # are non-existent, and moles working the precinct will fill out the ballot, process it, and quickly 'misplace" it. However, some of these voters are illegal immigrants with doctored ID based on crib death babies who were given an SS #. He says he has no doubt that the DNC is indirectly involved....but never found the direct attachment.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

167 152 Ask those towns with schools filled to 80% with H1b babies how they feel about *legal* migration.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (IEgcH)

H1B scam
Foreign Students scam
They are both just as sammy as the scam call centers in India. Which BTW I think need to be blown up like in the Beekeeper.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur)

168 It's reassuring to see the Trump administration at work. It's always seeking ways to eliminate the ellipticals in our economy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (OArx3)

169 Achilles sacrificed his life for glory. And from the ancient greek perspective that made sense.

Odysseys choose a middle ground, he did his duty, and focused on returning home.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

170 Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I initially read this as "desecrate graves". Bold choice, Cotton.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

171 OT:

I'm currently in a delay, deny, die cycle with Aetna over a PET Scan for my cancer. Their own policy doc says it should be approved, but they denied my doc and his appeal, so now I have to appeal (which takes 30 days). Hurray.

Thankfully, this was not an emergency, but c'mon. This is not what I wanted to be dealing with when I'm already sick this week (normal virus, but a sucky one)...sigh...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (tOcjL)

172 If Piper needs content for Sunday, this article might help....

https://tinyurl.com/yc595mh4

It's a Melania fashion article.


One for Bulg, or Joe Mannix (S/B Fen Approved):

https://tinyurl.com/ytz73ere

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (qx7Zg)

173 125 GoFundMe for a Jitterbug and one of those self-ejecting recliners for Piper?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)

Oh my gosh, my really good friend’s husband is a plastic surgeon, as you may know because I have spoken about it. I just got a text from his office I have a $250 credit for Botox. Lol. I don’t think that was supposed to go out to me until Monday, but she got me Botox for my birthday! I am laughing really hard right now. I am going to screen shot it to her with a “so what are you saying, exactly?” text…

….And also checking my schedule next week to see when I can book this.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (OoFl2)

174 Getting out of debt is simple. Finding the money to get out of debt is not.

You can get out, but it takes a crapload of energy and discipline. And oh yeah, time.

You are not getting out of debt by giving up your coffee and economizing on a few things. No way.

You *are* doing it by analyzing, restructuring and then changing wholesale your entire thought process around every single thing that involves money. That's how it begins. Then some discomfort which you get used to.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (UULd1)

175 They are both just as sammy as the scam call centers in India. Which BTW I think need to be blown up like in the Beekeeper.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur)

I love watching those white hat hacker channels on YouTube destroy those assholes in real time.

Posted by: Scum of the earth at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

176 A 70-unit apartment complex was thrown up outside my mother's gated subdivision. "Luxury" two bedroom, 2 bath apartments, with $1700+/month rent. In an area where the median income is $50K/year.

They have been sitting, almost unoccupied, for nearly a year. I suspect the subsidized rent program for illegals and Somali Scammers the owners were planning on got cancelled.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (GjEvj)

177 Meanwhile, the DOJ just hired 80 new immigration judges to speed up the pace of deportations.

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Until proven otherwise, I believe one is Elric the Blade who will implement the "only hotties" immigration policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP
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If only ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

178 I think all the illegals are in NY. They are the only things left along with old people who aren’t leaving, empty strip malls and a smattering lot suburban AWFL’s and their cuck clans.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (6VEkT)

179 > "We are announcing today the expansion of the healthcare fraud Midwest Strike Force to Minnesota and the hiring of 15 additional prosecutors dedicated to combating Medicaid fraud nationwide."
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The administration's going to need thousands of prosecutors just for California alone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (jehhT)

180 The best way to attack this problem has ALWAYS been from the financial side. Always. That's loan officers, employers, hospital collections, et al.
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If you tell the WORLD, that if you come illegally to U.S. we will give you free housing, free education and free food and free healthcare . . . what possibly could be the result?

If you remove the incentive to come, stay, and create disincentives to be here as an illegal - they will not come and those already here will leave. But that would cost the dems voters and the chamber of commerce cheap labor. Yes. Its that stupid. The answer is obvious, however, the powers that be, have a massive incentive to not apply the answer. Because they want it the way it is. So, we have to adjust the incentives/disincentives of the powers that be.

Posted by: I'm not Milton Friedman but at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (anL5R)

181 177 If only ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

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Dammit!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (46HP8)

182 "and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent."

LOL. Banks and FHA loans allow up to 36% of your gross income being spent on PITI. That's why you don't buy a new car until after you buy the house.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (qFwJc)

183 The SPLC sounds more and more like an IC OP.

Posted by: davidt at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (Q+gd/)

184 I saw that Nancy Mace is calling for a constitutional amendment that members of Congress, judges, and appointees approved by the Senate must be natural-born US citizens.

Seems reasonable to me.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:10 PM (qx7Zg)

185 Want to stay out of debt: pay cash for everything.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 21, 2026 01:10 PM (z/kEQ)

186 Probably been asked but how do "they" come up with 'The country is short more than 4 million homes'.

That had to be inclusive of "illegals" who were allowed to make roots in their local communities?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 01:10 PM (VkY89)

187 The rent is too damn high.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:11 PM (wNNhd)

188 Most using that singular address by adding a Apt. # are non-existent, and moles working the precinct will fill out the ballot, process it, and quickly 'misplace" it. However, some of these voters are illegal immigrants with doctored ID based on crib death babies who were given an SS #. He says he has no doubt that the DNC is indirectly involved....but never found the direct attachment.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

USPS parses each ZIP into a Route. They know exactly how many residences are in said route and type of residents. Via census they also know pop and ave incomes.
There are around 10 companies that will validate an address for less than a 5 cents.
You could validate the the addresses of a county like Harris county Texas for about $25k in about 60 seconds.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:11 PM (/+uur)

189 Wow, Piper! It actually is funny. And generous, too! Just remember that 20-30 year old youngsters also get Botox...for reasons that completely mystify me!

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (qBdHI)

190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

191 DNC Chairman Ken Martin released an incomplete, unedited version of the 2024 election autopsy.
A few key points.

This one at least is just wrong:

...and relying on "not Trump" rather than affirmative messaging or clear self-definition.

Everything pre-election suggested that the more people saw and heard from Harris, the less they liked her. "Not Trump" was literally the only thing she had going for her and it wasn't enough.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

192 Almost all of the visa scams involve Indians. Most if not all of those 10,000 fraudulent student job visas were Indians. They are also most of the H1b’s taking jobs from Americans.

Maybe it’s time to crack down on India.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (6VEkT)

193 We didn't broadcast our struggles and sacrifices to strangers and pretend they were supposed to care.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

I actually did some math on average home prices, and prices for things like food and clothing indexed to the price of Silver for the last 80 years. I was looking at them against average wages - not salaries by the way.
On the whole, we do more with less than at the end of WWII, but we have been slipping on purchasing power. It is the problem of inflation which outstrips earnings in real terms, compliance costs we carry, and the enshittification of everything we buy so we can afford basics.
There is also the inflation problem, there is no safe place to store wealth any more, inflation eats it. There are no safe jobs anymore, everything is a gig now, you get fired for anything, AI, COVID shots, anything.
Dollars lose value, stocks are a casino, bonds are a ponzi scheme, and property is priced too high. Inflation destroys virtue, and it always has

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

194 We have a cunning plan to ease the housing shortage.

Posted by: Dr. Zhivago's Housing Commisar at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)

195 161 🚨BREAKING: The “field sources” who infiltrated January 6 may have been paid by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Still trying to verify.
Posted by: rickb223
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All those Federal busses filmed pulling up in that parking garage were paid for by you and me.
Patel should tie them both in a big bow when he presents to the prosecutor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:13 PM (OArx3)

196 Illegals are probably at least half of the inflation that's been happening. It's not just housing, when you have millions of new people plop into your country, the prices on everything are going to skyrocket.

Posted by: Sharpie at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (67ajE)

197 I love watching those white hat hacker channels on YouTube destroy those assholes in real time.
Posted by: Scum of the earth at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

Me too. They are trully doing good work.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (594J6)

198 The dead tenant problem usually means a relative (not eligible) lives there.


Benefits in the hood are passed around. It is odd, they seem OK sharing -- one sibling has a kid and gets bennies, and they support the parents and another sibling. They become ineligible, but the grandma goes on disability and gets money,.... they work together so that none of them ever have to work.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (IEgcH)

199 Illegals and even those with legal status are absolutely creating inflation on products like food.

It’s all paid for with your tax money too.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:15 PM (6VEkT)

200 190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

It is not, is it? But pretty much anathema to huge numbers of our people.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:15 PM (Gqar8)

201 Benefits in the hood are passed around. It is odd, they seem OK sharing -- one sibling has a kid and gets bennies, and they support the parents and another sibling. They become ineligible, but the grandma goes on disability and gets money,.... they work together so that none of them ever have to work.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (IEgcH)

They work diligently and tirelessly at not working.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:16 PM (wVcYX)

202 190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

These days it is.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:16 PM (594J6)

203 190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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That concept has been eroded more than the family ideal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (OArx3)

204 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?

More like "live below your means until you're set for the rest of your life" which not many are willing to do. And even if you are, it won't matter if your partner is not.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (vTZFs)

205 196 Illegals are probably at least half of the inflation that's been happening. It's not just housing, when you have millions of new people plop into your country, the prices on everything are going to skyrocket.
Posted by: Sharpie

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Also the enshitification (cheaper products, changed recipes, lower quality)

They appeal to "changing consumer habits" which are mostly changing because the *consumers* are changing. At least on the margins - if you make a product the easiest way to increase market share is to appeal to 3rd worlders who are just happy the potato chips don't have shit on them. This has been great for margins.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (IEgcH)

206 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

It is not, is it? But pretty much anathema to huge numbers of our people.

It's more common among some parts of the political spectrum than others.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

207 Everything pre-election suggested that the more people saw and heard from Harris, the less they liked her. "Not Trump" was literally the only thing she had going for her and it wasn't enough.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

...and abortion. The only time she was clear, articulate, and enthusiastic was when she was talking about abortion.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (EcHpA)

208 199 Illegals and even those with legal status are absolutely creating inflation on products like food.

It’s all paid for with your tax money too.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:15 PM (6VEkT)

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Food can go up and down relatively quickly.

The bigger problem is their pressure on the demand side of the housing curve.

It's easier to eat cheaper than it is to deal with a $1200 monthly rent payment when it used to be $900.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (46HP8)

209 I really don't know the answer as I'm not a legal expert, but aren't illegals basically shut out of most/all government services (save something like a trip to the emergency room)?

It's just decades of Republicans never enforcing the law.

Posted by: Sharpie at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (67ajE)

210 No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.
Posted by: pookysgirl
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It is impossible for me to visit the Veteran's Cemetery without contemplating the buddies KIA in VN.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

211 The CBC had a story this morning about a Canadian citizen voting illegally in US elections.

He applued for ballots through Massachusetts dating back to 2008.

There was a question asking him if he was a US citizen and he lied and checked 'Yes.' And the ballots flowed.

If the Mighty Checkbox of US Citizenship is failing, something else may need to be done to tighten things up.

# # #

By the way, for you cat people, it had to be Snowflake that coughed up something that looked like an organ on the porch. I've cleaned up coughed up hair balls. This was probably a hair ball. She's fine and sleeping upstairs and has been active.

Ralphy ate it. I may get to clean up second hand vomit....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (Sco7b)

212 Mists...

Mists...

Mists...

Mists.

This essay was called The Fading Memories in the Mists of Time. Thank you.
Posted by: Kamala at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (UULd1)

I saw Harambe in your words.
It made me sad.
Weep for Harambe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TH/2I)

213 >>>they work together so that none of them ever have to work.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (IEgcH)

They work diligently and tirelessly at not working.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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And there are learing classes on 'how to'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (OArx3)

214 197 I love watching those white hat hacker channels on YouTube destroy those assholes in real time.
Posted by: Scum of the earth at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

Me too. They are trully doing good work.

Me three. Those are addictive.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (gtcuf)

215 I read that California has 75K fewer students in public schools this year vs last year. The projection was only a 10k drop. This is due to the general trend of fewer kids in the US as birth rates plummeted in the 2010s.

So how did an extra extra 65k get missed? Most common theory is illegals going back home and taking the anchor babies with them. And that was never accounted for in the projections done pre 2024 election.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (9Diqw)

216 Under current federal law, hundreds of thousands of foreign students and employers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program are exempt from paying Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, which companies are required to pay for domestic workers. This has led to the creation of a "significant financial incentive" for employers to hire foreign OPT workers over Americans.

Tax them into the Stone Age.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (/+uur)

217 Phrases like neither a borrower nor a lender be, or, a fool and his money are soon parted are merely quaint cultural artifacts that have no meaning in our age of instant gratification. They may be safely ignored now.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Gqar8)

218 I've posted this before but during the Biden administration the average height of the people in my city dropped by about 2-3 inches . The number of Hispanic roofers and workers doing contracting skyrocketed. The naturally between that and refugees from NYC the housing stock decreased and prices increased , leading my city to be the first in upstate NY with rent control. As Rahm said " never let a crisis go to waste

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (gu0hJ)

219 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar

"Buying money is a huge expense you could avoid if you just make it yourself" is a better description. The rest is refinement on paying off your current debts so you can stop paying off the loans, and then keeping the money to yourself instead of giving it to the credit companies once it is paid off.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)

220 money,.... they work together so that none of them ever have to work.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

It's one of the tenets of Kwanzaa!

Posted by: Ron Karenga at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (oftw2)

221 this is called "briefcase" deportation. Trump is literally just enforcing the existing laws on the books.

This will deport 5X whatever the ICE can catch on the streets - you simply systematically remove all potential pathways to staying in the U.S. as an illegal - no job, no bank, no housing = no reason to stay or come here.

Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (eloIc)

222 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

These days it is.
Posted by: Reforger
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I see the 'Instant Credit' ads on TV and cringe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

223 I saw Harambe in your words.
It made me sad.
Weep for Harambe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TH/2I)

Gorilla in the midst.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:21 PM (/+uur)

224 171 are you on Medicare? Both that and Aetna would cover PET scans if medically necessary. They cost between $1200 and $4600. Ask what the cash price is.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 21, 2026 01:22 PM (wBaIH)

225 221 this is called "briefcase" deportation. Trump is literally just enforcing the existing laws on the books.

This will deport 5X whatever the ICE can catch on the streets - you simply systematically remove all potential pathways to staying in the U.S. as an illegal - no job, no bank, no housing = no reason to stay or come here.

Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (eloIc)

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There was a study out of MN that showed that for every 1 ICE arrest, 6 people left the workforce.

The self-deportation to forced deportation ratio is somewhere between 3:1 and 6:1.

Forced deportations for the first year were about 1 million (all from the interior, which no administration has done before).

So, somewhere between 3 and 6 million left America in the first year of the Trump administration.

But if you count border turnaways, then Obama's numbers are better, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:22 PM (46HP8)

226 Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at M

I bet a large percentage will be relieved to be back home, even if objectively its less than here.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Hb+bW)

227 Lack of financial discipline is not unique to individuals. Consider Modern Monetary Theory, which hold that deficits don't matter because governments can print all the money they want to, apparently without consequence. Only an academic could believe such utter nonsense.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

228 BOMBSHELL IN MINNESOTA:

Fraud AAG Colin McDonald just EXPOSED the MASSIVE Autism Program Grift, from $600,000 to OVER $400 MILLION in just 6 years!

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (/+uur)

229 Under current federal law, hundreds of thousands of foreign students and employers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program are exempt from paying Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, which companies are required to pay for domestic workers. This has led to the creation of a "significant financial incentive" for employers to hire foreign OPT workers over Americans.

Tax them into the Stone Age.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (/+uur)

OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

230 Phrases like neither a borrower nor a lender be, or, a fool and his money are soon parted are merely quaint cultural artifacts that have no meaning in our age of instant gratification. They may be safely ignored now.
Posted by: tubal
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Meh. Just the precepts of dead white men.

Posted by: Parasites at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (XeU6L)

231 226 Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at M

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They're already being offered $3,800 and a free plane ticket through the CBPOne app.

Literally everything we can think of within the law, Trump's admin is doing.

Hear about the fines people are facing for not leaving after a final deportation order? They're going up to $1.8 million each.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (46HP8)

232 I live in Japan, and I can say that NO recipes for products are changed here to make product cheaper. They have shrinkflation, and some things (like kwepie dressing and mayo) have cheaper versions for restaurants (in 1L containers) but I see exactly zero changes in products like in USA where sugars and fats are all replaced with chemicals, and chocolate, nuts, etc. are reduced.

The only thing I see are a lot of "sports" drinks with 1/2 and 1/2 sugar and some other shit that you can taste in your mouth all day. But these are new products and not the old ones, which never change.

This has two reasons. (1) more family owned companies (2) the consumers are all Japanese and not 3rd worlders imported to take tax dollars and buy shit and ruin the towns and schools.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (IEgcH)

233 I would pay extra and get a PEOPLE Scan rather than a PET Scan.

Posted by: Emily Litella at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (oftw2)

234 There was a study out of MN that showed that for every 1 ICE arrest, 6 people left the workforce.

The self-deportation to forced deportation ratio is somewhere between 3:1 and 6:1.

Forced deportations for the first year were about 1 million (all from the interior, which no administration has done before).

So, somewhere between 3 and 6 million left America in the first year of the Trump administration.

The evidence for this is less than convincing. I'm going to need a lot more proof before I buy it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

235 Consider Modern Monetary Theory, which hold that deficits don't matter because governments can print all the money they want to, apparently without consequence. Only an academic could believe such utter nonsense.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

And it is impossible to unbake the cake.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (/+uur)

236 A one time $5k payment is peanuts compared to the tens of thousands in welfare an illegal can collect here every year.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (9Diqw)

237 They are both just as sammy as the scam call centers in India. Which BTW I think need to be blown up like in the Beekeeper.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur)

They recently took down a "pig butchering" site in Vietnam. The sites use indentured servants, and essentially slaves who speak English to call and befriend older lonely people so they can scam them out of money on a variety of pretexts.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

238 Actually enforcing the immigration laws, next thing you know dogs and cats... etc.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)

239 229 OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

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Or...Trump is laying the groundwork to eliminate the program, avoiding the issues with the attempt at eliminating DACA.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055295022593884434

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (46HP8)

240 218 I've posted this before but during the Biden administration the average height of the people in my city dropped by about 2-3 inches

because of the man keeping them down.

Posted by: anachronda at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (sGtp+)

241 Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at M

I bet a large percentage will be relieved to be back home, even if objectively its less than here.
Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Hb+bW)

Whence the Somalian Jim Nabors will help kick off their version of the big holiday race event by singing, "Back home again, in Mogadishu."

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (wVcYX)

242 Doomer Fail: New Coal-Fired Power Plants Surge to 10-Year Global High

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (RHGPo)

243 I live in Japan, and I can say that NO recipes for products are changed here to make product cheaper. They have shrinkflation, and some things (like kwepie dressing and mayo) have cheaper versions for restaurants (in 1L containers) but I see exactly zero changes in products like in USA where sugars and fats are all replaced with chemicals, and chocolate, nuts, etc. are reduced.
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: New Coke at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

244 new Trump rule A new rule allows immigration authorities to issue fines up to $500 for illegally crossing the border and $1,000 per day for staying

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (/+uur)

245 OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.


it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

246 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (wNNhd)

247 234
The evidence for this is less than convincing. I'm going to need a lot more proof before I buy it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

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Census surveys, Bureau of Labor stats surveys, hospital records of new births, studies like the one described above, crashing housing costs in illegal hotbeds like Texas and even places like Charlotte.

Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (46HP8)

248 But if you count border turnaways, then Obama's numbers are better, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

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The beauty of his system, which no one mentions so I will, is that you could "deport" someone on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then let them in of Friday. -- 3 deportations!

He would turn them around at border and they knew to try again tomorrow, and they did. They all got in.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (IEgcH)

249 🚨 BREAKING: The mastermind behind the Feeding Our Future fraud scam in Minnesota has just been sentenced to 41.5 YEARS in prison Holy CRAP! Aimee Bock orchestrated the $250 MILLION scam during COVID, billing taxpayers for fake meals for children. She deserves every single day of this sentence! MORE OF THIS!

... you can get more time trying to rob a 7-11 store

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (RHGPo)

250 Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

The American kids are just lazy and don't want to work. It pays 66% below market? Consider yourself lucky to even have a job! You can still pay get a house and buy a car and insurance and pay all your bills on $1.50 a hour like I did! You don't like it, work two more of them! Thieving layabout!

Posted by: More Boomer perspective at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (TbWk/)

251
It is impossible for me to visit the Veteran's Cemetery without contemplating the buddies KIA in VN.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at

And for them, and everyone else, I remain eternally grateful. I do love a very privileged life, one I would not enjoy but for them. There are people out here who haven’t lost sight of this sacrifice that is bigger than all of us. I have instilled it into my children as well - maybe it’s because I am an army brat and was an army wife for 22 years, but these are the things we need to fold back into what it means to love our country.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Wmg4n)

252 Whence the Somalian Jim Nabors will help kick off their version of the big holiday race event by singing, "Back home again, in Mogadishu."
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (wVcYX)

Cats and Dogs stay inside over big BarBQ 3 day festivus.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (/+uur)

253 Tuq'r Quarlson has a new money source - he's getting paid NOT to endorse candidates.

Babylon Bee: Politicians Begin Offering Tucker Carlson $1 Million To Not Endorse Them

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (qx7Zg)

254 Or...Trump is laying the groundwork to eliminate the program, avoiding the issues with the attempt at eliminating DACA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadiso

—-

If it happens, great. It’s exactly what’s needed.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (9Diqw)

255 Census surveys, Bureau of Labor stats surveys, hospital records of new births, studies like the one described above, crashing housing costs in illegal hotbeds like Texas and even places like Charlotte.

Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

I hear you, but they never seem to provide that actual evidence, just lots of big claims. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for it to be true, but as they say, big claims require big evidence, and I haven't seen it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

256 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit.

... I would hate to imagine that those dead people are still in those housing units

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (RHGPo)

257 The American kids are just lazy and don't want to work. It pays 66% below market? Consider yourself lucky to even have a job! You can still pay get a house and buy a car and insurance and pay all your bills on $1.50 a hour like I did! You don't like it, work two more of them! Thieving layabout!
Posted by: More Boomer perspective at May 21, 2026

This shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand, but you act like no one but boomers have good jobs and nice houses. I am not a boomer, by the way.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Wmg4n)

258 Ask those towns with schools filled to 80% with H1b babies how they feel about *legal* migration.

Now these towns
They all know our name
H1-B
Is our claim to fame

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (+9wcF)

259 @BernieSanders
·
9m
Rep. Massie’s loss yesterday was not only because of massive funding from AIPAC and Trump megadonors.

butthurt bernie is best bernie

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (/+uur)

260 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.

And you would be exactly right. And what have we had for the last hundred years or so?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (vTZFs)

261 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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So, we should invest in wheel barrow futures?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

262 OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

=======

Or...Trump is laying the groundwork to eliminate the program, avoiding the issues with the attempt at eliminating DACA.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055295022593884434
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (46HP
_________

OPT is a scam, but I don't think it's the scam that we think it is. I don't think OPT is a jobs scam. It's a visa scam. I think it's more likely that the "workers" in OPT are working in fake jobs for fake companies. These "workers" are probably paying the companies for their "jobs." This is probably 75% Indian and Chinese.

Regardless, it's an idiotic program begging to be abused in the pooper. Trump should shitcan the whole thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

263
Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Not here in NorCal

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (FtULh)

264 9m
Rep. Massie’s loss yesterday was not only because of massive funding from AIPAC and Trump megadonors.

butthurt bernie is best bernie

So Bernie blames the Joos? Interesting.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

265 it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

Oh no. We might got from 4000 to 2000 colleges and still have highest number of colleges per capita of any country by far? Heaven forfend!!

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (9Diqw)

266 If half the colleges close, boy will there be an increase in lot lizards and bush monsters because OnlyFans would have crashed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (wxgaw)

267 Phrases like neither a borrower nor a lender be, or, a fool and his money are soon parted are merely quaint cultural artifacts that have no meaning in our age of instant gratification. They may be safely ignored now.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Gqar

No. No, man. Sh*t, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass stabbed sayin' something like that, man.

Posted by: Polonius at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

268 > Consider Modern Monetary Theory, which hold that deficits don't matter because governments can print all the money they want to, apparently without consequence. Only an academic could believe such utter nonsense.

MMT is the garbage dump the left used to assure their voters that $18 minimum wage would have no effect on restaurant food prices or anything else.

Now everyone's freaking out because McDonald's costs $12 for a combo meal and a Chipotle bowl is $16. It's even worse when you use a delivery service to go get your burrito bowl. It can easily be $25 for like 6oz of meat, some veggies, some beans, some rice, and a spoonful of salsa.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (mkw2N)

269 262 OPT is a scam, but I don't think it's the scam that we think it is. I don't think OPT is a jobs scam. It's a visa scam. I think it's more likely that the "workers" in OPT are working in fake jobs for fake companies. These "workers" are probably paying the companies for their "jobs." This is probably 75% Indian and Chinese.

Regardless, it's an idiotic program begging to be abused in the pooper. Trump should shitcan the whole thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

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The legal tact the administration seems to be taking is proving widespread fraud first, then starting the APA process to end the program.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (46HP8)

270 Not here in NorCal

Nor in NoVa, as far as I can see. Some of the claims may simply reflect illegals moving to more illegal-friendly jurisdictions.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

271 Call me an old softie, but I would prefer you call me a distinguished gentleman with a flagging pinecone.

Posted by: Thomas Massie at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (dmDsy)

272 Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Not here in NorCal
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (FtULh)

Nor here in the colorado front range.

Posted by: alpine_beer at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (van9r)

273 There are around 10 companies that will validate an address for less than a 5 cents.
You could validate the the addresses of a county like Harris county Texas for about $25k in about 60 seconds.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:11 PM (/+uur)

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The USPS has a free API you can hook to and do it yourself for free. No need to pay a 3rd party for it.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (oqH4h)

274 In fact, that's pretty much the definition of inflation. People think it refers to prices because that's what they see but in fact what's inflating is the money supply. If the production of "stuff" doesn't keep up, then prices necessarily rise.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (vTZFs)

275 Bernie is a commie first, last, and always.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (wxgaw)

276 I've been shopping, buying and selling houses since before the turn of the century. This is the worst market I've ever seen. It's dead.
Thanks in part to entities such as Blackrock that are buying tranches of neighborhood homes and locking them in. They are ruining the market and neighborhoods at the same time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (OArx3)

277 ... you can get more time trying to rob a 7-11 store

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (RHGPo)

You can get 42 years in prison for robbing a 7-11? Maybe in Singapore.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (Kdi1r)

278 Glad he's doing something besides kissing Iran's ass!

Every bad guy knows how to jerk him around now... just tell him you've got a "deal"! I'm ashamed I voted for this asshole.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (FpP3s)

279 I've been shopping, buying and selling houses since before the turn of the century. This is the worst market I've ever seen. It's dead.
Thanks in part to entities such as Blackrock that are buying tranches of neighborhood homes and locking them in. They are ruining the market and neighborhoods at the same time.


If the market truly is dead, how is Blackrock making the vig on all the property they've purchased?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

280 the illegal population here in PA is in fact decreasing

it's visible all over

schools closing/combining

taquerias closing lol

just everywhere you see it

now, the H1B thing ... that is not good in SE PA

ugh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (j+aD2)

281 I am not a boomer, by the way.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Wmg4n)

Gen X fistbump.
I got into his screed until the nic came into focus and just stopped. I'm so sick of the broad brush generational BS. Just another divide and conquer tactic.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (594J6)

282 Boomers had it so easy. In 1970, your grandad could buy a house for a nickel. College was like a dime. They used to give away groceries and gasoline. Also, DoorDash is a human right.

Posted by: GenZ Perspective at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (S4QMJ)

283 >>> it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)


Back in the 80s / 90s my university was gobbling up real estate around the campus to turn into "extended learning" language centers which were all centered on attracting foreign students and getting their sweet sweet tuition money. I think it was higher rates than out of state.

I don't know where the money was coming from. But there were suddenly a lot of them. Especially in engineering. And the new arrivals were quite certain that every American college girl was a shiny coin away from dropping their drawers. relentless goons. Women complained to no effect.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (3uBP9)

284 personally I would trade 1 million illegal mestizos for 1 million legal visa-holding Indians/Pakis

I don't get to decide that apparently but I am working on my Spanish just in case

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (j+aD2)

285 278 Glad he's doing something besides kissing Iran's ass!

Every bad guy knows how to jerk him around now... just tell him you've got a "deal"! I'm ashamed I voted for this asshole.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (FpP3s)

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The continued blockade and destruction of 90% of their missile launching capabilities is playing right into Iran's hands because we're dealing with Biden era gas prices all while the entire Middle East is building ways to bypass the Strait of Hormuz completely!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (46HP8)

286 > Bernie is a commie first, last, and always.

My absolutely favorite Bernie fact is he once got banned from a commune. Not only was he completely unproductive, he was so chatty, he made the productive hippies unproductive.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (mkw2N)

287 And for them, and everyone else, I remain eternally grateful. I do love a very privileged life, one I would not enjoy but for them. There are people out here who haven’t lost sight of this sacrifice that is bigger than all of us. I have instilled it into my children as well - maybe it’s because I am an army brat and was an army wife for 22 years, but these are the things we need to fold back into what it means to love our country.
Posted by: Piper
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Lately I have been offering up this quote (whatever the source):

"People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

288 sorry I mean I prefer Mexicans to Indians. Sorry they are just nicer and I can hang with them. they're closer to Italians I think : )

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (j+aD2)

289
The continued blockade and destruction of 90% of their missile launching capabilities is playing right into Iran's hands because we're dealing with Biden era gas prices all while the entire Middle East is building ways to bypass the Strait of Hormuz completely!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (46HP

And that's losing ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (FtULh)

290 Any California morons ever heard of Peter Musurlian?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (wNNhd)

291 289 And that's losing ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (FtULh)

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"The entire point of the Iran action was to open up the Strait of Hormuz and keep gas prices down. Those things aren't happening, therefore Iran is winning!"
-smart people who understand things better than you

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:37 PM (46HP8)

292 Mike Hammer is calling a Code Red?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:37 PM (wxgaw)

293 This shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand, but you act like no one but boomers have good jobs and nice houses. I am not a boomer, by the way.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Wmg4n)

That would be an incorrect assumption. I'm simply taking the piss out the notion some still cling to that economic conditions have remained every bit as rosy as they were during the Eisenhower administration. Inflation, market manipulation, housing manipulation, massive illegal immigration, offshoring, and all manners of fuckery have been working to grind down the middle class and make economic independence harder and harder. That's all. You can't get a place and a car working part time at the soda fountain after school anymore, but there is still an influential cadre of people who still preach that you can.

Posted by: I have thing about pompously denying reality at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/)

294
Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Not here in NorCal
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (FtULh)

Nor here in the colorado front range.
Posted by: alpine_beer

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Not in SoCal either.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (n7rxJ)

295 > This is the worst market I've ever seen. It's dead.
Thanks in part to entities such as Blackrock that are buying tranches of neighborhood homes and locking them in. They are ruining the market and neighborhoods at the same time.

I think the loan rates deserve a lot of the blame. My current rate is 3%. If I were to move to a new house that costs exactly the same as mine, I'd be paying quite a bit more per month because I'd have a 6.5% rate. It doesn't make any sense for me to move.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (mkw2N)

296 I meant opt is a scam in that it allows companies to hire cheap non-American labor by the millions. Maybe grift is a better word?

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (9Diqw)

297 BTW, what happened to Maduro?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (wxgaw)

298 One for Bulg, or Joe Mannix (S/B Fen Approved):

https://tinyurl.com/ytz73ere
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

LOL. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

299 >>>Now everyone's freaking out because McDonald's costs $12 for a combo meal and a Chipotle bowl is $16. It's even worse when you use a delivery service to go get your burrito bowl. It can easily be $25 for like 6oz of meat, some veggies, some beans, some rice, and a spoonful of salsa.
Posted by: bonhomme
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There's always a line at McDonald's.
_EBT

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (OArx3)

300 298 BTW, what happened to Maduro?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (wxgaw)

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He thinks the people of Venezuela don't know what happened to him.

https://x.com/TheCalvinCooli1/status/
2057288293541134412

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (46HP8)

301 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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So, we should invest in wheel barrow futures?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

No, magic beans are the answer.

Posted by: Jack at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

302 If the market truly is dead, how is Blackrock making the vig on all the property they've purchased?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

They sell the properties to themselves, and then claim the price they set is the market price, and based on that valuation they then sell stock backed by those properties to investment companies that manage accounts for universities and retirement systems.

This is why we may be screwed.

Posted by: Polonius at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

303 stupid Shakespearean sock

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

304 I guess it's my 2026 pet peeve, always saying they identified certain illegal things, like dead people getting paid, but never saying they stopped payments. They want you to assume they did, but I never do.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (n5tGW)

305 The Blues for Navy Acad Grad

https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/
2057506919489716544

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (/+uur)

306 identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units

Ummmm, no, they aren't. Someone might be getting paid for it in their name, but......
Someone needed to read that sentence out loud before publication.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (kU0PQ)

307 Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.
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Not here in NorCal
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Nor here in the colorado front range.
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Not in SoCal either.

Not hard proof of anything but whoever is building the townhouse across the street had to wait two months for a roofing crew to show up.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (vTZFs)

308 It's hard to plan ahead. Especially for the future.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (Cqx++)

309 OPT/H1B is even worse than first appears.

All those Indians who get hired? They eventually get promoted. And then guess who they hire? Only their own. And you end up with places like USAA where entire departments are 100% Indian.

Try to get a tech job anywhere in San Francisco as a native born American. Ain’t happening bruh. Every company has an ethnic gatekeeper be it Indian, Chinese, Russian what have you.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:41 PM (9Diqw)

310 OT: what's up with South Dakota? "Tyler Bowyer and Turning Point Action stepping in to back TobyForSD [Doeden] against Dusty Johnson."
This is the governor's race. Did Johnson do something wrong?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)

311 in contrast to federal law

Then portions of said federal gov't need to be seeing the inside of a prison. Oh, and paying restitution for all the money defrauded because they didn't check.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (kU0PQ)

312 You can't get a place and a car working part time at the soda fountain after school anymore, but there is still an influential cadre of people who still preach that you can.
Posted by: I have thing about pompously denying reality at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/)
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I also get kind of annoyed with people whose mortgage has been paid off since Clinton was in office telling everyone else what's what in the current housing market. Our economy has basically flipped since the 70's.

Necessities like housing and transportation used to be affordable to anyone with a decent job - But luxuries like really nice cars, big screen TVs and personal computers were wildly expensive. Now that's completely upside-down. You can get an 85" TV for $300 bucks but if you want a shitty apartment to put it in you're paying $2k a month.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h)

313 We had more sensible immigration policy before 1965.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (wNNhd)

314 What happened with Harris and the election is Trump beat her ass.

He helped MAKE her unlikeable.

Remember they tried to foist all her "joy" on everyone and he responded by taking that fucking cackle and putting it at the end of every commercial over people rioting. The man is a marketing genius.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (UULd1)

315 51 With Bidung having House + Senate why didn't he just change the laws disfavoring illegals?
Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (0Tizn)

I think that powermongers get off on not even bothering with a fig leaf of propriety, just doing as they please and rubbing our noses in it.

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (Sy6m/)

316 It's hard to plan ahead. Especially for the future.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Sounds like something Yogi Berra would've said.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

317 My absolutely favorite Bernie fact is he once got banned from a commune. Not only was he completely unproductive, he was so chatty, he made the productive hippies unproductive.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Thus have failed almost all communes. FDR's 'Homestead Communities' are a little-known, but obvious example. 34 of them, all failed.

Scroll down for the list:
https://shorturl.at/LYfk9

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

318 How many votes will the 2m or so illegals Trump has deported cost the Dems in the midterms?

100k
500K
2M
5M?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

319 They sell the properties to themselves, and then claim the price they set is the market price, and based on that valuation they then sell stock backed by those properties to investment companies that manage accounts for universities and retirement systems.

This is why we may be screwed.
Posted by: Polonius at May 21, 2

Hmmm This scenario seems somewhat familiar...?

Love, 2008

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Hb+bW)

320 Not hard proof of anything but whoever is building the townhouse across the street had to wait two months for a roofing crew to show up.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM

We are redoing our bathroom, the contractor, who is someone we know, asked if we could wait until November.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Wmg4n)

321 My easy chair keeps eating my vape stick.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (wNNhd)

322 Housing prices are outright crashing in the Charlotte area now.

I keep seeing stories about it.

And Charlotte got one major ICE operation last year that lasted about a week and some press. Nothing since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (46HP

Rats deserting the not-sinking ship. It's less risky to move to a blue state and pick up the scam there instead.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (8avO+)

323 Necessities like housing and transportation used to be affordable to anyone with a decent job - But luxuries like really nice cars, big screen TVs and personal computers were wildly expensive. Now that's completely upside-down. You can get an 85" TV for $300 bucks but if you want a shitty apartment to put it in you're paying $2k a month.

Because government has lightly regulated TVs and heavily regulated housing.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

324 Not heard of a "bush monster". Is that like what Bill Clinton thrust into? There was some halfrican kid who was claiming he was a Clinton on his dad's side from such a transaction.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (gKWVE)

325 it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

This vexes me. I'm not sure what he's on about with that. And frankly I don't think it would be a bad thing for half the colleges in the US to shut down, or at least have to greatly downsize. They're graft machines for hard-left propagandists in the main. And it would be a painful adjustment for a time, but there should be fewer college degrees, not more.

Posted by: Degrees are inflated currency at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)

326 319 How many votes will the 2m or so illegals Trump has deported cost the Dems in the midterms?

100k
500K
2M
5M?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

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The primary issue with illegals was the inflated voter rolls because of things like driver's licenses and motor voter laws.

However, I'm sure a not insignificant portion of them just...voted on their own. Many in more Republican areas that don't have the black woman creating votes in the back room.

I do think it would be interesting to see the effects in detail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (46HP8)

327 My absolutely favorite Bernie fact is he once got banned from a commune. Not only was he completely unproductive, he was so chatty, he made the productive hippies unproductive.
Posted by: bonhomme
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To be charitable, That might have been one the reasons...

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (Hb+bW)

328 House prices have grown 60% since 2019.

M2 has grown by 58% since 2019.

The boomers are not exactly ripping off home buyers.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (w8dnx)

329 Sure to be willowed but,

I happier news, my youngest niece graduates from high school this weekend and today is her Baccalaureate Mass at the cathedral.

Marine and DiL will be in town for graduation on Sunday. I’m so happy to have them in town!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (A5RD0)

330 I’m no fan of Blackstone but blaming high prices on them is sus. There’s something like 70M single family homes in the country. Blackstone owns 65k. It’s not nothing but it’s also less than 1%.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (9Diqw)

331 It's like deja vu all over again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (wNNhd)

332 Remember they tried to foist all her "joy" on everyone...

"unburdened by what has been,"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

333 Let me know when they stop the H1-B indentured servitude work visa program. Anyone who ever says:

"But we need the foreign software expertise if the US is to stay competitive!!!"

is either a liar or an idiot knows nothing about the software business. And I especially include all supposedly "AI" jobs in that statement.

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 21, 2026 01:46 PM (TIizU)

334 331 I’m no fan of Blackstone but blaming high prices on them is sus. There’s something like 70M single family homes in the country. Blackstone owns 65k. It’s not nothing but it’s also less than 1%.

It's less than 0.1%. And no, I'm not buying it either.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

335 Blackstone owns 65k. It’s not nothing but it’s also less than 1%.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (9Diqw)

I don't know if you mean Blackrock but yeah.
A lot of the panic is bogus. Like "the data centers are drinking our milkshakes!" No, they're not. Data centers got plenty of other problems (for one, they'll be Democrat-owned machines to fuck over Republicans) but milkshakes or other liquid comestibles are not among them.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (gKWVE)

336 Because government has lightly regulated TVs and heavily regulated housing.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)


Ding ding ding ding!!!!

What are the 3 ateas that have exploded in price? Housing, health care and education. What are the three areas most heavily regulated and/or subsidized by the govt? Housing health care and education.

Funny how that works eh?

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (9Diqw)

337 >>> Remember they tried to foist all her "joy" on everyone...

"unburdened by what has been,"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)



HA HA HA COCONUTS! COCONUTS! HE HE HEEE!

Posted by: banana Dream - COCONUTS! at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (3uBP9)

338 51 With Bidung having House + Senate why didn't he just change the laws disfavoring illegals?
Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (0Tizn)

I think that powermongers get off on not even bothering with a fig leaf of propriety, just doing as they please and rubbing our noses in it.
Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (Sy6m/)

Its useful to be able to ship off those who don't toe the line as 'illegal' when you need to. If they became citizens, what could Dems offer them next year? certainly not prosperity.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (8avO+)

339 218 I've posted this before but during the Biden administration the average height of the people in my city dropped by about 2-3 inches .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (gu0hJ)
________________________

This has been a major gripe of mine for totally different reasons. It's rare that I can find my size for clothes in retail stores these days because their stock is tailored to shorter people due to massive immigration. I'm 6'6", and I have no choice other than to throw the dice and buy clothes online these days. That works out perfectly about 30% of the time. My computer doesn't have a fitting room.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (dIske)

340 We are redoing our bathroom, the contractor, who is someone we know, asked if we could wait until November.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Wmg4n)

Time to train a new generation of American tradespeople. The true supply chain problems aren't just about China controlling electronics, rare earth minerals and knocked off consumer crap.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (Hb+bW)

341 That middle finger statue thingee is real.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (wNNhd)

342 No, they're not. Data centers got plenty of other problems (for one, they'll be Democrat-owned machines to fuck over Republicans) but milkshakes or other liquid comestibles are not among them.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (gKWVE)

DRAAAAAAINNNNAAAAGE!!!!

Posted by: Daniel Plainview at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (TbWk/)

343 in my AO housing is mostly driven by people moving out of the shitties nearby.

The prices in the shitties are high as well, which means someone is taking the housing there.

And the answer is...immigrants.

I mean they have to live somewhere and we know they are mostly clustered in the shitties.

Now the question of how they have unlimited money for housing is the more interesting one, but it appears to be from Uncle Sugar or the state version...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

344 I was told by the Cato Institute that the economy will collapse without mass third world immigration.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (S4QMJ)

345 OMG is right. Another fraudster targeted for arrest in the presser just jumped off a 4 story balcony and is now on the run.........

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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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56m
🚨 OMG. A fraudster on Tim Walz's watch allowed a "patient" they were supposed to be caring for DIE on a taxpayer program

"He was actually being serviced by a fraudster — received no services — this patient was later found dead."

This is a JAW-DROPPING BETRAYAL. Fraud is now killing people.

@Tim_Walz
, you need to resign!

COLIN MCDONALD: "For example, one defendant is charged with defrauding the integrated community supports Medicaid program."

"This program is designed to help individuals with disabilities live independently. One patient was supposed to be receiving 24-hour care through this program, but he was actually being serviced by a fraudster and received no services."

"This patient was later found dead. Meanwhile, the architect of this fraud scheme was billing Medicaid as if he was providing care to this patient."

"The defendant even submitted a claim of over $400 for services he never provided the day before this man died."

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (kX27y)

346 Blackstone is the one that owns lots of homes not blackrock.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (9Diqw)

347 334 Let me know when they stop the H1-B indentured servitude work visa program. Anyone who ever says:

"But we need the foreign software expertise if the US is to stay competitive!!!"

is either a liar or an idiot knows nothing about the software business. And I especially include all supposedly "AI" jobs in that statement.

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 21, 2026 01:46 PM (TIizU)

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H1-B was created by Congress, and only Congress can repeal it completely.

However, Trump's administration is making real inroads with limiting it within his powers.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2043861161133666755

H1-Bs are down 25% total, but new issuances are down 80%. Most of the issuances are renewals, and even a lot of them are being forced to go back to their home countries to apply for the renewal at the consulate. And consulate wait times are extending out more than a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:50 PM (46HP8)

348 Thanks Heroq. In a minute I was going to be blaming the Black Rock coffee chain.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:50 PM (gKWVE)

349 Vote-a-rama today in the Senate. Will any repub offer an amendment for the SAVE act? I doubt it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (n5tGW)

350 And the MN hits keep coming:

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
HOLY CRAP! RFK Jr. just announced the LARGEST autism fraud bust in U.S. HISTORY in Minnesota, with 2 arrested

These people are absolutely EVIL.

"This was organized theft that exploited the most VULNERABLE CHILDREN in America. Deceived families, stole taxpayer dollars meant to help children with autism access legitimate care and support"

"Every fraudulent autism diagnosis steal time, care and resources from the children for whom this program was denied and who desperately need this care."

"Fraud makes those barriers even steeper. America is facing a real autism crisis.

Today, approximately one in every 31 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Medicaid finances a significant share of autism related services nationwide and and spending has risen dramatically over the last decade.

And a lot of that spending is because of fraud.

When criminals exploit these programs, taxpayers lose billions and vulnerable children lose their access to care."

Bury them UNDER the jail.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (kX27y)

351 >>>I think the loan rates deserve a lot of the blame. My current rate is 3%. If I were to move to a new house that costs exactly the same as mine, I'd be paying quite a bit more per month because I'd have a 6.5% rate. It doesn't make any sense for me to move.
Posted by: bonhomme
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True. Jerome Powell needs a big boot up his...

But, and maybe it's local, there's no competition. Most of the houses for sale are not owned by individuals they are owned by Investors and the pricing is locked in and they can and will hold that price and not negotiate. No competition is price fixing and Blackrock or its cohorts are in on it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (OArx3)

352 NOOD - learing centers

Posted by: the lower depths at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Dg7ng)

353 I was told by the Cato Institute that the economy will collapse without mass third world immigration.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (S4QMJ)

Now you know why Cato got exiled. He was such an ass even his own side got tired of him and just waited to publish puff pieces on him when he suicided, badly.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

354 Brave AI summary,

Approximately 9% to 10% of U.S. single-family homes are owned by corporate entities or institutional investors as of 2026.

Overall Ownership: Research from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and other sources indicates that corporations own roughly 8.9% to 10% of residential parcels or single-family homes nationwide.

Institutional Share: Large institutional investors (often defined as those owning 1,000+ properties) control a smaller fraction, estimated at 2% to 3.8% of the total single-family rental stock.

Market Concentration: Ownership is heavily concentrated in specific regions; in cities like St. Louis, Baltimore, and Miami, corporate ownership can exceed 20%, while in the Sun Belt, out-of-state corporate buyers are particularly active.

Investor vs. Corporate: While total investor ownership (including small "mom-and-pop" landlords) is higher at 20%, large corporations represent only a minority share of these investor-owned properties, with small investors holding the vast majority.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

355 Scroll down for the list:
https://shorturl.at/LYfk9
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

There was one back in the 70's near the river here. A few years ago I wound up on a crew tasked with cleaning it up. We found trash pits 6 and 8 feet deep. We took out 4, 20 yard dumpsters and probably 50 pick up truck loads. We changed the lay of the land we pulled so much crap out.
PDSD inducing crap.
I still have nightmares.
One of those digging projects where you are just waiting to unearth a Femur.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (594J6)

356 I was told by the Cato Institute that the economy will collapse without mass third world immigration.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (S4QMJ)

Price of tomatoes may increase by 0.2% and that would collapse our entire capitalist system.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (9Diqw)

357 If you're even SLIGHTLY qualified, it seems like a good use of taxpayer dollars...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Kdi1r)

It requires that you be a lawyer with a law degree. I'm not sure there's a "slightly qualified" available for that position.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (kU0PQ)

358 When criminals exploit these programs, taxpayers lose billions and vulnerable children lose their access to care."

Bury them UNDER the jail.
Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (kX27y)

That's why the talk is that everyone is on the spectrum. So they can hide the fraud.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (8avO+)

359 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

30? Pffft. I have one next month and it's amazing me....79. A year away from 80?!?!?! Aaaaarggghhh!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 21, 2026 01:54 PM (5xuJ/)

360 Approximately 9% to 10% of U.S. single-family homes are owned by corporate entities or institutional investors as of 2026.

—

And 90% of that 10% are “corporate entities” formed by mom and pop investors. The guy who owns a rental or two or owns a lake cabin that he Airbnbs when he’s not using it.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (9Diqw)

361 I think the loan rates deserve a lot of the blame. My current rate is 3%. If I were to move to a new house that costs exactly the same as mine, I'd be paying quite a bit more per month because I'd have a 6.5% rate. It doesn't make any sense for me to move.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (mkw2N)

Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew8)

362 The left is going to shriek that "Trump is cutting housing programs" and pretend that this means he is throwing Americans out of their homes. Kind of like when they complained that "Trump is cutting Medicare" when the cuts were all reducing fraud by dis-enrolling dead or imaginary people.

Posted by: Emmie at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (FMtrg)

363 I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

For the fortunate folks who actually get some largish cut of the money, yes. Not everyone in Somalia lives like a rat in a warren. Ilhan's home would probably have looked more like Al Gore's place than like a tribal hut.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (kU0PQ)

364 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

It’s hilarious when young people say 6% is a record high lol. Like maybe a record high since you started paying attention to mortgage rates. But historically speaking 6% is pretty damn low.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (9Diqw)

365 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

It’s hilarious when young people say 6% is a record high lol. Like maybe a record high since you started paying attention to mortgage rates. But historically speaking 6% is pretty damn low.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (9Diqw)

my first was about 9 and was adjustable so it could have gone up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (8avO+)

366 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

Paying 1.875% here. Refinanced at the absolute bottom of the Covid times.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (Kdi1r)

367 347 Blackstone is the one that owns lots of homes not blackrock.
Posted by: Heroq
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Clarifies the agent but does nothing to relieve the problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (OArx3)

368 >>>
my first was about 9 and was adjustable so it could have gone up.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Eleven, here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (OArx3)

369 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

Ours was 9% in 1974 with a 25% down payment! Cleaned us out. But, we're still in our three bedroom ranch.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (5xuJ/)

370 I realize this is not the point, but I love the pinecone word now for male nethers.

I don't need to know why he called it this, however I find it hilarious.

Saw his little speech and his ego was shining from the moonglow of his wife. He wants to run for president. Droppy Pinecone for Prez!

I am thankful for all President Trump does for our country. In 1000 ways a day or more his great mind is thinking and doing. Unlike any other president in my lifetime.

Thanks for all you do as well here, Mr. Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 02:38 PM (WONhk)

371 "The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office."

Off by a factor of 4, at least.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 21, 2026 04:17 PM (TezPK)

The Morning Rant: An Islamist In Congress?

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The prospect of an American Islamist winning the Democrat primary for a New Jersey congressional seat would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. 750 New Jersey residents died on September 11th, 2001, which in and of itself should have made Hamawy's candidacy a punch line in every bar in New Jersey.

But the Democrat party, ably aided by a gerrymandered district, is interested in one thing, and that is power. Electing a terror-supporting, malpracticing physician as a United States congressman is perfectly reasonable in their singleminded quest for control. They have a few Islamists from other states: brother-f*cker Ilhan Omar, the shockingly ugly Rashida Tlaib, Lateefah Simon... But they are from states far from the tragedy of 9/11. New Jersey electing an Islamist is a bellweather of the rise of Muslim political power, and the huge chasm that has developed between mainstream America and the rabid left of the Democrat party.

'Some Things Are Just Not Forgivable': Hamawy Is Denounced by 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Survivors Who Are Appalled a Friend of the Blind Sheikh May Soon Be in Congress

Adam Hamawy, a Princeton plastic surgeon, is a frontrunner in a crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D.) in New Jersey's deep-blue 12th Congressional District—despite his years-long friendship with Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Muslim extremist cleric who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1993 bombing.

He is a run-of-the-mill Muslim political activist who is pro-Hamas, and has gotten a huge amount of support from a Palestinian PAC ($1,000,000 so far, with plans for another $1,000,000). If elected, he will vote reliably leftist, and vote against all American support for Israel, our only reliable ally in the war against militant Islam.

And completely unsurprising, he seems to be a shitty doctor!

But that isn't the worst part...he is credibly involved with, and a supporter of a man and a movement that took an active role in the murder of Americans as part of a religious/political philosophy that is incompatible with Western culture and American political philosophy.

That is how far from sanity the Democrat party has slid, and I see no signs that it will moderate. At least until the Republican party is purged of its RINOs, and voting is once again reserved for American citizens.


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1 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 11:00 AM (N1tpc)

2 Letting the others know...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 21, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

3 I was confused and then I saw you named several of the other Islamists we already have in Congress.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 11:01 AM (N1tpc)

4 His connection to Muslims who have killed Americans is not disqualifying to Democrats because they, too, want millions of Americans to die.

"Moderate" Democrats are like "moderate" Muslims. Both want you dead, but are not willing to dirty their own hands to do it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

5 But that isn't the worst part...he is credibly involved with, and a supporter of a man and a movement that took an active role in the murder of Americans as part of a religious/political philosophy that is incompatible with Western culture and American political philosophy.

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Yeah, but we have to deal with Nick Fuentes (self-described Democrat and Kamala Harris voter) who's on our side, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:04 AM (46HP8)

6 All Dems are Islamists at heart. They share the same goals.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

7 The Commie-Jihadi alliance has been in the open for some time now.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)

8 Democrats hate us and want us dead.

Islamists hate us and want us dead.

It's only natural (to them) to conspire to find a way to MAKE us dead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 11:05 AM (gnNyN)

9 At some point, America has to decide.

Do we die with them, or live without them?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:05 AM (gKquL)

10 That is how far from sanity the Democrat party has slid, and I see no signs that it will moderate. At least until the Republican party is purged of its RINOs, and voting is once again reserved for American citizens.

There are plenty of American citizens who are enthusiastically signing up for this lunacy. I'm not sure what, if anything, will cure them, but it isn't just illegals who vote idiotically.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

11 All Dems are Islamists at heart. They share the same goals.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

No, they don't.

But they share the same enemy (for now.)

BUT, like the useful idiots in communist revolutions, the leftists will find that as soon as they "win" against us, the Muslims will take their heads immediately. (Communists put people agains the wall. Muslims chop their heads off.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (N1tpc)

12
Willowed, because I missed the Art Thread

Yep. The Assumption of Mary. Although CBD is a few months early.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)

____________

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven and the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven are two separate things. They're the 4th and 5th Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (HdYcL)

13 9 At some point, America has to decide.

Do we die with them, or live without them?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:05 AM (gKquL)

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What if I told you that America decided more than a decade ago and the establishment has been ignoring America's wishes ever since?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (46HP8)

14 So imagine for a minute that some right leaning GOP pol who was a light long friend with Timmy McVeigh ran for office.

Not only would that be all the FNM talked about in relation to that candidate it would be all they talked about for every Republican candidate.

Of course we have the other Dem candidate in TX calling for sending Jews to concentration camps and castrating them and the media is busy ignoring that so...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

15 I can't help but notice that the majority of people his practice butchered were women.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 11:07 AM (+4yJ5)

16 15 I can't help but notice that the majority of people his practice butchered were women.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 11:07 AM (+4yJ5)

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*creams herself*
-Karen McAWFL Winemom

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:07 AM (46HP8)

17 The House is well within it's power to refuse to seat him.

The only thing missing is the political will ....

And this would be a 90-10 issue the Republicans could be on.

Someone pointed out:
We don't have to ban islam--that would run afoul of the Constitution.

But we can refuse tax-exempt status to any organization that punishes members for leaving.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:08 AM (73/SM)

18 All Dems are Islamists at heart. They share the same goals.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

No, they don't.


They do for now -- the destruction of America as founded, and the total subjugation of whatever remains.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

19 Hmmm, Paul is here early. Did his Mom not make him a second hot pocket this morning?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

20 Adam Hamawy, a Princeton plastic surgeon,
--
That right there tells you his primary practice:

FGM.

One billion percent guarantee he mutilated young girls--as required by islam.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:11 AM (73/SM)

21 Don't worry about the mullahs. They are moderates at heart. Real pussycats. We can all work together for an equitable and just Iran!

Posted by: Tudeh 1978 at May 21, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

22 "Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.
Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

Posted by: Sir William Churchill at May 21, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

23 The dems cannot callout any of their worst monsters. They do not have the capacity for self-policing. It's Über Alles 24/7 with these types. It has to be or their intersectional rainbow house of cards would collapse. As a result it's a race to the bottom of human depravity.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 11:13 AM (3uBP9)

24 Commies 1 Man Rule
Islamists 1 Man Rule

See the trend

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 11:14 AM (/+uur)

25 24 The dems cannot callout any of their worst monsters. They do not have the capacity for self-policing. It's Über Alles 24/7 with these types. It has to be or their intersectional rainbow house of cards would collapse. As a result it's a race to the bottom of human depravity.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 11:13 AM (3uBP9)

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They're driven by donors, and the donors are insane.

Without the Pritzker family, transgenderism would never have become a cause celebre of the left, but they dangle 9 figures in front of the DNC and the DNC says, "Sure, we can convince our most ardent believers to cut off their own junk."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:14 AM (46HP8)

26 I actually enjoy seeing stories like this. The left may be having a few outrageous local victories, but they are destroying themselves nationally, and in a way that they won't come back from.

There will always be an opposition party, of course. But it won't be this patch of rejects.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 11:14 AM (rGqqI)

27
The otherwise Godless Democrats are willing to treat with any religion that augments their power. They think the Musloids will fall into line. They're in for a big surprise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 11:15 AM (HdYcL)

28 27 I actually enjoy seeing stories like this. The left may be having a few outrageous local victories, but they are destroying themselves nationally, and in a way that they won't come back from.

There will always be an opposition party, of course. But it won't be this patch of rejects.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 11:14 AM (rGqqI)

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Assuming enough has been done to fix voting apparatuses in the near future, that is.

Fingers crossed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:15 AM (46HP8)

29 Of course we have the other Dem candidate in TX calling for sending Jews to concentration camps and castrating them and the media is busy ignoring that so...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

It's amazing that it took the Left less than a year from saying "you know, we don't really like Jews anymore" to jumping all the way to "Yes! Concentration Camps! That's what we want!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 11:16 AM (rGqqI)

30 Great post CBD.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 11:16 AM (2WIwB)

31 I think politics has moved away from the traditional "lawmaking" and policy arena and is now firmly entrenched in social and cultural decision making. The Democrats certainly are more concerned with normalizing some of the most unnormal things imaginable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 11:17 AM (jehhT)

32 If Epstein Island had been Kharg Island in Iran:

Not only would everything he did been legal, it would have been a celebrated wedding destination for the entire muslim world.

Nine year old girls would have been married to middle age men daily.

The VIP package would include free-use pre-teen boys for the "bachelor" party.

Everything Epstein did is legal--and even encouraged--under islam and in every muslim country.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:18 AM (73/SM)

33 They're driven by donors, and the donors are insane.

Without the Pritzker family, transgenderism would never have become a cause celebre of the left, but they dangle 9 figures in front of the DNC and the DNC says, "Sure, we can convince our most ardent believers to cut off their own junk."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Push-pull. Donors plus activists. Party activists always want a new cause and the donors end up directing what that new cause might be. All in the service of gaining power and wealth.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

34
21 Adam Hamawy, a Princeton plastic surgeon,
--
That right there tells you his primary practice:

FGM.

One billion percent guarantee he mutilated young girls--as required by islam.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:11 AM (73/SM)

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I don't think it's required by Islam. It's a practice that predates Islam in many places, it's just that Islam doesn't forbid if.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:20 AM (azNOR)

35 Forget it Jake. It's Jersey Town.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (Cqx++)

36 Everything Epstein did is legal--and even encouraged--under islam and in every muslim country.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Yep. Islam reflects the nature of the primitive world before Christianity and Judaism. Satan's playground.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)

37 I think politics has moved away from the traditional "lawmaking" and policy arena and is now firmly entrenched in social and cultural decision making. The Democrats certainly are more concerned with normalizing some of the most unnormal things imaginable.

It's less about doing anything productive, than each of them pining to be an influencer. "If I can just come up with the next truly outrageous thing, I'll have attention galore."

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

38 Democrats are so anti-fascism that literal Nazis keep winning their primaries.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (73/SM)

39 For 2024 alone, New York’s own official records reflect 130,165 more votes counted than voters credited with voting. In 2022, the discrepancy was 35,312.

I wonder if this is the same decimal point added to ID number scheme here in Texas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (/+uur)

40 Speaking of riding the tiger, the CO Democrats have attainted Jared Polis - the governor. He may not speak at Colorado Democratic events. Democrats cannot honor him.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 11:22 AM (gKWVE)

41 39 Democrats are so anti-fascism that literal Nazis keep winning their primaries.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (73/SM)

======

"Platner said he was sorry for the literal Nazi imagery, so he's good. However, Musk hasn't apologized for the hand movement that looks like a Nazi salute, so we know who the real Nazi is."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:22 AM (46HP8)

42 Check out PA-3. There was no candidate for Republican nominee -- I don't blame them, it's a D+40 district -- so the Democrat nominee Chris Rabb is basically a lock to win. And, according to Danny Gold on Twitter/X (as linked on Instapundit), he "said the Bondi Beach Massacre was a Zionist false flag."

A Jew-hating conspiracy theorist. That's the caliber of person that's going to be in the next Congress.

https://instapundit.com/798076/

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 11:22 AM (Sy6m/)

43 Speaking of riding the tiger, the CO Democrats have attainted Jared Polis - the governor. He may not speak at Colorado Democratic events. Democrats cannot honor him.

Why?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

44 40 For 2024 alone, New York’s own official records reflect 130,165 more votes counted than voters credited with voting. In 2022, the discrepancy was 35,312.

I wonder if this is the same decimal point added to ID number scheme here in Texas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 11:21 AM (/+uur)

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"But they recounted and said it was all good."

I've seen it asserted that DOJ is prepping the groundwork for telling all the states who refuse to share the voter rolls with them that they can't have federal elections in November because they're out of compliance with HAVA.

I want that assertion to be true.

For the lulz.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:23 AM (46HP8)

45 Not just NJ.

Someone named Nirav Shah is the front runner in the Maine Democrat primary for governor. It’s a close race so he’s not a shoe in. But there is a decent chance Maine could have a Muslim governor along with a Nazi senator.

Mind boggling.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 11:23 AM (9Diqw)

46 44 Speaking of riding the tiger, the CO Democrats have attainted Jared Polis - the governor. He may not speak at Colorado Democratic events. Democrats cannot honor him.

Why?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

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The commutation of Tina Peters' sentence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:24 AM (46HP8)

47 Archimedes: it's been awhile brewing because Polis, if a bog standard Obamoid in 2010, is now a centrist as Colorado Our-Democracy No Kings goes. He gave clemency to Tina Peters.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 11:24 AM (gKWVE)

48 48 Archimedes: it's been awhile brewing because Polis, if a bog standard Obamoid in 2010, is now a centrist as Colorado Our-Democracy No Kings goes. He gave clemency to Tina Peters.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 11:24 AM (gKWVE)

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He says he's a libertarian, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:24 AM (46HP8)

49 All Dems are Islamists at heart. They share the same goals.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

And they both hate all the same people

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:24 AM (UULd1)

50 30 Of course we have the other Dem candidate in TX calling for sending Jews to concentration camps and castrating them and the media is busy ignoring that so...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

It's amazing that it took the Left less than a year from saying "you know, we don't really like Jews anymore" to jumping all the way to "Yes! Concentration Camps! That's what we want!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo
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We need to be specific here--it was a Hispanic calling for Zionists to be put into camps. This is the essence of the Green-Red alliance, Hispanic Democrats join with Whites, Asians, etc. in espousing a foreign cause for Palestinians.

A joint committee of grudges so to speak that don't even have a domestic issue in this case; it is something for them all to express solidarity with the cause of overturning and enshittifying current society to get money and power.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)

51 I think politics has moved away from the traditional "lawmaking" and policy arena and is now firmly entrenched in social and cultural decision making. The Democrats certainly are more concerned with normalizing some of the most unnormal things imaginable.
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which is forcing us to a very dark and dangerous place.

In London, two muslims were seen clearly on video attacking the metro agent--clear as day, no dispute.
They were both just acquitted because there were muslims on the jury.

That young man that was just stabbed and killed?
The family showed up to berate the officers, demanded the arrest for racism, and defend the killer.
The mother secreted the knife away, washed it at home and hid it with their other knives.

That tribalism is here, in the US, now, both in religious and racial groups.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:27 AM (73/SM)

52 I was unfamiliar with Tina Peters:

Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk, was charged by Mesa County with 9 felonies and 5 misdemeanors for her role in an election security breach in 2021. Peters worked with Belinda Knisley to allow unauthorized personnel access to the Mesa County election system, including providing an individual who was never hired by the county with an access badge to the secure election system. Peters and Knisley also had the security cameras overlooking the access machines turned off. In August 2021, images of the Mesa County election management systems and related passwords appeared on the internet. Knisley and Peters then refused to comply with subpoenas and directives from the SoS when this was investigated. As a result, Peters was charged with multiple counts of attempt to influence a public servant; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; criminal impersonation; identity theft; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply with requirements of the Secretary of State. Following a jury trial, she was convicted of 4felonies and 3 misdemeanors and acquitted of the 3 remaining charges.

She's a Repub, so is he a DINO?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

54 Nice save.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)

55 Gotta give credit to Polis on the Peters thing. He knew it would be poison for him but did it anyway.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 11:29 AM (9Diqw)

56 Thx CBD.
A friend with whom I went to HS and college (he has since passed away) went into the Navy after college. He then became a head guard in the Federal bureau of prisons. He guarded the blind sheik. Said he spoke perfect English. When he found out my buddy's wife had had a son he said the sheik was happy as hell. "I will pray for your son that he is a great man and a warrior" . Said the sheik was real smart but definitely an operator

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:29 AM (gu0hJ)

57 Funny I keep underestimating Democrats as things roll faster and ever faster.

I had been warning for some time that leftards are going to start with the old "the Nazis had some good ideas" slow boil mindfuck stuff, but instead they have not passed go and not collected $200 dollars, and instead they've just gone straight to Exterminate the Jews.

Which I also warned about, but I thought it was still a few years away!

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:29 AM (UULd1)

58 Gotta give credit to Polis on the Peters thing. He knew it would be poison for him but did it anyway.

I don't know why he did, though. She was convicted of electoral fraud, and if she were a Dem, we'd want her head. I want hers.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

59 For 2024 alone, New York’s own official records reflect 130,165 more votes counted than voters credited with voting. In 2022, the discrepancy was 35,312.
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Massie's Assies are on X howling about late-counted and mail-in ballots.

Suddenly, and for no reason whatsoever, claims of vote fraud are legal again ....

LOLGF, fags.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)

60 58 Funny I keep underestimating Democrats as things roll faster and ever faster.

I had been warning for some time that leftards are going to start with the old "the Nazis had some good ideas" slow boil mindfuck stuff, but instead they have not passed go and not collected $200 dollars, and instead they've just gone straight to Exterminate the Jews.

Which I also warned about, but I thought it was still a few years away!

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:29 AM (UULd1)

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Matthew Yglesias was saying Hitler had good ideas like 15 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (46HP8)

61 This is how these godless heathens both moslems and communists, work in small almost unnoticed, increments. Elect a moslem, elect a communist, in NYC they did both. When they felt the time was right they resorted to violence on a one-on-one basis. For instance pushing an innocent person onto subway tracks, stabbing people, and we are past that point now. Next in their playbook will be mass violence where they, moslems and communists, are in control of public spaces. That will be awhile, after taking firearms from Americans in their blue shitholes.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (LHPAg)

62 But the Democrat party ... is interested in one thing, and that is power.

That's a very nice way of putting it. Using that power to serve our Prince is actually what we're after.

Posted by: The Democrats at May 21, 2026 11:31 AM (i14TE)

63 Funny I keep underestimating Democrats as things roll faster and ever faster.

I had been warning for some time that leftards are going to start with the old "the Nazis had some good ideas" slow boil mindfuck stuff, but instead they have not passed go and not collected $200 dollars, and instead they've just gone straight to Exterminate the Jews.


The thing about lefties is they have no fixed principles or ethics. There is no governor telling them "this is wrong, I shouldn't endorse this". As I said earlier, what they want more than anything is to be an Influencer. Attention is heroin to them.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

64 60 Massie's Assies are on X howling about late-counted and mail-in ballots.

Suddenly, and for no reason whatsoever, claims of vote fraud are legal again ....

LOLGF, fags.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)

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Massie lost by nearly 10 points.

This is like Republicans saying Mark Robinson was robbed of the governorship in NC.

You just end up making yourself toxic, and people abandon you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (46HP8)

65 Speaking of candidates, I have to be on Facebook periodically through the day to support a hobby group that I belong to. Today, there are more sites than I can describe screaming about the fact that Massie lost his primary. It’s breathtaking how many people believe Trump is a pedophile and has blocked the release of the Epstein files, and that’s why he wanted Massie out, that Israel is now controlling our Congress, and Massie lost because only boomers voted for gahlrein. I feel like there is a huge swath of the American population that is a combination of stupid and ignorant, and gullible to the point of believing absolutely everything on social media.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (M4pvf)

66 He says he's a libertarian, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, his own liberty to do what he wants. I suspect he was pressured by the DoJ into doing this because of vote fraud investigations going on across the country. Lots of data is popping up about 2020 elections and the word fraud is no longer verboten on the Right anymore.

And that is what is scaring the shit out of the GOPe senator caucus. I think that, in part, is how they have obtained and stayed in office. Murcow is a prime example.

Why would any rational voter in Alaska want a shriveled up nasty unaccomplished nepot that has to rely on tricks like ranked choice voting, fraudulent votes from Native Americans, and rank selling her vote to special interest groups and Dems whenever needed. She is someone only a Chamber of Commerce goon could love.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

67 I don't know why he did, though. She was convicted of electoral fraud, and if she were a Dem, we'd want her head. I want hers.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

It was a bullshit conviction and an even more bullshit sentence. That’s what I mean. Polis recognized it and put aside the politics to get a woman out of prison who had no business being there. I would hope a Republican gov would do the same if things were the other way around.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (9Diqw)

68 Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)

Wait until we begin finding out what Democrats really think of blacks. That will be eye opening (for some)

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:33 AM (UULd1)

69 I feel like there is a huge swath of the American population that is a combination of stupid and ignorant, and gullible to the point of believing absolutely everything on social media.

You don't say.

Posted by: The Founding Fathers at May 21, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

70 It was a bullshit conviction and an even more bullshit sentence. That’s what I mean. Polis recognized it and put aside the politics to get a woman out of prison who had no business being there.

Because?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

71 I feel like there is a huge swath of the American population that is a combination of stupid and ignorant, and gullible to the point of believing absolutely everything on social media.
Posted by: Jen
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They are just loud, not particularly influential and aided/amplified by bots and sock puppet accounts, often from foreign sources. Many are nasty bigots or Muzzies under fake American names.

If you look at surveys of most important agenda items in the US, Epstein ranks in low single digits. It is simply not relevant to day to day life--higher fuel prices and Iran rate much higher.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

72 68 I don't know why he did, though. She was convicted of electoral fraud, and if she were a Dem, we'd want her head. I want hers.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

It was a bullshit conviction and an even more bullshit sentence. That’s what I mean. Polis recognized it and put aside the politics to get a woman out of prison who had no business being there. I would hope a Republican gov would do the same if things were the other way around.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (9Diqw)

With Trump rehighlighting the coming "2020 election fraud" evidence he supposedly has, Polis wanted to get his state out in front of the issue and off the map of targets. It's as simple as that...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 11:35 AM (tOcjL)

73 The real crazy leftist in Colorado isn't Polis it's the Secretary of State Jena Griswold. She tried to have Trump tossed off the ballot in 24 and was overturned 9-0 by the SC. She's bad news

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:35 AM (gu0hJ)

74 67 Well, his own liberty to do what he wants. I suspect he was pressured by the DoJ into doing this because of vote fraud investigations going on across the country. Lots of data is popping up about 2020 elections and the word fraud is no longer verboten on the Right anymore.

And that is what is scaring the shit out of the GOPe senator caucus. I think that, in part, is how they have obtained and stayed in office. Murcow is a prime example.

Why would any rational voter in Alaska want a shriveled up nasty unaccomplished nepot that has to rely on tricks like ranked choice voting, fraudulent votes from Native Americans, and rank selling her vote to special interest groups and Dems whenever needed. She is someone only a Chamber of Commerce goon could love.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

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This dude is convinced DOJ is going to not allow states that don't share their voter rolls to have federal elections:

https://x.com/drawandstrike/status/
2056826550230888684

I want to believe. I don't really believe, but I want to believe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:36 AM (46HP8)

75 First the Democrat Socialist came for the Jewish students on college campuses, but I said nothing since I wasn't a Jewish college student.
Then the Democrat Socialists came for the Healthcare CEO's, and I said nothing as I wasn't a healthcare CEO.
Then the Democrat Socialists came for the hedge fund billionaires, and I said nothing since I'm not a hedge fund billionaire.
Then the Democrat Socialists came for the parents who home schooled their children, and I said nothing, since my kids are grown adults.
Then the Democrat Socialists declared war on anyone holding conservative political views or wearing a MAGA hat, but I said nothing as I consider myself an Independent, and don't own a MAGA hat.
Then the Democrat Socialists came after me, and there was no one left to say anything.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 21, 2026 11:36 AM (MNCvZ)

76 With Trump rehighlighting the coming "2020 election fraud" evidence he supposedly has, Polis wanted to get his state out in front of the issue and off the map of targets. It's as simple as that...

Plausible, but I have no idea if it's true.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

77 I almost never saw Islamic people in the USA until post-9/11. Which makes almost zero sense, EVERYONE was very on edge about Muslims. But the Left was very invested in getting as many over here as possible.

It's like they go out of their way to make people uncomfortable, see their insistence on letting the homeless own the streets and your children being made gay or transgender.

Posted by: Sharpie at May 21, 2026 11:36 AM (jfocn)

78 74 The real crazy leftist in Colorado isn't Polis it's the Secretary of State Jena Griswold. She tried to have Trump tossed off the ballot in 24 and was overturned 9-0 by the SC. She's bad news

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:35 AM (gu0hJ)

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And she looks like Alexandria Daddario's dumpier, less attractive sister.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:36 AM (46HP8)

79 Hamawy > Ham Away

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 21, 2026 11:37 AM (jQ9Yk)

80 In Chesapeake, VA, Ob/Gyn Doc Javaid Perwaiz was sentenced to 59 years in prison for hundreds of unnecessary surgeries including unneeded hysterectomies. The hospital is now being sued by 500 victims, and may not survive this.

Posted by: Pakistani Values In VA at May 21, 2026 11:37 AM (oftw2)

81 And she looks like Alexandria Daddario's dumpier, less attractive sister.

Wow, she really does. Same wide-open blue eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

82 77 With Trump rehighlighting the coming "2020 election fraud" evidence he supposedly has, Polis wanted to get his state out in front of the issue and off the map of targets. It's as simple as that...

Plausible, but I have no idea if it's true.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

Neither does Polis...but the man has ambition and is smart. He's now killed the election fraud issue in his state as a "let's let bygones be bygones and all get along now and move forward"...

now, Georgia stays at the top...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 11:38 AM (tOcjL)

83
Diana went to the vet this morning for her upper-respiratory vaccine. I forgot how much she's scared of the vet's office. The poor thing was shivering and whimpering in the exam room. She's home and zonked out now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 11:38 AM (HdYcL)

84 >>And completely unsurprising, he seems to be a shitty doctor!

But that isn't the worst part...he is credibly involved with, and a supporter of a man and a movement that took an active role in the murder of Americans as part of a religious/political philosophy that is incompatible with Western culture and American political philosophy.



Sounds a lot like AQ's #2 for years, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Being an educated islamist doesn't mean you're cerebral and moderate. They thirst to kill just as much as the uneducated terrorists.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 11:38 AM (X8xt3)

85 He's now killed the election fraud issue in his state as a "let's let bygones be bygones and all get along now and move forward"...

Somehow, I don't see Trump going along.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

86 I agree,Whig, but the screaming voice these people have is unbelievable. I guess if you’re not on Facebook, you’re not as aware of it, but what’s concerning is that there are people who are arranging their life according to Facebook and Facebook’s refusal to remove the more incendiary sites and comments is fueling this.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 21, 2026 11:39 AM (M4pvf)

87 >>In Chesapeake, VA, Ob/Gyn Doc Javaid Perwaiz was sentenced to 59 years in prison for hundreds of unnecessary surgeries including unneeded hysterectomies. The hospital is now being sued by 500 victims, and may not survive this.


Good. Helluva lack of oversight if he as sterilizing all those women. Must've been happening for years.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 11:40 AM (X8xt3)

88 86 He's now killed the election fraud issue in his state as a "let's let bygones be bygones and all get along now and move forward"...

Somehow, I don't see Trump going along.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

No, but Trump also knows how to keep focus...so he's probably picking one state. Colorado has less of a reason to be the target state now.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL)

89 At least Hamawy is a Muslim. What's this guy's excuse?

https://tinyurl.com/sxsvtuj8

Gotta go. The Shavuot (Pentecost to most of you) Holiday begins here in about 20 minutes. Please ask President Trump for me to hold off another 3 days. Thanks, Horde!

חג שבועות שמח

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 21, 2026 11:40 AM (jQ9Yk)

90 So, the Trump admin onboarded 80 new immigration judges.

Is Elric one of them?

Are we going to get the "only hotties" immigration policy we desperately need?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:41 AM (46HP8)

91 Wait until we begin finding out what Democrats really think of blacks. That will be eye opening (for some)
Posted by: ...

Black males are drifting away from the Democrat party, it would be irrelevant to black females who are the core and shock troops of the Democrat party now. The welfare class is explicitly transactional, they don't care as long as they get their check. It is the elite aspirational types that might care but not if their rise to power and wealth is stalled.

Politics, at its heart is transactional in that in a two party system, people will vote for the lesser of evils that they feel benefits them and theirs. That is why the Democrats are the real racists is both true but lousy political rhetoric to persuade racial minorities. Those voters think they are getting something real and tangible from the Democrats so they are impervious to that sort of argument.

Trump tells these audiences he will make them rich, have jobs, end competition from new illegals for bennies, etc. That gets through better except for party activist types.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

92 >>The real crazy leftist in Colorado isn't Polis it's the Secretary of State Jena Griswold. She tried to have Trump tossed off the ballot in 24 and was overturned 9-0 by the SC. She's bad news


She is bad news. She should be nowhere near power.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 11:41 AM (X8xt3)

93 All Dems are Islamists at heart. They share the same goals. (Bulg up top).

True. They also share the same father…of lies

Posted by: Rufus.we.sm at May 21, 2026 11:42 AM (IFNCC)

94 Hadrian the Seventh:

What time does Big Dummy show today in Kalamazoo?

Posted by: one hour sober at May 21, 2026 11:42 AM (J4Dwc)

95 >>It was a bullshit conviction and an even more bullshit sentence. That’s what I mean. Polis recognized it and put aside the politics to get a woman out of prison who had no business being there.


Yeah, he needed to end the discussion on election fraud.
He did not do this out of kindness, ne needed Trump and others to not have that as an attack going into the next election.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 11:43 AM (X8xt3)

96
Black males are drifting away from the Democrat party, it would be irrelevant to black females who are the core and shock troops of the Democrat party now.

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I think black females who are the core and shock troops of the Democratic party are why black males are drifting away from the Democratic party.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 11:44 AM (HdYcL)

97 Yeah, he needed to end the discussion on election fraud.
He did not do this out of kindness, ne needed Trump and others to not have that as an attack going into the next election.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 11:43 AM (X8xt3)

Clear the deck for new shenanigans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:44 AM (bss/y)

98 86 I agree,Whig, but the screaming voice these people have is unbelievable. I guess if you’re not on Facebook, you’re not as aware of it, but what’s concerning is that there are people who are arranging their life according to Facebook and Facebook’s refusal to remove the more incendiary sites and comments is fueling this.
Posted by: Jen the original
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My wife is so I get it. I also see the same crap on X. But online is NOT real life, it is something akin to a reality show on TV with people playing roles, scripted or not. People speak out online things that they would never say in person, in part, to get the strokes of likes, retweets, etc. And the people most likely to do that are the other people playing a similar role. Reach around purity spiral crap that always crashes and burns in reality.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

99 98 My wife is so I get it. I also see the same crap on X. But online is NOT real life, it is something akin to a reality show on TV with people playing roles, scripted or not. People speak out online things that they would never say in person, in part, to get the strokes of likes, retweets, etc. And the people most likely to do that are the other people playing a similar role. Reach around purity spiral crap that always crashes and burns in reality.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

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My favorite is how Massie's loss is proof of how the anti-Semetic right is on the rise and will swamp the old guard any day now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:45 AM (46HP8)

100 Because?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

My understanding is that she didn't attempt and was not convicted of altering the vote totals but was caught trying to expose Democrat fraud.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 21, 2026 11:45 AM (EcHpA)

101 There's also the issue of Sonya Jaquez Lewis (Ex-Senatrix) abusing her staff and doctoring official documents to cover that shit up. She got convicted for those felonies and then got out with some stern warnings and probation.
People were asking how come Lewis got to skate and Peters didn't.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 11:46 AM (gKWVE)

102 My understanding is that she didn't attempt and was not convicted of altering the vote totals but was caught trying to expose Democrat fraud.

Well that's a different kettle of fish.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

103 It's like they go out of their way to make people uncomfortable
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“The worse, the better” is part of the Revolutionary mindset. “Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable” is a variant on this. They believe this sort of thing, low level asymmetric warfare terrorism is a good thing, overall.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (Qib0G)

104 24 Commies 1 Man Rule
Islamists 1 Man Rule

See the trend
Posted by: r hennigantx

And if they win, it becomes a battle of Which 1 Man Rule shall be running things.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (+4yJ5)

105 I think black females who are the core and shock troops of the Democratic party are why black males are drifting away from the Democratic party.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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There is a whole sociology and culture thing going on there that I simply don't know enough about to comment. I can simply see what is happening. Something like 13 percent or so male blacks are now Republican leaners or full on Republicans and the GOP has several black male politicians in high office, Byron Donalds may be the first black governor of Florida for example. The figure is about half of that for black females.

That I can see, what is going in for the black community as a whole, I cannot.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)

106 102 My understanding is that she didn't attempt and was not convicted of altering the vote totals but was caught trying to expose Democrat fraud.

Well that's a different kettle of fish.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

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I remember reading that she refused to destroy evidence, and that was her real crime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (46HP8)

107 My favorite is how Massie's loss is proof of how the anti-Semetic right is on the rise and will swamp the old guard any day now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:45 AM (46HP

It's interesting to me how this guy went so far the other way there at the end. He had been trending towards vanity humping for a while and talking about how no one was above the law and how he was just being a brave truth teller.

Then he loses and it's 'The Jooooos!'

I mean, it's not like we could not see it, but you just shake your head at these people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)

108 I early-voted in Texas for Ken Paxton. Ay-dios, Cornyn. Officially next Tuesday.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 11:48 AM (5rh/l)

109 It's amazing that it took the Left less than a year from saying "you know, we don't really like Jews anymore" to jumping all the way to "Yes! Concentration Camps! That's what we want!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo


I'm not Jewish, but if they want to call the tune, let's dance.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:49 AM (gKquL)

110 Starting to learn that whole "I said nothing because I wasn't azblah" was total larp bullshit.

The true poem should be "Then they came for blah"... "and I laughed and celebrated because I wanted all those fuckers dead and then I helped them come for all the next blahs".

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:49 AM (UULd1)

111 That I can see, what is going in for the black community as a whole, I cannot.
Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM
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Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Tonya at May 21, 2026 11:49 AM (2Ez/1)

112
What time does Big Dummy show today in Kalamazoo?

Posted by: one hour sober at May 21, 2026 11:42 AM (J4Dwc)

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Straight up at noon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 11:50 AM (HdYcL)

113 CNN got a copy of the Dems autopsy of the 24 election, so the Dems released it. The NY Post has a summary , basically blaming Biden's people for not helping Harris or supporting her as VP.
They cannot admit that the main thing against Harris, besides Trump, was that she was and is a blithering idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:50 AM (gu0hJ)

114 I'm not Jewish, but if they want to call the tune, let's dance.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:49 AM (gKquL)

Well, tbf, they also want to kill Christians, especially Zionist Christians.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 21, 2026 11:50 AM (EcHpA)

115 What time does Big Dummy show today in Kalamazoo?

Posted by: one hour sober

____________

Straight up at noon.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


I thought OHS meant Lamont. I was going yo say, in about 25 minutes.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:51 AM (gKquL)

116 > It's like they go out of their way to make people uncomfortable
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Note the increased number of incidents of "teens gone wild." Black teens specifically. And they're now encroaching on tony, formerly quiet vacation spots and not 'just' Florida. And we're told to "give them space" to riot.

I think just within the last couple days a riot broke out at an east coast beach town not associated with "spring break" type influxes of teenagers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 11:52 AM (jehhT)

117 Leftists are really fixated on self-hatred as a virtue. It's like they're addicted.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 21, 2026 11:52 AM (FMtrg)

118 117 Leftists are really fixated on self-hatred as a virtue. It's like they're addicted.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 21, 2026 11:52 AM (FMtrg)

They don't hate themselves. They're narcissists.

They hate everyone EXCEPT themselves.

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 11:53 AM (6Uni8)

119 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

120 109 It's amazing that it took the Left less than a year from saying "you know, we don't really like Jews anymore" to jumping all the way to "Yes! Concentration Camps! That's what we want!!!"
...
I'm not Jewish, but if they want to call the tune, let's dance.

Been calling them out for decades, and the world is finally waking up. LIBs. What Price their Vision?

A world Safe for Socialism, where the dead, the Dying, the DISSENTING are carted away in box cars that rumble night and day to smokestacks that billow without end to heat the bathwaters of the LIB elite.

Deal?
At long Long LAST!
Let's get this Party Started!
Why Settle for the Lesser Evil?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhVIKhHl2ws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ0YaWMeTD8


LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (EhMju)

121 My favorite is how Massie's loss is proof of how the anti-Semetic right is on the rise and will swamp the old guard any day now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I've seen the infographic regarding age claiming groypers are the future of GOP on X which also required me digging into the actual source of that. It came from a weird hybrid model that Baris and others used from BigDataPolls. It was NOT an exit poll and relied on people responding to texts by following the embedded link to either a phone interview or an online website interview process.

Used a little over 400 registered GOP voters in KY4. First clue things were off, sample claimed 82 percent likely to vote. Actual GOP turnout in that race was about 33 percent or so. Second, none of the age demographics were oversampled to get a read on that, they instead used weighting for the oversall horserace of Massey narrowly winning.

You can pick off anecdotal evidence from such polls but not use breakouts for much more than that. I think it is safe to say that the groyper male demographic is much more online and interested in podcasts, etc. Normie young males, not so much.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

122 It's interesting to me how this guy went so far the other way there at the end. He had been trending towards vanity humping for a while and talking about how no one was above the law and how he was just being a brave truth teller.

Then he loses and it's 'The Jooooos!'

I mean, it's not like we could not see it, but you just shake your head at these people.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)

It's like a real world Scooby Doo ending, where the mask gets ripped off and everyone says "Mr. Massie!!!"

and he says "and it would have worked, too, if it wasn't for those meddling Joos!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (rGqqI)

123 Wife is taking the dog to my brother's for the weekend and it's currently raining, so packing the camper is on hold.

I've got some down time........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

124 Well that's a different kettle of fish.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

I don't know the specifics but that is what I heard. The snippet you posted above reads like a basis/explanation that they used to convict her to silence her after she started digging and trying to expose stuff. Kind of a removed J6 thing. She sees what we all see. She sees something specific in her area. Tries to raise the alarm and do cub investigating herself. They tar, smear and jail her. At least that is the story as I understand it.

This is one thing that I will point out again about 2020- how effective the Left were at SILENCING everyone about it. They scared the crap out of nearly everyone. So much so that you had not a single peep from anyone in the legislature. The supremes refused to hear any cases and it was just accepted. That atmosphere was REAL. And we look back and try to paper over it.

This is the one reason I defended and still hold a place of honor on this one point for that favorite whipping boy of the day: Tucker Carlson. MTG trying to get in and see the J6 guys. They may be scum, but they were speaking while others stayed silent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

125
Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.


It seems logical to me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

126 I'm not Jewish, but if they want to call the tune, let's dance.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:49 AM (gKquL)

None of us is getting any younger.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)

127 Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:50 AM (gu0hJ)

Or Democrats are racist sexists..... there's always that.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:55 AM (UULd1)

128 CNN got a copy of the Dems autopsy of the 24 election, so the Dems released it. The NY Post has a summary , basically blaming Biden's people for not helping Harris or supporting her as VP.
They cannot admit that the main thing against Harris, besides Trump, was that she was and is a blithering idiot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:50 AM (gu0hJ)

To any democrat, she was brilliant. Scary, huh?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 11:55 AM (g8Ew8)

129
BUT, like the useful idiots in communist revolutions, the leftists will find that as soon as they "win" against us, the Muslims will take their heads immediately. (Communists put people agains the wall. Muslims chop their heads off.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (N1tpc)


They THINK they'll be in control and be able to control the islhamists when they kill off the right. They THINK they'll continue their seat at the table.

Their ego and stupidity makes them not believe they'll be cast aside and enslaved or murdered like everyone else in the name of islham.

They will be.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)

130 113 CNN got a copy of the Dems autopsy of the 24 election, so the Dems released it. The NY Post has a summary , basically blaming Biden's people for not helping Harris or supporting her as VP.
They cannot admit that the main thing against Harris, besides Trump, was that she was and is a blithering idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 11:50 AM (gu0hJ)


Knowing the Dems I have to wonder, is the leaked version the real autopsy, or a plant?

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 11:56 AM (5rh/l)

131 126 None of us is getting any younger.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)

But still waiting for an official license from the Government.

Sheriff Killemall isn't coming to deputize anybody.

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 11:57 AM (6Uni8)

132 Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

You can't do a proper party split without infographics

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:57 AM (UULd1)

133 117 Leftists are really fixated on self-hatred as a virtue. It's like they're addicted.
Posted by: Emmie
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On the surface, it is actually demonstrating, particularly for young women, that they are more virtuous and moral than the unenlightened others. It is the attraction of being the wokest of them all which is a disguised imperative of the social games. A female version of King of the Hill if you will.

Same purity spiral crap drove the Salem Witch Trials back in the day.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

134 Wife is taking the dog to my brother's for the weekend and it's currently raining, so packing the camper is on hold.

I've got some down time........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Watching radar. House covered in "light green" on map. Watching Ring camera. No rain. WTF?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:58 AM (gKquL)

135 130 Knowing the Dems I have to wonder, is the leaked version the real autopsy, or a plant?

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 11:56 AM (5rh/l)

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Kamala was demanding it be released a few weeks ago, so I assume it's real.

And that the DNC has Kamala loyalists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (46HP8)

136 You can't do a proper party split without infographics

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:57 AM (UULd1)


An image of hairy man ass with a cock in it under a big red circle with a line through it isn't plain enough?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

137 >>@AntGockowski

>>BREAKING: Feeding Our Future mastermind Aimee Bock sentenced to 500 months in prison, just over 41 years.

>>“Disabling Aimee Bock from ever meaningfully participating in society again is the only just outcome. The state of Minnesota will never be the same because of Aimee Bock," Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kline says in court.

>>Bock also ordered to pay $242 million in restitution.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

138 My understanding is that she didn't attempt and was not convicted of altering the vote totals but was caught trying to expose Democrat fraud.

—

That’s exactly what happened. She did not commit voter fraud she exposed it. And got sentenced to 10 years in prison for it. Thats more than people who actually do commit voter fraud get, much much more.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (9Diqw)

139 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)

You MUST remember Democrats don't think much of "brown people" so they believe by lying to them well enough they will get it over on them.

They see how easily (they believe) religious Christians and Jews have rolled over for them so they think these brown idiots with their sky daddy and cartoon prophet will be no challenge at all when it's time to round them up.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (UULd1)

140 I said "thank you" to a virtual recruiter.

AI got me, bruh.

I failed the Turing Test.

robot overlords be comin'.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (46HP8)

141 But still waiting for an official license from the Government.

Sheriff Killemall isn't coming to deputize anybody.
Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 11:57 AM (6Uni

And this is very valid. I think the problem is that things aren't bad enough. It doesn't effect everyone's life enough- not even during covid. Everyone was still comfortable and did not want to threaten their lives.

The problem is, if it gets bad enough for people to do something, we will be in less of a position to succeed. Decision paralysis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

142
Watching radar. House covered in "light green" on map. Watching Ring camera. No rain. WTF?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:58 AM (gKquL)


I am in the midst of a straight down downpour. Soon as it lifts, I'll be back at loading up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

143 Islamist: n. any Moslem.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 12:00 PM (wGerL)

144 > CNN got a copy of the Dems autopsy of the 24 election, so the Dems released it. The NY Post has a summary , basically blaming Biden's people for not helping Harris or supporting her as VP.
They cannot admit that the main thing against Harris, besides Trump, was that she was and is a blithering idiot
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*biden's staff would have been some of the ones to "help" Kamala and I don't think they were in any mood to do so. Especially after, basically, being shoved aside by the party bosses to make way for her.

They were all basically out of jobs at that point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:00 PM (jehhT)

145 137 >>@AntGockowski

>>BREAKING: Feeding Our Future mastermind Aimee Bock sentenced to 500 months in prison, just over 41 years.

>>“Disabling Aimee Bock from ever meaningfully participating in society again is the only just outcome. The state of Minnesota will never be the same because of Aimee Bock," Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kline says in court.

>>Bock also ordered to pay $242 million in restitution.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

=======

This didn't happen the day that Nick Shirley released his video, therefore it didn't happen and the DOJ did nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:00 PM (46HP8)

146 133 On the surface, it is actually demonstrating, particularly for young women, that they are more virtuous and moral than the unenlightened others. It is the attraction of being the wokest of them all which is a disguised imperative of the social games. A female version of King of the Hill if you will.

Same purity spiral crap drove the Salem Witch Trials back in the day.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

The love for Muslims is nothing more than just them thinking : "Muslims are murderous savages, and so I want them here to murder my enemies".

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:00 PM (6Uni8)

147 134 Wife is taking the dog to my brother's for the weekend and it's currently raining, so packing the camper is on hold.

I've got some down time........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Watching radar. House covered in "light green" on map. Watching Ring camera. No rain. WTF?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:58 AM (gKquL)


Virga.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 12:00 PM (5rh/l)

148 You can't do a proper party split without infographics
Posted by: ...
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The groypers cannot meme. It is all heavy handed unamusing shit now and probably because Muzzies are involved in instigating a lot of it.

All about the Jews, Epstein, Israel, and Zionists using the worst tripe and hackneyed garbage from the sordid history of anti-Jew bigotry.

Just sad and pathetic crap coming from the Groyper contingent or their bot farm/sock puppetry.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)

149 148 The groypers cannot meme. It is all heavy handed unamusing shit now and probably because Muzzies are involved in instigating a lot of it.

All about the Jews, Epstein, Israel, and Zionists using the worst tripe and hackneyed garbage from the sordid history of anti-Jew bigotry.

Just sad and pathetic crap coming from the Groyper contingent or their bot farm/sock puppetry.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)

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It doesn't help that most of them seem to be from Bangladesh and can't vote in KY primaries.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:01 PM (46HP8)

150
Islamist: n. any Moslem.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 12:00 PM (wGerL)

__________

The radical Muslim wants to kill you.

The moderate Muslim wants the radical Muslim to kill you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 12:02 PM (HdYcL)

151 They THINK they'll be in control and be able to control the islhamists when they kill off the right.



The goatfuckers are 0 & 9 on the Crusades and 0 & 1 on Vienna.

Killing off the right won't be as easy as they think.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:02 PM (gKquL)

152 148 The groypers cannot meme. It is all heavy handed unamusing shit now and probably because Muzzies are involved in instigating a lot of it.

All about the Jews, Epstein, Israel, and Zionists using the worst tripe and hackneyed garbage from the sordid history of anti-Jew bigotry.

Just sad and pathetic crap coming from the Groyper contingent or their bot farm/sock puppetry.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)

At least 50% of groypers are either Hispanic, or Indians and Pakistanis calling each other "Shitskin".

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:03 PM (6Uni8)

153
Watching radar. House covered in "light green" on map. Watching Ring camera. No rain. WTF?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:58 AM (gKquL)


Although, you COULD be using the Fox 4 WAP, which tells you every single storm is RED and FULL OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

My generic weather app is usually more accurate and when radars are compared, puts theirs to shame and shows how corrupt even weather has become.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

154
Wait until we begin finding out what Democrats really think of blacks. That will be eye opening (for some)
Posted by: ...

Two hundred years, brother two hundred years.

Posted by: LBJ at May 21, 2026 12:03 PM (Cqx++)

155 I don't know why he did, though. She was convicted of electoral fraud, and if she were a Dem, we'd want her head. I want hers.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t

The "fraud" committed by Tina Peters is her trying to expose Dem cheating in the election. IIRC, she knew somebody in charge of election integrity was planning to erase the information that would be needed to conduct a legitimate audit. This information was legally required to be preserved. Since she knew of plans to destroy it, she made a backup copy.

Colorado elections are crooked, and Peters tried to do her part to straighten them out.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 21, 2026 12:03 PM (FMtrg)

156 129
BUT, like the useful idiots in communist revolutions, the leftists will find that as soon as they "win" against us, the Muslims will take their heads immediately. (Communists put people agains the wall. Muslims chop their heads off.)
....
They THINK t....

Relavancy: Time Index 1:20
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
Humans who lose the capacity to think become creatures whose existence has no value.

LIBs. Ceaseless; forever is their quest for the Unearned, but the Value illicitly obtained, retains no value.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 21, 2026 12:03 PM (EhMju)

157 Virga.
Posted by: Gref


Was just telling a cow orker that. She said it's supposed to rain all weekend. I told her light green doesn't equal rain. At least, according to the Ring cameras.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:04 PM (gKquL)

158 The goatfuckers are 0 & 9 on the Crusades and 0 & 1 on Vienna.

Killing off the right won't be as easy as they think.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:02 PM (gKquL)

They took Constantinople. THE city founded to be the seat of Christianity. And converted it's crown jewel into a Mosque.

Don't count them out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)

159 I would think this Aimee Bock chick might want to spill what she knows about one particular Somali member of Congress who's family is neck deep in the Minnesota fraud. Maybe get a little break on the sentencing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:04 PM (jehhT)

160 >>“Disabling Aimee Bock from ever meaningfully participating in society again is the only just outcome. The state of Minnesota will never be the same because of Aimee Bock," Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kline says in court.

>>Bock also ordered to pay $242 million in restitution.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)


and 11han 0mar was JUST praising her for her efforts in stamping out the fraud........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

161 154
Wait until we begin finding out what Democrats really think of blacks. That will be eye opening (for some)
Posted by: ...

Two hundred years, brother two hundred years.

Posted by: LBJ at May 21, 2026 12:03 PM (Cqx++)

Even the Wignats and the KF contingent will be shocked when the Democrats start doing involuntary deportations to Liberia.

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:05 PM (6Uni8)

162 The love for Muslims is nothing more than just them thinking : "Muslims are murderous savages, and so I want them here to murder my enemies".
Posted by: XTC

Could be, Gil Saad terms it suicidal empathy but the awful fact is that genetically, women's genes survive a lot better than men's of an ethnic group as the men get slaughtered and the women get taken as the spoils of war by the victors.

Clear from archaelogy now in Europe that a mass slaughter of resident males by invaders from the steppes of Russia occurred across Europe in prehistory. This probably accounts for the current genetic makeup of that continent.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

163 Sometimes rain doesn't reach the ground

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:05 PM (UULd1)

164
The radical Muslim wants to kill you.

The moderate Muslim wants the radical Muslim to kill you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 12:02 PM (HdYcL)


This.

Any devout muslham has the will of their false god to LIE to you by any means to get you enslaved, converted or killed.

Anyone thinking otherwise is a damned fool.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

165 Although, you COULD be using the Fox 4 WAP, which tells you every single storm is RED and FULL OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

My generic weather app is usually more accurate and when radars are compared, puts theirs to shame and shows how corrupt even weather has become.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


That's who I have on my phone. Channel 4 Wimpy Assed Putas.

Run Channel 12 out of Sherman on desktop.
(Only because they don't have a WAP)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:06 PM (gKquL)

166 At least 50% of groypers are either Hispanic, or Indians and Pakistanis calling each other "Shitskin".
Posted by: XTC
=======
Possibly. Would account for using infographics and pictures because of poor English writing skills.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)

167
That's who I have on my phone. Channel 4 Wimpy Assed Putas.

Run Channel 12 out of Sherman on desktop.
(Only because they don't have a WAP)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:06 PM (gKquL)


I use a simple, small app called X-Radar. It's radar is true and the forecast seems more accurate than the big boys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

168 162 Could be, Gil Saad terms it suicidal empathy but the awful fact is that genetically, women's genes survive a lot better than men's of an ethnic group as the men get slaughtered and the women get taken as the spoils of war by the victors.

Clear from archaelogy now in Europe that a mass slaughter of resident males by invaders from the steppes of Russia occurred across Europe in prehistory. This probably accounts for the current genetic makeup of that continent.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

I think that's overthinking it.

Occam's Razor on this is : "We're important a street-level army of killers so that we don't have to get our own hands dirty".

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:08 PM (6Uni8)

169 Some Americans have short memories. Some are stupid, and vote to let the enemy inside the gates. I don't know how to fix this.

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:08 PM (ZxPkt)

170 Good morning, friends.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:09 PM (Dd38x)

171 Good morning, friends.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:09 PM (Dd38x)


Ugh....just got an image of Jim Nantz in my head.


"Hello, friends......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)

172 This is one thing that I will point out again about 2020- how effective the Left were at SILENCING everyone about it. They scared the crap out of nearly everyone. So much so that you had not a single peep from anyone in the legislature. The supremes refused to hear any cases and it was just accepted. That atmosphere was REAL. And we look back and try to paper over it.

This is the one reason I defended and still hold a place of honor on this one point for that favorite whipping boy of the day: Tucker Carlson. MTG trying to get in and see the J6 guys. They may be scum, but they were speaking while others stayed silent.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y

I give Tucker a lot of slack since the BLM thugs came pounding on his door and windows, terrorizing his wife and kids while he was out. They bugged out of DC not long after. Can't abide his Jew hate (and I won't use the sanitized term, "antisemitism") but his other positions can be seen maybe as one who witnessed the savagery of the Left and decided grift is the better course than valor...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (nbLIj)

173 the people that got all the covid jabs are the Never Trump, No Kings, Jews control the world, Karens that are now in existence, loud and proud. Im sure that the jab was a partial mind control drug that has made them insane.

Posted by: megthered at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (0CgUq)

174 I'm not Jewish, but if they want to call the tune, let's dance.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 11:49 AM (gKquL)

Yes. At some point my only response to these people will be: "I'm a better shot, and I have more guns and ammo."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (mDGAX)

175 I saw a news article from the Pacific Standard by Emily Moon called "The alt-right obsession with hydration"

Not being the kind to pass off humor as news I went to their website and while they are a leftwing rag and she is a writer for them I couldn't find the article and I did find several leftwing sites calling this article a hoax...

But I also found a dozen other real leftwing articles complaining Americans or right wingers drink too much water.

There really is no option to actually parody the left anymore with out writing real leftwing articles is there?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)

176 137 >>@AntGockowski

>>BREAKING: Feeding Our Future mastermind Aimee Bock sentenced to 500 months in prison, just over 41 years.

>>“Disabling Aimee Bock from ever meaningfully participating in society again is the only just outcome. The state of Minnesota will never be the same because of Aimee Bock," Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kline says in court.

>>Bock also ordered to pay $242 million in restitution.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)
So the white woman goes to jail? Move along, nothing to see here.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (LHPAg)

177 The muzzies are actually 0 for 2 at Vienna , 1529 and 1683.
I'm actually expecting the French to blow up before the Brits. The French can be vicious SOBs when the need to be , see Algeria

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (gu0hJ)

178
The radical Muslim wants to stab you in the back.

The moderate Muslim just supplies the knife.

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:11 PM (ZxPkt)

179 I think that's overthinking it.

Occam's Razor on this is : "We're important a street-level army of killers so that we don't have to get our own hands dirty".
Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:08 PM (6Uni

I don't even think it's that. I do not think they are thinking that tactically (or strategically.) I think they are trying to break the system. If the system is broken, they can impose what they want (as long as they have power.) Obama did a decent job of it during his reign of subverting the military.

I am still surprised that Biden Junta did not go full military coup after 2024. But as much as we may be pussies, they might have done the math and even with 'control' of the military, they did not like the odds.

I don't know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

180 176 So the white woman goes to jail? Move along, nothing to see here.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 12:10 PM (LHPAg)

=======

1. New indictments of Somalis, including the woman featured in Shirley's first video:

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
2057255069091876899

2. Woke white women are some of the most protected in the country. Getting one of them on aiding and abetting Somali fraud is not small.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:12 PM (46HP8)

181 179 I am still surprised that Biden Junta did not go full military coup after 2024. But as much as we may be pussies, they might have done the math and even with 'control' of the military, they did not like the odds.

I don't know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

Don't forget, Obama wanted his own "Civilian Force, just as well-funded as any military".

He never said it was going to be made up of citizens.

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:14 PM (6Uni8)

182 >>Bock also ordered to pay $242 million in restitution.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

That's a lot of prison laundry to wash, dry. & fold.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 12:14 PM (wVcYX)

183 Short memories? More like the attention span of a Goldfish

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:14 PM (Qib0G)

184 Don't forget, Obama wanted his own "Civilian Force, just as well-funded as any military".

He never said it was going to be made up of citizens.
Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:14 PM


Owebama's brownshirts are brown without shirts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)

185 Don't forget, Obama wanted his own "Civilian Force, just as well-funded as any military".

He never said it was going to be made up of citizens.
Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:14 PM (6Uni

Absolutely and the only reason to have such a force is to have a parallel military framework that you control ideologically. This was a better snippet into their mind than nearly ANYTHING else they have said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y)

186 Woke white women are some of the most protected in the country. Getting one of them on aiding and abetting Somali fraud is not small.

Yes...most protected and the most incompetent. Can't even steal millions without getting busted.

Posted by: Zombie Barney Fag at May 21, 2026 12:15 PM (K1Mmf)

187 Smoke! Brushfires surrounded by them.
Icky!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 21, 2026 12:16 PM (Kt19C)

188 0-2 in sieges of Vienna, not 0-1: 1529 & 1683.

Poland is much more sensitive than other EU nations to the dangers of unrestricted immigration.

Ditto for Russian expansion.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:16 PM (RCjYY)

189 188 0-2 in sieges of Vienna, not 0-1: 1529 & 1683.

Poland is much more sensitive than other EU nations to the dangers of unrestricted immigration.

Ditto for Russian expansion.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:16 PM (RCjYY)

======

A new Polish Pope who brings back the Knights Templar would be neat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:16 PM (46HP8)

190 But again as people have pointed out: If you staff a parallel military force with Muslims and arm and train them as well as the military... you are not going to get what you think you want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

191 They'll look around and think... why exactly do we need these retards?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)

192 Obama has his well funded civilian force. They're Somali fraudsters, criminals released from prison, NGOs giving grants etc

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 12:19 PM (gu0hJ)

193 190 But again as people have pointed out: If you staff a parallel military force with Muslims and arm and train them as well as the military... you are not going to get what you think you want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

Barry and his Kalorama Kompound Krew will. They ALWAYS put Islam first.

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 12:19 PM (6Uni8)

194
2. Woke white women are some of the most protected in the country. Getting one of them on aiding and abetting Somali fraud is not small.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:12 PM (46HP

It's also likely to have an outsized effect on the Pampered AWFL community.

A huge part of their appeal is they are free to exercise their inner bitch because no one wants to "hit the girl".

But, if you can wind up actually going to jail for stupid, criminal fraud and scams,

Well! That just spoils all the fun!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)

195 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:16 PM (46HP

Or a Borgia who colludes with a nuclear power.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 12:20 PM (mDGAX)

196 But again as people have pointed out: If you staff a parallel military force with Muslims and arm and train them as well as the military... you are not going to get what you think you want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)


Case in point: The Canadian military currently

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

197 195 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:16 PM (46HP

Or a Borgia who colludes with a nuclear power.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 12:20 PM (mDGAX)

=======

We've had worse popes!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:20 PM (46HP8)

198 Plus, leftists are idiots. They do not think in terms of logistics. They think 'Guns and men to use them' when they should think 'How do we keep our guys in supply when everything goes to shit.' By comparison, rick and Rhomboid and whig could probably keep a small company in supply of ammo for at least a couple weeks from what they have on hand. AND be able to produce more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)

199 64
The radical Muslim wants to kill you.

The moderate Muslim wants the radical Muslim to kill you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 12:02 PM (HdYcL)


This.

Any devout muslham has the will of their false god to LIE to you by any means to get you enslaved, converted or killed.

Anyone thinking otherwise is a damned fool.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Just read their book. Its all in there.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 12:21 PM (LHPAg)

200 > Don't forget, Obama wanted his own "Civilian Force, just as well-funded as any military".
----------
He had one.

The Federal Government. Almost every Agency/Bureau/Department had a paramilitary wing.

Dept. of Ed. was notorious for it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:21 PM (jehhT)

201 Just read their book. Its all in there.
Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 12:21 PM (LHPAg)


Exactly.

They are FAR from a "religion of peace." As far as you can get.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)

202 Case in point: The Canadian military currently
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

Also a fair point. Islam is rabidly tribal- and they are importing 'muslims'. Somalis do not seem to give a shit about anything but stealing whatever is not nailed down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:23 PM (bss/y)

203 Also a fair point. Islam is rabidly tribal- and they are importing 'muslims'. Somalis do not seem to give a shit about anything but stealing whatever is not nailed down.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:23 PM (bss/y)


I was going to go with "The Canadian military ATM" but decided against it.

Hindsight, however, shows I made a mistake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)

204 Morning guys,

We have the Starship test launch later this afternoon!

Live coverage has already begun.

SpaceX - Starship - Starship Test Flight 12
Pad 2 - Starbase, Texas
Launch Date: May 21, 2026 (CDT)
Launch Time: 5:30 p.m. CDT (6:30 p.m. EDT, 22:30 UTC (May 22, 00:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/ZJ-Kqk6lx6w




Posted by: Joyenz at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (2F0/Y)

205 SpaceX - Starship - Starship Test Flight 12
Pad 2 - Starbase, Texas
Launch Date: May 21, 2026 (CDT)
Launch Time: 5:30 p.m. CDT (6:30 p.m. EDT, 22:30 UTC (May 22, 00:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/ZJ-Kqk6lx6w




Posted by: Joyenz at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (2F0/Y)


It's raining in several areas of Texas. What's the weather outlook there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)

206
Raining. Radar doesn't show anything heavy but we're going to have it all day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (HdYcL)

207 I was going to go with "The Canadian military ATM" but decided against it.

Hindsight, however, shows I made a mistake.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)

I initially read that as ass to mouth and was like, nah you have it down pretty solidly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)

208
I initially read that as ass to mouth and was like, nah you have it down pretty solidly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)


My bad......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

209 206
Raining. Radar doesn't show anything heavy but we're going to have it all day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 12:24 PM (HdYcL)

Yeah, same here. Not a manly downpour, just an annoying, miserable drizzle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)

210 To my way of thinking, and tin-foil hat worn at a jaunty angle, it is all of a piece. The “Global Warming” scam is just part and parcel of the framework and mechanism to de-industrialize the U.S.A., “globalization”, offshoring of manufacturing, so-called “free trade” and inshoring of millions of low skilled and illegal aliens.

Every bit of it is designed and intended to weaken America, to end this experiment in self-governance and national sovereignty. “They” said that’s what they were going to do, and they’ve done a bang up job of it.

We no longer hear about anyone trying to ostensibly make things better, racial harmony or melting pot assimilation. It’s all Tribalism all the Time.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:26 PM (Qib0G)

211 I hope that doesn't cause a delay. I love watching Starship launches and landings (when they don't crash them into the ocean).

Posted by: Joyenz at May 21, 2026 12:28 PM (2F0/Y)

212 SpaceX - Starship - Starship Test Flight 12
Pad 2 - Starbase, Texas



Sorry. That just sounds cool.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:28 PM (gKquL)

213 Almost every Agency/Bureau/Department had a paramilitary wing.
———

Even the Maple Syrup Commission has a Swat Team, and pallets of hollow-point 10 mm ammo stockpiled. I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:28 PM (Qib0G)

214 I was going to go with "The Canadian military ATM" but decided against it.

And it only dispenses loonies, not real money.

Posted by: Canadian dollar my ass at May 21, 2026 12:28 PM (TbWk/)

215
...just an annoying, miserable drizzle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)


The Joe Besser of weather patterns.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 12:29 PM (iJfKG)

216 It seems obvious from his history (including travel) over the years that he's a Hamas operative. He went to Princeton to get a medical degree... to be a Hamas medic. The plastic surgery clinic is a front -- he has no real interest in the field (per patient reviews) and probably chose it because it's lucrative and promised lots of money for minimal effort.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 12:29 PM (cWLG3)

217 We no longer hear about anyone trying to ostensibly make things better, racial harmony or melting pot assimilation. It’s all Tribalism all the Time.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:26 PM (Qib0G)

Tribalism is how you make yourself strong. At least if you control your small tribe well enough. Until there is a bigger tribe of course.

This is why I despise the whole "find the internal enemy and destroy them" because eventually you run out of snakes to kill in your walled garden and you have to designate someone in the tribe as the scapegoat. And in the big wide world someone or something is getting stronger and looking for small walled gardens that are rent with internal dissent.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)

218 Islamhas been allowed to spread like the disease that it is precisely because the media has bent I er backwards to praise "the good ones"

There are no good ones

Erase them

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 21, 2026 12:31 PM (VpYlJ)

219 Look up Starbase Texas. It's just south of South Padre Island. They may get a little light rain.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:31 PM (gKquL)

220 Found the boss.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:32 PM (Kdi1r)

221 Hamawy's signs are everywhere, often several at intersections, as are his TV ads.

As CBD said, if he wins the primary he will cruise in the general. It is a terrible situation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (//n4s)

222 213 Almost every Agency/Bureau/Department had a paramilitary wing.
———

Even the Maple Syrup Commission has a Swat Team, and pallets of hollow-point 10 mm ammo stockpiled. I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:28 PM (Qib0G)
I wonder if they know about me mixing maple syrup with Old Crow?

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (LHPAg)

223 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)

224 The Joe Besser of weather patterns.

Posted by: naturalfake



Ouch.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (gKquL)

225 219 Look up Starbase Texas. It's just south of South Padre Island. They may get a little light rain.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:31 PM (gKquL)


Forecast probability several hours ago was 45% GO for weather.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (5rh/l)

226 217 We no longer hear about anyone trying to ostensibly make things better, racial harmony or melting pot assimilation. It’s all Tribalism all the Time.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:26 PM (Qib0G)

Tribalism is how you make yourself strong. At least if you control your small tribe well enough. Until there is a bigger tribe of course.

This is why I despise the whole "find the internal enemy and destroy them" because eventually you run out of snakes to kill in your walled garden and you have to designate someone in the tribe as the scapegoat. And in the big wide world someone or something is getting stronger and looking for small walled gardens that are rent with internal dissent.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)

---
On the topic of tribalism... When The Walking Dead was still a thing I never understood how, when factions engaged in battles or skirmishes, they could tell who from who in the fog of war." They were all dressed the same, mostly using the same weapons. ¯\_(ツ_/¯

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (cWLG3)

227 That MN woman will NOT serve 41 & 1/2 years!

The next DEM president will commute her sentence-- after his/her last off year election.

On another topic, the "intelligence community" is leaking like a sieve about how hopeless and counter-productive our efforts in Iran are.

Always anonymous sources, of course: to wit, Iran weapons production only set back months, not years; retains significant offensive capability; what Trump has done is worse than Obama's JCPOA (which actually wasn't that bad)-- Trump will facilitate Iran nukes.

You see these stories EVERY day! Always "IC" anonymous sources "with knowledge of" classified information.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (RCjYY)

228 Your modern Democrat

". . . We have to start tearing down this fucking country. We have to have a revolution in this coun- try that's going to overthrow—like bombs, like guns, like fire bombs, by anything and everything. . . . The most important thing that the Weathermachine should be right now is to create a consciousness, a political consciousness and the best way to create this is by doing and performing some kind of exemplary action, like offing some pigs, creating chaos in the streets, blowing up pig stations, blowing up banks.

Once the Weathermachine begins this and starts the ball rollmg, then the Weathermachine will not have to be involved as much. Other white revolutionaries are going to get involved and try to destroy the system that we all hate so much."

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (sNI9P)

229 Some Americans have short memories. Some are stupid, and vote to let the enemy inside the gates. I don't know how to fix this.
Posted by: Don Black
------
'Complacent' is the word, I think. Mostly unconcerned about food, shelter, and security. It has been the downfall of other civilizations.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (XeU6L)

230 Voted today (early voting). I smiled and whispered "Punk ass bitch should have never tried to take our guns" when I voted for Paxton.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (cEu53)

231 I wonder if the Bushies realize their immigration policies are the reason Trump came to power and if there isn't a twinge of regret for pushing "Act of Live" Amnesty instead of border security.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (S4QMJ)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Carracci Coronation.jpg

The Coronation of the Virgin
Annibale Carracci

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 That bird's a-gonna poop onna her head!

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

3 not sure whats going on in this one

Posted by: Don Black at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

4 Hey! That seagull is stealing her crown! I hate those things!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

5 We're running quite the gamut on art this week, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Virgin my ass!

Posted by: Her college roommates at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

7 Nice but it looks like it could use a good cleaning.

Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

8 Lot of nekkid kids back then.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gKquL)

9 Blue=Mary

She's being crowned Queen of the World.

It's nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (bss/y)

10 Another painting by an old greek homo

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

11 A bird in the hand....?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)

12 Bewbs on the right but appears underaged and...male?

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

13 She doesn't look like she's got corona virus to me.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ypYV4)

14 I never voted for her.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (6X5WW)

15 It's fine. Nicely modeled and staged, though a bit too "center-y" for me. Also seems kind of dark.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (CHHv1)

16 Lot of nekkid kids back then.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gKquL)


With hands like Fred Flintstone feet, it was too hard to sew things that small.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 Popish Mackerel-Snapping should be relegated to The Saturday Morning Coffee Thread. Sitting this one out.

Posted by: Pope Bob Can Go Squeeze A Breeze! at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

18 Hail Mary!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

19 14 I never voted for her.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (6X5WW)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (bss/y)

20 A bird in the hand....?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)


.....two in the bush.

A fisting?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Underage male boobs?

Posted by: The ghost of Barney Frank at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Who's the dude at the bottom, Moses?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (3uBP9)

23 I never voted for her.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (6X5WW)


beat me to it. *shakes fist in mock anger*

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

24 Annibale Carracci


He was a broke Italian painter full of baloney.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (gKquL)

25 Clouds......she's dead, no?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

26 With hands like Fred Flintstone feet, it was too hard to sew things that small.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

Kids grow so fast and since they could not go to Kmart to pick up a 2 sizes too big set of tuff skins, my guess is they just handed them some cloth to drap/pin around themselves until the kid stopped growing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (bss/y)

27 There are better thing to do with virgins.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)

28 Folks down below really hoping those clouds hold.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (LvA+P)

29 A crown was the highest honor they could think of back in the day, and being crowned in God's own heaven is the biggest deal possible. I wonder what the modern equivalent honor would be...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (bGxQ8)

30 Cue the mackerel snappers and Pope Bob bashers.

Posted by: Here we go... at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

31 A was-a fulla gabagool.

Posted by: Annibale Carracci at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

32 Very busy painting. Like it though
Would hang, thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (gu0hJ)

33 Is it just me or do cherubs seem really lazy? Do we ever see them painted working hard? No. Pretty much just laying around getting fat. I mean, they are in heaven so living pretty good and all. But they could use an occasional salad and an afternoon walk.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (3uBP9)

34 Kids grow so fast and since they could not go to Kmart to pick up a 2 sizes too big set of tuff skins, my guess is they just handed them some cloth to drap/pin around themselves until the kid stopped growing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (bss/y)


My mom used to make my clothes. Every 6 to 8 weeks, I was 'goin' clammin.''

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

35 I'm guessing that the "seagull" is supposed be a representation of the Holy Spirit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (n3VHW)

36 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

37 There are better thing to do with virgins.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)


Like blow yourself up for 72 of them!

Posted by: Moohamhead al Akbar at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

38 A crown was the highest honor they could think of back in the day, and being crowned in God's own heaven is the biggest deal possible. I wonder what the modern equivalent honor would be...
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Ewetoob trophy for 1 million followers?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (LvA+P)

39 And I like the contrast of the pink and blue in her dress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (n3VHW)

40 Before the orgy?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (Sco7b)

41 25 Clouds......she's dead, no?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Yep. The Assumption of Mary. Although CBD is a few months early.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)

42 The two guys placing the crown on her head have been working out at the gym.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

43 The two guys placing the crown on her head have been working out at the gym.
Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)/i]



Yeah, I've never been accused of having a 'Heavenly body.'

Posted by: Moohamhead al Akbar at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

44 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Not flexible enough to reach his butt.

Posted by: Monty Python at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (LvA+P)

45 Shyte......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

46 22 Who's the dude at the bottom, Moses?

Wholly.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

47 Yep. The Assumption of Mary. Although CBD is a few months early.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)


Once again, putting shame to my Catholic upbringing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

48 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026

***
That's a cherub with a violin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

49 36 That’s not a trumpet. Looks like some kind of fiddle to me.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

50
Ewetoob trophy for 1 million followers?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (LvA+P)


*TJM hangs his head in shame*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

51 The little dude on the left playing the, whatever instrument that is, has massive biceps for a musician. How much does that thing weight? He must be absolutely shredding on it.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (3uBP9)

52 39 And I like the contrast of the pink and blue in her dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (n3VHW)

There was a beautiful statue one time when I was looking for a birthday gift for Mom I saw in Tonini's in Louisville. It was Mary in this beautiful deep blue cloak. Really brought the subject to life that she was a living person (often, Mary statuary is almost sterile.) It was gorgeous. $800 (back in 2008 or 9 I think.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

53 That’s not a trumpet. Looks like some kind of fiddle to me.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

I don't think they had violins back then.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

54 Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

55 Ok......I've got to get my day started.

On vacation. Got THINGS to do.

I'll see y'all at some point.


Hugs to all. Be excellent to each other.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

56 Far right, dude in orange drape - that's Keith Richards working out the guitar licks for Honky Tonk Women.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

57 The little dude on the left playing the, whatever instrument that is, has massive biceps for a musician. How much does that thing weight? He must be absolutely shredding on it.
Posted by: banana Dream


Zamfir on the flute

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (gKquL)

58 Definitely love the subject matter, so thank you CBD.
I do think the artist could have done a better job on Mary's face.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

59 I assume that's Mary so I shall forego a sophomoric sex joke.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)

60 The women viola players in the foreground at right and left both have nice hind paws.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

61 The two guys placing the crown on her head have been working out at the gym.
Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)
=============
If you figure men didn't get much nutrition or have extra time for working out in 1595, these guys would have been idealized versions the painter dreamt up, I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:43 AM (nsBpl)

62 The British are discussing some kind of election in a place called Makerfield.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:43 AM (6X5WW)

63 There's one kid on the right just casually reading a comic book while this is all going on.

Dude, it's Marry!
What? Sorry, Batman is getting ready to batarang like fiddy robbers.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:44 AM (3uBP9)

64 The painting is rounded. I am guessing this is in a church dome somewhere.

Let me look it up.

Completely wrong. Oil on canvas. 1595.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

65 22 Who's the dude at the bottom, Moses?
*
Wholly.
Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026

***
He looks to be holding up a scroll or an early version of a book (a codex?") rather than tablets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

66 That's a cherub with a violin.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

That’s not a trumpet. Looks like some kind of fiddle to me.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

*cleans Mr. Magoo glasses and peers at embiggened image* By golly, you both are correct.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)

67 Cello?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:45 AM (6X5WW)

68 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 620

Title: The Coronation of the Virgin
Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
Date: after 1595
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 3/8 x 55 5/8 in. (117.8 x 141.3 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:46 AM (/+uur)

69 There's an audience in the background. Must have been a sold out show.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

70 Toga togs toga.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:47 AM (6X5WW)

71 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?
Posted by: Count de Monet

*********

My uncle Gerry used to play the piano by ear.

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

72 There's an audience in the background. Must have been a sold out show.
Posted by: dantesed

The mosh pit is out of frame, but it was lit, I can tell you!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (LvA+P)

73 “This is about me, isn’t it?”

-Hillary

Posted by: red speck at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

74 A lot of painters will insert Mary smashing a snek underfoot in any painting. Not this one. Because no sneks in Heaven I guess.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

75 Aetius, the painting was modeled on the dome architecture and the painter possibly hoped to decorate a dome likewise.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (gKWVE)

76 There are better thing to do with virgins.
Posted by: No Name Today

You have to be kidding. Even here, this is beyond the pale.

We Catholics are more than a bit touchy about Our Mother.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (vhPr1)

77 He was doing it wrong.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (6X5WW)

78 So who are the guys doin’ the coronatin’? Michael and Gabriel?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

79 67 Cello?

Viola da Gamba...I think?

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)

80 maybe cherubs aren't really fat but are simply inflated with hydrogen gas

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:50 AM (gKWVE)

81 Did a watery tart throw a sword at her?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:51 AM (6X5WW)

82 Humanity's solitary boast.

Posted by: Some smart guy from long ago at May 21, 2026 09:52 AM (YrUlT)

83 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

84 29 a pearl necklace.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

85 Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost
With the least shade of thought to sin allied.
Woman! above all women glorified,
Our tainted nature's solitary boast;
Purer than foam on central ocean tost;
Brighter than eastern skies at daybreak strewn
With fancied roses, than the unblemished moon
Before her wane begins on heaven's blue coast;
Thy image falls to earth. Yet some, I ween,
Not unforgiven the suppliant knee might bend,
As to a visible Power, in which did blend
All that was mixed and reconciled in thee
Of mother's love with maiden purity,
Of high with low, celestial with terrene!

Posted by: Yup at May 21, 2026 09:56 AM (YrUlT)

86 36 hearing aid.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

87 Get yourself a sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sitting on a
Pedestal of abalone shell.

Posted by: Plastic Jesus at May 21, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Gebirah!

Posted by: Rex B at May 21, 2026 09:58 AM (rgnea)

89 I assumed that was Jesus and G d.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:58 AM (/+uur)

90 Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

They are three persons in one God. The Trinity. Jesus on the left (wound in his side) The Holy Spirit above and God the Father on the right.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (wGerL)

91 67 how you doin'?

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

92 >>> So who are the guys doin’ the coronatin’? Michael and Gabriel?
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)


I don't know. They both have scepters which would denote royalty of some sort. They could be church fathers but why in heaven? I also thought with the holy spirit that could be father and son.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:01 AM (3uBP9)

93 My uncle Gerry used to play the piano by ear.

************

Headbanger's Ball - a limerick

The music aficionados are gushin'
'bout a fascinating point of discussion
They paid Uncle Gerry to hear
Flight of the Bumblebee played by ear
Poor guy suffered a major concussion

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

94 >>> They are three persons in one God. The Trinity. Jesus on the left (wound in his side) The Holy Spirit above and God the Father on the right.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (wGerL)


Oh yeah, dur, pretty obvious now.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:02 AM (3uBP9)

95 I don’t see the wound in Jesus’ side.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

96 I had this thought 'Being the Son of God means never having to hit the weight room'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

97 I think this is a shoutout to the trinity. Older fellow younger fellow and the bird.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:04 AM (6X5WW)

98 From bing...


"Annibale Carracci’s The Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1595) depicts the Virgin Mary being crowned by the Holy Trinity, blending Renaissance harmony with Baroque dynamism."

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 10:04 AM (zBgIx)

99 Good morning all

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou!
---
I assume that's Mary so I shall forego a sophomoric sex joke.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

----
Much appreciated!

I can't stay. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (N5Oky)

100 hondo

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

101 benson and hedges

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

102 >>> I don’t see the wound in Jesus’ side.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)


You have to open in a new tab, click, and inbiggen, then you can see. Not very prominent. It's actually easier in person.

Posted by: Thomas at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (3uBP9)

103 102 dead billy

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)

104 Oh Mary we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the angels, queen of the May

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 10:07 AM (3ImbR)

105 Poor guy suffered a major concussion

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

---------

Diagnosis: CTE (Concussive Traumatic Ear).

What's the ICD10 Code for that?

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 10:08 AM (4LEcr)

106 good point. maifest is back to lincoln square where they still dance the maypole.
i remember my sisters doing that in grade school.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:08 AM (R11M+)

107 What an exceptional painting honoring Mary for a lifetime of acceptance and obedience. Even here, she is accepting her honored place, not as a right but once again as the will of Heaven. The Trinity is present, the music of heaven is playing and the assembled angelic host is in attendance. The pain she faced at the crucifixion is erased in glory.

The painting is not subtle, it is explicit. I can see how the style and colors helped establish what became the Baroque style.

I was surprised that Carracci didn't only do religious scenes but scenes of everyday life: a butcher shop circa 1590, a man at supper, and landscapes. I'm surprised I hadn't known of his work before.

Posted by: JTB at May 21, 2026 10:11 AM (yTvNw)

108 The month of May is dedicated to Mary.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 10:15 AM (Oy/m2)

109
"I do expect you to prepare and serve me breakfast daily from this point onward. This is known."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:16 AM (ixS3i)

110 Speaking of virgins ...

This is bc they do not have the time or capacity to create home cooked meals. It’s an issue countless ppl have tried to raise w leftists but big leftists online continue to shame/abuse poor ppl for being forced to rely on these services for meals, which act as a tax on the poor. -Taylor Lorenz

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:17 AM (RHGPo)

111
Hey! That seagull is stealing her crown! I hate those things!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Oh, yeah, you bet we was there! Not ll things are seen, if you catch my drift!"

-- Big Penguin

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:19 AM (ixS3i)

112 Taylor Lorenz is a virgin?


Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

113 >>> Taylor Lorenz is a virgin?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)


Well back then, they hadn't invented sex yet.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (3uBP9)

114 Andrew Weissmann: “What I’ve started thinking about… is why is it that there are lies in so many ways in this country that we either criminalize or subject to civil penalties, but we don’t do that for politicians who lie or candidates who lie?… The big lie in my book that I use as the example is the 2020 election was stolen… There’s no proof of that.”

... the folks from Arthur Andersen think the same about federal prosecutors who lie and screw-up other people's lives.

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (RHGPo)

115
I wonder, when the Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with the spear, if he thought, "Really? Now with the spear? Aren't you being assholes enough already?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (ixS3i)

116 We need a painting "The Crow Nation of the Ace".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 21, 2026 10:23 AM (/TqK0)

117 Wouldn't it have been a pilium?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:24 AM (6X5WW)

118
If 117 is an "olden times' weapons" question, I have no idea. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:25 AM (ixS3i)

119 Let he among us who has never 'coronated a virgin'
cast the first stone.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 21, 2026 10:25 AM (zdLoL)

120 The RINOs in the Senate have struck back at Trump and will not be funding the White House ballroom. If it gets built, then by gum it won't have Trump's name on it!

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:25 AM (gKWVE)

121 >>> I wonder, when the Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with the spear, if he thought, "Really? Now with the spear? Aren't you being assholes enough already?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (ixS3i)


I think, at the time, the spear was generally done as a type of mercy. I mean, the whole point was the torture. The spear, killing the victim, ends the torture.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:26 AM (3uBP9)

122 I finally saw the wound in Jesus' side, but it doesn't look like a wound a spear would make. Looks more like a knife cut.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

123 You have to open in a new tab, click, and inbiggen, then you can see. Not very prominent. It's actually easier in person.
Posted by: Thomas


'Tis but a scratch!
Posted by: The Black Knight

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 10:26 AM (gKquL)

124 TX-SEN poll (pre-Trump endorsement)

Paxton: 52%
Cornyn: 40%

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:27 AM (/+uur)

125 ps
I forgot AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:27 AM (/+uur)

126 On making making ‘cultural appropriation’ illegal ...

It's all just a conspiracy to keep the Taiwanese out of the Little League World Series

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (RHGPo)

127 Carraci did an admirable job, but it still looks more like a kid's birthday party than a religious coronation of the mother of God. BTW: Mary's been de-listed now and is probably no longer considered venerable by Leo (who is a perfect example of 'Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.').

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+)

128 They seem to think Massy is doomed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (6X5WW)

129 The RINOs in the Senate have struck back at Trump and will not be funding the White House ballroom. If it gets built, then by gum it won't have Trump's name on it!
Posted by: gKWVE


The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (gKquL)

130 Heisman keeps trying to make criminal noticing or defending oneself against persecution. He's still at it.

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (chM/Q)

131 Weissman.

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (chM/Q)

132 “Nakba” used it to describe the humiliating failure of the Arab world.
And the Palestinians are possibly the worst negotiators since the beginning of time.
That is quite an achievement.

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

133 Wouldn't it have been a pilium?

Pilum

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)

134 Massie apparently lost.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (6X5WW)

135 Mary's been de-listed now
Posted by: Dr_No

What does this mean?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

136 Lewd comments regarding Jesus' mom make me want to retreat outside the range of the ground current.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (NYInA)

137 The RINOs in the Senate have struck back at Trump and will not be funding the White House ballroom. If it gets built, then by gum it won't have Trump's name on it!

Good. Let everyone see them for the petty, malignant children they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)

138 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I bet they didn't paint that in Puyallup. Every one knows there are no virgins in Puyallup
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (2WIwB)

139 The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.
Posted by: rickb223

How can they build the ballroom and delay building what's beneath it? Architecturally?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (gKWVE)

140 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+

I would have to read what Pope Leo actually said about Mary rather than pundits or others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (n3VHW)

141 I hope the gaffer isn't union, because I'd fire his ass.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (u/oMr)

142 On X, Clyburn is one step closer to having no seat in 2027


Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
7m
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DEFEAT THE RINOS!

Time to finish strong and send it to the governor's desk for signature

Or South Carolina will face MAGA wrath just like Indiana 🔥

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

143 124 TX-SEN poll (pre-Trump endorsement)

Paxton: 52%
Cornyn: 40%
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:27 AM (/+uur)

And "they" have Talerico 5 points up against both

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 10:32 AM (9fiuq)

144 think, at the time, the spear was generally done as a type of mercy. I mean, the whole point was the torture. The spear, killing the victim, ends the torture.


They usually broke the legs but the other said no bones would be broken.

Crucifixion causes the person to use the legs to push to get a breath. Once broken, they can't. The spear (piercing, also in ot) ends the torture. The water also fulfills prophesy as life giving water flowing from the temple.

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 10:32 AM (chM/Q)

145 Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+

And "delisted" from what? What does that mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:33 AM (n3VHW)

146 "Coronating a virgin."
Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at May 21, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Clyburn is one step closer to having no seat in 2027

Because we're going to beat his ass?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:33 AM (gKWVE)

148 139 The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.
Posted by: rickb223

How can they build the ballroom and delay building what's beneath it? Architecturally?
Posted by: gKWVE
========
Just petty Resist crap. Trump can probably reprogram defense spending but I think there were some Secret Service (DHS) attached to the funding bill which is being held hostage by Dems and GOPe.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (E4rtv)

149 @ 135 Mary's been de-listed now
Posted by: Dr_No
What does this mean?
_____________________________

There was an article (what?) 5 or 7 days ago that reported the Church's decision to revoke (is there another word for it?) Mary's status as being on approximately the same level as Jesus and drop her down to 'just another mother'. I guess prayers to her go to her 'incoming messages' box now …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (ayRl+)

150 And "they" have Talerico 5 points up against both
Posted by: It's me donna
========
We shall see.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (E4rtv)

151 IPCC Retires Its Most Implausible Global Warming Scenarios

“New and improved” climate models are offered, but the ‘plausibility vacuum’ remains. Furthermore, IPCC fails to acknowledge the damage to society and science done by its previous assessments.


https://tinyurl.com/yv9u7926

Naturally, instead of just admitting it was a load of crap, they now claim their previous heroic efforts are what really saved the planet.

But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:35 AM (Riz8t)

152 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM

Do you know where the article was from? Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:36 AM (n3VHW)

153 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (ayRl+)

And I'm not RC, but I think I know enough to comment that the church is not going to declare Mary "Just another mother,"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:38 AM (n3VHW)

154 Because we're going to beat his ass?
Posted by: gKWVE
======
Clyburn's current district is a majority minority district. SC redistricting means that each of SC districts is 8-10 pts GOP in voting. Old fart has not had to campaign for a seat in decades and he will probably just retire if his district is literally drawn out from under him. He is in his mid 80's now and like Pelosi did, grimly hanging on.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:38 AM (E4rtv)

155 @
152 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM
Do you know where the article was from? Thanks.
_________________________________________

I don't remember the site that passed that on. It could have been on Zero Hedge, PowerLine, or Liberty Daily as a clickable link. Maybe a search engine like StartPage can locate the source of the post. Sorry, but I don't remember any more than that.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:39 AM (ayRl+)

156 And I'm not RC, but I think I know enough to comment that the church is not going to declare Mary "Just another mother,"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fen, didn't you start out RC? I got that impression from some of the comments you've made in the past.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

157 “New and improved” climate models are offered, but the ‘plausibility vacuum’ remains.

The disappearance of Global Warming proves how powerful this Global Cooling is!

Posted by: The IPCC at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (i14TE)

158 I should have said 8-10 pts. GOP minimum as upstate is higher than that.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (E4rtv)

159 Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. Read her litany. Its lovely. Gate of Heaven. Morning Star. Tower of Ivory.

Posted by: Vivi at May 21, 2026 10:41 AM (jC0jb)

160 Naturally, instead of just admitting it was a load of crap, they now claim their previous heroic efforts are what really saved the planet.


---------

They did such a good job that they threw the entire planet into a looming ice age.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 10:41 AM (/aIhy)

161 I had this earlier in another thread but it may have been overlooked. Revolutinary soldiers reburied with military honors in NY State:

https://tinyurl.com/2j552b4f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:42 AM (n3VHW)

162 So sunlight passes thru CO2 and then hit the ground.
The radiant sunlight at 1000X less than direct sunlight my the CO2 so excited it expands and contain even more heat.
And somehow the radiant heat finds those 400 CO2 molecule out of the 1 Billion other air molecules.

ok

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:42 AM (/+uur)

163 They did such a good job that they threw the entire planet into a looming ice age.
Posted by: Cicero

I thought it was the Pope's blessing of that chunk of ice that did that.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

164 But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.

Those same studies claimed massive reductions in fossil fuel use were required to stop those projections.

Those reductions never happened. There was a decrease in the rate of increase of western nations, but China went balls to the wall on building coal plants.

And another point, occasionally there were moderates that argued we needed smaller reductions and the problems from GW while real where much smaller then claimed - every single one of these people were called lying liars being paid by Exxon by the Global Warmists.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 10:44 AM (sKqQm)

165 @ 162 So sunlight passes thru CO2 and then hit the ground.
The radiant sunlight at 1000X less than direct sunlight my the CO2 so excited it expands and contain even more heat.
And somehow the radiant heat finds those 400 CO2 molecule out of the 1 Billion other air molecules. ok
__________________________________

'Radiant heat' is just a LOT smarter than that 'NON-radiant' competitor heat. And it had a better marketing team also too.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ayRl+)

166 They broke the legs of the thieves so that they suffocated.
David wrote that they would be no brokens bones of the Lamb.
The soldier pierced Jesus with the spear to prove he was dead and could be buried before the High Sabbath.
Passover I believe.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:45 AM (/+uur)

167 Tallarico has a Canadian GF


hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:46 AM (/+uur)

168 Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ

I started out with no religious background, but attended Quaker meeting as a kid. I was baptized as an adult in my twenties into the RCC

And before the arguments and dismissals start , I have something else to do now.

Have a good day, everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:46 AM (n3VHW)

169 That's nothing. Talarico's uncle works at Nintendo.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:47 AM (gKWVE)

170 How can they build the ballroom and delay building what's beneath it? Architecturally?
Posted by: gKWVE


My understanding is the underground is already built. It's just getting major upgrades.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 10:47 AM (gKquL)

171 I have found a video channel where they dress capybaras with tiny hawaiian shirts and I'm not sure why any other form of visual media is necessary now. This is the pinnacle. We're done.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (3uBP9)

172 Whatever church 'doctrine' might be, I've always regarded Mary as a bringer and vessel of life and light on every level.

Posted by: JTB at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (yTvNw)

173 There is a big difference in Catholic Doctrine between hyperdulia and latria.

Only the ignorant and the evil blur that distinction.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (SOF+/)

174 His dad has an excellent tool box
hes a television repair man

GF name is Georgia Glass

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (/+uur)

175 I have found a video channel where they dress capybaras with tiny hawaiian shirts and I'm not sure why any other form of visual media is necessary now. This is the pinnacle. We're done.

Are you aware we also have water skiing squirrels?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 10:49 AM (sKqQm)

176 To keep things in a (cough*cough) relatively 'normal' perspective, let us Reason Together and listen to the WhizDumb put forth by Mr Robert Zimmerman (a/k/a 'Bob Dylan') in 'Highway 61 Revisited' …

"Well, Mac the Finger said to Louie the King
I got ten thousand red, white, and blue shoe strings;
And ten thousand telephones that will not ring
Tell me, man, where I can get rid of these things."

And Louie the King said "Lemme think for a minute, son'
Then said "I think it can be easily done!
Just take EVERYTHING down to
Highway SIXTY-one!" …

(Louie was right, y' know … Hwy 61 has EVERYthing …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:50 AM (ayRl+)

177 The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.
--
Under the well-established "Biden Precedent" Trump can take money from any other program and fund the basement.

And, realistically, there is--and will be--nothing the Senate Dems can do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 10:50 AM (73/SM)

178 James Martin (SJ) calls Stephen Colbert "one of today's best Catholic evangelists".
James Martin is otherwise famous for founding Outreach, which aims to normalize LBGT in the Church.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:51 AM (gKWVE)

179 In F451 walls of living room are 1 giant screen of video.
Most shows are just a video of people doing nothing in THEIR video living room.
And people watch it for days on end.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:51 AM (/+uur)

180 I can think of something the Senators can do.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:51 AM (gKWVE)

181 Bow before us!

Posted by: Capybaras dressed in tiny hawaiian shirts at May 21, 2026 10:52 AM (2Ez/1)

182 But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.
---
30+ years of their "computer" models.

And not one was accurate.

That's not science by scientists--that's proselyting by religious zealots.
Watchtower pamphlets have a better track record of predictions.

So now the thieving crooks are moving to "but our intent was good."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 10:53 AM (73/SM)

183 @ 180 I can think of something the Senators can do.
_____________________________

Welllllllll … !? Are you gonna keep that information to yourself?
Enquiring Minds 'n all that, y' know …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:54 AM (ayRl+)

184 Yesterday's House committee meeting on SPLC fraud revealed that it deemed the Roman Catholic Catechism as hate speech.

Posted by: Vivi at May 21, 2026 10:54 AM (jC0jb)

185 Yesterday's House committee meeting on SPLC fraud revealed that it deemed the Roman Catholic Catechism as hate speech.

Publicly stating Christian doctrine in EU or CA can get you jail time

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 10:55 AM (sKqQm)

186 So now the thieving crooks are moving to "but our intent was good."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 10:53 AM (73/SM)

CSL
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:55 AM (/+uur)

187 Morn' all... What's new ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 10:56 AM (9fiuq)

188 184 Yesterday's House committee meeting on SPLC fraud revealed that it deemed the Roman Catholic Catechism as hate speech.
Posted by: Vivi at May 21, 2026 10:54 AM (jC0jb)

And people that attended School Board Meeting were criminals and seditionist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:56 AM (/+uur)

189 You have to embiggen to see the wound. It's more of a scratch.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 10:57 AM (gtcuf)

190 >>> Morn' all... What's new ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 10:56 AM (9fiuq)


Capybaras dressed in tiny hawaiian shirts

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:58 AM (3uBP9)

191 Those shirts can't be too small. Capybaras are the largest living rodents.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

192 .
Noodus Rantus

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 21, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

193 But think about the climate change scam:

30+ years ago they trotted out their computer models.

Modeled on computers that'd be, maybe, a good cell phone today.

But, they demanded all of society be re-ordered, trillions of costs in regulations and laws, freedoms and rights curtailed, based on those models.

And, after 30 years of data and 30 years of computing power increases--with not one model confirmed:

They still stand by the original models.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:01 AM (73/SM)

194 "Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.
Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

Posted by: Winston Churchill at May 21, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

195 You can tell he didn't use cheerleaders as models, since none of the elbows are pointy and it was the 16th century (but mostly from the lack of pointy elbows).

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 11:13 AM (Sy6m/)

196 159 Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. Read her litany. Its lovely. Gate of Heaven. Morning Star. Tower of Ivory.
Posted by: Vivi at May 21,

I spent today at St Peters Basilica and the Vatican. The Pietra is a standout amongst amazing standouts And the 35000 or so others who were also there were inspiring. Even if they are not all Christian, its taking a step toward the truth.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Hb+bW)

197 I am so jealous of your experience LASue. Michaelangelo started the Pieta when he was 23 and finished when he was 25. Nobody at the time believed someone so young could have created such a thing, so he snuck back in and signed his name on the strap of her bodice: "Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, was making this."

He included his hometown since folks said the maker had to be Roman, ), he wrote "was making" to echo a tradition used by ancient Greek master sculptors like Apelles. It subtly implied that the artwork was an ongoing, imperfect process that could never truly match the ideal image the artist held in his mind.

Yes, I'm a fan.

Posted by: vivi at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (OFw3k)

The Morning Report — 5/ 21/26

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Good morning kids, and apologies in advance, as it's going to be another one of those nothing but scum on parade posts to whet your appetite or induce projectile vomiting before or during your breakfast. On a positive note, President Donald Trump despite the ongoing muddied and muddled state of affairs with Iran has done more to bring about peace and security in service to our real national interests than perhaps any president since Ronald Reagan if not since the end of the Second World War. Finally, after 66 years it looks as if the Socialist hellhole of an island gulag, Cuba might actually be on the brink of at least overthrowing the Communist dictatorship and breathing free once again. Certainly removing the Maduro regime in Venezuela as well as severely crippling their Iranian benefactors have brought Cuba to the verge of liberation.

With that , President Trump has issued an arrest warrant for Raul Castro, for his involvement in international terrorism and narco-trafficking.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government. President Donald Trump has set a calamitous energy blockade on the island and has been threatening military action ever since U.S. forces captured the Cuban government’s longtime patron, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. . . Top Communist Party leader praises Raúl Castro, says Cubans will defend his legacy ‘at any cost’ . . . Cuban president condemns Castro indictment

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the indictment of Raúl Castro and accused the U.S. of lying and manipulating the events of 1996. He called it “a political action without any legal basis” that only seeks to “bolster the case they are fabricating to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba.”

The question is how are we going to actually slap the cuffs on him, since as with Nicolas Maduro it would obviously entail some form of military action. While the operation in Venezuela that led to his apprehension was minimal and textbook, Attempting the same in Cuba might be much more problematic. This is a smart military blog after all so I'll leave it to the commenters here who have given us that reputation to discuss how best to bring about Castro's capture and the downfall of the regime as quickly and neatly as possible.

And with that, we now come to scumbag number one for the day:

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) discussed possible legal action against Raul Castro and said that “Legal accountability is critical. And, by the way, the Trump administration people may think about that as they undertake illegal wars and illegal actions, for example, the double-tap strike on the two individuals, the drug runners who were clinging to a sinking boat.” And “It is possible that Raul Castro undertook criminal activities, not a concept that would be entirely foreign to the occupant of the Oval Office himself.”

Yeah, nice subtle way to slander our President while weeping for the criminals poisoning our people, you degenerate filth. And with that we slide right into the next greasy shitstain on society.

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” political commentator Stacey Abrams said Democrats have to “fight back against” President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian regime.” . . . Abrams said, “Well, Ana, that’s the work that I’m doing with the 10 Steps Campaign. We are fighting to show that Democrats and people who believe in democracy can fight back against an authoritarian regime that is doing everything in its power to create harm and chaos. I’m here right now because we believe that in Georgia and across the country, the — the false incarceration of families and children show that we have to stand up for and defend our people, that we can have safe borders without denying the humanity of the people that we serve. And so what Democrats have to do in Georgia and across the country is actually fight. We have to show that we will make certain that democracy delivers . .

That Democrats deliver fake ballots by the tractor-trailer load like they did in 2020 as well as real bullets like in Butler Pa, and at synagogues, churches, pregnancy crisis enters and schools by transexual maniacs and others. . .

As a not unrelated aside, it turns out that theSan Diego Mosque gunmen weren't exactly the islamophobes the Democrat/Leftist/Media/Propagand complex painted them out to be!

The obligatory mass-shooter manifesto has been recovered in the wake of Monday’s San Diego mosque shooting carried out by two teenage losers, and predictably, it is a testament of nihilistic rage directed at just about everybody and everything.
Apparently the truth can be ignored, because this is an absurd smear. There is no “state-funded demonization of Muslim Americans.” The San Diego mosque shooting notwithstanding, there is no climate of “anti-Muslim bigotry” in America. There is no such thing as Islamophobia, the “irrational fear of Islam.” There most certainly is, however, a growing, justifiable frustration among American patriots who are fed up with surging Islamic supremacism, Islamic antisemitism, the demonstrable threat of spreading sharia, and outright Islamic terrorism not only in this country but throughout the Western world.
Based on their own statements in the manifesto, the Jew-haters Clark and Vasquez were more likely to attack a synagogue than a mosque; in fact, the manifesto confirms that they hoped to have opportunities to hit “a diverse selection of targets,” but proximity may have prompted them to target the Islamic Center of San Diego first (it’s in the same neighborhood as the house where Clark lived).

Psaki-Psircling back to Tank Abrams, it's noxious blathering like her oral flatus that drives maniacs like the ones in San Diego which was a one-off of extreme rarity, compared to Leftist violence (and the San Diego duo are freaks who have been disowned by everyone on our side of the divide, although that is never reported of course) which is praised and even sanctioned by Democrats and Leftists at every level of influence...

And with that, it brings us to our final emetic of the day:

Two police officers who defended the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to block a new $1.8 billion Justice Department compensation fund designed to provide relief to Americans the administration says were targeted by politically motivated Biden-era prosecutions.
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges filed suit this week against President Donald Trump, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, claiming the administration lacks the authority to establish what critics have labeled an “anti-weaponization” fund without congressional approval.The lawsuit argues the fund could ultimately compensate some January 6 defendants and members of “paramilitary groups,” with the officers warning it could embolden political violence.

I imagine somewhere up in Heaven, Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland are looking down and shrieking "you bastards can go straight to Hell!!!"

I know I am. And hopefully the murdeous Michael Byrd, who executed n unarmed and harmless, Ms. Babbitt in cold blood, will descend to a fiery damnation before too long, having escaped justice in this world, aided and abetted by a system that enabled the murder of those women and the persecution and ruination of hundreds of other decent American citizens on that black day. What happened on 1/6 was engineered by and/or approved by none other than Malig-Nancy Pelosi herself. Her complicity or dereliction of duty in the proper deployment of the Capitol Police and refusal to allow National Guard Troops to secure the area resulted in the chaos and indeed she used that as pretext to declare an insurrection wanting to use it as a political weapon with which to destroy President Trump and indeed all political opposition to the Democrat Party if not to seize power with her bony claws and never let go.

Along with their aiding and abetting the Dresdenization of America's cities during the summer of 2020, the events of that black day of 1/6 underscores the lack of trust in law enforcement and our justice system — not only by those who become "involved" with it but by ordinary law-abiding Americans who want nothing more than to be left alone to go about their lives and whose taxes have paid for their own abuse, at the hands of said corrupt justice system and of course by an out of control bureaucracy.

Okay, I'm exhausted.

¡Cuba Libre!

Have a good day.


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1 An authoritarian is anybody who tells a leftist 'No'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

2 \0/ First!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

3 Good Morning

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)

4 I'm just here for the breakfast

Posted by: MkY at May 21, 2026 07:12 AM (q6tQZ)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 07:13 AM (jehhT)

6 I saw Greasy Shitstain On Society open for It's a Beautiful Day at the Odeon in 1971.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at May 21, 2026 07:14 AM (oftw2)

7 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

8 "our final emetic of the day"

The day is yet quite young for such bold predictions.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:16 AM (N8ZBc)

9 Mornin’ Hordites!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 07:16 AM (ewuvP)

10 “ I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.”

John 10:9

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 07:16 AM (h/6op)

11 I see that Alberta is finding out that you can vote your way in, but you gotta shoot your way out.
I doubt they have the nerve to do anything so drastic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (TH/2I)

12 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (kmSxS)

13 Top 20! And it's still not Friday yet.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (+4yJ5)

14 Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)

I heard a rumor that Jim Himes was a pederast that enjoyed gerbils up his ass...

Now, that rumor may not be true, but hey, if Harry Reid can go with rumors, so can I.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (ynpvh)

15 I see this video clip of a cvck bleating how damaging to 'American' communities remigration could be.

His stat? 20% of Fairfax County, VA could get deported.

Roll out the ICE agents and make it so!

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (2GVsD)

16 15 I see this video clip of a cvck bleating how damaging to 'American' communities remigration could be.

His stat? 20% of Fairfax County, VA could get deported.

Roll out the ICE agents and make it so!

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (2GVsD)

There's at least one Congresscritter that needs deporting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:18 AM (ynpvh)

17

"Well I heard they castrated Castro because he was the peoples' friend! What a dirty lowdown thing to do to mess him up like that!"

- - Nick Lowe, 1977

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 21, 2026 07:18 AM (x0n13)

18 This is a smart military blog after all so I'll leave it to the commenters here who have given us that reputation to discuss how best to bring about Castro's capture and the downfall of the regime as quickly and neatly as possible.

Certainly not my purview, as I have no mil background, but I wonder how able their armed forces are at this time?

Maybe we could slip in and grab him. He needs to hang, old or not. Someone has to be punished for what they did to Cuba. Does our blockade preclude any escape to a safe country?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 07:19 AM (1Ff7Z)

19 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

20 Arrest warrant for one of the Castro Clan?

So, does that mean another Delta Force Navy Seals Tom Clancy style Snatch 'N' Grab?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Good morning Horde, thanks JJ.
The yutes rioted in Long Branch NJ yesterday. This follows Rochester and Rhode Island (three stabbed) . Hate to say it but Scott Adams was spot on

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:20 AM (gu0hJ)

22 20 Arrest warrant for one of the Castro Clan?

So, does that mean another Delta Force Navy Seals Tom Clancy style Snatch 'N' Grab?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)



I was hoping they'd do that to that evil Joanne Chesimard for years and now she's roasting in Hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 21, 2026 07:20 AM (x0n13)

23 Ahmadinejad has been an ardent anti-U.S. critic, according to public statements that he made in the past.
US, Israel Reportedly Floated Installing Ex-Iranian President As New Leader
=====

Laughable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

24 Emetize the eschaton.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:21 AM (N8ZBc)

25 fox news:

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other Democrats responded to a Democratic congressional candidate's "antisemitic" rant about jailing and castrating "American Zionists" by attempting to shift the blame to Republicans.

After progressive Democrat Maureen Galindo stirred up a firestorm of controversy for pledging to open a "prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers," Jeffries and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said in a joint statement that "MAGA extremists should be ashamed of themselves."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 07:22 AM (CWTWj)

26 So those two kids that shot folks at the mosque here in San Diego (well, one was an adult), were incels...

They hated:
Jews
Women
gays
trans
Blacks
Immigrants
Islam
Trump
Maga supporters

Apparently in that order...well, geez, no hatred of Dems or the Left...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:22 AM (ynpvh)

27 His stat? 20% of Fairfax County, VA could get deported.

I'm already onboard with the idea. You don't need to sell it to me.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 07:24 AM (+4yJ5)

28 It's very telling watching the pathetic old leftists still defending the Cuban communist regime. They can't let go of their long held beliefs despite the fact the Cuban people are starving and without electricity.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:24 AM (gu0hJ)

29 Inexplicably, top Trump administration officials are also validating the former crackhead first son’s outrageous lie that he was prosecuted only because he was Joe Biden’s son.

Because he was Joe Biden's son, he was not prosecuted for all his crimes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:24 AM (ynpvh)

30 "Ahmadinejad has been an ardent anti-U.S. critic, according to public statements that he made in the past.
US, Israel Reportedly Floated Installing Ex-Iranian President As New Leader"

That's coming mainly from pokEstan and the new yawk slimes.

So, okay!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 07:24 AM (zBgIx)

31 thank you, as always, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 21, 2026 07:24 AM (VyBeY)

32 gnats local 678


If we disregarded the DEM leadership lies, and did not broadcast them, we would be them.

But we mock them for being fools.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

33 21 Good morning Horde, thanks JJ.
The yutes rioted in Long Branch NJ yesterday. This follows Rochester and Rhode Island (three stabbed) . Hate to say it but Scott Adams was spot on
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:20 AM
------
"yutes" means black.

In case you didn't know.

Posted by: AP Style Guide, page 2 at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

34 I hope that story about Ahmedinajab is fake, because that would be beyond idiotic if true. It would be like saying “let’s get rid of Hitler, and invite Goebbels to be leader instead!”

Well it’s the Daily Caller. Probably fake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (TH/2I)

35 How does John Thune sleep at night knowing what a useless carbuncle he is on the body politic?

Does he lie awake at night wondering why he should get out of bed?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

36 At WSJ: "Inside Israel’s High-Tech Campaign to Kill or Capture Every Oct. 7 Attacker"

Paywalled, but sounds good to me!

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (N8ZBc)

37 24 Emetize the eschaton.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:21 AM (N8ZBc)

I threw up in my mouth a little bit on that one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (ynpvh)

38 35 How does John Thune sleep at night knowing what a useless carbuncle he is on the body politic?

Does he lie awake at night wondering why he should get out of bed?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

He feeds at the trough like the rest of the congressional pigs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:26 AM (ynpvh)

39 San Franpsycho

Like others in the GOPe, he counts his money, and feels like an influential leader.

Mitch says:


Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

40 His stat? 20% of Fairfax County, VA could get deported."

And?

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 07:27 AM (XuXeR)

41 McClintock “mentioned twice that the ranking member misled, deceived, and lied to this committee,” Johnson continued, making the argument that impugning the words of a committee member violates the rules of decorum.

Then let Raskin step forward and prove that he did not mislead, lie or deceive the committee. Simple solution.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 07:27 AM (+4yJ5)

42 They can't let go of their long held beliefs despite the fact the Cuban people are starving and without electricity.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

They will argue that the Cuban people have a lower obesity rate than Americans and are using green energy.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 07:28 AM (+4yJ5)

43 I don't think the fund for DOJ victims will last too long without multiple lawsuits. Comey has hinted he will apply and if his application is denied then - bam - here comes the lawsuit. That will be the whole point of his application of course.

Posted by: The Sanhedrin at May 21, 2026 07:28 AM (+9A0s)

44 Don't take Chesimard if you're allergic to Chesimard.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at May 21, 2026 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)

45 Maybe I just don't understand, but who thought it would be a good idea to have the Pakistani's as mediators in the Iran war?

Nobody else qualified?

I think they're every bit the problem Iran/IRGC is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 07:29 AM (jehhT)

46 Thune fumes about Trump endorsing Ken Paxton

Is he having the vapors?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:29 AM (ynpvh)

47 Emetize the eschaton."

Or the escutcheon?

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 07:30 AM (XuXeR)

48 Is he having the vapors?"

Is he Turning Japanese?

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 07:30 AM (XuXeR)

49 ImADinnerJacket is still around? Who knew?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

50 I heard that the V3 Starship will launch today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

51 The Mosque Shooters’ Manifesto

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We definitely know the motive here. Yes sirree Bob. No ambiguity involved.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 07:32 AM (ndZc7)

52 If you smell Thune fumes in your house, call a plumber right away. Exposure can be dangerous.

Posted by: Public Service Announcement at May 21, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

53 Everything and everybody babbling about Iran and what's going to happen or who is doing what or what is going where or who is diddling who are wrong. Just a lot of blah blah blah to show what big brains they have and how important they are.

Posted by: Balloon Juice at May 21, 2026 07:33 AM (K1Mmf)

54 Martini Farmer

Pakistan moved a squadron of their best fighter jet to Saudi Arabia to defend that Kingdom.

Looks like the Saudi's called in a debt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

55 Apparently Trump said he'd support Cornyn if Thune got the SAVE act passed . He didn't, so no ticky no laundry.
Thune is so immune to challenges in SD that he doesn't have to negotiate. Bad move

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:34 AM (gu0hJ)

56 Everything and everybody babbling about Iran"

Imma going out on a limb and say that 95% of the population doesn't give a rat's furry behind...

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 07:34 AM (XuXeR)

57 52 If you smell Thune fumes in your house, call a plumber right away. Exposure can be dangerous.

Posted by: Public Service Announcement at May 21, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

I think Home Depot sells a detector for that...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:35 AM (ynpvh)

58 Smell the Glove

We, the pragmatic base, will remember.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

59 Abrams said, “Well, Ana, that’s the work that I’m doing with the 10 Steps Campaign.

2 steps longer than her trips to the fridge.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 07:35 AM (/+uur)

60 "The lawsuit argues the fund could ultimately compensate some January 6 defendants and members of “paramilitary groups,” with the officers warning it could embolden political violence."

SPLC has been doing that for years, apparently...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 07:36 AM (nbLIj)

61
Europe is the ‘jungle’ now. No garden left to speak of.
Irrelevant Europe

___________

Angela Merkel is tied for second (with Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg) as the worst chancellor in German history.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:36 AM (HdYcL)

62 Looks like the Saudi's called in a debt.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)
====

Their mutual defense pact is not even 2 years old.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

63 r hennigantx

Somewhere in Africa is a village that needs the food in Abram's house.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

64 Gen Z ignorance about V-E Day signifies a broader effort to erase England’s past.
Why Young Britons Don’t Know Their History

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Body of Hurricane pilot killed in May 1940 and found still strapped into his plane buried with full honors.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s7rI4JDb6m4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 07:37 AM (ndZc7)

65 San Franpsycho

Our intel people will get a good look at those jets, operational data, and the pilots.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

66 Make syllables great again!

Posted by: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg at May 21, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

67 "I threw up in my mouth a little bit on that one"

While out at garage sales, I saw a misspelled sign, and I immediately realized that 'to garge' was the perfect verb to stand for 'to throw up in mouth a little bit.'

Example: "Schlitz makes me garge sometimes, but I'll miss that when it's gone."

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:39 AM (N8ZBc)

68 Europe is the ‘jungle’ now.

-
Whoa, I thought it was a nightmare
Lord, it's all so true
They told me "Don't go walkin' slow
The Devil's on the loose"
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Whoa, don't look back to see

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 07:39 AM (ndZc7)

69 They buried the whole plane?

Posted by: Wow at May 21, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Democrats are not angry about what Galindo said. They are upset she said it publicly.

Democrats strategy has always been to hide who they really are.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 07:40 AM (yxIEu)

71 Wow

Nay. He was in the cockpit of a buried plane, which augured in after being shot down. He was removed and buried with full military honours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

72 If you smell Thune fumes in your house, call a plumber right away. Exposure can be dangerous.
Posted by: Public Service Announcement at May 21, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Get the Thunderstorm Air Purifier for your home or office...guaranteed to rid the air of tobacco, stinky fish, mold, mildew and the occasional leftist like Michael Moore or John Thune ass smell. Get yours today!

Posted by: Chris Plante at May 21, 2026 07:42 AM (K1Mmf)

73 South Carolina House Passes Redistricted Midterms Map.

--

Still needing to pass the SC Senate where the majority leader recently said, gosh, we can't do that...it will leave us without a vibrant Communist/Democrat party!

Will the redrawn map wind up on McMaster's desk?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

74 Damn MAGAts!

https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39b

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 07:45 AM (ndZc7)

75 "...and the occasional leftist like Michael Moore or John Thune ass smell. Get yours today!"
++++
Heh. Big Chris Plante fan.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)

76 How can these officers possibly have standing to sue the administration over payouts?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 07:46 AM (XV/Pl)

77 herbert hoover: two cars in every garage, two chickens in every pot

stacey abrams: two refrigerators in every room

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 07:46 AM (CWTWj)

78 Thune needs to have his majority leader title yanked out from under him...like yesterday. He's exactly what is wrong with our so-called representatives. South Dakota, can't you crowbar this useless jerk out?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

79 @77 Stacey Abrams: two chickens in my gut

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:48 AM (gu0hJ)

80 16 15 I see this video clip of a cvck bleating how damaging to 'American' communities remigration could be.

His stat? 20% of Fairfax County, VA could get deported.

Roll out the ICE agents and make it so!

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 07:17 AM (2GVsD)

There's at least one Congresscritter that needs deporting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:18 AM (ynpvh)

It's not damaging. 20% live with someone deportable. That means, at most, probably 5% are deportable. With housing prices here, it would be a blessing if they worked on that 5% to bring relief to the housing market. Maybe a few extra % go back with the deportable one, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 07:49 AM (tOcjL)

81 re 70: the carville rule

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 07:49 AM (CWTWj)

82 White supremacy!

https://tinyurl.com/3885k6dv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 07:50 AM (ndZc7)

83 74 Damn MAGAts!

https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
+++
That's a VERY GOOD ad.
But help me out. Is that AI, or are those real actors?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)

84 26 So those two kids that shot folks at the mosque here in San Diego (well, one was an adult), were incels...

They hated:
Jews
Women
gays
trans
Blacks
Immigrants
Islam
Trump
Maga supporters

Apparently in that order...well, geez, no hatred of Dems or the Left...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 07:22 AM (ynpvh)

High chance that they were 764.

Posted by: XTC at May 21, 2026 07:51 AM (6Uni8)

85 SC passed the redistricting map. Bye-bye Clyburn. There will be much performative dancing and speechifying amongst the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:51 AM (gu0hJ)

86 Wow… VDH sure wipes out (thoroughly, elegantly and politely) Graham Ellison’s Thucydides Trap argument in that linked essay…. That was an intellectual mauling. Ellison might want to think twice the next time he feels like making a public statement about the Pelloponesian war…. Great piece

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 21, 2026 07:52 AM (cq1gA)

87 Still want to see if the SD shooters were on prescription meds. Would explain a lot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:52 AM (gu0hJ)

88 78 Thune needs to have his majority leader title yanked out from under him...like yesterday. He's exactly what is wrong with our so-called representatives. South Dakota, can't you crowbar this useless jerk out?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

...........

I did my part last time he was up for reelection. I actually voted for the D that was running against him. I was fed up with him even back then.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 21, 2026 07:53 AM (j/yko)

89 https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39

I saw this ad and have been reflecting on it.

I find the behavior it illustrates very disturbing. It shows people who have been cowed and terrorized into submission. They are too frightened to be honest about their opinions, because they have been programmed to a culture that says one side is not just different, but immoral, outside the so-called Overton Window, when in fact there is no truth to that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

90 Ellison might want to think"

Ok, that's funny right there.

Posted by: man at May 21, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

91 Tank Abrams ROFL!! Your the best JJ !!

Posted by: Jonah at May 21, 2026 07:54 AM (YCxFk)

92 Stacey Abrams is not allowed east of Macon, lest she affect the tides in Savannah and Brunswick. Messes with the container ports something fierce.

Posted by: Three Stooges In Orbit at May 21, 2026 07:55 AM (oftw2)

93 "https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39"

I get 404 on that one.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:55 AM (N8ZBc)

94 Why does my fat gut feel, that John Roberts will want to protect Clyburne and DK that map

Posted by: Jonah at May 21, 2026 07:55 AM (YCxFk)

95 "There will be much performative dancing and speechifying..."

+++
It's what we do.

Posted by: Members of the World's Greatest Deliberative Body at May 21, 2026 07:55 AM (2Ez/1)

96 San Franpsycho

The ad hits home because that is known behavior. See the cancel culture from the Left.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

97 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 21, 2026 07:52 AM (cq1gA)

You mean Graham Allison

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

98 Trade Raúl for 200 barrels of oil.

Posted by: CapeFear at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (0pfnO)

99 Like Barney Fife.

Trump Declares That Iran Gets “One Shot” to Make a Deal With Him

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (ndZc7)

100 The ad hits home because that is known behavior. See the cancel culture from the Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)
===

Agreee but it is disturbing to see the sad effectiveness of decades of cultural programming that conservatism is "bad"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

101 gp
add a b to the end of the URL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

102 Morning all. Did Barney Fag die?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (gKquL)

103 VDH takedown of Ellison is calm and brilliant. I might add that there is also the distinct possibility that China will collapse from within before an "inevitable" war with the USA

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (gu0hJ)

104 Try this instead:
https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39b

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

105 If you are OK with Jan. 6th insurrectionist getting reparations then you should be ok with black people getting reparations as well. If billions can be discussed for people claiming political mistreatment over a few recent years, then it should not be outrageous to discuss reparations for generations of legally enforced racial oppression.

why should they get reparations for attempting an insurrection against the United States in order to prevent the lawfully elected president from having his election certified?

Paying the Jan. 6th Capitol Rioters Is a Giant Fucking Signal for MAGA to Do It Again. They’re basically telling MAGA: “If you lose the midterms, go ahead and storm the Capitol again. Smash shit, attack cops, threaten lawmakers, spread chaos…and don’t worry, we got your back.” This isn’t about “justice” or “fairness.” It’s a fucking reward system for political violence.

Anyone defending or otherwise downplaying J6 here will be permanently banned with no appeal.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 21, 2026 07:58 AM (ycI94)

106 San Franpsycho

We can change that with a total replacement of public school systems and new teachers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

107 "add a b to the end of the URL"

That works! I'm going to do that with all my URLs from now on.

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 07:58 AM (N8ZBc)

108 Anyone defending or otherwise downplaying J6 here will be permanently banned with no appeal.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Their appeal just got more ... selective.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

109 RNC needs to message out the fact that there is not one GOP House seat in all of New England. Maine, NH, VT, Conn, RI, and Mass. 19-0. Dems are such hypocrites.

Susan Collins is the only member of congress for 6 states

Posted by: Jonah at May 21, 2026 08:00 AM (YCxFk)

110 gp

LOL. Get used to disappointment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

111 "https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39"

I get 404 on that one.
Posted by: gp

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https://tinyurl.com/z4nep39b

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)

112 Two police officers who defended the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to block a new $1.8 billion Justice Department compensation fund designed to provide relief to Americans the administration says were targeted by politically motivated Biden-era prosecutions.


Discovery is gonna be a bitch.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:00 AM (gKquL)

113 Whoa, I thought it was a nightmare
Lord, it's all so true
They told me "Don't go walkin' slow
The Devil's on the loose"
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Whoa, don't look back to see
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026

***
"Two hundred million guns are loaded --
Satan cries, 'Fair game!'"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 08:01 AM (wzUl9)

114 The better term to use is government schools.

Posted by: Politically Correct Speech for Conservatives at May 21, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)

115 add a b to the end of the URL


URLb

Okay.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:01 AM (gKquL)

116 The "trap" talk is just talking past the sale manipulation bs. Thankfully Trump knows it.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 08:02 AM (UULd1)

117 If you are OK with Jan. 6th insurrectionist getting reparations then you should be ok with black people getting reparations as well. If billions can be discussed for people claiming political mistreatment over a few recent years, then it should not be outrageous to discuss reparations for generations of legally enforced racial oppression.

Sure, if the blacks alive today were slaves, and the Gov't was responsible...As a matter of fact, the Gov't should print up a ton of reparation checks in the names of those that were slaves during the Civil War. Since those people are all dead, do the joss thing and burn the checks so they can enjoy the money in the afterlife (if you're into Asian joss burning)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:02 AM (ynpvh)

118
76 How can these officers possibly have standing to sue the administration over payouts?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 07:46 AM (XV/Pl)

They don’t. They also don’t have a fraction of the resources to do this on their own, which means they’re just cardboard cutout figures for some high dollar anti-Trump org that doesn’t want to put their name on this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:02 AM (TH/2I)

119 Smell the Glove

XI is hurting China more and more. Purges, no successor, more rigid ideological purity for the cadres all are own goals.

He can kill more Chinese than Mao if he decides to try and invade Taiwan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

120 Morning all. Did Barney Fag die?

Yes...I'm dead. No more stealing tax payers money or cornholing my husband or getting a reach around from my congressional pages. Sigh.

Hot down here...uh oh...here comes one of Stan's minions with that pineapple again. Little does he know I like it rammed up my yam chute.

Posted by: Zombie Barney Fag at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (K1Mmf)

121 Graham Allison wrote the essential analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis and established the current paradigm for understanding political decision making. "Essence of Decision"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

122 Anyone defending or otherwise downplaying J6 here will be permanently banned with no appeal.

..................

HAHAHA. They run a tight ship don't they?!

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (j/yko)

123 Mr. Sefton has not covered it, so I doubt that Barney Fwank is really at room temp.

Posted by: All The News That Fits, He Prints at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (oftw2)

124 123 Mr. Sefton has not covered it, so I doubt that Barney Fwank is really at room temp.

Posted by: All The News That Fits, He Prints at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (oftw2)

The gerbil definitely wasn't at room temp.

Posted by: Richard Gere at May 21, 2026 08:05 AM (ynpvh)

125 Salty

I think Xi knows any move on Taiwan will spell the end of the CCP.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

126 If you are OK with Jan. 6th insurrectionist getting reparations then you should be ok with black people getting reparations as well.

Only if any person who gets a reparation check is forever banned from any and all government benefits and they relocate to Liberia.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 08:06 AM (+4yJ5)

127 122 Anyone defending or otherwise downplaying J6 here will be permanently banned with no appeal.

..................

HAHAHA. They run a tight ship don't they?!

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 21, 2026 08:03 AM (j/yko)

Indeed. It was one of the most politically blatant ops carried out by our Government against it's own people in our history. That should NEVER be downplayed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:06 AM (ynpvh)

128 You mean Graham Allison
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

Yes. My typo(s). Thx

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 21, 2026 08:06 AM (nawZ0)

129 Colorado Supreme Court Forces Children’s Hospital to Restart Gender Transition Treatments for Minors

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It's in the dickless clause.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:06 AM (ndZc7)

130 "I imagine somewhere up in Heaven, Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland are looking down and shrieking "you bastards can go straight to Hell!!!""

Ashli Babbitt. RIP.
For reasons beyond my ken, you cannot begin to imagine the incandescent hatred that scum on some other blogs have for her. Psychopaths.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 08:07 AM (5rh/l)

131 Heh. I like the practice of referring to Chy-na as "West Taiwan." Nice little dig.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Still needing to pass the SC Senate where the majority leader recently said, gosh, we can't do that...it will leave us without a vibrant Communist/Democrat party!

Will the redrawn map wind up on McMaster's desk?
Posted by: Lady in Black

Will McDisaster sign it?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 21, 2026 08:07 AM (MpUsd)

133 129 Colorado Supreme Court Forces Children’s Hospital to Restart Gender Transition Treatments for Minors

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It's in the dickless clause.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:06 AM (ndZc7)

It's in the foreskin of the 4th amendment...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:08 AM (ynpvh)

134 San Franpsycho

He may know that, but he does not act like he does.

Getting rid of his most experienced military leaders (who all told him "Do not invade") and not toning down the pace of rearmament to help all the people of China is a tell.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

135 131 Heh. I like the practice of referring to Chy-na as "West Taiwan." Nice little dig.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I was chatting with a guy at my dojo about his military experience. I quietly dropped my voice and asked "Taiwan or China?"
"Taiwan."
"Ah. Real China then."
"Exactly."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 08:08 AM (+4yJ5)

136 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

137 "...then you should be ok with black people getting reparations as well."

--------
Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Antietam battlefield at May 21, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Just a Little More Summer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhVIKhHl2ws
at long long last... at long long last...
the events of a billion years prophesied has come to pass.



LET'S GO BRANDON. MAKE IT HAPPEN!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 21, 2026 08:10 AM (Gqrfp)

139 File under no shit.

Study Finds Rap Music Fans Are Perceived as More Likely to Commit Murder

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)

140 Why is Tank Abram allowed anywhere near the political process? She's just grifting to keep herself in chicken wings and cake.

Posted by: Don Black at May 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

141 @119 NaCly Dog , no doubt their political system is a mess. Their infrastructure is also collapsing. They, at this moment, are having significant flooding and they aren't even in the monsoon season. Their so-called "tofu Dreg" construction is causing a general collapse . Fun times for the Communist government

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)

142 I don't think this Graham Platner guy could be any more noxious than what I've already seen, yet every day proves me wrong as his past statements come out like a tidal wave of pure a$$holery.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

143 135 131 Heh. I like the practice of referring to Chy-na as "West Taiwan." Nice little dig.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I was chatting with a guy at my dojo about his military experience. I quietly dropped my voice and asked "Taiwan or China?"
"Taiwan."
"Ah. Real China then."
"Exactly."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 08:08 AM (+4yJ5)

Red China means Stop. Green China means go.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ynpvh)

144 Mr. Sefton has not covered it, so I doubt that Barney Fwank is really at room temp.
Posted by: All The News That Fits



The gerbil definitely wasn't at room temp.
Posted by: Richard Gere


Unless the heat was set to 98.6.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:12 AM (gKquL)

145 Morning.

I admit, I'm intrigued by the house race between Garcia and Galindo.

Mainly, will Garcia dare make an issue of Galindo's statements about internment camps?

My money says: No.

By the way, it is to laugh when Jeffries and AOC complain about the money supporting Galindo and pointing the finger at the nefarious right wing. Sure thing you dimwits, Most likely, it's someone on your side supplying the cash.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 21, 2026 08:12 AM (UJMvS)

146 144 Mr. Sefton has not covered it, so I doubt that Barney Fwank is really at room temp.
Posted by: All The News That Fits



Funny but on the more than 20 sites I peruse there's not one story covering Barney Fagg dying?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 21, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)

147 You just know that somewhere in her past, mzzzz Galindo was the president of her HOA.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

148 Shut!

Filmmaker Paul Schrader Says His “AI Girlfriend” Dumped Him After Too Many Probing Questions

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:15 AM (ndZc7)

149 >>>The lawsuit argues the fund could ultimately compensate some January 6 defendants and members of “paramilitary groups,” with the officers warning it could embolden political violence.

Like the SPLC and the FBI?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 08:16 AM (dK+Kv)

150 He knows what he did.

Posted by: Paul Schrader's AI girlfriend at May 21, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

151 RNC needs to message out the fact that there is not one GOP House seat in all of New England. Maine, NH, VT, Conn, RI, and Mass. 19-0. Dems are such hypocrites.

Susan Collins is the only member of congress for 6 states
Posted by: Jonah at May 21, 2026 08:00 AM (YCxFk)
*********
Exactly.
Most people have no clue about this and are thinking the Republicans started this.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

152 Funny but on the more than 20 sites I peruse there's not one story covering Barney Fagg dying?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Old Faggs never die, they just fade away.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:17 AM (ndZc7)

153 147 You just know that somewhere in her past, mzzzz Galindo was the president of her HOA.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Also in her past is an ex-husband happy to be free of her.

Posted by: Even If She Is A Sex Therapist at May 21, 2026 08:18 AM (oftw2)

154 The officers protesting J6 compensation got how much compensation themselves for said protesting?

It's not because they've got any sort of principles.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 08:18 AM (jehhT)

155 Funny but on the more than 20 sites I peruse there's not one story covering Barney Fagg dying?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton



Bing search results:

https://tinyurl.com/43ectss8

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:21 AM (gKquL)

156 Texas, it's our turn to prove that the GOP's 'old guard' Bushes is finished

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)

157
Schrader's reduced to boring machines now?

Posted by: Auspex at May 21, 2026 08:21 AM (Y8DZL)

158 I still laugh when I think of Massachusetts governor Lesbian Healey threatening Republicans with redistricting in Massachusetts. They have nine Congress critters all Dems. Mass is completely gerrymandered, as its former governor Elbridge Gerry would appreciate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)

159 Funny but on the more than 20 sites I peruse there's not one story covering Barney Fagg dying?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 21, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)

What’s funny is that yesterday’s leftists mean absolutely nothing to today’s radicals, especially if they’re white. Barney Frank is now just a punchline to a Henny Youngman joke, and they don’t know who he is, either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:23 AM (TH/2I)

160 "Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC"

https://tinyurl.com/5xmmnxu7

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

161 Funny but on the more than 20 sites I peruse there's not one story covering Barney Fagg dying?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 21, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)

It was a center page article on The Liberty Daily all day yesterday. But did not mention that his partner ran the best homo gay prostitute ring in Boston.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 08:23 AM (/+uur)

162 There's a Schrader valve joke in here somewhere.

Posted by: Car guy at May 21, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

163 Owner of San Diego’s ‘Trump House’ fighting for his life after brutal attack
By Daniel Farr
Published May 20, 2026, 7:35 p.m. PT

A man known around Escondido for covering his home with Trump flags and MAGA memorabilia was reportedly left fighting for his life Wednesday after a brutal attack erupted outside the infamous “Trump House.”

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

164 redridinghood

How is this even news? We knew.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

165 Texas, it's our turn to prove that the GOP's 'old guard' Bushes is finished
fixed it
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)

Stay Out Da Bushes!

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson, Racist Jew Hater at May 21, 2026 08:25 AM (K1Mmf)

166 Rush Limbaugh got a lot of mileage out of Barney Frank.
And no, that's not code for anything.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

167 I'm sending $25 to AIPAC today to thank them for getting rid of Thomas Massie. Thank you AIPAC!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

168 Politics & Poll Tracker
@PollTracker2024
Punchbowl News: Speaker Mike Johnson says he doesn’t know where Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ) is and hasn’t spoken to him in a “few weeks”
(Tom Kean was just seen in public on March 5)

-
He taking a little vacation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:27 AM (ndZc7)

169
Exactly.
Most people have no clue about this and are thinking the Republicans started this.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

The Left thinks its history started yesterday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 08:27 AM (HdYcL)

170 158 I still laugh when I think of Massachusetts governor Lesbian Healey threatening Republicans with redistricting in Massachusetts. They have nine Congress critters all Dems. Mass is completely gerrymandered, as its former governor Elbridge Gerry would appreciate
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)

It points out the best part of their “outrage” - Ref states can do it because they haven’t been responding to what the Blue states were doing before now. The Left is shrieking that they’ll retaliate, but they’ve already milked that cow for all they can get.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:27 AM (TH/2I)

171 Funny but on the more than 20 sites I peruse there's not one story covering Barney Fagg dying?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

He dumped on the Democrat party near his end and they made him a non-person.

Old story.

Posted by: Auspex at May 21, 2026 08:27 AM (Y8DZL)

172 163: Goodness. If liberals were any more tolerant and peaceful, things would get really bloody.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 08:28 AM (+4yJ5)

173 "Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC"


===


you go girl!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

174
He taking a little vacation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:27 AM (ndZc7)

We had a problem. And there was nothin' we could do about it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 08:28 AM (HdYcL)

175 165 Texas, it's our turn to prove that the GOP's 'old guard' Bushes is finished
fixed it
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)

Stay Out Da Bushes!

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson, Racist Jew Hater at May 21, 2026 08:25 AM (K1Mmf)

A bush in the hand is worth more that two in the birds?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:29 AM (ynpvh)

176 Barney Frank is now just a punchline to a Henny Youngman joke, and they don’t know who he is, either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:23 AM (TH/2I)

Take my rentboy, please?

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 08:30 AM (UULd1)

177 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)
*******
Sadly, I have a close relative that voted for Trump twice, always votes Republican and follows Nick Fuentes and Tucker.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

178 Tom Kean and Frederica Wilson ran off together. It's scandalous!

Posted by: DC Wash at May 21, 2026 08:31 AM (oftw2)

179 160 "Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC"

https://tinyurl.com/5xmmnxu7
Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

You mean to say that he’s now openly backing the people who’ve been paying him all along? Quelle Surprise !

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:31 AM (TH/2I)

180 Joey Jones reenlisted. Hegseth swore him in.

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:31 AM (GD0B3)

181 160 "Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC"

https://tinyurl.com/5xmmnxu7
Posted by: redridinghood

So...the parties flipped, and racist Nazis are officially Democrats again? That's how it works, right?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 21, 2026 08:32 AM (JCZqz)

182 We had a problem. And there was nothin' we could do about it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 08:28 AM (HdYcL)
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It is what it is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

183 You mean to say that he’s now openly backing the people who’ve been paying him all along? Quelle Surprise !

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That is so unexpected ! A creature that voted for kramala a and encouraged all to vote for kramala, will back democrats! Is there anything AIPAC can't do ?

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:33 AM (GD0B3)

184 I would think that Castro would be seized if there are people throughout the commie regime that are ready to betray it.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 08:34 AM (3uBP9)

185 Jonathan Bush is running for Maine governor. The primary is 6/9, and there are 7-8 others in race. He's old man Bush's nephew. Doubt he'll get the Somali vote

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:34 AM (gu0hJ)

186 Today is End Of The World Day and Rapture Day.

End of the World Day on May 21, commemorates the day when the apocalypse was to happen in 2011.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

187 You mean to say that he’s now openly backing the people who’ve been paying him all along? Quelle Surprise !

====

That is so unexpected ! A creature that voted for kramala a and encouraged all to vote for kramala, will back democrats! Is there anything AIPAC can't do ?

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:33 AM (GD0B3)

That's weaksauce AIPAC. Be better.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 08:35 AM (dK+Kv)

188 My goodness! let's all swear allegiance to der Führer so we can get fuentes "back" !! We really can't afford to lose this one!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)

189 Höcke described the migration and citizenship policy of the established parties as “ein gewollter Selbstmord” (a deliberate suicide), and then, escalating, as “ein großer Mordkomplott gegen das deutsche Volk” (a great murder plot against the German people).

Now do Bidens 10 million illegals.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 08:35 AM (/+uur)

190 186 Today is End Of The World Day and Rapture Day.

End of the World Day on May 21, commemorates the day when the apocalypse was to happen in 2011.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

Mayans around the world were very disappointed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:35 AM (ynpvh)

191 158 I still laugh when I think of Massachusetts governor Lesbian Healey threatening Republicans with redistricting in Massachusetts. They have nine Congress critters all Dems. Mass is completely gerrymandered, as its former governor Elbridge Gerry would appreciate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)


Narcissistic Leftists (BIRM) constantly need hosannas from the Media and their base. They also need to publicly demonstrate they are Down With The Struggle at every opportunity. Her base and all of Ben Rhodes' 27-year old dimwitted reporters don't know the current political apportionment of MA's Congressional Districts. Nor do they care as long as Maura is promising to stick it to MAGA.

Posted by: Gref at May 21, 2026 08:35 AM (5rh/l)

192 Today is End Of The World Day and Rapture Day.

Do I still have to pay my electric bill?

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 08:36 AM (Oy/m2)

193 My goodness! let's all swear allegiance to der Führer so we can get fuentes "back" !! We really can't afford to lose this one!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)

Geez, not everyone you don't like is a Nazi. You're starting to sound like a lib. Just because a guy wants to exterminate a few Jews and put some more in camps, you go and violate Godwin's law.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 08:37 AM (UULd1)

194 End of the World Day on May 21, commemorates the day when the apocalypse was to happen in 2011.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)
=====

Sorry, world ended in 1975. The Jehovah's Witness out front should have told ya.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

195 End of the World Day on May 21, commemorates the day when the apocalypse was to happen in 2011.
Posted by: redridinghood

As it turns out, May 21, 2011 was the start of Judgement Day, which will culminate in the actual end of all things visible in 2033. Plan accordingly.

Posted by: Mounting Biblical Evidence at May 21, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)

196 192 Today is End Of The World Day and Rapture Day.

Do I still have to pay my electric bill?
Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 08:36 AM

Quick! Max out the credit cards!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

197 Rapture, be pure.
Thx now I'll have a brain worm on Blondie's "Rapture" all day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:39 AM (gu0hJ)

198 Do I still have to pay my electric bill?

==

You better!

--Duke, Exelon, NextEra...

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)

199 194 End of the World Day on May 21, commemorates the day when the apocalypse was to happen in 2011.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)
=====

Sorry, world ended in 1975. The Jehovah's Witness out front should have told ya.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

It was 1844, fools.

Posted by: William Miller and his Adventists at May 21, 2026 08:39 AM (ynpvh)

200 End of the World Day on May 21, commemorates the day when the apocalypse was to happen in 2011.

I remember some church that was making that claim and gathering their parishioners together to wait for the end. Another church told its members "Reach out to them. Don't mock them but welcome them here and help them."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 08:40 AM (+4yJ5)

201 What’s so much fun about Cassidy, Maddie, and that whole group of fake conservatives losing is the Political class in DC (and their boot lickers in the media) all told themselves that this could never happen, that it wasn’t possible.

It’s great fun watching them realize just how wrong they were. And I voted (again) for Paxton yesterday.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:41 AM (TH/2I)

202 Good morning, J.J.
Good Morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 21, 2026 08:41 AM (53oGX)

203 Tom Servo

20% turnover in Republican Senators in one year is a lot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

204 Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC

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I didn't even know AICPA was on the ballot!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:42 AM (ndZc7)

205 The world ended 9/10/2010 when CERN turned on its accelerator. Everything since is a simulation

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:43 AM (gu0hJ)

206 Apropos of nothing… is Dan Quayle still alive. To me it’s like he fell of the face of the earth after 92…. Did he turn into a never-Trumper or just disappear to the golf course?

I have a very dim memory of him making some noise about running for prez in 96 or 2000?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 21, 2026 08:43 AM (+gA9j)

207 204 Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC

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I didn't even know AICPA was on the ballot!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:42 AM (ndZc7)

Damn accountants...

Posted by: William Miller and his Adventists at May 21, 2026 08:44 AM (ynpvh)

208 You mean to say that he’s now openly backing the people who’ve been paying him all along? Quelle Surprise !
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:31 AM (TH/2I)
******
I can't believe that people that use to be on our side can't connect the dots.
They use to be able to.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

209 off sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:44 AM (ynpvh)

210 @206 still trying to spell potato. Constantly arguing with spell check

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (gu0hJ)

211
Banality of Evil 5, Maureen Galindo, who has proposed Concentration Camps for "Zionists" that feature Castration Spas, is running as a -

Moderate Democrat.

...a moderate Democrat...let that soak in for a minute. That's the Moderate Democrat position.

I suppose that makes the True Blue, Lifelong, Momma and Daddy Always Voted for Democrats, Democrat Position

-to murder the JOOOOOOS and assorted "Zionists" by cheese grater in a vinegar pool.

DEMOCRATS
Our Moderate Position is Concentration Camps and Castration For People Who Support Israel!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (iJfKG)

212 The world ended 9/10/2010 when CERN turned on its accelerator. Everything since is a simulation
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:43 AM (gu0hJ)

Maybe in your timeline that's the date. In my timeline, it's 9/10/2008, a day that will also live in infamy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)

213 Whenever I’m told it’s the end of the world:

https://share.google/nYBk4nnYJmJfPbiZ1

“First time, huh?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (TH/2I)

214 Talking about Natalie Maines & the Ditzy Chicks yesterday, she looks like she ate a cow.

She could make a train take a dirt road.


White House calls The Chicks' Natalie Maines a 'despicable nobody' after singer's vulgar attack on Trump

https://tinyurl.com/3pn8tf2c

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (gKquL)

215 Huh. Has Newsome slowed his roll on twitter? I suddenly thinking I have not seen some 'Come fistfight me, Trump!' tweet by his PR office lately.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 08:46 AM (bss/y)

216 Geez, not everyone you don't like is a Nazi. You're starting to sound like a lib. Just because a guy wants to exterminate a few Jews and put some more in camps, you go and violate Godwin's law.
Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 08:37 AM (UULd1)



..as America First conservative, who voted for every Republican since Abraham Lincoln, I am appalled, shocked and saddened at how Israel has take over my party and got rid of a fine and principled man like Massie, a man who would not allow an accidental throuple (or Lauren Boebert's vag) to get in the way of blocking Zionist Christian sellout Trump!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

217 204 Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC

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I didn't even know AICPA was on the ballot!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:42 AM (ndZc7)

Damn accountants...
Posted by: William Miller and his Adventists at May 21, 2026 08:44 AM (ynpvh)

AICPA - also based in NYC. Get a rope.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 08:47 AM (wVcYX)

218
Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC

Oh no!

Now, the Democrats are totally going to win the vote in Pakistan!!!!


Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)

219 LinusVanPelt

Dan Quayle is 79 and supposedly living in Arizona. His son ran for office as a Congressman, and served one term.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

220 Maybe in your timeline that's the date. In my timeline, it's 9/10/2008, a day that will also live in infamy.

==

Market? or...something else

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

221 Today is End Of The World Day and Rapture Day.

Do I still have to pay my electric bill?
Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 08:36 AM (Oy/m2)

No. Also a good day to stiff the HOA.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)

222 Market? or...something else
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

1941-ish reference.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)

223 Nick Fuentes is a retard and his smug voice makes me want to punch him in his stupid face.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)

224 So Nick is going to continue to endorse dem after dem? Stick with the guy wot brung ya, huh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 08:51 AM (bss/y)

225 220 Maybe in your timeline that's the date. In my timeline, it's 9/10/2008, a day that will also live in infamy.

==

Market? or...something else

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 08:52 AM (ynpvh)

226 For something to jolt you awake:

https://youtu.be/0-8WCwNp_oM

Harcourt Fenton Mudd - "Completely Unavoidable" (Star Trek-The Original Series -Parody Music Video)

Use only if needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

227 224 So Nick is going to continue to endorse dem after dem? Stick with the guy wot brung ya, huh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 08:51 AM (bss/y)

It's like the guy who says he's not gay, but has sex with men...

Posted by: ICE T at May 21, 2026 08:53 AM (ynpvh)

228 Accountants, Jews, makes sense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

229 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

230 More important election season news:

Raisa Gonzalez is running for mayor of Central Falls RI. She has a four (five) point plan:

Strong Communities
Economic Growth
Quality Education
Accountable Leadership
(redacted)

x.com/Nicoletta0602/status/2057208031855722993

Posted by: banana Dream - Your Intrepid RI Latina Mayor Reporter at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (3uBP9)

231 223 Nick Fuentes is a retard and his smug voice makes me want to punch him in his stupid face.
Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)

I have never heard the guy except from a clip from years ago which was on another podcast where he just kept saying 'little n*gger' over and over again while giggling like a retarded hobgoblin. Charming.

I have been able to resist the urge to look into his deep political insights ever since.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (bss/y)

232 The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland

==


And then Bear Sterns collapsed...coincidence ?

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (GD0B3)

233 You guys........

I got a flyer that said a vote for Ken Paxton was a vote for Democrats.

Nick Fuentes tells me that I need to do whatever it takes to stop the Trump Neocon AIPAC machine, including elevating AOC to stop them.

I voted for Ken Paxton. Am I a goyper?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

234 *Stearns ?

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (GD0B3)

235 @220 you are correct , it really messed me up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (gu0hJ)

236 not a concept that would be entirely foreign to the occupant of the Oval Office himself.”

The previous president stole an election, molested his own daughter, and forced people to take a poison shot.

So point taken, Biden should be arrested as well as his crimes dwarf Castro's.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

237 What’s so much fun about Cassidy, Maddie, and that whole group of fake conservatives losing is the Political class in DC (and their boot lickers in the media) all told themselves that this could never happen, that it wasn’t possible.

It’s great fun watching them realize just how wrong they were. And I voted (again) for Paxton yesterday.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:41 AM (TH/2I)

Lol yes. I'm waiting for them to have their Pvt Hudson meltdown moment: "Game over, man! Game over!!"

Then they'll spot Kamala Harris and shout. "Great, let's put her in charge, man!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 08:55 AM (wVcYX)

238 It's like the guy who says he's not gay, but has sex with men...
Posted by: ICE T at May 21, 2026 08:53 AM (ynpvh)

You suck 50 dicks, it's a lifestyle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 08:55 AM (bss/y)

239 231 retarded hobgoblin

That is a perfect descrptor. A smug, retarded hobgoblin.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 08:55 AM (gtcuf)

240 It's (redacted) because I don't even know if I can write out the word and don't want to chance it.

Posted by: banana Dream - Your Intrepid RI Latina Mayor Reporter at May 21, 2026 08:55 AM (3uBP9)

241 x.com/Nicoletta0602/status/2057208031855722993
Posted by: banana Dream - Your Intrepid RI Latina Mayor Reporter at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (3uBP9)

Wouldn't that be a six point plan?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

242 Raisa Gonzalez is running for mayor of Central Falls RI. She has a four (five) point plan:/i]

RI is the sleazier, more openly mob run, version of MA.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

243 I voted for Ken Paxton. Am I a goyper?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

*shakes head sadly* *hands sponge an axe handle*

There's only one thing to do.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (bss/y)

244 Talking about Natalie Maines & the Ditzy Chicks yesterday, she looks like she ate a cow.

She could make a train take a dirt road.


White House calls The Chicks' Natalie Maines a 'despicable nobody' after singer's vulgar attack on Trump

https://tinyurl.com/3pn8tf2c
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (gKquL)

Yikes..

She turned herself into Otho, the interior decorator and paranormal expert from the movie, "Beetlejuice".

Interesting role model choice.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (iJfKG)

245
My concern is this: Cuber is close to Rubio's heart, and always has been. Liberating Cuber is a bucket list item for him, and, Cruz, and various more elderly Republicans with wistful memories of the Cold War.

I don't doubt that this administration can come up with a plan that will topple Diaz Canel, but given this situation, I strongly suspect the post-coup portion of it includes about 11m Cubans being added to our population.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (BI5O2)

246 234 *Stearns ?
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (GD0B3)
===

Yes Bear Stearns

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

247 It's (redacted) because I don't even know if I can write out the word and don't want to chance it.

58008

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

248 Harcourt Fenton Mudd - "Completely Unavoidable" (Star Trek-The Original Series -Parody Music Video)

Use only if needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

Ok AI has gotten really good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (TH/2I)

249 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (77rzZ)

250 Natalie Maines = Dollar Store Belinda Carlisle

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (gtcuf)

251 damn

Trump had to give the commencement address at the USCG Academy from inside a bullet-proof enclosure

https://tinyurl.com/bdfp6w6s

Posted by: Don Black at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (ZxPkt)

252 You guys........

I got a flyer that said a vote for Ken Paxton was a vote for Democrats.

Nick Fuentes tells me that I need to do whatever it takes to stop the Trump Neocon AIPAC machine, including elevating AOC to stop them.

I voted for Ken Paxton. Am I a goyper?


===

there is this very quick one question test for the groyper condition, please answer "yes", or "no", Do you , as a male, like a man's junk and willing to put it in your mouth ?

Posted by: runner, amateur psychologist and physiognomist at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)

253
White House calls The Chicks' Natalie Maines a 'despicable nobody' after singer's vulgar attack on Trump

https://tinyurl.com/3pn8tf2c
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (gKquL)


What an incomprehensible twat......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

254 >>> https://x.com/Nicoletta0602/status/2057208031855722993?s=20


No, I meant what she was wearing over the 58008

Posted by: banana Dream - Your Intrepid RI Latina Mayor Reporter at May 21, 2026 08:58 AM (3uBP9)

255 I voted for Ken Paxton. Am I a goyper?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

*shakes head sadly* *hands sponge an axe handle*

There's only one thing to do.
Posted by: Aetius451AD



Beat Nick Fuentes? Because I'm voting for Paxton tomorrow after work.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:58 AM (gKquL)

256 Graham "I served in the Marines!" Platner needs to STFU and STFD. Maybe one of those "inferior" army guys can help him with that.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 21, 2026 08:58 AM (5xuJ/)

257 She turned herself into Otho, the interior decorator and paranormal expert from the movie, "Beetlejuice".

Interesting role model choice.
Posted by: naturalfake


THAT'S who she looks like!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:59 AM (gKquL)

258 damn

Trump had to give the commencement address at the USCG Academy from inside a bullet-proof enclosure

https://tinyurl.com/bdfp6w6s
Posted by: Don Black at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (ZxPkt)

I hope it functions way better than that Cone of Silence Agent 86 was always insisting we use.

Posted by: Chief at May 21, 2026 08:59 AM (wVcYX)

259 Don Black

Like Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan before him, Trump is the indispensable man. For now, and hopefully to 2028.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:00 AM (u82oZ)

260 That is a perfect descrptor. A smug, retarded hobgoblin.
Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 08:55 AM (gtcuf)

This little guy from Return of the Jedi:

https://tinyurl.com/58j244vv

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:00 AM (bss/y)

261 Natalie Maines = Dollar Store Dumpster Belinda Carlisle

Posted by: clarence at May 21, 2026 09:00 AM (1QT7n)

262 I voted for Ken Paxton. Am I a goyper?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

*shakes head sadly* *hands sponge an axe handle*

There's only one thing to do.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Oooh, yes!

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at May 21, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

263 A fun vacation would be to spend a week in the alternate universe where Marianne Williamson is in her second term as POTUS.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 09:02 AM (w8dnx)

264 The Jedi were the villains from Star Wars.

Religious fanatics that abduct children into their fanatical order, that answer to no political authority, and protect a "Republic" that won't let its members leave and practices slavery.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

265 242 Raisa Gonzalez is running for mayor of Central Falls RI. She has a four (five) point plan:/i]

RI is the sleazier, more openly mob run, version of MA.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

Three letter. J-O-B-S.

Posted by: Sniffy Joe at May 21, 2026 09:02 AM (ynpvh)

266 Beat Nick Fuentes? Because I'm voting for Paxton tomorrow after work.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:58 AM (gKquL)

Hmmm.

*scribbles notes*

I use the axe handle as a non-gay Rorschach test to see what my patients really want to do. There are no right or wrong answers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:02 AM (bss/y)

267 A fun vacation would be to spend a week in the alternate universe where Marianne Williamson is in her second term as POTUS.

She would have done everything Biden did, just with out the senile leer.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

268 Uh... hi. Is this seat taken?

Posted by: Graham Platner at the American Legion at May 21, 2026 09:03 AM (gKWVE)

269 - That Thucydides trap thing?
That and a bit more. 16 min

https://tinyurl.com/47s3ech8

My intro to these folks? What they saw in Rubio's speech in Munich. https://tinyurl.com/y85b3d7a

Search "Promethean" on utube for more vids, some short some longer, on what's behind a number of things Trump is doing.
Recent ones with Bessent interesting.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 21, 2026 09:03 AM (eisI8)

270 18-1

David Brin, the SF author, wrote of this years ago.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

271 I hope the success in GA, shutting down ratshitburger, yes, but even more so stopping the commie judicial takeover that was planned and funded, means great things for TX. I would think if us clowns in GA can manage some wins after the absolute shit show of the past ten years TX should be solid.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:03 AM (3uBP9)

272 253
White House calls The Chicks' Natalie Maines a 'despicable nobody' after singer's vulgar attack on Trump

https://tinyurl.com/3pn8tf2c
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:45 AM (gKquL)


What an incomprehensible twat......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

Holy f'n hell, Batman! Did she eat the entire band?

Posted by: Sniffy Joe at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ynpvh)

273 She's ambidextrous!

Somali daycare owner exposed by Nick Shirley becomes first to be charged with childcare fraud (she’s also charged with Covid relief fraud)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ndZc7)

274 Fuentes cuts one of the more pathetic figures among these grifters. Whoever is paying him is wasting his money... it reminds me of the strange insistence Hollywood has on turning certain actors into stars, who are just never going to make it.

A shrill homosexual Mexican child will not lead them. Hate to break it to you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (BI5O2)

275 Natalie Maines = Dollar Store Dumpster Belinda Carlisle
Posted by: clarence at May 21, 2026 09:00 AM (1QT7n)

Worse. Waffle House Dumpster Mimi Bobeck Carey at 3:40 am.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

276 I'd never heard of Nick Fuentes until a couple months ago. I gave him the benefit of the doubt.


BOY was I wrong. What a maroon THAT asshole his.

FFS........I should be better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

277 Religious fanatics that abduct children into their fanatical order, that answer to no political authority, and protect a "Republic" that won't let its members leave and practices slavery.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

It's one of the many, many instances where when the idea of what they were talking about when something is mentioned is much more evocative and interesting than the reality as fleshed out by the writers. I always imagined something like a wandering, monastic order, but Lucas turned them into what he thought was a better version of the Templars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:05 AM (bss/y)

278
Holy f'n hell, Batman! Did she eat the entire band?
Posted by: Sniffy Joe at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ynpvh)


She looks like she eats pussy. Woman was not designed to swallow woman juice. It has..........adverse effects.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

279 apropos, I hate Citi, they suck real bad, always have

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (GD0B3)

280 In the parallel universe with President Williamson, Anne Lamott has normal hair.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (w8dnx)

281 waiting for them to have their Pvt Hudson meltdown moment: "Game over, man! Game over!!"

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HUDSON WAS PLAYED BY A GUY NAMED PAXTON.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (gKWVE)

282 Holy f'n hell, Batman! Did she eat the entire band?
Posted by: Sniffy Joe at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ynpvh)

You bastard! She is trying to eat the pain away.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (bss/y)

283 Profiles In Courage.

JFK Library gives courage award to Minneapolis for ... opposing ICE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

284 278
Holy f'n hell, Batman! Did she eat the entire band?
Posted by: Sniffy Joe at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ynpvh)


She looks like she eats pussy. Woman was not designed to swallow woman juice. It has..........adverse effects.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

She is the form of your destoyer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

285 But the children the Jedi abducted had really high midiclorian counts.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (gu0hJ)

286 Nick Fuentes Vows Revenge On GOP: Backing Democrats After Massie's Lost To AIPAC

-
I didn't even know AICPA was on the ballot!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 08:42 AM (ndZc7)

That's the genius of it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (dK+Kv)

287
Search "Promethean" on utube for more vids, some short some longer, on what's behind a number of things Trump is doing.
Recent ones with Bessent interesting.
Posted by: TeeJ at May 21, 2026 09:03 AM


I'm not searching that. It would likely lead to Prometheus and we ALL know what THAT means.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

288 285 But the children the Jedi abducted had really high midiclorian counts.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (gu0hJ)

Did that make them swarthy?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (ynpvh)

289 She looks like she eats pussy. Woman was not designed to swallow woman juice. It has..........adverse effects.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

At first at the link, I thought 'That's a completely different THOT- Sabrina Carpenter, right?' Then I scrolled down.

So, you're saying that Bea Arthur needs dick?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (bss/y)

290 @278 wait Rosie O'Donnell munches carpet and she's... nevermind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (gu0hJ)

291 That railroad trestle bridge in Canyon, Texas that completely burned down due to a grass fire?

Rebuilt in five days. Bridge supports. New track.

Amazing what losing millions of dollars a day can inspire.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (gKquL)

292 "...where when the idea of what they were talking about when something is mentioned is much more evocative and interesting than the reality as fleshed out by the writers."
+++
It's like a nude beach.
Sounds good until you get there.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

293 Filmmaker Paul Schrader Says His “AI Girlfriend” Dumped Him After Too Many Probing Questions

I feel you, man.

Posted by: Thomas Massie at May 21, 2026 09:09 AM (gKWVE)

294 [ii]"The case will now return to a lower court, which is expected to issue an injunction requiring the hospital to restart the services."

*********

Oh Lawdy, no, Br'er Judge! Please don't throw me in that Briar patch! Don't make me resume hormone treatments!!

/Br'er CHCO

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 09:09 AM (qgHp7)

295 285 But the children the Jedi abducted had really high midiclorian counts.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (gu0hJ)

Oh, so like adrenochrome, huh?

Really brave? you recognize adrenochrome?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:09 AM (bss/y)

296 But the children the Jedi abducted had really high midiclorian counts.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:07 AM (gu0hJ)

Midichlorian = space adenochrome.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 09:10 AM (dK+Kv)

297 Rebuilt in five days. Bridge supports. New track.

Amazing what losing millions of dollars a day can inspire.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (gKquL)


Is that bridge that was struck by the defective freighter in the North East rebuilt yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

298 Holy f'n hell, Batman! Did she eat the entire band?
Posted by: Sniffy Joe at May 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ynpvh)

You bastard! She is trying to eat the pain away.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (bss/y)

She's swallowing a lot of calzones and iced cinnamon rolls, along with the pain and anger.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wVcYX)

299 It's like a nude beach.
Sounds good until you get there.
Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

Exactly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:10 AM (bss/y)

300 Beat Nick Fuentes? Because I'm voting for Paxton tomorrow after work.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 08:58 AM (gKquL)

Hmmm.

*scribbles notes*

I use the axe handle as a non-gay Rorschach test to see what my patients really want to do. There are no right or wrong answers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Yay! Because I really want to beat Nick Fuentes with an axe handle.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:11 AM (gKquL)

301 299 It's like a nude beach.
Sounds good until you get there.
Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

Exactly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:10 AM (bss/y)

Why, Hello, sailor!

Posted by: Beached Lena Dunham at May 21, 2026 09:11 AM (ynpvh)

302
Yay! Because I really want to beat Nick Fuentes with an axe handle.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:11 AM (gKquL)


Nothin' beats a good piece of hickory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

303 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3)

304 At first at the link, I thought 'That's a completely different THOT- Sabrina Carpenter, right?' Then I scrolled down.

She's the one that only sings up sex. Well, calling it "singing" is really not warranted.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

305 Natalie Maines made herself the poster child for liberal misery.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

306 Beached Lena Dunham

You have to be at sea for a long time to want that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

307 Is that bridge that was struck by the defective freighter in the North East rebuilt yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:10 AM
+++
Hahahaha hahaha

Posted by: Every politician in Baltimore at May 21, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

308 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

Ugandan Mayor Mamdani is getting OBLITERATED as he grovels to big billionaires to stay in NYC for socialism

JEFF BEZOS: "If we ran Amazon the way NYC runs schools, your packages would take 6 WEEKS to arrive, we'd charge you a $100 fee, and when it did arrive, it would have the WRONG ITEM in it anyway!"

The 3rd world scammer thought he could just tax everyone into OBLIVION, but now he's on his knees with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, while also being slammed by Ken Griffin

THIS IS WHAT SOCIALISM DOES

https://tinyurl.com/yumff5af

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

309 Beached Lena Dunham

You have to be at sea for a long time to want that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

Any port in a storm.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 09:14 AM (dK+Kv)

310 The odd thing is, the only song I can think of from the Dixie Chicks is their cover of 'Home'. Which was Stevie Nicks, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:14 AM (bss/y)

311
THIS IS WHAT SOCIALISM DOES

https://tinyurl.com/yumff5af
Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)


NYC'ers: "Huh? What? Can I still get Thai at 3AM?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

312 redridinghood

Mayor Mamdani. Is he the wake-up call NYC needs?

After this last call at the bar decision, there should be better choices.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

313 Thanks for your commentary and links, J.J. i read the article on the mosque shooters manifesto. I guess that the left is disappointed that the shooters seemex to hate everybody and not just Muslims.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:15 AM (lQ+/f)

314 now he's on his knees... while also being slammed

Ooo!

Posted by: Barney Frank at May 21, 2026 09:15 AM (gKWVE)

315 Is that bridge that was struck by the defective freighter in the North East rebuilt yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Francis Scott Key bridge?

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

No.

Two years after the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials say the rebuild is beginning to take shape, with major design milestones reached and construction moving into its next phase.
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) said during a press call on Wednesday that demolition of the remaining structure was wrapped up earlier this year, and the design of the new bridge is now about 70% complete.

Workers continue demolition of the old Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 24, 2026.

"Being able to reach the 70% design milestone on over a two-mile-long, cable-stayed complex structure in only 14 months," said Jim Harkness, chief engineer for MDTA. "Those efforts alone can take five to seven years on average."

MDTA officials say the current target to reopen the Key Bridge to traffic is by the end of 2030. They expect to have a clearer cost estimate and construction timeline in the coming months.  

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:16 AM (gKquL)

316 309 Beached Lena Dunham

You have to be at sea for a long time to want that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

Any port in a storm.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 09:14 AM (dK+Kv)

Beaches Lena Dunham is one of the least popular car colors.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 21, 2026 09:16 AM (ypYV4)

317 Maybe one of those "inferior" army guys can help him with that.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

He's one of ours so I think we should handle him. Now where did I leave that mop?

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 09:16 AM (+4yJ5)

318 👀
His marriage to the woman with huge bazoombas (and testosterone injections) must have improved him!

Jeff Bezos 'splains things :

"If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, packages would take 6 weeks to arrive, we would charge you a $100 delivery fee and when the package did finally arrive, it would have the wrong item in it.."

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 09:16 AM (GD0B3)

319 @272

>>Holy f'n hell, Batman! Did she eat the entire band?

She's only 51, she looks like she's in here 70's.

This is what being brain damaged does to a person.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 09:16 AM (XV/Pl)

320 *looks it up n ewetub*

Nope. That's not it. Maybe their cover of landslide?

Regardless, what I am saying is I cannot think of a song that was original by them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:17 AM (bss/y)

321 Cue Lilly Von Schtupp: "I'm so Tired"

Posted by: save the wails at May 21, 2026 09:17 AM (LOZbR)

322 NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom.

por nada

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:17 AM (/+uur)

323 *red got there first!

Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 09:18 AM (GD0B3)

324 I'm not a big fan of Bezos. I don't buy much from Amazon if I can possibly avoid it, but I was glad to see him unload on the tax plan of Mamdani who is another Marxist child of privilege and clueless.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:18 AM (lQ+/f)

325 r hennigantx

The money is for administrators first, then teachers. Students get nothing, as you said.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

326 Mayor Mamdani. Is he the wake-up call NYC needs?

After this last call at the bar decision, there should be better choices.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)


NYC went from Giuliani, to Bloomberg, to DeBlasio.............They LOVE living in misery.

They forgot.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

327 NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom.

por nada
Posted by: r hennigantx


I can make 'em stupid for only $22k a student.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:19 AM (gKquL)

328 322 NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom.

por nada

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:17 AM (/+uur)

Hey, Kalifornia only spends $23K per student...so we pay less for our failure theater than New York...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 09:19 AM (ynpvh)

329 Cue Lilly Von Schtupp: "I'm so Tired"
Posted by: save the wails at May 21, 2026 09:17 AM (LOZbR)


I resemble this remark.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

330 322 NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom.
+++

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

331 >>Maines' original post read, "Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes. This fugly slut is using your gas money to pay the insurrectionists. But don’t worry about it. I’m sure posting selfies will fix everything."


Progressiveism is a mental disorder.
Waaaaay back she used to be cute and seemed fun. Then she got political, became a lefty hero for 'speaking truth to power' and a new, angrier path was set.

Just looking at her: she does not look happy or settled, and she certainly doesn't sound like she's mellowed with age. Honestly, it's just sad. Who can be offended by this unhappy, irrelevant shrew trying to get attention by revisiting her meangirrrrrl moment?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

332 Profiles In Courage.

JFK Library gives courage award to Minneapolis for ... opposing ICE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)
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Eager to hear the DOJ announcement today at 2:30, regarding the "significant fraud enforcement action" they are going to prosecute in Minnesota. All the Big Dogs will be there, including Vance, so it hopefully includes an Omar indictment!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:20 AM (bGxQ8)

333 Sponge

Fuck Cancer.

Has your life returned to the normal level of chaos?
Pulling for you, bro.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

334 Ok, the song I was thinking of was not even by the Dixie Chicks. But 'A Place called Home' by Kim Richey.

https://tinyurl.com/365e3rh4

Still a good song.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:20 AM (bss/y)

335 For $44K, Merlin would tutor your kid.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 09:20 AM (w8dnx)

336 MDTA officials say the current target to reopen the Key Bridge to traffic is by the end of 2030.

Glad that I don't use that on my commute.

Glad that I'm retiring soon.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (+4yJ5)

337 Children's Hospital Colorado has not yet publicly announced how they will respond to the high court's ruling and the expected lower court injunction (an injunction oddly enough that compels them to take an action as opposed to ceasing an action). Their decision will most likely be based not on any moral principle but on a financial calculation. The bottom line is whether HHS has the authority t set rules for Medicaid fund distribution based on their assessment oof the validity/efficacy of a particular treatment. That will have to be litigated at the federal level and may take months to move through the system. In the meantime, if CHCO thinks they have enough cover to keep Medicaid funds flowing, they will happily resume hormone treatments for childhood delusions.

That particular briar patch is theiir comfort zone.

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (qgHp7)

338 So a college educated mom of 2 could take in 3 other children around the age of her 5 and 8 year olds and make $132k per year and actually turn out reeding and righting and mathin people in the next 5 or 6 years.

but alas that make too much sense.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)

339 Mamdani is wasting his time fighting with billionaires. He'll get his nitwit based all happy , but there is no upside for NYC . I don't think he cares however, it's part of the leftist playbook. Cause collapse, and then success!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (gu0hJ)

340 Mayor Mamdani. Is he the wake-up call NYC needs?

After this last call at the bar decision, there should be better choices.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)


NYC went from Giuliani, to Bloomberg, to DeBlasio.............They LOVE living in misery.

They forgot.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

Like the fraternity brother who is spiraling down, week by week, in his take home selection. It's gone way beyond mere slump busting. He needs an all out intervention.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (wVcYX)

341 >> NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom.


I'd like to see the math.

I would guess it's more like $50k per classroom + $950k on "administration" (graft, excess staff, special projects, etc.).

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (X8xt3)

342 322 NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom.
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23 students per class? Seems light, doesn't it?

Since you know the teacher doesn't make a ton, that sure is a helluva lot of administrative overhead.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:23 AM (bGxQ8)

343 JEFF BEZOS: "If we ran Amazon the way NYC runs schools, your packages would take 6 WEEKS to arrive, we'd charge you a $100 fee, and when it did arrive, it would have the WRONG ITEM in it anyway!"

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No. Nope. Not going to do it. Not gonna like Bezos.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

344
I'm not a big fan of Bezos. I don't buy much from Amazon if I can possibly avoid it, but I was glad to see him unload on the tax plan of Mamdani who is another Marxist child of privilege and clueless.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:18 AM (lQ+/f)

One of things things that drove me crazy during the Biden Reality Glitch was-

all the Democrat and socialist economic retards saying that "You can print as much money as you want or need. It's great for the economy and has no effect on inflation".

Yeah...no. Look what happened. Exactly what anyone with an IQ above their waist size.

Obviously;y, Mamdani is one of these retards.

Good choice NYC! Enjoy!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

345
Has your life returned to the normal level of chaos?
Pulling for you, bro.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)


Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in........

We're getting there, I guess. Wife is doing good, but I'm a bit down in the dumps. I'm trying, but struggling to get my head right.

We're still trying to get the house ready for market and prep the temp home for us to move to. There's a lot of work and I just can't seem to get rolling.

We're still muddling through the First Daughter's mess as well.

Like I've been saying, I'm just day to day.


Thanks for asking.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

346 I've met folks edumacated in NY who couldn't read.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (6X5WW)

347 all the Democrat and socialist economic retards saying that "You can print as much money as you want or need. It's great for the economy and has no effect on inflation".

Yeah...no. Look what happened. Exactly what anyone with an IQ above their waist size.

Obviously;y, Mamdani is one of these retards.

Good choice NYC! Enjoy!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

We added about 43% to the M2 and so far have had around 35% inflation. Another 8 to 10% still coming.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

348 Not gonna like Bezos.

C'mon, how can you not like a shopkeeper who makes penis shaped rockets and tried to send Katie Perry, et al, into almost space and leave her there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

349 9 hours until scheduled Starship launch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

350 @344 aka modern monetary theory. Basically practiced from 2008 to 2024

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (gu0hJ)

351 I used to have a different nic

Now I wonder what liability waiver she had to sign.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

352 No. Nope. Not going to do it. Not gonna like Bezos.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

He can be right on this and still be a retarded dickhead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (bss/y)

353 >>> "Being able to reach the 70% design milestone on over a two-mile-long, cable-stayed complex structure in only 14 months," said Jim Harkness, chief engineer for MDTA. "Those efforts alone can take five to seven years on average."

MDTA officials say the current target to reopen the Key Bridge to traffic is by the end of 2030. They expect to have a clearer cost estimate and construction timeline in the coming months.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:16 AM (gKquL)


In industry, the kind that would fail and go bankrupt if they don't meet milestones, there are these design review events. They are at certain points in a platform's development and are supposed to communicate a level of readiness to the customer. Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR). There are requirements for these events, like a gate pass and if you don't meet the requirements you can't go through the gate to proceed. Which means the program dies, and maybe the whole company dies.

PDR is generally ~85%-95% drawing sign-off. CDR is closer to 99% drawing signoff. And the milestone dates are way earlier than production and test. How do these chuckleheads get money from people?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (3uBP9)

354 > Mayor Mamdani. Is he the wake-up call NYC needs?
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I think NYC has had several "wake-up calls" and hasn't reacted to any of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (jehhT)

355 Maines' original post read, "Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes. This fugly slut is using your gas money to pay the insurrectionists. But don’t worry about it. I’m sure posting selfies will fix everything."



Is she reverting back to the Owebama administration? President Selfie?

I mean, has Trump EVER posted a selfie? He has his picture taken, sure, but I don't think he's big on the whole selfie thing.

TDS is a bitch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

356 That particular briar patch is theiir comfort zone.
Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 09:22 AM (qgHp7)
===================
I bet they are begging the Feds to intervene in the case, behind the scenes, in hopes HHS can get the case removed to a federal courtroom. If somehow they can get HHS and the state to fight it out, and let them sit on the sidelines while the battle happens, they can be saved. Otherwise, it is hard to see how they don't get totally screwed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (bGxQ8)

357 Now I wonder what liability waiver she had to sign.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

She had to promise not to rub herself on the machinery, or other passengernauts, during the flight.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

358 We added about 43% to the M2 and so far have had around 35% inflation. Another 8 to 10% still coming.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

Ouch. I was told there would be no maths on this here blog.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:28 AM (wVcYX)

359
He can be right on this and still be a retarded dickhead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (bss/y)


Ya gotta respect the guy for trying to fly his cock into space, don't ya?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

360 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)
=================
We are all on Team Sponge! Sending good wishes in your direction.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:29 AM (bGxQ8)

361 Leftism salient feature I think, is there is no provision for admitting they were wrong. About anything. Ever. Just more bullshit piled on top of the previous layers of bullshit. So complete failure is baked in the cake.

“Democracy” - nobody voted for all these illegal aliens to pour by the millions across the border? Cuba has been a disaster. But they gotta hang on to the myths. Otherwise you get sent off to the gulag concentration camp, either figuratively or literally. No dissent from the party line is allowed. Some “Democracy”

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 09:29 AM (+0VYM)

362 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Uh ... NO!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:29 AM (u82oZ)

363 They LOVE living in misery.

It shows how hard core they are.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 09:29 AM (+4yJ5)

364 =================
We are all on Team Sponge! Sending good wishes in your direction.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:29 AM (bGxQ


It truly means more to me than you'll ever know.


Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

365 And anybody who 'got' the briar patch reference please return to your room. The aides are passing out your Cream of Wheat now.

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 09:30 AM (qgHp7)

366 Art.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

367 Mayor Mamdani. Is he the wake-up call NYC needs?
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I think NYC has had several "wake-up calls" and hasn't reacted to any of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 09:26 AM (jehhT)
=======================
One problem is there are a lot of poor voters in NYC, and they perpetually fall for the free stuff promises from grifters and charlatans, like Madmani

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (bGxQ8)

368 They LOVE living in misery.

It shows how hard core they are.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 09:29 AM (+4yJ5)

Gritty, even. They love the NYC grit. But not southern grits.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

369 How many times did Maimes hit the wall?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (6X5WW)

370 I thought that this was an interesting story in today's "NY Post" . Remains of more than 40 Revolutionary soldiers get will be buried with military honors in a NY military graveyard:

https://tinyurl.com/2j552b4f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (n3VHW)

371 NOOD art

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

372 https://tinyurl.com/3pn8tf2c

"allow ads on fux nuuz"

No thank you, I'll do without.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (zBgIx)

373 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

374 Based on numbers through March, M2 has grown at an annualized rate of 6.2%. That seems high, but keep in mind that the Fed sops up any productivity gains in additional to its 2% debasement rate.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (w8dnx)

375 Ayatollah Orders Highly-Enriched Uranium To Remain In Iran, Stymying Trump's Basis For Deal

... Ayatollah prepares for death

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

376 >>Is she reverting back to the Owebama administration? President Selfie?


OMG, I had totally forgotten about how Obama ALWAYS posted a picture of himself to celebrate other people or events. "Happy Birthday, Aretha!" (pic or Obama), the passing of Neil Armstrong (Obama gazing at the stars), and so on!

Amazing narcissism!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

377 FBI Charges Assistant US Attorney For Stealing Smith Report Docs In Trump 'Witch Hunt' Case

Lineberger is accused of secretly transferring Jack Smith’s final report and hiding the material under files labeled “chocolate cake recipe” and “bundt cake recipe"

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

378 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

From above, 'There is far more to life than politics and policy, pettiness and division. Take a moment to appreciate it.'
Ode To A Beagle Named Rocky

Amen.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (NFX2v)

379 SpaceX Files For Nasdaq IPO Under Symbol SPCX

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (RHGPo)

380 131 Heh. I like the practice of referring to Chy-na as "West Taiwan." Nice little dig.

No oil, no exports... The JOKER was right; they'll eat each other after all the dogs, cats, and then virus infected bats.

... after freeport/Cuba
... after amazonWorldDepot/Cuba; why bezo's is sucking up...
... and only after blockade the straits of malloca...coming soon!

Let's shake on it.
Let's Go Brandon! At long Long LAST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhVIKhHl2ws
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (tNhIx)

381 @322

>>NYC Schools spend $44k per student or a MILLION per classroom. por nada

That's a misnomer, all people do to arrive at that number is take the operating budget and divide it by the number of students.

None of that money actually is "spent" on students.

Another fun fact is that there is a seperate 40B dollar budget for capital improvements that is not figgure into the dollar total, so the real number is closer 55k per student.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (XV/Pl)

382 Authorities identified the 18-year-old San Diego Mosque gunman as Caleb Liam Vazquez (Also reported as Velasquez.) Then information stopped.

Odd given the fact that the press had been having a flag day reporting about 17-year-old Cain Lee Clark, his mother, and his access to weapons.

Perhaps stymied the young men might have had "broad hatred" toward multiple races and religions? Or might it be an ethnicity thing, or even something else?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 21, 2026 09:45 AM (NFX2v)

383 California Gov. Gavin Newsom is transforming himself into a 2028 populist for the white-collar middle class now threatened by ruthless layoffs and accelerating Artificial Intelligence.

“There’s a reason Donald Trump’s in office, there’s a reason Bernie [Sanders] fills stadiums: they’re both right on the diagnosis,” Newsom told a May 19 meeting held by the pro-migration Center for American Progress.

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (RHGPo)

384 It's. Gave the ginger to Trump
Days they are keeping their U 238
Fuck Off

Posted by: Paul at May 21, 2026 10:09 AM (15Pis)

385 ABC News co-host Joy Behar claims "we're all going to die" because Trump wants to lower drug prices with TrumpRX. She even lashes out at Mark Cuban for getting involved.
She shouts at her co-hosts who support lowering drug costs.

... anti-science lands hard at ABC's "The View"

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:11 AM (RHGPo)

386 Raúl Castro is the founder of GAESA, the elite organization that actually runs Cuba.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 21, 2026 10:13 AM (FpP3s)

Daily Tech News 21 May 2026

Top Story

  • AMD has released its new Epyc Sorano CPU range for low-end servers. (WCCFTech)

    Where low-end now means six-channel RAM and up to 84 cores. All full Zen 5 cores too, none of this efficiency nonsense.

    And 96 lanes of PCIe 5.0, all in a 225W TDP. It runs at up to 4.5GHz, which is pretty good for a server processor (and would make for a good workstation CPU), but due to thermal constraints the base clock of the 84 core model is just 1.6GHz. (The slower models are faster in that respect.)


  • Speaking of workstation CPUs, AMD's rumoured 10th Anniversary edition Ryzen 5800X3D is fast becoming more than a rumour. (Tom's Hardware)

    It's something of a legend, since AMD killed it because it was competing to well with its own newer and more profitable models like the 7800X3D. Plus it works with DDR4 memory, so if you happened to nab of cheap 128GB of DDR4 at the end of last year just before the door slammed shut, it would make fine use of that... If it were available.

    Not only has the 5800X3D been removed from sale, so has the slower 5700X3D. The 5600X3D is a Micro Center exclusive, and the 5500X3D is China-only.

    But all of that looks set to change with packaging and pricing showing up ahead of release: It looks set to cost around $300, compared to $450 when it originally launched.


Tech News



Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: That's not a moofin!

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Comments

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1 Morning hordesters

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 04:34 AM (VQOa3)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

3 I was there and poof

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 04:37 AM (VQOa3)

4 Rise and shine!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 21, 2026 04:38 AM (/HDaX)

5 Hey Skip. Long commute today?

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 04:38 AM (VQOa3)

6 High 90s last few days, 62 now and actually dropping a little the rest of today.

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:39 AM (Ia/+0)

7 3 I was there and poof
Posted by: Pete Bog

NTTAWWT.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 21, 2026 04:39 AM (BLOW1)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

9 Mornin'


No graphics card on Earth is going to drive a 6k display at 165Hz in AAA gaming titles, but if you want to show off how fast your 5090 can run stock Minecraft, this is the monitor for you.


I bet Solitaire will look spectacular!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 21, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

10 Yeah, down to Philadelphia again.
No close jobs lately.

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Thanks Pixy. It’s nice to be noticed.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 04:45 AM (VQOa3)

12 Reposted from tech thread. Students boo college President as AI messes up students name at graduation. From "NY Post"


https://tinyurl.com/2tc5wjfp

I am glad that my son went to a small school and there was no bot reading the names.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:49 AM (IEV/x)

13 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 21, 2026 04:50 AM (1QT7n)

14 I've been over at the thread Republicans -- the Real Ones -- Win Big In Georgia, Sweeping the Suprme Court Races and Sending Raffensberger and His Grima Wormtounge Into Retirement, reading the comments, and they are pretty hilarious.

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 04:53 AM (6wpGE)

15 been over at the thread
_-_
The, uh, thread?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 04:57 AM (t7+TD)

16 Didn’t Georgia have primary for a Senate seat as well? I haven’t heard anything about that.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 04:59 AM (VQOa3)

17 Oh, that thread. As E. Scalia said....smart but very, very vulgar.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:00 AM (t7+TD)

18 AMD will make a killing re-releasing the 5800X3D.
They're been off the market for close to two years and a lot has changed in the PC market since then.

People who need a 'budget' gaming PC these days can do no better than a 5800X3D with DDR4 and a decent current GPU to go with it.

I'd grab one myself if I was still running a 5600X.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 05:01 AM (6ydKt)

19 Actor David Suchet reads Psalm 148 - a psalm of praise:

https://tinyurl.com/3n379hf7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:02 AM (uPdai)

20 I had a pleasant experience at the supermarket yesterday. There was a little blonde boy there with his grandparents . He told me that he needed a haircut and he proudly said he was two and a half and his name was Aidan. So cute!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:06 AM (uPdai)

21 Now to send some of the very, very old fossils in congress off to their multi million dollar homes in the Bahamas or where they can just disappear. They seem to want to set the record as the oldest member beating Senator Strom Thurmond who was 100. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), 86 etc. This job wasn't suppose to be a forever job.

Posted by: Colin at May 21, 2026 05:06 AM (CiQE7)

22 Georgia Senate goes to runoff:
Collins 41%
Dooley 30%

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:09 AM (t7+TD)

23
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

24 Gospel singer Ce Ce Winans sings "What a friend we have in Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/ypwc4wj3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:12 AM (AphQx)

25 For all the wind blowing and dark skies we didn't get much rain out of it yesterday evening

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

26 But with Waters, age hasn't slowed her down. She's just as stupid now as she was decades ago.

Posted by: Wally at May 21, 2026 05:15 AM (0e5Te)

27 Sorry, Martha. Couldn't make it all the way through that one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:18 AM (t7+TD)

28 26 But with Waters, age hasn't slowed her down. She's just as stupid now as she was decades ago.
****

Well, her limit break is set quite low.

Posted by: clarence at May 21, 2026 05:19 AM (1QT7n)

29 Thor's Day, Thor's Day yet again! Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites, satraps, malcontents, and insurgents. Whassup?

"Martha and the Muffins"? Can't say I've ever heard of them or heard that song. "Martha" herself -- she shouldn't be attractive; all the parts of her face don't add up to the usual kind of comeliness. But somehow she is compelling. If I'd met her in the '80s (I presume this is when this video is from?), I'd have been drawn to her for sure. ("How you doin'?")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:21 AM (wzUl9)

30 Got a bunch of tomato plants out yesterday morning as it was cool and wet all day. Good day to transplant. Eager to see them again in the morning. Spinach , peas, and carrots are all up. Wait, is the the gardening thread? No technology was harmed jn the writng of this comment.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:21 AM (t7+TD)

31 Woolworth's in Australia has come up with a new way to add a little meat to bagged salad lettuce:

https://youtu.be/YdBG2rP0s7E
(3m44s)

If you like a little green frog with you're salad, they've got you covered.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 05:21 AM (6ydKt)

32 Woman in England crochets 100th baby blanket for the maternity unit in the same hospital which saved her sight:

https://tinyurl.com/2tvdj79t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:22 AM (n3VHW)

33 1 Morning hordesters
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 04:34 AM (VQOa3)

Swoopin' in for the win! Way to go, Pete Bog!

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

34 Woolworth's in Australia has come up with a new way to add a little meat to bagged salad lettuce:

https://youtu.be/YdBG2rP0s7E
(3m44s)

If you like a little green frog with you're salad, they've got you covered.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026

***
Woolworth's still exists somewhere in the world??

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

35 If there is something alive in your salad greens, that is a good sign. Rinse 'em iff and continue.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:25 AM (t7+TD)

36 Nanci Griffith onWoolworth's:
https://tinyurl.com/2zka4yx8

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:29 AM (t7+TD)

37 Woolworth's still exists somewhere in the world??

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

I'm not sure if it's the same "Woolworth's" as what we had here.

In the UK and Oz it's a grocery store as opposed to a department store.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)

38 29 If I'd met her in the '80s (I presume this is when this video is from?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:21 AM (wzUl9)

1986 (it tells us at 4:23)

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE)

39 Talked with my oldest friend C last night. He's doing well. But another of our junior high classmates who has been our friend for decades -- and is C's wife's uncle! -- has just had a stroke at age 73. He's in the hospital and has lost the use of the right side of his body. Apparently he will be going to rehab. His name is Patrick, so if you can include him in your prayers, it'd be appreciated.

I need to go see him. It's funny; I still see myself and my oldest friends as being thirteen, or twenty, or thirty. Reality and old age hits you in the face.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

40 Song in My Head - Martha and the Muffins

Just because there is a song in your head does not mean that you have to sing it and video it.

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 05:34 AM (6wpGE)

41 Nanci Griffith onWoolworth's:
https://tinyurl.com/2zka4yx8
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026

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My gosh. She sounds just like Miss Linda!! And like comedienne Rita Rudner, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

42 There's nothin' like old friends.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:35 AM (t7+TD)

43 Hello M. Insomnia for the win.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 05:37 AM (VQOa3)

44 sounds just like Miss Linda
_-_
Hearing her makes me miss Texas.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:38 AM (t7+TD)

45 Good morning, everyone! The worst part of the day so far is that for some reason, my brain was convinced that today is Friday.

I'll be sulking in the corner if you need me.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 05:39 AM (+4yJ5)

46 27 Sorry, Martha. Couldn't make it all the way through that one.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:18 AM (t7+TD)

I hung in there. There was a sorta Barbra Streisand vibe.

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 05:40 AM (6wpGE)

47 Martha was slim and in shape too -- in wild contrast to so many everyday people and even "celebrities" today. Eat like a horse, look like a horse.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

48 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 21, 2026 05:42 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Birdbath status?
The chair is against the wall.
John has a long mustache

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:44 AM (t7+TD)

50 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9

Will pray for your friend, Patrick.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:46 AM (n3VHW)

51 About 76 close and unbreathable degrees here; brief rains in our forecast today and through next Wednesday.

I could go work out this morning. I really could. Will I? As Abba said, "The gods, they play at dice, their minds as cold as ice." It's up to them, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

52 could go work out this morning
_-_
Makes ya feel better the rest of the day.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 05:50 AM (t7+TD)

53 Will pray for your friend, Patrick.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026

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Thanks, Fen. Patrick was part of our coterie in junior high. We all escaped having to go to Vietnam (good draft numbers); he and another pal of ours taught me to shoot; they were at my wedding to La Sociopath in '83. For years, an amateur historian, he made his living doing piecework, painting miniature soldiers for a shop in the French Quarter. He's always been a rebel and an acerbic commenter on our society.

C. says he was just visiting with him the day before the stroke happened, talking with him happily for an hour while visiting his wife's mother, with whom Patrick lives in the suburbs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

54 could go work out this morning
_-_
Makes ya feel better the rest of the day.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026

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True. It's why I do it, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

55 >>>Disclaimer: That's not a moofin!

Maybe it is a Nuffin? A Dindu Nuffin?

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 05:57 AM (6wpGE)

56 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9

He sounds like an interesting man you've known over many years, and if he's well enough would probably appreciate your visit and support.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:58 AM (n3VHW)

57 Acquired a 5y/o black male kitty from the Benbrook animal shelter. He is a sweety, 17 lbs with a 16 inch tale. After Mr. Coco passed Sept. of 2024 house seemed empty, needed a kitty.

Posted by: kingsman at May 21, 2026 06:00 AM (ehY6c)

58 Woolworth's still exists somewhere in the world??

U.S. headquarters are in Harrisburg, PA. They own Foot Locker and a lot of other stores that you see in a Shopping Mall.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 21, 2026 06:02 AM (qFwJc)

59 57 Acquired a 5y/o black male kitty from the Benbrook animal shelter. He is a sweety, 17 lbs with a 16 inch tale. After Mr. Coco passed Sept. of 2024 house seemed empty, needed a kitty.
Posted by: kingsman at May 21, 2026 06:00 AM (ehY6c)

Mazel tov!

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 06:03 AM (6wpGE)

60 Posted by: kingsman at May 21, 2026 06:00 AM (ehY6c)

Congratulations !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 06:06 AM (OYsYV)

61 Marine band does old time hymn, "How Great Thou Art":

https://tinyurl.com/mcyftnne

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 06:10 AM (OYsYV)

62 Gettin' about time for a new laptop. Not lookjng forward to the price or Windows 11. Would just use Linux, but Windows is the delivery platform for the products I work on.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:11 AM (imdaC)

63 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

64 The 11" Lenovo Idea Tab is on sale for $160.00. The display, its key feature, has a resolution of 3200 x 2000.

The 8.7" Lenovo Tab One is $100. The display resolution is 1340 x 800 which is meh but useable.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 21, 2026 06:12 AM (glnUu)

65
Acquired a 5y/o black male kitty from the Benbrook animal shelter. He is a sweety, 17 lbs with a 16 inch tale. After Mr. Coco passed Sept. of 2024 house seemed empty, needed a kitty.
Posted by: kingsman at May 21, 2026 06:00 AM (ehY6c)

To be a Moron Pet is the apex of pet life. May you enrich each other's lives.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 06:14 AM (HdYcL)

66 Don in SoCo, I was able to source a Win10Pro laptop on Amazon a month or so ago for about 600 total.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 21, 2026 06:15 AM (aJQbY)

67 Lenovo
Wow. Good prices! Might be a bit small for me old eyes. I will take a look at Lenovo. Dell is $$$

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:15 AM (imdaC)

68
I can't help but think that were I to buy a Lenovo, I'd be having every keystroke monitored by the heathen Chinee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 06:15 AM (HdYcL)

69 Mornin' Horde.

@57/kingsman: Congratulations on the acquisition of a void-kitty! :-)

Now go get him some fresh produce boxes from the grocery to sit in, smell, and rub against. Ours loved when I did that every week.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 21, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 21, 2026 06:17 AM (VyBeY)

71 @68/Hadrian the Seventh: "I can't help but think that were I to buy a Lenovo, I'd be having every keystroke monitored by the heathen Chinee."

Start every day on a Lenovo by typing:

"Chairman Xi looks like Winnie the Pooh."
"China is Asshoe."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 21, 2026 06:17 AM (O7YUW)

72 Thanks, RandomDave - will also look at Amazon.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:20 AM (imdaC)

73 I can't help but think that were I to buy a Lenovo, I'd be having every keystroke monitored by the heathen Chinee.
****

I have a Lenovo Chromebook. Reasonable price, decent performance. I do not say anything online that I have not already said to someone's face.

Posted by: clarence at May 21, 2026 06:20 AM (1QT7n)

74 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at May 21, 2026 05:42 AM (2Ez/1)
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There was a new kitteh prowling in our yard yesterday and the bluebirds were not having it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 06:21 AM (RIvkX)

75 having every keystroke monitored by the heathen Chinese
_-_
Same concern with Windows 11 and the heathen Gates.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:21 AM (imdaC)

76 "...house seemed empty, needed a kitty."
++++
And a box with poop in it.

Posted by: I said sardonically at May 21, 2026 06:22 AM (2Ez/1)

77 Apple MLX Is an Apple AI technology optimized run locally on Apple silicon and appears to be coming to all MacBooks.

https://youtu.be/7QzSxv3z8CA

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 21, 2026 06:23 AM (glnUu)

78 Acquired a 5y/o black male kitty from the Benbrook animal shelter. He is a sweety, 17 lbs with a 16 inch tale. After Mr. Coco passed Sept. of 2024 house seemed empty, needed a kitty.
Posted by: kingsman at May 21, 2026 06:00 AM (ehY6c)
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YAY!

Now send in some pics to the Pet Thread so we can see this wonderful kitty!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 06:24 AM (gnNyN)

79 Same concern with Windows 11 3.1 and the heathen Gates.

Posted by: clarence at May 21, 2026 06:24 AM (1QT7n)

80 Everybody wants all of your data...and they get us to pay them to collect it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:25 AM (NTC6L)

81 76
Posted by: I said sardonically at May 21, 2026 06:22 AM (2Ez/1)

sardonic
grimly mocking or cynical
origin
mid 17th century: from French sardonique, earlier sardonien, via Latin from Greek sardonios ‘of Sardinia’

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 06:27 AM (6wpGE)

82 I knew this guy in college who had four dogs and five cats jn the house. He was wondering why the place smelled like it did.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:30 AM (imdaC)

83 80 Everybody wants all of your data...and they get us to pay them to collect it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:25 AM (NTC6L)

All your data are belong to us.

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 06:31 AM (6wpGE)

84
The Big Dummy will spend the month of June in Ohio with his mom up there. There are just no shows worth entering around here next month, or Her Majesty or I will be traveling, or she will be off judging in New Mexico and the choices are better in the Midwest.

We will get him back in time for the July Great Texas Death March (Dallas, San Antonio, Houston) and have him for the remainder of the year.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 06:32 AM (HdYcL)

85 Gettin' close to time to consider the ways of the ant. Better try to sleep a little first.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 06:37 AM (imdaC)

86 I would stay away from memory stocks not just Seagate, it was trading at 80 bucks a year ago, it’s now 750 a share.

That’s entirely do to the memory Snarfpocalypse.

When it subsides or even goes relatively back to normal, that stock is going to crash and burn.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 06:44 AM (XV/Pl)

87 Meanwhile at Stately Pax Manor, Memorial Day weekend is coming up and my wife has reservations for dog sitting. It's going to get very crowded very quickly. Hopefully the local cats stay well away from us.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 06:45 AM (+4yJ5)

88 12 hours ago -
Politics & Policy
Scoop: Fetterman's chief of staff resigns

Sen. John Fetterman's chief of staff resigned Wednesday, a source familiar with the move told Axios.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

89 At ChiTrib: "Schlitz beer will be brewed for the last time on Saturday."

A random survey of taste buds reveals broad consensus: "Thank Goodness!" "At long last!"

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 06:47 AM (N8ZBc)

90 89 At ChiTrib: "Schlitz beer will be brewed for the last time on Saturday."

A random survey of taste buds reveals broad consensus: "Thank Goodness!" "At long last!"
Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 06:47 AM (N8ZBc)

Sch(l)it(z)

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 06:48 AM (6wpGE)

91 Schlitz: They changed the recipe. FAFO

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 21, 2026 06:50 AM (qFwJc)

92 Schiesse
Schmuck
Schlemiel
Schlemazel
Schlitz

Need I say more?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

93 Schlitz, the beer that mad Mel Famey walk us.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 21, 2026 06:54 AM (qFwJc)

94 Schlitz was like a generic beer. Like a beer in a white can that had BEER in black letters on it.

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 06:55 AM (6wpGE)

95 )89 At ChiTrib: "Schlitz beer will be brewed for the last time on Saturday."

A random survey of taste buds reveals broad consensus: "Thank Goodness!" "At long last!"

Posted by: gp

=====

We have a handful of good brew pubs in the area. Good variety of offerings too. And that means Schlitz, Bud, Miller, etc are just reminders of times past - it was all that was available, and it wasn't all that great.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 21, 2026 06:57 AM (gpQ8/)

96 mornin yall

When you are out of Schlitz
Just piss it back into the can

Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

97 93 lolrofl!

Posted by: gp at May 21, 2026 06:58 AM (N8ZBc)

98 Schlitz

Apparently lots of us drank it at some point!

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 06:59 AM (6wpGE)

99 there was actually a (very rare) Schlitz Dark that was not bad.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 21, 2026 07:01 AM (VyBeY)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 07:01 AM (6wpGE)

101 (in 70s terms, anyway ... what 21st Century sock_rat would think of it is in the realm of the unknowable)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 21, 2026 07:02 AM (VyBeY)

102 New to make you smile.

Ireland deported some people back to Pakistan via jet. They got a full Irish breakfast as their in-flight meal, including pork sausages.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)

103
Consensus among the Horde is that there are and have never been any good widely-produced beers. You're like the True Opera Fans who turn their noses up at commercial recordings but swoon over some jake-leg aircheck from Mexico City in 1950.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:03 AM (HdYcL)

104
Ireland deported some people back to Pakistan via jet. They got a full Irish breakfast as their in-flight meal, including pork sausages.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)

"I am offended to have been served this stuff!" (*burp*)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:04 AM (HdYcL)

105 103 Consensus among the Horde is that there are
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:03 AM (HdYcL)

are --> aren't
?

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE)

106
A word from LA Mayor Karen Bassura: "You can't succeed wifout teef!"

This info blurb brought to you by Tweakers for Bassura.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 07:06 AM (9qeXR)

107
are --> aren't
?
Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE)

*throws phone across room*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:07 AM (HdYcL)

108 Consensus among the Horde is that there are and have never been any good widely-produced beers. You're like the True Opera Fans who turn their noses up at commercial recordings but swoon over some jake-leg aircheck from Mexico City in 1950.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 07:03 AM (HdYcL)
=====

Guinness For Health!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

109 Maybe Schlitz should have a perky spokesperson to bring back the product. What's Dana Mulvaney doing these days?

Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 07:10 AM (+4yJ5)

110 nood JJ reporting

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 21, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

111 I was the champagne of bottled beers.
Schlitz was more like the Boones Farm.

Posted by: Miller High Life at May 21, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

112 109 Maybe Schlitz should have a perky spokesperson to bring back the product. What's Dana Mulvaney doing these days?
Posted by: NR Pax at May 21, 2026 07:10 AM
+++++

*ahem*

https://youtu.be/Ql8fqPvOeqg

Posted by: Terri Garr at May 21, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)

113
What about Dom Perignon, the beer of champagnes?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 07:37 AM (VWtfl)

114 Samsung has avoided a disastrous strike by memory workers at the last minute. (Tom's Hardware)

The company has promised 15% of record-breaking profits as bonuses to employees, and removed the existing cap on those bonuses.

Half-million dollar bonuses. The previous article about this which Pixy posted said the SK Hynix workers are projected to get []additional $1 million bonuses next year.

I am in the wrong business.

Posted by: far cry at May 21, 2026 08:05 AM (LSV6F)

115 @114/far cry:

There may not be a "next year" bonus if the AI bubble pops.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 21, 2026 10:09 AM (O7YUW)

Wednesday Night ONT - May 20, 2026 [TRex]

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Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. This will be a colorful ONT. The bar is open.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted and are eligible for comment of the week consideration. Pants are optional (but pants or the lack of pants has no role in comment of the week consideration). Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors (being nice has an impact on comment of the week consideration). This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please (violations definitely impact comment of the week consideration).

Will you be smarter after reading this ONT? Will you be better looking? Will you be more fun at parties? Will you lose weight? Will you be wealthier? Will you be more fashionable? If you skip the content, you'll never know!

[Top photo: Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.]

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This seems to miss the point (presuming there is any point to naming a "Color of the Year).

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Introducing Pantone Color of the Year 2026, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection. A billowy white imbued with serenity, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer encourages true relaxation and focus, allowing the mind to wander and creativity to breathe, making room for innovation.

No offense to "Cloud Dancer," but with all the possibilities and candidates, the color of the YEAR perhaps could involve something with...more color? This must be a troll or a practical joke, right?

Maybe Leatrice Eiseman, the Executive Director, Pantone Color Institute explains:

At this time of transformation, when we are reimagining our future and our place in the world, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer is a discrete white hue offering a promise of clarity. The cacophony that surrounds us has become overwhelming, making it harder to hear the voices of our inner selves. A conscious statement of simplification, Cloud Dancer enhances our focus, providing release from the distraction of external influences.

Nope.

Playdough is going to make a special edition to showcase the "color." I think. I'm not sure whether they're kidding or not. Does it matter?

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Prince and the Revolution:

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Eiffel 65:

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Billy Idol:

AC DC:

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In Living Color:


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Got money? Buying a new Porsche? Want something beyond standard colors? You can choose from over 230 colors from the "Paint to Sample" program. Think an extra $13,000 or so (availability varies by model).

If you really want to spend money and want Porsche to paint your car with a specific custom color, they will do it for a prices that start at around $30,000. The more bespoke, the more expensive. It is a shockingly popular (and profitable) program but the truth is that Porsche doesn't love it because anything custom requires exceptions from the usual production line process. The pricing is partially to discourage people (in other words, extracting money from people who really, really want it and are willing to pay). Some are willing to pay because it makes their car unique - no other cars in the world will have the same color.

The department that takes on truly custom jobs used to be known as "special wishes" or "Sonderwunsch."

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Christmas nostalgia:

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Who had one? Who still has one? Who is going to Amazon and spending $36.99 to buy a new color wheel?

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Dio:

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

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Live Hendrix for the big on-topic ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Does anyone read the disclaimer? Is there anyone out there? (tap, tap) Is this thing on? If you have read this far, you deserve a reward. The jellybean count answer is here .

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1 Not fast enough!

Posted by: buddhaha at May 20, 2026 10:00 PM (Vh9Sf)

2 Reagan!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 10:00 PM (Qxy/R)

3 What is so rare as a Wednesday in May? Eh?

Posted by: mindful webworker - yup, last comment was bewillowed at May 20, 2026 10:01 PM (drdOJ)

4 Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.
-
1959?

Posted by: Methos at May 20, 2026 10:01 PM (vSvIl)

5 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 20, 2026 10:02 PM (w3u3d)

6
Jelly beans are gross.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:02 PM (3ek7K)

7 There are four jelly beans!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 It's a pretty good night for music. I'm guessing 1999 jellybeans.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:03 PM (Hvd9a)

9 I have a salmon-colored dress shirt.

Mrs. Cicero insists on calling it pink.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:03 PM (6C3mT)

10 637

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 20, 2026 10:03 PM (VCgbV)

11 I don't care how many jelly beans are in the jar. It brings back lovely memories of Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:04 PM (0Htd1)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 10:04 PM (sAmhv)

13 I just realized it's election season. I still have my pandemic decorations up. Should I mix them in, so it looks like pandemic election season, or just pick one?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:04 PM (qx7Zg)

14 Although I wouldn't mind picking out the bubble gum flavored ones and the coconut flavored ones.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (0Htd1)

15 Vegas 2 CO 0 after 2

Avs totally flat.

Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (ZxPkt)

16 I remember there was some proposal to use the Pantone scale to determine where a citizen stood in terms of civil rights. I'm not sure if it went anywhere.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (6C3mT)

17 And there might be a couple of coffee flavored ones in there.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (0Htd1)

18 Good grief...I coulda been 1...
Got a new tablet and had to start all over again...
Maybe top 20?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (uTEOj)

19 I don't want to get out too far over my skis, but I'm beginning to suspect the Brits have had enough and are starting to fight back.

https://tinyurl.com/4vhfnfay

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)

20 I like the idea of the custom color car. Would never pay a car company for it, let alone Gerry, but it appeals to me.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (vE0+H)

21
Hour,

Keep them up. The evil people are desperately trying to find another virus to lock us down for the midterms.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)

22 Good evening morons und danke Dino

Love jelly bellies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

23
It brings back lovely memories of Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:04 PM (0Htd1)

__________

Our Ron. They hated him too. And never admitted he was right. The greatest president of the 20th century.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (HdYcL)

24 Who had one? Who still has one? Who is going to Amazon and spending $36.99 to buy a new color wheel?

Yes. No. Not only no... but hell no!

Had the tree, but it was white flocked. Always used red balls and teardrop ornaments. Still have a couple of the teardrops.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

25 willowed:

Aetius451AD work phone

For America, the theft of an election gave Trump time to think and plan. He used that time well.

So Obama made Trump run. Hillary fumbled and let him win, then the American people rose up and elected Trump a third time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

26 Ronny James Dio makes an appearance. This is good. All metal/hard rock singer discussions should start and end with him.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (QaH55)

27 Huh. My last two cars were Blue (current Mustang) and British Racing Green (miata.)

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

28 Anyway....rowww!
TRex🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (uTEOj)

29 Have a great night, everyone.

May you thrive!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

30 My first car was a beautiful chocolate brown.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

31 I remember there was some proposal to use the Pantone scale to determine where a citizen stood in terms of civil rights. I'm not sure if it went anywhere.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (6C3mT)

Holy crap think of how angry and miserable the Left will be that Pantone chose white this year. I'm 100% on board with it now.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:08 PM (vE0+H)

32 have a salmon-colored dress shirt.

Mrs. Cicero insists on calling it pink.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:03 PM (6C3mT)

Call it salmon. Call it pink. Wear it with manliness and authority. Real men can rock pastels.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:08 PM (Hvd9a)

33 "Cloud Dancer, a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."

Yeesh. Quality art criticism if I ever read it.

The pantone color square would be great in the art thread.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 16 shades of gray at May 20, 2026 10:08 PM (drdOJ)

34 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Hello sunshine.

Need sleep, but good to see you up and about.

TTFN

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (u82oZ)

35 So Obama made Trump run. Hillary fumbled and let him win, then the American people rose up and elected Trump a third time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

Don't forget the part where God got overtly involved!

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (vE0+H)

36 Mammaw and Pappaw had the full size aluminum tree with the color wheel. I never saw it, but I saw it in home movies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

37 I like the idea of the custom color car. Would never pay a car company for it, let alone Gerry, but it appeals to me.
Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (vE0+H)

If I did it, I'd get the Studebaker with the psychedelic paint job from the Muppet Movie.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (qx7Zg)

38 Raspberry Beret is on my playlist. Great lyrics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

39 Evening Horde thx TRex.
It is off white and I don't care what else they call it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (gu0hJ)

40 And there might be a couple of coffee flavored ones in there.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:05 PM (0Htd1)

Ah, the way we were.

(sniff)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

41 Jelly beans are gross.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:02 PM (3ek7K)


They are vile.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

42
Some foods seem to get bigger in one's mouth.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:10 PM (3ek7K)

43 Corey Glover (Living Color) had some serious singing chops.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)

44 ...

An honest miracle that should convert atheists, Universal Unitarians, and Hindus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 10:10 PM (u82oZ)

45 My first car was a beautiful chocolate brown.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

Mine was black. Paint was bad. The interior was red cloth. '84 Cutlass Cieta. Dad paid $400. I loved it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

46 If you really want to spend money and want Porsche to paint your car with a specific custom color, they will do it for a prices that start at around $30,000.

Why wouldn't you just buy it in some basic white-ish color and then take it to any good paint shop? They'll do any damn thing you want for a fraction of that.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 10:11 PM (vTZFs)

47 Some foods seem to get bigger in one's mouth.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:10 PM (3ek7K)

*watches pitch slowly float by, almost motionless*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

48 https://tinyurl.com/4vhfnfay
Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)

TV license fee guy? Yeah, I've seen vids of people telling them to beat it. They can't enforce, just ask, so... they get what they deserver.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 "Cloud Dancer, a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."

Yeesh. Quality art criticism if I ever read it.

The pantone color square would be great in the art thread.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 16 shades of gray at May 20, 2026 10:08 PM (drdOJ)

***

If anyone writes that shit on the morning art thread, it will be noted on their permanent record.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)

50 Greetings.

Posted by: Grayman27 at May 20, 2026 10:13 PM (AvoqE)

51 Yeah. So me, I do prefer to lay around in a tree, dreaming in sooo many colors...of course, some kind of beverage is involved...😜

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 10:13 PM (uTEOj)

52 🎶🎹🎺
She had bluuuue BERrries whoa hoa
Bluer than Elvis's suede shoes whoa hoa oh…

Posted by: mindful webworker - strawberry alarm clock's forgotten hits at May 20, 2026 10:13 PM (drdOJ)

53 Was it Billy Idol who was a dick? Maybe I'm thinking of Billy Squier.

Billy Joel?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:13 PM (6C3mT)

54

Waiting, Waiting.

I teed up that comment for you guys,lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

55 Ahhhhh here it is. Thank you internet for still providing quality entertainment after all these years:

[–]ThiccQban 51 points 12/5/2025, 9:25:04 AM

Maybe I’m just tired and overly-sensitive at this point. But choosing white as the color of the year while white supremacists are hard-launching fascism in the US (and abroad tbf) feels so gross to me.


[–]anniemanic 15 points 12/5/2025, 12:27:42 PM

It’s not just you, I’m also tired and immediately thought the same thing

TizzyBumblefluff 383 points 12/4/2025, 11:07:33 PM

Did you know that the rise of monotone in design/art increased significantly during the rise of Hitler and fascism? We’ve had millennial grey, then a few black things were popping up, now white. Just an observation.

TizzyBumblefluff 12/4/2025, 11:25:01 PM

Women wore bright red lipstick to symbolise their fight against fascism, so: yes.
-----------------------------

I guess no one tell these idiots how popular Der Fuhrer was with German women? I love how the Left just makes history into anything they want it to be. How often do you see pictures of crowds of Nazi women cheering him? Battle of Britain has a good scene but that's the UK for you.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:14 PM (vE0+H)

56 Sorry Pantone, that color is gray. A very light gray, but gray nonetheless...
Should have done with Pantone 151....just saying....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 20, 2026 10:14 PM (dNF1a)

57
Waiting, Waiting.

I teed up that comment for you guys,lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

_____________

I thought about it but I wasn't going to be the one to do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 10:14 PM (HdYcL)

58 White Supremacy, my ass. According to Sherwin-Williams I am SW 6362 Tigereye.

Posted by: Beelzebubba at May 20, 2026 10:14 PM (bufu1)

59 mmmmm the rare and elusive WHITE jelly beans

Posted by: Yer Sistas Ass at May 20, 2026 10:15 PM (VPPG8)

60 Some foods seem to get bigger in one's mouth.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:10 PM (3ek7K)

*watches pitch slowly float by, almost motionless*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

And, in that vein....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

61 Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol walked into a bar (with sharp blades and metal spikes attached to it, spinning at 1,500 RPM). Slayer's "Raining Blood" plays on the Jukebox...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 20, 2026 10:15 PM (6lIrI)

62 How are you doing, Salty...? I never ask, sorry.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:15 PM (vE0+H)

63 Raspberry Beret is on my playlist. Great lyrics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

The Hindu Love Gods version is also tight. Warren Zevon + REM - Michael Stipe. It was glorious.

https://tinyurl.com/2hnrdht6

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:15 PM (Hvd9a)

64 Also, that's one of the all-time great Calvin & Hobbes strips. Calvin's dad doesn't get the credit he deserves.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

65 My Aunt up the street had an aluminum Christmas tree complete with spinning color wheel. She also had a black velvet Elvis and a separate black velvet Matador with his cape dragging on the dirt of the arena.

We had class in our old neighborhood, yes Sir!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2026 10:16 PM (vhPr1)

66
Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.

--------

862.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 10:16 PM (VWtfl)

67
This house we bought has gray walls and floors. It is awful looking and depressing.

We're trying to figure out another color.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (3ek7K)

68 Oh. This isn't Saturday is it?
I'm not at the Club am I?
Damn this retirement 🥸

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (uTEOj)

69 My first car was a 1984 taupe olds cutlass ciera.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (EilFp)

70 Sheesh...
I kept tapping on the color waiting for a picture to pop up. Thought the 'puter was running slow.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (2WIwB)

71 Mom's sister had one of those spinning color things. And it was for their SECOND Christmas tree.

Two Christmas trees!

From this, my siblings and I concluded that we must be quite poor.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (gpQ8/)

72 My first car was a 1984 taupe olds cutlass ciera.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (EilFp)

*fistbump*

Did yours leak oil like a sieve?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

73 38 Raspberry Beret is on my playlist. Great lyrics.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more. Perfect.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 20, 2026 10:18 PM (QaH55)

74 Iv'e seen the spinning color wheel thingee before and had no idea what it was for.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 20, 2026 10:18 PM (EilFp)

75 She also had a separate black velvet Matador with his cape dragging on the dirt of the arena.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2026 10:16 PM (vhPr1)

The Derek Flint version?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

76 https://tinyurl.com/4vhfnfay
Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)

TV license fee guy? Yeah, I've seen vids of people telling them to beat it. They can't enforce, just ask, so... they get what they deserver.

I couldn't make it out, but that was my guess. This is bigger than the BBC, though. He's basically an authority figure, and she chases him down and humiliates him. It's a short leap to other government busybodies.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:19 PM (Riz8t)

77 Got jelly beans in my pants! That's why Mommy Doktor Jill makes me wear the rubber drawers.

Posted by: President Emeritus! at May 20, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)

78 Good evening Horde. Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - technicolor dino at May 20, 2026 10:19 PM (dNF1a)

79 It did leak oil. Only hitting on 5 toward the end.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 20, 2026 10:20 PM (EilFp)

80 but I'm beginning to suspect the Brits have had enough and are starting to fight back.

I'm really liking that British lady. If we had republican candidates like her, I'd donate to their campaigns.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)

81 tree.

Two Christmas trees!

From this, my siblings and I concluded that we must be quite poor.

---------

Christmas tree. Huh.

We had a Christmas balloon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:20 PM (6C3mT)

82 The car color popularity chart is BS, its simply black, white, and gray are preferred by fleets, and generally speaking, those are the colors dealers stock the most of.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 10:21 PM (XV/Pl)

83 Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.

--------

Mmmmmm (swallow)

Three! One red, one white, and one blue!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:21 PM (qx7Zg)

84 I see Elon pushed out his SpaceX public S-1 IPO prospectus today.

Just for fun, I may try to buy a few shares for the kids when they are offered. I'm liking Elon's autistic approach to things.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2026 10:21 PM (vhPr1)

85 My first car was a 1984 taupe olds cutlass ciera.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 20, 2026 10:17 PM (EilFp)

*fistbump*

Did yours leak oil like a sieve?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)


My '65 Corvair has entered the chat.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

86 The blue Play-Doh always tasted best.

Posted by: Child of Coler at May 20, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)

87 "Caller said that he seems to have angered the neighborhood as there are about 15 people outside wanting to beat him up."

Wonder whose side the cops will take?

Posted by: mindful webworker - some people just need a good beating at May 20, 2026 10:22 PM (drdOJ)

88
Tonypete,

We are thinking the same thing.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K)

89 My parents never had a fake Christmas tree. We always had a real one. But in Michigan real Christmas trees are plentiful and fairly inexpensive.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

90 Good evening Horde. Thanks for being here.
Posted by: TRex - technicolor dino at May 20, 2026 10:19 PM (dNF1a)

Here? I thought I was over there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

91 Evenin’, All!

Let the boob talk begin!

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

92
Bulg,

Okay, we'll start with you.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:24 PM (3ek7K)

93 We always had a fake Christmas Tree because of allergies.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 20, 2026 10:24 PM (EilFp)

94 I like the idea of the custom color car. Would never pay a car company for it, let alone Gerry, but it appeals to me.
Posted by: ...

You can get a wrap in any color you can think of. Plus, you can take it off before you sell it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (diia5)

95 My first car was a 79 Chevy Chevette, in bright yellow. I still don't know how fast I'd driven it; the speedometer didn't read that high. ;-)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (qx7Zg)

96 yeah man Prince debuted on MTV with Little Red Corvette That was very special to me. In the 60's in my teen years our crew (two guys) stole cars . Corvettes and Camaros only. So yes we scored girls and let the horses run free.

Posted by: Yer Sistas Ass at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (VPPG8)

97 89 Nerdygirl, my family in Michigan grew Christmas trees. You may have had one of ours.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

98 First car had a maroon body with a cream colored roof. Two tone it was.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (izXCr)

99 tree.

Two Christmas trees!

From this, my siblings and I concluded that we must be quite poor.

---------

Christmas tree. Huh.

We had a Christmas balloon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:20 PM (6C3mT)

***

Sheesh!
You elites!
Mom put a Montgomery Wards catalog, opened to the toy section, under a plastic fern. And they'd been out of business for several years.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

100 Also Black and White are to of the worst colors for concealing dirt.

A black car will show every speck of dust dirt and scratches, a white car will show mud, grime and rust.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 10:26 PM (XV/Pl)

101 Hell, you can get chrome car wraps or iridescent to really annoy your neighbors.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2026 10:26 PM (diia5)

102 5000 jelly beans ....exactly.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 20, 2026 10:26 PM (vbXSk)

103 My first car was a 1984 taupe olds cutlass ciera.
Posted by: Boss Moss

1971 Rust bucket Ford Pinto. A real pos. Left front fender completely rusted through such that when I drove through water or mud it would splash up onto the (cracked) windshield and freeze. Didn't pay anything for it - the old lady that owned it said I could have it if I towed it out of her yard.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2026 10:26 PM (vhPr1)

104 My first car was a Mazda Rx-7. It was a fun car.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:27 PM (Hvd9a)

105 92 Boobs, boobs, boobs! They’re wonderful!

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)

106 1957 jelly beans

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 20, 2026 10:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

107 64 Also, that's one of the all-time great Calvin & Hobbes strips. Calvin's dad doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

The one where he told Calvin that parents bought their babies in stores and that he, Calvin, was a blue-light special at K-Mart was almost Ace-level.

Posted by: sal at May 20, 2026 10:28 PM (f+FmA)

108 Boobs, boobs, boobs! They’re wonderful!
Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)

You were hoping for videos from Lita Ford and Heart - or Dolly Parton, weren't you?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

109 With the exception of a couple of sports cars, I’ve primarily owned blue or orange vehicles.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)

110 78 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (77rzZ)

111 That Pantone is the exact color of George S. Patton’s ivory pistol grips.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (ZVgZ4)

112 In the spirit of Bulg the Boobmeister. Does anyone else remember those car bra things of the 80s? I think they were for bugs.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Hvd9a)

113 Boobs, boobs, boobs! They’re wonderful!
Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)

Come and see me some time, big boy!

Posted by: Diana of the Ephesians at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

114 Oh.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)

115 My first car was a yellowish tan with a darker tan, fake leather roof. It was a dodge dart and rusted all to hell. The body shop guy told me that they couldn't effectively get rid of the rust, but that that slant six engine would go on forever.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

116 [Top photo: Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.]

________________________________

There are, absolutely, no jelly beans in that jar. That is a traditional Irish Trophy jar found in Nephin Beg mountain range in County Mayo. You'll find it in Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park.

Under sworn oath of the family crest, generational residents in this area of Ireland hunt Leprechauns. The honor of the family is based on successful hunts, so a trophy jar became the common display of prowess.

In that jar are Leprechaun testicles.

Posted by: Orson at May 20, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)

117 Gramp's had 14' ceilings. Christmas time all of us would go to the woods and pick out a tree. The men would cut it, set it at the house then prune and fill to make it perfectly symmetrical.
Next the ladies and kids would dress it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 10:30 PM (izXCr)

118
We've moved a lot with husband's job, hot climates and cold climates.

In hot climates we opted for cool colors. Cold climates we used greens and a rich looking cream color.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:31 PM (3ek7K)

119 111 That Pantone is the exact color of George S. Patton’s ivory pistol grips.

---------

They would have had to pay a licensing fee to call it "Patton's Grip."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:31 PM (6C3mT)

120 Next the ladies and kids would dress it.
Posted by: Braenyard

with a mu-mu or a pregnant lady dress?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2026 10:31 PM (diia5)

121 We were poor. Got our Christmas tree on December 26 when the first ones hit the curb. Some had tinsel already on them.

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at May 20, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)

122 "Caller is unimpressed" - ouch....

Posted by: RandomDave at May 20, 2026 10:31 PM (aJQbY)

123 If Bulg put together an ONT, I think at least a third would be Joe Mannix worthy photographs, and another third videos of curvaceous female singers.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)

124 The number of jelly beans in the jar is zero, because it's just a picture of jelly beans and not actual jelly beans. And the jar is also part of the picture.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 20, 2026 10:32 PM (CHHv1)

125 110 78 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM
***
Happy Wednesday Bulg!

Posted by: TRex - color consultant dino at May 20, 2026 10:32 PM (dNF1a)

126 Rainbow promises will be kept

https://youtu.be/BypYghusriM

https://youtu.be/h0Hd3uWKFKY

https://youtu.be/jS5fTzMP_mg

https://youtu.be/oW2QZ7KuaxA

https://youtu.be/MX0D4oZwCsA

Posted by: mindful webworker - so intense at May 20, 2026 10:33 PM (drdOJ)

127 I'm fairly sure those are only the most popular car colors, because that's what the lots sell and no one bothers to get them re-painted.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 20, 2026 10:33 PM (9DL+Y)

128 Billy Idol, ACDC, and His Royal Purple Badness! Great tunes, Dino. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at May 20, 2026 10:33 PM (4IXIL)

129 I don't think Prince's music has aged well.

Better than his midget corpse probably.

But not much better.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 20, 2026 10:34 PM (HU7yq)

130 Call it salmon. Call it pink. Wear it with manliness and authority. Real men can rock pastels.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
----
I had a couple of pink shirts. The first time.I wore one to work, the comments started as soon as I took off my coat.
I climbed up.on a stool the secretary used to get to supplies in a tall.cabinet and announced, "Take good look. I'm wearing a pink shirt because I'm confident in my masculinity, and I don't care what you uncouth clowns think."
The secretary gave me a polite golf clap. The rest of them shut up.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Vh9Sf)

131 >>> 111 That Pantone is the exact color of George S. Patton’s ivory pistol grips.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (ZVgZ4)

I think you're lying, but saying it will trigger commie retards. Stolen.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Yqjwb)

132 We were poor. Got our Christmas tree on December 26 when the first ones hit the curb. Some had tinsel already on them.

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at May 20, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)

I'd give you my leftover Christmas hambone if I had a heart. But I don't. I use it for my New Year's Collards.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:35 PM (Hvd9a)

133 128 Billy Idol, ACDC, and His Royal Purple Badness! Great tunes, Dino. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at May 20, 2026 10:33 PM
***
Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - orange cone spotter dino at May 20, 2026 10:35 PM (dNF1a)

134 I know about County Mayo. Is there a County Miracle Whip?

Posted by: Paddy O'Furniture at May 20, 2026 10:35 PM (oftw2)

135 123 The final third would be the angelic voice of Karen Carpenter.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

136 127 I'm fairly sure those are only the most popular car colors, because that's what the lots sell and no one bothers to get them re-painted.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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There are no other options.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 10:36 PM (izXCr)

137 More 'color' songs:
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 20, 2026 10:38 PM (Yqjwb)

138 First car: 1964 Baby Blue Buick LeSabre convertible. Not the best of shape. For all practical purposes it had no radiator. Still a great car though.

Had an interesting feature. If I started to fall asleep while driving it would buzz to wake me up.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)

139 Evening all,

I hope everyone is doing well.

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-31
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 21, 2026
Launch Time: 5:59 a.m. EDT (0959 UTC, 11:59 CEST}

https://youtu.be/NBmIM7SwBak

Posted by: Joyenz at May 20, 2026 10:39 PM (2F0/Y)

140 The number of jelly beans in the jar is zero, because it's just a picture of jelly beans and not actual jelly beans. And the jar is also part of the picture.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 20, 2026 10:32 PM (CHHv1)

Whoa.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:39 PM (vE0+H)

141 When I hear "Little Red Corvette" it sounds suspiciously like "Up the Ladder To The Roof" by The Supremes.

youtu.be/9v1S-ypz5a4

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 20, 2026 10:39 PM (Kgbkd)

142

I wonder where AOP is today. It sounds like he is having an awesome road trip.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:39 PM (3ek7K)

143 Paint it Black - Rolling Stones

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 20, 2026 10:40 PM (Yqjwb)

144 The color wheel was festive. The aluminum tree was gorgeous, but the pumped fake, asbestos, snow coming down was the prettiest of all.

Posted by: Mike Mesothelioma at May 20, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)

145
I came across another of those "if you can't tip 40%, stay home" things. They piss me off. I'm a generous tipper but a tip isn't a basic human right and I'm not going to be bullied into pretending it is. Fine, I'll stay home.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 10:40 PM (HdYcL)

146 Once stayed in a motel on Route 70 in NJ that had an aluminum Christmas tree with color changing wheel decorating the bar area.

Now that I think about it, it could have been celebrating an anniversary.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 20, 2026 10:40 PM (NFX2v)

147 139 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-31

Posted by: Joyenz at May 20, 2026 10:39 PM
***
Don't forget about Starship Flight 12!

Posted by: TRex - countdown dino at May 20, 2026 10:40 PM (dNF1a)

148 Karen Carpenter’s voice = Sydney Sweeney’s boobs.

A beautiful female singing voice is that sexy.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

149 Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2026 10:25 PM (diia5)

I did look into it but I would have to be filthy rich to do it. There are things I will blow money on, like gambling and hookers, and things I won't.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (vE0+H)

150 49 "Cloud Dancer, a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."

Yeesh. Quality art criticism if I ever read it.

The pantone color square would be great in the art thread.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 16 shades of gray at May 20, 2026 10:08 PM (drdOJ)

***

If anyone writes that shit on the morning art thread, it will be noted on their permanent record.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)

"Rabbit In A Snowstorm"

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (0CU3H)

151 Bulg, I love driving past Christmas tree farms, little forests with the trees all in nice, straight rows. They're so orderly.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

152 >>> 145
I came across another of those "if you can't tip 40%, stay home" things. They piss me off. I'm a generous tipper but a tip isn't a basic human right and I'm not going to be bullied into pretending it is. Fine, I'll stay home.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 10:40 PM (HdYcL)

Heh.

"Here's a tip: 'The minimum wage is $0.' "

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (Yqjwb)

153 First major disappointment in life was when I discovered that I don't like Jelly beans.

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (9r1k/)

154 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

Love Jelly Bellies! There must be at least 582 lucious jelly beans in that jar, no?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 20, 2026 10:42 PM (D/6p1)

155
40% tip?

Fuck them and the horse they rode in on.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)

156 I took my kids to see AC/DC at the STL hockey arena (Scott Trade) about 12 years ago. My kids, who were 11 or 12 or so, could have cared less. Were not impressed.

AC/DC looked so OLD... and feeble! I think I caught them on their last hurrah. One of them was almost deaf. One of them had yelled out his vocal chords.

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 10:42 PM (RCjYY)

157 I sort of inherited a bronzy greyish car that seemed to blend in with asphalt in the eyes of other drivers. I was sideswiped once when parked, once when moving and "almost" several times.

I think about visibility now. Maybe something in a pale creamy yellow?

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2026 10:43 PM (rdeQO)

158 First major disappointment in life was when I discovered that I don't like Jelly beans.
Posted by: Javems
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*Fist bump*
Good to see you in the comments Javems.

Posted by: scampydog at May 20, 2026 10:44 PM (4IXIL)

159 Cloud Dancer is a very versatile white for walls, it’s funny it is color of the year, but it is a nice white!

For the custom paint of the Porsches, why not just get it wrapped? Budget friendly Porsche painting ideas right here!

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n)

160 151 A lot of work goes into that orderliness, NG.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (77rzZ)

161 Karen Carpenter’s voice = Sydney Sweeney’s boobs.

A beautiful female singing voice is that sexy.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)


That is powerful. Karen Carpenter was very talented and tragic. There are no dangling male balls that inspire me, particularly. Perhaps that is a tragedy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (Hvd9a)

162 The department that takes on truly custom jobs used to be known as "special wishes" or "Sonderwunsch."

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I thought those were the slaves the cleared out the gas chambers, but I guess Porsche wouldn't want to advertise that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (6C3mT)

163 Give me 2 minutes with that jar of jelly beans and the answer will be none.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 10:46 PM (snZF9)

164 There are 1,623 jelly beans in the above jar. Just a guess 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 20, 2026 10:46 PM (NFX2v)

165 Not the best commenter this evening, although i gave it my almost best shot...
Went off to oncologist today...not the best fun...
But, hey! Any day above ground is a good day😛!
Love the Horde!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 10:47 PM (uTEOj)

166 That is powerful. Karen Carpenter was very talented and tragic. There are no dangling male balls that inspire me, particularly. Perhaps that is a tragedy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (Hvd9a)
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Hello, there.

Posted by: Engelbert Humperdinck at May 20, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

167 There are no dangling male balls that inspire me, particularly.

“Metaphor?”

Posted by: Slo-Mo Dove at May 20, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK)

168 I'd give you my leftover Christmas hambone if I had a heart. But I don't. I use it for my New Year's Collards.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Collards? You're supposed to use it for split pea soup.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)

169 I saw Dangling Male Balls open for The Offspring at Gazzari's in '88.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:48 PM (6C3mT)

170 What kind of service are they providing that's worth a 40% tip? Lap dances Blowjobs? Wash and dry your car seductively in an itsy bitsy teeny tiny yellow polka dot bikini?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)

171 Appreciate the colorful content this evening. And the Calvin & Hobbes. I miss that comic strip.

And thanks again to the quirky folks of Pittsburgh (or portions thereof) for reminding us that humanity is... human.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 20, 2026 10:49 PM (D/6p1)

172 PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer

This is seriously old news. The spackle I’ve used for decades has always been this exact color.
Guess I’m a trend-setter.

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 10:49 PM (HZfH/)

173 {COMM}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

174 For the custom paint of the Porsches, why not just get it wrapped? Budget friendly Porsche painting ideas right here!

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n)

LOL There's something nice about the IDEA of it being a genuine custom paint job from the manufacturer.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:50 PM (vE0+H)

175 Everything going okay, Comm?

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 10:50 PM (Wmg4n)

176 If you like female voices with a delicious "bottom", check out Gale Garnett. A Canadian by way of New Zealand, her big hit was "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" from 1965, which beat out Dylan for Folk Grammy that year. She went Pop to moderate success, then fronted a Psychedelic band The Gentle Reign.
Wonderful alto voice and she was quite pretty, which always helps. Kind of left music in the 80s, but became a successful novelist. A cool lady who should have had bigger stardom.

Posted by: I Know You Rider at May 20, 2026 10:50 PM (oftw2)

177 We had one of those aluminum trees when I was a kid. Had the color wheel light too. Must of had it for five or six Christmases. Mom didn't like real trees because they made a mess. But we kids didn't mind, as long as we had a tree. And the tree was bright and full of colors. On Christmas eve Dad would drive us around the rich part of town to see the fancy decorations and also to get us sleepy so when we got home we were ready to go to bed. Parents had their ways back in the day.

Posted by: Case at May 20, 2026 10:51 PM (8XBuM)

178 The best female singers of the 20th century (in no particular order): Karen Carpenter, Shirley Jones, Judy Garland, and Linda Ronstadt.

Well, I might have listed Karen first for a reason.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

179 2658 JBs in the jar.

Posted by: Lothar of the Keolu Hill People at May 20, 2026 10:51 PM (z1mEU)

180 Posted by: scampydog at May 20, 2026 10:44 PM (4IXIL)

Thanks scampydod. I lurk a lot now.

And my first car was a 1958 Ford Falcon. It was mainly rust as I recall, with a bit of brown thrown in.

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 10:52 PM (9r1k/)

181 PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer

This is seriously old news. The spackle I’ve used for decades has always been this exact color.
Guess I’m a trend-setter.

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 10:49 PM (HZfH/)

Back in the 80's there were houses with entire interiors painted in colors like that. That was when white for some reason became the in thing. People who thought the white was too sterile would have these slight off white paints mixed. So yeah, the color is nothing new.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)

182 Pittsburgh has another distinction. Steepest residential street in USA.

Posted by: Canton Avenue at May 20, 2026 10:53 PM (oftw2)

183 If we're talking beautiful voice, Joan Baez.

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 10:53 PM (RCjYY)

184 There are no dangling male balls that inspire me, particularly.

“Metaphor?”

Posted by: Slo-Mo Dove at May 20, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK)

Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of a ninja men who know how to twirl.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:53 PM (Hvd9a)

185 178 The best female singers of the 20th century (in no particular order): Karen Carpenter, Shirley Jones, Judy Garland, and Linda Ronstadt.

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Shirley Jones?

*index finger to cheek*

Riiiight.

Posted by: Dr. Evil at May 20, 2026 10:54 PM (6C3mT)

186
Well, Avs made it exciting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 10:54 PM (HdYcL)

187 Alison Krauss.

Jewel although I guess I learned that's controversial. I don't see how - what a voice.

Marion Williams

Cass Elliot

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:54 PM (vE0+H)

188 My first car was a yellowish tan with a darker tan, fake leather roof. It was a dodge dart and rusted all to hell. The body shop guy told me that they couldn't effectively get rid of the rust, but that that slant six engine would go on forever.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

He would be right. I think those cars started rusting before they left the factory, but yeah, that engine is unkillable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

189 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar.

FIGHT ME

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:55 PM (6C3mT)

190
Kamala has a beautiful voice.

Oh wait , only if you are a retarded grifter.

Free everything is music to their ears.


Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

191 First Falcon was 1960, same year as the introduction of the Corvair, Valiant, and Comet.

Posted by: Big Three Goes Little at May 20, 2026 10:56 PM (oftw2)

192 The best female singers of the 20th century (in no particular order): Karen Carpenter, Shirley Jones, Judy Garland, and Linda Ronstadt.

Well, I might have listed Karen first for a reason.
Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)
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I don't think so.

Posted by: Annie Lennox, Mama Cass, and Cher at May 20, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

193 Also, Julia Migenes.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)

194 170 What kind of service are they providing that's worth a 40% tip? Lap dances Blowjobs? Wash and dry your car seductively in an itsy bitsy teeny tiny yellow polka dot bikini?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)

Back quite a few years ago there was a truck wash up in east Texas somewhere that had nude gals as washers. I never had enough money for that sort of nonsense

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 10:57 PM (9r1k/)

195 Actually, I'm eating jelly bellies right now. Sour mix.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 10:57 PM (RIvkX)

196 PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer

Is that a male or female American Indian name?

Did they get permission from everyone with that name, or will they need a new name after Cloud Dancer(s)' attorneys get done with them?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

197 Back quite a few years ago there was a truck wash up in east Texas somewhere that had nude gals as washers. I never had enough money for that sort of nonsense

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Hot nude girls, or skanky nude girls?

Because there's a difference.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (6C3mT)

198 Grace Slick.

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)

199 Bulg, I may pick at your Triscuit habit. But I also enjoy Karen Carpenter. But she should have eaten some Triscuits and cheese, really. What a teagedy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (Hvd9a)

200 For the record, "Cloud Dancer" is #F0EFEB hex.

Posted by: mindful webworker - because it matters at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (drdOJ)

201 869 jelly beans. What do I win?
Guess I'll have to read the content.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (sl73Y)

202 I came across another of those "if you can't tip 40%, stay home" things.

I'm pretty sure those are not written by people who actually rely on tips for income but by people who need you to know that they are better than you. If all of us who can't/won't tip 40% were to actually stay home, there aren't nearly enough others to make up the difference. Businesses will close and the (former) workers will get 0%.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vTZFs)

203 187 Alison Krauss.

Jewel although I guess I learned that's controversial. I don't see how - what a voice.

——-

Resounding endorsement for Alison Krauss. Voice of an angel, to this day. Saw her live last year. Amazing.

Also, Dolores O’Riordan. RIP.

Posted by: Grayman27 at May 20, 2026 11:00 PM (AvoqE)

204 191 First Falcon was 1960, same year as the introduction of the Corvair, Valiant, and Comet.

Posted by: Big Three Goes Little at May 20, 2026 10:56 PM (oftw2)

May have been a 1960. Time is a bit cloudy back then

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 11:00 PM (9r1k/)

205 Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)

*gingerly steps off mnw's lawn*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

206
California doctor convicted of $45M Medicare fraud scheme that funded luxury vacations and a $12k crossbow

CROSSBOW

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 20, 2026 11:00 PM (n7rxJ)

207 173 175
Looking mostly ok for now...finding out next month. Thanks so much for asking!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 11:01 PM (uTEOj)

208 I came across another of those "if you can't tip 40%, stay home" things.

Your terms are, acceptable.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 20, 2026 11:01 PM (+9wcF)

209 “The number of jelly beans in the jar is zero, because it's just a picture of jelly beans and not actual jelly beans. And the jar is also part of the picture.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 20, 2026 10:32 PM (CHHv1)

Whoa.”

Would you sell me some pot?

*That Animal House dude*

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 11:01 PM (HZfH/)

210 California doctor convicted of $45M Medicare fraud scheme that funded luxury vacations and a $12k crossbow

CROSSBOW

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He obviously isn't a Moron, 'cause we're all LONGBOW men here.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (6C3mT)

211
Blonde,

His sentence should be death by his crossbow.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (3ek7K)

212 897 jellies in the jar. Reagan and my papa loved jellies

Posted by: Westside Dano at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (J/v2z)

213 So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

214 199 For dietary reasons, I am going light on the Triscuits these days.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)

215 Colors of cars I've owned, since 1981, in chronological order: red, blue, cream, red, yellow, white, red (starting to see a theme), green, blue.

Posted by: Frankie at May 20, 2026 11:03 PM (qb6K3)

216 Always liked Dionne Warwick's voice. She never got the credit she deserved because she didn't do the over the top diva stuff of her contemporaries (Franklin, Streisand, Ross, Cher) but a great, soothing voice.

Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2026 11:03 PM (0e5Te)

217 In other news, Japan is suffering a few 'mysterious' fires in their temples.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

218 Blonde,

His sentence should be death by his crossbow.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (3ek7K)

Why not castration by crossbow, then slap a hot iron on it?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

219 213 So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

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Dazzle, please.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 11:04 PM (6C3mT)

220 124 The number of jelly beans in the jar is zero, because it's just a picture of jelly beans and not actual jelly beans. And the jar is also part of the picture.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 20, 2026 10:32 PM (CHHv1)

There is no spoon!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 20, 2026 11:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

221
Anna,

Who is setting them?

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K)

222 Dazzle camouflage?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

223 Rita Coolidge

Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 11:05 PM (5P5DO)

224 So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?
Posted by: Anna Puma

I'd get a deep, cobalt blue gel version.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2026 11:05 PM (diia5)

225 And…

The cake is a lie!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (ZVgZ4)

226 My first car was a Suzuki Samurai, blue. Remember those?

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (Wmg4n)

227 222 Dazzle camouflage?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

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It would be advantageous if the police were unable to tell your speed, direction or exact vehicle type.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (6C3mT)

228 Four Seasons

Some are pointing fingers at a radical imported religious group.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (2GVsD)

229
217 In other news, Japan is suffering a few 'mysterious' fires in their temples.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:03 PM

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*weird smirk*

Posted by: Muslim 'Immigrants' at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (VWtfl)

230 Hot nude girls, or skanky nude girls?

Because there's a difference.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:59 PM (6C3mT)

Never saw one but tuck stop so....

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (9r1k/)

231
Anna,

What a surprise.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

232 Why didn't Calvin's parents have a dish washing machine? This was the late 1980s.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE)

233
This is not a pipe.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at May 20, 2026 11:08 PM (VWtfl)

234 All those boring "popular" colors are because that is your only choice if you buy a car off the dealers lot. Bold colors may offend too many people to carry.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 11:09 PM (/lPRQ)

235 216 Always liked Dionne Warwick's voice. She never got the credit she deserved because she didn't do the over the top diva stuff of her contemporaries (Franklin, Streisand, Ross, Cher) but a great, soothing voice.

Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2026 11:03 PM (0e5Te)

I would have to put Gladys Knight in the mix.

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 11:09 PM (9r1k/)

236 Dionne Warwick was a talented lady

https://tinyurl.com/3mkckkk3

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 11:10 PM (Hvd9a)

237 Good evening, Horde. I napped through most of the hockey game.

[Top photo: Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.]

All of them.

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)

238 Roseanne Cash

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

239 Got enough problems without worrying that my car is going to get herpes.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 11:10 PM (gKWVE)

240 Japan hanged that old blind guy who inspired his followers to set off sarin gas bombs in the subways.

Japan isn't really into capital punishment, but they made an exception for that old gentleman.

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)

241 I always like Christy Hynde for her voice... but just my opinion....



Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)

242 How to make Stuttgart scratch their heads, request one of two Volkswagen Karmann Ghia colors.

L20E Amber
L21E Blood orange.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)

243 I just saw that LaGuardia has closed a runway.

There's a sinkhole in one of its taxiways. Evidently they don't want to damage planes by snapping off their landing gear, or FOD to engines.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 11:12 PM (qx7Zg)

244 Re: the earlier thread on NPR:

Federal funding accounts for 1% of NPR's funding. From the horse's own mouth, they said.

Without that 1%, they fired 300 of their employees.

Does NPR realize those 300 employees are literally "The One Percent" now?

Posted by: Another Anon at May 20, 2026 11:12 PM (4h45B)

245 189 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar.
FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero

I hear you're driving someone else's car now

Posted by: the Concrete Blonde at May 20, 2026 11:13 PM (gKWVE)

246 NPR lied. Surprised?

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)

247 Cicero, pistols or blades?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 11:14 PM (5P5DO)

248 So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

It would have to be bright. Otherwise no real point to me in doing something custom. Beyond that I don't know. It would be bright. Although I came across this dusty yellow that's kind of sweet:

http://alturl.com/rmttd

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

249 I came across another of those "if you can't tip 40%, stay home" things. They piss me off. I'm a generous tipper but a tip isn't a basic human right and I'm not going to be bullied into pretending it is. Fine, I'll stay home.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Not staying home. I "can" tip 40%. I just won't if you try to shame me into it. Try not to be a dick, and I'll return the favor.

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

250 There's a baseball buried in those jelly beans to throw off the count.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2026 11:15 PM (Cqx++)

251 I am sending prayer up Marie.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 11:15 PM (vE0+H)

252 Grok: In this picture, how many jelly beans do you estimate are in this jar? [link]

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Posted by: mindful webworker - Grok is soooo busy at May 20, 2026 11:16 PM (drdOJ)

253 LOL There's something nice about the IDEA of it being a genuine custom paint job from the manufacturer.
Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 10:50 PM (vE0+H)

Saw a blue Ferrari recently. Yeah, I doubt it was a factory paint job...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

254 Very few Cybertrucks I see are the factory Stainless…

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 11:18 PM (HZfH/)

255 My cars:
1978 Mazda GLC, gold
1980 Mazda 626, cream
1980 Mazda GLC, metallic bronze
1994 Mazda Protege, metallic mint green
1997 Hyundai Accent, metallic dark blue
1986 Nissan PU, bronze
1999 Subaru Legacy wagon, metallic dark green
2000 Mazda Protege, silver
2005 Honda Element, silver
1992 Toyota PU, red*
2009 Mazda CX7, gunmetal
2014 Mazda CX5, darker gunmetal
2009 Honda Element, metallic burgundy*
2013 Ford Focus Hatchback, white*
2005 Mazda 3 23SP, metallic black*
2005 Ford F250 diesel, white*

*still own these

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 20, 2026 11:19 PM (THY4u)

256 189 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar.
FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero

I OD on Heroin. OG 27 club. But I get no fuckin' respect.

Posted by: ZombieJanisJoplin at May 20, 2026 11:19 PM (Hvd9a)

257 Goodnight, All. Hope y’all sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 11:20 PM (77rzZ)

258 Very few Cybertrucks I see are the factory Stainless…

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 11:18 PM (HZfH/)

Interesting! I have never seen a painted one!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026 11:20 PM (mDGAX)

259
Goodnight Boob

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:21 PM (3ek7K)

260 Wild thing, you make my heart sing, TRex.

Thanks for the colorful ONT. The Jellybean song was even before my time. I'd been hatched but had better things to do than rock out, age 3yrs. I had a record player, however, and my brother and I played Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier often. And others that my mother probably let someone rip us off from the attic a few years ago. Worth a billion or so.

I "won" a little record at the school Halloween bazarre/bizarre. It was called "From a Jack to a Queen" and I used to dance to it sometimes.

My childhood was often dangerous as I once singed my starched petticoat backing up to the gas heater to warm up my behind. I told my Daddy that I was "hotting up." It was winter in an old house with 14' ceilings. I think it was worth it. If you didn't wear starched petticoats you missed out. Yes, I realize this dates me to the Civil War Era.

That Cloud Dancer color is lame except for trim or maybe the exterior of a house. I disagree with Leatrice the Executive Director as I personally like cacophony sometimes, and the Pittsburgh Scanner people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 20, 2026 11:22 PM (WONhk)

261
The frauding doctor with the crossbow is... a CHICK. She literally led the nation in income for Botox injections.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 20, 2026 11:22 PM (n7rxJ)

262 Saw a blue Ferrari recently. Yeah, I doubt it was a factory paint job...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

Saw one recently that was painted a horrible flat, muddy grayish color.

Fucking horrible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026 11:22 PM (mDGAX)

263 259 🙂

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)

264 I always like Christy Hynde for her voice... but just my opinion....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 20, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)

Chrissie Hynde can sing me to sleep any night. Sultry...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:23 PM (nbLIj)

265 >>FIGHT ME

Tina.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)

266 So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

It would have to be bright. Otherwise no real point to me in doing something custom. Beyond that I don't know. It would be bright. Although I came across this dusty yellow that's kind of sweet:

http://alturl.com/rmttd
Posted by: ...
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There's this color called "'Please Give Me a Ticket, Officer' Red". It's available on Porsche s, Ferraris, 'vettes, and other " more horsepower than brains" vehicles. 😀

Posted by: buddhaha at May 20, 2026 11:23 PM (Vh9Sf)

267
Lol Boob,

Sleep well.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:23 PM (3ek7K)

268 Not staying home. I "can" tip 40%. I just won't if you try to shame me into it. Try not to be a dick, and I'll return the favor.

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

I'm an old broad. You'd have to do a lot to make me tip 40%. It would be impossible, most likely. It would involve bringing my food and drink in a correct and timely manner. With charm and wit. Not some screaming orgasm.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 11:25 PM (Hvd9a)

269 Nice ONT, TRex!

My best friend in grade school (well, her parents) had an aluminum tree just like that! And the color wheel!

Um, they even had a sunburst clock like that, too...

Posted by: JQ at May 20, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)

270 Very few Cybertrucks I see are the factory Stainless…

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 11:18 PM (HZfH/)

Interesting! I have never seen a painted one!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026 11:20 PM (mDGAX)

Got a couple wrapped ones cruising around these parts. Last week I saw one painted a deep blue, sort of cobalt..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:27 PM (nbLIj)

271 Not some screaming orgasm.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 11:25 PM (Hvd9a)

Hmmm.... I'll bet most people would tip 40% for a screaming orgasm.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026 11:28 PM (mDGAX)

272 262 Saw a blue Ferrari recently. Yeah, I doubt it was a factory paint job...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

Saw one recently that was painted a horrible flat, muddy grayish color.

Fucking horrible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026

Probably Grigio Squalo

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:28 PM (Wmg4n)

273 Very few Cybertrucks I see are the factory Stainless…

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 20, 2026 11:18 PM (HZfH/)

Interesting! I have never seen a painted one!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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I just saw one today going the.other way on the Beeline Hwy (AZ 87) that was painted a dark blue 3 or 4 coats of lacquer, because I could see the shiny through it, just a little.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 20, 2026 11:29 PM (Vh9Sf)

274 189 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar.

FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 10:55 PM (6C3mT)
*****************
Nah. I don't fight those I love (my husband strongly disagrees along with sons).

Agree with those two, but will add Annie Lennox, Carrie Underwood (ok country but powerful voice), Linda Rondstadt, and my absolute favorite female singer of all time: Alison Krauss.

We saw her live last summer under the stars and she's amazing, angelic, ethereal with her voice she uses effortlessly. She's that good and I have loved her for 25yrs.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 20, 2026 11:30 PM (WONhk)

275 Probably Grigio Squalo

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:28 PM (Wmg4n)

Watch your language young lady!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026 11:31 PM (mDGAX)

276 There's this color called "'Please Give Me a Ticket, Officer' Red". It's available on Porsche s, Ferraris, 'vettes, and other " more horsepower than brains" vehicles. 😀

Posted by: buddhaha at May 20, 2026 11:23 PM (Vh9Sf)

I drove a red car for a while. Not even a particularly sporty thing but bright fucking red. That shit antagonizes people I am telling you. I had more tailgaters and people taking chances and cutting me off than any other car I ever drove.

Drove a bright orange car too and it was like law of the jungle, people stayed away, like with those poison frogs. It was hilarious.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 11:31 PM (vE0+H)

277 Hmmm.... I'll bet most people would tip 40% for a screaming orgasm.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2026 11:28 PM (mDGAX)

With respect, Mr Dildo. Not if they got it at home for free😆

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 11:32 PM (Hvd9a)

278 275 Probably Grigio Squalo

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:28 PM (Wmg4n)

Watch your language young lady!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 202

Sorry. 😉

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:32 PM (Wmg4n)

279 If you’ve ever priced automobile paint in recent years you can understand why modern cars are nondescript blah.

I think Yellow is among the more expensive hues. That’s why I like survivor cars and trucks with original paint. It’s pretty durable stuff, like enamel on refrigerators. Solid blues greens and reds, no weird shades.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:32 PM (+0VYM)

280 I OD on Heroin. OG 27 club. But I get no fuckin' respect.

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a naloxone shot.
My friends are all drunk now or off smoking pot.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2026 11:33 PM (EXyHK)

281 My first car was a Suzuki Samurai, blue. Remember those?
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (Wmg4n)

Lost family friends over mine.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 11:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

282 So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)


Orange 914. Like Beth, Rockford's lawyer gal.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

283 My great-grandparents had the aluminum foil tree with the color wheel... must've been early '60s.

They were awfully proud of that thing. I think it made 'em feel like Buck Rogers or something. I can only imagine the changes they saw, given that they were both born in the freakin' 19th Century.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:37 PM (IG3/x)

284 Yup, Red sportscars, and Dodge chargers, should just get a ticket automatically, on general principles.

“Yes sir, I understand that. But you’ve broken the speed limit before, undoubtedly, and I’m quite certain to do so in the future. Sign here, please.”

I wonder if “pre-paid” fines for speeding tickets are a thing anywhere?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:37 PM (+0VYM)

285 I am off to bed, I don’t have to get up at 430a on a week day for the first time in forever. J is in Boston, I have the whole bed to myself (well, except for 2 Savannahs and a Shiba), I am going to sleep in to like 6! Out of control over here.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:37 PM (Wmg4n)

286 Jim Morrison's songs are growing on me as some favorites on my playlist. He was crazy as he could be and messed up from his pedo father.

I read a story last year about him now being dead but not dying and buried in Paris. He was old and living in NH and a photo of him being old with a scar where his facial mole was looked real. And if anyone knows facial moles and remembers it is me, the resident dermatologist of AOS.

My favorite song of his is Wild Night. LOVE IT!

Man, dance to the downbeat and saxophone, y'all! Also love Tupelo Honey, being from MS and my people are from up there.

https://tinyurl.com/bdndzx4n

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 20, 2026 11:37 PM (WONhk)

287 I came across another of those "if you can't tip 40%, stay home" things. They piss me off. I'm a generous tipper but a tip isn't a basic human right and I'm not going to be bullied into pretending it is. Fine, I'll stay home.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

FORTY percent?!! Holy smokes... that's some real, first-class, overblown, entitlement mindedness right there! Snotty and pretentious, even.

Yeah, I'm stayin' home too. Madness.

Posted by: JQ at May 20, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

288 Was on a walk this evening and observed a neighbor walking their dogs near another neighbor doing the same thing. One of the first neighbor's dogs was pulling hard at the leash, barking at the other dogs and generally being an annoying spaz. As I passed them I asked, "Just an excitable boy?"

By his lack of reaction I deduced he's not a Warren Zevon fan.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 20, 2026 11:39 PM (+9wcF)

289 Wanting a 40% tip is the company's problem, not mine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)

290 40% tip?

No. You’re already getting paid $25 an hour. Your fingernails are dirty, you hardly look me in the eye, you don’t offer the specials and you can’t conjugate verbs.

Bite me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 11:39 PM (A5RD0)

291 Clearly Pantone has serious White Privilege!

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2026 11:40 PM (mP0Kj)

292 I think Yellow is among the more expensive hues. That’s why I like survivor cars and trucks with original paint. It’s pretty durable stuff, like enamel on refrigerators. Solid blues greens and reds, no weird shades.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:32 PM (+0VYM)

Couldn't get metallic green in California. Some chemical compound in it was oooh scary. You wanted metallic green, you had to drive out to a shop in Nevada..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:41 PM (nbLIj)

293 >>So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

Silver.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 11:41 PM (viF8m)

294 Remember when Pepto Bismol pink was a car color for a short time? '70s, I think.

I guess they figured out that a color that reminds people of vomiting might not have been the best idea.

You have to wonder who bought those. Obviously people from families where Pepto wasn't the go-to for any kind of digestive complaint.

In my family, if it couldn't be fixed with Pepto-Bismol or Vicks Vap-O-Rub, it was time to call the ambulance or undertaker, depending.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:41 PM (IG3/x)

295 I can only imagine the changes they saw, given that they were both born in the freakin' 19th Century.

Just the invention of home refrigeration changed so much. I read cookbooks from the 1800s and it is amazing sometimes how modern they were except for all the extra work and things they did to food to get around the lack of reliable cold.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2026 11:43 PM (EXyHK)

296 Morrison was a strange cat.

His dad was an Admiral in the US Navy, and highly doubtful he was untoward in any way to son. Robby Krieger has a pretty good autobiography about the Doors years.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:44 PM (+0VYM)

297 There's one jelly bean.
No there's many more.
Oh really, let's count. you start.
One
See, toldya so.

Posted by: longwing at May 20, 2026 11:44 PM (T06ee)

298 I had a red convertible for a decade or so. A little Mercury Capri XR2 Turbo. Loved that little car. So did my boys. Zippy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 11:45 PM (A5RD0)

299 >>In my family, if it couldn't be fixed with Pepto-Bismol or Vicks Vap-O-Rub, it was time to call the ambulance or undertaker, depending.

Didn't you have any dirt to rub on it?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 11:45 PM (viF8m)

300 > Couldn't get metallic green in California. Some chemical compound in it was oooh scary.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:41 PM (nbLIj)

Undoubtedly too late to have been arsenic compounds, which make for some spectacular colors, particularly green ("Paris green").

There are 19th Century books where librarians and museum folks have to wear hazmat gear to handle them... I guess it's not just toxic when it's new, but becomes more so over time as it breaks down and releases the arsenic.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:45 PM (IG3/x)

301 Boring inoffensive car colors are most common now because so many cars are leased, and the dealers and auto manufacturers want cars they can resell easily when the lease is up.
Twenty (gulp) years ago, we bought a Saab wagon. We wanted a stickshift, and to find one that wasn't silver or black or white (we got a nice dark red called merlot), we had to look three states away.

Posted by: Otto Zilch at May 20, 2026 11:46 PM (Ws2ua)

302 ChristyBlinky, love your female vocalist selection.

For power voices, don’t forget Grace Slick!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2026 11:47 PM (TH/2I)

303
When the lock down eased up we went to our favorite restaurant.

We asked for a menu and were told, no menus anymore. You have to use your phone to scan the thing on the placard.

We left. Our phones then weren't smart phones.

Went home and ate a sandwich, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:47 PM (3ek7K)

304 Rubio Theory:
Trump envisioned every word of that speech before he even announced Rubio's appointment.

Posted by: longwing at May 20, 2026 11:48 PM (T06ee)

305 293 >>So what colour is your fantasy Porsche?

Silver.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 11:41 PM (viF8m)

LOL, my last 3 cars have all been Grey... Why?

I have a Custom Military Plate (Navy) which is 'GR WLF' which I've transferred between cars.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2026 11:48 PM (mP0Kj)

306 > Just the invention of home refrigeration changed so much.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2026 11:43 PM (EXyHK)

Oh, for sure. She kept growing a gigantic garden (like half an acre... cultivated by hand) and canning hundreds of pounds of stuff every year.... possibly just in case the newfangled stuff stopped working.

They were both born before the first flight of the Wright brothers, and lived to see space travel.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:48 PM (IG3/x)

307 Late, but my guess is 375 jelly beans. How many can I eat in one sitting? Well, you'll just have to donate that jar to find out!

Posted by: pookysgirl loves all kinds of jelly beans at May 20, 2026 11:49 PM (Wt5PA)

308 Australians know that know has an 'r' on the end every time.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 20, 2026 11:50 PM (t7+TD)

309 My dad called it “the icebox” pretty much until the 1990s or even later.

Refrigerators were still pretty expensive until the 1960s, he was encouraged to deliver Ice in the off season as a football player, to keep his legs in shape in High School. The poor folk living in apartments you see. Carrying 50 pound blocks of ice up 10 flights of stairs is good for ya.

He said the best thing about the advent of Refrigerators was how good Milk tastes. It never got very cold in the Ice Box days. I think that’s true, I could slam a quart of truly ice cold Milk all at once, warm Milk is terrible.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:50 PM (+0VYM)

310 Obligatory for the color commentary:

https://youtu.be/s33ScN4D-HU

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:51 PM (nbLIj)

311 I met my dream car in Sun Valley about 5yrs ago during the plandemic. We were visiting and on one fall night I was sitting on steps with our baby grandson in his stroller, teaching him stop and go from colors on the stoplight as we waited for the others to finish eating dinner.

A handsome blond guy drove up with a chick (he looked familiar but I could not place him. Brit accent). He was driving an antique British Racing Green Jaguar XK120 convertible. Impressed him that I knew the color name.

His gf left to go get take out and masks off we chatted. He'd had that car shipped there from a few hours away (I guess to protect it). I said, heck, I would have driven the entire way in it as I am a redneck from Mississippi. He laughed and probably wished I wasn't a decade or two older and with my grandson.

I still got it, y'all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 20, 2026 11:52 PM (WONhk)

312

My Dad always called it the icebox, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:52 PM (3ek7K)

313 I don't have a dream Porsche. My dream is to drive the Partridge Family bus.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 11:52 PM (RIvkX)

314 Evening, TRex, and ONT Horde. Back at the shack in AJ. Computer was glitchy to boot up, and keyboard is acting wierod. But all is good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 20, 2026 11:52 PM (8zz6B)

315 I think that’s true, I could slam a quart of truly ice cold Milk all at once, warm Milk is terrible.

Pfft. That's your opinion.

Posted by: Cats at May 20, 2026 11:52 PM (u/oMr)

316 What kind of service are they providing that's worth a 40% tip? Lap dances Blowjobs? Wash and dry your car seductively in an itsy bitsy teeny tiny yellow polka dot bikini?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I give significant tips when I get a haircut.
Only get a haircut about every six months and am really picky how it is done.
Go from a moptop to high and tight.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (/lPRQ)

317 Even worse than the boring colors are the way every car looks almost identical. You have to look at the nameplate to tell a Porsche from a Yugo, pretty much.

Yeah, I realize that the shape is no doubt computer-optimized for maximum efficiency, but I miss cool-looking cars, dammit!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (IG3/x)

318 I don't have a dream Porsche. My dream is to drive the Partridge Family bus.

Or Shirley Partridge.

Admit it, it's Shirley Partridge.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (u/oMr)

319 >>LOL, my last 3 cars have all been Grey... Why?

>>I have a Custom Military Plate (Navy) which is 'GR WLF' which I've transferred between cars.

I'm a traditionalist when it comes to Porsches. Don't know why but I've always loved them. And silver is the Grand Prix color for German cars. Or white but that never did it for me.

Besides, they look cool as shit in silver.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (viF8m)

320
Yay AOP!

I have been wondering where you were today.

I hope you had a good day.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:54 PM (3ek7K)

321 Apollo 8 television broadcast was scheduled for Christmas Eve, I vaguely remember the TV setup at my grandparents home where we watched the astronauts send their message as the orbited the Moon. Gramps was born in 1896, and I couldn’t figure out why he was crying. “You should he happy” was my thinking.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:54 PM (+0VYM)

322 299 >>In my family, if it couldn't be fixed with Pepto-Bismol or Vicks Vap-O-Rub, it was time to call the ambulance or undertaker, depending.

Didn't you have any dirt to rub on it?

I was sick a lot as a kid, so many nights sleeping with my chest covered in Vicks and dirt.

Posted by: longwing at May 20, 2026 11:55 PM (T06ee)

323 He said the best thing about the advent of Refrigerators was how good Milk tastes. It never got very cold in the Ice Box days. I think that’s true, I could slam a quart of truly ice cold Milk all at once, warm Milk is terrible.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:50 PM (+0VYM)
====

My dad drank milk over ice cubes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 11:55 PM (RIvkX)

324 My itunes is racist against certain colors. I almost couldn't make a rainbow list.

Red!
https://youtu.be/XWdPbDmglm4
https://youtu.be/8-tBdmHLVyI
https://youtu.be/gu-_kyU4dWk
https://youtu.be/R9yVSdXaf-Q

Orange?
https://youtu.be/mHD2NTHio-s

Yellow?
https://youtu.be/6_gD-xDFYsQ
https://youtu.be/fciQyyH1AmY

Green.
https://youtu.be/_SZoLjpYJpo
https://youtu.be/SIKOPcypfjg
https://youtu.be/U8dJFmZxk7I

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 11:56 PM (VHUov)

325 Blue.
https://youtu.be/PzM7IiPj3OQ
https://youtu.be/CS63czm9tmk
https://youtu.be/S2lEROcrYjc

Indigo?
https://youtu.be/iLwGdBqjtMQ

Violet?
https://youtu.be/gDs8NPAxNf4

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 11:56 PM (VHUov)

326 > Admit it, it's Shirley Partridge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (u/oMr)

She was no Carol Brady, but she'd definitely do.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:57 PM (IG3/x)

327 Or Shirley Partridge.

Admit it, it's Shirley Partridge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (u/oMr)
=====

Well, yeah, she would be on the bus too.

And that weird red-headed kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 11:57 PM (RIvkX)

328 Servo 302

See 198 above. Never forgotten. Unforgettable. Voice, power, phrasing.

"When the TRUTH is found... to be LIES... and alllll the joy within you... dies."

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 11:58 PM (RCjYY)

329 > Gramps was born in 1896, and I couldn’t figure out why he was crying.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:54 PM (+0VYM)

'96 and the Wright brothers were '03, so he would've been old enough to actually remember it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:58 PM (IG3/x)

330
Carrying 50 pound blocks of ice up 10 flights of stairs is good for ya.

But the ice melts into a small cube by the time you get to the top.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2026 11:59 PM (Cqx++)

331 >>I was sick a lot as a kid, so many nights sleeping with my chest covered in Vicks and dirt.

My dad was absolutely convinced that rubbing dirt on it was the cure for everything.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 11:59 PM (viF8m)

332 I have a few acquaintances I do car runs with here in the Bay Area that have paid the extra $$$ for a custom for their new Porsches. Crazy, but they have the income. Just to have stripes painted, rather than stickers, on my Shelby GT 500 by a Ford dealer would have cost 10k.

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 12:01 AM (IlL6s)

333
His dad was an Admiral in the US Navy, and highly doubtful he was untoward in any way to son. Robby Krieger has a pretty good autobiography about the Doors years.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 11:44 PM (+0VYM)
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I read as a small kid he drew a picture of the Admiral with his pinecone hanging out. Which is not normal. He kept the pictures for some reason and also for reasons unknown I saw them in the story. Dunno. He hated his father, regardless.

I love some of his songs and maybe he was just over drugged. Which I wish I was last week during the cholera episodes.

As a small girl, in addition to scorching petticoats... with diarrhea I was given the magic elixer of nasty tasting but effective paregoric. With opium.

To be wanting that I was pretty bad off but wished I had some at the time. A great start to my summer diet, though!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:01 AM (WONhk)

334 Couldn't get metallic green in California. Some chemical compound in it was oooh scary.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 11:41 PM (nbLIj)

Undoubtedly too late to have been arsenic compounds, which make for some spectacular colors, particularly green ("Paris green").

There are 19th Century books where librarians and museum folks have to wear hazmat gear to handle them... I guess it's not just toxic when it's new, but becomes more so over time as it breaks down and releases the arsenic.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 11:45 PM (IG3/x)

Just did a quick search and found this:

California has banned the use of hexavalent chromium and cadmium in vehicle coatings (paints and platings) due to their high carcinogenicity. This restriction targets specific toxic chemical components used in the manufacturing process of certain metallic finishes, rather than the color green itself. Metallic green paint is legal to use and sell in California provided it does not contain these banned hazardous substances.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 12:01 AM (nbLIj)

335 *custom color*

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 12:03 AM (IlL6s)

336 BTW, the reason you don't see as many cars that are not black or white made after 2020 is the Kung Flu Panic. Not only did auto manufacturers struggle to get parts (mainly computer chips) for the cars, but pigment for paint too. White paint is easy, it's just basically titanium dioxide. Black paint is easy too, the pigment can be found locally. But any other color? Fuhgeddaboudit. The U.S.'s main source in 2020 for paint pigment was, you guessed it, "Chy-nah." We can't reshore fast enough, in my opinion.

Posted by: pookysgirl learned entirely too much in the paint industry at May 21, 2026 12:04 AM (Wt5PA)

337 I read as a small kid he drew a picture of the Admiral with his pinecone hanging out. Which is not normal

Nobody ever accused Jim Morrison as being normal, that’s for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:04 AM (+0VYM)

338 Dionne Warwick was a talented lady

https://tinyurl.com/3mkckkk3

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 20, 2026 11:10 PM (Hvd9a)

My father went to high school with her. He was a year ahead of her, but she is in his yearbook. Also, John Amos was there at the time, both he and my father were on the football team, and yeah there is a team picture in my father's yearbook of them both. I guess a lot of shit was happening at East Orange high back then.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

339
California bans so many things. Too bad they don't clear out all the brush that feeds wildfires.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:05 AM (3ek7K)

340 Carrying 50 pound blocks of ice up 10 flights of stairs is good for ya.

But the ice melts into a small cube by the time you get to the top.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Which you then drop into your Old Fashioned.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)

341 298 I had a red convertible for a decade or so. A little Mercury Capri XR2 Turbo. Loved that little car. So did my boys. Zippy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 11:45 PM (A5RD0)
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When I was a toddler my father bought a red convertible for my mother. She remembers me standing in the back seat (because no one cared if I was ejected) at a stop light. She said I was telling people my mother was a bad driver and to watch out.

She probably hoped I'd be ejected now that I think about this...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:08 AM (WONhk)

342 The best female singers of the 20th century (in no particular order): Karen Carpenter, Shirley Jones, Judy Garland, and Linda Ronstadt.

Well, I might have listed Karen first for a reason.
Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

Put Ella Fitzgerald at the top of that list.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 12:08 AM (8zz6B)

343 BTW, the reason you don't see as many cars that are not black or white made after 2020 is the Kung Flu Panic. Not only did auto manufacturers struggle to get parts (mainly computer chips) for the cars, but pigment for paint too. White paint is easy, it's just basically titanium dioxide. Black paint is easy too, the pigment can be found locally. But any other color? Fuhgeddaboudit. The U.S.'s main source in 2020 for paint pigment was, you guessed it, "Chy-nah." We can't reshore fast enough, in my opinion.

Posted by: pookysgirl learned entirely too much in the paint industry at May 21, 2026 12:04 AM (Wt5PA)

Red is the most expensive paint to buy, there usually always is an upcharge for that color.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)

344
We have a red Tundra. Easy to find in parking lots.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:10 AM (3ek7K)

345 @336 pookysgirl-a lot of rod, piston n valve makers still haven't caught up to providing parts in a timely manner. Just their in stock/off the shelf stuff you'll wait 6-12 months sometimes. Want custom? You better have planned your build and ordered 1-2 years ago. Covid screwed up a lot of things.

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 12:12 AM (IlL6s)

346 Yeah, I realize that the shape is no doubt computer-optimized for maximum efficiency, but I miss cool-looking cars, dammit!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Cross I referencing the Sunday book.thread...
In one of the Matt Helm novels - not those ludicrous movies - the character defended cars looking alike because of aerodynamics and refers to them as Palmolive cars. Palmolive.
It's not a new phenomenon.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 21, 2026 12:13 AM (Vh9Sf)

347 Rubio's talk on Cuba was impressive. It's also powerful and very good to have a SecState laying out a compelling policy (fortunately where the object of said policy is being literally compelled to do/not do things, and hopefully nudging them towards oblivion) fluently in the language of the target audience.

Gawd what an upgrade from interns like Blinken*, idiots like Clinton and Albright, mostly empty suits like Powell. Obviously.

* have two friends with Blinken stories wherein they passed on hiring him or even taking him as an intern at various Beltway outfits years ago, despite pressure (his parents were $$$ and people were always trying to suck up)

Posted by: rhomboid at May 21, 2026 12:14 AM (U/Byj)

348 Put Ella Fitzgerald at the top of that list.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 12:08 AM (8zz6B)

I saw Ella Fitzgerald as a kid. And Dizzy Gillespie. He looked like a bum in a dirty TShirt. I didn't grasp their importance at the time. But damn. I saw them in-person. On school field trips in SC.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 12:14 AM (Hvd9a)

349 Barney Frank died. I feel nothing

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 21, 2026 12:17 AM (jrgJz)

350 That dusty yellow car was a Jaguar, right? Too bad what happened to the company.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 12:17 AM (ZVgZ4)

351 We have a red Tundra. Easy to find in parking lots.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:10 AM (3ek7K)

Both of my cars are red. I have good luck with red. Mrs B has great luck with silver. Her last 5 cars were silver, and they went stupid miles with no breakdowns.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:17 AM (snZF9)

352
I hope he is feeling the fires in Hell.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:18 AM (3ek7K)

353 Whoa... Bawney Fwank finally kicked it?

Huh.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)

354 My friend invented an air freshener that is activated by your brain. It makes scents if you think about it.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (Xqite)

355 I hope he is feeling the fires in Hell.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:18 AM (3ek7K)

Barney Fwank? Or some random douchebag? I can think of some random douchebags.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (Hvd9a)

356 You may be relieved to learn that, tragically, no one was born on May 20th, so I will not add to your open music video tabs with a musician's birthday.

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (Sy6m/)

357 John Amos was there at the time, both he and my father were on the football team, and yeah there is a team picture in my father's yearbook of them both. I guess a lot of shit was happening at East Orange high back then.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

My friend met John Amos in a bar on Catalina Island. He had a sail boat that was a replica pirate ship. He needed an extra hand so he could take it down to Long Beach. Friend had a prior commitment for the next day, but Amos assured him that he'd get him back up to LA.

As they were approaching the landing at Long Beach, they struck a sand bar and couldn't get loose. My friend was technically at the helm. Coast Guard had to pull them off. They asked who was piloting, and John sheepishly pointed to my friend, while on the phone with his girlfriend who had forbid him from taking the ship out in the first place. Anyway, my friend was not in trouble, and John got him back up to LA for his appointment.

A yeah later, my friend gets a phone call. John got the ship repaired and painted and invited my friend to meet him for a shakedown cruise. He demurred...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (nbLIj)

358 a lot of rod, piston n valve makers still haven't caught up to providing parts in a timely manner. Just their in stock/off the shelf stuff you'll wait 6-12 months sometimes. Want custom? You better have planned your build and ordered 1-2 years ago. Covid screwed up a lot of things.

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 12:12 AM (IlL6s)

Don't even get me started. It haunts me in harley land. Everything is constantly back ordered.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (snZF9)

359 Put Ella Fitzgerald at the top of that list.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yep.
I was probably 10 when I heard her sing and the announcer identified her by name.
I had this vision of some slinky broad. I can't say I was disappointed when I saw her picture, but ...

Posted by: buddhaha at May 21, 2026 12:22 AM (Vh9Sf)

360 Some cars should be a particular color. A Ferrari should be red. A Ford Mustang dark metallic blue. Jaguars and MG's British Racing Green.

Too many white Mercedes, in fact they should be metallic silver. They were called the Silver Arrows for a reason.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 21, 2026 12:22 AM (VQOa3)

361 Yay AOP!

I have been wondering where you were today.

I hope you had a good day.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 11:54 PM (3ek7K)

Had a nice visit with a fellow Studebaker owner in Kingman. Then drove freom there to AJ with the top down. Lovely convertible weather.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

362
Per CA Proposition 62, many things have cancer warnings, including:

Bread
Butter
Water
Houseplants
Newspapers
Optimism

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 12:24 AM (biznJ)

363
Hi Pete!

We got snow ❄️ over here in SW Wyoming. It was such a blessing.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:24 AM (3ek7K)

364 You might be right, Berz, I heard once the most expensive is Canary Yellow. Either way, the shit is damnably expensive to buy. Top quality automobile paint is hundreds of dollars a gallon. And that’s not counting body work, prep, and labor charges.

I think I then understood the amazing, sudden popularity of “Patina”. Somebody looks at what a good paint job costs and realizes it cost more than their fucking first house.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:24 AM (+0VYM)

365
AOP,

That sounds like an awesome day.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:25 AM (3ek7K)

366 >>Some cars should be a particular color. A Ferrari should be red. A Ford Mustang dark metallic blue. Jaguars and MG's British Racing Green.

I've been saying, Grand Prix colors.

And a Porsche should be silver.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 12:25 AM (viF8m)

367 Remember when Pepto Bismol pink was a car color for a short time? '70s, I think. … You have to wonder who bought those.…
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Mary Kay Cosmetic sales ladies.

It's been a colorful ONT, but now it's time for lights out here.
____
Parting playlist: I had never heard of "the female Beatles" until tonight.

About them (12:1
https://youtu.be/D9a9CNxesPA

Music sample (2:25)
https://youtu.be/AOqPXW7dqKQ
_____

G'nite y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Colorful dreams at May 21, 2026 12:26 AM (drdOJ)

368 I am sorry that Barney Frank is probably consigned to Hell. In the end it’s whether you say, Lord, let thy will be done ,or let my will be done. The Lord let’s you have your way, either way.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 12:26 AM (ZVgZ4)

369 Israel Kamakawiwoʻole was born May 20.


https://tinyurl.com/22wvddzy

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 12:27 AM (Hvd9a)

370 Whoa... Bawney Fwank finally kicked it?

Huh.
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)

His asshole will be open for viewing from 11 to 3 at the funeral home.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 12:28 AM (8zz6B)

371
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:29 AM (3ek7K)

372 You might be right, Berz, I heard once the most expensive is Canary Yellow. Either way, the shit is damnably expensive to buy. Top quality automobile paint is hundreds of dollars a gallon. And that’s not counting body work, prep, and labor charges.

I think I then understood the amazing, sudden popularity of “Patina”. Somebody looks at what a good paint job costs and realizes it cost more than their fucking first house.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:24 AM (+0VYM)

Paint is stooopid money. Some basic reds are $300 a quart. I use to paint a lot, mostly custom harley stuff. I won't go near it now, just my own stuff. One of my recent customers painted his bike the color of my mazda 6, that soul red color. It was $1000 just for the paint to do a harley. 2 fenders, gas tank, saddle bags...$1000 in materials. Crazy shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:29 AM (snZF9)

373 Had a nice visit with a fellow Studebaker owner in Kingman. Then drove freom there to AJ with the top down. Lovely convertible weather.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I was down in the Valley today, but I kept the sunroof closed until Payson. Too damned hot. Only 99, but we're not used to that this early. It's not the same as a convertible, and definitely not as good as a bike, but my wife likes looking up at the sky.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 21, 2026 12:29 AM (Vh9Sf)

374
The mother of one of Monday's mosque shooters contacted an indie journalist a year ago to expose the ethnic studies course the kid was required to take in order to graduate from high school. The kid was disturbed about it because he comes from a mixed-race family and he felt he was being taught to hate his white relatives.

California mandates a semester-long "ethnic studies" class for high school graduation but does not require geometry.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 12:30 AM (n7rxJ)

375

Does a pervert like Frank have a family that cares about him?

I would be so ashamed and wouldn't acknowledge i was family.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:31 AM (3ek7K)

376 My first car was a 1973 Delta 88, rust with a bit of green thrown in. My dad was an auto body man and never got around to restoring it before he passed. My mom said I could have it if I fixed it up. Sold it to someone to use in a demolition derby when it was beyond my ability to fix (electrical problems). I think that was the first of 3 Oldsmobiles. "Not your father's Oldsmobile" worst rebrand ever. I'd still be driving them if they hadn't discontinued the line.

Posted by: ChE99 at May 21, 2026 12:31 AM (qK3m0)

377 @ 358 Berserker-I have an engine builder building a new long block Ford Predator for my 20' GT 500. Not much choice if I wanted a particular brand. I had to go with what was available. Winberg Crank, Callies Rods, Mahle Pistons. Still waiting on the pistons. Should be here this month. All quality parts but my builder had to put in the work. Had to get the Winberg because it came with a custom Bear block. If you recognize the Winberg name then I don't need to tell you. It cost a pretty penny.

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 12:33 AM (IlL6s)

378 >> "Not your father's Oldsmobile" worst rebrand ever. I'd still be driving them if they hadn't discontinued the line.

To be fair, the didn't have a lot to work with when you start with the name Oldsmobile.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 12:34 AM (viF8m)

379 Does a pervert like Frank have a family that cares about him?

I would be so ashamed and wouldn't acknowledge i was family.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:31 AM (3ek7K)

My family still claims me, despite me being an ornery rightwing bitch. It takes all kinds.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 12:34 AM (Hvd9a)

380 Items CA should paste warning labels on:

Empty water reservoirs
Democrats
Stolen land proponents
Autotuned "singers"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 12:36 AM (qx7Zg)

381
My first car was an old Rambler Dad bought from an old lady.

It had the push buttons on the dash to change gears.

Took a bit of getting used to.



Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:36 AM (3ek7K)

382
Mary,

Frank was evil. You are not.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:37 AM (3ek7K)

383 189 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar.
FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero

Margaret Becker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG5VcxEMQvc

Wendy Kaiser (Resurrection Band/Rez Band/REZ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_PKj3RbSc

Joanna Hogg (Iona):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvkLup-K3Vg

Posted by: goozer at May 21, 2026 12:38 AM (BAs8w)

384 Trying to train myself to go to bed early after my 2am bedtime of disease last week. I still got the days mixed up today and thought it was Tuesday. Dang it all. Leaving on a jet plan Saturday for NOLA and need to get it together to see my Mama.

My first car in 1970 was a'62 Pontiac Tempest. Daddy had it painted in the metallic baby blue I chose. A year or so later totaled it from a broken axle avoiding a 13yr old redneck running a stop light out in the boonies.

Freaked out my father as his mechanic friend said it was a miracle the car did not flip as I drove it in and out of a gulley to avoid collision.
He bought me a 1yr old green Impala with gold interior (I have green eyes and am blonde so a good match). She could fly. Loved that car but too big for snow and he said I could not take it West, thinking he'd seal the deal of me leaving. Didn't work.

I adored my father and still miss him. Great man. Altho he bought my brothers Camaros. I guess he knew my lead foot and wanted me in a big car.

I was married before he told my husband he put a governor on the old Tempest (guv'na). I just thought it was old and would not go more than 55mph.

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:38 AM (WONhk)

385 That dusty yellow car was a Jaguar, right? Too bad what happened to the company.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 12:17 AM (ZVgZ4)

Yes it was a Jag. Color caught my eye.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:40 AM (vE0+H)

386
Christy,

You Crack me up. You have awesome stories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:41 AM (3ek7K)

387
Barney Frank's older sister, still kicking, is Ann Lewis, former WH Communication Director under Bubba, and a big Hillary booster. Use to love to hate on her back the Bubba days, and we called her Barney Frank in drag.

She is currently the head of something called the "Democratic Majority for Israel". Now that is to laugh. I wonder just what fraction of the current Dems support, hell just don't hate Israel actually is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 12:41 AM (w6EFb)

388 Mary,

Frank was evil. You are not.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:37 AM (3ek7K)

Thank you, four seasons. Sometimes I wonder. But I want the best for our country , even if I want to punch people in the nuts.
A whole bunch. But I mean well.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 12:42 AM (Hvd9a)

389 My family still claims me, despite me being an ornery rightwing bitch. It takes all kinds.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

LOL!

My leftoid relatives no longer call or even send me Christmas cards. TDS is *that* strong with them. Sad.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)

390

Mary,

I'm right there with you.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:43 AM (3ek7K)

391 >>Does a pervert like Frank have a family that cares about him?

>>I would be so ashamed and wouldn't acknowledge i was family.

Barney was part of the last generation of Democrat politicians. So was his sister, Ann Lewis.

She worked for Bill and Hillary and was deeply involved in Democrat NGOs. She's still around.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)

392 One of my high school pals had an old car with the push button transmission - his dad paid $500 for it and gave it to him. Only 1 & 3 worked; he had to run the revs up in first gear until he was going fast enough to punch 3.
But the missing R was worse. He had to find a parking spot that could pull through otherwise everyone would have to get and push the to a place he could go forward again.

Anyway I understand why push button transmissions never really caught on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:44 AM (TH/2I)

393
Tom,

Lol. It was a trial driving the Rambler.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:46 AM (3ek7K)

394 Berserker-I have an engine builder building a new long block Ford Predator for my 20' GT 500. Not much choice if I wanted a particular brand. I had to go with what was available. Winberg Crank, Callies Rods, Mahle Pistons. Still waiting on the pistons. Should be here this month. All quality parts but my builder had to put in the work. Had to get the Winberg because it came with a custom Bear block. If you recognize the Winberg name then I don't need to tell you. It cost a pretty penny.

Posted by: JROD at May 21, 2026 12:33 AM (IlL6s)

Yeah stupid mone, 5k plus or minus. A good harley crank is $1700 for something good. One of the last ones I got has carrillo H-beam rods, which is kinda overkill, but it what they use. Yeah, cost money to go fast. Even a 2 cylinder harley engine can hit 6-7K to build like it was nothing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:46 AM (snZF9)

395 My first car was a Suzuki Samurai, blue. Remember those?
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 11:06 PM (Wmg4n)

Roll over. Play dead. Good car!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:46 AM (rbvCR)

396 The kid was disturbed about it because he comes from a mixed-race family, and he felt he was being taught to hate his white relatives

Well he wasn’t wrong about that. He was taught to hate whites, among other things.

Part of the problem, younger people usually have no base of experience to draw, logical fallacies and rhetoric are foreign. Any halfway competent debate team member would have these “teachers” stroking out in front of the class in about 5 minutes. It’s all bullshit on steroids, and the kids may know this, but they don’t know exactly how to respond necessarily, and they will be punished for doing so.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:47 AM (+0VYM)

397 386
Christy,

You Crack me up. You have awesome stories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:41 AM (3ek7
*******************
Thanks, honey. Being from the South you get me and my yappin'

I hate that I can't correct spelling here but otherwise I love Ace and y'all.

This trip to see my 95yr old mother is an effort due to illness and explosions from me and a busted pipe under the kitchen sink causing damage in the basement kitchen (not related), and other stuff I won't mention for the last 10dys. It's a LOT. But we'll get there as she's very excited to meet our newest 9mo old grandgirl.

So if you read of a Delta plane hitting a bird en route to NOLA on Saturday you'll know I'm probably on that one. But I know where I'm going and will be fine.

I will be absent for most of next week but not dead from the cholera I had last week (I hope).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:48 AM (WONhk)

398
Bawney Fwank had a funny mouth and talked sort of funny. Ol' Ann had a similar mouth thing, but it wasn't quite as bad. We used to have fun with that -- this is sending me down memory lane to the '90s.

God, I remember Bawney making an ass of himself when Newt and the boys took over in '92. The game was just to make total asses of themselves and disrupt everything (sounds familiar) and keep the Repubs from doing anything.

The chairman of whatever committee Barney was the ranking member, ol' Jim Leech used to piss me off. Bawney would be having a hissy fit, disrupting the whole damned hearing, while Leech would just sit there with a constipated look gently banging his gavel, saying "The gentleman will suspend. The gentleman will suspend".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

399 She is currently the head of something called the "Democratic Majority for Israel". Now that is to laugh. I wonder just what fraction of the current Dems support, hell just don't hate Israel actually is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 12:41 AM (w6EFb)

A dedicated leftist - That is her crime! That is also her punishment! (With a nod to Ref Dwarf)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:49 AM (TH/2I)

400 Anyway I understand why push button transmissions never really caught on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:44 AM (TH/2I)

The transmissions were the same as their manufacturers' other offerings; they just replaced the mechanical linkage from the shift lever to the manual valve lever on the side of the transmission case with electic servos, or in some cases, push-pull cables to rack the manual valve around. But you could still select "Drive", and let the transmission shift itself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 12:49 AM (8zz6B)

401 I will be absent for most of next week but not dead from the cholera I had last week (I hope).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:48 AM (WONhk)

I hope you just were incredibly sick, but not actually from cholera!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:51 AM (TH/2I)

402
I can't remember what happened to the Rambler. I didn't wreck it.

I went from the Rambler to a huge Ford Galaxy.

Oh my I could load it up with lots of friends.

We had lots of fun times with that car. Thankfully my parents didn't know what we got up to lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:51 AM (3ek7K)

403 I give significant tips when I get a haircut.
Only get a haircut about every six months and am really picky how it is done.
Go from a moptop to high and tight.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (/lPRQ)

I pay $20 for the local $15 haircut because a lot of that barber's clientele have been going there for a long time and really can't afford for him to raise prices

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:53 AM (rbvCR)

404 My Cutlass had an issue where if it was under 20 degrees you had to stick a screw driver to open the clutch plate in order to get it to start.

Hard Plastic steering wheel.

The most weird thing was I was driving back to school one night and all of a sudden the entire dash lights went out. Not the headlights thankfully. Just all of the dash. I was thinking well, could be worse. After about 20 mins of driving it came back on and I never had the problem again.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:54 AM (bss/y)

405 Anyway I understand why push button transmissions never really caught on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:44 AM (TH/2I)

The transmissions were the same as their manufacturers' other offerings; they just replaced the mechanical linkage from the shift lever to the manual valve lever on the side of the transmission case with electic servos, or in some cases, push-pull cables to rack the manual valve around. But you could still select "Drive", and let the transmission shift itself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 12:49 AM (8zz6B)

Yeah thats how the mopar ones were. Same trans, just push button cable or regular linkage controlling the manual valve. Push button was pretty cool with a big block. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 12:54 AM (snZF9)

406
Christy,

I hope you'll have a wonderful time.

I do miss lots of things in the South.

The food here sucks, we miss Southern food.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 12:55 AM (3ek7K)

407 Jim Leach - Iowa. Not a conservative firebrand by any stretch iirc. I once saw H.R. Gross eating dinner at the Elks Club when I was wee tyke. He was famous for being a budget hawk. So much so, the rumor was when Federal highway funds were being distributed for the Interstate were being distributed, his district was Last in line. It is true that it didn’t get fully completed until the 1990s, long after he was dead iirc.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:55 AM (+0VYM)

408
Errata: His name was Jim Leach, and it was '94 not '92 when the Repubs took over the House. And they called it the Banking Committee back then.

The Dems tactics were to just disrupt and make total asses of themselves 24/7 during hearings. And boy, did Bawney really shine there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 12:57 AM (w6EFb)

409 Anyway I understand why push button transmissions never really caught on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:44 AM (TH/2I)
***************
My bf/husband courted me in one of these fine jalopies. '62 Lancer, aqua hood from a wreck, rust spot in the back flooring and you could see the road, and a rusted coathanger for the antenna. Bucket seats, man. I had no idea what on earth this car was when he drove up and I was on the front porch smiling. He thought the smile was for him, he said. Well, sort of, but also wth is this car?

He was also quite poor on an orderly salary and not yet back in the university. Handsome, kind and funny and I saw something in him.

I was asked out by doctors, but they were older and did not party and that was my goal on my off days (which is rather pathetic to admit).

An anesthesia guy had his eye on me and gave me a ride from the bus stop in his gold Porche (after I glared at him for honking at me). Separated, though, and I said no to that deal. He also had a wandering eye I noted after a heart surgery I attended as a student nerd. One minute flirting like mad with me, the next minute eyeing a cute little ICU nurse who was new. I said nope to that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:58 AM (WONhk)

410
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:47 AM (+0VYM)

=============

Get them while they're young, pervert their minds, and you'll have a lefty for life!

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 12:59 AM (n7rxJ)

411 I give significant tips when I get a haircut.
Only get a haircut about every six months and am really picky how it is done.
Go from a moptop to high and tight.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 11:53 PM (/lPRQ)

I pay $20 for the local $15 haircut because a lot of that barber's clientele have been going there for a long time and really can't afford for him to raise prices

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:53 AM (rbvCR)

I have a lot of hair, so I end up paying chick prices. (grumble grumble)

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

412

I have to say again that I love Ace.

Where else would we have connections with people all over the US?

We are truly blessed. I even like the Dildo guy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:00 AM (3ek7K)

413 A Rambler, a Nash Rambler? That’s actually kind of cool!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:00 AM (ZVgZ4)

414 I even like the Dildo guy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:00 AM (3ek7K)

For goodness sake, why?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 01:02 AM (bss/y)

415 It’s not just the US. We got people from around the world!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:02 AM (ZVgZ4)

416 We are truly blessed. I even like the Dildo guy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:00 AM (3ek7K)

The Dildo dude can cook. He gets brownie points from this old bitch.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 01:03 AM (Hvd9a)

417
My daughter-in-law bought me some dog shaver thing.

We don't use them on the dogs, they work perfectly on my husband's hair. She comes over and shaves his head with them.

He likes his head shaved and it saves us money, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:04 AM (3ek7K)

418 My bf/husband courted me in one of these fine jalopies. '62 Lancer, aqua hood from a wreck, rust spot in the back flooring and you could see the road, and a rusted coathanger for the antenna. Bucket seats, man. I had no idea what on earth this car was when he drove up and I was on the front porch smiling. He thought the smile was for him, he said. Well, sort of, but also wth is this car?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 12:58 AM (WONhk)

As we speak there is a 1962 dodge lancer GT in green color sitting in the overflow parking area of my driveway. Its been there 2 years. I let a freind who owns the car work on it here, because he can't where he lives. He's making a street rod out of it, and unfortunately I don't think he will live long enough to finish it. He's in the hospital and it don't look good. I started calling the car the Doom Pickle, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up with it. It is one odd ass looking car.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:06 AM (snZF9)

419 MfXW9 = evil spammer at 410, if anyone is keeping score.

I am pretty sleepy, and it will be good to sleep in my own bed again for a spell. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 01:07 AM (8zz6B)

420
Which company made the Rambler?

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:07 AM (3ek7K)

421
Sleep well Traveling Man.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:08 AM (3ek7K)

422 I hope you just were incredibly sick, but not actually from cholera!
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 12:51 AM (TH/2I)
*******************
I think norovirus. Apparently only for females this time as our guys were all fine. Baby harfed all over me one afternoon. Days late the 5yr old and DIL. No males got it.

I don't harf hardly ever in my entire life and I think this made it worse or it mutated into cholera (I made that part up but did think of it at times).

I thought of a lot of things as I isolated from my dude for almost 5 days, fearing he'd get it and I was dramatic enough alone in thoughts of wanting opium. He brought fluids to the closed bedroom doors and checked to see if I was alive now and then. Me and my laptop, books and phone.

No real fever or pain, just a lot of natural colonoscopy prep for days. Abdominal noises I did not know were possible for humans.

There's a really great Pedialyte now that is clear and fruit flavored if I do this again. Which is only twice a century so I think I'm good.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 01:08 AM (WONhk)

423 My daughter-in-law bought me some dog shaver thing.

We don't use them on the dogs, they work perfectly on my husband's hair. She comes over and shaves his head with them.

He likes his head shaved and it saves us money, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:04 AM (3ek7K)

Four seasons, I'm dying. 30 years ago i bought some Wahl clippers for Mr Scarys haircuts. I didn't buy the dog version because...I was stupid. I could have saved $10. I have cut his hair for 30 years.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 01:09 AM (Hvd9a)

424 421
Which company made the Rambler?

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:07 AM (3ek7K)

Dodge?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 01:09 AM (WONhk)

425 Which company made the Rambler?

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:07 AM (3ek7K)

Nash, which became part of American Motors along with Hudson. Rambler became a brand in its own right, and Nash went away, as did Hudson.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 01:10 AM (8zz6B)

426 On chrysler push button AUTOMATICS: they shift by themselves without your input if they had been used properly. IE: you pushed "3" and it would shift through the range

they were reverse valve body designs, P,R,N,1,2,3

First car was a 1968 Charger R/T

I still have it

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 21, 2026 01:10 AM (jrgJz)

427 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 21, 2026 01:13 AM (jrgJz)

428
Mary,

It is hilarious. We're so old and don't give a shit.

For some reason there is a mobile dog groomer here. Hell we don't have many restaurants here being rural.

Stacy grooms our dogs and our wonderful daughter-in-law grooms my husband with the dog thing.



Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:13 AM (3ek7K)

429 Four seasons - the Nash Motors division of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. The Nash Rambler was made from 1950-1954.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:14 AM (ZVgZ4)

430 Why didn't Calvin's parents have a dish washing machine? This was the late 1980s.
Posted by: gKWVE

Washing dishes builds character.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 21, 2026 01:14 AM (W5mpo)

431 No offense to "Cloud Dancer," but with all the possibilities and candidates, the color of the YEAR perhaps could involve something with...more color? This must be a troll or a practical joke, right?
- - - - - -
The dude from Culture Hustle (awesome artist paints) trolls PANTONE every time they release a new color, and then he duplicates the exact same shade for cheaper. He's a riot...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 21, 2026 01:14 AM (DZFqy)

432 It is one odd ass looking car.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:06 AM (snZF9)
*****************
Indeed...so imagine the self-esteem my dude had to drive up to my castle for our first date!

He drove that car like it had 4-wheel drive, over deserts, large rocks in mountains, snow. Sold it 4yrs later for more money than he paid for it.

I once had it while he worked and my brother was visiting me one winter. We were a bit lit to start with and went to a drive up window for burgers. I managed to hit a wooden fence as we left and scrape it along as we laughed and did not care.

Had to park to finish laughing as that is how my bro and I were from his birth. Often hysterical. Told my bf the next day, but at that point what was one more scratch?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 01:15 AM (WONhk)

433 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 01:08 AM (WONhk)

I bought some electrolyte powder called Skratch on Amazon and you can mix it with anything. I like it better than any of the packaged drinks. You can even get one that doesn't have any artificial sweetener in it. The one with sugar tastes great but it's sweet so you have to water down what you're putting it in.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

434
It was 1975 when I got the Rambler. It was old then.

I liked it.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:16 AM (3ek7K)

435 I am all-in on making Whitey the Color of the Year. Especially because the Left declared Pantone the Fourth Reich over it.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:17 AM (vE0+H)

436 Too bad the Left weren't clever enough to dub them Panzer tone.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:19 AM (vE0+H)

437
Dark Litigator,

We never had a dishwasher when I was growing up.

People would ask Dad which brand of dishwasher he had.

He said I have three dishwashers, my daughters, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:20 AM (3ek7K)

438 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar. FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero

Margaret Becker, Wendy Kaiser, Joanna Hogg
Posted by: goozer

Sharon den Adel:
https://youtu.be/3bb7RQz72xA

Simone Simons:
https://youtu.be/qcLGgfyOmZE

Gabriel "Gabbe" Jansson Svedberg:
https://youtu.be/DKXp5uw_YZ8

Tatiana Shmayluk:
https://youtu.be/SQNtGoM3FVU

Agni:
https://youtu.be/rm2GvfboBtg

Posted by: mikeski puts up his dukes at May 21, 2026 01:21 AM (VHUov)

439 I see somebody beat me to posting “The Little Nash Rambler” song. And it’s animated! See 428.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:22 AM (ZVgZ4)

440 I never got into Pantene or Pantone. My home is very colorful. Bigly colorful really. Green and blue and yellow oh my.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 01:23 AM (Hvd9a)

441 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQZfO-Bc_Y

Japanese Orchestra doing "Panzerlied"

you don't get more racist than that!

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 21, 2026 01:23 AM (jrgJz)

442 Dishwashers, hahaha.

We had a dishwashing *machine* after the mid-70s, but Mom was so picky about what MUST be washed by hand-- there was always manual dishwashing to be done every day.

She was right, of course. We who had to 'do the dishes' were not happy about it, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)

443
Mary,

We have to paint this gray box we live in. Gray everything is depressing.

Your colors are what we like. Color adds so much to life.

I never understood the gray paint thing.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:25 AM (3ek7K)

444 We never had a dishwasher when I was growing up.

People would ask Dad which brand of dishwasher he had.

He said I have three dishwashers, my daughters, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:20 AM (3ek7K)

My Dad said this when i was a kid. I was the only daughter and the dishwasher I always had an automatic dishwasher as an adult. Yeah.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 01:27 AM (Hvd9a)

445 Four seasons - the Nash Motors division of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. The Nash Rambler was made from 1950-1954.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:14 AM (ZVgZ4)

Didn't Lois Lane in the original superman drive one of those things?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:28 AM (snZF9)

446
I remember the push-button things were on the left side of the dash. A bit awkward for a right-handed person.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:30 AM (3ek7K)

447 The most powerful female voices in rock are (1) Ann Wilson and (2) Pat Benatar. FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero

Benatar would have to stand Ann Wilson's shoulders to kiss Floor Jansen's codpiece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLMAxmlVNI

6'4"

7 octave

nice rack

until you have stood next to her in person do you realize just how lucky the drummer for Sabaton is

Sharon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2fycCVHc9Y

Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 21, 2026 01:31 AM (jrgJz)

448
Introducing Pantone Color of the Year 2026, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection. A billowy white imbued with serenity, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer encourages true relaxation and focus, allowing the mind to wander and creativity to breathe, making room for innovation.

WHO FARTED?

C'MON, 'FESS UP!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:33 AM (ixS3i)

449
Wasn't me. Women don't fart.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:33 AM (3ek7K)

450 "Women neither belch nor fart. Therefore: they must BITCH, or they will explode."

iirc....

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

451
Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:35 AM (3ek7K)

452
UNLESS AND UNTIL "HARVEST GOLD" AND "AVOCADO" ARE RETURNED TO THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACES ON KITCHEN APPLIANCES, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE AROUND HERE!

"STAINLESS STEEL" MUST RETURN TO IT'S DIVINELY ORDAINED PLACE IN THE SERVING WARE DRAWER!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:38 AM (ixS3i)

453 How ya doin' fourseasons? Snow melted yet, or not?

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

454
No shit Krebs.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:38 AM (3ek7K)

455
Well ... I'm glad that I got that off my list o' beefs.

Howyadoin'?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:39 AM (ixS3i)

456 I never got into Pantene or Pantone. My home is very colorful. Bigly colorful really. Green and blue and yellow oh my.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 01:23 AM (Hvd9a)

This house...this frigging house when I moved in had color. Oh it had color. The colors that would make you want to go on a 3 state killing spree. The kitchen is large, pretty much in the center of the house. You walk in the front door, there is a foyer, and you see the kitchen ahead, it has a vaulted ceiling, 13.5 feet high, the is a hallway the runs to the left off the kitchen, and another that runs to the right. ALL of it, was pumpkin orange. 13.5 foot high wall of pumpkin fucking orange aomg with the foyer and the hallways. the family room looked like a vintage McDonalds. 2 walls yellow, 2 walls red, white ceiling. It has a full cathedral ceiling, so you can enjoy TWO 13.5 foot high walls of that miserable yellow. the spare bedroom, was UPS brown. The master bedroom had 2 wall periwinkle and 2 walls lime green. I wanted to burn it down to the foundation. I had my brother's painters come in and do the rooms with the high ceilings immediately, and I painted the rest of the house within a week.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)

457 "Women neither belch nor fart. Therefore: they must BITCH, or they will explode."

iirc....
Posted by: JQ

Must be true, I read it on a t-shirt.

Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 01:41 AM (VHUov)

458 My kitchen appliances are all stainless steel now. Not because I preferred it but because the prices were right, compared to white finish. Colors? Oh no, waaayyy too costly -plus- order & wait for months... No thanks!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

459
JQ,

It is melting. We hope it helping with the drought.

This might sound weird. You make it through winter and look forward to planting vegetables in the Spring. With the drought we can't plant anything and it screws up the cycle of life.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:43 AM (3ek7K)

460 Rush Limbaugh used to do a routine occasionally where he would accuse ladies of farding in cars. It’s an Elizabethan English term for applying makeup. He would always say that only women do it, never a man. Callers would be all indignant because they misheard the word. After Rush had his fun, he would explain the term. He would pull this gag back out of storage once in a blue moon. He was gone too soon.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:43 AM (ZVgZ4)

461
Berserker, pumpkin and brown? Ewwwww

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:44 AM (3ek7K)

462
I never got into Pantene or Pantone

Me, I got into Pentane. It's the "eleven" of low molecular weight alkanes!

methane
ethane
propane
butane
pentane <== see? one more than butane!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:45 AM (ixS3i)

463 UNLESS AND UNTIL "HARVEST GOLD" AND "AVOCADO" ARE RETURNED TO THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACES ON KITCHEN APPLIANCES, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE AROUND HERE!

"STAINLESS STEEL" MUST RETURN TO IT'S DIVINELY ORDAINED PLACE IN THE SERVING WARE DRAWER!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:38 AM (ixS3i)

As somebody who did kitchens and baths in a former life and spent years ripping out harvest gold, Avocado, and that shit brown...kiss my ass, kiss my fucking ass. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:45 AM (snZF9)

464
Nemo,

Yes he was taken too soon.

Aholes seem to live forever.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:47 AM (3ek7K)

465 Former house had Mint Green tub & sink in master bath. Downstairs toilet had been painted some ungodly shade of (military surplus paint) green, to match the walls. Yuck!

One apartment I'd rented, back in the 80s, had *pink* fixtures in kitchen & bath! Charming, but dated. I think the complex was originally a motel?

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

466 >>>Cloud Dancer enhances our focus, providing release from the distraction of external influences.

Sounds ghey.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 01:47 AM (dK+Kv)

467 I'm not usually a fan of the music you post... You do you I'll do me, but i love BLUE. I hate that David Guetta butchered the peppiest melody line ever with peppy lyrics, but how can you hate on Bebe Rexha? Best female pop vocalist since Britney Spears.
Thanks for all the work you do for the ONTs. We lurkers love you.

Posted by: Nato at May 21, 2026 01:48 AM (bk9Vt)

468
458
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That was quite a horrifying revelation -- thank you for having the courage to share it with us. It explains a lot.

LOL

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:48 AM (ixS3i)

469
Our house in South Carolina had a mint green bathroom and a pink one. We had that stuff ripped out.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:49 AM (3ek7K)

470
Cloud Dancer enhances our focus, providing release from the distraction of external influences.

Sounds ghey.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon[2i]

It's a verbal fart, hence my #450.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:51 AM (ixS3i)

471 Berserker, pumpkin and brown? Ewwwww

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:44 AM (3ek7K)

You have no idea. The dude let his girlfriend run wild with the colors. Not good.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:51 AM (snZF9)

472 I had inherited a washer/dryer set-- Whirlpool, "Harvest Gold"-- the last unit bit the dust only a decade ago. Workhorses! Sadly, no repair parts available. Had already replaced dryer element with a *used* part, some years before...

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

473
Nor do women sweat. They get "dewy" (at least according to women in central SC).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:52 AM (ixS3i)

474 Cloud Dancer enhances our focus, providing release…

Sounds like it makes you fart…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:52 AM (ZVgZ4)

475
So many things today are what I call utilitarian.

No color, just blah.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:53 AM (3ek7K)

476 Interesting. Nobody ran for the Republican nomination for PA-3, because its Cook Partisan Voter Index is D+40, so Crazy Chris Rabb will be unopposed in the general. However, since it's one of the most extreme districts in the country, his victory does not signal a broader trend -- and a good thing too, since he's a wacky conspiracy theorist who claimed that the Bondi Beach Massacre was a Zionist false flag.

All it means is that the (D) base is degenerate and depraved, and a district exists where they can be repulsive to normies and still win. But if Republicans elsewhere are able to draw attention to the disturbing nutter, Rabb could hurt Democrats in other races all across the country.

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 01:53 AM (Sy6m/)

477 Our house in South Carolina had a mint green bathroom and a pink one. We had that stuff ripped out.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:49 AM (3ek7K)

Yeah lets talk about the half bath. It had a dark brown wood grain formica vanity, 4ft wide, with a matching 4ft wide dark brown counter top, with a mint green sink and toilet, and grey walls. Oh, and wall sconces that came out of the frigging ponderosa. That was the first room I nuked.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:54 AM (snZF9)

478 One thing about those 70s appliances, whatever you think about the colors, they were workhorses, and seemed to last forever!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:54 AM (ZVgZ4)

479
Having lived in South Carolina, yes, we were dewy, lol. Sometimes even in the house with a/c.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:55 AM (3ek7K)

480 So many things today are what I call utilitarian.
No color, just blah.
Posted by: four seasons

I wouldn't G.A.S. *which* color or finish-- as long as they function reliably and last a decent while!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

481
So many things today are what I call utilitarian.

No color, just blah.

Posted by: four seasons

We are the White, Silver, Gray,
Graphite, Slate and Black
vehicles of today and we agree!
We agree! We agree! We agree!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:57 AM (ixS3i)

482 Our house in South Carolina had a mint green bathroom and a pink one. We had that stuff ripped out.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 01:49 AM (3ek7K)

We had a rental house with a pink bathroom. And a blue one. His and hers, lol. We also had Avocado green appliances. They were bought used and cheap. Quality stuff really. They were made in the 70s. Lasted almost until they were retro cool again.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 01:58 AM (Hvd9a)

483 That was quite a horrifying revelation -- thank you for having the courage to share it with us. It explains a lot.

LOL

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 01:48 AM (ixS3i)

When my mother redid her kitchen in 1970 she got harvest gold. I grew up with that shit, then I had to rip out a ton of that shit. If it ever comes back i will hunt down the person who reignited the trend and burn them in a tire fire.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 01:59 AM (snZF9)

484

We're not sure what our countertops in this house are made with.

Does anyone remember the thing that you could spray on the countertops? I think it was big about 20 years ago. Well every countertop in this house is covered with it.

It is all peeling and looks like shit.

We're not sure how to get rid of it or if we need to replace them.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:02 AM (3ek7K)

485 One thing about those 70s appliances, whatever you think about the colors, they were workhorses, and seemed to last forever!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 01:54 AM (ZVgZ4)

Yes, all the crap I ripped out over the years was still working. My mother's "Kitchen aid by Hobart" dishwasher was still working when she redid her kitchen again in the later 90's, so was the stove.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:03 AM (snZF9)

486 Colored appliances. Meh. Too many choices and then... one changes one's mind re: the decor.

This is why stainless rules the kitchen. I can paint the walls any color I like, and not feel compelled to change appliances also. (not that there's $ for it anyway)

Bathrooms are A-OK with white fixtures. Timeless & classic. Simple. Again, can paint the walls or replace the flooring without also feeling compelled to rip out the fixtures.

Yeah, I'm a simple gal....

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

487

We are simple also. We just want shit that works for a long time.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:05 AM (3ek7K)

488 We're not sure what our countertops in this house are made with.

Does anyone remember the thing that you could spray on the countertops? I think it was big about 20 years ago. Well every countertop in this house is covered with it.

It is all peeling and looks like shit.

We're not sure how to get rid of it or if we need to replace them.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:02 AM (3ek7K)

Damn, I never heard of that, although I stopped doing kitchens 30 years ago, so it could be a trend I never saw. My brother and father might know. Its sprayed over the formica?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:06 AM (snZF9)

489 Sounds ghey.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 01:47 AM (dK+Kv)

Sounds homopobic.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:06 AM (vE0+H)

490 Way to blow a punchline. WTF is a pobic.

FFS I am claiming 2am, dry eye and a crohns mini flare.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 02:08 AM (vE0+H)

491
Vinyl roofs on cars.

Mrs. KvC related a story of a family who had one such vehicle and drove it into the monkey pen of one of those drive through safari / zoos. Despite there being a warning sign not to do that with such cars.

Those primates raped the roof of that car and pretty much stripped iff all the vinyl.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 02:08 AM (ixS3i)

492
Berserker,

Yes. I remember seeing ads for the shit many years ago and thought it was stupid. I think it was stuff you sprayed on.

It looks horrible.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:08 AM (3ek7K)

493 Bathrooms are A-OK with white fixtures. Timeless & classic. Simple. Again, can paint the walls or replace the flooring without also feeling compelled to rip out the fixtures.

Yeah, I'm a simple gal....

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

Well, white and bone fixtures got popular for a reason. I remember in the 80's we did a bathroom. Grey tiles and raspberry fixtures. It was...different.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:09 AM (snZF9)

494 Yeah....this crazy place😜!
I soo love the wild ONTers! Thanks for being pals.
Good night all...see ya tomorrow, or most probably Saturday 😍...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 21, 2026 02:09 AM (uTEOj)

495
Krebs,

That is kinda funny. I would never thought that could happen.



Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:10 AM (3ek7K)

496 Berserker,

Yes. I remember seeing ads for the shit many years ago and thought it was stupid. I think it was stuff you sprayed on.

It looks horrible.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:08 AM (3ek7K)


Damn, I'll ask my father and brother. They stayed in the business, and my brother still is. They might know all about it. The spray was used to change the color?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:11 AM (snZF9)

497
Sleep well Marie!

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:11 AM (3ek7K)

498
Berserker

I seem to remember you had color choices.

I am computer illiterate lol.

I'll find someone who can take pictures so you can see it.

It will take a few days.


Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:14 AM (3ek7K)

499 'Night, COMM! Sweet dreams!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

500 Well, white and bone fixtures got popular for a reason. I remember in the 80's we did a bathroom. Grey tiles and raspberry fixtures. It was...different.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:09 AM (snZF9)

We remodeled our bathroom with Italian tiles. They are blue, but look like wood. Really beautiful. According to the store, nobody bought that tile previously. They all wanted dull earth tones and neutrals for resale value. We'll likely die here, so who cares. The Mexican guys that did the work enjoyed it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 02:15 AM (Hvd9a)

501 Hi, hello, how are you?, Well I hope you're all doing fine.
It's three AM, there's too much noise, don't you people ever wanna go to bed?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 02:20 AM (CHHv1)

502
Resale value, lol.

Realtors tell people anything to make it easy for them to sell.

We always made sure plumbing, etc was working well. Everything else the buyers were going to change to what they like.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:20 AM (3ek7K)

503
Hi Beckoning and Robert!

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:21 AM (3ek7K)

504
Another officer got on the air and said that is known about and is some gov agency dropping rabies vaccines for the raccoons.

Great! Now there'll be little raccoon-sized hypodermics and needles for the kiddies to find and play with.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 02:23 AM (ixS3i)

505 Beckoning, I sometimes suffer from insomnia. Occasionally, i enjoy it. But mostly not. I'd rather be asleep than shitposting at 2 am .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 02:24 AM (Hvd9a)

506
Wth?

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:24 AM (3ek7K)

507
Bed time for this Bonzo

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 02:24 AM (ixS3i)

508 When hubby & I fixed up our master bath, we opted for a pre-made vanity topper to place on the old dual-sink cabinet. Turns out, it was "kitchen counter" and a few inches deeper than the original vanity top. Ooops! But we didn't notice until *after* hubby had cut the holes for sinks!

Well, $ down the drain?... No! Bathroom was fairly spacious, and we simply reinstalled the (refinished) old cabinet a few inches out from the wall to accommodate the new top. Hubby cut some filler pieces to go between back of cabinet & wall, stained them to match... and voila! now there's more space for all our toiletry junk!

No medicine cabinet in the wall, btw... the vanity has plenty of drawers.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

509
Sleep well Krebs

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:25 AM (3ek7K)

510 Resale value, lol.

Realtors tell people anything to make it easy for them to sell.

We always made sure plumbing, etc was working well. Everything else the buyers were going to change to what they like.

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:20 AM (3ek7K)

I went a little epic when I did this house. With me doing all the work there was serious bang for the buck. They can kiss my ass if they don't like it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:25 AM (snZF9)

511 When hubby & I fixed up our master bath, we opted for a pre-made vanity topper to place on the old dual-sink cabinet. Turns out, it was "kitchen counter" and a few inches deeper than the original vanity top. Ooops! But we didn't notice until *after* hubby had cut the holes for sinks!

Well, $ down the drain?... No! Bathroom was fairly spacious, and we simply reinstalled the (refinished) old cabinet a few inches out from the wall to accommodate the new top. Hubby cut some filler pieces to go between back of cabinet & wall, stained them to match... and voila! now there's more space for all our toiletry junk!

No medicine cabinet in the wall, btw... the vanity has plenty of drawers.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

Thats exactly how you solve it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)

512 My you have been a chatty bunch tonight, I was reading and dozed off on the couch for an extended nap. I am enjoying all of the talk about the old appliances and paint colors.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 21, 2026 02:27 AM (0nHVk)

513

Berserker,

Most people remodel no matter what we do to a house.

Fine with me. Show me the money and do what you want.



Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:28 AM (3ek7K)

514
Hi Debby!

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:29 AM (3ek7K)

515 Howdy, Debby! Welcome to insomniatown!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

516 I have an unfortunate looking kitchen. It is functional but butt ugly. I'd love to re do it before I die.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 02:34 AM (Hvd9a)

517 I'd love to re do it before I die.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I feel the same way about *many areas* of this house, so I buy lottery tickets from time to time.

"C'mon, God... I'm meeting you half-way, here!"

*sigh*

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

518 I have an unfortunate looking kitchen. It is functional but butt ugly. I'd love to re do it before I die.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 02:34 AM (Hvd9a)

Kitchens are stoooopid money these days. I used to do them and even I was caught off guard at what it cost to do mine, and I got the cabinets at dealer cost. The prices are just insane.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:40 AM (snZF9)

519 Hi four seasons and JQ and all.

I guess that I am just going to leave my kitchen for someone else to redo when I sell it. I replaced the ovens and cooktop just a few years ago, but the cabinets are in tough shape, they were cheap when we built the house and they still kind of look okay if you don't peer too closely. I just don't think that I will realize the value of splurging on a whole new kitchen when I sell.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 21, 2026 02:40 AM (0nHVk)

520 I feel the same way about *many areas* of this house, so I buy lottery tickets from time to time.

"C'mon, God... I'm meeting you half-way, here!"

*sigh*

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

Lol, JQ. We've done a lot on our house. New HVAC (twice!) New siding. New foundation. Redid bathrooms. But the kitchen has mauve formica. I try to be content in life. But that Miami Vice formica wounds me.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 02:41 AM (Hvd9a)

521
Time for bed. The dog keeps giving me the evil eye, lol.

Sleep well everyone!!

Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 02:42 AM (3ek7K)

522 I still have 2 bathrooms to redo. I want to change all the interior doors too, but I haven't found ones I like that aren't made like crap. I really don't want to spend 10K on doors. I found some nice ones that were around $500 each, which is still silly.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:45 AM (snZF9)

523 I don't even want to think about a kitchen re-do! The appliances were easy to replace, but cabinets? Ugh, no way. $$ for crap, $$$$$ for better.

These are older, so not particleboard. Plywood & veneer. Just need cleaning, light (VERY light) sanding and new finish. Also-- re-align the damned hinges because they creak and *pop* and some doors don't close fully due to scuffing against the opposing ones.

New vinyl, new paint, new sink, and a better light fixture...

Calgon! Take me away!!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

524 I've been limping along a 1979 triple wide for 23 years now. Paid off though. Saving what we can but this year so far has just been a pocket drainer.
I hope to replace the whole fucking dump before I die.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 02:50 AM (594J6)

525 We've done a lot on our house. New HVAC (twice!) New siding. New foundation. Redid bathrooms. But the kitchen has mauve formica. I try to be content in life. But that Miami Vice formica wounds me.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 02:41 AM (Hvd9a)

I have mauve tiles in the large bathroom that I have to redo. I feel your pain.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 02:51 AM (snZF9)

526 My county and city have cut taxes dramatically.
BUT, they are making up for it. Last three months in a row they have increased their charge for water.
At the rate they are going it would have been better to leave it the way it was.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:56 AM (izXCr)

527 Scary, that mauve countertop sounds rough.

Night four seasons.

My neighbors redid two baths last year, fancy Italian tile, towel warmers etc., they spent a small fortune, they are beautiful though.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 21, 2026 02:58 AM (0nHVk)

528 Mauve is ~neutral. It could be puce.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:59 AM (izXCr)

529 I don't even want to think about a kitchen re-do! The appliances were easy to replace, but cabinets? Ugh, no way. $$ for crap, $$$$$ for better.

These are older, so not particleboard. Plywood & veneer. Just need cleaning, light (VERY light) sanding and new finish. Also-- re-align the damned hinges because they creak and *pop* and some doors don't close fully due to scuffing against the opposing ones.

New vinyl, new paint, new sink, and a better light fixture...

Calgon! Take me away!!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

Thats the problem, the cabs are silly money. My cabs at dealer cost was 20K. I went a bit epic with the goodies. Made from cherry, rollout shelves in every base cabinet, 36" tall wall cabinets, cherry crown moldings, box columns on each side of the window, and on and on. Those cabs listed for 56K, meaning maybe 35K out in the world. that is obscene. When I was doing kitchens they were 7-10K out the door installed and done, put your groceries and dishes away. These days? Holy shit. My kitchen out in the world completely done would be 85-90K. Electrical, plumbing, floors, sink, granite, appliances etc. Thats insane, its not even funny.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 03:02 AM (snZF9)

530 One of the reasons my place is such a dump is it has sank into the bog they drained 50 years ago to create the land. The city is now... ehem... FUCKING FINALLY!!!... doing something about the drainage.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 03:04 AM (594J6)

531 Mauve is ~neutral. It could be puce.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:59 AM (izXCr)

Bless you, Braenyard. My countertops look more like puke. But it could pass for puce. I tore down the horrid wallpaper border that screamed 1980s. That made it more okay.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 03:07 AM (Hvd9a)

532 Old dishwasher was leaking around the door. Not door seal: stepson, when young, used to use the open door as a stepstool to reach cabinet & bent the hinge. Kept a towel stuffed into that corner for years, changing it weekly...

Refrigerator-- water line was leaking, way up inside the unit. Ran without icemaker/water for couple of years, it wasn't really *that* inconvenient...

Range-- control board went out twice, but second time replacement no longer available. Could use range top but not oven. Toaster oven helped for a while...

Bathroom? Well... sinks were rusting out. One was completely rusted through & needed a bucket underneath for use. Crappy fiberglass tub/shower was discolored and scratched; sliding glass doors gunked up from hard water. Toilet functional but stained beyond cleaning. *Carpet in the bathroom! Need I say more?*

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

533 New vinyl, new paint, new sink, and a better light fixture...

Calgon! Take me away!!!!
Posted by: JQ
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I'm utilitarian about that. If it's not broke and it cleans up, it's good to go.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:09 AM (izXCr)

534
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

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JQ, I can't believe you did all that -- and in the age before the internet! I'm at the mercy of my appliances.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 03:11 AM (n7rxJ)

535 Hi, Blondie!

Yeah, necessity is a MFer. LOL. But at least back then, hubby was functional too.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)

536 Crappy fiberglass tub/shower was discolored and scratched; sliding glass doors gunked up from hard water. Toilet functional but stained beyond cleaning. *Carpet in the bathroom! Need I say more?*
Posted by: JQ
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I'm looking at a house with a nice new tile or marble shower - but - they left the tub. Betting it's fiberglass I'm going to take the Diablo bladed sawzall toit and make some amendments.

Yeah, my toilet's so old the first layer of baked enamel is half gone. When I'm prepping it for sale it's getting a dose of muriatic acid. Probably the driveway and garage just to shine it up a little more.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:16 AM (izXCr)

537 Kitchen sink is gunked up from hard water, too. Tired of looking at it-- hubs was "batchin' it" for a long time before I got here, and there's no amount of scrubbing that'll make it look better than a janitors' utility sink in a subway station... YUCK!

Also, kitchen faucet is broken at the base. Leaks around it, but thankfully doesn't spill into cabinet below, just puddles around faucet topside.

I have the replacements. Just need to do the work.

And pray nothing else goes wrong when I finally get around to doing it!!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

538 Another pocket drain is I gotta buy 7, 5 gallon buckets of roof coating next week. When I started limping the roof along 20 years ago they were $24 each. I'm expecting at least $100 each this time. So yeah, another 900ish bucks out the door. Or onto the roof. And the shit sucks now.
God I want to replace this dump.
Everytime we look though the price jumps 10 grand.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 03:19 AM (594J6)

539 Gulp. I'm redoing the whole damned house. I bought this place for the garden and greenhouse. Now, we need to do the house. It is an older cabin, with bedroom upstairs under the eaves, which, if you've met DH, you know that kind of ceiling just doesn't work.

So, building a new ground floor bedroom between the house and garage, with a breezeway and new deck beyond. Then, gutting the tiny ass bathroom, and moving it to the "office," which is too stupid to be an office but has room for a nice bathroom and laundry.

Then, the kitchen. What fool thought 2-1/2 feet of countertop was enough? I'm really redoing all of that.

And a new propane forced air furnace to replace the crappy TOYOs.

Probably about 1/4 $M all in.

I bought the cabinets last week, the appliances today, need to get light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, all that jazz yet.

They will haul me out of here in a pine box after all this.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 03:20 AM (DwqWV)

540 Bless you, Braenyard. My countertops look more like puke. But it could pass for puce. I tore down the horrid wallpaper border that screamed 1980s. That made it more okay.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 03:07 AM (Hvd9a)

I think back to some of the kitchens we did in the 80's. I would imagine they are all long gone. Mauve was a big thing. There were some mauve counters. Natural oak or light oak was being used a lot, so people were bringing in color with their counters. the worse one was a pumpkin orange and natural oak (gag), or mauve with a natural oak, or a medium blue top. The european cabinet craze happened too. White formica cabs with wooden pulls that ran along the bottom width of the doors. Those kitchen all have to be gone by now. the natural oak and light oak might still be relevant if they stayed in nice shape, just change to a granite top. I really doubt any survived though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 03:21 AM (snZF9)

541 tcn, I bet that it will be beautiful when you are all done and your grandson will love coming over to visit!

JQ, I have got a lot of the same issues here, hubs was handy and kept things at least functional but hard water is death to a lot of appliances.

Bers, I have seen pics of your kitchen, it is gorgeous and you are a craftsman.

Sweet dreams Horde, I am going to at least try to sleep again.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 21, 2026 03:27 AM (0nHVk)

542 Kitchen vinyl is worn through in places, along the underlayment seams. Need to fix *that* before putting in new sheet goods.

Light fixture glass got broken (before we began dating!) so just bare bulbs in their sockets to illuminate the room. Got a new fixture, just need to install. Probably should replace a few switches and outlets too, as one broken outlet caused problems already until I replaced it....

Paint? Yeah. Been at least 30 years since kitchen got painted. And there's some wallpaper to finish removing, too.

I'll die before it all gets done, huh?

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

543 Those kitchen all have to be gone by now. the natural oak and light oak might still be relevant if they stayed in nice shape, just change to a granite top. I really doubt any survived though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Berz. The guts of our cabinets are a nice maple. Thee doors are a wretched pine with knots and such. Mr Scary could make new cabinet dòors. We wouldn't have to gut the room. One day, it could be nice.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 03:39 AM (Hvd9a)

544 *hands cold Fosters to Reforger*

Damn, dude. I feel your pain! Sorry we both live in POS places!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)

545 God I want to replace this dump.
Everytime we look though the price jumps 10 grand.
Posted by: Reforger
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Good luck, I've been looking for over a year.
Thanks to O'Biden screwing the economy, Powell screwing interest, all of the Democrat machine virtually turning the market upside down.

I've shopped bought and sold since the last century and I've never ever seen a housing market like this. In Jimmy Carter interest was 9,10,11% and housing was better than this.
It is dead in the water.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:46 AM (izXCr)

546 Knotty pine used to be a thing. A little sanding and an oil rub or shellac - class.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:49 AM (izXCr)

547 And a new propane forced air furnace to replace the crappy TOYOs.
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Don't forget to get a crappy Toto for your toilet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:53 AM (izXCr)

548 Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 03:55 AM (Ia/+0)

549 Don't forget to get a crappy Toto for your toilet.

Posted by: Braenyard

Hahahaha!

"Toto" is Japan's equivalent of our "American Standard." (or at least *was*-- I think Toto has gone beyond the basic now. LOL.)

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)

550 Toto comes with all the adjustable accessories a lady would want. Yeah, Japanese, been making toilets since 1917.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 03:58 AM (izXCr)

551 548 Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful
Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 03:55 AM (Ia/+0)

Fell in love with a drummer?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 21, 2026 03:58 AM (Ot/FD)

552 We had a Toto toilet in the master bath when we first moved here. It was so low to the ground. Almost like a squat toilet.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 21, 2026 03:59 AM (Hvd9a)

553 https://youtu.be/nM8m-NeklTg

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)

554 I played Hendrix a lot in my younger days

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

555 It was so low to the ground. Almost like a squat toilet.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Consider that they are shorter people, on average.. I bought a dining table & chairs while in Japan. Chair seats were a bit lower than what we were accustomed to. Almost child-sized!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

556 Checking out before Pixy gets here. Enjoy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 04:04 AM (izXCr)

557 Well.

Alone again.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:13 AM (rdVOm)

558 AZ college President booed after AI bot malfunctions and skips students name. Story from "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/2tc5wjfp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:15 AM (guLpK)

559 Hello, Fen! Long time no see!

Got any hopeful passages for a lonely person with crushing burdens?

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:18 AM (rdVOm)

560 And to think, that I have a sibling what lives just 1/4 mile away-- that doesn't give a damn or worse: would laugh if he knew I was in a bad way... fker.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)

561 Ah, the 4am wide-eyed club. Which timezone are you in, JQ? 2:28 here. Odd how I could not keep my eyes open at 9 yesterday evening, but then can't seem to sleep through the night.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 04:30 AM (t7+TD)

562 "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38-39)."

I am sorry you are lonely, dear, and have just yourself to look after your husband. I know that when I have read these overnight threads other posters here appreciate your kindness and your talents and your interesting conversation . I am sorry none seem close in distance to you. Is there a/ support group for people whose loved ones have Alzheimer's at the home where your husband is living?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:32 AM (LQf4v)

563 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

564 And thus began a new .day, I suppose.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 04:35 AM (t7+TD)

565 Hi Don in SoCo-- PDT here. 1:37am

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

566 Thanks, Fen. Helpful.

Hubby doesn't have Alz. Worse: unpredictable. Vascular dementia + encephalopathy due to liver disease. His dx was death 5 years ago... uncharted territory now.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

567 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at May 21, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)

568 No support group at hubby's home. Wish there was a better place around here! His place is... barely satisfactory, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

569 Yeah, yeah, pixy/tech.. I don't wanna trash up that thread, ya know?

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:42 AM (rdVOm)

570 For me the witching hour is when I wake up and can't get back to sleep. Review life's troubles instead of counting sheep as the saying goes. A friend of mine told me he started writing in his journal at such times listing the good things in his life and it helped him a lot. I just might try that, too.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 04:43 AM (t7+TD)

571 Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:39 AM

I'm sorry. It sounds very difficult and no, you wouldn't be "trashing up that thread". You are a valued commentator wherever you post.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:45 AM (IEV/x)

572 I should try to sleep. F it.

G'night, all. Thanks for being here. See ya tomorrow!

Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 04:47 AM (rdVOm)

573 Yeah, it ain't easy watching somebody you love go downhill like that. And nursing facilities never seem to be what we wish fhey were.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 04:49 AM (t7+TD)

574 I should try to sleep
_-_
Sleep is good.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 21, 2026 04:51 AM (t7+TD)

575 4320 jellybeans

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 07:19 AM (UULd1)

576 Hmmm. I counted exactly three jellybeans in the jar.

Pretty sure that’s right.

Posted by: BunyipBluegum at May 21, 2026 09:03 AM (a2x8q)

577 honestly, i would have guessed 1501 beans.
panamath was pretty cool.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 11:06 AM (R11M+)

Midweek Burn-Out Cafe

mongolianinnerchild.jpg
Inner Mongolian Child
by Han Chengli

A duck stretches his legs.

Stealthy predator.

Panda enjoying his toys.

Dog gets a diploma.

Don't mess with a cat. They play for blood.

Boys and girls are completely 100% the exact same. Their gender is just assigned by tightass parents.

Little turtle backs away from a big ol' river monster.

Bee break.


Sleepy time.

Good night!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:19 PM




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1 First!

Posted by: Methos at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (vSvIl)

2 Woot.

Posted by: Betty at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (PV9Tt)

3 Sponge!

Fuck Cancer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:21 PM (u82oZ)

4 60%, but we've been here before.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 20, 2026 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

5 Hola

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 20, 2026 07:22 PM (Q/FnY)

6 Cute pics.

Posted by: Case at May 20, 2026 07:22 PM (8XBuM)

7 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 07:22 PM (s2K/A)

8 Happy cafe time! What a cute little face on the Mongolian bambina.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:23 PM (p4NUW)

9 Hmm, the page seems to be loading funny

Posted by: Methos at May 20, 2026 07:24 PM (vSvIl)

10 Bee break.
----
More like OD'd on nectar and pollen....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 07:24 PM (gnNyN)

11 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2026 07:24 PM (vhPr1)

12 4 60%, but we've been here before.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It's funnier when all your hopes are dashed on a Friday. Makes for a happy, peppy weekend.

Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at May 20, 2026 07:25 PM (oftw2)

13 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Hmm, the page seems to be loading funny
Posted by: Methos

I mean funny, like I’m a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny? … How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what’s funny!”

Posted by: Tommy DeVito at May 20, 2026 07:27 PM (vhPr1)

15 ace

Hope you are doing OK.

Great posts today. Hell, this week.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:27 PM (u82oZ)

16 Spaghetti and meatballs up!

(Brami pasta, turkey meatballs, spinach in the sauce, but don’t tell anyone it’s healthy!)

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:28 PM (p4NUW)

17 I wonder how the Mongolian School of Contortion is doing these days. I know Cirque de Soleil declared bankruptcy a number of years ago. Many ot their performers were graduates of good, old, MSC.

Posted by: Limber Cheerleaders At That School, IYKWIM at May 20, 2026 07:28 PM (oftw2)

18 >>>Midweek Burn-Out Cafe

Midweek? It feels like a Friday, what with all the RINOs getting tossed and Little's team getting the huge win.

I also scored a new video card, and ARC B580.

I am coasting the rest of the week.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 07:29 PM (dK+Kv)

19 My inner Mongolian child scream is much lauder than my outer Mongolian child scream

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:29 PM (/+uur)

20 "Patting the prairie dog." Is that what the kids call it these days?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 07:30 PM (vTZFs)

21 >>>Dog gets a diploma.

I think he would have appreciated it more if it had been edible.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 20, 2026 07:30 PM (syz1S)

22 11 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete

I feel left out.

Posted by: The Jubilant Delinquent at May 20, 2026 07:31 PM (oftw2)

23 Bee break.



===

More like bee dead...

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)

24 The cats and dog in the hammock were no doubt drugged.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (qrzX6)

25 A woman from the tribe of Khathʿam asked the Prophet ﷺ , "Tell me what is the right of the husband over the wife? For I am an unmarried woman and I shall marry if I can, otherwise I shall remain unmarried." He said:
"The right of the husband over the wife is that if he wants her she must not prevent him, even if she were sitting on the back (z.ahr) of a camel.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

26 We usually ride into town

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:33 PM (/+uur)

27 Camel camel camel camel camel
Comedian
She has two toes
She has two toes-e-oes.

Posted by: Boy Georgette at May 20, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

28 Patting the prairie dog." Is that what the kids call it these days?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 07:30 PM (vTZFs)

That's how you get the plague.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:33 PM (qrzX6)

29 Tell me, tell me what’s funny
-
No gray comment boxes and the resolution is too big. Like it's taking too long to load and some part of the process is just giving up.

Posted by: Methos at May 20, 2026 07:33 PM (vSvIl)

30 8 Happy cafe time! What a cute little face on the Mongolian bambina.
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:23 PM (p4NUW)

Makes me happy just looking at her.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 20, 2026 07:35 PM (zYpTz)

31 More Internet drama

Remember Ethan Kline going after Hasan Piker's orbiters?

Frogan the Hutt has failed to respond in a timely manner and thus a summary judgement against her has been issued.

Legal Mindset has one of the amazing an dhilarious thumbnails for this matter, Frogan as Grimace. Because it seems Frogan the Hutt ate her whole $38k legal defense fund.

Wait, you say, wouldn't that be fraud? Maybe not because she has weasel words in the fundraiser about 'personal expenses.'

So it seems she has also scammed all of her suporters.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:35 PM (2GVsD)

32 Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

The Mongols heard the lamentations of the Muslim men.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 07:35 PM (gKWVE)

33 Just read a historical fiction novel on Kubla Khan. The horde was pretty scary.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:35 PM (qrzX6)

34 No gray comment boxes and the resolution is too big. Like it's taking too long to load and some part of the process is just giving up.
Posted by: Methos

Fine here. Are you behind on your WI-FI Bill?

Posted by: Put Another Quarter In The Metre at May 20, 2026 07:36 PM (oftw2)

35 SO what if telling a prisoner he is gonna die on Monday?
Does he have a chance to profess?
Interesting?

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:37 PM (/+uur)

36 That cute little Mongolian girl is happy because she has never heard of 'social media.'

Speaking of social media, it seems Morgan&Morgan is going after the likes of Meta over the emotional and mental harm their platform has caused people.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:37 PM (2GVsD)

37 Just read a historical fiction novel on Kubla Khan. The horde was pretty scary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:35 PM (qrzX6)
---
Scarier than the Moron Horde?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 07:38 PM (gnNyN)

38 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 20, 2026 07:38 PM (SRRAx)

39 The Mongols heard the lamentations of the Muslim men.
Posted by: gKWVE at May
20, 2026 07:35 PM (gKWVE)

use wants to be the husband...

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:38 PM (/+uur)

40 Mongols?

Remember that little lecture the high school teacher is giving at the start of Red Dawn as the Soviet paratroopers land?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:38 PM (2GVsD)

41 Greetings.

Posted by: Grayman27 at May 20, 2026 07:38 PM (AvoqE)

42 HUMP DAY

Posted by: Clyde . . . at May 20, 2026 07:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

43 The Mongols heard the lamentations of the Muslim men.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 07:35 PM (gKWVE

Hulegu founded the Ilkhanate of Persia

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:40 PM (qrzX6)

44 Midweek Burn-Out Cafe. Hmmm.

Did Ace take up Drag Racing with John Force Racing?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 07:42 PM (qx7Zg)

45 even if she were sitting on the back (z.ahr) of a camel.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

That would take a bit of talent.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:42 PM (p4NUW)

46 40 Mongols?

Remember that little lecture the high school teacher is giving at the start of Red Dawn as the Soviet paratroopers land?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:38 PM (2GVsD)

I was told there is no mention of chicoms, and terrorist, and mohammmedans raping and pilaging of our lands in this class.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:42 PM (/+uur)

47 25 A woman from the tribe of Khathʿam asked the Prophet ﷺ , "Tell me what is the right of the husband over the wife? For I am an unmarried woman and I shall marry if I can, otherwise I shall remain unmarried." He said:
"The right of the husband over the wife is that if he wants her she must not prevent him, even if she were sitting on the back (z.ahr) of a camel.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur) Wait a minute, who does he want here?

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2026 07:43 PM (LHPAg)

48 That would take a bit of talent.
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:42 PM (p4NUW)

hump day

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

49 I don't always leap out of bed like a ninja, but when I do it's because of a leg cramp.

The one I suffered Monday morning was scary. I actually felt a crunching sensation. I almost went to the ER, but did not, because I am an old coot who chooses to walk it off. What are they gonna do, tell me to rest it, alternate hot and cold, take ranger candy. Hell, I can do that myself, without adding to the medical insurance burden.

And now, I am doing well. Still a little tender, but nothing horrific. I was able to take a short walk around the block at work. Almost normal speed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing Will Happen-Adjacent at May 20, 2026 07:43 PM (0aYVJ)

50 "Long Hair Penguins" are just penguins wearing fur coats, often made of camel hair. This odd deception fails further examination though, as the olfactory assault generated by the megamephitic combination of camels and penguins will quickly discourage even the most ardent penguin lover.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 20, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

51 Japan afaik, still doesn’t announce the date of execution to the condemned. Just the year.

So, those footsteps down the hallway, the keys jangling in the cell door, could be your Last Day. Or, Lunch. Who knows?

Posted by: Patton at May 20, 2026 07:44 PM (0OORa)

52 Speaking of social media, it seems Morgan&Morgan is going after the likes of Meta over the emotional and mental harm their platform has caused people.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:37 PM (2GVsD)

Haven't a number of former(?) insiders and developers admitted that features were added to make social media addictive? I see people with their noses buried in their phones all the time.

I deal with social media by not having any. The Horde is the closest I come, but the HQ seems to be a 21st C. version of pen pals -- trolls excepted.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 20, 2026 07:44 PM (ksbjf)

53 for Bactrians it's DOUBLE HUMP DAY

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

54 I would love to visit Mongolia. I love that kind of climate, and it is the home of The Hu.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 07:45 PM (0aYVJ)

55 It looks like someone let their inner Mongolian child out.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 20, 2026 07:47 PM (+hIS8)

56 I don't always leap out of bed like a ninja, but when I do it's because of a leg cramp.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing Will Happen-Adjacent

I don't always roll a joint.

But when I do it's usually my ankle.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 20, 2026 07:47 PM (l26NL)

57 even if she were sitting on the back (z.ahr) of a camel.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

That would take a bit of talent.
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:42 PM (p4NUW)

Heh ...

I have found memories of Mrs. Cop and I getting a bit "festive" in my little CRX. Of course, that was over 30 years ago; we'd just hurt ourselves now.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 20, 2026 07:47 PM (ksbjf)

58 I would love to visit Mongolia. I love that kind of climate, and it is the home of The Hu.
Posted by: Pug Mahon



And yak milk.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 20, 2026 07:48 PM (+hIS8)

59 Catch your second wind, brah, the pandas are all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 07:48 PM (D1E+2)

60 36 That cute little Mongolian girl is happy because she has never heard of 'social media.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:37 PM (2GVsD)

I had a similar thought, and took it all the way to "that little Mongolian girl will probably never be convinced that she's a boy."

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 20, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

61 Tell me, tell me what’s funny

I'll tell ya what's funny! Tom Massie's Book of 101 Jew Jokes! Whether in the Catskills or at a Bar Mitzvah, your sure to leave them dead in the aisles with these all time favorites like "How Many Jewish Mothers Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb?" and "Why Do Jewish Men Get Circumcised?" and of course the classic "I Would Have Come Out Sooner But It Took A While To Find Ed Gallrein In Tel Aviv!"....only $9.99 plus shipping and handling...dial 1-888-666-6969...Call now while supplies last!

Posted by: Shelley Berman Publications at May 20, 2026 07:48 PM (7d1L5)

62 Limerick

bla blah

It was not the size
That gave girls surprise
But his stroke Iambic Pentameter.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:49 PM (/+uur)

63 Mongolian eagle hunters

https://youtu.be/jagKnS2mE7w

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD)

64 There's a place somewhere west of my AO that has dromedaries and bactrians, as well as a bunch of llamas, goats and such. Weird hobbies, some folks have.

Of course, my wife wants miniature Scottish cows, several varieties of goats, donkeys, and a horse or two.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 07:50 PM (0aYVJ)

65 We were drinking fermented mares milk and Abdul and I tried sex on a camel

Posted by: Mo Mo Mo Mo Moheddans at May 20, 2026 07:52 PM (/+uur)

66
So have we all made up and become kindred morons again?

I'm violating all standards and norms tonight and am having a gin and tonic on the back porch before Memorial Day.

Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2026 07:52 PM (Y8DZL)

67 Our cats in their long lives never got declawed, they would get us with them occasionally

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

68 I don't know if it is true but I saw a guy posting pictures of animals sleeping together on Facebook and many commenters accused him of drugging the animals to get the pictures.

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 07:53 PM (YwEeS)

69 Did Long Hair Penguins open for the Dead Kennedys?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 07:53 PM (2GVsD)

70 Okay, it seems to have cleared up, whatever it was.

Posted by: Methos at May 20, 2026 07:53 PM (vSvIl)

71 Two weapons. 1 - the Bow. 2 - the Pike.

The hadn't invented the Empty Beer Bottle yet ... which has put down many an Old School Football Player or Off Duty Cop or other such bully.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:53 PM (UJ3yu)

72 for Bactrians it's DOUBLE HUMP DAY
Posted by: gKWVE

Or, it's Sulcus Day.

And Tuesday and Thursday are Hump Day.

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 07:54 PM (VHUov)

73 66
So have we all made up and become kindred morons again?

I'm violating all standards and norms tonight and am having a gin and tonic on the back porch before Memorial Day.
Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2026 07:52 PM (Y8DZL)

We are a family. We get loud, we get annoyed, we get annoying, we laugh, we cry, we support. We even give a kick in the pants on occasions when needed. Family.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:54 PM (p4NUW)

74 off sox

I saw Miniature Scottish Cows open for Randy Neuman.
Short People brought down the house.

Wait that is kind of tallist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

75 There's a place somewhere west of my AO that has dromedaries and bactrians, as well as a bunch of llamas, goats and such. Weird hobbies, some folks have.

Of course, my wife wants miniature Scottish cows, several varieties of goats, donkeys, and a horse or two.
Posted by: Pug Mahon


I have a very good friend who raises "exotics". He has all the USDA permits.
Camels, coatimundi, kinkajous.

Kinkajous. Not kinky joos.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 20, 2026 07:55 PM (+hIS8)

76 would love to visit Mongolia. I love that kind of climate, and it is the home of The Hu.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

There is an abandoned USSR fortified air base in the middle of nowhere where in Mongolia.

Lot of hardened fighter hangers. Reminded me of a section of South Dakota where they built hundreds of hardened concrete domes to store ammunition /ordnance.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:56 PM (qrzX6)

77 Our cats in their long lives never got declawed, they would get us with them occasionally
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)
----
Yep. All my cats have tagged me at one time or another.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 07:56 PM (gnNyN)

78 We have had a string of 90s but forcast for weekend is cool, 50s tomorrow.
Way too hot too fast.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

79 Empty beer or soda bottles were found to be very effective for night nuisance raids in WW2. They made a great whistling sound.

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 07:58 PM (YwEeS)

80
Got my Rosary said. Better and infinitely less expensive than a therapist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 07:58 PM (HdYcL)

81 I remember when $1.25 could get you and your sweetheart 10 minutes of slow, rhythmic rocking and two minutes of fast bouncing down at the laundromat with a badly balanced load of jeans on Hot Wash/Warm Rinse on one of the coin-op washing machines.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:58 PM (rbvCR)

82 Empty beer or soda bottles were found to be very effective for night nuisance raids in WW2. They made a great whistling sound.
Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 07:58 PM (YwEeS)

Bob Hope wrote that on one of this NSO tours in the islands during the war, the crew would toss out a case of milk bottles when they overflew what they guessed were Japanese outposts because they bottles sounded like incoming bombs

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (rbvCR)

83

How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (x0n13)

84 Better turn this off
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

85
Yep. All my cats have tagged me at one time or another.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 07:56 PM (gnNyN)

___________

Once got bitten on the hand by Fluffy (God, what a name!) while prying him out of Lacey's mouth. The tiny bite turned into an infection that went up to my bicep and put me in the hospital for three days.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (HdYcL)

86 82 Yep, all kinds of empty bottles were used.

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 08:01 PM (YwEeS)

87 83 Maybe ace didn't want to mention it so close to pride month...

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 08:01 PM (YwEeS)

88 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I think they're saving it for the Morning Report.

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 08:03 PM (VHUov)

89 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Barney Fag died?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 20, 2026 08:03 PM (l26NL)

90 Thing about the cutesy stuff with children & pets, if you stage it, it will look staged, and it just looks hopelessly contrived.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 08:03 PM (0OORa)

91 Night, Skip!

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 08:04 PM (p4NUW)

92 "How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton"

Now the WHOLE story can come out.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 20, 2026 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

93 SO who is the Old Queen of Congress now?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

94 83

How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!

——-


To ask is to answer. Other than being “noteworthy” as an openly homosexual Democrat, not sure what he ever “accomplished” besides over-regulating the financial industry as an antidote to problems created by bad federal law and executive branch manipulation of the housing markets.

Posted by: Grayman27 at May 20, 2026 08:06 PM (AvoqE)

95
Barney Fag died?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 20, 2026 08:03 PM (l26NL)

____________

I hate Masshole politicians. Dead or alive. Joe Martin was the last good one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:07 PM (HdYcL)

96 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!

I misspoke about The Party and mentioned that they had lost their way and were too leftist and crazy for normal people before I was vaporized. Please remove my name from any register, document, list or association where my name has been recorded. I have ceased to exist or to have existed. I love Big Brother and Caak.

Posted by: Zombie Barney Fag at May 20, 2026 08:07 PM (7d1L5)

97
For any fellow skywatchers, the waxing crescent Moon will be close to Jupiter in the west after sunset this evening. It won't be as close to Jupiter as it was to Venus the other night, but you'll still get a show, with bright Venus below.

Also, per the calendar month definition, the lunation will be a dreaded Blue Moon (2nd of two full Moons in a calendar month) May 31st. So, if there's anything you only do once in a Blue Moon, heads up to get in gear for that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

98 Evenin’, All:

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 08:09 PM (77rzZ)

99
Mark Fuhrman, of OJ trial fame, also died a couple days ago, I saw.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 08:10 PM (w6EFb)

100 >> SO who is the Old Queen of Congress now?

Miss Lindsey?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

101 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton



We were pissing/dancing on his grave all afternoon.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 20, 2026 08:11 PM (+hIS8)

102 Barney Frank

A man who could never quite get 'Peg A goes into Slot B' correct...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 20, 2026 08:11 PM (Sco7b)

103 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (x0n13)
----
If it's not in the Morning Report it never happened.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 08:12 PM (gnNyN)

104 I am disappointed that Piper is not actually an empress.

I, for one, was looking forward to welcoming our new Soup overlords.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

105
Golden Knights vs. Avs in the Western Conference final. Now we're getting down to the nut-cutting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:12 PM (HdYcL)

106 To ask is to answer. Other than being “noteworthy” as an openly homosexual Democrat, not sure what he ever “accomplished” besides over-regulating the financial industry as an antidote to problems created by bad federal law and executive branch manipulation of the housing markets.
Posted by: Grayman27


He was an accomplished pimp.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 20, 2026 08:13 PM (+hIS8)

107 104 I am disappointed that Piper is not actually an empress.

I, for one, was looking forward to welcoming our new Soup overlords.
Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

We have to kick the crazies off the land first. 😂

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 08:14 PM (p4NUW)

108
Other than being “noteworthy” as an openly homosexual Democrat, not sure what he ever “accomplished” 

_____________

Using your tax dollars to show how "concerned" he was.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:15 PM (HdYcL)

109 dey figna face off

Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2026 08:15 PM (ZxPkt)

110 We still have Empress Alex of Alextopia.

Get uppity and you won't get a blanket.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 08:16 PM (2GVsD)

111 Yeah, is that a child from Inner Mongolia, or the inner child of someone from Mongolia?

Posted by: GWB at May 20, 2026 08:16 PM (kU0PQ)

112
Empress Alex the true empress.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)

113 We have to kick the crazies off the land first. 😂
Posted by: Piper

we get a ration of biscuit, water, and rum though, right?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)

114
How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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If it's not in the Morning Report it never happened.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

^This^

If you don't post it, J.J., it ain't done happened.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 20, 2026 08:18 PM (QVmho)

115 Rest in Peace, Mark Fuhrman.

Fuck OJ.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:18 PM (0aYVJ)

116 I am disappointed that Piper is not actually an empress.

I, for one, was looking forward to welcoming our new Soup overlords.
Posted by: Bulg

I saw the Soup Overlords open for the Flower Kings at Caesars Palace in '97.

https://youtu.be/9StqGIrX1Yc

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 08:18 PM (VHUov)

117 Who's running the gay brothel in Congress now?

Posted by: House Of Ill Repute at May 20, 2026 08:18 PM (oftw2)

118 Actually, I was more surprised to realize Frank hadn't been dead already.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 20, 2026 08:19 PM (sl73Y)

119
we get a ration of biscuit, water, and rum though, right?
Posted by: gKWVE

Only after the Sodom and the lash. And the Sodomy. It's tradition.
- Shit Winston Churchill said

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 20, 2026 08:20 PM (QVmho)

120 Fuck OJ.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:18 PM (0aYVJ)

seconded

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)

121 Shoots cuffs, grasps lapels, and adopts a declamatory stance.

The obsessive yawping about the smell of a bird one is unlikely ever to encounter, except through one's own free choice, strikes me as an exercise in the most tedious puerility. I finally came to the conclusion that affording Spheniscidaphobes the dignity of a response is similarly pointless, and equally silly. I am confident in the permanence of the penguin race, and, although these noble birds face very real perils in life, they have nothing to fear from the sniffish disdain shown by a handful of monomaniacs who suffer from acute phantosmia (incidentally, I respectfully refer these unfortunates to the peer-reviewed scientific study, Psychosomatic Attributes of Corrupted Olfaction).

After all, it's not as if we were debating something of real importance – for example, the sublimity of yaks, or the gaping inadequacy of evolutionary theory to explain the continued existence of pandas.

Posted by: The wraith of Junius at May 20, 2026 08:23 PM (2L+MU)

122 I know exactly where I was when I saw the slow chase with the white bronco. I was delivering pizzas in the evenings as a moonlighting job (the TV in the corner was playing it), my day job being a CAD tech in a civil engineering company.

Stupidest fucking thing I ever saw, at the time.

And it only got even moar stoopider. All of it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:24 PM (0aYVJ)

123
There was a tale on Youtube of an American in China who befriended a Mongolian. His Mongolian friend secretly copied his motorcycle key, and traveled a long distance to steal his motorcycle out of the parking garage under his apartment building.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 08:25 PM (azNOR)

124 OJ can get fucked for robbing us of a crucial NBA finals game.
well done for "Capricorn One" though. he could have passed away after that movie and nobody would have had a bad word to say of him.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

125 And it only got even moar stoopider. All of it.

The Dancing Itos would agree

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD)

126 Kardashian was his lawyer, right?

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 08:26 PM (GD0B3)

127 83

How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton


The Party moved to his left hence making him MAGA?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 08:27 PM (sAmhv)

128 Sorry I missed the Raffensperger thread. I could use a good gloat.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 08:28 PM (Riz8t)

129
I was genuinely shocked when Simpson was acquitted. I thought to myself that there was a real sickness in this country. A feeling that has amply been borne out since then.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:29 PM (HdYcL)

130 I find it really difficult to want to watch the Naked Gun movies because of muthafuckin' OJ.

I watched one, not too long ago, and was rather pissed off. Kind of wrecks the vibe.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:29 PM (0aYVJ)

131 113 We have to kick the crazies off the land first. 😂
Posted by: Piper

we get a ration of biscuit, water, and rum though, right?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)

I would be a benevolent empress. I am no Meghan Markle!

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 08:29 PM (Wmg4n)

132 Imagine being in one's final hours, looking back at 86 years, and thinking... "I was on the wrong side"

Posted by: hell hath little to add at May 20, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)

133 Sorry I missed the Raffensperger thread. I could use a good gloat.
Posted by: Archimedes

Who couldn't?

Wait, never mind.

Posted by: Mohammed M. Muhammad at May 20, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)

134 Right, he hid the evidence and then reactivated his law license to avoid being questioned.

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 08:30 PM (GD0B3)

135 I was genuinely shocked when Simpson was acquitted. I thought to myself that there was a real sickness in this country. A feeling that has amply been borne out since then.

There was and is. I remember when someone said American blacks would regret doing something so viciously corrupt. That person was...Chris Matthews.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 08:30 PM (Riz8t)

136 126 Kardashian was his lawyer, right?
Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 08:26

One of them, yes.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 08:31 PM (Wmg4n)

137 I was genuinely shocked when Simpson was acquitted. I thought to myself that there was a real sickness in this country. A feeling that has amply been borne out since then.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:29 PM (HdYcL)

I agree. I was certain that justice would prevail.
But.
Well.
Here are.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:31 PM (0aYVJ)

138 117 Who's running the gay brothel in Congress now?

——-

Even odds Cory Booker vs Lindsey Graham…

Posted by: Grayman27 at May 20, 2026 08:31 PM (AvoqE)

139 3 Sponge!

Fuck Cancer.
—-

Agreed

Posted by: Gonzotx at May 20, 2026 08:31 PM (nGraA)

140 Johnny Cochrane was one.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

141 feel free to throw the pronoun "we' into my last poat.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

142 If my memory is correct, the OJ verdict happened right after the Rodney King madness. Can't remember the timeline between the two. OJ was acquitted as payback at whitey. The only good out of all that was Norm MacDonald joking about it endlessly. That was hilarious.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 08:34 PM (sAmhv)

143
Kardashian got rid of the knife. "The best friend a man ever had," said Johnny Cochrane. I don't think they had anything to do with each other after that.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 20, 2026 08:35 PM (n7rxJ)

144
I know exactly where I was when I saw the slow chase with the white bronco. I was delivering pizzas in the evenings as a moonlighting job (the TV in the corner was playing it), my day job being a CAD tech in a civil engineering company.
Stupidest fucking thing I ever saw, at the time.
And it only got even moar stoopider. All of it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head

Was installing front and rear 4.56 ring & pinion gears with lockers on my trail vehicle. El Paso, TX. Good times.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 20, 2026 08:35 PM (QVmho)

145 140 Johnny Cochrane was one.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

Not everybody deserves cancer. Most don't.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 08:35 PM (gKWVE)

146 I was trying to watch the NBA finals but they kept showing OJ fleeing in a Ford Bronco at about 15 mph. I was still somewhat interested in the NBA then so I was a bit annoyed. Stationed at MacDill AFB at the time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 08:38 PM (sAmhv)

147
As for Rep. Fwank, I can only say as I do about people of that calibre: May God have mercy on his soul.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:39 PM (HdYcL)

148 The only good out of all that was Norm MacDonald joking about it endlessly. That was hilarious.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 08:34 PM

I need to reacquire Norm to my yewtoob feed. He was there for a while. But the feed is fluid (a lot of Nate Bargatze, various musicians and drummers, and a Christian chick band called Shunned at a Funeral right now). The good part is that on this device, there are no ads. My awesome son set up a killer adblocker, apparently one that only those in the know have access to.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 08:41 PM (0aYVJ)

149
There's an interview with one of the OJ jurors. Appears to be angry, nasty, and coldly determined. She confirmed that there was never the slightest chance that the jury would vote to convict. The LA police and prosecutors did screw things up, but it turns out it that with that jury in place, it didn't matter. Half of them slept through the evidence anyway.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 08:41 PM (L78T1)

150
It was the kind of pumped-up carnival that only could have occurred in LA. I'm surprised there wasn't an army of celebs posing atop Nicole's murdered body.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 08:41 PM (HdYcL)

151 Holy shit. That lightening had to hit somewhere very close. Loudest thunderclap I've ever heard.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

152 Shocked? Really? Maybe. Not surprised. What did you expect? Trial by jury will never work in a tribalized culture. I can’t think of any demographic than American blacks more fucked over by Democrats. For centuries, now.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 08:45 PM (/g2Ya)

153 I hope they can get her to talk about the ones that facilitated it

@libsoftiktok 24m
BREAKING: Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s video Fahima Egeh Mahamud, CHARGED with wire fraud and conspiracy for allegedly stealing over $4.6 million through false claims to federal and state programs

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2026 08:45 PM (diia5)

154
JackStraw,

Too bad it didn't happen yesterday and struck the people who stabbed people.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)

155
Speaking of Barney Frank and the sky, I just noticed that the Sun is getting pretty close to Uranus. Exact Solar conjunction will be sometime between tomorrow and Friday. The Sun will be right on top of Uranus, so be careful.

James Brolin is going to have the time of his life.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)

156 Near lightning strikes do Bad Things to electronics, too. Induced voltages in the wiring. No “surge protector” is gonna do squat.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 08:46 PM (/g2Ya)

157 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 20, 2026 08:47 PM (nDXEV)

158 Holy shit. That lightening had to hit somewhere very close. Loudest thunderclap I've ever heard.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

Had one of those yesterday afternoon - I would have sworn the lighting hit right outside of our bedroom window.

Mr. TiFW was driving down the street at that same instant - said it looked awfully close....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 20, 2026 08:48 PM (SRRAx)

159 >> No “surge protector” is gonna do squat.

Fart meet hurricane.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

160 CHARGED already means “alleged” or “accused”, by definition. Can we dispense with these stupid affectations? Fuckhead newsreaders

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 08:49 PM (/g2Ya)

161 Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.
=====

Shocking cruelty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 08:49 PM (RIvkX)

162 Knew a guy who believed the narrative that the killers were really going after her roommate (don't recall her name). Strung together some coincidences (i.e. Mark Furman once worked for Judge Ito's wife). His point was that they intended to throw the case rather than cause embarrassment by going after the "real killers". I didn't bother to engage. The guy turned out to be a flake, and later confirmed my suspicions that he just stirred shit to make himself appear like an insider when he was, at best, a leech...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 08:49 PM (nbLIj)

163 >>Too bad it didn't happen yesterday and struck the people who stabbed people.

I've got a bad feeling we are in for a summer of violence. The left is running out of tricks and they always send their crazies out on the street when they get desperate.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 08:49 PM (viF8m)

164 Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo's mistake for aggressively advocating that Jewish American citizens be rounded up into concentration camps and then castersting the men is not about the horror of that but that she spoke to soon.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2026 08:50 PM (Avgak)

165 I was in the jury pool for the OJ trial. My defense contractor employer got me out.

A jury of OJ's peers said he was innocent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 08:51 PM (D1E+2)

166 Attempts to dismiss Penguin Facts will not prove fructuous. Big Penguin's shadow organizations, such as the Penguin Action Center Organization, are clearly afraid of the truth and are deflecting the only way they know how, thru smears and deception.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 20, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

167 > Holy shit. That lightening had to hit somewhere very close. Loudest thunderclap I've ever heard.
Posted by: JackStraw
---------
About 2 months after moving into this place, we had a lightning strike a tree in the front yard.

50 - 60 feet away.

I thought the house had blown up. Cracked one window pane.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 08:52 PM (jehhT)

168 Shocking cruelty.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 08:49 PM (RIvkX)

Shocked, really? I mean this blog and commentariat try to oneup and outdo each other on cruel insults on a daily basis.

He's also a filthy shitstain and fucking commie facilitator (only thing worse than a commie) and should be fed to a pack of ravenous Kemodo Dragons. Alive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)

169 I've got a bad feeling we are in for a summer of violence. The left is running out of tricks and they always send their crazies out on the street when they get desperate.
Posted by: JackStraw

Counterpoint: only the true believers. The ones who want to get union scale for rioting are SOL with Trump turning off the spigots.

Unless Soros cares enough to spend his own money, rather than yours and mine.

Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 08:53 PM (VHUov)

170
JackStraw,

It is going to be bad.

The Jew hatred is off the charts.

I think some asshole protester will be killed and will be martyred like Saint Floyd.

Battan down the hatches ya'll and get your arms ready.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 08:53 PM (3ek7K)

171 wouldn't that be opposition? Uranus does not come between us and the Sun.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 08:54 PM (gKWVE)

172 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)
=====

Shocking in an appreciative way admiring the work of a master shocking.

Not surprised. At all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX)

173 Unless Soros cares enough to spend his own money, rather than yours and mine.
Posted by: mikeski at May 20, 2026 08:53 PM (VHUov)

Given what's at stake and how they have increased the pressure and whipped the dem faithful into a bloodthirsty amoral mob of gay ghouls?

He'll spend the money.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 08:55 PM (zZu0s)

174 Speaking of Old Crimes

I read that an FBI informant claimed that Teddy Kennedy had another one of the Boiler Room gals with him at Chappaquidick. Her purse was found in the car.

The claim is they crashed, got out, had a big laugh about it (witnesses who lived in the area claimed they heard laughing) and walked back to the party. It was only then that someone noticed Mary Jo was missing. Someone at the party mentioned she was tired and went to sleep in the back seat of Kennedy’s car.

I don’t know how true it is, but it makes more sense than anything Kennedy said about it.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 08:55 PM (/g2Ya)

175 Penguin Facts is a reliable vehicle serving Chinese Communist Party propaganda. It should immediately register under FARA and disclose all donations!

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 08:55 PM (GD0B3)

176 A man's pockets, 1910.

https://tinyurl.com/84tcz6vt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 08:55 PM (Qxy/R)

177 Alteria Pilgram, she didn't say Jews, just Zionists. So people like me who think Jews should get a nationstate like the English and the Irish get their islands would also go to those camps.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 08:56 PM (gKWVE)

178
Are there more Jewish people or muzzies in our country?

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 08:58 PM (3ek7K)

179
165 I was in the jury pool for the OJ trial. My defense contractor employer got me out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 08:51 PM (D1E+2)

I'd still be sending them 'Thank You' Christmas cards.

I was shocked the OJ thing turned into as much of a circus as it did. On the other hand, I came home from dealing charity blackjack, turned on the CBC and saw princess diana died.

The first thought to cross my mind was "Shit, we're going to be hearing about this for months.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 20, 2026 08:59 PM (Sco7b)

180 A jury of OJ's peers said he was innocent.
——-

“Not Guilty”. They knew damn well he was guilty. That was the whole point. It was just a big “Fuck You” to the System.

Like I said, Trial by Jury will never work in a tribalized society. Singapore ended their trial by jury system because of this. Chinese won’t convict Chinese, Filipinos won’t convict Filipinos, etc etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 09:00 PM (/g2Ya)

181 "that little Mongolian girl will probably never be convinced that she's a boy."
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 20, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

Then again, she won't have to be. She will learn to ride and shoot with the men, possibly. Up to a certain age, anyway. She'll be able to take any soyboy westerner with either her feminine wiles or her martial skill.

Posted by: GWB at May 20, 2026 09:00 PM (kU0PQ)

182 Alteria Pilgram, she didn't say Jews, just Zionists. So people like me who think Jews should get a nationstate like the English and the Irish get their islands would also go to those camps.
Posted by: gKWVE

Cover your balls in steel it seems.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2026 09:00 PM (Avgak)

183 >> wouldn't that be opposition? Uranus does not come between us and the Sun.

The Sun is in between us and Uranus from our point of view. Opposition is when the earth is between the Sun and an outer planet.

Outer planets have solar conjunctions and oppositions. Inner planets have "superior" and "inferior" conjunctions. The former is it's behind the sun, and the latter is when it's in between us as the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 09:01 PM (w6EFb)

184
No gender dysphoria in Inner (or Outer) Mongolia, I'd wager.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:01 PM (ixS3i)

185 Self-described stripper Berke Breathed did a running gag about the OJ fiasco in his Bloom County strip. It was pretty fucking brilliant.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 09:02 PM (0aYVJ)

186 Like I said, Trial by Jury will never work in a tribalized society.

I said it first.

Posted by: Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev at May 20, 2026 09:02 PM (gKWVE)

187 thank you publius for educating this retard (who is me)

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)

188 Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo's mistake for aggressively advocating that Jewish American citizens be rounded up into concentration camps and then castersting the men is not about the horror of that but that she spoke to soon.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2026 08:50 PM (Avgak)

If I had to guess I would think she just moved up the list of most likely to be hunted with automatic weapons when colander face mask world arrives.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 09:03 PM (snZF9)

189 Trial by Judge would not be much better and in some cases far worse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

190
Good joke over at Insty

A JFK conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, God greets him. “Welcome. You are permitted to ask me one question, which I will answer truthfully.”

The man asks, “Who really shot Kennedy?”

God replies, “Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. There were no accomplices. He acted alone.”

The man pauses. “Shit. This goes higher up than I thought.”

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:05 PM (HdYcL)

191 Mongolians and the Amish have much in common. After the apocalypses nothing in their way of life would need to change.

Posted by: Yer Sistas Ass at May 20, 2026 09:05 PM (VPPG8)

192 >>Counterpoint: only the true believers. The ones who want to get union scale for rioting are SOL with Trump turning off the spigots.

>>Unless Soros cares enough to spend his own money, rather than yours and mine.

I don't know if you are on X or if you follow Data Republican but she just put out a report detailing as only she can the amount of money sloshing around in the NGO system and the links between various organizations. Current data.

I haven't had time to read it yet but she tweeted out links to it and the top line number these groups have to spend and the number of people employed, at least formally, by these organizations.

The dollar amount is 32 billion, with a b, and the number of employees is over 200,000. The government faucet might be shut down or at least slowed a lot but they still have plenty of money and staff.

These groups are supposedly funding other leftwing efforts like election cheating, my term, and other political actions. But I think it would be foolish to assume some of that $32 billion isn't going to street action. It's page 1 in the left's playbook.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)

193 Holy shit. That lightening had to hit somewhere very close. Loudest thunderclap I've ever heard.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

Had one of those yesterday afternoon - I would have sworn the lighting hit right outside of our bedroom window.

Mr. TiFW was driving down the street at that same instant - said it looked awfully close....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 20, 2026 08:48 PM (SRRAx)

I was in an open 12 ft craft and got caught in a thunderstorm. Took shelter under a cantilevered dock. Of course, the wind was blowing the rain in my direction. Thought about running to the other side of the lagoon, when a sheet of lightening came down about fifty feet to my left. I heard a hum, and then an ungodly crack of thunder. A few minutes later, the rain stopped and the skies cleared. Got home and mom got on the phone to the Coast Guard to call off the search. They appreciated that...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 09:05 PM (nbLIj)

194 If only they had the photo of OJ wearing the murderer's shoes like they had in the Civil trial even those dumbass criminal trial jurors couldn't find him not guilty.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:06 PM (qrzX6)

195 If I had to guess I would think she just moved up the list of most likely to be hunted with automatic weapons when colander face mask world arrives.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 09:03 PM (snZF9)

If it's true collapse, then she is nothing.

If Dens throw the switch? Kill the Amon Goths.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

196 It is going to be bad.

The Jew hatred is off the charts.

I think some asshole protester will be killed and will be martyred like Saint Floyd.

Battan down the hatches ya'll and get your arms ready.

Posted by: four seasons
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What they receive today is notoriety.
Arrests, prosecutions with severe penalties of agitators and actors will bring things back to civility.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:06 PM (Qxy/R)

197 Trial by Judge would not be much better and in some cases far worse.

Nonsense. I have it on good authority that judges are impartial and nonpolitical. You know, like KJB.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:06 PM (Riz8t)

198
In the movie, "A Time to Kill", a young African American child hollers from a courthouse upper story window, "Carl Lee is innocent!" when the verdict is announced. Between that and the closing argument of the defense attorney, the legal aspects of that story I found repugnant.

But Grisham is, after all, of the left, even if he is from Mississippi.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:08 PM (+bStd)

199 *KBJ.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)

200 even those dumbass criminal trial jurors couldn't find him not guilty.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:06 PM (qrzX6)

Sure they could have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 09:08 PM (zZu0s)

201 83 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (x0n13)

While avoiding impugning the dead, no one had anything good to say? "Some of his deficits were not moral or behavioral, nor of character, but of intellect; a midwit at best, he regulated as if a towering intellect with a nigh-magical power to foresee knock-on effects to the nth order, which he absolutely did not possess."

Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 09:09 PM (Sy6m/)

202 127 83

How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton


The Party moved to his left hence making him MAGA?

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"The party has moved to his left" has some validity.


But I still remember Frank-Dodd for trying to make banks too big to fail. Why do we only want giant financial institutions?

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2026 09:09 PM (rdeQO)

203 Looks like all the packaging hasn't been removed yet from the baby giraffe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 09:10 PM (6C3mT)

204 Plus Frank had that foaming corners of the mouth thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 09:10 PM (zZu0s)

205 Well, I didn’t claim trial by Judges would be any better. They’ve managed to fook the system, and twist it into an expensive debacle. It will go away on its own. Hell, they don’t even like prosecuting crime any longer anyway. It’s easier that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 09:10 PM (/g2Ya)

206 Having OJ try on the glove has to be ranked as the stupidest move by any prosecution in history.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:10 PM (qrzX6)

207 201 83 How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 20, 2026 08:00 PM (x0n13)

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He is in a better place now, with Harvey Milk showing him the ropes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 09:11 PM (6C3mT)

208
Just ran in it Stellarium zoomed in for fun.

The Sun will occult Uranus from 4:49 AM EDT 'til 4:01 PM EDT on Friday, the 22nd.

And that's running JPL DE440, so it's damn accurate. I was too lazy to switch to geocentric coordinates from my local topocentric. Solar parallax isn't that much, but it will effect the timing a smidge. Geocentric coordinates are the official definitions of these events.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 20, 2026 09:11 PM (w6EFb)

209
Barney Frank legislated as he lived: shallowly, arrogantly, dishonestly, destructively, and featuring lots of gleeful buggery.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 09:12 PM (azNOR)

210 Shit's spinning up rapidly.

Read "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erick Larsen.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 09:13 PM (0aYVJ)

211 Why was OJ tried in Downtown LA when the crime didn't happen there?

Posted by: Legal Eagle at May 20, 2026 09:13 PM (oftw2)

212 Barney Frank legislated as he lived: shallowly, arrogantly, dishonestly, destructively, and featuring lots of gleeful buggery.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 09:12 PM (azNOR)

Not to mention he talked like a fag and his shit was all retarded.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 09:13 PM (snZF9)

213 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers announced on Wednesday that this will be his last season, after signing a one-year contract with the team.

The 42-year-old confirmed he will be retiring from the NFL after 22 seasons.

Posted by: SMOD at May 20, 2026 09:13 PM (O7XEN)

214 >>>I don't know if you are on X or if you follow Data Republican but she just put out a report detailing as only she can the amount of money sloshing around in the NGO system and the links between various organizations. Current data.
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It doesn't matter. DOGE found all of this and more.
-they had access- . That's the falling out between Elon and Trump. Catastrophically, they cannot clean it out fast enough. It would blow the country's equilibrium.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:13 PM (Qxy/R)

215 Cute dog in video. I am glad he was reunited with his owner.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 09:13 PM (qDCnE)

216 Had Trump said something snarky about Barney Frank I'm sure his death would be plastered over everything.

But the truth is... unless the Democrat who died has been martyred, it's not "news."

Barny Frank was never martyred.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 09:14 PM (jehhT)

217 A lot of what Congress does in those areas is codify the existing arrangements. Banks were already too big to fail. Might as well cement that in, make it look legal.

Repealing Glass-Steagall just recognized what was already de facto law? Banks couldn’t sell Insurance, and Insurance co. were supposed to stay out of banking. Fuck it, YOLO, right?

“Who Runs Bartertown?” same question as 250 years ago. Guys like Hamilton thought it should be the large banks, and natural aristocracy. Hm.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 09:14 PM (/g2Ya)

218 >>I was in an open 12 ft craft and got caught in a thunderstorm.

Got caught in a bad thunderstorm on my sailboat on the way home from Block Island once. Standing at the helm holding a metal steering wheel with a 60 foot metal lightening rod in front of me.

Not a fun time.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 09:15 PM (viF8m)

219
The first thought to cross my mind was "Shit, we're going to be hearing about this for months.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog

I expressed it as, "In the news tonight, Princess Diana is still dead!"

That was stolen from the long running gag on SNL about Franciso Franco, of course.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:16 PM (+bStd)

220 If you believe in forever
Then life is just a one-night stand
If there's a buggery heaven
Well you know they've got their dicks in their hand

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 09:16 PM (6C3mT)

221 202 127 83

How is the death of Barney Frank not news?!!!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Nobody gives a shit.
or
Making it a topic will, again, highlight corruption of the Democrat party.
_sleeping dogs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:17 PM (Qxy/R)

222 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers announced on Wednesday that this will be his last season, after signing a one-year contract with the team.

The 42-year-old confirmed he will be retiring from the NFL after 22 seasons.
Posted by: SMOD

One word: buy hallucinogenic toads. NYSE symbol: SOHI.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2026 09:18 PM (Avgak)

223 178
Are there more Jewish people or muzzies in our country?

Posted by: four seasons
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and they both vote Democrat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:18 PM (Qxy/R)

224 I can't see Tiger Woods staying with Vanessa Trump now that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. He's going to use his issues as reasoning for the amicable breakup.

Hope wrong about him.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:19 PM (qrzX6)

225 >>It doesn't matter. DOGE found all of this and more.
-they had access- . That's the falling out between Elon and Trump. Catastrophically, they cannot clean it out fast enough. It would blow the country's equilibrium.

The feds were, and probably still are in a smaller way, funders of the NGO network but they aren't the only ones. There are a myriad of foundations, companies and billionaires still funding them.

Not all of our enemies are in government.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

226 Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo's mistake for aggressively advocating that Jewish American citizens be rounded up into concentration camps and then castersting the men is not about the horror of that but that she spoke to soon.

The mistake was saying it out loud at all. Anyone who agrees with her probably already assumed it. That is to say that zero votes were moved her way by saying it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 09:20 PM (vTZFs)

227 I had lightning strike very close on a cloudless, sunny day. One of the weirder things to have happen to me, and I’ve had a few. Walking along the river on the University of Iowa campus. Seemed like it struck the river itself about 60 or 70 yards away. Loud as hell.

Scared the crap out of me. I looked around, to see who else enjoyed that. “Did you see that!?!” Not a soul around. WTF? Never mind…

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 09:20 PM (/g2Ya)

228 I'm thinking the mosque shooters don't fit the profile the Left wants based on the lack of coverage now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:22 PM (qrzX6)

229 228 I'm thinking the mosque shooters don't fit the profile the Left wants based on the lack of coverage now.

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There is a curious silence, isn't there?

I was expecting a hailstorm of Islamophobic right-wing Nazi Trump-lover coverage 24/7 for the next several weeks.

Something's up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 09:24 PM (6C3mT)

230 I can't see Tiger Woods staying with Vanessa Trump now that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. He's going to use his issues as reasoning for the amicable breakup.

Hope wrong about him.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:19 PM (qrzX6)

what is the basis for your statement?

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 09:24 PM (GD0B3)

231
Apparently lightning can strike up to ten miles from the cloud that generates it. It can be sunny with a blue sky where it actually hits the ground.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 09:24 PM (VWtfl)

232
I think Tiger will stay with Vanessa.

His career is over and I think Vanessa grounds him.

Yes he backslid but who hasn't?

Praying for them both.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:25 PM (3ek7K)

233 I'm thinking the mosque shooters don't fit the profile the Left wants based on the lack of coverage now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:22 PM (qrzX6)

Yup. They was fagz. They pretty much hated everyone. Trump. Joos. MAGA. H8rz. Early class times.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)

234 Are there more Jewish people or muzzies in our country?

According to the Gooble Box, roughly 7.5 million Jews and 4.5 million Muslims in the US.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 09:25 PM (vTZFs)

235
Something's up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20,

I am beginning to believe more and more they were the biggest idiots ever and thought they were shoot up a synagogue, not a mosque.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 09:27 PM (hftzA)

236 Hope they are digging into that mosque. Lot's to find there.

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 09:27 PM (GD0B3)

237
Oddbob,

Thank you.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)

238 I'm thinking the mosque shooters don't fit the profile the Left wants based on the lack of coverage now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

The didn't slow the NY Times down a few hours after the psychopaths rampage and suicides from publishing an article that it was the most recent example of the tsunami of Islamaphopia wiping all life from the American fruited plain.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2026 09:27 PM (Avgak)

239 > I'm thinking the mosque shooters don't fit the profile the Left wants based on the lack of coverage now.
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Transgender couple? Either that or some other "protected species" the left holds dear.

Or someone left of center put them up to it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 09:28 PM (jehhT)

240
My wife was throwing clay pots on her pottery wheel in our garage when a lightning bolt took out a Bradford Pear tree in our yard not 30 feet from where she sat. "Loud and sparky" was how she described it.

I was chasing down and digging up shoots from that corpse tree's root system for years afterward. Bradford Pear trees are now illegal to plant in Pennsylvania, I recently read.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:28 PM (+bStd)

241 ---------

There is a curious silence, isn't there?

I was expecting a hailstorm of Islamophobic right-wing Nazi Trump-lover coverage 24/7 for the next several weeks.

Something's up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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White Lilies in the garden are not the only flowers sick of the moose limbs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:29 PM (Qxy/R)

242
I believe the mosques here in our country are loaded with weapons, mass destruction stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:29 PM (3ek7K)

243
I am beginning to believe more and more they were the biggest idiots ever and thought they were shoot up a synagogue, not a mosque.

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That's a reasonable hypothesis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 09:30 PM (6C3mT)

244 maybe those two were converts to Islam and sperged out at the mosque because it wasn't radical enough for them

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 09:31 PM (gKWVE)

245 Apparently lightning can strike up to ten miles from the cloud that generates it. It can be sunny with a blue sky where it actually hits the ground.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 09:24 PM (VWtfl)

I handled a WC claim where a young guy was setting stakes for a future pipeline in a large field . His super was sitting on a dozer about 40 yards away when he heard a loud boom and look behind him and saw the kid laying on the ground not moving with a bright ray of sunshine lighting him up. It was clear when it happened but with a thunderstorm forming about 10 miles away.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:31 PM (qrzX6)

246

I am sure there was no oversight when the mosques were being built.

It would be racist to require them to be inspected.

Iwas shocked to learn we have 4 mosques here in Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:33 PM (3ek7K)

247 Maybe they were two faggots who realized moose limbs are really QWERTY's biggest enemy?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:33 PM (Qxy/R)

248 I believe the mosques here in our country are loaded with weapons, mass destruction stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:29 PM (3ek7K)

You may be correct: Before 9-11, Fort Collins had very, very few muslims. Less than a decade after, an islamic learing center.

Thank you, bronco bama.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 20, 2026 09:33 PM (0aYVJ)

249 what is the basis for your statement?

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 09:24 PM (GD0B3)

His life .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 09:35 PM (qrzX6)

250
I was chasing down and digging up shoots from that corpse tree's root system for years afterward. Bradford Pear trees are now illegal to plant in Pennsylvania, I recently read.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:28 PM (+bStd)

Well yeah. Lightening magnets, they are...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 09:35 PM (nbLIj)

251
242
I believe the mosques here in our country are loaded with weapons, mass destruction stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:29 PM

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That's how they roll in certain other countries. Here they might not have to. Maybe they disperse it out to various other places, including homes. Also, they're making progress with bribes, corruption, and whining about prejudice.

I haven't seen any accounts of discoveries of accidents.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 09:35 PM (azNOR)

252 It was a murder suicide thing. Does not seem ti fit the norm.

I wonder about hormones and other medications they may have been on.

Something does not quite add up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

253 Ball lightning was the coolest thing ever. I saw lightning, heard a clap of thunder a ways away, and then about 10 or 20 seconds later this glowing volley ball sized plasma rolled right through camp, sizzling as it bounced off the ground and sort of dissipated into smaller balls of plasma.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 09:36 PM (/g2Ya)

254
The missus "upgraded" our internet connectivity hardware over the past few days and then skeedaddled for Sussex County. It worked for her, of course, but she left me with a poorly functioning wifi system.

I am > > this < < close to ripping out the whole thing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:36 PM (+bStd)

255 That's how they roll in certain other countries. Here they might not have to. Maybe they disperse it out to various other places, including homes. Also, they're making progress with bribes, corruption, and whining about prejudice.

I haven't seen any accounts of discoveries of accidents.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

You missed learing centers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2026 09:37 PM (Avgak)

256
Krebs,

We upgraded our system a few days ago. It's worse now than before.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:38 PM (3ek7K)

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:43 PM (Qxy/R)

258 Krebs,

We upgraded our system a few days ago. It's worse now than before.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:38 PM (3ek7K)

Fifty foot ethernet cable is your friend..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 09:43 PM (nbLIj)

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:45 PM (Qxy/R)

260 I think all the Muslims need to cause havoc here are readily available guns and ammo.

Roll up to a busy shopping center with a couple car/van loads and go nutz. Just shoot everyone. Then wait for the cops and shoot them.

Bonus if they've got enough "soldiers" to hit multiple places in the same city at the same time.

Double bonus if they can pull it off in multiple cities at the same time.

We get pretty agitated when something like two or more mass causality events occur at or about the same time anyway. Regardless of location. The media helps. Them.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 09:47 PM (jehhT)

261
If only they had the photo of OJ wearing the murderer's shoes like they had in the Civil trial even those dumbass criminal trial jurors couldn't find him not guilty.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Shirley you jest

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2026 09:48 PM (Cqx++)

262 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:43 PM (Qxy/R)

32 in Alabama. Surprised 4 of those are in Mobile.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 09:48 PM (Wmg4n)

263
Thanks Joe.

We live in a very rural area in Wyoming. There is no school on Fridays. We kinda laugh because because it's a crap shoot trying to get on the internet.

Husband says the kids are awake and on the internet.



Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:49 PM (3ek7K)

264 "We want to upgrade your system"

_Don't touch my system.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:49 PM (Qxy/R)

265 We were visiting friends in the mountains, Bailey, CO -10,000ft, when a thunderstorm rolled through. Simultaneous flash and boom that totally disoriented everyone. The wives were in the kitchen... Our host was freaked out because she saw the bolt come through the house to the toaster right next to my wife.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 20, 2026 09:49 PM (ZfTMG)

266 Bradford Pears are a plague in PA. In the wild, filling up meadows and clearings, crowding out native plants, They suck.

Posted by: Horseshoe Curve at May 20, 2026 09:50 PM (oftw2)

267
Maybe they were two faggots who realized moose limbs are really QWERTY's biggest enemy?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

They hated the typewriters!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2026 09:51 PM (Cqx++)

268 Aetius451AD work phone

The Left is so close to taking power forever. They feel it. All bets are off, as they will use anything they can to seize power forever.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 09:51 PM (u82oZ)

269 266 Bradford Pears are a plague in PA. In the wild, filling up meadows and clearings, crowding out native plants, They suck.
Posted by: Horseshoe Curve at May 20, 2026 09:50 PM (oftw2)

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Call us.

Posted by: Harry & David at May 20, 2026 09:51 PM (6C3mT)

270 My inner Mongolian child only gets released on weekends.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 20, 2026 09:56 PM (6C3mT)

271
Bradford pears are a pain the ass.

Here in Wyoming we have Golden Willows. They are good for nothing. We have several in our yard that were here when we bought this house.

We spend lots of time cleaning up the mess they make in the yard.

They don't provide any shade. They are worthless.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:57 PM (3ek7K)

272 The Left is so close to taking power forever. They feel it. All bets are off, as they will use anything they can to seize power forever.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 09:51 PM (u82oZ)

I figured theyd go full military junta if Trump managed to win in '24. I was wrong, which is good.

I think 'they' were banking on butler. Trump moved his head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 09:57 PM (zZu0s)

273 "We want to upgrade your system"

_Don't touch my system.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 09:49 PM (Qxy/R)

Had a Verizon tech out to my old place in California. There was a problem with their switch. He replaced it and then noted the 12 port ethernet switch I had connected to their POP. Cables running everywhere (I'm not married). "Network engineer?", he asked. "Previous life, but yeah"...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 09:59 PM (nbLIj)

274
Thank God Trump moved his head.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:59 PM (3ek7K)

275 I taped and watched the whole prosecution part of the OJ trial. Regardless of the jury, regardless of his guilt or innocence, that trial was a nightmare and a circus. Just based on the fouled-up prosecution alone, I could not in all fairness have voted to convict without a doubt regardless of what I might have thought to be true.

My older brother was frothing-at-the-mouth absolutely on OJ's side for the murders because of how much he bitterly hated his own two ex's. That was harsh.

Furman was key to the screw-ups, for many reasons.

Posted by: mindful webworker - am I willowed? at May 20, 2026 10:00 PM (drdOJ)

276 Aetius451AD work phone

For America, the theft of an election gave Trump time to think and plan. He used that time well.

So Obama made Trump run. Hillary fumbled and let him win, then the American people rose up and elected Trump a third time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 10:01 PM (u82oZ)

277 NOOD ONT y'all.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419753

Posted by: mindful webworker - Yup, I been bewillowed at May 20, 2026 10:01 PM (drdOJ)

278 As much as PA Rep. John Murtha loved pork for his constituency, MA Rep. Barney Frank loved the pork in his ass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 10:02 PM (D1E+2)

279 I'm thinking the mosque shooters don't fit the profile the Left wants based on the lack of coverage now.

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There is a curious silence, isn't there?

I was expecting a hailstorm of Islamophobic right-wing Nazi Trump-lover coverage 24/7 for the next several weeks.

Something's up.
Posted by: Cicero


They hated Trump more but he has better security.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 10:04 PM (/lPRQ)

280 We live in a very rural area in Wyoming. There is no school on Fridays. We kinda laugh because because it's a crap shoot trying to get on the internet.

Husband says the kids are awake and on the internet.



Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 09:49 PM (3ek7K)

Cable backbone? Yeah, that's shared bandwidth, i.e., you're sharing bandwidth with other subscribers. Had that for a few years and didn't mind it until the outages got to be too much for what I was paying. Was able to upgrade to fiber with dedicated bandwidth to my switch..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 20, 2026 10:06 PM (nbLIj)

281 What a delightful picture of the little Mongolian girl! Her joy is contagious. ❤️

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 20, 2026 10:34 PM (NFX2v)

282 I can't stop laughing at the stealth laundry basket.

Posted by: creeper at May 20, 2026 10:45 PM (80oeU)

One of Jack Smith's Prosecutors Was Just Charged for Hiding Classified Documents About Trump, Disguising Them as "Cake Recipes"

I believe I once heard "No man is above the law" and I also heard Andrew Weismann urging the prosecution of any target of a government investigation for every process crime you can discover.


Prosecutor charged for allegedly emailing self sealed Jack Smith Trump report veiled as cake recipes

The Justice Department has identified prosecutor as Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, the managing assistant U.S. Attorney of the Fort Pierce branch of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.


By Jerry Dunleavy


A federal prosecutor in the office that helped handle Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case regarding his investigation into Donald Trump was charged Wednesday for allegedly illegally emailing herself a copy of the materials disguised as cake recipes.

The department announced the indicted prosecutor as Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a managing assistant U.S. attorney of the Fort Pierce branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Lineberger has been charged with two counts of theft of government money or property; the destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations; and with the concealment, removal or mutilation of public records.

The charges against Lineberger were filed in the Northern District of Florida. She pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

The department, in announcing the charges, said that in separate instances in late 2025, Lineberger altered the electronic file names of government records that she received in her official capacity "to conceal" her unauthorized electronic transmission of the records to personal email accounts belonging to her "without being detected."

The altered government records included a document that included parts of internal DOJ electronic messages, an internal DOJ memorandum and a DOJ report related to a criminal prosecution that had been court-ordered to remain under seal and prohibited from distribution or disclosure outside of the department, the DOJ also said.

Lineberger allegedly attempted to conceal her actions by saving electronic copies of the government records in question under misleading file names such as "chocolate cake recipe" and "Bundt cake recipe" before emailing the documents to her personal email accounts.

The DOJ also said Wednesday that Lineberger also acted "knowing that her transmission of the record outside DOJ directly violated the court order and impaired the proper administration of the underlying criminal prosecution."

"This afternoon, a former managing assistant U.S. Attorney who supported Jack Smith's politicized investigation of President Trump has been charged with stealing the confidential investigation documents," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a Wednesday afternoon X post. "This FBI will not hesitate to bring to account those who violated the trust of the American public in an investigation that should've never been brought to begin with."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:01 PM




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1 almost 1st

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 06:02 PM (CWTWj)

2 no one is above the law if you're named trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (CWTWj)

3 I'm interested in the contents of the docs

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (73/SM)

4 st

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (l26NL)

5 Nobody saw this coming ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:04 PM (McFv/)

6 Hmm. Well. Ok then.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at May 20, 2026 06:04 PM (vFG9F)

7 Limburger >>>>>> Lineberger

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (YZ0Fo)

8 I wonder what the official cake recipe is for concealing public documents?

Probably some sort of Russian cake recipe.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)

9 Well that just takes the cake

Posted by: Guy who always says "Well that just takes the cake" at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (vFG9F)

10 Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies....

Posted by: Case at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (b2ADL)

11
The "Red Devil Cake with Limberger Frosting" title wasn't enough of a clue that something was amiss?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (ixS3i)

12 Also these damn "journalists" need to stop referring to smith as a special counsel. He wasn't legally appointed and that's why his pos case was bounced.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

13 She pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

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She's caught, there's a digital trail and pleads not guilty. Wonderful.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:07 PM (IifOV)

14 i saw lineberger open for jack smith at the doj in 2022

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 06:07 PM (CWTWj)

15 Clearly a sacrifice bundt.

Posted by: alanon at May 20, 2026 06:07 PM (jHMkm)

16 Disguising Them as "Cake Recipes"

Maybe I have an odd sense of humor and I really tired but there is something darkly amusing about this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 06:07 PM (ZeH0U)

17 Willowed 251 See also, 30-year AL sheriff ousted because he refused to cooperate with ICE.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026

Well that and he was anti constitutional carry.
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (Dd38x

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:07 PM (Dd38x)

18 The altered government records included a document that included parts of internal DOJ electronic messages, an internal DOJ memorandum and a DOJ report related to a criminal prosecution that had been court-ordered to remain under seal and prohibited from distribution or disclosure outside of the department, the DOJ also said.
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If I'm going to read between the lines here, what they are saying is, she stole a copy of the Jack Smith report that the judge ordered sealed and destroyed.

And she proved criminal intent in changing the name.

And I'm guessing she was actively shopping this to media contacts, trying to lauder it into public distribution.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:07 PM (73/SM)

19
Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a managing assistant U.S. attorney of the Fort Pierce branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Have her serve her sentence as the Saturday evening stage show headliner at the Alligator Alcatraz facility.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (ixS3i)

20 maybe auto pen pardoned her

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (CWTWj)

21 Should have called it yellow cake...then DoJ wouldn't have gotten involved. Downside: DoD might cruise missile the fuck out of your office.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (IG3/x)

22 All this winning today is just wearing me out!

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (JcF+m)

23 Wichita Lineburger is a great tune

Posted by: 496 at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (QbvHV)

24 Maybe we'll see those recipes published in "Deplorable Gourmet II: Secrets Boogaloo!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (gnNyN)

25 If you are Black and don't vote for a Democrat you really ain't Black then.

Take it from a Pasty White Guy that this is true !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (1qVfI)

26 Dude looks like a lady. Or vis versa.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)

27 I'm going to blow everyone's mind and show you a picture of what Carmen Miranda Linebacker looks like.

https://x.com/stockbella/status/2057193321802637777/photo/1

Posted by: ballistic at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (oqH4h)

28 How damned dumb do you have to be to think you conceal anything by renaming it? These are government computers. They are monitored. They are archived. They do not disappear just because you want them to.

Plus, every year, every government employee is told this, and trained on what NOT to do with their computer.

I guess stupid people gonna stupid.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (DwqWV)

29 What I want to know is did this actually work for awhile? Because if so, it’s kind of funny in a really bad way.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (Dd38x)

30 I feel like Jack Smith needs a nom d'ace. Like Fanny Willis' accomplice. Some kind of" Torquemada cosplay enthusiast Jack Smith," or something.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (w/O5Q)

31 This is what happens when you leave the cake out in the rain

Posted by: banana Dream - it took so long to bake it at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (3uBP9)

32
Lineberger allegedly attempted to conceal her actions by saving electronic copies of the government records in question under misleading file names such as "chocolate cake recipe" and "Bundt cake recipe" before emailing the documents to her personal email accounts.

Oh, boy-o, that's some AI-confuzzling spycraft right there!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (ixS3i)

33 judge boasberg ruled no jurisdiction

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (CWTWj)

34 I believe I once heard "No man is above the law" and I also heard Andrew Weismann urging the prosecution of any target of a government investigation for every process crime you can discover.
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Come now! There are crimes no prosecutor would prosecute!

Comey told us so.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (Fi81e)

35 27 I'm going to blow everyone's mind and show you a picture of what Carmen Miranda Linebacker looks like.

https://x.com/stockbella/status/2057193321802637777/photo/1
Posted by: ballistic at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (oqH4h)

Cow-mean Miranda, I think you meant.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (DwqWV)

36 Is anyone in jail yet?


Anyone?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (R4Dec)

37 Googling this person shows why she tried to conceal the files by naming them cake recipes: she looks like she eats a *lot* of cake. Just normal files for her...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (JcF+m)

38 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (gnNyN

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (ZeH0U)

39 Disguising Them as "Cake Recipes"

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Double chocolate treason surprise?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (ndZc7)

40 Lineberger altered the electronic file names of government records that she received in her official capacity "to conceal" her unauthorized electronic transmission of the records to personal email accounts belonging to her "without being detected."

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Prima facie consciousness of guilt.

And nothing will happen ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (McFv/)

41 What would be the point. By the time Trump is out of office all Statute of Limitations will have run and all the info will be out there anyway. She can't be trying to cover something up , because she only took copies. Very stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (gu0hJ)

42 Lineberger allegedly attempted to conceal her actions by saving electronic copies of the government records in question under misleading file names such as "chocolate cake recipe" and "Bundt cake recipe" before emailing the documents to her personal email accounts.


How did the DOJ investigators ever manage to crack such clever subterfuge? Why it's like something out of an episode of Criminal Minds.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 06:10 PM (vTZFs)

43 In before the "Nothing will happen" crowd (excepting myself).

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:11 PM (McFv/)

44 This is what happens when you leave the cake out in the rain

Posted by: banana Dream - it took so long to bake it at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (3uBP9)
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Some ladies do not take care of themselves.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

45 Wake me when the thousands of executions for serial treason commence ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:11 PM (McFv/)

46 Do you think anything will happen?

Posted by: Unkaren at May 20, 2026 06:11 PM (iwzRJ)

47
I'm going to blow everyone's mind and show you a picture of what Carmen Miranda Linebacker looks like.

https://x.com/stockbella/status/2057193321802637777/photo/1
Posted by: ballistic

No overfilled basket of fruit head gear? That would at least have softened the shock of seeing that two-bagger visage.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ixS3i)

48 Last bit of the lawn.

I need a lot of rest tonight if I'm going to be consoling all of you heartbroken and sobbing on Colbert's last show day. I think it's tomorrow.

Oh, from Deadline.....I don't know...

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and director Michael Bay are teaming up to tell the heroic true story behind the recent rescue mission to save two downed pilots behind enemy lines in Iran.

Sources tell Deadline that Bay is developing a feature film chronicling the extraordinary heroism of the two U.S. airmen rescued after their F-15E Strike Eagle was downed during Operation Epic Fury. The film will be based on the upcoming book by Mitchell Zuckoff, which HarperCollins will publish in 2027.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)

49 23 Wichita Lineburger is a great tune

wichita limburger is a great cheese

Posted by: anachronda at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (sGtp+)

50 This is what happens when you leave the cake out in the rain

Posted by: banana Dream

And you'll never have that recipe again.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

51 45 Wake me when the thousands of executions for serial treason commence ...
Posted by: ShainS

I’m right there with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (R4Dec)

52 I'm sure Jack Smith, watching this, has nothing to worry about.

I'm sure no one else in his office is under investigation.

I'm sure none of them committed any other crimes in going after Trump.

And for sure, none of them will turn evidence for a plea deal ....

PS: have you all heard the rumors that Comey is emailing all his contacts in the FBI with soothing BS about how they just need to wait out Trump and when he's gone they'll come back and rebuilt the FBI with honor and integrity?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (73/SM)

53 30 I feel like Jack Smith needs a nom d'ace. Like Fanny Willis' accomplice. Some kind of" Torquemada cosplay enthusiast Jack Smith," or something.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (w/O5Q)

Probably, but he's already a parody of himself.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 20, 2026 06:13 PM (DwqWV)

54
She's no Cake Girl

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:13 PM (ixS3i)

55 Out: File in a cake

In: Cake in a file

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Z9mZX)

56 "Bundt cake recipe" = Putsch cake recipe

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 06:13 PM (ndZc7)

57 45 Wake me when the thousands of executions for serial treason commence ...

as opposed to cereal treason, which caused the stilling of the kaboom! forges.

Posted by: anachronda at May 20, 2026 06:14 PM (sGtp+)

58
Didn't Lineberger quarterback the Pittsburgh Steelers?

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:14 PM (IifOV)

59 No overfilled basket of fruit head gear? That would at least have softened the shock of seeing that two-bagger visage.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ixS3i)

Carmen Miranda Linebacker does sound like a massive strategic bomber fruit-drop, doesn't it?

Maybe with some catchy syncopation, or maybe "maracas"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:14 PM (rbvCR)

60 The charges against Lineberger were filed in the Northern District of Florida.

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The case being brought in Florida is the only reason she may be in trouble. If it was DC I don't think it would have been worth the effort. It's almost as if DC is now enemy territory.

Posted by: Decaf at May 20, 2026 06:14 PM (Z8tay)

61 How damned dumb do you have to be to think you conceal anything by renaming it? These are government computers. They are monitored. They are archived. They do not disappear just because you want them to.

Plus, every year, every government employee is told this, and trained on what NOT to do with their computer.

I guess stupid people gonna stupid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (DwqWV)
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It was effective for FOIA evasion and other records shenanigans. Yes, they can dig it out eventually, but it's all about running out the clock and hoping your pals have your back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:15 PM (ZOv7s)

62 55 Out: File in a cake

In: Cake in a file
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Z9mZX)

Ooooh, nicely done!

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 20, 2026 06:15 PM (JcF+m)

63 Didn't Lineberger quarterback the Pittsburgh Steelers?

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:14 PM (IifOV)
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THAT'S FUNNY!

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:15 PM (Fi81e)

64 Saving them in the "Gay Pron" subdirectory was too obvious, almost as obvious as the "Lady Gaga" directory.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:15 PM (/lPRQ)

65 Carmen Miranda Linebacker does sound like a massive strategic bomber fruit-drop, doesn't it?

Maybe with some catchy syncopation, or maybe "maracas"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:14 PM (rbvCR)
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It's the code name for an OPLAN written in the 1980s for carpet bombing Nicaragua.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

66 At least we got too know what kind of cake the recipes indicated. Usually important stuff like that is left out.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 20, 2026 06:16 PM (sl73Y)

67 I seem to recall a Tom Clancy book doing something like this. Dude was in China or somewhere for CIA. Sending files home labeled recipes or something something.

Posted by: turambar at May 20, 2026 06:16 PM (Q0yOR)

68 Smashburger >> Lineberger.

Is it pronounced "Lyin bugger"?

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:16 PM (Fi81e)

69 Should have named the file "yoga lessons." That one always works

Posted by: 496 at May 20, 2026 06:16 PM (QbvHV)

70 I wanted to call that weird plorp in the last thread "Grima Spermtongue" but i had to go make dinner and then i forgot.

True story.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:17 PM (Ot/FD)

71 Saving them in the "Gay Pron" subdirectory was too obvious, almost as obvious as the "Lady Gaga" directory.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:15 PM (/lPRQ)
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The original Tranny Soldier downloaded classified data by burning it on disks labeled Lady Gaga, did he not? What was that weasel's name? Obama reduced his sentence.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

72 How damned dumb do you have to be to think you conceal anything by renaming it? These are government computers. They are monitored. They are archived. They do not disappear just because you want them to.
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All employment.
When you send a pdf, IT gets that in a report.
Every time.
Doesn't matter what you call it; call it "ass cancer pics" and it will still get flagged and opened for inspection.

It still amazes me that people still don't know that your IT looks at everything you do on your company device.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:17 PM (73/SM)

73 She should have hidden the documents in a hummus recipe file. Nobody would have even looked.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:18 PM (dK+Kv)

74 That big fat ass could definitely hide some classified cake.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 06:18 PM (D1E+2)

75
28 How damned dumb do you have to be to think you conceal anything by renaming it? These are government computers. They are monitored. They are archived. They do not disappear just because you want them to.

Plus, every year, every government employee is told this, and trained on what NOT to do with their computer.

I guess stupid people gonna stupid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM

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DEI hire.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 20, 2026 06:18 PM (azNOR)

76 I keep telling you guys everyone is getting dumber. I don't know if it's something in the water or what.

Posted by: Max Power at May 20, 2026 06:19 PM (q177U)

77 How damned dumb do you have to be to think you conceal anything by renaming it? These are government computers. They are monitored.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:17 PM (73/SM)
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Are you sure about that? Are you SURE about that?

Because a shit ton of sketchy stuff has been going down for a long time without anyone saying anything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

78 I would try reverse psychology and label them "Documents I am stealing".

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 20, 2026 06:19 PM (CNl8/)

79 It was an INSURRECTION CAKE !!!

Posted by: illiniwek at May 20, 2026 06:20 PM (vbXSk)

80 She should have hidden the documents in a hummus recipe file. Nobody would have even looked.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:18 PM (dK+Kv)
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Or use socks like Sandy Berger. Or was it his underwear?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

81 Insightful political analysis from Senator Chris Murphy.

Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 06:20 PM (ndZc7)

82
Didn't Lineberger quarterback the Pittsburgh Steelers?

Posted by: Frank Barone

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MY SECOND COUSIN ONCE REMOVED IS BEN ROETHLISBERGER!

Posted by: CARMEN MIRANDA LIMBERGER at May 20, 2026 06:21 PM (ixS3i)

83 It's the code name for an OPLAN written in the 1980s for carpet bombing Nicaragua.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

There was a meme that was two tweets

@ChiquitqaBrands

We've just overthrown the government of Brazil

[followed by]

@Chiquita

We apologize to those who have been served a misleading message from a fake Chiquita account. We have not overthrown a government since 1954

(I sent it to a Brazilian friend who wrote back how deeply disappointed this fraud made her)

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:21 PM (rbvCR)

84 I guess stupid people gonna stupid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM
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Chef Boy-am-I-dumb

Posted by: 496 at May 20, 2026 06:21 PM (QbvHV)

85 Insightful political analysis from Senator Chris Murphy.

Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 06:20 PM (ndZc7)
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That's a bit rich coming from a guy whose party actively campaigns FOR powerful pedophiles.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (gnNyN)

86 I keep telling you guys everyone is getting dumber. I don't know if it's something in the water or what.

Posted by: Max Power at May 20, 2026 06:19 PM (q177U)

These are the dumb fuckers who think they've invented everything and history started with their generation. See also, Government Workers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)

87 We apologize to those who have been served a misleading message from a fake Chiquita account. We have not overthrown a government since 1954

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:21 PM (rbvCR)
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We used to be a proper country.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

88 LOL, so capital police officers are suing to stop Trump's J6 victims fund.

Because, they claim, it violates the constitutional prohibition against payments to those who participated in rebellion or ... insurrection.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (73/SM)

89
Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

Consider yourself as excused to continue to pound your own tom-tom, "Chris"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:23 PM (ixS3i)

90 That's a bit rich coming from a guy whose party actively campaigns FOR powerful pedophiles.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (gnNyN)
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The intern running the account doesn't remember Bill Clinton or really know anything about him. Xe is a true beliver.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:23 PM (ZOv7s)

91 TMK

@themagaking

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27m

BREAKING: Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have officially launched their revolution against Trump and MAGA.

Somewhere around 14 libertarians and several bitter influencers on X are expected to participate.

This should all be over by tomorrow.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:24 PM (hftzA)

92 "How damned dumb do you have to be to think you conceal anything by renaming it? These are government computers. They are monitored." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

BUT, those that do the monitoring need a "reasonable excuse" for not looking more deeply into the camouflaged file.

"Gee, they were labeled 'recipes' so I saw no need to inspect more fully. (Please) don't prosecute me for my little mistakes". The insider helping fellow DeepStaters get away with their insurrection.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 20, 2026 06:24 PM (vbXSk)

93 Someone left the cake out in the rain.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 20, 2026 06:25 PM (w6EFb)

94 TMK

@themagaking

·
27m

BREAKING: Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have officially launched their revolution against Trump and MAGA.

Somewhere around 14 libertarians and several bitter influencers on X are expected to participate.

This should all be over by tomorrow.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:24 PM (hftzA)

They should get all the DeSantis rejects. They do a bang up job.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:25 PM (dK+Kv)

95 Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party.
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As noted, then why is Massie the only one still protecting the names of these pedophiles?

Or are you going to sit there in your cuck chair--just like you did last night--and let the Jews have their way again?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (73/SM)

96 Dammit, Horde!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (w6EFb)

97 Someone left the cake out in the rain.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 20, 2026 06:25 PM (w6EFb)
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She'll never have that recipe again, ohhh nooooooo

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

98 3 1/2 cups of RUSSIA (sifted)
3/4 cup of HE SAID PUSSY
1/2 tbsp MUH NORMS
3/4 cup water

Preheat oven to HOW DARE HE SAY ANYTHING MEAN ABOUT THE POPE. Combine ingredients in large bowl until fully hydrated and REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)

99 Jack Smith

Jack "the failed black" Smith with his broken anvil?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (qx7Zg)

100 I saw 14 Libertarians open for the Bitter Influencers at the Decade in Oakland back in ‘88.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at May 20, 2026 06:27 PM (JFslq)

101 One of the reasons they charged Ethel Rosenburg was to try and get her to talk, name names. Both of them were sentenced to the electric chair - in hopes that they would talk, confess, and name names. They were well aware their death sentences would effectively be commuted. All they had to do was confess, name names.

What kind of Mother, after all, would abandon her children for jail, in the first place, went the thinking. But they never did. They were execrable people, BUT, they did walk the walk.

Today’s subversives, today’s revolutionary whackos, are not only idiots they don’t have the rigorous background. Those old school commies were tough bastards. I probably could find more common ground with them than today’s Democrat.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:27 PM (/DOZY)

102 Or are you going to sit there in your cuck chair--just like you did last night--and let the Jews have their way again?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (73/SM)

Nyah-ah-ah!

Posted by: Snidely Jooooooooos Whiplash at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (w6EFb)

103 What is the maximum sentence Lineberger can be buried under the prison for?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (2GVsD)

104 LOL, so capital police officers are suing to stop Trump's J6 victims fund.

Because, they claim, it violates the constitutional prohibition against payments to those who participated in rebellion or ... insurrection.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (73/SM)
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Not that it's even been proven in a court of law. You're just supposed to treat things some people say are an insurrection like it was an insurrection, pre-emptively.

It does scare me though, because this is probably going to be in a DC court.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (Fi81e)

105 Jack (shit) Smith needs to be buried alive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (jehhT)

106 Preheat oven to HOW DARE HE SAY ANYTHING MEAN ABOUT THE POPE. Combine ingredients in large bowl until fully hydrated and REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)
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I really enjoyed the people who tried to put nuns in jail because they didn't want to pay for birth control suddenly become devoted defenders of Pope Leo.

For like a minute. Half a minute.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)

107 BREAKING: Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have officially launched their revolution against Trump and MAGA.

Somewhere around 14 libertarians and several bitter influencers on X are expected to participate.

This should all be over by tomorrow.
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Isn't two "Bulwarks" enough?

I bet they can get prime booking on Jen Rubin's "This, That and a Little of Everything" podcast.
Whenever it launches ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (73/SM)

108
What she sent: Pound Cake

What she's gonna get: Prison Pound in the ass Cake

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (IifOV)

109 A blind man was walking down the street in Seattle and passed Kamala Harris on the street.

The blind man stops and asked his friend..........


"Our we by the Fish market"...

Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (KvNjc)

110 Having "Former" added to your job title because nobody can stand your dumb ass anymore is one hell of a way to start a revolution.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (Ot/FD)

111 Somewhere around 14 libertarians and several bitter influencers on X are expected to participate.

This should all be over by tomorrow.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:24 PM (hftzA)

The LP is currently having a collective fit over the LP convention planners who are demanding a dress code of "business casual or better" for the floor meetings and presentations.
This is because parts of the LP feel that 300lb men wearing thongs do not indicate a serious political party, and other parts insist the oppositional defiant disorder is the only possible stance that a proper political party can take without "selling out". The majority do not want to be involved unless forced.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (rbvCR)

112 keep telling you guys everyone is getting dumber. I don't know if it's something in the water or what.
Posted by: Max Power at

It's the large hadron collider in Europe. Ever since start up, things are falling apart. Dumber, crazier, illogical. Fabric of reality has been torn.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (sl73Y)

113 What she sent: Pound Cake

What she's gonna get: Prison Pound in the ass Cake

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:28 PM (IifOV)

With cream filling.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)

114 These folks might indeed be dumb. But there is a very long history of them getting away with little or no repercussions.

Until someone actually drops the hammer, this will keep going, and going, and going...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing Will Happen-Adjacent at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (0aYVJ)

115 Massie, MTG, et al will have a view count measured in the hundreds, of bots.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 06:30 PM (2GVsD)

116 27m

BREAKING: Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have officially launched their revolution against Trump and MAGA.

Somewhere around 14 libertarians and several bitter influencers on X are expected to participate.

They can take the handjob in a theater congresslady with them, Lauren Boebert.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:30 PM (IifOV)

117
LOL, so capital police officers are suing to stop Trump's J6 victims fund.

Because, they claim, it violates the constitutional prohibition against payments to those who participated in rebellion or ... insurrection.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

So close to when their world-renowned "Weepy Coppers' Chorus" goes out to tour and WITHIN TWO WEEKS of Pride Month?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:31 PM (ixS3i)

118 Today’s subversives, today’s revolutionary whackos, are not only idiots they don’t have the rigorous background. Those old school commies were tough bastards. I probably could find more common ground with them than today’s Democrat.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:27 PM (/DOZY)
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I've been saying this for a while. Antifa are lazy, addict LARPers, nothing like the International Brigades of old. Those guys slept on the ground lived on black coffee and cold biscuits, and fought with broken rifles.

The soyboys do not in any way measure up. They think it's smart to surrender and stupid to die for a cause.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)

119 Lotta people betting Trump gets destroyed by one of the many traps laid for him.
Psalm 5 is my Trump psalm.

Posted by: Accomack at May 20, 2026 06:31 PM (/Chlc)

120 Out... wedding plans

In... cake recipes

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 20, 2026 06:31 PM (4JCjc)

121 Do they know Pride Month is coming up and we are still in the McCain funeral mourning period?

Posted by: turambar at May 20, 2026 06:31 PM (Q0yOR)

122 The LP is currently having a collective fit over the LP convention planners who are demanding a dress code of "business casual or better" for the floor meetings and presentations.
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Liberaltarians having a "collective fit" is funny.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)

123 >>>>The LP is currently having a collective fit over the LP convention planners who are demanding a dress code of "business casual or better" for the floor meetings and presentations.

Because a debate over whether or not it should be illegal to sell heroine to children looks much more dignified if everyone is in proper attire.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (CNl8/)

124 BREAKING: Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have officially launched their revolution against Trump and MAGA.

Somewhere around 14 libertarians and several bitter influencers on X are expected to participate.

This should all be over by tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:24 PM (hftzA)

They should get all the DeSantis rejects. They do a bang up job.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:25 PM

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If they're not wearing Beatle Boots with 3-inch lifts, they're not committed to the TDS and Jewish Genocide causes.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (McFv/)

125 "Northshore Judge Billy Burris wins open La. Supreme Court seat"

Appears to be a closeted Red Neck.

And who is Leo Revamps? According to some, he is a Republican George Soros

https://tinyurl.com/46hdud38

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (lpb42)

126 One of the reasons they charged Ethel Rosenburg was to try and get her to talk, name names. Both of them were sentenced to the electric chair - in hopes that they would talk, confess, and name names. They were well aware their death sentences would effectively be commuted. All they had to do was confess, name names.
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One of my favorite college moments, asking my history professor, that old lefty, who even protested Vietnam:

"but didn't the Venona Transcripts prove they were spies?"

"well uh [sputter, sputter] those transcripts have never been fully proven authentic!"

LOL, I hope you're rotting in the ground, you old bag. And I hope the lone Republican has taken over that department.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (73/SM)

127 hang. them.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (2Dod/)

128 Turns out the recipe was for a shit sandwich which I hope she enjoys every single bite of.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 20, 2026 06:33 PM (ceRvY)

129 convention planners who are demanding a dress code of "business casual or better" for the floor meetings and presentations.
———-

Clean for Gene!

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:33 PM (/DOZY)

130 >>>>The LP is currently having a collective fit over the LP convention planners who are demanding a dress code of "business casual or better" for the floor meetings and presentations.

Because a debate over whether or not it should be illegal to sell heroine to children looks much more dignified if everyone is in proper attire.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (CNl8/)

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Really, in a free libertarian society, shouldn't you be able to sell children for heroine?

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:33 PM (McFv/)

131 So MTG is going to launch a revolt against Trump from Costa Rica. She's smaht

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (gu0hJ)

132 Read Sins of the Father

The English Courts convicted an Irish family for events they were not involved in.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (/+uur)

133 " In before the "Nothing will happen" crowd (excepting myself).
Posted by: ShainS "

See #6

Posted by: Guy who always says "Well that just takes the cake" at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (vFG9F)

134 Liberaltarians having a "collective fit" is funny.
Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)
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They haven't been this agitated since the monkeypox outbreak at their furry convention.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)

135 Even if they were legit cake recipes, the government could still fry her for 'misuse of government resources for personal matters.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (2GVsD)

136 131 So MTG is going to launch a revolt against Trump from Costa Rica. She's smaht
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (gu0hJ)

Umbrella drink brigade

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (/+uur)

137 hang. them.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (2Dod/)

Newsletter?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (dK+Kv)

138 There will be way more than that hopefully

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (Ia/+0)

139 convention planners who are demanding a dress code of "business casual or better" for the floor meetings and presentations.
———-

Clean for Gene!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:33 PM (/DOZY)

It should be black tie and Fez.

https://youtu.be/pO_tXzeiZAQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (qx7Zg)

140 Liberaltarians having a "collective fit" is funny.
Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)

snakebit is what the LP is because they keep insisting on cherishing pretty snakes that seem cold and unresponsive.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR)

141 This is just retarded.

Also, margins got lucky i see.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

142 Turns out the recipe was for a shit sandwich which I hope she enjoys every single bite of.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 20, 2026 06:33 PM (ceRvY)
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A gluten-free shit sandwich.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)

143 Has that repulsive traitor been fired from her job yet?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:36 PM (u82oZ)

144 @47 - Thanks for blowing the margins, asshole.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (FzDse)

145 Really, in a free libertarian society, shouldn't you be able to sell children for heroine?
Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:33 PM (McFv/)

Gays buy children
I repeat Gays buy children
There is no father or mother just owner.
They own the children

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (/+uur)

146 Its a shame the media is all Democrats/ Marxists Propaganda Ministry

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (Ia/+0)

147 It should be black tie and Fez.

https://youtu.be/pO_tXzeiZAQ
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (qx7Zg)
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Some people would never do it without the fez on.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (Fi81e)

148 This is just retarded.

Also, margins got lucky i see.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

I said that about myself after failing to open a truck door to a guy with a daughter who has down syndrome. I felt like ass, because the guy is a living saint.

Fortunately for me, he is gen X and has perspective.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (dK+Kv)

149 I've been saying this for a while. Antifa are lazy, addict LARPers, nothing like the International Brigades of old. Those guys slept on the ground lived on black coffee and cold biscuits, and fought with broken rifles.

The soyboys do not in any way measure up. They think it's smart to surrender and stupid to die for a cause.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)

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Pikers! The commie bombings alone throughout the 60s and 70s accounted for dozens of murders and hundreds of lost limbs.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (McFv/)

150 So MTG is going to launch a revolt against Trump from Costa Rica. She's smaht
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (gu0hJ)
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She's going to get into the drug trade and use the proceeds to recruit Thai Ladyboy mercs and tranny kamikaze pilots to invade Florida. This will be timed with simultaneous urban uprisings and Serious You Guys college sit-ins.

Mayor Pete, who is secretly recruiting gay Sikhs from Canada, will secure the Mississippi valley, waiting for Hochul to close the trap with a column NYC sanitation workers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

151 Same is true for surrogate
They bought the child

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:38 PM (/+uur)

152 DC Judge to Lineberger: Remember, it's okay when we do it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 20, 2026 06:38 PM (QFM/y)

153 88 LOL, so capital police officers are suing to stop Trump's J6 victims fund.

Because, they claim, it violates the constitutional prohibition against payments to those who participated in rebellion or ... insurrection.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (73/SM)

I am so sick of idiots trying to make “legal” arguments that read like they’ve been scratched out by infants with crayons.
An incident can not be considered a legal “rebellion “ or “insurrection” unless some controlling legal authority, operating in the due course of its statutory duties, has officially ruled that what occurred was to be regarded as such.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2026 06:38 PM (TH/2I)

154 r hennigantx

A DNA marker tied to homosexuality, found in prenatal testing, would be a beneficial find.

FWIW, I believe it is a path of brain development issue, not in DNA.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)

155 She's going to get into the drug trade and use the proceeds to recruit Thai Ladyboy mercs and tranny kamikaze pilots to invade Florida. This will be timed with simultaneous urban uprisings and Serious You Guys college sit-ins.”

I hope she jumps on a fast boat to slip back into the country and gets double tapped by Hegseth’s Marauders.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (TH/2I)

156 Pikers! The commie bombings alone throughout the 60s and 70s accounted for dozens of murders and hundreds of lost limbs.
Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (McFv/)
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Yeah, those were second generation, but their teachers were International Brigade veterans. Nothing like today.

Honestly, I have to respect the Thaelmann Battalion. Total German hardass Marxists who could not go back to Germany. Very tough fighters, even if they were evil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

157 Because a debate over whether or not it should be illegal to sell heroine to children looks much more dignified if everyone is in proper attire.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 20, 2026 06:32 PM (CNl8/)

They are busy fighting over semi-colon placement in policy documents, they never get to weighty s___ like that.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (rbvCR)

158 maybe we can actually see a conviction with jail time in a Florida court? maybe? please?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (VyBeY)

159 The cake is not a lie!

Posted by: GLaDOS at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (2wQhT)

160 ShainS

A toast to Stalin: He killed the most communists ever.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (u82oZ)

161 Who would want to overthrow Brazil?
They're just sitting down there minding their own business.

Posted by: Case at May 20, 2026 06:41 PM (b2ADL)

162 A DNA marker tied to homosexuality, found in prenatal testing, would be a beneficial find.

FWIW, I believe it is a path of brain development issue, not in DNA.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)

Gays vs Abortionist

hahahahaha

I would take up cigar smoking

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:41 PM (/+uur)

163
I hope she jumps on a fast boat to slip back into the country and gets double tapped by Hegseth’s Marauders.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Has MTG actually bounced out of the country? Whatever for?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:42 PM (ixS3i)

164 160 ShainS

A toast to Stalin: He killed the most communists ever.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (u82oZ)

Hey I tlied lerry harderer

Posted by: Mao Mao CHicka Boom at May 20, 2026 06:42 PM (/+uur)

165 A toast to Stalin: He killed the most communists ever.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:40 PM (u82oZ)

Mao likely has him beat on pure volume.

But Pol Pot probably holds the record for dead communists per hour.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:42 PM (Ot/FD)

166 off sox

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:42 PM (/+uur)

167 Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

Costa Rico has much less crime and no MAGA people?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)

168 I'm going to blow everyone's mind and show you a picture of what Carmen Miranda Linebacker looks like.

x.com/stockbella/status/
2057193321802637777/photo/1

Posted by: ballistic at May 20, 2026 06:08 PM (oqH4h)

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Damn, she could have been the White equivalent of Lawrence Taylor Michael Obama.

But, of course, that was Reggie White ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:43 PM (McFv/)

169 Tom Servo saw a YouTube short on that with around 400 likes

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

170 But Pol Pot probably holds the record for dead communists per hour.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:42 PM (Ot/FD)

As ratio
1 out of 3

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)

171 A DNA marker tied to homosexuality, found in prenatal testing, would be a beneficial find.

FWIW, I believe it is a path of brain development issue, not in DNA.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)
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Male homosexuals have two causes. One is abuse as a child. The other is decadence and depravity when they get old.

Women have more control over their sexuality, and lesbianism is often a deliberate (and political!) choice.

Nothing biological about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)

172 Warai-otoko

I read where up to 75% of the victims of Pol Pot supported the communist revolution. Mostly urban dwellers and teachers. So by percentages, Pol Pot wins.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:44 PM (u82oZ)

173 NBC Nightly News

California wildfires....I'm sure that'll be taken care of quickly.

Ebola outbreak and hantavirus ... we're all going to die.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 20, 2026 06:44 PM (Sco7b)

174 ---
The original Tranny Soldier downloaded classified data by burning it on disks labeled Lady Gaga, did he not? What was that weasel's name? Obama reduced his sentence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


Bradley Manning.

When this first came out we were joking about how gay the guy was for labeling it "Lady Gaga". Pulled up service photos. Yup GAY.

Office Lady overhead us and said "You cannot tell someone is gay by their picture." She looked at his picture... "He's gay".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

175 >One of Jack Smith's Prosecutors Was Just Charged for Hiding Classified Documents About Trump, Disguising Them as "Cake Recipes"
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what kind of cake

Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (ZxPkt)

176
Male homosexuals have two causes. One is abuse as a child. The other is decadence and depravity when they get old.

Women have more control over their sexuality, and lesbianism is often a deliberate (and political!) choice.

Nothing biological about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And yet those drama queens wail about being subjected to genocide. Dolts.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (ixS3i)

177 I always thought it was the President who declared an Insurrection.

The reason they called it an Insurrection, all the standard Constitutional rights do not apply.

They can just round yer ass up and lock you up without benefit of attorney. You know, like what they did to those peaceful protesters. Right?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (/DOZY)

178 rhennigantx, thinking....
Maybe

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Bradley Manning.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)
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That's the guy. Funny how people are super-relevant one moment and then, uh, who? The next.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:46 PM (ZOv7s)

180 Pikers! The commie bombings alone throughout the 60s and 70s accounted for dozens of murders and hundreds of lost limbs.
Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:37 PM (McFv/)

A number of those incidents in Italy are claimed to have been "false flag" events by factions in the Italian security state looking to get better pretext to go after the reds.

The revolutionary groups in South America were mostly funded by the Cubans who were passing funds from the Soviets; except for the Peruvian Shining Path which was backed by the Chinese. However you feel about "Operation Condor", there was a need for it.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:46 PM (rbvCR)

181 “Male homosexuals”

Is there any other kind?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:47 PM (/DOZY)

182 Male homosexuals have two causes. One is abuse as a child. The other is decadence and depravity when they get old.

Nothing biological about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20

Incorrect. I have met gay men who were never molested and are not depraved old perverts.

They are gay. Not evil. Not perverts. Not mentally ill.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 06:47 PM (QKI1C)

183 Male homosexuals have two causes. One is abuse as a child. The other is decadence and depravity when they get old.

Women have more control over their sexuality, and lesbianism is often a deliberate (and political!) choice.

Nothing biological about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)

I have friends with Gay children. They were NOT abused.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:47 PM (/+uur)

184 If our stupid CIA was worth a damn they'd pull the Netflix history of every stupid "Expert" panicking about hanta and ebola, find exactly when they just watched Outbreak recently, and DM that shit straight to DataRepublican.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:47 PM (Ot/FD)

185 And yet those drama queens wail about being subjected to genocide. Dolts.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (ixS3i)
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The "born that way" lie was created to hijack the original civil rights movement and equate buggery with racial equality. And it worked!

For a while. Nature seems to be healing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

186 Common Tater

Does the Constitution allow states to note insurrections or just invasions?

In Texas, they used to just send a Texas Ranger in.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)

187 They are just GAY

And the worst thing is that they are made to be girls.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:48 PM (/+uur)

188 FWIW, I believe it is a path of brain development issue, not in DNA.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)

Social conditioning, usually by early homosexual contact for boys.

If you want my opinion.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:48 PM (rbvCR)

189 However you feel about "Operation Condor", there was a need for it.
——-

COINTELPRO

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:49 PM (/DOZY)

190 I have friends with Gay children. They were NOT abused.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:47 PM (/+uur)
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If you say so.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

191 29 What I want to know is did this actually work for awhile? Because if so, it’s kind of funny in a really bad way.
Posted by: Piper
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Probably. Multitude of info comes in over the transom and, who knows, the monitors may be busy watching porn. It may have flown right by if not rechecked by Patel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 06:49 PM (Qxy/R)

192 That's the guy. Funny how people are super-relevant one moment and then, uh, who? The next.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:46 PM (ZOv7s)

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For me, as I age, it's turning into the 24-minute (soon to be 24-second) news cycle.

Drinking from the firehose 60x60x24x7x365 ... I remember a former President of Stanford University who was formerly an Ichthyologist by profession saying: "Whenever I learn the name of a new student, I forget the name of a fish."

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:49 PM (McFv/)

193 Speaking of soyboys and twinks...

Is the official story on the San Diego Incel Killers been released yet or it going to quietly die?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

194 Male homosexuals have two causes. One is abuse as a child. The other is decadence and depravity when they get old.

Women have more control over their sexuality, and lesbianism is often a deliberate (and political!) choice.

Nothing biological about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd



I know or have known about ten lesbians and hands down every one but one of them had been dating or were married to men who abused them. Two of them have children and are in lesbian relationships or years. One woman we know was a lesbian from birth according to her and had never even dated a man.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM (0N4FZ)

195 They are gay. Not evil. Not perverts. Not mentally ill.

Get this ... I don't care. Of course, I also don't care about "don't tax the church". That's bullshit. Or "give the black guy five points on the test". That's bullshit.

Produce and behave. Don't be a threat. Period. End of story.

Or not. As a group.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM (UJ3yu)

196 If you say so.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


Compensating much?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM (9/JKq)

197 Drinking from the firehose 60x60x24x7x365 ... I remember a former President of Stanford University who was formerly an Ichthyologist by profession saying: "Whenever I learn the name of a new student, I forget the name of a fish."
Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:49 PM (McFv/)
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I try to limit my exposure to media, but yeah. I keep copies of my books handy because when the Spanish Civil War or China comes up, I often have to go and check, where I once could just rattle stuff off cold.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)

198 No, “Gay” was a nice and useful word, and they queered it. I refuse to use it. Slang has its uses, but language should be precise in serious matters

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:51 PM (/DOZY)

199 I wonder how much of this news is reaching LIVs.

Posted by: Emmie at May 20, 2026 06:51 PM (FMtrg)

200 Since no one was convicted of rebellion or insurrection I think the officers lawsuit fails quickly. As I said earlier, the leftists I know on Facebook are absolutely losing their minds over the fund Trump best up with the IRS pursuant to the lawsuit. They are going to have strokes because another part of the agreement is the IRS can't investigate him or his family. Lol

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:51 PM (gu0hJ)

201 Kindltot

Sounds like the University of San Francisco needs to focus on reproducible research on the causes of homosexuality.

"We need grant money for research!"

Has to be an urban school with a very good rep in bio research to be believable.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (u82oZ)

202 Speaking of soyboys and twinks...

Is the official story on the San Diego Incel Killers been released yet or it going to quietly die?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM


It's dead Jim.

Posted by: Doctor Bones McCoy at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (0N4FZ)

203 So I think making 21 the drinking age vs 18 is a big problem.
You go to college or work and there is drinking.
You are a criminal and start acting as a criminal.
Serves ZERO purpose.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (/+uur)

204 Crazy Ivan!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (0N4FZ)

205 Compensating much?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM (9/JKq)
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Projecting much?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (ZOv7s)

206 She should have marked the documents as wedding plans. I heard that worked for the FAB.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 20, 2026 06:54 PM (1fx5i)

207 So I think making 21 the drinking age vs 18 is a big problem.
You go to college or work and there is drinking.
You are a criminal and start acting as a criminal.
Serves ZERO purpose.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (/+uur)

This is actually the LP argument against drug laws on street level use.

But they are all perverts you know, and I am reliably told they have no understanding of morality, which needs to be enforced by jail time.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:55 PM (rbvCR)

208 LOL, so capital police officers are suing to stop Trump's J6 victims fund.

Because, they claim, it violates the constitutional prohibition against payments to those who participated in rebellion or ... insurrection.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:22 PM (73/SM)

I am so sick of idiots trying to make “legal” arguments that read like they’ve been scratched out by infants with crayons.
An incident can not be considered a legal “rebellion “ or “insurrection” unless some controlling legal authority, operating in the due course of its statutory duties, has officially ruled that what occurred was to be regarded as such.
Posted by: Tom Servo


I thought it was the LEOs who did the “rebellion" or “insurrection”.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:55 PM (/lPRQ)

209 All sexually active male homosexuals are perverts.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 06:56 PM (qrzX6)

210 Tim Leary of deah old Hahvahd fame, mentioned during congressional testimony that L.S.D. showed marked efficacy at curing Alcoholism and Homosexuality. Recidivism among convicts seemed to be much improved.

Leary would have been “cancelled” today, chew on that for a while. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:56 PM (/DOZY)

211 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Behavioral pathways are very platic in humans.

{{{nurse ratched}}}

We have theories, but this has not been looked at with all the new biological, chemical, and biochemical technology.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

212
Someone asked me if i had a queer offspring and they wanted to come visit for a few days with their queer partner what would i do.

They will not stay in my home, they can stay in a hotel.

I don't want to burn the nice mattress and linens.


Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 06:56 PM (3ek7K)

213
Homosexuality, DOJ charges, & cake in one thread.

This place has everything.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 20, 2026 06:57 PM (IifOV)

214 If our stupid CIA was worth a damn they'd pull the Netflix history of every stupid "Expert" panicking about hanta and ebola, find exactly when they just watched Outbreak recently, and DM that shit straight to DataRepublican.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:47 PM (Ot/FD)

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I'll never forget watching "Outbreak" when if first came out in theaters.

Either right before -- or as they were rolling -- the End Credits, a message pops up on the screen about how "The Worst Virus on The Planet is The Human Virus."

Also similar bullshit at the end of "John Q" -- which turned into a commercial for socialized medicine featuring "HillaryCare" which eventually became "ObamaCare" DeathCare.

Ugh. Gag me with a maggot ... next thing you know, Hollyweird will be giving us a black Helen of Troy with a Tranny Achilles. Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:57 PM (McFv/)

215 So I think making 21 the drinking age vs 18 is a big problem.
You go to college or work and there is drinking.
You are a criminal and start acting as a criminal.
Serves ZERO purpose.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 06:52 PM (/+uur)
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The spirit of Carrie Nation lives on, but some states are decriminalizing it. Michigan made it a civil offense.

Remember, it was a federal highway law, not state-driven.

Fun fact: Michigan was the first state to ratify Prohibition. It was also the first state to repeal it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

216 Bradley Manning.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)
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That's the guy. Funny how people are super-relevant one moment and then, uh, who? The next.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:46 PM (ZOv7s)

Heh. Remember Julian Assange?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)

217 But Pol Pot probably holds the record for dead communists per hour.
Posted by: Warai-otoko


Pol Pot has got it by attrition rates or percentage.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)

218 ShainS

I'm waiting for Steve Buscemi to be Barak Obama in a movie.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

219 How about Bowe Berghdal(sp?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

220 I'm waiting for Steve Buscemi to be Barak Obama in a movie.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

Have you seen the fake movie poster of Sydney Sweeney starring in the remake of The Rosa Parks Story?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:01 PM (rbvCR)

221 Speaking of soyboys and twinks...

Is the official story on the San Diego Incel Killers been released yet or it going to quietly die?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:50 PM

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It can only live if the cops plant red MAGA hats on their persons or property.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 07:01 PM (McFv/)

222 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at May 20, 2026 07:01 PM (2Ez/1)

223 Pol Pot has got it by attrition rates or percentage.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)
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Mao greatly admired him, envied his "success."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

224 How about Bowe Berghdal(sp?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)
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What a shitshow that was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)

225 Kindltot

Yes. Gave me the idea.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

226 They are just GAY
And the worst thing is that they are made to be girls.

Posted by: r hennigant


By some hardcore sadists.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)

227 ShainS

I'm waiting for Steve Buscemi to be Barak Obama in a movie.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

I thought he was the backup for Helen of Troy in Nolan's Odyssey movie.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 20, 2026 07:04 PM (qx7Zg)

228 I wonder they were even looking at this woman and he emails.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)

229 By some hardcore sadists.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)
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A special circle in hell for the surgeons, mercy and healing to their victims.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (ZOv7s)

230 18 year olds can go to prison, go to war , marry, declare bankruptcy, become mayors , be overland truck drivers, sign contracts but they can't have a beer.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (qrzX6)

231 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Has Xi slipped all controls? He is over 70. Organ harvesting can only help so much.

He could potentially kill more Chinese than Mao if he attacks Taiwan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

232 Oh, hey, look what is up for action!


U.S. Beretta M9 GO Pistol Issued to General Norman Schwarzkopf

by Rock Island Auction Company on Proxibid

https://tinyurl.com/smj7346t

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)

233 Ashlie Babbitt, unarmed, murdered in cold blood.

Never forget.

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (LHPAg)

234 I'm interested in the contents of the docs
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (73/SM)

It's never lupus.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

235 I thought he was the backup for Helen of Troy in Nolan's Odyssey movie.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

*Shudder*

He is a stand-up guy, but no. Just no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:06 PM (u82oZ)

236 Have you seen the fake movie poster of Sydney Sweeney starring in the remake of The Rosa Parks Story?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:01 PM (rbvCR)

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BREAKING: Sydney Sweeney Set To Star As Kunta Kinte In The Modern Remake of "Roots."

/BTW, the wifey had never seen the TV Series "Kung Fu" -- my favorite show as a kid -- so we watched it about five years ago. I was stunned to see a young Barbara Hershey show up early on pretending to be a young "Chinese Male." It was a hoot and obvious the character had other feminine features (in addition to boobs) ... as much as they tried to hide them.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 07:06 PM (McFv/)

237 Odd. Bongino was a Massie stan?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 07:06 PM (zZu0s)

238 The spirit of Carrie Nation lives on, but some states are decriminalizing it.

1920s dudes. Seriously. What dude just sits while some fat ass butch bitch comes in with an axe and attacks the keg ?

1920s dudes. The same weak fucks that wore paper hats and sang in barber-shop groups with matching striped jackets and voted to let the same fucking women vote.

You think today's soy-boys are weak ? 1920s twinks.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:06 PM (UJ3yu)

239 There is space between tolerance and acceptance. I am a very tolerant person. I struggle with those who make everything about them their sexuality and the turn the deviant factor up to 11, but this isn’t limited to people who are gay. I don’t want to see girls into bondage all decked out, I don’t need it in my face. But I could give a rats patoot about the sexuality of Scott Pressler, I adore him. I could care less about Scott Bissent’s sexuality. I don’t really think about Ric Grenell’s. Why? Because it isn’t the first thing you know about them. It isn’t all they are, and that is just normal, as it should be, gay or straight.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:06 PM (p4NUW)

240 Weismann is the guy I'd most like to see behind bars.

Posted by: Paco at May 20, 2026 07:07 PM (2L+MU)

241 Has Xi slipped all controls? He is over 70. Organ harvesting can only help so much.

He could potentially kill more Chinese than Mao if he attacks Taiwan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (u82oZ)
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China is in a really bad way. Right now they have epic flooding (again), surging youth unemployment, random acts of violence and of course all the top brass are being purged.

So who knows? If Iran has taught us anything, it is that China will lose ALL access to shipping the moment it goes down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)

242 JackStraw

A Super AI looking for criminal behavior in the Obama and Biden Administrations? Be still my heart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:07 PM (u82oZ)

243 Oh, hey, look what is up for action!

U.S. Beretta M9 GO Pistol Issued to General Norman Schwarzkopf
by Rock Island Auction Company on Proxibid
https://tinyurl.com/smj7346t
Posted by: Kindltot


Is it complete with the mother of pearl grips?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 07:09 PM (/lPRQ)

244 It's never lupus.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 20, 2026 07:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

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We've been rewatching "House, MD" and are in Season 6 (of , and there STILL has never been a quote from House saying "It's never lupus."

I find it hilarious that this meme was created and continues to exist ... we can only speculate that after a number of differential diagnoses where lupus is proposed, and never pursued or accepted, that somebody came up with this.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 07:09 PM (McFv/)

245 1920s dudes. Seriously. What dude just sits while some fat ass butch bitch comes in with an axe and attacks the keg ?

1920s dudes. The same weak fucks that wore paper hats and sang in barber-shop groups with matching striped jackets and voted to let the same fucking women vote.

You think today's soy-boys are weak ? 1920s twinks.
Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:06 PM (UJ3yu)
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I believe many of the Prohibition votes took place while the young men were in France and unable to vote. Overseas ballots not being a thing.

So that might explain a few things.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

246 Tough call, because so many deserve it. I could probably name 20 off the top of my head without breaking a sweat.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 07:09 PM (/DOZY)

247 Carmen Mercedes Lineberger?

Sounds like a character in a novel.

Then, there's Keisha Lance Bottoms

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2026 07:10 PM (XeU6L)

248 Is it complete with the mother of pearl grips?

As we all know ... pearl grips are for pimps. Real men prefer ivory.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:10 PM (UJ3yu)

249 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

The new US diplomacy with Malaysia and especially Indonesia is a strategic master stroke.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:10 PM (u82oZ)

250 >>A Super AI looking for criminal behavior in the Obama and Biden Administrations? Be still my heart.

I guess my curiosity is more fundamental, Salty. I doubt under normal circumstances the FBI is going through all current and former DOJ prosecutor's emails looking for stolen documents. It would be more targeted.

I think they know more about not just what went down during the Trump lawfare years but how.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

251 Pearl handles? Bullshit!

Posted by: Patton at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (/DOZY)

252 Yes. Gave me the idea.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

Well, then you need to look at this: Odyssey, the Rock Opera

https://tinyurl.com/4sue9vc4

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (rbvCR)

253 The new US diplomacy with Malaysia and especially Indonesia is a strategic master stroke.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:10 PM (u82oZ)
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Yes. Trump is channeling Sun Tzu, achieving victory without battle against China.

Honestly, the funniest thing about Iran is that the cost is so damn low. Mostly wrecked drones and less casualties than when the fleet puts into port after a long cruise.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

254 >>>I'm waiting for Steve Buscemi to be Barak Obama in a movie.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

>Has Jaleel White passed away? Or is Steve a DEI hire? We can get Steve some ear extensions and create a hologram of Flip Wilson to play Big Mike.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 07:12 PM (D1E+2)

255 JackStraw

Good call. Like any sound administrative inspection into "Stuff", pull the first string and follow where it came from.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:12 PM (u82oZ)

256 Honestly, the funniest thing about Iran is that the cost is so damn low. Mostly wrecked drones and less casualties than when the fleet puts into port after a long cruise.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


No boots on the ground means a lower VD rate.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

257 Lies,
Heavy lies,
Damned Lies
and Lineberger TNUC Lies

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bitches & Biden Admin Whores at May 20, 2026 07:13 PM (5DfsO)

258 what Piper said.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 07:13 PM (VyBeY)

259 It's almost as if our most important and powerful institutions of government are at least partly infested with unbelievably unfit, stupid people with zero ethics, who should never be near any position of responsibility in our society.

I said almost.

Hope the juries around Ft. Pierce will consist of somewhat normal people. Well, normal for 1970 or something.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 20, 2026 07:14 PM (U/Byj)

260 >>>I guess my curiosity is more fundamental, Salty. I doubt under normal circumstances the FBI is going through all current and former DOJ prosecutor's emails looking for stolen documents. It would be more targeted.
~~~~~

Well, she was writing these "recipes" in December 2025.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 20, 2026 07:14 PM (3ImbR)

261 I could use some rain-proof cake recipes.

Posted by: Karen Bass (D-CA) at May 20, 2026 07:14 PM (0sNs1)

262 Kindltot

You win!! OMG!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:15 PM (u82oZ)

263 254

>>>

Buscemi did a guest lead spot on the ElsBeth series a couple of months ago and it was good . . . . . but strange. . . classic Buscemi

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bitches & Biden Admin Whores at May 20, 2026 07:15 PM (5DfsO)

264 258

But we need an edit feature. lol. I hate when I see my typo right at the release of the send button.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:15 PM (p4NUW)

265 I believe many of the Prohibition votes took place while the young men were in France and unable to vote. Overseas ballots not being a thing.

You would believe wrong. Armistice Day was November 11 1918.

Just absolutely wrong. But thanks for playing. Prohibition was ratified on January 16, 2019. This is what happens when your wife gets a say. She'll worry about shit like "why are you drinking" instead of "why are foreign invaders coming in like waves of water".

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (UJ3yu)

266 No boots on the ground means a lower VD rate.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)
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Speaking of WW I...

After the Armistice, troops from the AEF started rotating home, and the Army decided to hold all VD cases back.

My great-grandfather was in the Army of Occupation and member of Black Jack Pershing's parade unit, a corps of buglers and drummers. We have his letters. He wrote that morale in his unit was at rock bottom because word about holding VD cases back got out, and all the guys were getting "dear John" letters!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)

267 Honestly, the funniest thing about Iran is that the cost is so damn low. Mostly wrecked drones and less casualties than when the fleet puts into port after a long cruise.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

What about the embarrassment? IS THE EMBARRASSMENMT COUNTED IN THE COST?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (rbvCR)

268 Well, then you need to look at this: Odyssey, the Rock Opera

https://tinyurl.com/4sue9vc4

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (rbvCR)

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Damn, that's some funny stuff!

Wifey liked the "David Achilee Roth" image ... I was preferential to Prince (with boobage!) as Athena -- NTTAWWT!

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (McFv/)

269 Hope the juries around Ft. Pierce will consist of somewhat normal people. Well, normal for 1970 or something.
Posted by: rhomboid

Better than Orlando.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (/lPRQ)

270 You would believe wrong. Armistice Day was November 11 1918.

Just absolutely wrong. But thanks for playing. Prohibition was ratified on January 16, 2019. This is what happens when your wife gets a say. She'll worry about shit like "why are you drinking" instead of "why are foreign invaders coming in like waves of water".
Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (UJ3yu)
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Did the troops teleport home?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)

271
It is in the face shit that turns off people.

Bessent is awesome and his identity isn't based on his sexuality.

He does his job well and that is what is important.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 07:17 PM (3ek7K)

272 259 It's almost as if our most important and powerful institutions of government are at least partly infested with unbelievably unfit, stupid people with zero ethics, who should never be near any position of responsibility in our society.

I said almost.

Hope the juries around Ft. Pierce will consist of somewhat normal people. Well, normal for 1970 or something.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 20, 2026 07:14 PM (U/Byj)

>>
End the lives and/or livelihoods of just a few of these RATS and rest will go home . . . . . (it's been said)

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bitches & Biden Admin Whores at May 20, 2026 07:17 PM (5DfsO)

273 What about the embarrassment? IS THE EMBARRASSMENMT COUNTED IN THE COST?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (rbvCR)

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And WAGGING THE DOG to get the Epstein Files and Trump's Pedo Proclivities Off The FRONT PAGES? REEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 07:18 PM (McFv/)

274 In one of the letters, my great-grandfather (who favored Prohibition, being a Methodist), wrote his wife to disregard all the "KEEP AMERICA WET" slogans being written on the envelopes because the Army clerks were doing that on all the outgoing mail.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (ZOv7s)

275 But we need an edit feature. lol. I hate when I see my typo right at the release of the send button.
Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 07:15 PM

Negative, Ghost Rider!

Posted by: The Barrel at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

276 nood cafe

Posted by: Methos at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (vSvIl)

277 I hate when I see my typo right at the release of the send button.

Unless it's one that changes or obfuscates my intent, I generally don't bother even trying to correct typos. We all do it and the rawness is part of the charm around here.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (vTZFs)

278 256 Honestly, the funniest thing about Iran is that the cost is so damn low. Mostly wrecked drones and less casualties than when the fleet puts into port after a long cruise.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

More training and accident casualties 2005 -2016 than Iraq /Afghanistan war in the same period.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (qrzX6)

279 Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (UJ3yu)

Ratified in January means voted on previously. Most of those fighting wouldn't have been there for that vote.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2026 07:20 PM (lFFaq)

280 In one of the letters, my great-grandfather (who favored Prohibition, being a Methodist), wrote his wife to disregard all the "KEEP AMERICA WET" slogans being written on the envelopes because the Army clerks were doing that on all the outgoing mail.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:19 PM (ZOv7s)

aw, what a wonderful piece of American history !

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)

281 I'm interested in the contents of the docs
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (73/SM)

Didn't Jack Smith write some sort of bull$h!t report concerning the case he cooked-up against former (at the time) Pres. Trump, and then got all butt-hurt when the judge squashed the case?

I suspect the "cake recipe (tm)" files were related to that, especially since this was an attorney involved in the case.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 20, 2026 07:20 PM (ksbjf)

282 Wifey liked the "David Achilee Roth" image ... I was preferential to Prince (with boobage!) as Athena -- NTTAWWT!
Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (McFv/)

Missing Terri Nunn as Cassandra though.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

283 Did the troops teleport home?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)

Nope. They did what every man from those eras did. Tried to get on with Treasury so they could have "a good job".

That's what the WW I and WW II generations did.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:21 PM (UJ3yu)

284 typo? ... oh, that. had to read it twice more to spot it. no big!

so do I, but I'm afraid that that's part of the unique charm of this place and I'd hate to wreck it by accident ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 07:21 PM (VyBeY)

285 >>Well, she was writing these "recipes" in December 2025.

Yep. Still a DOJ employee at least until late 2025.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)

286 264 258

A problem so undeniably, completely, universally understood in this realm. Got me banned once.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bitches & Biden Admin Whores at May 20, 2026 07:21 PM (5DfsO)

287 Just absolutely wrong. But thanks for playing. Prohibition was ratified on January 16, 2019. This is what happens when your wife gets a say. She'll worry about shit like "why are you drinking" instead of "why are foreign invaders coming in like waves of water".
Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (UJ3yu)

It's a 2 year process.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:22 PM (qrzX6)

288 Also, a followup post to correct a typo is just another chance to make more typos.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 20, 2026 07:23 PM (vTZFs)

289 It's a 2 year process.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:22 PM (qrzX6)

I get it. Some of you really, really want to see these old fucking guys as heroes.

I don't. They're the first bunch that let their old ladies rule them. Thanks for nothing.

Greatest Generation my ass.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:24 PM (UJ3yu)

290
Geraldine > Big Mike

Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2026 07:25 PM (Y8DZL)

291 Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:24 PM (UJ3yu)

I don't give a fuck either way but you're the one who thought he had a gotcha with the ratification date. Don't be a retard and brag about it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 20, 2026 07:25 PM (qrzX6)

292
Lots of embedded enemies in the fedgov, waiting for 1/30/29.

Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2026 07:27 PM (Y8DZL)

293 Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:24 PM (UJ3yu)

We get it. You can't do basic math and aren't going to let a few facts get in the way of your axe grinding. Lots easier to blame the dead than try to be proactive in your own life.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2026 07:27 PM (lFFaq)

294 I don't give a fuck either way but you're the one who thought he had a gotcha with the ratification date. Don't be a retard and brag about it.

The Declaration of Sentiments happened in ... get this ... 1848. The Seneca Falls Convention. Now - notice. Not a damn one of them ever lined up for the Union or Confederacy.

But they had opinions. Did they ever.

Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:29 PM (UJ3yu)

295 You would believe wrong. Armistice Day was November 11 1918.

Just absolutely wrong. But thanks for playing. Prohibition was ratified on January 16, 2019. This is what happens when your wife gets a say. She'll worry about shit like "why are you drinking" instead of "why are foreign invaders coming in like waves of water".
Posted by: Howdy at May 20, 2026 07:16 PM (UJ3yu)
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Did the troops teleport home?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Ratification was the last step. Most of the votes at the state level were held in 1917.

Posted by: Dandalo at May 20, 2026 07:30 PM (3QsZU)

296 Yes. Trump is channeling Sun Tzu, achieving victory without battle against China.

Honestly, the funniest thing about Iran is that the cost is so damn low. Mostly wrecked drones and less casualties than when the fleet puts into port after a long cruise.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

Iran is screwed: they can't export oil, so they're apparently dumping it into the Strait of Hormuz -- so no income. No income, no money to pay their thugs. The Iranian regime is teetering.

China now has to buy oil from the United States -- at market price! No more discount oil from Venezuela or Iran. Plus, we have real-time combat engagement data that reveals that China's SAMs don't work.

I think the "We're going to attack, no we're not" was partly to restore tactical surprise since apparently the NYT was claiming the U.S. was going to attack last Monday. Plus, it exhausts the Iranian SAM crews -- they get keyed-up, then get told to stand-down.

Pres. Trump is playing with Iran/China like a cat with a mouse.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 20, 2026 07:32 PM (ksbjf)

297

Too funny.

She's with the National Black Prosecutor Foundation, in a Leadership role.

LOL.

Of course.

So, do they not teach ethics at the schools they send blacks to to become lawyers?

Ah, her page has been removed.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 20, 2026 07:40 PM (et1vG)

298 Dear federal prosecutors on this Carmen chick's case:

No plea bargain unless she pleads guilty as charged, i.e., no reduction or dropping of any charges. Recommendation of imprisonment to the maximum allowed by law. She was a high-ranking manager of line federal prosecutors, for G-d's sake!! You cannot let her skate. Hard time in Club Fed. It's only just.

Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2026 08:20 PM (J7jo9)

299 “Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol.”

- George S. Patton

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 20, 2026 10:00 PM (ZVgZ4)

300 J6 this bitch

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 20, 2026 11:43 PM (fSxvT)

Republicans -- the Real Ones -- Win Big In Georgia, Sweeping the Suprme Court Races and Sending Raffensberger and His Grima Wormtounge Into Retirement

First, the two Supreme Court races:

OSZ
@OpenSourceZone

17h

Republicans sweep and win both Supreme Court Elections in Georgia tonight

🔴 Charlie Bethel: 51.6% ✅
🔵 Miracle Rankin: 48.4%

🔴 Sarah Hawkins Warren: 59.7% ✅
🔵 Jen Jordan: 40.3%

(85% Reporting)

I saw Black Conservative Perspective crowing that when Republicans bother to vote in these non-presidential years -- which we've been pretty bad about lately -- we win.

On to Secretary of State and chief vote-counter Brad Raffensperger, the Democrat plant who insisted that there was not a single fraudulent vote cast in Georgia in 2020.

He attempted to illegally hide his counting of the votes from outside observers, but was ordered to allow observers in by a judge:

LindellTV
@RealLindellTV

May 19

🚨 BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GEORGIA: A Fulton County judge has officially ORDERED that Georgia State Election Board members be granted access to Brad Raffensperger's controversial "secret bunker" where statewide election results are aggregated.

The order, signed by Judge Earl Glanville, was filed this morning and marks a major victory for election transparency advocates after months of backlash over the locked-down facility being hidden from board members, candidates, and the public.

"There should be equal access and transparency for everyone." - @1stVCGAGOP

Grubbs also raised serious concerns about @GaSecofState allies allegedly having insider access to election operations while election integrity advocates and even board members were shut out.

She further accused Raffensperger of placing election workers in difficult legal territory by reportedly visiting county election offices while actively running for governor - citing Georgia election law restrictions on candidates being present around ballot processing operations.

"If Georgia's elections are truly the cleanest and most transparent in the country... why keep this place secret?"

Massive development in Georgia election oversight.

Update: Piper says the judge rescinded that TRO, so the secret vote counting is back on, at least unless he decides otherwise at an upcoming hearing.

Raffensperger was running to be the "Republican" candidate for governor.

Republicans rejected him like he was Tom Massie asking them if they're "swingers."

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger became the latest enemy of President Donald Trump's to lose a Republican primary on Tuesday.

Billionaire Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones advanced to a runoff election for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor -- locking out Raffensperger, who rose to prominence defending Georgia's 2020 election results but struggled to gain traction among his party's increasingly MAGA base.

Raffensperger's defeat is another sign of Trump's grip on the GOP, following the president's wins ousting state Republican senators who clashed with him over redistricting in Indiana and Sen. Bill Cassidy's loss in Louisiana on Saturday.

But the runoff also prolongs an already rancorous and expensive primary by several weeks. Jackson, a political newcomer who entered the race late but quickly rose in the polls, and Jones, who boasts Trump's endorsement, are both courting the same MAGA voters.

raffenspergerloses.jpg

Raffensperger's hand-picked toadie Gabe Sterling was meanwhile running to fill his position as chief Democrat vote-rigger.

This is amazing:

Election Wizard
@ElectionWiz

Gabe Sterling (Raffensperger's right hand at the GA Secretary of State) just lost the GOP primary for the job. In 2020 he was on TV insisting there was NO fraud. Then it turned out someone had fraudulently voted using his own home address. Tonight MAGA returned the favor.

Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

gabesterling.jpg

This fat pile of old dusty cum was a apparently a star witness for the Pelosi/Cheney J6 committee, providing false claims about zero ballots being double-scanned (and counted twice).


Flopping Aces
@FloppingAces

Well, well, well... look what the hell just happened.

The GOP base didn't ask for permission from the consultant class, the donor overlords, the Senate fossils, or the New York Times editorial board before deciding they're done being treated like obedient little peasants.

Massie got the memo. McConnell's rotting machine got the memo. Raffensperger got the memo.

And that memo was written in giant, flaming primary-night letters:

"We're done carrying your worthless dead weight."

Of course the media is melting down, screeching "Trump crushes dissent!" ... because God forbid they admit Republican voters have spines, long memories, and a bullshit detector that's finally working overtime.

This wasn't a cult. This was a goddamn performance review.

Voters didn't send Republicans to Washington to play brave little mavericks and sabotage the only movement actually fighting back. They sent them to deliver.

The base isn't confused. It isn't hypnotized. And it sure as hell isn't asking for permission anymore.

It's cleaning house ... and taking no prisoners.

Hilarious how "democracy" becomes a terrifying threat the second Republican voters actually use it.


More from Flopping Aces about the base finally getting #Based here.

There's a bigger point here, and it's the precise opposite of the Times's witless frame. The Times ominously described the GOP having become "firmly in thrall" of a "cult of personality" dominated by a hypnotic former reality-TV star. But it's the exact opposite. It's pure representative government. Trump didn't purge the incumbents.

Primary voters purged the incumbents.

Think of this: Nearly 20% of the GOP-controlled Senate (up to ten Senators) will be replaced this year. That kind of political earthquake hasn't happened since at least 1980.


🔥 Trump can endorse whoever he wants and can rant on Truth Social all he wants, all day long. But Cassidy, Massie, Raffensperger, Indiana State lawmakers, John Cornyn, McConnell's protegé Whatshisname-- they didn't lose because Trump.

Cassidy didn't lose because Trump woke up one day and felt like purging him; he lost because Republicans never forgot his impeachment vote and were finally offered a viable alternative. Massie didn't lose because Trump hates his spirited personality; he lost because he kept voting against policies that the GOP base actually wants, and they decided they were done with the "Mr. No" show. Raffensperger didn't flame out because Trump's feelings were hurt; he flamed out because Republican voters believe he'd helped Joe Biden carry Georgia and then covered it up-- and this time, instead of watching him get promoted to governor, they snatched the promotion away.

This is not a cult of personality. These incumbents only lost their seats because actual Republican voters in their states decided that we want someone who will align with the president who we chose and his America First agenda.

It's really that simple. We don't want Congressmen to be slaves to Donald Trump. We want them to be slaves to the agenda. If that means supporting and defending the President, then just do it and quit whining about it. That's the distinction the Times tries to misinform readers about; it wants us to feel uneasy that Trump has become too powerful, so we don't realize how much power we have.

In other words, the Times's fake narrative is: reality‑TV star dominates a personality cult. That is a narrative designed to fracture conservatives. But the reality is, Republican primary voters finally figured out how to purge the RINOs.

The leftwing media is desperate to preserve the viability of RINO turncoats because RINO turncoats are the tools the Democrats use to keep conservatives out of power, eternally.

The media only pretends to hate most Republican politicians.

It doesn't really hate them-- because it knows they're all on the same side, deep down.

What the media really, viscerally hates is Republican voters, who cannot be bullied.

And who want some accountability.

This isn't revenge. It's a reckoning.

Okay I lied it's also revenge. But don't forget the reckoning part, which is important too.

As Flopping Aces said: It's a performance review, and it's time to cut the dead weight, layabouts, malingerers, and clock-punchers.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:55 PM




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1 New

Posted by: Beartooth at May 20, 2026 04:54 PM (1fx5i)

2 Is this thing on?

Posted by: Beartooth at May 20, 2026 04:55 PM (1fx5i)

3
Hi Ace

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 04:56 PM (3ek7K)

4 hello!

Posted by: Senor Chang at May 20, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)

5 called 'em

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 04:56 PM (6wpGE)

6 Gabe Sterling (Raffensperger's right hand at the GA Secretary of State

... well-softened in lotion)

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 04:57 PM (gKWVE)

7 "If Georgia's elections are truly the cleanest and most transparent in the country... why keep this place secret?"

Because Ratshiburger is a ratty little shitburger.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 04:58 PM (vFG9F)

8 read the content.
It was delicious.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 04:58 PM (73/SM)

9 After what they did to Trump, losing is too good for them. I want some suffering.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 04:58 PM (vFG9F)

10

I only know about Gabe Sterling thanks to Jane D'oh.

Thanks Jane for the scoop about him.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 04:59 PM (3ek7K)

11 he looks like Anderson Cooper's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia. This fat pile of old cum

Well, I was informed here yesterday that May is is Masturbation Month.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at May 20, 2026 04:59 PM (WUyHs)

12 So do the J6 guys get to tune these fat fucks up?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

13 Mark Fitzpatrick, the spooge sock who was running for ID governor lost too. He's the one who decided a mass shooting at a LDS building was the right time to tell everyone LDS aren't Christian. He refused to take it back when asked to. ID is 1/4 LDS.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2026 05:00 PM (mkw2N)

14 Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Anderson Cooper's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

==

Speaking as a professional amateur pshysiognomist , I find this information revealing !

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 05:00 PM (GD0B3)

15 Any particular reason why one GOP Supreme Court candidate did eight points better than the other one?

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 20, 2026 05:00 PM (CNl8/)

16 ... well-softened in lotion)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 04:57 PM

* perks up *

Elizabeth Arden?

Posted by: Harry Sussex at May 20, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)

17 FloppingAces?

Any relation?

You know they make pills now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 20, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

18 THE BLADE WILL RETURN TOMORROW

Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 20, 2026 05:01 PM (bwQMR)

19 he looks like Anderson Cooper's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: zombie at May 20, 2026 05:01 PM (Av6i5)

20 I'm not dead yet!!

Posted by: Barney at May 20, 2026 05:01 PM (Ffkme)

21 " he looks like Anderson Cooper's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: zombie "

OPSEC zombie!

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 05:02 PM (vFG9F)

22
The Times ominously described the GOP having become "firmly in thrall" of a "cult of personality"

Sounds like Obama

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2026 05:02 PM (Cqx++)

23 ...he looks like Anderson Cooper's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

that is beautiful

Posted by: DanMan at May 20, 2026 05:02 PM (8uzBS)

24 Read an article today at hot air claiming that talerico will win the senate general election here in Texas against either paxton or coryn according to the latest poll.


I had to really dig to find out the poll that cnn was reporting on was from UT austin, the same outfit that predicted that robert francis o'rouke was going to win against cruz by 2 points.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 20, 2026 05:02 PM (0N4FZ)

25 The most important takeaway is that The Others are watching, and if they want to keep their phoney-baloney jobs, they'd better start remembering the people who voted them into those phoney-baloney jobs to begin with.

It's nothing to do with a cult, mostly...

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 20, 2026 05:02 PM (sLLbN)

26 Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace


I can't find the disinformation in this girthy post!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2026 05:03 PM (gflfc)

27 President Trump is on a roll

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 05:03 PM (Ia/+0)

28 Flopping Aces < Ace of Spades < Rigid Aces

Posted by: zombie at May 20, 2026 05:03 PM (Av6i5)

29 The GOPe is full of spite now, petulant, meaningless bullshit just to attack Trump.

And only prove that voters are right to throw their asses out.

Refusing to fund the security upgrades to the WH and passing the war powers resolution are Democrat Party priorities--passing them proves you are Democrats.

The War Powers Act is unconstitutional.
And when Trump pulls funds from the Department of War for the upgrades, there's fuck-all you will--or can--do to stop him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (73/SM)

30 UT Austin political poll - totally unbiased.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (Gqar8)

31 27 Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I can't find the disinformation in this girthy post!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2026 05:03 PM (gflfc)

Check the math.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (6wpGE)

32 There's a bigger point here, and it's the precise opposite of the Times's witless frame. The Times ominously described the GOP having become "firmly in thrall" of a "cult of personality" dominated by a hypnotic former reality-TV star.

This is more Democrat jealousy.

They wish they had a party leader that could command this kind of voter loyalty.

Obama came close but even he had lost his touch to get fellow Dems elected by 2010.

Nearly every time they send Obama out his campaigning gets lackluster results.

Meanwhile, Trump is swatting his GOP enemies out left and right.

Drives the Dems crazy that they have none of that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

33
Cult of corrupt assholes who steal our money.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (3ek7K)

34 Gabe Sterling

Does anyone else also see a resemblance to Goucher celebrity alumnus Jonah Goldberg?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (PiwSw)

35 Raffensberger, how corrupt is this guy? The mind boggles!

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (GD0B3)

36 Can someone from Georgia tell me where Raffensberger was born. I looked him up on different sites and it all starts with he went to the U of Western Ontario. Weird place for a Georgia boy to go to school

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (gu0hJ)

37 QUALITY cruelty in this here post, Ace.

You use your tongue prettier than a 20 dollar whore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (xcxpd)

38 Nice Hickey Freeman suit on Raffi. Probably bought OTR at Dillards as opposed to the original shop. You can tell because the shoulders dont fit.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM (wBaIH)

39 Turn up the volume.

https://tinyurl.com/293e4c4b

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:05 PM (X+xvk)

40 Little has focused his campaign on a record of historic tax cuts, deregulation initiatives and school choice, but faces ridicule from his right flank for not taking a firm enough stand on pandemic lockdowns, immigration enforcement and social issues.
deseret.com

Fitzpatrick said hurty things about a false religion, and to punish him, Idaho is now going to have a closeted Democrat for their governor.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 05:06 PM (gKWVE)

41 It was nice seeing Brad's penis shaped smug mug in defeat. Warlock and Tossoff are only in the senate because of these f'ing trators. Took the senate, denied Trump, and then hmmmm? somehow Kemp got 22. Boy that sure is curious.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 05:06 PM (3uBP9)

42 The Trump Curse: It's Real ... And It's Spectacular!

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:07 PM (McFv/)

43 This is all a distraction from the Epstein Files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 20, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)

44 Has Fulton County closed their polls yet?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 05:07 PM (vFG9F)

45 Hey Ace? The judge rescinded that TRO, there is a hearing on it May 28.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 05:08 PM (UiUD7)

46 15 Any particular reason why one GOP Supreme Court candidate did eight points better than the other one?
Posted by: Mark1971

Harder to defeat a Miracle?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2026 05:08 PM (9ESuk)

47 I have long regarded Raffensperger as one of the guiltiest parties from 2020, because, by being a Republican, he made it so much easier for the fraudsters to pose as "defenders of democracy."

I hope this cretin cries at his defeat. If he already has, I want the video.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2026 05:08 PM (lHPJf)

48 45 Has Fulton County closed their polls yet?
Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 05:07 PM (vFG9F)

Heh. The counting will “ finish” after Memorial Day.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:08 PM (Gqar8)

49 Well, I learned a new word today.
Thanks, Ace!

Posted by: RI Red at May 20, 2026 05:09 PM (tez/p)

50 Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

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With a side of Peyronie’s ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:09 PM (McFv/)

51
fox, only after the trucks arrive with more ballots for the asshole on the left.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 05:09 PM (3ek7K)

52 Sterling looks like character actor William Bogert from the Dave Chappelle Show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 05:09 PM (gu0hJ)

53 I had to really dig to find out the poll that cnn was reporting on was from UT austin, the same outfit that predicted that robert francis o'rouke was going to win against cruz by 2 points.

At the risk of channeling Winston Wolf, I would point out that this was in fact a very close race for Texas. Cruz 50.9%, O’Rourke 48.3%.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2026 05:09 PM (EXyHK)

54 Check the math.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:04 PM

Can't. Wouldn't be prudent.

Not allowed on the blog.

Posted by: zombie George Bush at May 20, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)

55 Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

Fascinating!

LOL! you're the best, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 05:10 PM (VyBeY)

56
Time for funding flowers and Mimosas on the dock in Harbor Springs is over for hobby girl Republican s.

Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2026 05:10 PM (Y8DZL)

57 Miracle whipped?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2026 05:10 PM (Cqx++)

58 Flopping ace?


They have medication for that, you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 20, 2026 05:10 PM (DFaaT)

59 When did Anderson Cooper's jerksock become Karl Rove's jerksock?

Asking for the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 20, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)

60 As to the upcoming Texas election, Talerico makes O’Rourke seem normal by comparison. That might help.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:12 PM (Gqar8)

61
Cheaper for Ace to superglue a pinecone to his member.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 05:12 PM (3ek7K)

62 "Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia."

Tip Jar worthy, this.

Posted by: Walsingham at May 20, 2026 05:12 PM (dOL3D)

63 And again.

https://tinyurl.com/46bu28tf

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (X+xvk)

64 As to the upcoming Texas election, Talerico makes O’Rourke seem normal by comparison. That might help.
Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:12 PM

Will Chuy make an appearance?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)

65 Read that as "cock-punchers", too.

Posted by: Warai-bobtoko at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (Ot/FD)

66 From my hate feed:
New Republic - Trump screws himself so badly on Texas race, GOPers visibly stunned.

Benzinga - Peter Schiff (who?) says with defeat of Massie, Trump has turned the US into a nation of two Democratic Parties (because Massie was the last, lone hero advocating for cutting spending)

Atlanta Black Star - Massie going public with explosive accusations about Trump, three outside billionaires and pro-Israeli groups spending tens of millions to remove the one Republican they have never been able to bully into line.

Daily Mail - Trump's RINO purge backfires as stunning revenge vote passes

Mediaite - 7 Dems vote to confirm judicial nominee who refused to say Trump lost 2020 election

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (73/SM)

67

"Billionaire Rick Jackson "

We need the big money guys to break free of the scumsucking filth pigs that want to ruin this country and steamroll the every lovin shit out of them.

Like Elon has committed to doing.

And we also need that cavernous gaping anus MomDamy and the grinning brainded imbecile Karen Bass to keep on doing what they're doing.

I mean, Shemp Howard has got more going on upstairs than she does.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (et1vG)

68 With a side of Peyronie’s ...
____

That comes with the spotted dick at Chelsea's Pub in Oxford.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (9ESuk)

69 Guys ! I am worried about our chances in 2028!

"The Palestine News Network @PaliNewsNetwork is backing Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie for president in 2028"

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (GD0B3)

70 Over at Hot Air there's a piece about Talarico "scaring" Republicans in Texas because he's polling well. It seems to be wish casting by the left.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (gu0hJ)

71 >>> When did Anderson Cooper's jerksock become Karl Rove's jerksock?

Asking for the Commentariat.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 20, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)


One sock, two jerks.

Posted by: banana Dream - not clicking on that at May 20, 2026 05:14 PM (3uBP9)

72 Don't want no revenge
Ain't no payback time
It ain't no getting even
Here comes the reckoning day

Megadeth🤟

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 05:14 PM (YwEeS)

73 I tried to call Massie, but he was in Ramallah!

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 05:14 PM (GD0B3)

74 Has Fulton County closed their polls yet?
Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 05:07 PM (vFG9F)

Is there a main water break?

Posted by: dantesed at May 20, 2026 05:14 PM (Oy/m2)

75 Massie got the memo. McConnell's rotting machine got the memo. Raffensperger got the memo.

And that memo was written in giant, flaming primary-night letters:

"We're done carrying your worthless dead weight." lol gf

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FIFM

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:14 PM (McFv/)

76 The Night the Cucks Struck Out in Georgia.

Posted by: zombie at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (Av6i5)

77 I saw Anderson Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies open for Karl Rove's Jerksock at the Viper Room in 92 in West Hollywood.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (D1E+2)

78
"Republican" vote counters who politely left as commanded before the mail-in ballot trucks arrived should be prosecuted as well

Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (Y8DZL)

79 Tore my Achilles, cast has been set, prognosis is 1 year till I can return to full impact usage. 6 Months for general mobility.

This is situation is sub-optimal as I had big plans for the back yard and general homestead projects.

On the upside, looks like I'll be playing the piano and painting Warhammer 40k figures at an enhanced level.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)

80 At the risk of channeling Winston Wolf, I would point out that this was in fact a very close race for Texas. Cruz 50.9%, O’Rourke 48.3%.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2026 05:09 P


Yes it was. However it was just 2 years after cruz literally $hit on Trump during the primary when he claimed he would sign the pledge to support whoever the nominee turned out to be and then refused to sign the pledge or back Trump in anyway during the general election. A whole bunch of people here in Texas refused to vote for cruz because of that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (0N4FZ)

81 I had to my shame, look up that word gynecomastia. I snorted. Well played sir.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at May 20, 2026 05:16 PM (bgJ0E)

82 “ … when Republicans bother to vote in these non-presidential years -- which we've been pretty bad about lately -- we win.”

A sad truth. MAGAMAGAMAGA would end the dems if they would just go vote in every election.

Sadly, they won’t. I have no idea why.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 20, 2026 05:17 PM (50AHF)

83 While the left is all pissed about Trump's endorsements and his "purge" of the Republican Party, I asked Grok:

What is Obama's win-loss record on endorsements in the last 10 years?

Total endorsements: ~619
Wins: ~356
Losses: ~263
Overall Win Rate: ≈ 57.5%

LOL, what a fag--barely better than a coin flip.
(two losses last night as he endorsed both the GA supreme court candidates. )

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:17 PM (73/SM)

84 https://tinyurl.com/tcewy42w

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:17 PM (X+xvk)

85 83 I had to my shame, look up that word gynecomastia. I snorted. Well played sir.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at May 20, 2026 05:16 PM (bgJ0E)

Be proud.

The only reasons even to know that word are being an incorrigible shitposter, or.... having it.

Posted by: Warai-bobtoko at May 20, 2026 05:17 PM (Ot/FD)

86 Real disappointing results in this race. Definitely shits down any idea of a fully blue Georgia state government for the foreseeable future, despite strong performances in the gubernatorial election.

It looks like the GA Democratic Party didn’t know how to message who their candidates were before the election. Many dems in Atlanta’s metro voted on which name sounded the Blackest, which is how you end up with the Republican judge winning Harris +70 Clayton co.

Exactly. The Dems just lost these races not because the GOP did anything special but because Dem leadership was incompetent when it came to organizing.

One thing this election showed me was how out of step I am with the average primary voter. Every one of my candidates lost by massive margins.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 20, 2026 05:17 PM (JCZqz)

87 did stacey abrams concede yet? i thought she was a shoo in

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 05:18 PM (CWTWj)

88 No victory tits from the 'ettes?

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 05:18 PM (YwEeS)

89 I always assumed that "Flopping Aces" is what Ace named his Crocs.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:18 PM (McFv/)

90 On the upside, looks like I'll be playing the piano and painting Warhammer 40k figures at an enhanced level.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)

Well at least you're acting your age.

I hope you heal fast, man

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 20, 2026 05:18 PM (xcxpd)

91 (Don't mind me, just de-bobbing my nic...

Man, that was a while ago. )

Posted by: Warai-bobtoko at May 20, 2026 05:18 PM (Ot/FD)

92 I think Flopping Aces has a point. What most hurt Massie was not his sticking his finger in the eye of the biggest bully in American politics (AIPAC et al) but rather not being a team player when the time came to swallow the massive budget pill and fund ICE. Voting against funding ICE was unforgivable.

All those millions raised against him was not used to publicly debate US aid to Israel in Kentucky. It was used to attack his voting record and his character.

BTW, there has long been a rumor that the voting machine shenanigans in GA are controlled by a bipartisan elite. Not only kept Trump down but Tank Abrams out.

Posted by: TITP at May 20, 2026 05:19 PM (r3hkP)

93 (Feck, i forgot to actually do it!)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 05:19 PM (Ot/FD)

94 One thing this election showed me was how out of step I am with the average primary voter. Every one of my candidates lost by massive margins.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 20, 2026 05:17 PM (JCZqz)

Honesty.. How rare

Posted by: It's me donna at May 20, 2026 05:19 PM (FtULh)

95

steely,

The winning isn't over yet.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (3ek7K)

96 re 81: ellen page hit hardest

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (CWTWj)

97 Anderson Cooper's jerk sock got lost up Don Lemon's ass.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (UjdFS)

98 >>> And we also need that cavernous gaping anus MomDamy and the grinning brainded imbecile Karen Bass to keep on doing what they're doing.

I mean, Shemp Howard has got more going on upstairs than she does.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (et1vG)


DataRepublican on the twitters says that bass is not dumb, not dumb in the traditional sense at least. That bass is simply a very well trained communist apparatchik that has been forged in the fires of many multinational organizations. That what bass says and does sounds dumb, because communism is dumb, but is also very controlled action in strong alignment with the people that control her. DR provides a lot of background and history on bass's background as proof.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (3uBP9)

99 "One thing this election showed me was how out of step I am with the average primary voter. Every one of my candidates lost by massive margins."

That is truly cosmic level cluelessness.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

100 81 Tore my Achilles, cast has been set, prognosis is 1 year till I can return to full impact usage. 6 Months for general mobility.

This is situation is sub-optimal as I had big plans for the back yard and general homestead projects.

On the upside, looks like I'll be playing the piano and painting Warhammer 40k figures at an enhanced level.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)

Ouch

Posted by: It's me donna at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (FtULh)

101 At the risk of channeling Winston Wolf, I would point out that this was in fact a very close race for Texas. Cruz 50.9%, O’Rourke 48.3%.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
---

He beat the Cheat, DC money, QWERTY money, and Bush money while driving his little red pickup from town to town and no big money to float.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (Qxy/R)

102 On the upside, looks like I'll be playing the piano and painting Warhammer 40k figures at an enhanced level.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:15 PM


I have a crap load of bolt action 28mm WWII Russians I could send you to paint if you get bored.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 20, 2026 05:20 PM (0N4FZ)

103 I'm looking forward to voting for Paxton in TX this week. Then onward to crush Talerico in November. I mean to rattle the cage with the GOTV this summer.

The last election I block-walked, someone said, you don't have to keep doing this the last week before the election. Your guy's going to win.

I said, I don't want him to just *win*.

My guy beat his opponent 2-1.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 20, 2026 05:21 PM (GD2xa)

104 LOL.

Sterling's butt-chin looks like Leno banged a Kardashian. I bet the doctor spanked him on the wrong end.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 05:21 PM (BI5O2)

105 > Fitzpatrick said hurty things about a false religion, and to punish him, Idaho is now going to have a closeted Democrat for their governor.

Bad take. A man in Michigan rammed his truck into a LDS church building, killed four, and shot eight more. Trump condemned the attack against Christians.

Fitzpatrick took that occasion to tell everyone LDS aren't Christian and told Trump not to call them Christian.

Fitzpatrick had multiple chances to make amends but refused.

He wanted to be Governor of a state that is 1/4 LDS. Not only is he an asshole, he's retarded.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2026 05:21 PM (mkw2N)

106 On the upside, looks like I'll be playing the piano and painting Warhammer 40k figures at an enhanced level.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May

Oh no! I am sorry.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 05:22 PM (p4NUW)

107 Definitely shits down any idea of a fully blue Georgia state government for the foreseeable future, despite strong performances in the gubernatorial election.

------------

Excellent Freudian slip.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:22 PM (McFv/)

108 I actually knew about the Flopping Aces website before I found Ace of Spades.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 20, 2026 05:22 PM (4q/mG)

109 90 No victory tits from the 'ettes?
Posted by: steevy
---

What's her name has the same old bra and most of the 'ettes are ladies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:23 PM (Qxy/R)

110 @92

>>I hope you heal fast, man

I'm generally an average healer, mainly because taking it easy is not in my DNA, I'll probably be on the tractor by this weekend.

I could always hire someone to do the yard work, but where is the fun in that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:23 PM (XV/Pl)

111 71 Guys ! I am worried about our chances in 2028!

"The Palestine News Network @PaliNewsNetwork is backing Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie for president in 2028"
Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 05:13 PM (GD0B3)

NPR changed its name?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 20, 2026 05:23 PM (PiwSw)

112 >>> No victory tits from the 'ettes?
Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 05:18 PM (YwEeS)


But if we got tits for everything tits would become mundane and uneventful. Wait, has that ever happened? No. Never mind. TITS!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 05:23 PM (3uBP9)

113


Of course he's skipping it.

Jayne Zirkle
@JayneZirkle
·
5h
Zohran Mamdani just became the first NYC mayor in 61 years to skip the Israel Day Parade.

Every mayor since 1964 showed up.

Posted by: beckster at May 20, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

114 > No victory tits from the 'ettes?

That was more of an AtC thing.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2026 05:24 PM (mkw2N)

115 re 110: i forgot about them. one of many

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 05:24 PM (CWTWj)

116 @104

>>I have a crap load of bolt action 28mm WWII Russians I could send you to paint if you get bored.

Oh man, I have this 3D printed ball vise that is perfect for painting figures.

Pretty much, that's all it is good for.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:24 PM (XV/Pl)

117 I give Gabe Sterling two thumbs down

Posted by: alanon at May 20, 2026 05:24 PM (jHMkm)

118 Seriously it looks like someone sewed a chihuahua ass on his face.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 05:25 PM (BI5O2)

119 He wanted to be Governor of a state that is 1/4 LDS. Not only is he an asshole, he's retarded.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2026C

Wow - he sounds lovely.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Dd38x)

120 Scott Sterling >>> Gabe Sterling

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 05:25 PM (3uBP9)

121 Thomas Bender - i went on a painting spree when I hsd my ACL repaired long ago. Not much to do but sit and heal up

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)

122 >>>Fitzpatrick took that occasion to tell everyone LDS aren't Christian and told Trump not to call them Christian.

Fitzpatrick had multiple chances to make amends but refused.

He wanted to be Governor of a state that is 1/4 LDS. Not only is he an asshole, he's retarded.
Posted by: bonhomme
---

Sounds like he's not fit for the job.
Better picking for the primaries next time, Idaho.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:26 PM (Qxy/R)

123 BTW, there has long been a rumor that the voting machine shenanigans in GA are controlled by a bipartisan elite. Not only kept Trump down but Tank Abrams out.
---
the GA Republican response to any inquiry into election irregularities was more Stalinesque than any Democrat state.

Even the mere question of impropriety was met with outrage and personal attacks.
As noted, the context of Trump's call was that his team had already identified over 300k improper ballots.
And Ratshitburger was not just refusing to even look at those--he was denying they even exited--causing an exasperated Trump to say you can't even find 11k votes?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:26 PM (73/SM)

124 84 “ … when Republicans bother to vote in these non-presidential years -- which we've been pretty bad about lately -- we win.”

A sad truth. MAGAMAGAMAGA would end the dems if they would just go vote in every election.

Sadly, they won’t. I have no idea why.
Posted by: Going deep. Out.

*******************

Okay, I haven't voted in every single election. Here are a a few reasons why.

I'm a Republican living in Texas. Conservative Republicans handed the state legislature a resounding victory for the GOP. Republicans in Austin responded by giving half of the committee chairmanships to Democrats. "Republican voter guides" routinely urge us to vote for staunch conservatives like, say, John Cornyn. Hey, didn't Chip Roy want to impeach Trump? Didn't he call MAGA voters "useless fucks?"

Democrats can pull the lever secure in the knowledge that whatever lunacy they're advocating will be promoted by anyone with a D next to their name. Republican voters can be assured that 65% of the people they vote for will immediately work to secure Democrat victories.

In supposedly conservative states, primaries are open, meaning they can be screwed with. In liberal states, primaries are closed.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:28 PM (X+xvk)

125 More movie race swapping.

Black actress to star as Betty Boop to tell the "deeper story" of the character's creation

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 05:29 PM (ndZc7)

126 Warhammer 40k figures at an enhanced level.
--
Just got an email that Warhammer 2: Space Marines is on sale on Steam until June 3 for $18, down from $60.

I like that price point.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:29 PM (73/SM)

127 What was GOP turnout for this election? Compared to dem turnout? Compared to each for prior off-year election?

Posted by: Uncledave at May 20, 2026 05:30 PM (E+1ea)

128 I hope Raspeyburger doesn't end up in a similar situation, inside his bunker, the same way a certain leader of an Axis power did 81 years ago.

The Red MAGA army is closing in on his position.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 20, 2026 05:30 PM (5yDGQ)

129 Did Chip Roy win the run off?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Qxy/R)

130 131 Did Chip Roy win the run off?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

****************

Election is May 26th. The day we finally get shut of John Effing Cornyn.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:32 PM (X+xvk)

131 HIS FACE IS LIKE A BRICK WALL

A BRICK WALL THAT CAN FEEL PAIN AND CRIES ALOT

Posted by: banana Dream - SCOTT STERLING! at May 20, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)

132 re: Chip, won't know until next Tuesday, early voting now.

Chip Roy has flakey tendencies.

Posted by: DanMan at May 20, 2026 05:33 PM (8uzBS)

133 Tore my Achilles, cast has been set, prognosis is 1 year till I can return to full impact usage. 6 Months for general mobility.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
......

My SIL had the exact same injury and prognosis.
She fucked it up again after the cast came off and is now on monthly pain management. All strung out on gabapentin which I find really strange.
When I broke my ankle it took a year before I could surf again. I still can't run.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2026 05:33 PM (UjdFS)

134 What was GOP turnout for this election? Compared to dem turnout? Compared to each for prior off-year election?

==

Very good questions. They might still be looking at the crosstabs.

Posted by: runner at May 20, 2026 05:33 PM (GD0B3)

135 More movie race swapping.

Black actress to star as Betty Boop to tell the "deeper story" of the character's creation

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 05:29 PM (ndZc7)

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"My great-great-great-great-great grandparents were Thomas Jefferson Boop and Sally Hemings. I was switched with a white baby in the hospital to be raised by its white parents ..."

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:34 PM (McFv/)

136 Posted by: beckster at May 20, 2026 05:23 PM

Not a surprise for Mamdani to do that, but
Still, it's a very disrespectful thing to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:34 PM (lQ+/f)

137 117 re 110: i forgot about them. one of many
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 20, 2026 05:24 PM

I used to be a mod at NewsBusters before they made commenting there arduous. Heard about Flopping Aces from a regular. Poked my head in there every now and then.
But then I found Ace of Spades and knew there was no going back.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 20, 2026 05:34 PM (Oq/TM)

138 >>> Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.

>>>This fat pile of old dusty cum was a apparently a star witness for the Pelosi/Cheney J6 committee, providing false claims about zero ballots being double-scanned (and counted twice).

Remarkably, this is not cruel enough.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 05:34 PM (dK+Kv)

139 Election is May 26th. The day we finally get shut of John Effing Cornyn.

it's really Jan 2027, he'll oppose everything until then

Posted by: DanMan at May 20, 2026 05:35 PM (8uzBS)

140 131 Did Chip Roy win the run off?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Qxy/R)

Early voting just started Monday. Election Day is this Tuesday.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 20, 2026 05:35 PM (GD2xa)

141 Mamdani is skipping the Israel Day parade to avoid being killed by suicide bombers. Or he's just an antisemitic ahole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 05:35 PM (gu0hJ)

142 Gabe Sterling strangely looks like he could only get a dick to find his mouth if the rest of his face was hidden by the wall into which the glory hole is cut.

But he definitely has

Posted by: ballistic at May 20, 2026 05:35 PM (oqH4h)

143 Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.
-----------

These quotes need to be framed somewhere. Ace is the Bill Shakespeare of our times

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 05:35 PM (vE0+H)

144 Chip Roy voted to impeach Ken Paxton.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:36 PM (Qxy/R)

145 @123

>>i went on a painting spree when I hsd my ACL repaired long ago. Not much to do but sit and heal up

I really had a lot of things planned for this summer and now they are deferred until I heal.

The upside is I get to really use this air brush and ball vise to its fullest potential.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:36 PM (XV/Pl)

146 Tore my Achilles, cast has been set, prognosis is 1 year till I can return to full impact usage. 6 Months for general mobility.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

Sorry to hear. Start dieting now.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 20, 2026 05:36 PM (dK+Kv)

147 137 More movie race swapping.

Black actress to star as Betty Boop to tell the "deeper story" of the character's creation

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 05:29 PM (ndZc7)

***************

Next, a remake of "Roots" with Emo Phillips in the role of Kunta Kinte.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:36 PM (X+xvk)

148 No American jurisdiction should be permitted to use voting machines with proprietary software.

Decades ago we had simple technology for reading filled-in ovals on standardized tests without black box software or internet connections. It ain't rocket surgery.

Posted by: TITP at May 20, 2026 05:36 PM (r3hkP)

149 RE: Natalie Maines (Dixie Chick)

You were unaware she was alive? Me too.

But she is. She's gained a couple hundred pounds & has switched her GWB derangement to TDS. Gotta stay relevant.

Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 05:37 PM (RCjYY)

150 I'm a Republican living in Texas. Conservative Republicans handed the state legislature a resounding victory for the GOP. Republicans in Austin responded by giving half of the committee chairmanships to Democrats.
--
Yup. A tradition continued by Dustin Burrows.

BTW, as background, the Chamber of Commerce is big, real big, in Lubbock.

Like, after being a member of the Broadway Church of Christ*, if you want to do anything in Lubbock you have to be a dues paying member of the Chamber and support the United Way.

That's why Lubbock County Republicans are shit.
Same reasons for most Republican in the rest of the state.

*that's the number one reason they ran off Mike Leach.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:37 PM (73/SM)

151 > Tore my Achilles, cast has been set, prognosis is 1 year till I can return to full impact usage. 6 Months for general mobility.

Sounds like they're not doing any intervention, just a cast? Is that right? With surgery, it's usually 4-6 months to full impact usage. Maybe you're not a good candidate for that?

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2026 05:38 PM (mkw2N)

152 Will have to research “ Betty Boop”. What era was she from?

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Gqar8)

153 Raffensperger's defeat is another sign of Trump's grip on the GOP,
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Actually, it's more along the lines of its a further development of what got people to throw their support behind Trump.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

154 @135

>> All strung out on gabapentin which I find really strange.

I don’t do pain meds.

As the saying goes, pain is weakness leaving the body.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:39 PM (XV/Pl)

155 The media is telling me "Betty Boop" was based on a black singer /performer from the 20's called Esther Jones.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:40 PM (7RYym)

156 I don’t do pain meds.

As the saying goes, pain is weakness leaving the body.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05

But anti inflammatories will help the healing process, so something to consider.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 05:40 PM (hftzA)

157 Have had a lot of dental work in my life, an expert in local anaesthetics. Their application has been various.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:41 PM (Gqar8)

158 "One thing this election showed me was how out of step I am with the average primary voter. Every one of my candidates lost by massive margins."


A dim bulb brightens.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2026 05:42 PM (lHPJf)

159 Now get rid of those two Homo Senators from Georgia !!!!

I could not believe that the real people of Georgia voted for those two faggots for a Senator.

The State with a Carving of Robert E. Lee on a Mountain voted for those two cumstains ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 20, 2026 05:42 PM (1qVfI)

160 Sadly, they won’t. I have no idea why.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 20, 2026 05:17

Because we hate the GOP.

It's why Trump got elected three times.

No big mystery.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 05:42 PM (BI5O2)

161 I want you do AI another Warhammer Astartes movie

Posted by: Accomack at May 20, 2026 05:42 PM (T8bqm)

162 > All strung out on gabapentin which I find really strange.

> I don’t do pain meds.

Gabapentin isn't an opioid. It's an anticonvulsant. It's sort of a pain med in the sense it relaxes overactive nerves, but I don't think it's typically considered a pain med.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (mkw2N)

163 @153

>> Maybe you're not a good candidate for that?

I’m 63, they said that the recovery time between cast and surgery is 2-weeks for my cohort and the potential complications are not worth it.

There is also a tremendous cost savings.

It sucks either way, might as well save money in the suckage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (XV/Pl)

164 Now get rid of those two Homo Senators from Georgia !!!!

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I initially read that as "Hamas."

Same thing ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (McFv/)

165 Vid at X of ME -again crying because Massie lost. She blames, wait for it..... Israel. Guess she won't be going to the Israel Day parade either

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (gu0hJ)

166 Gabe Sterling sure looks a homosexual pedophile.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (xvV+O)

167 162 Sadly, they won’t. I have no idea why.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 20, 2026 05:17

Because we hate the GOP.

It's why Trump got elected three times.

No big mystery.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 05:42 PM (BI5O2)

We need a party for our sort. The changeover would be perilous though.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (Gqar8)

168 And Esther Jones was cute :

https://tinyurl.com/2zsts479

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (7RYym)

169 Flopping Aces
@FloppingAces
Well, well, well... look what the hell just happened.

The GOP base didn't ask for permission from the consultant class, the donor overlords, the Senate fossils, or the New York Times editorial board before deciding they're done being treated like obedient little peasants.
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Now that sounds like a better description of what happened.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)

170 use this ball vise to its fullest potential
Posted by: Thomas Bender

TMI!!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2026 05:44 PM (gflfc)

171 That's why Lubbock County Republicans are shit.
Same reasons for most Republican in the rest of the state.

*that's the number one reason they ran off Mike Leach.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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There is a national perception of Texas as being hard-core, deep red conservative. I wish. There are as many real conservatives in Washington, D.C. as there are in Austin. The rest are all just John Thune/Bitch McConnell clones. Nutless, infinitely corrupt, and always happy to thwart the will of their own voters.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:44 PM (X+xvk)

172 Posted by: mnw at May 20, 2026 05:37 PM (RCjYY)


Hey, mnw! How's life treating you?

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2026 05:44 PM (lHPJf)

173 Thomas Bender, check into the ice wraps. I think ot is the one NRPax uses.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 05:45 PM (5P5DO)

174 I’m 63, they said that the recovery time between cast and surgery is 2-weeks for my cohort and the potential complications are not worth it.

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I shredded the ACL in my left knee training for a triathlon at age 46.

Surgeon said that I was NOT a candidate for reconstructive surgery (removing a ligament elsewhere to replace the severed one) because I was "too old" -- and that they'd only do it for a young individual or at most an aging professional athlete.

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:46 PM (McFv/)

175 Now get rid of those two Homo Senators from Georgia !!!!

I could not believe that the real people of Georgia voted for those two faggots for a Senator.
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Extensive fraud.
With a massive assist from the GA GOP as part of their deal that neither party will rat out the other's fraud.

But, others are noting, the GA Dem gov candidate is so bad, it's going to drag down the whole ticket.

Related:
Errockson was pissing and crying just days ago that the Dem supreme court early votes were proof--PROOF--that the Republicans are going to lose badly in November.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:46 PM (73/SM)

176
1. Trump is electoral poison. Nominate him and we will lose forever!

2. Trumpers only vote when Trump is on the ballot!

3. Trumpers only vote in contested Primaries!

4. ????

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 05:46 PM (vE0+H)

177 The GOP vote has carried a lot of this deadweight through multiple election cycles because the primaries didn't offer any real choice: the non-incumbents were just sock-puppets. In the general, the RINO incumbent was often just marginally better than the Dem runner.

We'll see if this theory plays out in the Paxton-Cornyn primary next week.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 20, 2026 05:47 PM (bufu1)

178 The rest are all just John Thune/Bitch McConnell clones. Nutless, infinitely corrupt, and always happy to thwart the will of their own voters.
Posted by: Sam Adams

Please add the Bushes, all of them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2026 05:47 PM (gflfc)

179 Uh, oh...Ace is going on a tear about performance reviews...

That doesn't bode well for my status as a third-tier COB around here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (gnNyN)

180 Mae Questel (Aunt Bethany from Christmas Vacation) was the voice of Betty Boop, and Olyve Oyl. She even looked like Betty Boop in her old photos.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (0aYVJ)

181 This gives me hope for the future of this country and also the future of freedom-lovers everywhere who would be encouraged by our success.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (FMtrg)

182 I see former RINO ,and Trump hater Geoff Duncan, the former lt gov of Georgia got beat by Bottoms in his attempt to be the Dem nominee for governor. He seems like a first class jerk

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (gu0hJ)

183
The "Karl Rove's jerksock" label would have hurt far more had not its target overdone it with his use of hand cream.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (ixS3i)

184 And Esther Jones was cute :

https://tinyurl.com/2zsts479

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:43 PM (7RYym)

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"She's no Aunt Esther!" -- Fred Sanford

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (McFv/)

185 Please add the Bushes, all of them.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

*****************

Please, clap!

Posted by: Jeb! at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (X+xvk)

186 181 Uh, oh...Ace is going on a tear about performance reviews...

That doesn't bode well for my status as a third-tier COB around here...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (gnNyN)

At least you have a tier, unlike us lumpenproletariat.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (Gqar8)

187 There is a national perception of Texas as being hard-core, deep red conservative. I wish. There are as many real conservatives in Washington, D.C. as there are in Austin. The rest are all just John Thune/Bitch McConnell clones. Nutless, infinitely corrupt, and always happy to thwart the will of their own voters.
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The Texas House didn't flip to Republicans until 2003.

And that was not on life-long Republicans winning primaries--it was life-long Democrats who'd switched jerseys when they saw their team was losing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (73/SM)

188 There is a national perception of Texas as being hard-core, deep red conservative. I wish. There are as many real conservatives in Washington, D.C. as there are in Austin. The rest are all just John Thune/Bitch McConnell clones. Nutless, infinitely corrupt, and always happy to thwart the will of their own voters.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:44 PM (X+xvk)
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That's unfortunately true in a lot of states. The urban centers of power absolutely DOMINATE the state, regardless of what people outside the cities want. See Colorado for a prime example of this.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (gnNyN)

189 181 Uh, oh...Ace is going on a tear about performance reviews...

That doesn't bode well for my status as a third-tier COB around here...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (gnNyN)

=======

Only those in the upper crust know about the tiers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (fqwyO)

190 I don’t do pain meds.

As the saying goes, pain is weakness leaving the body.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 05:39 PM (XV/Pl)
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One hears a lot of that in the Army. And then one gobbles down the motrin.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (ZOv7s)

191 The GOP allowed all this. Unwilling to take any sort of responsibility or even fight for their base. They allowed millions of their supporters/voters who keep them in office to be vilified for decades.

They're paying a price now, but will it really sink in?

Time will tell, I guess.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (jehhT)

192 Uh, oh...Ace is going on a tear about performance reviews...

That doesn't bode well for my status as a third-tier COB around here...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:48 PM (gnNyN)
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Are your TPS reports up-to-date?

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

193 3. Trumpers only vote in contested Primaries!

4. ????
Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 05:46 PM (vE0+H)

I was going to say 5. NAZIS!!! But I guess that won't work now, either.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2026 05:51 PM (lHPJf)

194 A couple RINO gone, lots more to go

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

195
Uh, oh...Ace is going on a tear about performance reviews...

Just keep this line close at hand when Ace asks why you've accomplished so little:

"... and I would have accomplished it, too, were it not for those pesky kids in the comments!"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 05:51 PM (ixS3i)

196 And that was not on life-long Republicans winning primaries--it was life-long Democrats who'd switched jerseys when they saw their team was losing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (73/SM)
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Texas, like many Southern states, shifted to the GOP gradually, and that meant than when the majorities shifted, the people in charge were the virtuous losers who spent their entire young lives in the minority and figured it wouldn't last so pad your pocketbook while you can.

Also people who worshipped "soccer moms" so figured you had to govern like Church Karen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)

197 Only those in the upper crust know about the tiers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (fqwyO)
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96 tiers?

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

198
"I've got people skills! What the hell is wrong with you people?!"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 05:53 PM (ixS3i)

199 Pretty impressive how, after 3 major humiliating losses in as many weeks, the GOPe is still doing everything they can to avoid talking about the SAVE Act.

That's a dedication to losing that even the Cleveland Browns can't plumb.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:53 PM (73/SM)

200 83% of Americans of all races and political stripes favor Voter ID.

John Thune and Senate Republicans just can't get behind it.

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:53 PM (X+xvk)

201 157 The media is telling me "Betty Boop" was based on a black singer /performer from the 20's called Esther Jones.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:40 PM (7RYym)
Actually based on a poodle.

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2026 05:53 PM (LHPAg)

202 Not only did Chip Roy vote to impeach Paxton, before that he got fired by Paxton.

Chip also stood with Liz Cheney on the J6 issue.

He's been a busy boy the last four or five years.

Posted by: DanMan at May 20, 2026 05:53 PM (8uzBS)

203 Texas -
Wylie ISD, Welcome to Wylie ISD, a thriving school district in southern Collin County, located 24 miles northeast of the vibrant city of Dallas. [Per DDG AI: Collin County is the second richest county, by median household income, in TX. [Travis County is 6th]

Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh -
Rep. Brandon Gill just EXPOSED a Texas school district [Wylie ISD] for promoting Muslim events while trying to BLOCK the formation of a Republican club

Defund them!

“One standard for Islam. Another for conservatives.”

“Wylie ISD made the Republican Club fight just to exist, yet Islamic events are promoted by the principal herself.”

Islam has no place. Period

clip: https://tinyurl.com/zv9887jb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (Qxy/R)

204 The GOP allowed all this. Unwilling to take any sort of responsibility or even fight for their base. They allowed millions of their supporters/voters who keep them in office to be vilified for decades.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (jehhT)
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I've said a number of times around here that the GOP is not interested in governing. They are perfectly happy to be useless ticks that throw us a bone now and again if it means they get to stay in office as a second-tier party grifting off their donors.

Now they are seeing that we are no longer interested in keeping them there and are panicking.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (gnNyN)

205 It is McConnell's protege who got endorsed over Nate Morris.

Posted by: MikeN at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (RLvIH)

206 The media is telling me "Betty Boop" was based on a black singer /performer from the 20's called Esther Jones.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Wrong.

"One day [in 1930], Dave Fleischer handed Grim a photograph of singer, Helen Kane and asked him to design a caricature. Fleischer had found a sound-alike, and planned to use her in the upcoming Talkartoon, 'Dizzy Dishes'. Grim exaggerated Kane's wide eyes and rosebud mouth, creating a slightly coarse, but strikingly original design."

An excerpt from film magazine Photoplay in April 1932 compared the two. One month later, Kane sued Fleischer for more than $6 million in today's currency for using her likeness.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (ndZc7)

207 I bet Natalie Maines loves GWB now. LOL

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (YwEeS)

208 203 157 The media is telling me "Betty Boop" was based on a black singer /performer from the 20's called Esther Jones.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:40 PM (7RYym)
Actually based on a poodle.
Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2026 05:53 PM (LHPAg)

Those two are pretty different.

Posted by: tubal at May 20, 2026 05:55 PM (Gqar8)

209 They're paying a price now, but will it really sink in?

Time will tell, I guess.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (jehhT)
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Incumbent U.S. Senators losing primaries is unprecedented. It does not happen. This is creating raw terror in the Establishment, I promise you.

Right now, legislative staffers are frantically networking, trying to line up new gigs, volunteer on campaigns, and the panic is contagious. If Cornyn goes down, Thune will become Trump's pet, because he comes from a nothing state and now understands that Trump will end his career.

Oh, and while being a lobbyist is nice, it's nothing next to the ego stroke of casting votes on the floor. That's a powerful drug and no one voluntarily gives it up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)

210
Isn't it great we are giving our hard-earned money to pieces of shit who want to enslave and kill us.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (3ek7K)

211 199 Only those in the upper crust know about the tiers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (fqwyO)
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96 tiers?
Posted by: Axeman

***********

Tiers of a Clown?

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (X+xvk)

212 I was going to say 5. NAZIS!!! But I guess that won't work now, either.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2026 05:51 PM (lHPJf)

Aye, but it won't

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (vE0+H)

213 Tomorrow is bee Barnety Frank Day in Brattleboro to Horner a grate gay rites protector. We be m iss him and hops his legendary lives on.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (Ul9Kx)

214 Black actress to star as Betty Boop to tell the "deeper story" of the character's creation
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy "

They couldn't get an an actor?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (vFG9F)

215 I've said a number of times around here that the GOP is not interested in governing. They are perfectly happy to be useless ticks that throw us a bone now and again if it means they get to stay in office as a second-tier party grifting off their donors.

Now they are seeing that we are no longer interested in keeping them there and are panicking.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (gnNyN)
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They are a conveyance to get people who want to be in office into office. By selling that they have an alternative.

You're more likely to get a public servant from the Republican Party--but only slightly more likely.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)

216 Every notable person in the past was black. You should know that by now.

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 05:57 PM (YwEeS)

217 I bet Natalie Maines loves GWB now. LOL
Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 05:54 PM (YwEeS)


I mean, that Nixon staffer wrote a book on how the Dubya administration was "Worse than Watergate." So, it's been done.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2026 05:58 PM (lHPJf)

218 Only those in the upper crust know about the tiers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (fqwyO)
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96 tiers?
Posted by: Axeman

***********

Tiers of a Clown?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (X+xvk)
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Ozzy had a solution for that.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)

219 Also on sail now our Branery Feank FART Tubes. Grate collector items two.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 20, 2026 05:59 PM (Ul9Kx)

220 The other thing I'm enjoying is it hasn't set it yet to the RINOs that we're hunting them at the state level as well.

Before: No big deal if one loses a House or Senate seat every now and then--they controlled the farm team and would soon enough take it back.

See also, 30-year AL sheriff ousted because he refused to cooperate with ICE.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:59 PM (73/SM)

221 Key for me is that most of these guys have been in office WHEN THE PROBLEMS WERE HAPPENING.... hell... some while they were created... and have not fixed shit.

There is a time when you are a really weak Team... because some of your players are substandard, and just plain need to be cut and replaced.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2026 05:59 PM (mP0Kj)

222 Incumbent U.S. Senators losing primaries is unprecedented. It does not happen. This is creating raw terror in the Establishment, I promise you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

AZ can only hope for now.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (gflfc)

223 George Washington was black and gay. That's why he wanted to mount Vernon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (ndZc7)

224 I saw Black Conservative Perspective open for The Association.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (Fi81e)

225 “Wylie ISD made the Republican Club fight just to exist, yet Islamic events are promoted by the principal herself.”

Islam has no place. Period

clip: https://tinyurl.com/zv9887jb
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

*******************

Yep. This is Texas, where teachers will actively try to stop students from mentioning or celebrating Christmas, and then wear hijabs to school and help hand out Korans.

Can't decide which profession does more harm to this nation, the average American public school teacher or the average American "journalist?"

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (X+xvk)

226 @192

>> One hears a lot of that in the Army. And then one gobbles down the motrin.

Oh I’m taking Motrin, but nothing more than that.

I don’t want to mess with anything that could become addictive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (XV/Pl)

227
Now get rid of those two Homo Senators from Georgia !!!!

I could not believe that the real people of Georgia voted for those two faggots for a Senator.

The State with a Carving of Robert E. Lee on a Mountain voted for those two cumstains ???
Posted by: Jackson K.

How soon you forgot the magical afterglow of the deepest ever of deep fakes -- Joe Biden having received a record breaking 81 million votes.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (ixS3i)

228 Yeah... remember Bill Barr telling Congress that there was NO EVIDENCE AT ALL of Election Problems???

Wow... that sure has not aged well.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (mP0Kj)

229 > 110 I actually knew about the Flopping Aces website before I found Ace of Spades.

i found flopping aces during the iraq war

…also protein wisdom, capt’s quarters, michelle malkin and little green footballs

Posted by: cherries in season at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (RZ0OO)

230 Incumbent U.S. Senators losing primaries is unprecedented. It does not happen. This is creating raw terror in the Establishment, I promise you.
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They gave Cassidy a standing ovation at their closed-door luncheon today.

I'll call that "whistling past the graveyard."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (73/SM)

231 One hears a lot of that in the Army. And then one gobbles down the motrin.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (ZOv7s)

"Pain is Weakness leaving your body to go to Art school, where it will flunk out after 6 terms and then move back into your basement with its pregnant girlfriend, Arthritis"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:01 PM (rbvCR)

232 Betty Boop started as a poodle, just like Hello Kitty started as a little girl.

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2026 06:01 PM (LHPAg)

233 Gabe Sterling's photo solicits two kneejerk reactions (which prove true a lot of the time).

1. Roger Ebert's retarded brother.

2. Someone has some sundresses in "his" closet for those special evenings.

Posted by: Orson at May 20, 2026 06:01 PM (dIske)

234 Meanwhile, over here in Alabama where much pearl clutching has taken place by the likes of AOC (who asked the north to “pull up” on the south - from behind bullet proof glass), the Dems chose a white male candidate soundly over all the minority candidates.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:01 PM (Dd38x)

235 Leftists seek and hold power with insane greed

They forgot the part, or no longer care, that even the perception elections are fraudulent has deadly consequences to rule of law and the rest of it. Consent of the governed is a close run thing.

If they were truly cognizant their attitude would be “Oh, you want to look under the hood of the electoral system? Here, have at it, by all means”.

But they don’t do that. Deny everything, and flip the tables and accuse anyone of wanting free and fair elections as being election “deniers” themselves. It truly is a recipe for chaos and it is disturbing that those entrusted with this process don’t seem to be aware of it, or care.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:01 PM (/DOZY)

236 232 Incumbent U.S. Senators losing primaries is unprecedented. It does not happen. This is creating raw terror in the Establishment, I promise you.

Time for Mr. Freeze the Senator from Arizona to start worrying...

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 20, 2026 06:02 PM (1qVfI)

237 Can't decide which profession does more harm to this nation, the average American public school teacher or the average American "journalist?"
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (X+xvk)
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Teachers. By a lot.

They get to mold the beliefs and behaviors of young minds.

That damage can last for *generations.*

Where do you think journalists get their ideas?

From their teachers in grade school.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 06:02 PM (gnNyN)

238 220 Only those in the upper crust know about the tiers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 20, 2026 05:50 PM (fqwyO)
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96 tiers?
Posted by: Axeman

***********

Tiers of a Clown?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (X+xvk)
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Ozzy had a solution for that.
Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)

Clowns to the Left of me... Toucans to the right?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2026 06:02 PM (mP0Kj)

239 And that was not on life-long Republicans winning primaries--it was life-long Democrats who'd switched jerseys when they saw their team was losing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (73/SM)

just like supposedly oh so conservative Rick Perry.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2026 06:02 PM (rGqqI)

240 Can't decide which profession does more harm to this nation, the average American public school teacher or the average American "journalist?"

Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 06:00 PM (X+xvk)
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They're the same picture.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (Fi81e)

241 Ewoks actually have a marsupial-like pouch to keep their package in so it does not flop.

Posted by: Ewok Facts at May 20, 2026 06:03 PM (vFG9F)

242 nood "To Serve Man"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 20, 2026 06:04 PM (fm9E/)

243
Tomorrow is bee Barnety Frank Day in Brattleboro to Horner a grate gay rites protector. We be m iss him and hops his legendary lives on.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt

Barnety Miller re-runs will air all day on Me-TV!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 06:04 PM (ixS3i)

244 NOOD Jack-Off Smith

Posted by: ShainS at May 20, 2026 06:04 PM (McFv/)

245
Some whores sell themselves for $20 or the going rate and then we have whores in office that sell themselves for millions.

Posted by: four seasons at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (3ek7K)

246 Donald Trump won Arizona by 5.5%, surpassing the margins predicted by most polls. This was the largest margin of victory since 2012 for a Republican presidential candidate, as well as the first time since 2012 that a presidential candidate won the state with an absolute majority of the vote

Time to get rid of that PRC Commie Kelly..........

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (1qVfI)

247 198 And that was not on life-long Republicans winning primaries--it was life-long Democrats who'd switched jerseys when they saw their team was losing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 05:49 PM (73/SM)
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Texas, like many Southern states, shifted to the GOP gradually, and that meant than when the majorities shifted, the people in charge were the virtuous losers who spent their entire young lives in the minority and figured it wouldn't last so pad your pocketbook while you can.

Also people who worshipped "soccer moms" so figured you had to govern like Church Karen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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One would never know your unfamiliarity with, how stuff worked, below the Mason and Dixon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (Qxy/R)

248 Does make you wonder...

When statewide GA Supreme Court races go overwhelmingly to Republicans you might start to think that off year, early summer elections are too far out of the mainstream for the Democrat fraud machine to crank up....

Seems awfully strange that two statewide offices - Senator - are both Democrats.

Posted by: deadrody at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (OeYsY)

249 See also, 30-year AL sheriff ousted because he refused to cooperate with ICE.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026

Well that and he was anti constitutional carry.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (Dd38x)

250 Tiers of a Clown?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 20, 2026 05:56 PM (X+xvk)

Tiergarten, it is in Berlin

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2026 06:05 PM (rbvCR)

251 234 Betty Boop started as a poodle, just like Hello Kitty started as a little girl.

just as i was born a poor, black child

Posted by: navin r. johnson at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (sGtp+)

252 This was pretty rich, too...

The Republican nominees "... are both courting the same MAGA voters."

Uh, yeah. That's who makes up the Republican party. I know the media and RINOs wish it weren't so, but it IS

Posted by: deadrody at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (OeYsY)

253 You're more likely to get a public servant from the Republican Party--but only slightly more likely.
Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)
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Republicans were once lean and hungry back in the 1990s, and did good work at first. But they got fat, lazy, and stupid, and used patronage and money to buy protection from primary voters. They'd manipulate votes so that they had a "90% conservative" rating, but most of that was symbolic bills that never had a chance. When it came down to it, they took dives on the controversial stuff.

Trump is simply a means by which voters are finally getting accountability.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

254 If you are Black and don't vote for a Democrat you really ain't Black then.

Take it from a Pasty White Guy that this is true !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at May 20, 2026 06:06 PM (1qVfI)

255 The media is telling me "Betty Boop" was based on a black singer /performer from the 20's
——

So what? Who cares? Woody the Woodpecker is loosely based on a Woodpecker. It’s called a “Pileated” woodpecker, and even has a laugh like call.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:09 PM (/DOZY)

256 County Sheriff is a very, very powerful position should he choose to exercise that authority. Leftists hate this, if they can’t eliminate or castrate County Sheriff authority then alternatively they intend to infiltrate those positions with fellow travelers.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2026 06:13 PM (/DOZY)

257 "Northshore Judge Billy Burris wins open La. Supreme Court seat"

Appears to be a closeted Red Neck.

And who is Leo Revamps? According to some he is a Republican George Soros

https://tinyurl.com/46hdud38

Posted by: Javems at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (lpb42)

258 The time of the RINO is over and they're having a bad time dealing with it. MAGA needs to keep the pressure on them and vote out even more. Sure, they will fear monger, lie and do everything to sabotage our preferred choices for office, whether it harms the country or not. But here's what smacks them in their collective ugly mugs now: WE DON'T CARE! We aren't afraid of them anymore and we're not afraid of their threats to stop our agenda, because they aren't fighting for our agenda to begin with! So go ahead, GOPe and Bushes and Rove and Thune. Go ahead and do your damage going out the door, because you will anyway. But the key is, you're still going out the door.

Posted by: Tracy at May 20, 2026 06:26 PM (T5UBx)

259 Thomas take nothing if you can for pain.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 06:29 PM (Ia/+0)

260 Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia.


LoL!! This is Pulitzer Prize winning cruelty.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 06:30 PM (sAmhv)

261 The "cult of personality" is pretty rich coming from people that licked Kennedy taint for six decades, despite them being depraved, degenerate, assholes, going back to prohibition runner, and Nazi symp, Joseph Kennedy.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 20, 2026 06:30 PM (FzDse)

262 true words, Angzarr!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 06:34 PM (VyBeY)

263 Incumbent U.S. Senators losing primaries is unprecedented. It does not happen. This is creating raw terror in the Establishment, I promise you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The potentially best outcome of all this is for the GOP base / MAGA to realize IT IS POSSIBLE. I think it's possible that much of the surpressed vote during primaries is due to the feeling that the chances to truly change course by removing an incumbent is a wasted effort

Posted by: deadrody at May 20, 2026 06:55 PM (OeYsY)

264 "Students of physiognomy will be interested to learn that he looks like Karl Rove's jerksock came to life and developed gynecomastia."

I live in fear that Ace will one day turn his jaundiced eye toward me. For I am neither comely, nor do I possess charm, grace, or wit.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at May 20, 2026 07:09 PM (xKjWc)

265 I know Sterling is a crusty, dusty cum sock, but I still want to fuck his chin.

It looks tight, yet still cozy.

Posted by: Me so Haawny at May 20, 2026 09:27 PM (HZfH/)

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